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Tonight's Show:
Happy Birthday
w/ Residual Echoes
Thursday, July 29th - 9pm
TICKETS: $8 ADV / $10 DOS
Happy Birthday. Take your mother’s hand as she leads you to the table of your friends. You are about to eat musical cake and ice cream and see colors that...
The Jes Winter Band
w/ Flight Metaphor, Taylor Burkum Band, & Brendan McManus
Friday, July 30th - 9pm
TICKETS: $7 at the door
Armed with a pen and paper, hair raising vocals and a guitar, Jes Winter takes on society and the world with her music. Jes Winter with her down to earth personality, pizzazz, determination and eye capturing style completes the package.
Concert for Equality
FIGHT THE FREMONT LAW!!!
Saturday, July 31st - 5pm
TICKETS: SOLD OUT!!!
Come out and support the Concert for Equality. All proceeds go to the ACLU Nebraska’s effort to repeal Fremont’s Anti-Immigrant Law.
Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit
w/ The Kris Lager Band
Sunday, August 1st - 9pm
TICKETS: $12 ADV / $15 DOS
For a comparatively brief moment in the mid-1960s, Muscle Shoals, Alabama was the unlikely epicenter of a major American songwriting renaissance. Style matters, for in those turbulent times the writers and their collaborators fused the vocal passion of African-American soul and gospel to an Anglo-Saxon storytelling tradition which goes back at least to Beowulf: Tough, hard, passionate, unflinching songs, unrepentant in their sense of place and direct in their stubborn Southernness.
Eustace Reunion Show
w/ Ties, Crossing Underwood, & Victor Draws the Son
Monday, August 2nd - 9pm
TICKETS: $5 at the door
Eustace used to be a band. They broke up a couple years ago, but decided to reunite for what might be their last show ever.
Miniature Tigers
w/ The Spinto Band & The Delta Mirror
Thursday, August 5th - 9pm
TICKETS: $10.00
Miniature Tigers’ sound was forged in the bedroom of frontman Charlie Brand, only to quickly outgrow the space, with the band soon finding itself on stage, in the studio and signed to Phoenix’s Modern Art Records in short order. Brand’s lyrics – a mix of deeply personal insights and playful references to the disparate cultural artifacts that have informed his existence – and effortlessly constructed indie-pop arrangements have made fans in his native Phoenix and beyond.
Third Frate
w/ Ten O'Clock Scholars & Edge Of Arbor
Friday, August 6th - 9pm
TICKETS: $7 at the door
A classic rock feel that’s more Black Crowes and Buckcherry than Dark Side of the Moon, Third Frate brings a sound and style to their live show that makes you sit back and say, “Wow!” 2010 marks the release of Third Frate’s second full-length album, “Almost Where.” The album, three years in the making, hits you with something you can’t resist on each and every track.
AP's Evil Squad CD Release
w/ Civicminded, Reggaejunkiejew, Hot From Far, MO Caiaus & MC Gringo
Saturday, August 7th - 9pm
TICKETS: $8 at the door
On air personality and long time Noizewave member AP is releasing the second CD with his Evil Squad project. Evil Squad II is the follow up to Nothing Lasts Forever and continues with party laced hip-hop, bass heavy beats, and over the top subject matter.
Sunday Roadhouse Presents:
Bill Kirchen
Sunday, August 8th - 5pm
TICKETS: $12 ADV / $15 DOS
Bill Kirchen is an American rockabilly guitarist, singer and songwriter. He was the guitarist with the original Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen from 1967 to the mid 1970s, although, in reality, his time with the Commander accounts for only a portion of his career.
The So-So Sailors
w/ The Bruces & Ted Stevens
Wednesday, August 11th - 9pm
TICKETS: $7 at the door
The So-So Sailors are five sun-burnt stowaways left adrift upon the high seas. Eagerly awaiting land, they dream of a pristine beach where they can sip coconut milk and shoot pistols without fear of criminal prosecution or possible complaints by the neighbors.
Young Love Records Showcase
w/ Landing On The Moon, Quitzow, & Setting Sun
Thursday, August 12th - 9pm
TICKETS: $7 at the door
Young Love Records is an artist run label, based in New Paltz, NY, that loosely began in 2004 as a musicians collective. Gary Levitt and Erica Quitzow of Setting Sun and Quitzow wanted to get their music out there and pool their resources.
William Elliott Whitmore
w/ Matt Cox & Muscle Worship
Friday, August 13th - 9pm
TICKETS: $10.00
With a voice that sounds like the reincarnation of an old gospel preacher from the 1920s and a fascination with sin, death, and redemption to match, William Elliott Whitmore is one of the most unique artists to emerge on the Americana scene in years. The son of a farmer and raised on a horse farm on the banks of the Mississippi River outside of Keokuk, IA, Whitmore’s songs have a stark universality that is sketched out with minimal instrumentation, usually just a banjo or guitar and a smattering of percussion.
Gunk Presents: Nerd Up!
w/ Kobrakyle, $pencelove, & VJ Dinan
Saturday, August 14th - 9pm
TICKETS: $5 - FREE for 21+ before 10:30pm
It’s back to school time and Omaha’s most rugged dance party is ridin’ nerdy!
Let’s stick it to the jocks and get our revenge by getting crunked up on the dancefloor!
Did we mention that this GUNK is on a SATURDAY NIGHT?!? Protect your pockets and come early! FREE for 21+ before 10:30!
Tats And Twang '10
w/ Sarah Borges & Hillbilly Casino
Sunday, August 15th - 2pm
The Sunday Roadhouse Presents Tats and Twang ’10 in conjunction with Sailor’s Grave Tattoos and The Waiting Room Lounge. The bands featured are Sarah Borges and The Broken Singles and Hillbilly Casino.
The Watson Twins
w/ Ferraby Lionheart
Monday, August 16th - 9pm
TICKETS: $10.00
Following on the critical success of Rabbit Fur Coat, their 2006 collaboration with Jenny Lewis, Southern Manners (2006 selfreleased EP) and Fire Songs, their 2008 Vanguard Records full-length debut, The Watson Twins return with Talking To You, Talking To Me their most groove-heavy and ambitious album to date. The folk, country, and Americana roots of Leigh and Chandra Watson remain, but the duo also explores and reveals their long-held love of R&B, Bossa Nova, indie pop and most prominently, classic soul.
Fancy Party Comedy
Wednesday, August 18th - 9pm
NO COVER CHARGE
Fancy Party Comedy is a monthly gathering featuring the funniest people who make their home in or around Omaha. There is not a cover charge but there are usually baked goods available if you happen to be hungry and like that sort of thing.
Tapes 'N Tapes
w/ Broken Spindles & Touch People
Thursday, August 19th - 9pm
TICKETS: $12.00
Tapes ‘n Tapes’ signature sound is distinctly their own concoction; the shaky vocals, the bursts of low-fi guitars and the haunting keyboards. They recorded their debut album, The Loon, in summer 2005 with producer/engineer Erik Appelwick.
Blue Martian Tribe
w/ Funk Trek
Friday, August 20th - 9pm
TICKETS: $7 at the door
Since the spring of 2005 The Blue Martian Tribe has been on a steady rise in the jam band scene. Blending an eclectic mix of styles and sounds BMT, as they’ve come to be known to their fans, has been molding a sound all their own.
loom Weaves The Annual White Attire Celebration
Saturday, August 21st - 9pm
TICKETS: $5 at the door
For the first time in loom’s 4-year history, they’ll be making their way down to the Waiting Room to accommodate for the large crowd that always comes with their annual all-white attire celebration. Music selections by resident DJ and loom co-creator Brent Crampton alongside live percussionists, vocals & hosted by Jay “rhythmSOULdier” Kline.
Gorilla Productions
Battle Of The Bands
Sunday, August 22nd - 4pm
TICKETS: $8 ADV / $10 DOS
Gorilla Productions is a cutting edge national production company based out of the Rock ‘N Roll capital city, Cleveland, Ohio. Gorilla Productions was designed to foster independent talent through educating artists about music promotion while gaining exposure to fans and industry executives.
Good Speakers
w/ Bad Speler, Enfant Coma, & Talking Mountain
Monday, August 23rd - 9pm
TICKETS: $5 at the door
Good Speakers is new series of shows setup by Darren Keen. In theory, the shows will be one of the last Mondays in every month.
Eux Autres
w/ The Third Men
Wednesday, August 25th - 9pm
TICKETS: $7 at the door
Eux Autres plays pop music. The band consists of brother and sister Heather and Nicholas Larimer.
Fruit Bats
w/ Nathaniel Rateliff & Hospital Ships
Thursday, August 26th - 8pm
TICKETS: $10.00
Fruit Bats started in the mid 1990’s as the four-track project of Eric D. Johnson.
Cornmeal
Friday, August 27th - 9pm
TICKETS: $10 ADV / $12 DOS
Formed over 10 years ago, Cornmeal has grown from humble beginnings into a nationally recognized live music institution. 10 years together is no simple task these days, especially when the last five have seen the band spending over half the year on the road.
Sarah Jaffe
Sunday, August 29th - 9pm
If there is one thing that Sarah Jaffe will never have to contend with it is the idea that she is a female singer for females. There was once a time that being a female singer meant you would undoubtedly be put into an all too snug box.
Canby
w/ Pictures Of Then & Skypiper
Monday, August 30th - 9pm
TICKETS: $7 at the door
Canby started life as a side project of Scott Yoshimura, drummer for the inde rock band The Envy Corps. Don’t let his prior work give you any preconceived ideas; that it’ll sound the same, that this is just a here-today-gone-tomorrow side project – nothing could be further from the truth: Canby’s music speaks for itself.
Ties
Thursday, September 2nd - 9pm
TICKETS: $5 at the door
Ties is a melodic punk rock / hardcore band from Omaha, Nebraska who are incapable of writing slow music. They’re just 5 dudes who are looking to have a good time and play some rock and roll.
Song Remains The Same
Friday, September 3rd - 9pm
TICKETS: $7 at the door
Started up by some of the most experience musicians in the Omaha music scene. Song Remains the Same pays a great tribute to one of the most influential bands of all time.
Junius
w/ Orbs, The Machete Archive, & Masses
Sunday, September 5th - 9pm
TICKETS: $10 ADV / $12 DOS
While Junius’ sound is sometimes tough to categorize, they have cited such artists as Bedhead, Philip Glass, Hum, and M83 among a long list of inspirations. The band has been electrifying rapt audiences with their spellbinding walls of reverb-drenched guitars, haunting vocals and self-made lights since 2004.
Over The Rhine
Tuesday, September 7th - 8pm
TICKETS: $15.00
After more than 15 years making music, it’s obvious Ohio duo Over The Rhine is in it for the long haul, and for keeps. Over The Rhine may not be a household name, but to call the act’s followers “fanatical” would understate the point, and they’re not shy about converting the curious.
Skypiper
w/ Tarlton & Danny Sabra
Wednesday, September 8th - 9pm
TICKETS: $7 at the door
This story begins when after playing in several different musical adventures, brothers Graham and Gabriel Burkum teamed up with childhood friend Michael Childers and started turning those little heartbreak jingles into full fledged anthems of life, death, and what’s happened thus far in their lives. And the lives of others.
Satchel Grande
Friday, September 10th - 9pm
TICKETS: $7 at the door
With enough members for a baseball team, almost enough for two basketball teams and just the right number for the best funk band in Omaha, Satchel Grande points for the fences and hits that sweet soul spot every time. Courtesy of mastermind/frontman Chris Klemmensen and his squad of perhaps, visually unlikely funk-soul brothers, comes an aural extravaganza that effortlessly mixes covers and originals coming producing a winning final score.
Jenny And Johnny
w/ Love As Laughter
Saturday, September 11th - 9pm
Jenny and Johnny is Jenny Lewis and Johnathan Rice. It’s so new they don’t even have a description of the band yet.
Sunday Roadhouse Presents:
Hayes Carll
Sunday, September 12th - 5pm
TICKETS: $12 ADV / $15 DOS
If you haven’t already heard of Hayes Carll, you soon will. In the three years since his self-released second album, Little Rock became available, Carll has toured relentlessly in North America and abroad (performing over two hundred shows a year), founded a successful singer-songwriter music festival on the Gulf Coast of Texas, secured a record deal with Lost Highway Records, and has even seen Little Rock become the first self-released album to reach #1 on the Americana Music Chart.
David Bazan
Tuesday, September 14th - 8pm
TICKETS: $13.00
David Bazan is an indie rock singer/songwriter from Edmonds, Washington. Bazan was the lead singer and creative force behind the now-defunct band Pedro the Lion and was the lead singer of Headphones, a band he formed out of his interest in synthesizers.
Titus Andronicus
w/ Free Energy
Thursday, September 16th - 9pm
TICKETS: $10.00
Titus Andronicus is a rock and roll band from Glen Rock. In the beginning, there were only three people in the band.
School of Seven Bells
w/ Active Child
Tuesday, September 21st - 9pm
TICKETS: $10.00
Like many bands before them, School of Seven Bells were born as the result of a late-night revelation. Benjamin Curtis connected with sisters Alejandra and Claudia Deheza in 2004 while their bands—Secret Machines and OnLibrary!, respectively—were on tour.
Menomena
w/ Suckers
Wednesday, September 22nd - 9pm
TICKETS: $12.00
There’s nothing quite like trying to capture the spirit of art rock in a series of painstakingly tuned paragraphs without coming off as pretentious or verbose. No one wants to sound self indulgent, but what’s more indulgent than spending every day listening to your own voice isolated in headphones for two years straight? That’s pretty much what they’ve been doing lately.
David Dondero
w/ Darren Hanlon
Saturday, September 25th - 9pm
TICKETS: $8 ADV / $10 DOS
Few songwriters have experienced and expressed the sinking depths and uplifting optimism of humanity like David Dondero, and his ability to shine a light on the human condition (his own included) is inspiring. Dondero is best known for his narrative tales of America.
Wovenhand
w/ Serena Maneesh
Sunday, September 26th - 9pm
TICKETS: $12.00
Wovenhand is the brainchild of David Eugene Edwards, former frontman for 16 Horsepower. Like a welcome draught from a bottomless well, Edwards sings ten untamed and mercy-drenched songs for thirsty listeners on their latest record.
Emmitt-Nershi Band
Monday, September 27th - 9pm
With years of collective experience under their belts, Drew Emmitt and Bill Nershi exemplify the forward-thinking modern bluegrass musician. As linchpins of two legendary jam-bands –Drew with Leftover Salmon, Bill with the String Cheese Incident–both men have done the stadium-filling, high-profile rock ‘n’ roll thing to perfection.
Sea Wolf (Solo Acoustic)
w/ Sera Cahoone & Patrick Park
Tuesday, September 28th - 9pm
TICKETS: $12.00
Taking its name from novelist Jack London’s 1904 seafaring adventure, Sea Wolf has evolved organically from its hermetic origins in Alex Brown Church’s living room into a muscular, full-bodied musical entity with passion to burn. After adopting the sobriquet, Church burst onto the music scene in two-fisted fashion with the EP, Get to the River Before It Runs Too Low, and the subsequent full-length debut album, Leaves in the River.
Local Natives
w/ The Love Language & Union Line
Thursday, September 30th - 9pm
TICKETS: $13.00
Local Natives make soaring, sky-scraping harmonies, dreamy orchestral melodies, and throbbing tribal beats that bash their way into your soul. Theirs are songs you can dance to almost as well as you can swoon to them.
The Hood Internet
Friday, October 1st - 9pm
TICKETS: $10 ADV / $12 DOS
The Hood Internet is a Chicago-based duo specializing in mashups of hip-hop (from the mainstream to the underground) with indie rock. They also run a blog of the same name through which they release their music, a venture that helped them earn notability as a minor internet phenomenon.
Ra Ra Riot
Friday, October 8th - 9pm
TICKETS: $13 ADV / $15 DOS
To observe Ra Ra Riot on stage is to observe a joyful experience in progress, somehow both intensely fun and just plain intense; it’s a joy that’s always aware that darkness and despair may be just around the corner, that life is both beautiful and terrible, and it’s a joy that is in fact amplified by this awareness. It’s this bittersweet dynamic that makes the rhumb line a compelling debut album by a band with seemingly limitless potential.
Helmet
Sunday, October 10th - 9pm
In 1989, Page Hamilton co-founded the New York-based Helmet, fusing Zeppelinesque riffing with a vehement post-hardcore precision, augmented by dense chords and offbeat time signatures based in Hamilton’s formal jazz training. The combination was that rarest of visionary creations–it was successful in its own time.
The Felice Brothers
w/ Adam Haworth Stephens
Tuesday, October 12th - 9pm
TICKETS: $12.00
The Felice Brothers and their long time friends and band mates Greg Farley and Christmas Clapton, come to us from the Catskill Mountains, where a homegrown sound has been working its way through the bloodlines for generations. Their rambling journey so far has brought them from busking in New York City subway stations, to tours across the world that have included enthusiastically received performances at major music festivals including Bonnaroo, All Points West, Outside Lands, and Langerado.
The Walkmen
w/ Japandroids
Saturday, October 16th - 9pm
TICKETS: $13.00
The Walkmen is a rock band formed in New York in 2000. In the late 90’s, the guys constructed an analogue recording studio in an abandoned Nash Rambler factory in west Harlem, where they self-recorded their first album, Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me is Gone.
Dr. Dog
w/ Here We Go Magic
Monday, October 25th - 9pm
TICKETS: $14 ADV / $16 DOS
Dr. Dog’s Anti- Records debut, Shame, Shame is now in stores everywhere.
The Wood Brothers
Tuesday, October 26th - 9pm
TICKETS: $15 - AVAIL 7/31
For Chris and Oliver Wood, music has always been a family affair. The Wood brothers wrote and played together growing up, then wound up on divergent paths in pursuit of their individual music careers.
Mae
w/ Terrible Things & Windsor Drive
Sunday, October 31st - 7:30pm
TICKETS: $12.00
The band is pleased to share with you the return of Rob and Mark to Mae! This has been a long process of searching, renewal, and repair and yet it is true. The Mae that you grew to love through our records such as “Destination: Beautiful” and “The Everglow” is back together.
