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Depeche Mode’s DNA can be found in much of contemporary EDM, even if the music of a superstar DJ-producer like Tiesto isn’t overtly evocative of the group’s alternately dusky and danceable catalog.

They could have cashed in.

“Why do I feel so alone?” We Came As Romans frontman Kyle Pavone asks on the first track from the band’s latest disc, “Tracing Back Roots.”

Hard-hitting punks Pennywise return to the House of Blues at Mandalay Bay on Nov. 23. Tickets are $30 in advance, $33 day of show and go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday at the House of Blues box office, 3950 Las Vegas Blvd. South, and Ticketmaster outlets.

There are countless ways to spend a Friday night in Las Vegas, so getting your event noticed can present a challenge.

Shawn Zyvoloski’s band, Survive This!, recently signed with Epitaph Records and has a record coming out soon, a big step forward after four long years.