In the past few months, it’s become almost customary to start this column with news from the Saddle Creek Records camp, whether to commend the new Sam Evian and Hop Along albums, or to discuss the signing of a new artist like Tomberlin or Stef Chura. The trend won’t end this month, either, as Saddle […]
The wheels at Nebraska’s largest record label, Saddle Creek, and its first cousin, Cursive’s 15 Passenger, spun swiftly in June, with both signing new artists within the past month, and the former releasing a new record. Saddle Creek welcomed Kentucky-based singer-songwriter Sarah Beth Tomberlin, or Tomberlin for short, to the ever-growing Omaha label’s […]
Happy 2018! We’ll cut the New Year’s Resolutions and get straight to the news, as a few local artists dropped new LPs and EPs just before the year-end lists hit. Omaha emcee and beatmaker Marcey Yates delivered his second release of 2017, following up his collective The Dilla Kids’ October […]
Synth maestro John Maus will perform at the Reverb on Jan. 17 to support his latest record, 2017’s Screen Memories. Screen Memories, Maus’ first record since 2011, combines shimmering synths and simplistic drum patterns with Maus’ unique, echo-laden baritone that falls somewhere between Ian Curtis and Nick Cave. Though the […]
Annie Clark, the singer and guitarist behind St. Vincent, mixed performance art with rock and roll for her Saturday night show at the Holland Performing Arts Center. The guitar goddess performed alone to a nearly sold-out crowd as part of her Fear the Future Tour. Opening for Clark was San […]
Tennis are kicking off 2018 with a month-long, cross-country tour that begins with a hometown show in Denver. I ask Alaina Moore, the group’s lead singer, if being at home makes performing easier. “It’s weird cause I know a lot of these people and I’ve waited tables for a lot them too,” she […]
*Omaha hip hop duo BOTH are setting up a run of tour dates leading them down to Austin, Tex. for the South By Southwest music festival. The dates will put the band is Tulsa, Okla. March 16 and Denton, Tex. March 17, before a week of shows at SXSW. The duo will play a pre-tour […]
The blues-infused roots rock of Jim Suhler & Monkey Beat is up next week with two local shows. The Texas band brings their undeniably danceable riffs to Lincoln’s Zoo Bar Wednesday, Jan. 14, and to The 21st Saloon Thursday, Jan. 15. Both shows are 6-9 p.m. Suhler’s most recent release is Panther Burn. The title […]
* Orenda Fink released a new music video for single “Ace of Cups”, in advance of her upcoming album Blue Dream. The album is out Tuesday, August 19 on Saddle Creek Records. The video was directed by Aaron Gum and Icky Blossoms’ Nik Fackler and places the the hushed vocals and lush, slow instrumentation of […]
* Four bands with ties to the northeast Nebraska area are coming together to host a benefit show for the tornado-stricken town of Pilger. Des Moines’ Monday Mourners, Clarence Tilton, the Sons of… and the Matt Whipkey Band will all play at the Waiting Room Lounge, 6212 Maple St. on July 30 to raise money […]
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