80/35 Festival announces headliners

by Chris Aponick

* Talking Heads' David Byrne & St. Vincent will bring their duo collaboration to the 80/35 mainstage this summer. Iconic rap collective Wu-Tang Clan will also headline Des Moines' annual 80/35 Festival Friday, July 5th and Saturday, July 6th at the Western Gateway Park. Other scheduled performers include Deerhunter, Wavves, Yeasayer and reunited Iowa alternative rockers House of Large Sizes....

Maha Music Festival to announce line-up in late April

by Chris Aponick

* Maha Music Festival has moved one giant step closer to announcing its 2013 lineup. The all-day event will begin selling tickets Monday, April 15th at 10 a.m. The following Sunday, April 21st, Maha will reveal the line-up on the local stage. On the next Sunday, April 28th, they will announce the main stage line-up. The festival returns to Aksarben Village, 67th and Center streets, Saturday,...

Outlaw Con Bandana, Matt Whipkey raise Kickstarter funds

by Chris Aponick

* Outlaw Con Bandana is raising money via Kickstarter.com to publish and press an ambitious overview of the art, writing and music from the band's back catalogue. The band, led by Brendan Hagberg, is looking to publish Ticks and Trips, which is a book of art and writing by Hagberg and a double-LP compilation of tracks from the band's previously released eight albums. The fundraising campaign...

Pleasure Adapter unveils two songs

by Chris Aponick

* Synth punk act Pleasure Adapter now has two songs online. The band recorded "Slaves of the New World" and "Everything Has Been Erased" with Mark McGowan at Suitcase Omaha earlier this year. Check out the tracks at pleasureadapter.bandcamp.com.

* Local acoustic pop artist Daniel Christian has released a new collaborative EP with Mark Adams. The release, A Moment Vanishing, is now available...

Yuppies to release self-titled LP in July

by Chris Aponick

* Yuppies plan to release their self-titled full-length album in July on New York-based label Dull Tools. The label is ran by members of Parquet Courts, who will return to the Omaha area Thursday, June 20th for a show at the Sweatshop Gallery, 2727 North 62nd St. Yuppies plan to support the album release with a massive fall tour kicking off in September.

* Touch People, the current project of...

White Mystery crushes it live

by Chris Aponick

* Chicago's White Mystery are always on and their return to Brother's Lounge, 3812 Farnam St., Saturday, March 2nd was no exception. The stripped down rock of Alex White and her brother Francis ripped. While the band's new album Telepathic shows signs of a new, subtler sound, the Whites kept their finger on their riff-centered mind meld of bluesy garage rock and no frills 70s rock. Meanwhile,...