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LIFE is COOL's Joyful Noise | Hello, My Name Is...

Posted by katrbuchanan on Tue, 04/30/2013 - 10:55am in band, hear nebraska, hello my name is, james reilly, life is cool, live, mo and gloves, music, video

Meet LIFE is COOL, a Lincoln band with more than 10 members, whose other bands include Head of Femur, Pharmacy Spirits, Cat Island, Black Cohosh and Beep Beep. Just don't call it a supergroup.

PYRATE at The Sydney | Photo Slideshow

Posted by HN staff on Mon, 04/29/2013 - 2:31pm in andrew jay, chevy anderson, cusses, music, nebraska, photo slideshow, photos, pyrate, rock paper dynamite

See photos from last Wednesday's PYRATE concert at The Sydney, an off-the-wall show that also featured Andrew Jay of Rock Paper Dynamite and Cusses.

Ana Egge at a LAFTA House Concert | Photo Review

Posted by HN staff on Mon, 04/29/2013 - 10:51am in ana egge, concert review, kay kemmet, lafta, michael todd, music, nebraska, photos, review

LAFTA, or the Lincoln Association for Traditional Arts, marked the end of its house concert season on Friday with Ana Egge's folk songs. See photos from the night here.

Tim Carr's Pizza Court: Part Three, The Trial | Illustrated Stories

Posted by HN staff on Mon, 04/29/2013 - 9:32am in illustrated stories, music, nebraska, pizza court, the trial, tim carr, universe contest

Universe Contest's Tim Carr concludes his three-part dramedy, "Pizza Court." It's a true story, filtered through Carr's memory, and a video with more than 200 illustrations to back up the testimony.

CCPP015 Available Now | Crucial Changes

Posted by HN staff on Mon, 04/29/2013 - 8:44am in crucial changes, keith mcgrath, music, nebraska, zine

New quarterly zine available for spring.

2013 Maha Music Festival: Main Stage Bands | Lineup Announcement

Posted by HN staff on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 7:39pm in bob mould, digital leather, festival, hers, lineup, maha, Maha Music Festival, matt & kim, millions of boys, music, nebraska, oeaas, omaha entertainment and arts awards, rock paper dynamite, sons of fathers, thao & the get down stay down, the flaming lips, the millions, The Thermals

The Flaming Lips will headline this year's Maha Music Festival on Aug. 17. See the rest of the lineup here.

Week in Review: 4/20 through 4/26 | Nebraska Notes

Posted by HN staff on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 2:46pm in music, nebraska, nebraska notes, storify, week in review

Find Root Marm kazoos for band merch, a review of a Bus Gas album, a new release by Akita-Ken, Voodoo Method in Found Magazine and much more in our news roundup.

Verbal Gumbo Spoken Word at House of Loom | Video Feature

Posted by HN staff on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 1:34pm in house of loom, mike machian, music, nebraska, verbal gumbo, video

Watch as performers read their spoken-word pieces at House of Loom's Verbal Gumbo, held every third Thursday.

"Big Deal" by Twinsmith | Song Premiere

Posted by HN staff on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 9:12am in big deal, Ingrid Holmquist, music, nebraska, song premiere, twinsmith

Listen to a premiere of "Big Deal" by Omaha's Twinsmith, and read about the band's forthcoming album, the transition from former band Betsy Wells and more.

ENSO, Live at Vampire Masquerade | Video Feature

Posted by HN staff on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 8:39am in babes, chris dinan, Conduits, enso, house of loom, Icky Blossoms, misery train, music, nebraska, video

Omaha-founded DJ/producer duo Enso returned home last October for the fifth annual Vampire Masquerade. See video of the night with Conduits and Icky Blossoms remixes here.