A friend of mine and Omaha native is currently studying abroad in Barcelona. Last night he met up with a fellow Omahan Tim Kasher on the streets of Spain to catch him perform a couple sidewalk tracks. It is safe to say that Omaha definitely outstretches its wings far and wide.
Who’s that in the bedroom studio, concocting up something fresh for you?? It’s Icky Blossoms, duh!
Every third Wednesday of the month this summer, The Reader will play host to an Old Market Walk with displays featured at 10 different galleries. This year, they have instituted a “Grand Patron Prize,” which means for every $10 spent, your name will enter a drawing for a miraculous prize at Michael’s restaurant. The first event is tomorrow, May 16, so be sure to get out there and walk the art in the market this summer!
Alas, a love song debuted by singer/songwriter and ex Eagle Seagull frontman Eli Mardock. The title of the new track is “Cut Me Open” and is dedicated to all the “mamma’s” out there. Go ahead mamma’s (or anyone else for that matter) cut him open and take a slice into this new track right here.
After multiple premature CD release shows, the wait is finally over for the new Capgun Coup release. “Contextual Doom,” the band’s third album on ORG Music was officially released yesterday and is available to the masses beyond Omaha. It’s a great rock ‘n’ roll cut and everybody should buy the album here. I’m sure we will start seeing these t-shirts available for purchase in the near future before the band takes off for a month-long L.A. residency in the next few weeks.
Benton Alexander, one half of the Cornhusker State’s dub-hop duo BASSthoven, has dropped a thrashful heater of an EP entitled, Throbzone. Give it a listen on this fine Tuesday morning and bounce around your home, workplace or around town on this pleasant, sun-soaked spring day. Click here to listen.
Do your most ambitious dreams keep placing you in front of the camera? Are you the undiscovered starlet this world needs? If so, or if you simply like Nebraska natives Bolzen Beer Band, then join the band as they shoot a commercial for Union Pacific Railroad. There are a series of video shoots for this commercial and the first one is this Friday in Council Bluffs. WARNING: the attire is strictly 40’s era. For more information on times and locations, click here.
Cursive is currently somewhere over the Atlantic visiting their friendly fans in Europe. As they cross the pond, check out their most recent video for “Druken Birds” from their latest album, I Am Gemini, directed by Tony Bonacci here.
Word to the wise: Next time you dress in your weekend best while attending a Harouki Zombi show, realize that you will get spewed with sludge. Yes, those geisha-donning minions sure look sultry in a zombified way, but they encourage crowd participation - whether you like it or not. As the funktronic jams blasted throughout the night, so did the sprays of whipped cream, paint, glitter and squashed fruit. To check out the photos by Shannon Claire at House of Loom, click here.
Omaha electronic band The Faint are reviving their dormant souls. Announced earlier today, the crew will blaze through the Slowdown August 18 this summer. As of now, 106 guests have already put in their RSVP notice, so be sure jump on tickets accordingly this Saturday, May 5. For more information, click here.
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