Hey folks, I’ve been away from the blog a bit lately because I’m busy tracking down people and information for this fall music preview. Speaking of which, I’m including a list of local releases. If you have a CD that’s … Continue reading →

You’ve probably heard enough about it, but the Monsters of Folk (J/Yim J/Yames, M. Ward, Conor Oberst and Mike Mogis) album drops today. I recommend buying it. It’s really freaking good. Surprisingly so, in fact. I thought with these four … Continue reading →

Forgot to add that I’m going to be out of the office Friday, so no blog until Monday. I will be at Silversun Pickups on Friday and Bon Iver on Saturday, so look for Tweets from both. You can see … Continue reading →

Last night, I spoke to Dennis Casey, guitarist for Flogging Molly. Nice guy, but didn’t seem too interested in the interview. Today, I talked to Jonny Wickersham from Social Distortion. He’s been with the band for 10 years and we … Continue reading →

This just in: Tokyo Police Club is leaving Saddle Creek Records. From a press release: Tokyo Police Club, the Newmarket Ontario quartet hailed by Rolling Stone as “poised to become the biggest Canadian export since Molson,” have signed an exclusive … Continue reading →

I never really believe anything until I have a press release in-hand (or in-inbox). But Pavement is really coming back. For serious. Here’s the release I got from Matador Records: After years of speculation, the most important American band of … Continue reading →

Hey folks…. Was kind of absent from the blog today. I got caught up with a photo shoot this morning along with a meeting about some cool new stuff we’re going to bring to Omaha.com in regards to music. Can’t … Continue reading →

No random intro from me… I’m not planning on hitting any shows tonight (maybe Kyle Harvey/Brad Hoshaw tomorrow). Planning on saving my energy for Silversun Pickups, Bon Iver, Phoenix and Built to Spill in the next week or so. Lot … Continue reading →

It’s likely that you’ve never heard of nerdcore. The word is another one of those genre words that’s combined from other genres and words (like emo, screamo, shoegaze, nu-gaze, bitpop, tri-hop and a million others). Anyway, nerdcore is basically hip-hop … Continue reading →

This is how I’ll always remember the guy. Quality’s kinda crappy, but this is the only clip I can find that has the whole 6-minute skit.