On Budget: Free concerts

Coed Bay Area garage rockers Spider Heart describe their sound, in part, by likening it to a runaway train slamming into a glitter factory. They list their influences as sex, guns and whiskey. Watch ’em go bang at 10 p.m. Thursday at the Double Down Saloon, 4640 Paradise Road. The show is free; call 791-5775.

First Class Trash

Vegas’ First Class Trash strive to make first class electro rock. See them at 9:30 p.m. Saturday at Vinyl at the Hard Rock Hotel, 4455 Paradise Road. The show is free; call 693-5000.

DJ Fresh One

Expect no stale cuts from DJ Fresh One, but plenty of turntable fireworks when he spins at 10 p.m. today at Bond at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, 3708 Las Vegas Blvd. South. The show is free; call 698-7000.

Heart Alive

Heart just made it into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Celebrate their entry with tribute act Heart Alive at 9 p.m. today at Count’s Vamp’d, 6750 W. Sahara Ave. The show is free; call 220-8849.

Hip-hop

Las Vegas’ longest running, and best, weekly hip-hop series returns with "Hip-Hop Roots" at 10 p.m. Tuesday at the Las Vegas Country Saloon, 425 Fremont St. The event is free; call 382-3849.

– By JASON BRACELIN