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Lead Photo Game over

Spencer Patterson | Thu, Nov 20, 2008 (midnight)

Las Vegas’ already fragile all-ages scene has suffered what could be a shattering blow: the closing of teen music hub Jillian’s.

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Lead Photo Pins and needles

Allison Duck | Thu, Nov 20, 2008 (midnight)

When The Tinglerz leave the Bunkhouse stage Saturday night, drummer Joe Perv seems very much in need of some Ritalin. He plays the drums like Michael Jordan played basketball—mouth open and tongue out, like he really means business.

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Lead Photo Beyonce

Ben Westhoff | Thu, Nov 20, 2008 (midnight)

Beyoncé’s new double album supposedly represents two sides of her personality. Seems to be that Beyoncé’s two personas are in conflict. Maybe she should try being herself.

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Lead Photo The Shys

Spencer Patterson | Thu, Nov 20, 2008 (midnight)

Like the more heralded Fleet Foxes and Blitzen Trapper, modern So-Cal five-piece The Shys is steeped in bygone radio rock.

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Lead Photo Wilderness

Spencer Patterson | Thu, Nov 20, 2008 (midnight)

If boxing promoter Don King fronted a rock band, he’d probably sound a lot like James Johnson. The vocalist for arty Baltimore outfit Wilderness unleashes every one of his lyrics with equal, unrestrained enthusiasm.

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Lead Photo Nickelback

Julie Seabaugh | Thu, Nov 20, 2008 (midnight)

Post-grunge modern mainstream rockers Nickelback kick off their sixth effort with what amounts to a musical sneer. “You look so much cuter with something in your mouth.” It’s the Canadian four-piece’s way of saying “suck it."

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Lead Photo Dido

Annie Zaleski | Thu, Nov 20, 2008 (midnight)

There’s a very good reason why Dido’s third album—and first studio effort in five years—sounds so cinematic: noted movie-score composer/Fiona Apple collaborator Jon Brion.

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Lead Photo Hinder

Josh Bell | Thu, Nov 20, 2008 (midnight)

Thanks to their dreadful, inescapable power ballad “Lips of an Angel,” Hinder have been lumped in with the grim post-grunge likes of Nickelback, Puddle of Mudd and 3 Doors Down.

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Lead Photo Four questions with Q-Tip

Spencer Patterson | Thu, Nov 13, 2008 (midnight)

After nine years of work, Q-Tip has released a new album and is hitting Vegas on November 16th. Weekly talked up the rapper and heard how hip-hop helped elect Barack Obama.

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Lead Photo Stargazing

Spencer Patterson | Thu, Nov 13, 2008 (midnight)

Judging from the throng queuing up for autographs and handshakes outside Zia Record Exchange, it’s a safe guess a well-known visiting headliner has just stepped offstage. Not bad for a local band playing its first-ever show.

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Lead Photo Madonna

Josh Bell | Thu, Nov 13, 2008 (midnight)

At 50, Madonna's in better shape than ever, and she kept pace move for move with her much younger troupe of dancers, all while singing just about every word to every song.

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Lead Photo Game plan

Deanna Rilling | Thu, Nov 13, 2008 (midnight)

Miley Cyrus, Rihanna and … The Day After? Not the most likely musical combination, yet all three have been tapped for the forthcoming PopStar Guitar video game.

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Lead Photo Homie don’t play that anymore

Spencer Patterson | Thu, Nov 13, 2008 (midnight)

“For the last 12 years, I’ve been this guy, ‘Homie’ … and then you wake up one morning, and that whole part of your life is not there anymore.”

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Lead Photo The Cure

Annie Zaleski | Thu, Nov 6, 2008 (midnight)

Cure albums these days are like bottles of fine wine: Their nuances only emerge in time.

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Lead Photo Kind of Blu

T.R. Witcher | Thu, Nov 6, 2008 (midnight)

Trumpeter James Barela was looking for material that he could “play a thousand times, a million times, and it still feels as fresh as the first time I played it.”

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A&E

‘A living gallery’
Co-directors Richard Havey and Gail Gilbert have created the Nevada Dance Project—a dance umbrella that offers the opportunity for contemporary choreographers and dancers to show their best work, new or preexisting, but always original.
Dray, his art head for Atlanta
For those who keep an eye on the arts district, Dray’s departure—for Atlanta—changes the metabolism of the scene a little.
R.I.P. TRL
MTV managed to pack Times Square one more time this past Sunday for the last episode of TRL, dubbed Total Finale Live, although nostalgia was pretty much the only reason for anyone to show up.

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Cocktail of the Week

Cocktail of the Week Nov 20, 2008
by Xania Woodman

The Capital Grille $1,000 Luxury Martini

What could be better than a martini and caviar? Nothing! Especially when the caviar in question is a limited-edition White Topaz and Diamond Caviar rope bracelet, served up with a ...
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