About Rock Candy
A blog about music in all its forms, Rock Candy is the work of Kevin Coffey, the music critic and reporter for the Omaha World-Herald.
Send ideas, comments, questions, mp3s, press kits, photos, tour schedules, CDs, press releases or some snacks (I enjoy cookies) to one of these addresses:
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Omaha, NE 68105-1811Kevin can be reached by phone at 402-444-1557.

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Monthly Archives: November 2009
Supergroup news!
• Them Crooked Vultures (the Zeppelin-Foo Fighters-Queen of the Stoneage supergroup) put their full album streaming on YouTube today. For those interested, here it be:http://www.youtube.com/p/FCC1368DF9BDE312&hl=en&fs=1&autoplay=0 I haven’t decided if I like it or not. As usual, this supergroup is not … Continue reading
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Shows this weekend: Capgun Coup and more
Lots of stuff going on this weekend. Top of my list is Capgun Coup’s CD release show, which I actually didn’t know about until this morning. The show is at Orifice, the Faint’s practice space (or former practice space… I … Continue reading
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Things NOT to do at a concert
There is a thing called concert etiquette. In general, you just have to be a nice person and not mind getting bumped into a lot. Pretty basic stuff, mostly. But there are some no nos. Earlier this week, Spin posted … Continue reading
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OEA Award Noms have been announced
The Omaha Entertainment and Arts Awards nominees have been announced for the music categories. It seems like they’re getting the categories done right, which is nice. Rock bands in the rock categories, blues bands in the blues categories, etc. I … Continue reading
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Headlines! Conor show and more
Big news lately is the random Conor Oberst show that was very quietly posted over at One Percent Productions’ site. Get your tickets to this one soon, kids, because it’s going to sell out fast. One Percent bills it as … Continue reading
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Incubus
I’m doing some research for a story and came across some interesting info regarding Incubus. (Don’t remember Incubus? Here’s a refresher, their song “Stellar”:) Anyhoo, did you know Billboard named them the most successful band of the past decade? It’s … Continue reading
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Costumes update
Perhaps you read my post about music-related Halloween costumes? I was out on Halloween (and the night before) and I actually didn’t see that many music-type costumes. (I didn’t go music-related either. I went as a vampire. Old school-style, not … Continue reading
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Top 50 of the decade
Today, Paste Magazine posted its Top 50 Albums of the Decade list. It’s a decent list. And Paste has an interesting perspective considering that the decade they’re covering pretty much includes all of Paste’s existence. The magazine debuted in 2002, … Continue reading
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