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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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Category Archives: The Faint
Jake Bellows debuts new track, ‘Help’
The band formed around Jake Bellows (I like to call it Jake Bellows & Friends) has a collection of talented musicians: Bellows of Neva Dinova, Todd Fink of The Faint as well as Ben Brodin, Heath Koontz and Ryan Fox, … Continue reading
Posted in Jake Bellows, The Faint
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Icky Blossoms tells about its drunkest fan, rudest moment and more in tour diary
Icky Blossoms apparently had a good time while on the road with Trust and The Faint. Sarah Bohling wrote up a tour diary for Paste where she describes how a promoter in Montreal kicked them out of the venue for … Continue reading
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Live Review: The Faint plays ‘Danse Macabre’ at tour-closing hometown show
Friday night felt like four years ago all over again: The Faint sold out Sokol Auditorium and turned the polka hall into a hotbox on a frosty December night as the kids flailed and danced to every bass crunch and … Continue reading
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Rock Candy Interview: Todd Fink of The Faint talks ‘Danse Macabre’ and getting the band back together
A few years ago, fans found out The Faint was no more. The band’s admirers were sad. No more dark thrash dance tunes to rock out to, unless you replayed the Omaha band’s records. Members of the band wanted to … Continue reading
Posted in Depressed Buttons, Saddle Creek, The Faint
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The Faint drops its first new tracks since ‘Fasciinatiion’
The Faint has been on tour lately in anticipation of Saddle Creek’s re-release of “Danse Macabre” coming this month. Apparently, they’ve been laying down new tracks, too. Anyone following the band should have noticed it’s been posting photos from its … Continue reading
The Faint drop DVD preview vid
Check out the trailer for The Faint’s upcoming “Danse Macabre” DVD. It shows a few behind the scenes clips, my favorite being in the 20 to 25-second mark where they’re taking photos of a band member dancing like a crazy … Continue reading
Posted in Saddle Creek, Saddle Creek Shop, The Faint
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SXSW: Two Omaha bands confirmed
Orenda Fink, left, and Nina Barnes of Harouki Zombi. Around this time of year, South By Southwest starts sending out preliminary lists of bands. Usually, groups from Nebraska don’t pop up this early. Today, two made the cut. Tilly and … Continue reading
Posted in Azure Ray, Harouki Zombi, Orenda Fink, SXSW, The Faint, Tilly And The Wall
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Maha: The Faint never fails
Has the Faint ever put on a bad show? Maybe, but I’ve never seen one. They never fail to absolutely rock the place every time. Even the older folks in the way back of the crowd got up out of … Continue reading
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It’s True, Depressed Buttons (The Faint), City Weekly, Blitzen Trapper
Local boys It’s True say they put 15,000 miles on their van last year. I’m impressed because I’ve seen the van. I’m honestly not sure it can handle that kind of mileage. Anyway, they’re headed out on tour again, hitting … Continue reading
Posted in Depressed Buttons, It's True, Maha Music Festival, The Faint
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Maha Music Festival main stage lineup is now complete
That’s it, folks. Your Maha Music Festival main stage lineup is all full. Who are the latest additions? Ben Kweller and the local boys in It’s True. I, for one, love Ben Kweller and his last record, “Changing Horses,” is … Continue reading
Posted in It's True, Maha Music Festival, The Faint, The Mynabirds
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