• Do-It-Ourselves Fest announces 2017 event, opens applications; Salt Creek release new video “Rulo,” announce EP; Photo coverage: Stormfest at Lookout, Moonfest at Crescent Moon Coffee; The Wildwoods on HN FM tonight

• Lincoln Calling festival passes on-sale; Local Record Store Day round-up; Ojai premieres “All I Can Ask” video; Weekend Concert Round-Up features Crom Comedy Festival, StormFest

• PREMIERE: Centerpiece searches for light in poppy new track “Shadow and Shade”; Umm, See Through Dresses release new singles; Matt Cox tours east coast; Maha adds Downtown Boys

• Good Living Tour returns, includes eight Greater Nebraska communities; Photo coverage of Earthstock Music Festival, Intangible; Twinsmith, Stonebelly announce tours

• Lincoln Calling early-bird passes on-sale April 21, first-wave lineup announcement May 4; Coverage: Umm, Oquoa, BareBear at Reverb Lounge; Earthstock Music Festival, Leafblower cassette release, Closeness & tbd. collaborate and more this weekend

• Ground Floor Guitar participates in nationwide recycling event; Photo coverage of The Ferdy Mayne, Clay, House Vacations at Duffy’s Tavern; Umm plays Reverb Lounge tonight

• Earthstock Music Festival promotes sustainability; Sleep Sinatra drops smooth new EP; Tyto Alba, Vega’s Local Buzz tonight

• Conspire Music & Arts Festival aims to challenge artists; New band Leafblower debuts track “RX”; Photo coverage: Dolores Diaz & the Standby Club, Icky Blossoms at Slowdown

• Nebraska Folk & Roots festival releases lineup; Photo coverage: Unmanned, Bogusman, Yesh, Ghost Town Radio at 1867; Head of Femur tonight on Hear Nebraska FM

• KZUM releases Stransky Park series lineup; Slowdown hosts concert benefitting Justice For Our Neighbors-Nebraska, The Nebraska Cultural Endowment; Unmanned album release show, Nebraska Folk & Roots launch party this weekend