• Jay Arner talks retro influences, new tour destinations ahead of Omaha show; Omaha Under The Radar applications open; Rig 1 releases new track

• Lincoln Calling secures festival bus route; Nathan Ma’s lo-fi pop tape debuts via Noisey; Photo coverage of The Punknecks, Cycles; The Morbs on Hear Nebraska FM

• ‘Ruminations’ streaming on NPR First Listen; The Faint compilation album out today; Photos of White Wolf T-Shirt, The Matchsellers at Barley Street Tavern; The Mountain Goats, The Renderers this weekend

• The Broke Loose previews debut EP with new single; Coverage of Danny Brown at The Bourbon

• Caulfield Records’ McGinn Returns for Lincoln Calling Workshop; The Faint release “Young & Realistic” video; Bien Fang’s Morrow coordinates, promotes monthly inclusive feminism discussion

• Porches’ Aaron Maine talks home recording, alternate album takes; Survey of state senators gauges arts funding interests; Jackie Greene tonight

• Tunes, Brews Flow at Beer Nebraska; Photos of SowerFest, O’Leaver’s Fest, The Album Leaf

• Flowers Forever revisited tonight at O’Leaver’s Fest; Beer Nebraska, SowerFest, Dan Bejar this weekend

• Omaha Performing Arts expands youth music education program; Photos of Count Bass D, Third Eye Merchants, Indigenous AK, Sleep Sinatra

• Des Moines Music Coalition educates artists through Music University; SowerFest returns this weekend; Coverage of Freakabout, American Pinup, Kick