Darren Keen, who unleashes experimental tunes under multiple monikers such as Bad Speler and The Show is the Rainbow, is spreading his wings beyond simply playing music. This year, Keen will be a primary concert promoter for a series called “Good Speakers Presents.” For his first party, Keen is throwing a micro music festival in Downtown Lincoln on March 9, spanning three venues. To read the interview with Keen and get more information on the show, click here.
As the sixth installment of Teenage Mutant Ninja Techo blazed through the Bourbon Theatre, blaring the electronic beats through the ceiling, HN’s Thomas Yim was there to capture the events, as well as play the musical event himself. Among those that played were up-and-comers Shark Week, DJ Darryl, DJ Advocat in the Rye Room and Mr. Pojo, DarkGrey, Arbiter, Cake Eater and Cocky Cat kept the party going in the Main Room. Check out an original Cake Eater song played that night, captured by Yim, here.
Lincoln’s cartoonish, lovable character Darren Keen is making year-long relevancy with his project Bad Speler. Keen vows to record and release a new, original track every Thursday of the week under his electronic moniker. The songs will accompany a video created by Brian Klopping and will be released on Illegal Art. To read the full article with Keen about his ambitious project and his residency at House of Loom, click here.
Omaha’s electronic dance party rockers Talking Mountain have just released a new video that was shot by the Love Drunk crew. It’s widely known that Talking Mountain lives for the party, and the new video is nothing short of fulfilling that. “High Five” is their newest track and newest video, and I’m sure there will be plenty of high fives going around on Thursday, November 10, when TM brings their lasers, smoke machines, and groovy, colorful clothing to the Bourbon Theater in Lincoln to play a show with The Pharmacy Spirits and Philly-based poppy-fun rockers Arrah and the Ferns. Check out the video here!
Nebraska music video production teams Love Drunk and Ingrained tried something new, shooting — in their own styles — back-to-back, one-take videos featuring Nebraska’s one-man music factory, The Show is the Rainbow at The Bourbon — complete with spit swapping, semi-nudity and back-alley rapping. See how it worked.
Satchel Grande brought their divine funk to The Bourbon Saturday, but the audience was slow to accept it as their savior. Read the review here.
Photographer Eric Gonzalez caught NYC’s Asobi Seksu and Montreal’s Grimes last night at The Bourbon. See what you missed here.
The Show is the Rainbow has a new album, and he released it in style at the Bourbon Theatre. The new LP is titled “Tickled Pink,” and is available now as a free download with encouraged donation. Vinyl will come soon.
CD release show review here.
