• KZUM releases Stransky Park series lineup; Slowdown hosts concert benefitting Justice For Our Neighbors-Nebraska, The Nebraska Cultural Endowment; Unmanned album release show, Nebraska Folk & Roots launch party this weekend

• Three Nebraska Bands to Watch: via Josh Soto, Dominique Morgan and Jeff Harder

• Linear Symmetry debuts heavy, dance-inducing EP; Washed Up Emo Podcast features Caulfield Record’s McGinn; HN summer internship applications open

• Lookout Lounge announces Comeback Kid, The Falcon; Omaha ex-pat Skate Maloley dragged offstage during New York concert; Weekend photo coverage of Skatefest Benefit, J Dilla Tribute, Oketo’s album release

• “Agenda Suicide” by Hand Painted Police Car | HN Live at Take Cover Omaha

• Omaha artists honor influential producer J Dilla at fifth-annual tribute show; Film Streams’ ‘Sights On Sounds’ series features Arcade Fire documentary; Skatefest benefit concert at Lookout Lounge; Oketo, The Wildwoods play album release parties

• Former Omaha residents develop 3-D printable ‘Hovalin’ to promote STEAM education; photos of Sleep Sinatra, ThirdEye Merchants at Zoo Bar

• UTW Day in Omaha Saturday; touring acts at Grand Island house shows; Desaparecidos offers fourth new track

• Staff writer personnel change; Red City Radio and Two Gallants photos; The Ataris announced; Polipnick and Oquoa series tonight