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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.

Big AL's Free Music Fest Turns 6 | Festival Preview

Posted by HN staff on Tue, 04/23/2013 - 7:04pm in al hatfield, big al's free music festival, festival, music, nebraska, preview

Read an interview with Al Hatfield, founder and organizer of Big AL's Free Music Festival. The festival runs this week, Tuesday through Saturday at The Hideout.

2013 Maha Music Festival Local Bands | Lineup Announcement

Posted by HN staff on Sun, 04/21/2013 - 5:26pm in criteria, digital leather, festival, hers, lineup, local bands, maha, Maha Music Festival, music, nebraska, omaha entertainment and arts awards, rock paper dynamite, the millions

Which local bands will Maha be hosting at this year's festival on Aug. 17? Criteria, Digital Leather, HERS, The Millions, Rock Paper Dynamite and the winner of June's OEAAs showcase. Read on for more.

SXSW 2013: Saturday's Shows | Festival Review

Posted by HN staff on Tue, 03/19/2013 - 10:41pm in bridget mcquillan, chevy anderson, chris dinan, festival, interview, michael todd, music, nebraska, NESXSW, photos, review, sean mccarthy, south by southwest, SXSW, sxsw 2013, video

Listen to portions of Iron and Wine's concert at SXSW, hear a review of The Thermals show, what our managing editor calls the best of the festival, and see tons of photos featuring many more bands.

SXSW 2013: Friday's Shows | Festival Review

Posted by HN staff on Sun, 03/17/2013 - 2:51pm in alt-j, Austra, BOY, bridget mcquillan, chevy anderson, chris dinan, Dent May, Eli Mardock, festival, Gregory Alan Isakov, Half Moon Run, Indians, interview, ivan and alyosha, jeremy buckley, Jim James, josh rouse, Kendrick Lamar, Lucius, michael todd, Mitzi, music, nebraska, NESXSW, Pallbearer, photos, RAC, review, Richard Thompson, Savages, sean mccarthy, south by southwest, Steve Earle, SXSW, sxsw 2013, the flaming lips, The Staves, The Thermals, toro y moi, video

Among the mess of journalists, musicians, music fans and gear at SXSW, Hear Nebraska's crew of six used their cameras, recorders and notepads to capture their Friday's worth of concerts here.

SXSW 2013: First Days | Festival Review

Posted by HN staff on Thu, 03/14/2013 - 3:56am in big harp, Billy Bragg, Blue Hawaii, Braids, bridget mcquillan, chevy anderson, chris dinan, Cloud Nothings, diiv, festival, French Horn Rebellion, Harouki Zombi, Icky Blossoms, jake bellows, Marnie Stern, michael todd, music, nebraska, NESXSW, Olafur Arnalds, pujol, review, saddle creek, sean mccarthy, SXSW, sxsw 2013, Tegan and Sara, The Thermals, uuvvwwz

See photos from SXSW 2013 of Billy Bragg, Blue Hawaii, Braids, Cloud Nothings, DIIV, French Horn Rebellion, Marnie Stern, Olafur Arnalds, Tegan and Sara, and The Thermals.

HLN8 at The Bourbon | Festival Review

Posted by HN staff on Mon, 11/19/2012 - 3:33pm in concert review, festival, highlucynation, hln8, music, nebraska, nick teets, review, the bourbon

HLN8 featured fire-twirlers, dubstep, local electronic and a myriad of touring acts. Read our review with photos of the three-day event that took place Thursday through Saturday at The Bourbon.

Lincoln Calling 2012 | Day Three

Posted by HN staff on Thu, 10/11/2012 - 4:55pm in bonehart flannigan, bridget mcquillan, casey welsch, chevy anderson, Christopher the Conquered, concert review, cowboy indian bear, dawn thorfinnson, discourse, festival, Fraternal Durango, guilty is the bear, Intergalactic Fu, Laetitia Sadier, lincoln calling, lincoln calling 2012, low horse, michael todd, music, nebraska, photos, piss poor, poison control center, powerful science, professor plum, shipbuilding co., the bears of blue river, the lepers, The Spring Standards, Time Hammer, uuvvwwz, Zed Tempo

Exercise those scrolling fingers with gobs of photos, reviews, live tracks and Instagrams from Lincoln Calling's third night. Check the schedule for tonight's concerts, too, and we'll see you downtown.

Lincoln Calling 2012 | Day Two

Posted by HN staff on Thu, 10/11/2012 - 10:01am in classes, concert review, day two, demos, dirty talker, domestica, emily bass, festival, good show great show, hume, lincoln calling, lincoln calling 2012, mccarthy trenching, minor birds, music, nebraska, omni arms, tenderness wilderness, themes, touch people

Lincoln Calling expanded to six venues with more than 20 concerts, covered here with reviews, photos and live audio with videos on the way. The festival continues through Sunday.

Lincoln Calling 2012 | Day One

Posted by HN staff on Wed, 10/10/2012 - 8:41am in angie norman, bourbon theatre, bridget mcquillan, day one, desert noises, festival, great american desert, ivan and alyosha, lincoln calling, lincoln calling 2012, michael todd, music, nebraska

Lincoln Calling eased in to its more than 120 bands at nine venues. Just three played the Bourbon on Tuesday night, but it was an enjoyable short time as shown here with reviews, photos and more.