Maha Music Festival in Artist Portraits

We gave photographer Nickolai Hammar an odd-ish job on Saturday at Maha Music Festival.

“Hang out backstage. And as politely and casually as you can, ask the sweaty, over-photographed musicians coming off the stage if you can photograph them one final time.”

As it turned out, everyone was in good spirits and obliged the project really nicely. Only Death Cab For Cutie wasn’t available, as Nickolai told me later they quite literally jogged onto the stage and then jogged away. Fitting for the intensity of their performance (more on that here.)

Otherwise, cars, stacks of gear and drainage ditches comprise the Aksarben Village backdrop to a lot of musicians who appeared very happy to be there.

See the act-by-act portraits below:

Domestica | Maha 2014

 —Domestica

Matt Whipkey | Maha 2014

 —Matt Whipkey

Snot | Maha 2014

—Snot (Omaha Girl Rock)

Twinsmith | Maha 2014

—Twinsmith

M34N STR33T | Maha 2014

—M34N STR33T 

Doomtree | Maha 2014

—Doomtree

Radkey | Maha 2014

—Radkey

The Both | Maha 2014

—The Both (Ted Leo & Aimee Mann)

The Envy Corps | Maha 2014

—The Envy Corps

Local Natives | Maha 2014

—Local Natives

Icky Blossoms | Maha 2014

—Icky Blossoms

The Head and the Heart | Maha 2014

 —The Head and the Heart


See More Crowd Photos from Maha 2014


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photos by Bridget McQuillan 

Maha 2014
Maha 2014

photos by JP Davis

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photo by Nickolai Hammar