• New festival Nebraska Funk & Soul Alliance benefits Lincoln and Omaha charities; Navy Gangs depicts 20-something Brooklyn life for POND Magazine; The Killigans’ drummer’s last show, Ssion, Screaming Females, Beach Slang highlight busy weekend

• Coverage of Navy Gangs, Staffers’ homecoming; Conny Franko’s trippy new video; The Faint adds date at Beach Goth V Festival

• Belles & Whistles shares chalk-walk lyric video; Omaha (the band) headlines Down Under Lounge art-music showcase; Recycled Sounds’ 24th anniversary sale; Navy Gangs tonight

• From Omaha to Brooklyn, Navy Gangs braves its first year | Concert Preview

• Nebraska-native Navy Gangs shares first track from forthcoming EP; Benson First Friday Summer Street Series continues with Marcey Yates, Rock and Roll Suicide