A&E
New York-New York's Broadway Theater to Close
June 10th, 2013
With the announcement Monday of the upcoming closure of New York-New York’s Broadway Theater, three shows that made it their home—Broadway Celebration, Dancing Queen and Shades of Temptation—will shutter with it. Read more »
Tour Buzz
Tour Buzz: She & Him, Richard Cheese and Lounge Against The Machine and 80s Music
June 10th, 2013
MELLOW AGED: Richard Cheese and Lounge Against The Machine is playing at Sunset Station’s Club Madrid on June 14 ($34-$56). The last time I saw this musical comic—whose born name is Mark Jonathan Davis, which sounds even less realistic than “Richard Cheese”—I was at Venus, the short-lived tiki bar and ultra-lounge at the Venetian. Remember that place? Marc Campbell, the lead singer for the Nails—the new-wave band that did “88 Songs About 44 Women”—ran the place. Read more »
Concert Review
Concert Review: Kobra and the Lotus
LVCS, June 7
June 10th, 2013
Despite her band’s galloping thrash rhythms, Canadian iron maiden Kobra Paige had always struck me as pop and indebted to Evanescence’s Amy Lee. My confusion stemmed from the polish of Las Vegas-based producer Kevin Churko (Ozzy Osbourne, In This Moment) who tends to airbrush sonic warts. As a result, the Churko-touched songs on Lotus’s self-titled Universal Records debut sound like a bid for mainstream attention. Read more »
Concert Review
Concert Review: Two Gallants
Beauty Bar, June 8th
June 10th, 2013
The raspy croon of lead singer Adam Stephen could shake the glitter off the walls of Beauty Bar. Two Gallants are a duo from San Francisco, but their raucous flavor of blustering Americana would suggest otherwise. Drummer Tyson Vogel was the string tying their sound together, constantly accelerating and slowing down the pace. Stephen’s distinct vocal styling (best described as a vulnerable wail) paired with Vogel’s methodic technique made for a robust and vivacious sound warm enough to sing you to sleep on “Decay” and “Fly Low Carrion Crow” but also brash enough to punch you in the face on “Ride Away” and “My Love Won’t Wait.” Read more »
Concert Review
Concert Review: Jewel
The Smith Center, June 6
June 10th, 2013
There was just a girl and her guitar. As part of her Greatest Hits Tour, Jewel appeared solo in a simple blue dress and cowboy boots, launching into “Near You Always.” “What do I feel like tonight?” she questioned, looking at a selection of guitars. Despite admitting only half her voice was working, the girl who was discovered in a coffee shop played off the audience’s requests. Read more »
Concert Review: Psychedelic Furs
Hard Rock Café on the Strip, June 5
June 10th, 2013
Richard Butler’s thick and reedy, syllable-bending vocals partly define my rainy ’80s. I lived more than half that decade in the U.K., and the ubiquitous BBC Radio 1 followed punk as it slipped into more commercially viable, soft-serve New Wave. Read more »
Movies
Silicon Valley Crashers
Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson reunite for tech internship hell
June 7th, 2013
You might say The Internship is in the bag for Google, the fearsomely powerful search engine and commerce behemoth. But that doesn’t quite convey the extent of the coziness. This film carries Google’s water. It is, in fact, Google’s little minion movie. Read more »
Movies
Global Storming
Brit Marling goes undercover as an eco-terrorist in 'The East,' a suspenseful tale of moral conflict
June 7th, 2013
Deep cover: That’s where an actress can reveal two faces, one real, the other designed to burrow into the confidence of her adversary. Read more »
Art
Virtual Gallery Hop: June 2013
June 6th, 2013
Welcome to Vegas Seven’s version of Preview Thursday, an interactive portal displaying some of the art that will be featured during downtown's First Friday art walk and the real-life Preview Thursday. Read more »
