Record Store Day has become a notable entry on label, scene and artist calendars in recent years. Its unassuming little brother, Cassette Store Day, makes another push toward relevancy this Saturday. Saddle Creek and Rainy Road Records are both participating in Omaha. On the retail side of things, Homer’s, Almost Music and the Saddle Creek Shop are all taking part. Find out about participating stores across the country here.
Saddle Creek is releasing work from a pair of its non-Nebraska acts, Pujol and The Rural Alberta Advantage. Pujol’s offering is a remix of his debut LP, this time called The Reunited States of Being. More notable is Rural Alberta Advantage releasing its new full-length album, Mended With Gold, on cassette three days before it actually drops. Stream it here.
Rainy Road Records, operated by Kevin Cline, is an ultra-DIY Omaha outfit (more in this story), and is releasing a pair of tapes on Saturday. First, there’s the 200-tape run from The Hussy, recent collaborators with Omaha’s Digital Leather. Parker Steele of Worried Mothers is releasing his solo LP Saturday, as well. More info here.
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We featured the Thirst Things First song “SWOOPS” on HN Radio this Monday, and the band releases its new EP, E-Energy, at Knickerbockers tonight. RSVP here.
Thematically, there’s no knowing what separates Thirst Things First’s new EP from its summer EP, SEXAPHONE. In the band’s self-made concept, the transmitted overlord BOOT is still giving marching orders to the Lincoln computer-pop-punk band. On the production side, Matty Sanders and AJ Mogis shine, with the digital experimentation is ramped up even more. Guitars sound like synths and synths sound like they could easily be the central computing system of a starship going haywire. If you like Thirst Things Friday, E-Energy is indeed that, maybe amplified.
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There’s a wealth of shows to catch this weekend.
FRIDAY
Sprung Break goes down tonight at The Waiting Room with Buckhunter, Mean Street, Both, Sharkweek, Kethro and DFM. The 9 p.m. show is $8. RSVP here. Electronic artist Buckhunter put a track on his Soundcloud to promote the show this week, featuring two previously unreleased tracks: an opening Buckhunter track featuring Ear Jerker from San Francisco and “Four a Buck” by Mean Street, remixed by Buckhunter.
Desert Noises return to Vega tonight with AZP. The roots pop band last played Vega in April. Their debut album, 27 Ways, was released in March. The show is $8. RSVP here.
We covered it in our news earlier this week, but Reverb Lounge opens in Omaha tonight with a performance by Huge Fucking Waves. Its more official christening is Sunday with Sebadoh and See Through Dresses.
Eros and the Eschaton play Barley Street tonight with an It’s True solo set and Charioteer. Adam Hawkins and Katy Sleeveless, the duo that make up Eros and the Eschaton, are originally from Omaha and live in Boulder now. Hawkins is also the songwriter for defunct Omaha band It’s True, which disbanded after two albums and a brief stint as Omaha’s golden lamb. The show is $5. RSVP here.
Breakout pop singer Lorde takes Stir Cove tonight. Lorde’s popularity has gained momentum on the back of her hit single “Royals” as the antidote to what some see as trite, vapid pop music that dominates the airwaves. The show is officially sold out.
Justin Townes Earle plays The Bourbon tonight. The folk singer-songwriter is on the cusp of his sixth studio album, this one on Vagrant Records. Townes Earle has positioned himself as one of the leading figures in contemporary Americana. He plays with American Aquarium. The show is $20. Check out our interview with JTE here.
Mitch Gettman plays a free show with Custom Catacombs tonight at Harney Street Tavern. Gettman will release a new EP “Nothing Stays the Same” on Oct. 18. Gettman will play a solo set on Hear Nebraska FM on Oct. 13. We’d love for you to listen.
SATURDAY
Motion Trap is doing double-duty in Nebraska this weekend with a show Friday at Gillie’s in Kearney and on Saturday night at The Bourbon. Both shows are with DJ Seoul and Turner Jackson. The Denver-based electronic band just played at Arise Music Festival in Loveland, Col. RSVP to the Gillie’s show here and The Bourbon show here.
Aaron Freeman, formerly of seminal ‘90s band Ween, plays a solo show tomorrow night at The Waiting Room. Tickets are $15.
The Seen and Both play their homecoming show Saturday night at the Slowdown. The two groups struck out on a week-long Midwest tour together. Last night they played Vega in Lincoln. RSVP here.
Travelling Mercies, 24 Hour Cardlock, The Tinder Box and The Willards Band play Barley Street Tavern tomorrow night. The folk show is $5.
Dominique Morgan releases a new EP at the Side Door Lounge, the first entry in a Loveaholics Anonymous series. The show will feature catered cupcakes and spoken-word performers.
I’d Die For Lo-Fi has two Nebraska shows this weekend. Saturday night the Texas solo artist plays with Huge Fucking Waves and Manic Pixie Dream Girls. Sunday night, he comes to Duffy’s Tavern to play with Miniature Horse (Rachel Tomlinson Dick of Manic Pixie Dream Girls) and Low Long Signal. RSVP to the Lincoln show here.
SUNDAY
The Dandy Warhols play The Waiting Room on Sunday night with Bonfire Beach. The 20 year-old Portland, Ore. based-band has released 9 studio albums, including their breakout — 2000’s Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia. The show is $20. RSVP here.
Sebadoh and See Through Dresses play the official opening of Reverb Lounge, after a warm-up show tonight, a new Benson venue run by One Percent Productions. The club aims to bring high quality acts to an intimate atmosphere. Sebadoh is on the cusp of releasing their first album in 14 years. See Through Dresses, the Omaha slacker-rock band, was recently signed to European to label This Charming Man.
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