A new punk rock supergroup and a rising pop duo top the latest roundup of Vegas music releases:
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How smooth is Pharrell Williams? The mere mention of his name is a powerful aphrodisiac.
Drive-By Truckers’ “English Oceans” is among a couple of new CDs we can recommend.
As a sturdily constructed African-American lady in spandex and a little person in a tight red leather get-up with a cone-shaped brassiere pistoned their rear ends up and down like human crankshafts, the costumed primate in question did what you do at a Miley Cyrus performance: you dance, and look out for the purple shark doing the same.
I felt like I was watching Bill Murray resurrect his funny “SNL” character, Nick the lounge singer, on Thursday when he helped raise $544,000 to fight the illness that put his dear friend, Vegas chef Kerry Simon, in a wheelchair.
A Las Vegas man is hoping to hit the national stage this season on NBC’s “The Voice.”
Close your eyes for a second, think of Miley Cyrus, and what’s the first thing that comes to mind? It’s probably a vision of Cyrus’ tongue, surging past her lips like an inmate on a prison break.
Dave Hause confronts adulthood with fists clenched, a child of the ’80s working hard to excavate buried dreams.
When it came time for the autobiography subtitled “Ray Charles’ Own Story,” Charles chose a down-to-earth name befitting a singer who belonged in any and every musical family: “Brother Ray.” Clearly, Ray Charles was — and is — a man for all musical seasons.
“Being grown up isn’t half as fun as growing up,” the Ataris once sang.
New Zealand singer-songwriter Lorde has added another show at the Boulevard Pool at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas on April 15. Tickets are $40 and go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday at www.cosmopolitanlasvegas.com and Ticketmaster outlets.
Good times roll for Mardi Gras: Locals can “laissez les bon temps rouler” (translation: let the good times roll) at two separate Mardi Gras events this weekend.
Sharon Corr isn’t a big name in these parts but she’s worked with at least one big star who will be working in town the same night.
Tower of Power is a band that defines “cult following.” It’s able to fill small showrooms such as the South Point 40 years after “So Very Hard to Go” was played on Top 40 radio.