Nightlife
DJ Profile
Pumped Up Kicks
Feature Sneaker Boutique’s nightlife scenesters have a fresh beat for party feet
February 2nd, 2012
It was all a dream for four friends studying, living and throwing parties in Reno. When fashion enthusiast and personal shopper Ajay Bouri; DJ and marketing maverick and current talent director of RPM Nightclub Ejay Luera; Aaron White, known to most of Las Vegas as DJ Ikon; and sales guru Keith Lavazzi reunited in Las Vegas, the boys watched their love for style and DJ culture grow into something bigger when they opened Feature Sneaker Boutique in December 2010. Read more »
DJ Profile
Avatars, Keytars and Recycling
Geeking out with new Tao Group resident DJ Joachim Garraud
February 2nd, 2012
Garraud is part of a wave of veteran DJs who have embraced the new groove of electronic dance music and, consequently, are making a big splash in the U.S. He has played Coachella and Lollapalooza and is set to release a new EP off of Steve Aoki’s Dim Mak Records in March that will fuse techno, electro and dubstep. Read more »
Gossip
Perry Leads 1OAK Grand Opening
February 2nd, 2012
Now, though, it’s official: The Mirage’s new joint has been pop-culture consecrated. Katy Perry came in Jan. 27 for the club’s official grand opening. You may now shed the secret shame you held for visiting a venue in the throes of soft opening. Read more »
Night-lights
February 4th: a Beginning and an End
February 2nd, 2012
Wynn made official Jan. 30 what seemed to be just a matter of course after his Jan. 7 gig, confirming that Tiësto will play exclusively at XS, Surrender and Encore Beach Club in 2012. Read more »
Gossip
Lucky Stars
February 2nd, 2012
With the National Handicapping Challenge taking place at Mandalay Bay, several players from the Milch-written, Michael Mann-directed horse racing drama Luck came to town for a private advance screening at Mandalay Bay Theater on Jan. 26. Read more »
Gossip
Dana White Tempts Fate
February 2nd, 2012
UFC head Dana White probably has an overblown sense of metaphor. He definitely has a target on his back. After publicly supporting controversial anti-piracy legislation SOPA and PIPA, hackers knocked UFC.com offline. Read more »
Seven Nights
This week in your city.
February 2nd, 2012
A fixture on the Las Vegas scene, DJ Eric D-Lux (4) entertains at Marquee Mondays. (In the Cosmopolitan, 10:30 p.m., MarqueeLasVegas.com.) Read more »
DJ Profile
Block-Rockin’ Beast
Las Vegas-based producer Chad Vicious unleashes his aggression on the floor
January 26th, 2012
These days, in Las Vegas, it can be hard to keep your DJs straight. It seems like there are more DJs around than there are people who know how to play a guitar. But the former heavy-metalist and guitar-strumming rock band kid, DJ Chad Vicious (a.k.a. Chad Soares), is a DJ/producer whose sound is one of a kind. Read more »
DJ Profile
Heavy Hymns
DJ Michael Toast welcomes all music-lovers to Dub Church
January 26th, 2012
Don’t let the mohawk and eyeliner fool you—Michael Toast isn’t the front man for a hard-core punk band. The New York native has been a part of the electronic dance-music scene since its East Coast infancy and a staple in Sin City since the late ’90s. Toast brings us back to his beginnings while looking toward the future of underground electronic dance music in Las Vegas with his latest foray, Dub Church. Read more »
Gossip
The Beatific Bronco takes in Cirque show
January 26th, 2012
When your team gets demolished in the playoffs, and the offense you led has no answer for a Patriots defense that was a Lee Evans drop away from ceding 27 points to Joe Flacco’s Ravens, there’s really only one thing you can do to salve your wounds. You come to Las Vegas the same time the Adult Entertainment Expo is setting up shop. Read more »
