MUSIC 
Truckers’ Narrator
Drive-By Truckers’ Patterson Hood has garnered a well-earned reputation for his songwriting by telling detail-rich accounts of southern rock, methamphetamine addiction and George Wallace's final damnation, among other things. So when the Reader was offered a chance to send Hood some questions, we jumped at the chance to crawl into one of rock ‘n’ roll’s most literate minds. Here's...
entered on 02/22/11 at 04:09 PM | read more »
Hotter Than a Pistol
Listen once to Smith Westerns' Dye It Blonde to pick out all the reference points, then listen some more for the gleeful abandon evident as this young Chicago band makes The Beatles, T. Rex, Brit-pop, David Bowie and power-pop signifiers in their own slapdash image. Guitarist Max Kakacek doesn't dodge those influence questions, but instead admits that he's more drawn to songs than certain bands...
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Let’s Get Lost
It's late in the day; the sun barely blinks over the horizon. The familiar bleached light bounces off the pavement and through the dirty windshield while white stripes flicker below like a busy signal on the highway. The man behind the wheel is lost. That man is Pete Yorn, his trademark Prince Valiant mane tossing in the wind blowing through an open window. He wears the same T-shirt and jeans he...
entered on 02/16/11 at 02:29 PM | read more »
Large and Live
Colorado-based two-piece Big Gigantic plays a bombastic mixture of jazz rhythms and electronic dance beats. Featuring saxophonist/producer Dominic Lalli and drummer Jeremy Salken, Big G’s music was made for dancing and the duo have been ably ripping up clubs from coast to coast. They made a big wave on the festival circuit last summer, including much-talked-about sets at both Rothbury and...
entered on 02/09/11 at 01:26 PM | read more »
Fabulous Fiddle
David Garrett was born in Germany to an American ballerina mother and a German Lawyer father. By the time of his fourth birthday he had already began exploring the violin and forging a deep connection with an instrument he would come to master (he quips in his press release that he has probably spent more time playing the violin then sleeping). At the ripe age of 13, Garrett signed a record...
entered on 02/07/11 at 10:30 AM | read more »
Second Bass
When Interpol makes its triumphant return to Omaha after an eight-year absence, they'll be one man down and two men up. Iconic bass player and fashion plate Carlos Dengler, aka Carlos D, no longer is a member of Interpol, having left just after the recording sessions wrapped up for the band's new, self-titled album. The announcement came as a surprise to long-time Interpol fans who credit...
entered on 02/03/11 at 02:14 PM | read more »
Local bands line up new releases
by Chris Aponick
* Jake Bellows will release New Ocean, his debut solo album, Tuesday, August 6th on Saddle Creek Records. Bellows fronted ... more »
Talk to focus on Omaha music history
by Chris Aponick
* Omaha's musical history will be the focus of a talk sponsored by the Douglas County Historical Society Sunday, June 9th at the Mule ... more »
Club Treats, Duke & Hadden
by B.J. Huchtemann
The outdoor music scene is ramping up, but there are still plenty of great blues acts coming to our local clubs.
The 21st Saloon ... more »
Music, Music, Music
by B.J. Huchtemann
Summer Arts Fest in downtown Omaha has some great acts on tap Friday, June 7, including the Blues Society of Omaha’s recent Nebraska ... more »
Remembering Dave
by Tim McMahan
It began in November 1992. I was a few years out of college at UNO, already working full time at Union Pacific, but still writing ... more »
Totally Crushing on Millions of Boys
by Tim McMahan
Omaha power-pop punk band Millions of Boys’ new 10-inch record, Competing for Your Love, is a 180-gram slab of vinyl complete with ... more »
Future Tense: 2012 Music Predictions, Pt. 2
by Tim McMahan
And now, the conclusion of my annual music predictions columns, where I gaze into the glossy black finish of a Fender Squier and see ... more »
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