• Bud Comte, Renee Sound Studio owner and Nebraska music hall-of-famer, dies at age 86; Wendy Jane Bantam maintains hope through struggle in new single “Afraid”; Photo coverage of No Means No Fest, Omaha Under The Radar & more

• Portraits From A Scene | Photo Essay

• Stereogum features ‘Live At O’Leaver’s’; Lyons Theater re-opens, “folds out” tonight; Here We Go Magic tonight

• ‘Heaven Adores You’ at Film Streams Sunday; DR DJ presents GLOW in the Park in Kearney; Thursday photo coverage

• Details on new Simon Joyner LP; Nebraska Folklife event; Sidewalk Chalk plays elementary school; Mint Wad Willy album release

• Scru Face Jean drops video; Matt Cox album release tonight