• Des Moines Music Coalition to host third-annual Music University to support independent working musicians; Weekend coverage of Bud Heavy & the High Lifes, Lot Walks, Post Paradise and more;

• Simon Joyner to publish lyrics compilation ‘Only Love Can Bring You Peace’; See Through Dresses announces split cassette with Tiny Engines labelmates It Looks Sad.

• Omaha rapper TKO releases hard-hitting new LP Saturday, shares smooth new single “What You Know”; photos of Sleep Sinatra, Vegetable Deluxe, Twenty One Pilots; Izzy Dominguez tonight at Tower Square

• Benson First Friday gains non-profit status, celebrates with Art Bazaar Friday; High Up debuts groovy new single, announces shows with Conor Oberst, The Good Life

• Omaha Entertainment and Arts Awards nominees announced; Desaparecidos, Both, All Young Girls Are Machine Guns among ‘Artist of the Year’ nominees; New Live at O’Leaver’s recordings include Speedy Ortiz, Beach Slang, The Hussy

• KZUM and Ferguson House host inaugural Soup & Songs living room concert series; Benson First Friday Femme Fest 2016 announced

• Three Things about last night at Slowdown with The Mynabirds, Bad Bad Hats and High Up; Digital Leather tour dates; Coverage of Use Your Voice benefit

• Kaneko to host Eko Nova contemporary classical new music series; New Live at O’Leaver’s recordings; Use Your Voice benefit concert tonight

• Live Minds Affinity releases ‘#DOGDAYS2015’ EP today; Take Me To Vegas debuts “Retrospect” video; Photos of FIDLAR, The Lighthouse & The Whaler

• O’Leaver’s throws second year of O’Leaver’s Fest this weekend; Lincoln Calling schedule released; The Lighthouse and the Whaler, Fidlar tonight