White Arrows play Revolution Lounge on Dec. 7

It’s a bittersweet outlook for December’s live music. On one hand, there’s some killer stuff (Nine Inch Nails, anyone? Bloc Party? Wu Tang?!) coming to Las Vegas, and on the other hand, a number of shows scheduled for Jillian’s are homeless, as the venue has officially closed. Some shows have been moved to the House of Blues, others to The Box Office (1129 Casino Center Blvd.), but some are just … up in the air. But the all-ages music scene in Vegas is not dead yet, as the Alley Theater is slated to return soon to the valley. Or, so says its MySpace page. Keep your eyes posted to this space in the future for more on that. Until then, here are some shows that have not been canceled for December (yet…):

Tuesday, December 2
Wasted Space: Zerofingers, The Vermin and Guilty by Association at 10 p.m.

Wednesday, December 3
House of Blues: Five Finger Death Punch with In This Moment and Broken End at 5 p.m. $15, all ages.

Friday, December 5
The Joint: Tesla with Cinder Road at 8 p.m. $35.
Wasted Space: Velicious at 10 p.m.
Wasted Space: Conflict of Interest, Bydeathsdesign at 10 p.m.

Saturday, December 6
House of Blues: Hot 97.5’s OMG Jingle Jam featuring Pleasure P., Bobby Valentino and DJ Unk at 2 p.m. $9.75 – $19.75, all ages.
House of Blues: Wu Tang Clan at 8 p.m. $37 – 55, 21-over.

Sunday, December 7
Wasted Space: All-American Rejects, Jetlag Gemini and The City Lives at 10 p.m. $22.50
Revolution Lounge: White Arrows, DJ InMusicInLove at 10 p.m.

Tuesday, December 9
Wasted Space: CSS at 10 p.m. $15.

Wednesday, December 10
House of Blues: Anthony Hamilton at 7:30 p.m. $27 – 40, 21-over.

Thursday, December 11
House of Blues: Gary Allan at 8 p.m. $40-60, 21-over.

Friday, December 12
The Joint: Area 107.9’s Big Damn Holiday Jam featuring Bloc Party, Franz Ferdinand, The Ting Tings and Carolina Liar at 7 p.m. $39.50 and up.
Wasted Space: Jesse Dayton at 10 p.m.
House of Blues: Gary Allan at 8 p.m. $40-60, 21-over.

Saturday, December 13
Wasted Space: Jesse Dayton at 10 p.m.
Theatre for the Performing Arts (Planet Hollywood): Nine Inch Nails at 8 p.m. $54, $64 and $79.
House of Blues: Smash Magazine’s 5th Annual Birthday Bash Celebration featuring Escape the Fate, Seventh Plague, Destruction of a Rose and Eyes Like Diamonds at 5:30 p.m. $15-17, all ages.

Sunday, December 14
Revolution Lounge: Super Sonic Jets and The Hanks at 10 p.m.

Tuesday, December 16
House of Blues: Suicidal Tendencies with Death By Stereo and Whole Wheat Bread at 6 p.m. $17-20, all ages.

Thursday, December 18
House of Blues: Lamb of God with Job for a Cowboy and The Faceless at 5:30 p.m. $22-25, all ages.

Friday, December 19
The Joint: Xtreme Radio 107.5’s Holiday Havoc ’08 featuring Papa Roach, Hoobastank and Hollywood Undead. $29.50 and up.

Saturday, December 20
House of Blues: Appetite for Destruction and Back In Black at 8 p.m. $13-15, 21-over.

Sunday, December 21
Revolution Lounge: Aerodrone and The Anix at 10 p.m.

Sunday, December 28
Revolution Lounge: Devil Doll at 10 p.m.

Monday, December 29
House of Blues: Girl Talk with Dan Deacon at 7 p.m. $17-20, all ages.

Tuesday, December 30
House of Blues: Ratt at 7:30 p.m. $30-35, 21-over.

Wednesday, December 31
House of Blues: Akon at 10 p.m. $125-175, 21-over.

If there is one night of the year in Las Vegas that rivals New Year’s Eve for “Most Ridiculous Number of Events Happening at Once,” it’s Halloween. 2008 is no different. It’s only Oct. 14, and already we’ve been inundated with information on dozens of events being held this Oct. 31. From raves and parties to concerts and costume contests, there simply has to be something out there for you if you find yourself in Sin City this All Hallows Eve. Here’s a round-up of our picks — thus far — in no particular order:

House of Blues: Apocalyptica at 7 p.m. $20-22, all ages.

Jillian’s: Cobra Starship, The Sickest Kids, Hit the Lights and Sing It Loud at 6 p.m. $15-28, all ages.

Jillian’s (Hi Life): Super Martian Robots, Van Nuys and Exit Ghost at 10 p.m. $10, 18-over.

Double Down Saloon: The Dirty Panties, Betting on Tomorrow, The Quitters and Million Kids at 10 p.m. Free, 21-over.

Flamingo Hotel & Casino, Sunset Ballrooms: “Devils Night XI,” featuring 20,000 square feet of dance space, Halloween sets, video screens, massive sound and lights and three separate areas. Mainstage: DJ Irene, Charles Feelgood, The Autobots, Robert Oleysyck, Donovan & Duff and Jayrod vs. CJ Allen. Indie Electro Stage: Le Castle Vania, Computer Club, Mezzy, Teen Wolf, James Demon and Kinekt. D’N’B Area: Gigantor (Evol Intent), Infiltrata & MC Dre, Prime Mover vs. Chuck B, King, Feight with The Specialist and Risky Business. Admission is $38.50 and is open to guests 18 and over (must be 21 to drink). Tickets available at Groovetickets.com.

Voodoo Lounge: “Spellbound Soiree” featuring DJ L-1 spinning hip-hop and house on the patio, V51 performing Top 40 hits live inside and a costume contest with $5,000 in cash prizes. Doors at 7 p.m. $20 ladies, $30 gentlemen, 21-over.

Christian Audigier The Nightclub: Tila Tequila birthday costume party featuring DJ CyberKid. 21-over.

Studio 54: “Nightmare on 54th Street” featuring DJ Jose 2 Hype and a costume contest with more than $12,000 in cash prizes. 21-over.

LAX: Halloween Fright Fest featuring Jonathan Davis of Korn. 21-over.

Risqué de Paris: Halloween Bash presented by Superestrella 92.7, featuring DJ Dave Guzman spinning Latin hits and 2-for-1 Bud Light Lime all night. Doors at 10:30 p.m. $20 (free for local ladies), 21-over.

South Padre (Texas Station): “Heroes and Villians” Halloween party featuring DJ BKNY spinning Top 40 and a super-power themed costume contest from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. $5, 21-over, no masks, full face paint or weapons.

We know how you like it: Hard and fast. So without further adieu, here’s a preview of what’s to come in Las Vegas’ live music scene for the month of October 2008. Buckle up:

Wednesday, Oct. 1
Wasted Space: Filter at 10 p.m. $20, 21-over.

Thursday, Oct. 2
Jillian’s: Heavy Heavy Low Low, So Many Dynamos, KDT and Vannacutt at 6 p.m. $10-12, all ages.

Friday, Oct. 3
House of Blues: Mindless Self-Indulgence, Die So Fluid, Dearestazazel and I Am The Dream at 6 p.m. $17-20, all ages.
Fremont East Entertainment District: Rock the Block featuring Gogol Bordello at 6 p.m. $15-20, all ages.
Jillian’s (Hi Life): Hang Em High, Friday Night Gunfight and Indulge at 10 p.m. $10, 18-over.

Saturday, Oct. 4
Jillian’s: Guilty by Association, Battle Born, Dirty Panties, Zero Fingers and Seventy Sevens at 6 p.m. $10, all ages.
Jillian’s (Hi Life): Skorchamenza, Picture Pilot and Pigasus at 10 p.m. $10, 18-over.

Sunday, Oct. 5
Revolution: Letters Burning, Air Raid Anthem, Lips Like Morphine at 10 p.m. 21-over.

Tuesday, Oct. 7
Wasted Space: Lydia Vance, Shatterance and Plan B at 10 p.m. 21-over.

Wednesday, Oct. 8
House of Blues: Opeth, High on Fire, Baroness at 5 p.m. $20-23, all ages.

Thursday, Oct. 9
The Joint: Gavin DeGraw and Charlotte Sometimes at 8 p.m. $25, all ages.
Hard Rock Hotel (Paradise Stage): Rock Band Live Tour featuring Panic at the Disco, Dashboard Confessional, Plain White Ts and The Cab at 7 p.m., $39.50 and up, all ages.
House of Blues: Henry Rollins (spoken word) at 6 p.m. $20-22, all ages.

Friday, Oct. 10
The Joint: Sara Bareilles, Marc Broussard and Raining Jane at 8 p.m. $25, all ages.
House of Blues: Perpetual World Tour featuring Yngwie Malmsteen and ANJ at 7:30 p.m. $25-30, 21-over.
Jillian’s (Hi Life): Ian Shane Tyler, Lips Like Morphine and Pan De Sal at 10 p.m. $10, 18-over.

Saturday, Oct. 11
The Joint: Kings of Leon, We Are Scientists and The Stills at 8 p.m. $30.50, all ages.
House of Blues: Santogold, Mates of State and Low vs Diamond at 5:30 p.m. $20, all ages.

Sunday, Oct. 12
House of Blues: New Found Glory, A Day to Remember, Four Year Strong, International Superheroes of Hardcore and Crime in Stereo at 5 p.m. $14-17, all ages.
Revolution: The Chinese Stars and The Awesome Brothers at 10 p.m., 21 over

Tuesday, Oct. 14
Wasted Space: Jackie Greene at 10 p.m. $15, 21-over.
House of Blues: The Academy Is…, We The Kings, Carolina Liar and Hey Monday at 5 p.m. $15-17, all ages.

Wednesday, Oct. 15
Wasted Space: The Ting Tings at 10 p.m. $15, 21-over.

Thursday, Oct. 16
House of Blues: Angels and Airwaves at 6 p.m. $22, all ages.

Friday, Oct. 17
Jillian’s: All Light Dies, The Second Chariot, The Blood Syndicate, Forging The Warhammer and Empirical at 6 p.m. $10, all ages.
Jillian’s (Hi Life): Left Unattended, The Quitters, Dead Birds and Blind Kids at 10 p.m. $10, 18-over.

Saturday, Oct. 18
Ovation (Green Valley Ranch Station): Joe Jackson at 8 p.m. $27.50 – $59.50, all ages.
Wasted Space: The Head Cat at 10 p.m. $20, all ages.
Jillian’s: The Fallen Vegas, Dim, Winter Will Follow, More Than Mortal and Of The Gods at 6 p.m. $10, all ages.
Jillian’s (Hi Life): The Day After and Von Iva at 10 p.m. $10, 18-over.

Sunday, Oct. 19
House of Blues: Gym Class Heroes, the Roots and Estelle at 6:30 p.m. $37-52, all ages.
Jillian’s: In:Aviate, The Stiletto Formal, Man Without Wax, A Penny For Jane and Joshua Judges Ruth at 6 p.m. $10, all ages.
Revolution: My Pet Saddle, The Union Line and The Living Suns at 10 p.m. 21-over.

Tuesday, Oct. 21
Wasted Space: Cherry Hill, Theory of Flight and Slow to Surface at 10 p.m. 21-over.

Thursday, Oct. 23
House of Blues: Devildriver, SNOT, Straight Line Stitch and Instinct of Aggression at 6 p.m. $15-17, all ages.

Friday, Oct. 24
House of Blues: Los Enanitos Verdes at 6:30 p.m. $35-50, all ages.
Jillian’s: Bayside, The Matches, Valencia and The Status at 6 p.m. $13-16, all ages.
Jillian’s (Hi Life): The Pandas, Leaving Springfield and Lyric Road at 10 p.m. $10, 18-over.

Saturday, Oct. 25
Club Madrid (Sunset Station): Slaughter at 8 p.m. $15, 21-over.
The Joint: Sound Tribe Sector 9 at 9 p.m. $25, all ages.
House of Blues: Chiodos, Silverstein, Escape the Fate and Alesana at 4:30 p.m. $22, all ages.
Jillian’s: Searchlight, Lydia Vance, Almost Normal, Hang Em High and Damn Near Divine at 6 p.m. $10, all ages.
Jillian’s (Hi Life): Daimeon Mosley and the Ignrous Rocks, Rockwell and Gone For Good at 10 p.m. $10, 18-over.

Sunday, Oct. 26
Revolution: Moksha and Rufus Federation at 10 p.m. 21-over.

Monday, Oct. 27
Jillian’s: Sky Eats Airplane, Foxy Shazam, Eyes Like Diamonds and This Romantic Tragedy at 6 p.m. $12-14, all ages.

Tuesday, Oct. 28
Wasted Space: Jupiter Crash at 10 p.m. $10, 21-over.

Wednesday, Oct. 29
House of Blues: All Time Low, Mayday Parade, The Maine and Everyday Avenue at 5:30 p.m. $15-17, all ages.

Thursday, Oct. 30
Jillian’s: Away We Go!, Anarbor, This Time Next Year, Summit Grove and When You Wake at 6 p.m. $10, all ages.

Friday, Oct. 31
House of Blues: Apocalyptica at 7 p.m. $20-22, all ages.
Jillian’s: Cobra Starship, The Sickest Kids, Hit the Lights and Sing It Loud at 6 p.m. $15-28, all ages.
Jillian’s (Hi Life): Super Martian Robots, Van Nuys and Exit Ghost at 10 p.m. $10, 18-over.

Hmm, let’s see: One classic folk legend, a few ‘90s holdovers, some groundbreaking hip-hop artists and two nights of overpriced Foo Fighters shows that will probably be worth it anyway – yep, this must be the live music coming to a few of the better Las Vegas casino venues next month:

Monday, Sept. 1
The Joint (Hard Rock Hotel): Bob Dylan at 8 p.m., $65 and up.

Thursday, Sept. 4
House of Blues (Mandalay Bay): Motorhead, Misfits, Airbourne, Valient Thorr and Year Long Disaster at 7 p.m., $32-40.

Friday, Sept. 5
The Joint (Hard Rock Hotel): Billy Bob Thornton and the Boxmasters at 8 p.m., $20.
Poolside, Hard Rock Hotel: Collective Soul at 7 p.m., $30.25 or free at SpyOnVegas.com.
House of Blues (Mandalay Bay): Shinedown, Red and Jet Black Stare at 5:30 p.m., $19-25.

Saturday, Sept. 6
Wasted Space (Hard Rock Hotel): Killola with The Action Design at 10 p.m., $10.

Tuesday, Sept. 9
Wasted Space (Hard Rock Hotel): Cracker at 10 p.m., $15.

Friday, Sept. 12
The Joint (Hard Rock Hotel): Billy Idol at 8 p.m., $59.50 and up.
House of Blues (Mandalay Bay): Polo Polo at 7:30 p.m., $45-55.

Saturday, Sept. 13
The Joint (Hard Rock Hotel): The Black Crowes with Howlin Rain at 8 p.m., $49.50 and up.
Wasted Space (Hard Rock Hotel): Veruca Salt with Tsar at 10 p.m., $15.
House of Blues (Mandalay Bay): An Evening with Jaguares at 6:30 p.m., $40-55.

Sunday, Sept. 14
House of Blues (Mandalay Bay): Toadies with Lions at 6 p.m., $20-22.

Monday, Sept. 15
The Joint (Hard Rock Hotel): Vampire Weekend with White Williams at 8 p.m., $20.

Tuesday, Sept. 16
Wasted Space (Hard Rock Hotel): Tokyo Police Club, The Whigs and Halloween Town at 10 p.m., $15.

Friday, Sept. 19
The Joint (Hard Rock Hotel): Rodrigo y Gabriela at 8 p.m., $29.50 and up.

Saturday, Sept. 20
The Joint (Hard Rock Hotel): Lindsay Buckingham at 8 p.m., $29.50 and up.
House of Blues (Mandalay Bay): Children of Bobom, Between the Buried and Me and The Black Dahlia Murder at 5 p.m., $22.50-25.

Sunday, Sept. 21
House of Blues (Mandalay Bay): Common and N.E.R.D. at 8 p.m., $40-60.

Thursday, Sept. 25
The Joint (Hard Rock Hotel): Foo Fighters at 8 p.m., $65 and up.

Friday, Sept. 26
The Joint (Hard Rock Hotel): Foo Fighters at 8 p.m., $65 and up.
House of Blues (Mandalay Bay): Atmosphere, Blueprint, Abstract Rule at 5 p.m., $22-25.

Sunday, Sept. 28
House of Blues (Mandalay Bay): Queensryche at 7 p.m., $37-55.

Nestled conveniently between the Hard Rock Hotel’s planned condo expansion and the recently-announced W Hotels project at Koval Lane and Harmon Avenue, Las Ramblas will replace low-income apartments just west of the Hard Rock with 25 acres of luxury hotel rooms, residences, bungalows, spas, nightclubs, dining, bla, bla, bla.

So the big boys will build million-dollar residences where their ultra-cool Hollywood friends can live while they hang out in Vegas, while affordable — and yes, crack-infested sh*tholes — are torn down, displacing hundreds of lower-income-type folk, forcing them into a market where even cost-efficient apartments outside of the Swenson/Twain area are hard to find.

It’s exciting that our city will look like … um, a city … in about five or six years. Tall buildings will block out the accursed sun. I’ll run into Brad Pitt at 7-11, and we’ll trade hair styling tips. I won’t have to look at empty lots or worn-down buildings anymore.

But no one can afford anything. Except for Mssrs. Pitt and Clooney, of course.

At what point are these builders and developers going to find themselves unable to sell a 900 square-foot condo for $500,000? That saturation point is coming, and it may come before any of these proposed projects even break ground.

(Via Awesome City)