• KZUM taps The Bottle Tops’ Kerry Semrad as next general manager; Halfwit teases upcoming full-length, releases first of three new songs; Hear Nebraska, Maha Music Festival among Nebraska Tourism Commission grant awardees

• Tenth Anniversary of Jenny Lewis’s ‘Rabbit Fur Coat’ helps trace songwriter’s Omaha ties; Benson Songwriters’ Exchange calls for feedback; Comedian Ian Douglas Terry to record tonight’s Lookout Lounge performance

• TKO means business in latest music video; Omaha-Washington D.C. duo Vanish. debut chill single; Edward Spencer and the Slimy River Rock Band crowd into Omaha Stairwell Sessions