Blues Challenge, Sin City, Zito

by B.J. Huchtemann

Round One of the Blues Society of Omaha’s Nebraska Blues Challenge kicks off at Lincoln’s Zoo Bar on Sunday, March 24. Performing are Crimson Dawn (3:30 p.m.), Thrift Shop Radio (4:40 p.m.), Lou DeLuca & The R&M Blues Band (5:50 p.m.) and Josh Hoyer & The Shadowboxers (7 p.m.). Rounds Two and Three take place April 7 at Gator O’Malley’s and April 21 at McKenna’s with a total of 14 bands...

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...

SXSW Evolves

by Chris Aponick

The lesson of South By Southwest is that if an attendee has their heart set on attending one of the marquee intimate shows that the Austin, Tex.-based music event books, then the best bet is to plan ahead and be prepared to wait for the chance at a once-in-a-lifetime musical moment.

Last year's Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band show set the bar for how these events can play out and it...

Cool Guy

by Kyle Eustice

Cool Guy

Soul Asylum’s Dave Pirner Keeps it Real

By Kyle Eustice           

Sometimes you wonder just how long a band can hang on. Years go by without any output and then, as if they’ve realized their inevitable mortality, they come back with a vengeance, eager to jump back in the saddle. Soul Asylum is one of those bands. “Runaway Train” was a huge Grammy Award-winning hit in...

SXSW Day Four: Austin musical math

by Chris Aponick

The cool thing abut SXSW is sometimes it helps put two and two together and that's the bit of math that happened Friday at Cheer Up Charlie's, a funky indoor/outdoor club on Austin's hip east side. 

After grabbing a cocktail and navigating through the venue, I decided to take a look at one of the band's playing on the outdoor stage on the other side of the venue. It took me a few moments to...

Jimmy Hooligan at SXSW: Day Two

by STAFF

Yo, what up? It’s me again. That guy that “Does what he wants” aka DAWB aka Jimmy Hooligan reporting from Austin, Tex. on SXSW Hip-hop.

This blog is meant to be for Day Two, however Day 2 ended up being day 3, or maybe 4. Either way here is my best attempt to fill you in on the past 48 hours.

Day two starts off with me waking up in the back seat of my vehicle at 7 a.m. from a phone call...