On Budget: Free concerts

Help Vegas’ SquidHat Records blow out the candle on its birthday cake as it celebrates its one-year anniversary with The Gashers, The Dirty Panties, Pet Tigers, Surrounded By Thieves and others at 10 p.m. today and Saturday at the Double Down Saloon, 4640 Paradise Road. The shows are free; call 791-5775.

Lou Lou White

Sultry French singer Lou Lou White will earn plenty of ooh la las at 9 p.m., 10:05 p.m. and 10:45 p.m. today and Saturday at Chandelier at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, 3708 Las Vegas Blvd. South. The shows are free; call 698-7000.

Trippy Machete

When a band boasts a name like Oh No, Trippy Machete, you’re pretty much obligated to check it out and see what all the fuss is about, right? Do so when the Vegas rockers, whose influences range from Don Caballero to Primus, play out at 8:30 p.m. Thursday at Count’s Vamp’d, 6750 W. Sahara Ave. The show is free; call 220-8849.

Bobby Meador

Vegas singer-songwriter Bobby Meador plays his first full band show, and celebrates his birthday, with Jesse Owens, Dogfight Diary and others at 10 p.m. today at the Beauty Bar, 517 Fremont St. The show is free; call 598-1965.

Goin’ country

The Randy Anderson Band has been a favorite of Vegas country music fans for more than a decade now. See why at 8 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday at Roxy’s at Sam’s Town, 5111 Boulder Highway. The shows are free; call 456-7777.

Contact reporter Jason Bracelin at jbracelin@
reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0476.