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.
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Monthly Archives: February 2010
Weekend Roundup: Hood Internet and more
Anyone else going to the Hood Internet tonight? I’ll be there. Show starts at 9 p.m. and Flowers Forever and Capgun Coup open up. Check out my Q&A with DJs STV SLV and ABX. Saturday is also the Ranch Bowl … Continue reading
Posted in Answer Team, Capgun Coup, Clever, Flowers Forever, Pomeroy, Slang 5, weekend roundup
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Headlines! Aerosmith, Little Brazil and more
Wow, so I had such a busy Wednesday that I completely missed doing headlines. My bad. Here’s a double dose… I tried to include every bit of music news that has happened all week. It’s a lot of stuff. Enjoy. … Continue reading
Posted in headlines, Little Brazil, Miles B. A. Robinson
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It’s all about energy
At last night’s B.B. King/Buddy Guy concert, I met Neal Duffy. For those who don’t know him, Neal works as Tilly & the Wall’s sound engineer/tour manager and also does some photography. The guys we watched on stage come from … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
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The Ticker: Cursive, Rush, Shout! Weekly, Gordon Lightfoot
Man, lots of stuff going on today. First off, Cursive is releasing a new single on March 9 through Saddle Creek called “Discovering America.” Cool thing is, it’s about the mistreatment of American Indians and it benefits the American Indian … Continue reading
Posted in Cursive
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Live Review: Tim Wildsmith
I went and checked out Tim Wildsmith’s set on Friday night at the Waiting Room. (Sorry this post is so late. Busy weekend.) I’ve seen him a couple times before, but this was the first time I got to see … Continue reading
Posted in Tim Wildsmith
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Headlines! 311, Brad Hoshaw and more
It’s Monday. And you know what that means, right? Oh yeah… music headlines. Feast on music news! • 311 is going to live webcast their 311 Day performance (March 11… 3-11… get it?) from Las Vegas. The marathon show typically … Continue reading
Posted in 89.7, Brad Hoshaw, headlines
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Weekend Roundup: Tim Wildsmith and more
Lots of stuff going on this weekend, as usual. Tonight at the Waiting Room is local singer-songwriter Tim Wildsmith. He’s releasing a new album called “Little Armor.” Check out my write-up and two songs here. Tim McMahan of Lazy-i fame … Continue reading
Posted in The Hole, Tim Wildsmith
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Headlines! Back three times a week
For you folks, I like providing a list of headlines for you and summing up the most important and interesting music news so you don’t have to go trolling Pitchfork, SPIN, Twitter and everything else in the world. I already … Continue reading
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Ch-ch-changes
Hi folks! I haven’t been posting much lately, mostly because I’m rethinking the way that I do this blog. Basically, I get caught up a lot in doing interviews and writing stories and other things for the newspaper so much … Continue reading
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Even more breakup songs
We didn’t have room for all of the breakup songs that I wanted to put in Sunday’s roundup of the best breakup songs. Also, some of my choices were deemed “too modern,” so we tried to get as diverse of … Continue reading
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