• Jeremy McComb w/ Dan Olsen at Reverb Lounge

• Memphis May Fire at The Bourbon

• Lake Street Dive’s songwriting quartet and salty-sweet new record | Q&A with drummer Mike Calabrese

• The Elliotts w/ The Hanyaks and Naked Sunday at Duffy’s Tavern

• Conny Franko announces city council write-in candidacy; Benson First Friday Femme Fest opens submissions, adds Lincoln date; Vital Organs releases darkly sensual new video

• Nebraskans for the Arts celebrates Arts Advocacy Day; O+S return for sophomore album, premiere new track via Paste; LVL UP tonight at Sweatshop

• REVEL celebrates three years supporting Omaha’s queer nightlife community; Walk By Sea releases debut LP, Against Me! at Slowdown and more from the weekend concert round-up

• ‘Live On Leave Us’ by Bus Gas & ‘A Rose In Glass’ by John Freidel | On The Record Podcast

• Nebraska Exposed showcase returns to SXSW; Bent Life set featured by 197 Media; Conor Oberst closes down St Dymphna in new video; Photo coverage of Mykki Blanco, Cakes da Killa, Plack Blague

• CJ Mills, Jack Hotel among musicians honored at 11th-annual OEAAs; Orpheum Theater, Holland Performing Arts Center Ranked Among World’s Top Venues; Weekend photo coverage features Jacob James Wilton, Hyborian, Unmanned and more