Beyond Beginning

by Chris Aponick

UUVVWWZ's confident, intentional musical moves take firm hold on the trusted language, their just-released sophomore album.

The chance to make a second album gave the band the chance to be self reflective and move forward from there, singer Teal Gardner says.

"As the project progressed, we learned more about what we wanted to hear," she says.

Gardner says the first album is a document of...

Southern Perspective

by Chris Aponick

Rock Paper Dynamite are ready to rip through a new chapter, as they unveil RPD, their fifth EP in as many years.

The EP is a product of new perspective, some of it thanks to the band's decision to relocate to Charleston, South Carolina during the late spring and early summer of 2012.

Singer Joseph Janousek says the decision to relocate for a couple of months was a mutual band decision, as...

Hidden Meanings

by Chris Aponick

Canadian synthpop band Trust strip away any easy answers from the liner notes of the group's 2012 debut TRST.

The front cover is a photo taken by frontman Robert Alfons of a person in a long, blackhaired wig, white foundation and dark red lipstick. Inside, there's a tracklisting and song and art credits, but no lyrics or any material to guide a listener's interpretation of Trust's heavy odes...

Halestorm Show Sells Out Sokol Auditorium

by Jeremy Lafrentz

For quite a while now we’ve known about 89.7 The River bringing Halestorm back to the area to perform at Sokol Auditorium in Omaha but not many people anticipated the event selling out so quickly. Along with Halestorm, In This Moment and Eve to Adam were on the bill to perform. When word got out that the show was sold out many people went online to try and buy tickets but you had to spend a...

Graduation Day

by Jarrett Fontaine

After hinting at it for a while, Straight Outta Junior High’s last show is here.

“This one is our actual final show,” says lead singer Nate Olsen over the phone, resolutely.

It’s an amicable breakup that Olsen says just felt like the right thing to do.

“Yeah, you get older and other things get more important. Houses, jobs, and families take up more of your time,” he says. “We had a pretty...

Hurt, Smile Empty Soul, and Black Oxygen at The Waiting Room

by Jeremy Lafrentz

The Waiting Room is one to bring in some pretty big acts to Omaha and their venue with the help of 1% Productions and Tuesday, November 20^th they didn’t disappoint. Hurt, Smile Empty Soul, and Black Oxygen played for a lot of fans at The Waiting Room in Omaha, NE. Hurt and Smile Empty Soul have been touring together for a little while now and Black Oxygen just jumped on the tour a few days...