• 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

• Phoebe Dro: Developing Sonic Diversity Through Personal Struggle

• 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

• “Faithful Breathing” by The Wildwoods | Love Drunk

• Hector Anchondo Band headlines inaugural In The Market For Blues Festival Saturday; Photo coverage of Farnam Festival, Built To Spill, Darren Keen

• Darren Keen: Linear Production, Light On His Feet | Q&A

• Omaha musician Mike Johnson unveils ridgelines, to release EP Friday; The Union for Contemporary Art hosts $100 Art Sale Saturday; Luke Polipnick plays Tower Unplugged tonight