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Th' Legenary Shack*Shakers
Featuring A Pre-Show Screening of Seven Signs
Sunday May 18th, 9pm
TICKETS: $10.00
Th’ Legendary Shack*Shakers started their hell-for-leather, Penta-caustic roadshow just over two years ago, but the legend doesn’t begin there. Front man and blues-harpist Col.
Cursive
w/ Landing on the Moon & The Stay Awake
Monday May 19th, 9pm
TICKETS: $12.00
Cursive ‘Attempts’ to Play New Record. Dear Home, We’ve been holed up all Winter writing songs, and are ready to take them to studio.
Head of Femur
w/ The Heavenly States & Poison Control Center
Tuesday May 20th, 9pm
TICKETS: $8.00
Head of Femur is the willfully weird orchestral pop brainchild of pop auteurs Mike Elsener and former Bright Eyes drummer Matt Focht. You all know and love them.
Comedy Night: Hosted By Nick Allen
w/ Tim Greenup, Joel Koscecek, Kyle Brennan, Ryan Cownie, and Chicken Boy
Wednesday May 21st, 9pm
TICKETS: $5 at the door
Fresh, smart, original, FUNNY. Come see what everyone will be talking about.
Swervedriver
w/ The Life And Times & Mr. Gnome
Thursday May 22nd, 9pm
TICKETS: $15
Swervedriver was formed in Britain in 1990 by vocalists/guitarists Adam Franklin and Jimmy Hartridge, bassist Adi Vines, and drummer Graham Bonnar. Fusing swirling textures with the more traditional boundaries of rock, the group debuted with a series of brilliant EPs — Son of Mustang Ford, Rave Down, and Sandblasted — before issuing their full-length debut, Raise, in 1991.
Polydypsia
Friday May 23rd, 9pm
TICKETS: $7
Formed with it’s original line-up in June of 2005, Polydypsia has rocked the Big O and surrounding areas for a number of years. The members of Polydypsia have played with a number of local talented musicians, and our music is ever-changing and evolving.
Sleeping At Last w/ String Quartet
w/ Tim Wildsmith & Olovelle
Saturday May 24th, 9pm
TICKETS: $12 ADV / $15 DOS
Since the release of 2003’s Ghosts, the members of Sleeping At Last have logged in thousands of miles on the road, earned heaps of critical acclaim and continue to refine its well oiled alternative rock machinery. From early spot dates with Zwan to touring with Switchfoot and Bleu to time with Yellowcard, Something Corporate and The Format to a solo headlining jaunt, the Chicago based trio has amassed a considerable following in all parts of the globe, connecting with its artistic melting pot of swelling anthems and lyrical sincerity.
Gorilla Productions
Battle of the Bands
Sunday May 25th, 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.
Tally Hall
w/ De Novo Dahl & Carolina Liar
Tuesday May 27th, 9pm
Ann Arbor, MI’s Tally Hall feature vocalist/guitarist Rob Cantor (Yellow), guitarist Joe Hawley (Red), bassist Zubin Sedghi (Blue), keyboardist Andrew Horowitz (Green), and drummer Ross Federman (Silver). Most will know them by the color of their ties; however, their infectious blend of ’60s pop harmonies, garage rock work ethic, playful sense of humor, and indie rock sensibilities make Tally Hall a standout among followers.
Joan of Arc
w/ Future of the Ghost & Capgun Coup
Wednesday May 28th, 9pm
TICKETS: $10.00
Over the last ten years and multiple albums, Joan of Arc has spanned the gamut of inconsistency. On one album they ould be lavished with frothy critical adoration, the next the band would be torn apart, barely understood, everything but spit upon.
Secret Weapon
Friday May 30th, 9pm
TICKETS: $7 at the door
Secret Weapon was born in the Summer of 2005 by a bunch of local Omaha musicians looking to play songs that they grew up loving. Being children of the 80’s their set includes just what u would expect: Glam metal, Synth-Pop, and Pop Rock Classics!!! This band includes members of many original projects including Malpais, The Beatseakers, Civicminded, Old Boy Network, Bloodcow, Lovetap, SOJH, The Miscasts, Prospect Avenue, and A.
Cellador
w/ Paria, Blyeth, School of Arms, & Fury Never Fades
Saturday May 31st, 8pm
TICKETS: $8.00
Formed in the summer of 2004 by guitarist Chris Petersen, CELLADOR is an extreme power metal band from Omaha, NE, whose members’ ages range from a mere 17 to 23 years old. CELLADOR was founded with the intent of introducing aggressive European influenced melodic speed/power metal to the Midwest USA, where the style is relatively nonexistent.
Buckethead
w/ That 1 Guy
Tuesday June 3rd - 9pm
TICKETS: SOLD OUT!!!
Buckethead is an American guitarist and composer. He is known for wearing a white plastic mask and a KFC bucket on his head and for being a quiet individual who rarely if ever gives interviews.
Oliver Future
Wednesday June 4th, 9pm
TICKETS: $8
Oliver Future is 5 boys, 2 guitars, bass, keyboards and drums. They just moved to LA and like long walks on the beach, Tom Waits and Axl Rose.
Times New Viking
w/ Noah's Ark Was A Spaceship & Capgun Coup
Thursday June 5th - 9pm
TICKETS: $8
The apostrophe-spurning Times New Viking have precociously absorbed the lessons of English post-punk. Obvious points of reference include The Fall circa 1982, The Blue Orchids and Swell Maps, but in characteristically American style these influences are filtered through a prism of pop melodicism which references Pavement and wild cards like Smog and Pussy Galore.
The Octupus Garden Art Alliance Benefit
Friday, June 6th - 9pm
TICKETS: $7 at the door
The goal of The Octopus Garden Art Alliance is to provide new opportunities to everyone in the community in the area of the arts. They will hold classes and workshops focusing on a variety of media including: painting, sculpture, theatre, writing, culinary arts, pottery, murals, photography, sewing, puppetry, music, dance, recycled art projects, etc.
The Octupus Garden Art Alliance Benefit
Saturday, June 7th - 9pm
TICKETS: $7 at the door
The goal of The Octopus Garden Art Alliance is to provide new opportunities to everyone in the community in the area of the arts. They will hold classes and workshops focusing on a variety of media including: painting, sculpture, theatre, writing, culinary arts, pottery, murals, photography, sewing, puppetry, music, dance, recycled art projects, etc.
GORILLA PRODUCTIONS
Battle of the Bands
Sunday June 8th, 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.
The Fiery Furnaces
w/ Grand Ole Party
Monday June 9th, 9pm
TICKETS: $15
Restless sonic chameleons the Fiery Furnaces revolve around the brother and sister duo of Matthew and Eleanor Friedberger, whose prickly childhood relationship and musical family set the stage for their playful, unpredictable music. The Friedbergers’ grandmother was a musician and choir director at a Greek Orthodox church near the family’s home in Oak Park, IL; their mother, who had a penchant for Gilbert & Sullivan, played piano and guitar and sang; and throughout school, Matthew played standup bass.
ALAN & SIR RICHARD BISHOP: THE BROTHERS UNCONNECTED
A Tribute to Charles Gocher & Sun City Girls
Wednesday June 11th, 9pm
TICKETS: $12
Most dates will feature an opening 40 minute film of Charles Gocher’s video experiments followed by two sets of music. Alan Bishop and Richard Bishop will be performing Sun City Girls songs as an acoustic guitar duet.
The Broken Letters
w/ Thunder Power!!!
Thursday, June 12th - 9pm
TICKETS: $7 at the door
Broken Letters exist as the primary medium for the songwriting and vocal lyricism of David Hickox. With a crooked draft of melody and a penchant for dark and Biblical delivery, the Broken Letters create songs of love and death, birth and pain, of the moon and a great fire.
Somasphere
w/ Control
Friday, June 13th - 9pm
TICKETS: $7 at the door
Formed in late 2006, the band quickly became known in Lincoln, Omaha and surrounding areas for energetic live shows that combine the dance floor sensibilities of DJ culture with the performance capabilities of rock music. This unique approach resulted in a level of exposure that far exceeds that of many groups new to the live music scene.
Frightened Rabbit
w/ Oxford Collapse, Mal Madrigal, & Techlepathy
Saturday, June 14th - 9pm
TICKETS: $8.00
You are currently reading about Frightened Rabbit. They are a band who live in Glasgow and have done for some time.
The Cotton Jones Basket Ride
Tuesday, June 17th - 9pm
TICKETS: $7 at the door
Born on a ship during the 1984 Baseball World Series between the San Diego Padres & the Detroit Tigers. Sleeps in a Peachtone cabin in the woods of Western Maryland, between a Captain Beefheart poster, and dog named, the loan officer.
Comedy Night: Hosted by Nick Allen
w/ Richard Reese, Ryan Cownie, Kyle Brennan & Kevin Grace
Wednesday, June 18th - 9pm
TICKETS: $5 at the door
Fresh, smart, original, FUNNY. Come see what everyone will be talking about.
Sleepercar
Thursday, June 19th - 9pm
In the fall of 2002, Jim Ward (At The Drive In, Sparta) went in to a west Texas studio to record some demos of the songs that were bouncing around in his head. He had previously met some new friends who introduced him to bands like the Flying Burrito Brothers and Gram Parsons and was hooked.
Satchel Grande
w/ The Pendrakes
Friday, June 20th - 9pm
TICKETS: $7 at the door
Satchel Grande doesn’t sound like an Omaha band. The group is independent minded, no doubt, but not in the en vogue indie sense.
Closed for Private Event
Saturday, June 21st
TICKETS: Not Open To Public
The Waiting Room is closed for a private event.
Bloodcow
w/ Back When, Black Skies, & The Clincher
Monday, June 23rd - 9pm
TICKETS: $7 at the door
Omaha’s infamous five-piece Bloodcow blends elements of old school punk, NWOBHM, and, as their name implies, loud-as-fuck, drag-you-squealing-through-sludge rock n’roll. With an uncommon attention to material (memorable melodies, guitar and vocal harmonies, odd time signatures…) and an unforgettable emphasis on delivery—stick twirling, leg kicking, power sliding—Bloodcow is absolutely refreshing in the modern, live metal scene.
Stepsonday
w/ Gasoline Heart & Chase Pagan
Wednesday, June 25th - 9pm
Santa Monica, CA-based duo stepsonday, siblings Jason Turner (vocals, guitar, bass) and Chad Turner (drums, vocals) grew up in Central California as the sons of a preacher — not unlike other preachers’ kids before them: Vincent Van Gogh, Alice Cooper, Denzel Washington, Mavin Gaye and Nat King Cole. The brothers Turner are masterful students of pop music seeing their influences casually shine in their art.
RTX
w/ Imaad Wasif & Box Elders
Thursday, June 26th - 9pm
TICKETS: $8
Royal Trux were a rock anomaly through out the 90s. Lead by Neil Hagerty and Jennifer Herrema, the group swept up particles of mystic space rock, Stonesy twang, and cracked, guttural utterings.
The 9's
Friday, June 27th - 9pm
TICKETS: $7 at the door
Telepathic rhythm section? Check. Screaming Hammond organ? Check.
Broken Spindles
Saturday, June 28th - 9pm
Broken Spindles is the lo-fi electronic solo project of bassist Joel Peterson, the founding member of Omaha, NE‘s The Faint. His project began as an accompaniment to a friend’s film project but was ultimately realized as an 11 track self-titled album released on Tigerstyle Records in 2002.
Gorilla Productions
Battle of the Bands
Sunday, June 29th - 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.
Maria Taylor
w/ Johnathan Rice & Nik Freitas
Tuesday, July 1st - 9pm
TICKETS: $8.00
Maria Taylor has a very long history. So long that we couldn’t really find a short description for this website.
Eric Hutchinson / Marie Digby
w/ Justin Nozuka
Wednesday, July 2nd - 8pm
TICKETS: $10.00
Few stories underscore the radical changes experienced by the post-millennial music industry than that of Eric Hutchinson. Eric had gained the attention of Madonna’s Warner Brothers-distributed label, Maverick Records.
Colourmusic
Thursday, July 3rd - 9pm
Playing on his rich family history, Colourmusic is the first musical venture of one Roy G. Biv—a descendent of the famous alchemist, Sir Isaac Newton.
This World Fair
w/ Barcelona
Wednesday, July 9th - 9pm
TICKETS: $7 at the door
This World Fair? The name fits the music, epic pop with brit-rock influence and lyrics which raise questions about young love, loss and the future. The melancholy melodies in vocalist, Chris Kalgren’s high timbre work their way under your skin while you journey through many well-crafted songs.
The Nadas
Saturday, July 12th - 9pm
With the average person changing careers every five to seven years, it is astonishing that the Nadas have been together and touring for twelve years. “A lot of bands don’t stay together for more than twelve weeks,” jokes Mike Butterworth, singer guitarist and co-founder of the band.
Congress of a Crow
w/ Anchondo & Old Boy Network
Monday, July 14th - 9pm
TICKETS: $7 at the door
Left of center and pushing the envelope, Congress of a Crow is a kinetic regionally touring act based out of Tulsa, OK. Modern rock, pop, reggae and funk are twisted into a powerfully dynamic sound pushed to the top by the band’s sultry lead singer Danelle.
Health
Tuesday, July 15th - 9pm
TICKETS: $8 at the door
HEALTH, the slightly schizophrenic noise-rock LA quartet have been honing a name for themselves amongst the warehouses and cement walls of venues like the Smell playing with fellow local patrons, The Mae Shi, Anavan, Captain Ahab and Mika Miko. Creating a sound all their own, they are bridging gaps between noise and electronic music with their highly palatable sound and captivating live presence.
