Saturday, 7/31/10 5:00PM @ Downtown Benson
CONCERT FOR EQUALITY
FIGHT THE FREMONT LAW!!!
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. We finally have the details for this show worked out. Music is now starting both inside and outside at 5pm. The regular tickets can get you into both places (unless The Waiting Room is over capacity) until 10pm. At 10pm, about the time Desaparecidos play outside, we will clear out The Waiting Room. After the outside show is done at 11pm, those with the deluxe tickets will be allowed back in to The Waiting Room for more performances. We will post a formal schedule shortly, but here's a list of everybody playing: Desaparecidos, Cursive, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Bright Eyes, Lullaby For The Working Class, The Envy Corps, David Dondero, The So-So Sailors, Conchance, Simon Joyner, Flowers Forever, Fathr^, and Vago. It's going to be a great day and thanks to everybody for supporting!!!

Sunday, 8/01/10 9:00PM @ The Waiting Room
JASON ISBELL AND THE 400 UNIT
w/ The Kris Lager Band
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. That is a powerful group of people to spade across the work of Jason Isbell, as his second solo album, named for his band, is, well, only his second solo album. And he's almost 30. It's not simply that he lives in Florence, Alabama, just outside Muscle Shoals, nor that he recorded Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit at the famed FAME studio there. That guarantees nothing. The songs will stand on their own.

Sunday, 8/01/10 9:00PM @ Slowdown
TOKYO POLICE CLUB
w/ Freelance Whales & Arkells
TICKETS: $15.00
Tokyo Police Club, the Newmarket Ontario quartet hailed by Rolling Stone as "poised to become the biggest Canadian export since Molson," have signed an exclusive U.S. recording deal with mom+pop. The band is currently recording its second full-length album, with an expected release projected for early 2010.

Monday, 8/02/10 9:00PM @ The Waiting Room
EUSTACE REUNION SHOW
w/ Ties, Crossing Underwood, & Victor Draws the Son
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. This is that show. If you've never heard them before, this could be your only chance. Don't pass it up.

Thursday, 8/05/10 9:00PM @ The Waiting Room
MINIATURE TIGERS
w/ The Spinto Band & The Delta Mirror
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. They stretch to Los Angeles, where he reconnected with drummer, collaborator and fellow charter member of the band Rick Schaier while living in Hollywood, and far beyond thanks to the Internet, which it seems people are into these days. Charlie and Rick are joined in their live incarnation by a rotating cast of friends and collaborators for performances that seem to give equal time to playing songs and intra-band joking. They aim for a controlled chaos aesthetic that eschews "auto-pilot" at all costs.

Friday, 8/06/10 9:00PM @ The Waiting Room
THIRD FRATE
w/ Ten O'Clock Scholars & Edge Of Arbor
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. From the party atmosphere on the disc's opening track, "All In," to the blues-rock sound of "Madam Moore," to the funky groove of "Keep the Change," the amount of work the band put into the album is quite apparent...and we're all better for it. Produced by J. Scott Gaeta of Music Factory Productions and released on independent, Omaha-based label Onken-Stein Records, "Almost Where." could easily hold its own against any major label release. The band that formed from the ashes of Vinyl Groove in 2004, consists of brothers Jeremy Francis (guitars and vocals) and Tim Francis (drums, percussion, vocals), as well as Nate Hall (bass, vocals). They recorded their first album, "Low Commotion," in 2006 at the renowned Bassline Studio in Omaha, and that album has sold over 700 copies to date. The nine-song disc, released on C-Dub Chateau Records, successfully captured the essence of their music; it rocks, it's danceable, it's heartfelt, and most of all, it's fun. Come to any Third Frate show and you'll get the exact same experience.

Saturday, 8/07/10 9:00PM @ The Waiting Room
AP's EVIL SQUAD CD RELEASE
w/ Civicminded, Reggaejunkiejew, Hot From Far, MO Caiaus & MC Gringo
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. This time around AP gets lyrical help from local hip-hop vets: MO Caiaus, Surreal The MC, Jamazz, and others. The CD Release show is packed with a variety of rowdiness from raucous rockers Hot From Far to the fresh flows of up and comer MC Gringo.

Sunday, 8/08/10 5:00PM @ The Waiting Room
SUNDAY ROADHOUSE PRESENTS:
Bill Kirchen
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. Known as "The Titan of The Telecaster" for his big, twangy licks and diverse musical styles, he played the unmistakable lead on the 1972 Commander Cody hit "Hot Rod Lincoln." In the years since, his body of work has been rich and varied, recording albums and making dozens of appearances on recordings by other artists.

Sunday, 8/8/10 7:00PM @ Slowdown
HANSON
w/ Adelaide
TICKETS: $25.00
Bono called their music ‘genius’. Hip producers like the Dust Brothers and Stephen Lironi worked with them early on, even before millions of fans screamed their names and critics applauded them. But for Isaac, Taylor and Zac Hanson, it's always been about the music, and there's always been a message in the music for those who were really listening.

Monday, 8/9/10 9:00PM @ The Anchor Inn - 18+
THE BLACK KEYS
w/ The Morning Benders
TICKETS: $25.00
In the August heat of 2009, The Black Keys left a Brooklyn studio—where they’d been working with an all-star posse of MCs—for 10 days in creative isolation at the historic Muscle Shoals studio in Alabama. Their geographical trek mirrored a musical journey, from contemporary hip-hop jams to the hallowed ground of classic R&B, that has resulted in the most cohesive album—and the deepest, steamiest grooves—of the duo’s eight-year career. These sessions yielded tunes that have the instantaneous, gotta-hear-it-again pull of a vintage 45; leadoff track “Everlasting Light” sounds like something Marc Bolan of T-Rex might have cut if he’d been signed to Stax. But more than just genre- and decade-hopping fun, there’s an emotional candor and narrative quality to the songs that offer a whole new level of soulfulness to the already floorboards-shaking sound of The Black Keys.

Wednesday, 8/11/10 9:00PM @ The Waiting Room
THE SO-SO SAILORS
w/ The Bruces & Ted Stevens
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. Nah, screw that (the coconut part anyway)! It's just Chris Machmuller, Dan McCarthy, Alex McManus, Brendan Walsh and Dan Kemp. Though a clear departure from the individual members previous projects, citing a clear appreciation for 60's - 70's Lounge and R&B esthetics, The So-So Sailors are comfortably out of their element. Setting the wheel to a barely visible point on the horizon, and plotting a course for misadventure, the Sailors find that the farther out to sea they travel, the more it feels like home.

Thursday, 8/12/10 9:00PM @ The Waiting Room
YOUNG LOVE RECORDS SHOWCASE
w/ Landing On The Moon, Quitzow, & Setting Sun
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. The obvious thing to do was to promote under the umbrella of a record label with one name. Erica came up with the moniker Young Love Records by using positive word association. Young and Love. Aaah I feel better just typing it. Inspired by DIY spirit and labels like Merge, Sub Pop, and Saddle Creek...Young Love Records has come a long way since 2004. Now distributed worldwide by Red Eye Distribution (Kill Rock Stars, Barsuk, Warp etc...) it has grown into a 5 band roster, which includes Omaha's own, Landing on the Moon, marking the first expansion beyond the New York area. With 3 of it's artists touring nationally/internationally and selling many records worldwide, YLR is still run by artists in a creative and fun manner. It's just music after all, and it's supposed to be about a good time right?

Thursday, 8/12/10 8:00PM @ Slowdown
THE ENGLISH BEAT
w/ Bad Manners & Chris Murray
TICKETS: $20.00
Hailing from working-class Birmingham, England, Dave and The English Beat entered the music scene in the 1979. When The English Beat rushed on to the music scene in 1979, it was a time of social, political and musical upheaval. Into this storm came they came, trying to calm the waters with their simple message of love and unity set to a great dance Beat. The six member band consisted of singer/songwriter Dave Wakeling (vocals & guitar), Andy Cox (guitar), David Steele (bass), Everett Morton (drums), Saxa (saxophone) and Ranking Roger (toasting). The band managed to fuse all of their respective musical influences - soul, reggae, pop and punk - into a unique sound that was highly danceable. Along with contemporaries such as The Specials, The Selecter and Madness, The English Beat became one of the most popular and influential bands of the British Ska movement.

Friday, 8/13/10 8:00PM @ The Anchor Inn - 18+
SLIGHTLY STOOPID
w/ Cypress Hill & Collie Buddz
TICKETS: $27.50 ADV / $30 DOS
With more than a decade of making music together, the members of Slightly Stoopid have perfected one of the rarest - and most valuable - skills a band can develop: the art of the stealth groove, that knack for quietly - almost innocently - sliding into a song and utterly lassoing anyone within earshot by mid-song. That's where the band has come to reside, musically: deep in the pocket, that ever-elusive, funky trench where a band can entrance an audience, hypnotize it and hold on to it until the set or CD is finished.

Friday, 8/13/10 9:00PM @ The Waiting Room
WILLIAM ELLIOTT WHITMORE
w/ Matt Cox & Muscle Worship
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.

Saturday, 8/14/10 1:30PM @ Westfair Ampitheater
WEEZER
w/ Stone Temple Pilots, Blue October, & More
TICKETS: $39.50
That's right. It's River Riot 2010 featuring Weezer, Stone Temple Pilots, Blue October, Cage The Elephant, Spose, Flobots, Paper Tongues, and Something To Burn. It might be the show of the year, so don't miss it!!!

Saturday, 8/14/10 9:00PM @ The Waiting Room
GUNK PRESENTS: NERD UP!
w/ Kobrakyle, $pencelove, & VJ Dinan
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!

Sunday, 8/15/10 2:00PM @ The Waiting Room
TATS AND TWANG '10
w/ Sarah Borges & Hillbilly Casino
TICKETS: $15 ADV /$20 DOS
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. There will be music, food, and tattoos.

Monday, 8/16/10 9:00PM @ The Waiting Room
THE WATSON TWINS
w/ Ferraby Lionheart
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. On their debut album, Leigh and Chandra Watson established themselves as leaders of a movement that embraced traditional American sounds while still breaking new ground. With Talking to You, Talking to Me, the next chapter of a burgeoning career is ready to be heard.

Wednesday, 8/18/10 9:00PM @ The Waiting Room
FANCY PARTY COMEDY
TICKETS: 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. This show will feature the Omaha debut of a man known as Banana Pants. Put a sock in it.

Wednesday, 8/18/10 7:00PM @ Sokol Underground
OUR LAST NIGHT
w/ I Am Abomination & Veara
TICKETS: $10 ADV / $12 DOS
Inspired by hardcore and metal, Our Last Night delivers an onslaught of taut thrashing riffs and intense hardcore breakdowns that meld perfectly with lush melodic landscapes and soaring, irresistibly catchy choruses. The band was formed in 2004 by childhood friends who were fed up with merely jamming and playing cover songs. With only a few live performances under their belt, Our Last Night entered the studio shortly afterwards to record their first EP, We've Been Holding Back. Vigorous live performances helped the band earn respect and fans throughout the New England area and by 2005 they entered the studio to record their next EP, Building Cities From Scratch. In the summer of 2007, after being impressed by their self-made demos, owner and president of Epitaph Records, Brett Gurewitz, came calling and invited the band to join the label.

Thursday, 8/19/10 9:00PM @ The Waiting Room
TAPES 'N TAPES
w/ Broken Spindles & Touch People
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. Ibid Records released The Loon that fall. Positive reviews of The Loon and the band's consistent gigging -- which included a winter 2006 East Coast tour and an appearance at that year's South by Southwest -- led to Tapes 'n Tapes signing with XL Records. XL re-released The Loon in summer 2006. In 2007, Tapes 'n Tapes recorded with producer Dave Fridmann at his Buffalo, NY studio; the band's second album Walk it Off arrived the following spring.

Friday, 8/20/10 9:00PM @ The Waiting Room
BLUE MARTIAN TRIBE
w/ Funk Trek
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. From their ever growing library of original tunes, and cover tunes each night becomes an experience in itself. Drawing from the jam band influences of the members no two performances of the songs sound exactly alike, yet that unmistakable BMT sound seems to tie everything together. Take the chance to get out and have a "Close Encounter of the Funky Kind" with The Blue Martian Tribe as soon as you can!!!

Saturday, 8/21/10 9:00PM @ The Waiting Room
loom Weaves The Annual White Attire Celebration
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. For more info on this multicultural dance event, check out loomweaves.com.

Sunday, 8/22/10 4:00PM @ The Waiting Room
GORILLA PRODUCTIONS
Battle Of The Bands
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. They believe in taking a grassroots approach to concert promotion. With over a decade of experience, their goal has become educating the talent they work with; giving them tools to be successful in the industry. Gorilla Productions uses the techniques of classic guerilla marketing. They encourage bands to use all mediums including print ads, radio ads, press releases, myspace.com, websites, as well as direct ticket selling and flyering. Gorilla Productions strives to bridge the gap between art and business in the music industry through the education of our developing artists.

Monday, 8/23/10 9:00PM @ The Waiting Room
GOOD SPEAKERS
w/ Bad Speler, Enfant Coma, & Talking Mountain
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. This month the show features Talking Mountain, Enfant Coma, and Bad Speler. Talking Mountain is a 3 piece rock band who live on or near a mountain that talks. They have an awesome light show, and their music is like The Flaming Lips and Devo somehow at the same time. Enfant Coma is the name Jacob Thiele, keyboard player of local heroes The Faint, and a part of the new, upcoming dj/production team Depressed Buttons, goes by when DJing. He DJs giant Faint afterparties and wedding receptions in castle basements, and seriously, dude knows what's up. Bad Speler is Darren Keen experimenting with Drum and Bass and noise. Expect nothing...no wait, expect EVERYTHING. You won't be dissapointed. After only 3 months of working on this band, it's already signed to ILLEGAL ART RECORDS.

Wednesday, 8/25/10 9:00PM @ The Waiting Room
EUX AUTRES
w/ The Third Men
TICKETS: $7 at the door
Eux Autres plays pop music. The band consists of brother and sister Heather and Nicholas Larimer. Heather plays drums, Nicholas plays guitar, and they both sing. Practices frequently devolve into shoving matches. Eux Autres write compact songs with sparse instrumentation. Their music has been unfairly described as “fun.” But while the surface of the songs might seem nonchalant, the lyrics offer skewed observations and fierce barbs. Most of their songs are about a) military history b) being "done wrong" or c) sports. Sadly, Eux Autres are the only people who notice this. The band sounds like the unrequited love song Doug Martsch would have penned for Francoise Hardy, had the time/space continuum conveniently collapsed.

Thursday, 8/26/10 8:00PM @ The Waiting Room
FRUIT BATS
w/ Nathaniel Rateliff & Hospital Ships
TICKETS: $10.00
Fruit Bats started in the mid 1990’s as the four-track project of Eric D. Johnson. The name “Fruit Bats” was actually one of many cryptic monikers scrawled on the cassettes. Somehow that one stuck. Some of the other band names included “Holiday Inn,” and “Senseless Tripe.” For a number of years there were many warbling, feedback laden tapes, but no shows and no band. In early 2000, Johnson joined the cast of characters that made up Califone and the whole Perishable Records family. It was this kinship with a bunch of like minded folks that coaxed the Fruit Bats from out of the bedroom and turned the shy lo-fi project into a real band.

Friday, 8/27/10 9:00PM @ The Waiting Room
CORNMEAL
w/ The Midland Band
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. Heavily influenced by American roots and folk music, Cornmeal blends lightning fast tempos and impeccable harmonies into an unrivaled live performance that continues to expand upon the five-piece acoustic-electric groups’ vast musical repertoire. While steeped in the tradition of the past, Cornmeal continues to forge their own path, pushing the boundaries of bluegrass, Americana and folk for a whole new generation of music lovers. With a rapidly growing fan base and ever-evolving sound, Cornmeal challenges the recipe of the bluegrass sound and live performance.

Friday, 8/27/10 7:00PM @ Slowdown Outside
BUILT TO SPILL
w/ The Rural Alberta Advantage & The Mynabirds
TICKETS: FREE!!!
Toyota and FILTER have teamed up with 1% and Slowdown to bring a free show to Omaha. Bands will play, drinks and food will be served, and all sorts of other fun stuff will go on, too. This is a free event, but you are supposed to RSVP. Please be aware that entrance to the event is first come, first served, and it is possible we may reach capacity. All typical Slowdown admission policies apply, including the All Ages Policy.

Saturday, 8/28/10 9:00PM @ The Anchor Inn - 18+
SHE & HIM
w/ The Chapin Sisters
TICKETS: $20.00
She & Him make music for an eternal springtime, when the temperature is warm enough to go riding with the top (or at least the windows) rolled down and the radio turned up. They occupy an alternate universe where the saddest of songs feel as warm as sun showers; the rain may be coming down, but somewhere nearby, everything looks bright. What began as a fascinating, no-strings attached collaboration on 2008’s Volume One has evolved into a bona fide, touring band, and She & Him are here to stay. Zooey Deschanel and Matt Ward are as comfortable and complementary a musical pair as Les Paul and Mary Ford; hearing them again on Volume Two feels like getting together with two old friends. This time, the harmonies have grown more angelically layered, the string arrangements more dramatic, the songwriting even sharper and more confident. But, as with Volume One, the prevailing mood is bittersweet, dreamy, and romantic.

Sunday, 8/29/10 9:00PM @ The Waiting Room
SARAH JAFFE
TICKETS: $8 ADV / $10 DOS
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. Is she an angry singer? An activist singer? A singer for the victims or the singer your mom bonds with you over? Well Sarah's new album will insert herself into and destroy all those boxes simultaneously, because Sarah is a truth singer …and no matter who or what we are, we all need, and want, our singers to be truth singers. Growing up in Red Oak, Texas might not be ideal circumstances for breeding the kind of talent that is encompassed in Sarah’s songs, but it does beg the question of nature verses nurture. What we have in us before we are even us, and what we interpret because of life circumstances. If there is one thread that flows through all of Sarah’s work, it is grappling with the self-serving cycles that are in all of us, and the aftermath that those needs deal out.

Monday, 8/30/10 9:00PM @ The Waiting Room
CANBY
w/ Pictures Of Then & Skypiper
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. The first thing you’ll notice is the baritone smoothness of Scott’s voice. People used to seeing Scott behind a drum kit will be pleasantly surprised. Aside from branching out to singing and songwriting, Yoshimura also played most of the instruments on his EP. The layered instrumentation makes a great backdrop for Yoshimura’s strong vocals. Even though the singer/songwriter gig is new to Yoshimura, the resulting music is anything but amateur. Scott Yoshimura is known locally for his work with The Envy Corps but his work on several side-projects (The Magazines, etc.) have left him with a new reputation – an extremely talented musician with such a positive attitude that you can’t help but be infected by. Yoshimura’s work under the Canby name is, in a word, beautiful. Its earnest. Its endearing. It becomes obvious that he loves making music, especially this music that’s so close to his heart. Yoshimura’s touch on the lyrics and music leave a lasting impression on the listener. Grab the Canby EP at his next live show and look for his stellar full-length album this Spring.

Thursday, 9/02/10 9:00PM @ The Waiting Room
TIES
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.

Friday, 9/03/10 9:00PM @ The Waiting Room
SONG REMAINS THE SAME
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. Most common phrase muttered after their performance is "you won't believe it until you hear it." The ever growing crowds have turned their shows into more of an event.

Friday, 9/03/10 8:00PM @ Slowdown
APOCALYPTICA
TICKETS: $20.00
Since they formed in 1993, Finnish orchestral rock band Apocalyptica has released six studio albums featuring numerous cello-based instrumentals along with some vocal-based songs. Whatever styles they’ve explored – from atmospheric interludes to fast, battering rhythms -- their music has been gripping, dynamic and full of melody. But with their seventh album, 7th Symphony the band has composed an album that not just symphonic, it’s practically a symphony. At the same time, 7th Symphony contains songs that rock harder than anything they’ve done since 2001 when they released the epic, transfixing album Cult, their first album to contain mostly originals. In the same way that Cult caused fans to view Apocalyptica from a different perspective, 7th Symphony is the next forward step in the group’s creative evolution.

Saturday, 9/04/10 9:00PM @ The Anchor Inn - 18+
STS9
w/ Ghostland Observatory
TICKETS: $25 ADV / $30 DOS
Sound Tribe Sector 9 (abbreviated as STS9) is an instrumental band known for their live performances. The band’s genre-blending sound is based heavily on instrumental rock and electronic music crossed with elements of funk, jazz, drum and bass, psychedelia, and hip hop. Self-described as "post-rock dance music". The band mixes standard live rock instrumentation with electronics, favoring group rhythm over individual solos.

Saturday, 9/04/10 9:00PM @ The Bourbon Theater - 18+
GASLIGHT ANTHEM
w/ The Menzingers & Fake Problems
TICKETS: $20 ADV / $25 DOS
The Gaslight Anthem's music embraces many elements of the Jersey Shore sound. Brian Fallon's fondness for Springsteen, a significant influence on their music, is a fact celebrated by fans and critics alike. Representative of such views, one critic wrote, "The Gaslight Anthem are like something out of speculative fiction: this is what pop music would be if Springsteen hadn't listened to his producer, let The Ramones record Hungry Heart, and launched the C.B.G.B.'ers into megastardom."

Sunday, 9/05/10 9:00PM @ The Waiting Room
JUNIUS
w/ Orbs, The Machete Archive, & Masses
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. Junius toured for over 9 months and played over 200 shows in their first year alone, embracing a DIY ethic which remains at the core of the band's ideology.

Tuesday, 9/07/10 8:00PM @ The Waiting Room
OVER THE RHINE
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. Over The Rhine began in 1990 as a more conventional four-piece rock band, albeit one far more in tune with the nuances of songcraft than its three-chord, grunge-era contemporaries. Adopting the name of the gritty neighborhood Over-The-Rhine, where the foursome found fertile soil, the group quickly became a local sensation and graduated from sold-out weekend club dates to opening tours for Adrian Belew and Bob Dylan. Two lavishly packaged independent records later, the young group signed to IRS, which re-released second record Patience with its original artwork, a first for the label (and a tribute to the vision and attention to detail which has always marked the band).

Wednesday, 9/08/10 9:00PM @ The Waiting Room
SKYPIPER
w/ Tarlton & Danny Sabra
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. They called themselves "skypiper". After a thunderous realization that these songs had accumulated from two's and three's, to eleven's and twelves they decided to do something about it. Quickly after, joined by the sweet heart of a young dutch boy by the name of Kyle Christensen on the accordion and piano, they agreed that it just felt right. Six drummers later, Kyle's-dearest-cousin's-husband (A.W. Gilbert) fell right into the lap of the four. And the four became five. And five was good. And they are Skypiper.

Friday, 9/10/10 9:00PM @ The Waiting Room
SATCHEL GRANDE
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. While there is a comic element at their shows, initiated by Klemmensen’s quick wit from the stage, the group is no joke as it’s a hodgepodge of some of Omaha’s best. Come research this for yourself at the next show.

Saturday, 9/11/10 9:00PM @ The Waiting Room
JENNY AND JOHNNY
w/ Love As Laughter
TICKETS: $15.00
Jenny and Johnny is Jenny Lewis and Johnathan Rice. It's so new they don't even have a description of the band yet. Considering what both of them have created in the past, their new record is sure to be great.

Saturday, 9/11/10 9:00PM @ Slowdown
MIKE MINEO
TICKETS: $10.00
So come and see the spectacle!!! And experience an audio-erotic seduction of your senses that springs forth from a child-like foundation. If you like Frank Zappa, Jeff Buckley or Tom Waits you will love the Original Eccentric Avant-Garde Music of Mike Mineo. He truly takes a new approach to a familiar sentiment. Mike was just recently awarded "Best Male Rock Vocalist of 2010" by New Times. Mike’s eclectic style, incredible vocal range, wild personality and versatile collection of instruments make his show a soulful oddity that can’t be missed. You may come with a safe word, but you will walk away contently violated.

Sunday, 9/12/10 5:00PM @ The Waiting Room
SUNDAY ROADHOUSE PRESENTS:
Hayes Carll
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. He's only getting started.

Monday, 9/13/10 8:00PM @ Slowdown
KELE (of Bloc Party) / DOES IT OFFEND YOU, YEAH?
w/ Innerpartysystem
TICKETS: $20.00
In the middle of 2009, mid-way through the biggest American tour of their career, Kele Okereke and his three Bloc Party alumni agreed that it was time to put a temporary full stop on band matters. A sabbatical was required. Kele had intended to walk away from music for a year, to spend time catching up with himself. He simply could not leave his creative impulses alone, though. He found the role of being primary, sole decision maker around his musical direction surprisingly to his taste. Does It Offend You, Yeah? is an electronic-based rock four-piece from Reading and London. They made a mark with their raucous live shows and high-energy music. They sound dance. They act rock. NME said described them as "An intergalactic dog fight between primal rock and highly-evolved dance" and "The UK's best new party band."

Tuesday, 9/14/10 8:00PM @ The Waiting Room
DAVID BAZAN
w/ Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band
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. He has also released an album under his name, David Bazan.

Thursday, 9/16/10 9:00PM @ The Waiting Room
TITUS ANDRONICUS
w/ Free Engery
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. At one point, there were eleven people in the band. Today, there are five people in the band. Titus Andronicus take their name from a minor Shakespearean tragedy, not, as many people believe, from some sort of killer robot from the future. Titus Andronicus formed in the spring of 2005. Titus Andronicus recorded an EP at Marcata Recording that summer. Titus Andronicus practice at Ian's house. Titus Andronicus like to scream and carry on at excessive volume. Titus Andronicus like songs which are fast more than songs which are slow. Titus Andronicus think slow songs are okay sometimes. Titus Andronicus never sing about love, only hate. Titus Andronicus have no hope for the future. Titus Andronicus believe only in nothingness. Everyone in Titus Andronicus was born to die. Titus Andronicus crave your approval but will settle for your utter disdain.

Tuesday, 9/21/10 9:00PM @ The Waiting Room
SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS
w/ Active Child
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. While watching PBS at 3am, Alejandra caught a show about the School of Seven Bells: a mythical South American pickpocket academy that may or may not have existed in the ‘80s. The idea of seven minds working as one appealed to her, as did the phrase’s cryptic musicality, and a creative spark ignited. From the outset, it was clear that the trio’s music transcended the usual genre restrictions. School of Seven Bells’ music is full of tensions—Curtis’ gentle guitars wrap around jagged beats; silky vocals hide behind grumpy, alien synthesizers—but the resulting songs are effortlessly cohesive, and insidiously catchy. Elements of dream-pop, Afrobeat, IDM, and 4AD’s gauzier moments provide a constantly shifting frame for the Dehezas’ lyrics, which they write as mysterious missives between the School’s imaginary seven members.

Wednesday, 9/22/10 9:00PM @ The Waiting Room
MENOMENA
w/ Suckers
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. It's been three-and-a-half years since the release of our last album. Roughly two of those years were spent touring and working on the music contained on Mines, and the rest was spent continuing to work on the new music and on arguing over it. On one hand, it seems like forever. On the other hand...well no, it still seems like forever. Nothing holds up a process like an indispensable band member being both a perfectionist and a control freak. Especially when your band features three of these types. And we certainly haven't gotten any more agreeable in our old age – quite the opposite. As usual, the end somehow justifies the means. It's done, and it's the best record they could make at this time in their lives.

Saturday, 9/25/10 9:00PM @ The Waiting Room
DAVID DONDERO
w/ Darren Hanlon
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. Having spent most of his life on the road, Dave uses his staggering lyrical talent to paint tales of life in the US of A through clever word play and sarcastic humor about some of life's most sensitive subjects.

Sunday, 9/26/10 9:00PM @ The Waiting Room
WOVENHAND
w/ Serena Maneesh
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. He is known for an immense personal humility—a contrast to his stark lyrics about the wretched state of humanity, although he is the first to tell you that he is singing to himself.

Sunday, 9/26/10 9:00PM @ Slowdown
MATT HIRES
TICKETS: $10.00
When you listen to Matt Hires, what comes across is the sound of an artist self-assured, authentic, and at ease with being completely and utterly himself. On his debut F-Stop/ Atlantic release, Take Us To The Start, the 23-year-old Florida native fuses the intimacy of the great singer/songwriters with indelible pop/rock hooks and propulsive rhythms. The result is a mesmerizing collection of songs that are immediately enchanting, while becoming more deeply rewarding with each listen. Produced by Eric Rosse (Sara Bareilles), Take Us To The Start is filled with delights, most notably Hires’s voice, an instrument striking in its warmth, expressiveness, and ability to convey a multitude of emotions within a single song. From the first notes of “Honey, Let Me Sing You A Song,” Matt’s vocals envelop the listener, creating an intimate, captivating realm.

Monday, 9/27/10 9:00PM @ The Waiting Room
EMMITT-NERSHI BAND
TICKETS: $12 ADV / $14 DOS
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. Along the way, however, they’ve honed their songwriting and playing chops and studied the bluegrass, rock and jazz masters they admire. Above all, Drew and Bill have shared a commitment to keeping music human-scaled and honest.

Tuesday, 9/28/10 9:00PM @ The Waiting Room
SEA WOLF (SOLO ACOUSTIC)
w/ Sera Cahoone & Patrick Park
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. And now, Church’s singular vision has led to the creation of the eloquent and expansive new album White Water, White Bloom. It was recorded at the Omaha studio of Mike Mogis (Bright Eyes, M. Ward, Monsters of Folk), with Church handling vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, as well as some of the air organ and pump organ sounds that were such a big part of the sonic signature of the earlier records. Joining him were the three core members of the six-piece Sea Wolf touring lineup. The remaining slots were filled by Mogis on lead guitar and an assortment of other instruments, with his Bright Eyes cohort Nate Walcott. They arrived with a full set of song demos, providing a detailed blueprint for their subsequent expansion into widescreen anthems that reshape the classic aspects of traditional folk, folk rock and chamber pop—but these bucolic elements are intercut with aggressive bursts of raw emotion sharpened to a serrated edge—making for a rich, vibrant sound that is virtually unprecedented.

Tuesday, 9/28/10 9:00PM @ Slowdown
THOSE DARLINS
w/ Turbo Fruits
TICKETS: $8.00
Those Darlins are a garage country band from Murfreesboro, TN. The ladies went live in 2006 and attracted immediate attention for their rowdy, cheerfully sarcastic, and sometimes boozed-fueled show, and for their unique interplay of distinct personalities. While considered to be the next big thing associated to Nashville’s rock scene, Those Darlins’ curious mix of classic country and ragged garage rock makes them one of a kind, eliciting comparisons like, “The Carter Family meets The Black Lips.” In 2009, the girls toured feverishly, playing 140 shows and sharing the stage with the likes of Dan Auerbach (of The Black Keys), Deer Tick, King Khan & BBQ Show, Wanda Jackson, Jon Spencer, and Dr. Dog. They made huge waves at SXSW, Bonnaroo, and Garage Fest.

Thursday, 9/30/10 7:30PM @ The Anchor Inn - 18+
BLACK LABEL SOCIETY
w/ Clutch, Children Of Bodom, & 2 Cents
TICKETS: $35 ADV / $40 DOS
In the two decades since Ozzy Osbourne hired him away from his job at a New Jersey gas station, Zakk Wylde has established himself as a guitar icon known and revered the world over. Wylde has won nearly every guitar award imaginable, graced countless magazine covers and is a major influence to a new battalion of rock guitarists. Writing and recording with Osbourne led to multi-platinum success, inspiring him to create the now iconic Black Label Society in 1998. In the decade plus since, BLS has turned the notion of what a rock band should be upside down by inspiring legions of fans (known as Berserkers) all over the world to follow the mantra: Strength, Determination, Merciless, Forever (SDMF for short). Wylde and his Berserkers have established a heavy metal institution true to the vision of uncompromising, unfiltered and unrestrained rock n’ roll. To date, Black Label Society has sold more than 3.5 million albums worldwide and continues to be a massive presence on the worldwide touring and merchandising circuits.

Thursday, 9/30/10 9:00PM @ The Waiting Room
LOCAL NATIVES
w/ The Love Language & Union Line
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. Drawing a line from the vocal stylings of Crosby Stills Nash & Young and the Zombies through the more esoteric edges of post-punk and Afro-beat, this California five piece have communally crafted a brand of indie rock all their own.

Thursday, 9/30/10 9:00PM @ Slowdown
EL TEN ELEVEN
w/ Dosh & Baths
TICKETS: $8.00
El Ten Eleven is a Los Angeles-based instrumental indie rock duo consisting of Kristian Dunn and Tim Fogarty. The densely textured, atmospheric instrumental sounds of their first two full-length albums have been praised alongside the work of such post-rock elite as Tortoise, Explosions in the Sky, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Mogwai and Sigur Rós. With their third album, These Promises Are Being Videotaped, the duo took a leap in a new musical direction. But what really separates El Ten Eleven from their musical peers is that they are only two musicians on stage creating pounding landscapes of sound with no laptops or sequencers. Kristian Dunn switches off (sometimes mid-song) between a double-neck bass/guitar, and a fretless bass, while his feet dance on an extensive floorboard of looping devices and effects pedals. He plays everything live, loops himself and juggles all of the layers of tracks on top of each other. Drummer Tim Fogarty switches between traditional acoustic drums, roto toms and electronic drum-pads, usually within each song. To add to the insanity, Fogarty will occasionally loop himself as well. This is a duo of road-warriors who have built up their fan-base the old fashioned way: by getting out on the road and touring their asses off. They have looped around America more times than they can remember and at each show, new members of the El Ten Eleven faithful are conceived.

Friday, 10/01/10 9:00PM @ The Waiting Room
THE HOOD INTERNET
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. The Hood Internet is composed of Aaron Brink (aka ABX) and Steve Reidell (aka STV SLV). The duo recently released their fourth mixtape, with mashups that include artists like The Beastie Boys, Passion Pit, Kanye West, Dead Prez, Grizzly Bear, Bon Iver, Ratatat and Michael Jackson.

Friday, 10/01/10 8:00PM @ Val Air Ballroom
BAND OF HORSES
TICKETS: $25.00
Achieving musical transcendence is a tricky feat, almost definitively. If it happens at all, it happens naturally and perhaps nobody knows that better than Seattle, Washingtons Band of Horses. Guitarist/vocalist Ben Bridwell and guitarist Mat Brooke formed Band of Horses in 2004, after the dissolution of their nearly ten-year run in northwest melancholic darlings Carissas Wierd. Carissas Wierd trafficked in sadly beautiful orchestral pop, whose songs told unflinching stories of heartbreak and loss, leavened with defeatist humor. And, Band of Horses rises from the ashes of that well-loved band. After playing music with each other for over a decade, Bridwell and Brooke picked up together again when Bridwell began fleshing out his compositions post-Carissas. Buoyed by Bridwells warm, reverb-heavy vocals (which strangely channel a dichotomous blend of Wayne Coyne, Brian Wilson and Doug Martsch,) Band of Horses woodsy, dreamy songs ooze with amorphous tension, longing and hope.

Monday, 10/04/10 8:00PM @ Sokol Auditorium
JIMMY EAT WORLD
TICKETS: $25 - AVAILABLE 7/31
The public has two different perceptions of Jimmy Eat World. One is the band known for the classic pop single “The Middle” -- the ubiquitous summer smash hit of 2002 and that propelled the 2001 album “Jimmy Eat World” (originally titled “Bleed American”) to multi-platinum status, as years of slogging it out under the radar were finally rewarded. The other is a band who made it the hard way and continues to do so: paying their dues, toiling for years outside the mainstream, releasing records on indie labels, building a dedicated fan base through incessant touring and by crafting albums like 1996’s formative “Static Prevails,” 1999’s “Clarity,” a pioneering record that resonated immediately with young listeners who wanted (read: needed) a little substance with their rock and roll. The pressure of successfully reconciling two such disparate images, making music that appeals to both constituents, has made lesser bands implode. Jimmy Eat World however has risen to the challenge.

Wednesday, 10/06/10 8:00PM @ Sokol Auditorium
WIZ KHALIFA
w/ Yelawolf
TICKETS: $18 ADV / $20 DOS - AVAILABLE 7/31
After bursting onto the national Hip Hop scene in 2006, Wiz Khalifa has continued his ascent to the top of the Hip Hop ranks. Wiz returned to being an independent artist after a split with Warner Brothers in the Summer of ‘09. This did not slow things down, however, as he released his second album on Rostrum Records in November, entitled “Deal or No Deal.” The album had an insane amount of buzz months before it was released and it reached #1 on the iTunes Hip Hop chart the day it came out. Wiz’s profile on Myspace has exploded, being visited in excess of 6,000,000 times, tracks played over 21,000,000 times, and accumulating over 100,000 “friends” from all over the world. Moreover, Wiz has been a “Trending Topic” multiple times on Twitter and has gained over 60,000 followers.

Friday, 10/08/10 9:00PM @ The Waiting Room
RA RA RIOT
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. From the haunting slowburn crescendos of opener ghost under rocks through the playful each year, can you tell and too too too fast, the more pensive oh, la and dying is fine, and a curveball cover of Kate Bush’s suspended in gaffa, the album skillfully melds elements of new wave and classic indie with sweeping orchestral chamber pop to startling effect. Epic and eloquent, dramatic and graceful, Ra Ra Riot’s debut is an inventive and ambitious record that consistently conveys the passions of its creators.

Sunday, 10/10/10 9:00PM @ The Waiting Room
HELMET
TICKETS: $15.00
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. After nine years and thousands of shows, Helmet called it a day in 1998. In 2004 Hamilton restarted Helmet and has released several albums and toured extensively. Seeing Eye Dog, Helmet’s seventh album, is one of the band’s most uncompromising and ambitious releases, embodying the classic and utterly unique Helmet sound and pushing it into regions the band has never before explored. Bands such as the Deftones, Rise Against, Pantera and Tool have all cited Helmet as an influence, and not just for Helmet’s blistering, aggro approach but for the band’s sheer musicality and brains. See, Helmet, among other things, is a work of art. Hamilton is a trained musician who happens to make heavy, brutal music, a guy who digs Bartok and Minor Threat. Which is why, as Seeing Eye Dog proves, Helmet is a surprisingly flexible concept.

Tuesday, 10/12/10 8:00PM @ Slowdown
GUSTER
TICKETS: $25.50 ADV / $30.50 DOS
Ever since their humble beginnings at Tufts University, Guster have always sought to outdo themselves. They sell out New York’s fabled Radio City Music Hall one year and perform with the Boston Pops at Symphony Hall the next. They sell out a 33-date college tour, and this past spring founded the eco-friendly Campus Consciousness Tour, with buses powered by biodiesel and performances powered by wind power. It’s in this overachieving band’s nature to one-up itself.

Tuesday, 10/12/10 9:00PM @ The Waiting Room
THE FELICE BROTHERS
w/ Adam Haworth Stephens
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. Presented by Team Love Records, Yonder Is The Clock is teaming with tales of love, death, betrayal, baseball, train stations, phantoms, pandemics, jail cells, rolling rivers and frozen winter nights. This is music that hasn’t lost sight of the history of the land from which it came, and that quality alone makes The Felice Brothers the next great American band.

Saturday, 10/16/10 9:00PM @ The Waiting Room
THE WALKMEN
w/ Japandroids
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. Three of the members now reside in Brooklyn, and two have moved on to the cheaper pastures of Philadelphia. The band has released 4 albums of original material--including 2008's You and Me, which still sounds as fresh as the day it was conceived. The band has travelled extensively around the world in the last 8 years, but has always called New York home. They are currently in New York recording a 5th album, which is slated for release in early 2010.

Friday, 10/22/10 8:00PM @ Sokol Auditorium
OF MONTREAL
w/ Janelle Monae
TICKETS: $25.00
of Montreal is many things. of Montreal is one of the stalwarts of the Athens, Georgia pop scene. of Montreal is the recording and performing project of one Mr. Kevin Barnes. And of Montreal is one of the many bands still in operation with a tie to the loose Elephant Six collective of the late '90s, a group of like-minded bands centered around that incredibly fertile Southern college town. of Montreal is not, however, predictable. And therein lies the appeal of a band that has exploded from cult appeal to international popularity.

Sunday, 10/24/10 7:00PM @ Sokol Auditorium
MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK
w/ Say Anything, Saves The Day, & Valencia
TICKETS: $22 ADV / $25 DOS - AVAILABLE 8/7
As the New Year approaches, Motion City Soundtrack is about to embark on one of their most exciting and unprecedented musical adventures to date. On January 19, 2010, the band will release their long-awaited fourth album, My Dinosaur Life, for Columbia Records. When it came time for Motion City Soundtrack to record their major-label debut, the band called upon Blink-182 bassist/producer/friend Mark Hoppus, who first worked with the group on their breakthrough album Commit This To Memory. The result is a collection of 12 songs that push the limits of power-pop and challenge the ideals of the boombox generation. It’s their predilection for organized upheaval that further explains why Motion City Soundtrack—and their new album My Dinosaur Life, which was mixed by Andy Wallace (Nirvana, Sonic Youth, Kaiser Chiefs)—is a study of musical contradictions because without the chaos, there wouldn’t be the calm and without the pain, there wouldn’t be the pop.

Monday, 10/25/10 9:00PM @ The Waiting Room
DR. DOG
w/ Here We Go Magic
TICKETS: $14 ADV / $16 DOS
Dr. Dog's Anti- Records debut, Shame, Shame is now in stores everywhere. As a band that has traditionally built their spirited albums layer by layer in the undisturbed seclusion of their Philadelphia home studio, Dr. Dog realized that they would need to face the challenge of working in a professional studio and enlist the help of an outside producer (Rob Schnapf) if they were to continue their album-by-album evolutionary growth. The end result is the band’s most openly autobiographical release to date and peels back the layers of strings and horns of past albums to emphasize the raw immediacy of a tight unit honing their craft. The stylistic reference points of Dr. Dog remain on Shame, Shame but with a darker tone. It’s an album whose themes of doubt, confusion and unanswered questions are soothed by bright harmonies, taut guitar riffs and soaring melodies. From beginning to end, Shame, Shame is a record destined to claim its place on the timeless margins, untouched by modern tastes and content to exist on its own terms. It is the auspicious sound of Dr. Dog writing their exciting next chapter, one they’ve been working towards since they played their first notes together.

Tuesday, 10/26/10 9:00PM @ The Waiting Room
THE WOOD BROTHERS
TICKETS: $15 - AVAILABLE 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. Oliver moved to Atlanta where he embraced the blues/rock music scene and fronted the band King Johnson, while Chris ended up in the vibrant, underground music scene of New York City and is bassist and one third of the improvisational trio, Medeski Martin & Wood. It wasn’t until 2003, when Chris and Oliver shared the same stage as part of a King Johnson/Medeski Martin & Wood double bill, that they realized there was potential for a duo project. In 2004 Chris and Oliver began working up songs, retreated for writing sessions and in March 2006, released their debut album, Ways Not to Lose on Blue Note Records. The songs - sung and largely composed by Oliver Wood – possessed a timeless quality. There were echoes of country blues, Appalachian bluegrass and New Orleans R&B. Oliver’s vocals were set within expressive arrangements created by his guitar riffs and Chris’ nimble, note-bending bass lines. In the spring of 2008, they released their sophomore album on Blue Note, Loaded, which Chris’ Medeski Martin & Wood band-mate, John Medeski, returned to produce. This album, unlike their debut, was a more fleshed-out, multi-layered band effort, with collaborations from Amos Lee and others. In 2009, The Wood Brothers released an EP of carefully crafted covers called Up Above My Head. The mini-album features the brothers pared down to their original duo format.

Thursday, 10/28/10 7:30PM @ The Waiting Room
SENSES FAIL
w/ Bayside, Title Fight, & Balance And Composure
TICKETS: $15 ADV / $16 DOS - AVAILABLE 8/12
Listening to a new Senses Fail album is a lot like reconnecting with an old friend—although there’s a comforting, indefinable familiarity within all of the New Jersey-based post-hardcore quintet’s records, each new creation is a fleeting snapshot of the lives of its makers, indelibly capturing the things that meant the most during your mutual time apart. The band’s third full-length release, Life Is Not A Waiting Room, is no exception. Having the unenviable task of following 2006’s crushing Still Searching, the album showcases the face-melting musicianship and soul-baring lyricism that define Senses Fail.

Sunday, 10/31/10 7:30PM @ The Waiting Room
MAE
w/ Terrible Things & Windsor Drive
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. They are also excited to let you know that they will be touring for the first time in a year and touring for the first time as the 'original five' in over three years sharing with you an experience we'd like to call, "Goodbye, Goodnight." This reunion is something that is refreshing all of them in different, needed ways but it's also a chance for them to say "goodbye" for a while.

Wednesday, 11/03/10 9:00PM @ Slowdown
AZURE RAY
w/ Tim Fite
TICKETS: $12 ADV / $14 DOS
It’s been six years since celebrated female duo Azure Ray released their critically acclaimed album Hold On Love. The highly anticipated new full length from Orenda Fink and Maria Taylor is a sublime future classic titled Drawing Down the Moon, set for release on Saddle Creek on September 14, 2010. The record was produced by Eric Bachmann at Echo Mountain Studios in Asheville, North Carolina, mixed by Michael Patterson in Los Angeles, CA, and features guest appearances by Andy LeMaster and Liz Durrett. With three prior full-lengths and an EP, the duo drew fans from around the globe with their transcendent songwriting and stunning vocals, and Drawing Down the Moon is an even more impressive and beguiling delight. Their undeniable talents lie in balladry so breathtakingly visceral that it soars straight through the ears into the veins until it pumps firmly into the heart. Azure Ray are famed for their bittersweet melancholy and Drawing Down the Moon is a perfect ode to their harmonious musical gifts.

Thursday, 11/11/10 9:00PM @ Slowdown
THE REVEREND HORTON HEAT
w/ Split Lip Rayfield & The Legendary Shack Shakers
TICKETS: $20.00
Undeniably, The Reverend Horton Heat, aka Jim Heath, is the biggest, baddest, grittiest, greasiest, greatest rocker that ever piled his hair up and pounded the drinks down. Without question, for all of his outlandish antics, blistering stage performances and legendary musical prowess, the one thing The Rev always gets asked about is the story behind his unusual and rather clerical moniker. "Well, there used to be this guy who ran this place in Deep Ellum, Texas who used to call me Horton- my last name is Heath," says The Rev. "Anyway, this guy hired me and right before the show he goes, 'Your stage name should be Reverend Horton Heat! Your music is like gospel'.and I thought it was pretty ridiculous. So I'm up there playing and after the first few songs, people are saying, 'Yeah, Reverend!' What's really funny is that this guy gave up the bar business, and actually became a preacher! Now he comes to our shows and says, 'Jim, you really should drop this whole Reverend thing.'" It's been an almost 20-year journey for Heath, whose country-flavored punkabilly and onstage antics have brought him and his band a strikingly diverse fan base and a devoted cult following, not to mention the respect of fellow musicians worldwide.

Friday, 11/12/10 9:00PM @ Slowdown
JOSH RITTER & THE ROYAL CITY BAND
TICKETS: $15.00
Josh Ritter is from Moscow, Idaho. The son of two neuroscientists, he was on his way to follow in their footsteps when he discovered Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan in high school. He has since released five studio albums and has been recently named one of the 100 greatest living songwriters by Paste Magazine. Ritter's constant touring has established a robust, fanatical base both in the US and overseas (particularly Ireland and the UK). He and his band can fill theaters throughout the USA. His fans have a special, unique bond with Ritter that goes beyond that of other singer-songwriters; he is always there at the merch desk after shows, hugging fans and signing records.