universe contest

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.

Week in Review: 4/6 through 4/12 | Nebraska Notes

Posted by HN staff on Fri, 04/12/2013 - 1:48pm in bret vovk, funk trek, hers, multidimensional cowboy, music, nebraska, nebraska notes, thermals, tim kasher, universe contest

This week in Nebraska music news we've missed: new music by Bret Vovk, Funk Trek's record release this Saturday at The Waiting Room and much more.

Archrival's Dan Gibson | Nebraska Mixtapes

Posted by katrbuchanan on Tue, 04/09/2013 - 1:11am in archrival, dan gibson, Eli Mardock, freakabout, good show great show, kill county, lincoln, music, nebraska, nebraska mixtapes, universe contest

Listen to a mixtape of the toe-tappers Archrival's Dan Gibson digs, and read about why they represent the Nebraska music scene for him.

Tim Carr's Pizza Court: Part Two, The Hearings | Illustrated Stories

Posted by HN staff on Tue, 03/19/2013 - 12:49am in illustrated stories, kat buchanan, Lance Heybrock, michael todd, music, nebraska, the incident, tim carr, universe contest

Tim Carr picks up his Pizza Court story where he left off. It's the second installment of our series of illustrated videos, a part two we're calling The Hearings. Believe us, it's downright ludicrous.

Tim Carr's Pizza Court: Part One, The Incident | Illustrated Stories

Posted by HN staff on Fri, 03/01/2013 - 11:39am in illustrated stories, kat buchanan, Lance Heybrock, michael todd, music, nebraska, the incident, tim carr, universe contest

Universe Contest's Tim Carr has a story to tell, and it will take three installments to tell it. First, The Incident: how pizza sent Carr to court. Watch Universe Contest in concert twice this Saturday at Duffy's.

John Freidel's Year-round Halloween | Wear Nebraska

Posted by ingridholmquist on Thu, 01/17/2013 - 8:24pm in Green Trees, Ingrid Holmquist, John Freidel, music, nebraska, powerful science, universe contest, Wear Nebraska

John Freidel has played a construction worker, a janitor, a tin man and a naked man on stage in Green Trees, Powerful Science and Universe Contest. This first Wear Nebraska column explains why.

Andrew Norman's 2012 | The List

Posted by HN staff on Mon, 12/31/2012 - 10:32am in 2012, andrew norman, best of, black cohosh, brendan kelly, bright eyes, cheap girls, cory branan, cursive, future islands, Icky Blossoms, japandroids, kill county, laura burhenn, lloyd mccarter, mccarthy trenching, mint wad willy, music, nebraska, Simon Joyner, the list, the menzingers, the mynabirds, two gallants, universe contest, worried mothers

Hear Nebraska's editor-in-chief reflects upon the best (sometimes worst) year of his life: "Light and dark, slow and fast, beautiful and ugly, it was all surrounded by music."

Casey Welsch's 2012 | The List

Posted by HN staff on Mon, 12/31/2012 - 10:04am in 2012, a place to bury strangers, best of, blue sky angel parade, bobby womack, casey welsch, flying lotus, foam_form, jeff the brotherhood, killer mike, lee fields and the expressions, michael kiwanuka, music, nebraska, public enemy, the heavy, the list, the poet solace taylor, the show is the rainbow, Time Hammer, universe contest

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.

Chevy Anderson's 2012 | The List

Posted by Chevy Anderson on Thu, 12/20/2012 - 12:51am in 2012, capgun coup, chevy anderson, father john misty, Icky Blossoms, joey bada$$, music, nebraska, plack blague, sidewalk chalk, the kickback, the list, the shins, tilly and the wall, universe contest

HN multimedia intern Chevy Anderson picks his multifarious favorites of 2012. Father John Misty, Joey Bada$$ and Sidewalk Chalk are just three of his top threes.

Michael Todd's 2012 | The List

Posted by HN staff on Sun, 12/16/2012 - 10:34am in 2012, alt-j, an awesome wave, an evening, anais mitchell, domestica, Eli Mardock, good show great show, gordon, hear lincoln, howard, in love, life is cool, mccarthy trenching, music, nebraska, shipbuilding co., Talking Mountain, the bloom and the blight, the list, two gallants, universe contest, uuvvwwz, young man in america

What did 2012 in Nebraska music mean to you? Here's the first of our takes on the year's albums, songs, music videos and more, from HN managing editor Michael Todd.