• The Shins, MGMT headline 80/35 music festival; O+S share new single, will release sophomore album on Record Story Day; The Ambulanters announce west coast tour; The Courtneys tonight

• Nebraskans for the Arts celebrates Arts Advocacy Day; O+S return for sophomore album, premiere new track via Paste; LVL UP tonight at Sweatshop

• Closeness debuts new track via Stereogum, announces forthcoming EP; Plack Blague, Chikadibia, John Freidel on HN Radio; Patrimony, Fort Defiance tonight

• Mobilize Omaha! supports community non-profits; Sitting Bull’s Last Waltz auditions; David Nance makes end-of-year list; Jingle Beats tonight

• Digital Sex’s Stephen Sheehan sings Vince Guaraldi tribute; Stylo Tha Don releases new video; Jim James, Good Gospel tonight

• Hana Zara releases new video, announces forthcoming album; Benefit concert hopes to aid Dixie Quicks co-owner; High Up’s Soto appears on Basement on a Hill

• Jump The Tiger owns misfit status in debut video; Tim Kasher curates all-Omaha ‘Sad Punks’ podcast

• Big Al’s Free Music Festival unites musicians to give back; Halfwit shares two more tracks; Terrace Martin talks Omaha recording sessions with MTV News; Vega’s Tribute 2 Prince

• Todd and Orenda Fink unveil new electronic project; KZUM announces Stransky Park concert series schedule; Mesonjixx connects with local high school students

• Carl Miller & the Thrillers, Lodgings, Alexa Dexa featured in new Live at O’Leaver’s; Orenda Fink introduces Omaha in Soundfly’s ‘The Compass’ series; All Young Girls’ Lowry, Ochsner get soulful in latest Stairwell Session; Photos of Wolf Alice, Slaves at The Waiting Room