• Ridgelines, Big Slur team-up for split cassette; The Faint release “Skylab1979” video; Veer Music Co-op to release debut compilation

• Musician dies after collapsing during Columbus concert; Q&A with Portland’s Tender Age; Sam Evian shares second track from forthcoming Saddle Creek release; The Ataris, Hockey Dad tonight

• Benson First Friday Femme Fest releases schedule; Coverage: Conor Oberst plays downtown Grand Island; Eros and the Eschaton’s ‘Weight Of Matter’ out today; Maha this weekend, Hear Grand Island rescheduled

• Announcing: Full Lincoln Calling day and venue schedules; The Good Life announces tour with Jake Bellows, shares album outtake; KZUM Blues Blowout concert launches Fall fund drive; Conor Oberst tonight in Grand Island

• Razor Sharp: The prolific, familial career of 19-year old Adam “Hootie” Erickson | Feature Interview

• Conor Oberst with McCarthy Trenching, MiWi La Lupa and very special guest Philip “Meatball” Schaffart in Grand Island

• Horrendous, Flak, Manslaughterer at Brothers Lounge

• Pro-Magnum unleashes heavy 7-inch; HN Internship applications due today; We Are The Willows, Dan Tedesco tonight

• Conor Oberst: Sonically Predicting ‘Ruminations’ and a Foray into Greater Nebraska | Column

• Lincoln Calling adds Brendan Kelly (The Lawrence Arms), Eros & the Eschaton, Yes You Are, more than 60 additional acts; The Reader interviews Maha’s executive director Schomburg; Miwi La Lupa, Phil Schaffart added to Oberst show