the show is the rainbow

It took a computer crash to turn Darren Keen's newest album for Touch People toward the minimalist electronic project it's becoming. Read about and listen to one song, "Body Rhythm," in-depth to learn why.

See what we're deeming as the photos with the most outstretched arms at concerts. It's our second dig through the photo archive, and we dare you to count every limb.

2012 was a rough year for HN contributor Casey Welsch: "As ever, though, we get through such times with good music." See his list of things that made it all more bearable.

HN contributor Jeremy Buckley waxes philosophic about the moments in live music worth remembering from 2012, the moments that keep him coming back.

On Sunday, Darren Keen fell backwards into a mass of outstretched hands. Just as he had given himself to Lincoln's music community for 10 years as The Show is the Rainbow, Sunday saw to his project's end.

Darren Keen calls it quits with The Show is the Rainbow, at least until two final shows in August and December. Here's why.

A mostly kooky lineup of locals and David Liebe Hart Band helped turn the Bourbon Theatre into Disneyland on Monday night.

Saturday at Lincoln Calling started folky, but dance ruled the night. See how festival goers (and performers) got down.

Clawfoot House spun the its last record with TSITR, Alexis Gideon and Double Double Z. HN's Shannon Claire captured its last dance.

Love Drunk and Ingrained tried something new, shooting — in their own styles — back-to-back, one-take videos featuring Nebraska's one-man music factory. See how it worked.