MUSIC Desaparecidos, Garbage to litter Maha’s stage
* A reunited Desaparecidos and '90s alternative rock act Garbage will serve as headliners to the 2012 edition of the Maha Music Festival on Saturday, August 11th at Aksarben Village's Stinston Park. Desaparecidos is the political punk-minded side project of Conor Oberst that released their lone full-length back in 2002. The all-day show will also feature appearances by local band Icky Blossoms,...
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Bowling For Soup Tour Interviews with Backstage Entertainment
Bowling For Soup has been to Omaha many times before and every time are sure to put on a good show. This was the case yet again last Thursday night at the Sokol Underground venue. The show had four bands performing that night and all of them got the crowd going. We got a chance to do an interview with members from Freshman 15, Patent Pending, and Bowling For Soup before the show and they all...
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Cannibal Corpse Interview with Backstage Entertainment
The Slowdown in downtown Omaha is known for bringing some great shows to the area. Last Tuesday night they didn’t disappoint by bringing one of the best death metal bands to town, Cannibal Corpse. The band started in 1988 and have been in the music scene ever since. They recently released their 12th studio album, Torture. With their album sales they are the top-selling death metal band of all...
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Kottonmouth Kings and Twiztid Interview with Backstage Entertainment
Backstage Entertainment got a chance to interview two awesome bands not only because of their music but because of how fun they made the interviews. First off, we started with Jamie Madrox and Paul “Monoxide” from the duo band of Twiztid. Not only did we talk about the band itself and their recent project they are working on but they went on tangents about the WWE, Hulk Hogan, Burger King, and...
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Blues Challenge & More
Catch up and coming, guitar-driven group the Dustin Pittsley Band, free, 9 p.m. at Gator O’Malley’s Thursday, April 19, and at Lincoln’s Zoo Bar on Saturday, April 21. Check zoobar.com for Saturday’s show time. The Dustin Pittsley Band has represented the Blues Society of Tulsa in the International Blues Challenge in 2010, 2009 and 2005 and has routinely won Best Band and Best Lead in the Tulsa...
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Downtown Omaha gears up for Record Store Day
* English indie pop band Scars on 45 will make a special in-store appearance at Homer's Music, 1210 Howard St., Saturday, April 21st at 3 p.m. to help celebrate the fifth annual Record Store Day. The band just released their self-titled debut on Atlantic Records, after building a few years of buzz with songs being placed on television shows, including single "Heart on Fire" which was used on...
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Industry expert to host music workshops
by Chris Aponick
* Musicpage.com founder David Codr will be hosting three workshops centered on helping bands improve their promotion skills May 14 - ... more »
Hullabaloo Festival announces initial line-up
by Chris Aponick
* Hullabaloo Music & Camping Festival will return to River West Park, 23101 West Maple Road, starting Friday, August 3rd and running ... more »
Hot Rod Lincoln
by B.J. Huchtemann
Guitar great Bill Kirchen of Commander Cody band fame plugs in for a Sunday Roadhouse at The Waiting Room on Saturday, May 12, 7:30 ... more »
Americana, Funk & Blues
by B.J. Huchtemann
The early Thursday 5:30 p.m. shows at The 21st Saloon feature the return of Anthony Gomes Thursday, May 3, and soulful blues from The ... 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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