by Hilary Stohs-Krause
Looking to see some lady music? Check back here every Wednesday for a rundown of concerts featuring female musicians for the week ahead. Want to add your event? Send an email with the who, when, where, cost and any age restrictions to xrated@hearnebraska.org — or better yet, create the event in our statewide music calendar and email me the link.
Photo courtesy of Rasputina
Bold denotes female artist band with female member; * indicates if those bands or artists are not from Nebraska
THURSDAY, AUG. 11
*Rasputina, *Smoke Fairies
Bourbon Theatre, 1412 O St. in Lincoln
8 p.m.
All ages; $13
Blue Bird, MachineGun Mojo
Mojo Smokehouse & Ales, 2110 S. 67th St. in Omaha
9 p.m.
The Jes Winter Band w/ Brad Hoshaw, Matt Cox, Sarah Benck
The Waiting Room, 6212 Maple St. in Omaha
9 p.m.
$7
Nebraska Pop Festival: Edge of Arbor, *The River Monks, *Matty Cries, Thunder Power, *Fingers of the Sun, Rock Paper Dynamite
Barley Street Tavern, 2735 N. 62nd St. in Omaha
7 p.m.
21+; $7
All Young Girls Are Machine Gunes, *Cass Brostad (formerly of Omaha), *Mandy Rowden, Charlie Mason
The Zoo Bar, 136 N. 14th St. in Lincoln
9 p.m., 21+
*Cass and Mandy will be doing a live in-studio on the radio edition of X-Rated, broadcasting from 1 to 3 p.m. today (Thursday) at 89.3FM KZUM or streaming live at http://kzum.org.
FRIDAY, AUG. 12
*Debbie Gibson, *Tiffany
Stir Concert Cove, Harrah's Casino in Council Bluffs
8 p.m.
21+; $25
*Brandi Carlile
The Slowdown, 729 N. 14th St. in Omaha
9 p.m.
*Xenia Rubinos
Knickerbockers, 901 O St. in Lincoln
9 p.m.
18+
Nebraska Pop Festival: All Young Girls Are Machine Guns, *Paper City, Since Our First Guitar, Blue Bird, *Normandie Wilson, Foam Foam
Barley Street Tavern, 2735 N. 62nd St. in Omaha
7 p.m.
21+; $7
SATURDAY, AUG. 13
Keegan Dewitt, *Madi Diaz
The Bourbon Theatre, 1412 O St. in Lincoln
8 p.m.
Nebraska Pop Festival: Gloworm, The Sunshine Dreamers, *The Kissing Party, Caramel Snow, Biggles Flys Again, The Sleepover, *Xenia Rubinos
Barley Street Tavern, 2735 N. 62nd St. in Omaha
7 p.m.
21+; $7
SUNDAY, AUG. 14
Duffy's Tavern, 1415 O St. in Lincoln
9 p.m.
Nebraska Pop Festival: Glass of Milk, The Golden Hour, Panda Face, Sofa City Sweetheart, Paris When It Sizzles!, Floating Opera, Elijah Jett, *Careful Q, The Tinycakes, Irkutsk, Hindershot
Barley Street Tavern, 2735 N. 62nd St. in Omaha
7 p.m.
21+; $7
TUESDAY, AUG. 16
Jay Psaros, *Olivia Brownlee, On Approach
Knickerbockers, 901 O St. in Lincoln
9 p.m.
18+
Hilary Stohs-Krause's fondest wish is to own her own Tardis … or a Viper spaceplane. For more on Nebraska ladies making music, tune into the "X-Rated: Women in Music" radio show every Thursday from 1:05 to 3 p.m. CST at 89.3FM KZUM in Lincoln or streaming live at kzum.org. Find it on Facebook at facebook.com/xmusicnebraska. Or, if Tumblr is more your style, check out xmusic.tumblr.com.