Monday, 10/13/08 9:00PM @ The Waiting Room
THE ENVY CORPS
w/ The Silent Years
TICKETS: $7.00
The Envy Corps are an indie-rock quartet from Ames, Iowa. The band are known for their atmospheric-meets-pop sound, attracting comparisons to Radiohead, Doves, New Order and Modest Mouse. The Envy Corps were formed in October 2001 by Luke Pool, who met David Yoshimura at Iowa State University in early 2002 and quickly added him to the lineup as second guitarist. Pool changed his last name to Pettipoole soon after this. The band forged their sound in the coming years playing around the Midwest and featured many lineup changes, with Pettipoole and Yoshimura the only constant members.

Monday, 10/13/08 9:00PM @ Slowdown
DEERHOOF
w/ Experimental Dental School & Au
TICKETS: $10.00
Deerhoof is a San Francisco musical group, currently consisting of Satomi Matsuzaki (usually vocals and bass), John Dieterich (usually guitar), Ed Rodriguez (usually guitar as well) and Greg Saunier (usually drums). Although typically classified as an indie rock band, due to their having been on an indie rock label (Kill Rock Stars) for the entirety of their career, the mercurial and unconventional nature of Deerhoof's music makes genre identification difficult, and perhaps inappropriate. But several recurring features can be said to constitute Deerhoof's distinctive sound: unassuming vocal delivery set against hyper-expressive instrumental playing; an elastic approach to group dynamics and rhythm more akin to the rubato of classical music performance practice than rock; odd yet highly memorable melodies; harmonic sophistication and dissonance; disjointed, condensed, asymmetrical and otherwise unconventional song structures; raw and at times strident sound surfaces; improvisation; and general creative restlessness.

Tuesday, 10/14/08 9:00PM @ Slowdown
BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE
w/ Land Of Talk
TICKETS: $20.00
Broken Social Scene was born in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It began in 1999 with two newfound friends, Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning, making beautiful music together in basements and bedrooms. Over the course of 2001, Broken Social Scene – at this point, a creative core featuring Drew, Canning, Whiteman, Spearin and Peroff — played many shows in Toronto, each being radically different from the previous. Line-ups would expand and contract around this core, depending on who was available to join in. The revolving support cast included Feist, Cranley, Emily Haines and James Shaw of Metric; John Crossingham of Raising the Fawn, and Bill Priddle of Treble Charger. Studio sessions would even find Jessica Moss of A Silver Mt Zion quickly dropping in give some musical love. Each new face brought a new dimension to the sound. Some shows were blissful space-rock excursions, some were dub-soul massage sessions with full horn sections, others were chaotic feedback frenzies. In the summer of 2001, the band even temporarily changed its name to Do the 95 to indulge in their noise-rock affinities. (As a side note: at no point was Broken Social Scene ever conceived as a “supergroup.” Yes, many of the participants were affiliated with other renowned Toronto indie bands, however, pretty much every band features people who once belonged to other bands, so by that token, every band must be a supergroup. Broken Social Scene is, always has and always will be a group of friends and loves.) Many people wonder how a band as constantly in flux as Broken Social Scene can hold it together amid the rigorous demands of becoming a major international touring band. But, really, the recipe is simple: close friends, a lot of love and a mutual desire to transcend the ennui and ugliness of our day-to-day lives by creating something beautiful and timeless together. And share it with you. That’s the only plan this band has ever had. And it’s the only one it needs.

Wednesday, 10/15/08 9:00PM @ The Waiting Room
MURS
w/ Kidz in the Hall & Isaiah
TICKETS: $12.00
He is the only rapper with his own music festival. Each album he releases sells more than its predecessor. He toured the world without having a major record deal. So, there’s a reason why independent rap stalwart Murs decided to name his major label debut album Murs For President (Love And Rockets). Murs wants to be rap’s leader and spokesperson, the artist who helps give rap a credible face to fans, the media and critics. After all, the Los Angeles rapper is articulate and well read. He doesn’t use drugs and his platform consists of peace, love, unity and having fun.

Wednesday, 10/15/08 9:00PM @ Slowdown
THE MOUNTAIN GOATS / KAKI KING
TICKETS: $15.00
Most bios attempt to describe the music made by the band they're profiling, and to compare it favorably to the work of giants in the field. This isn't that kind of bio. The general musical framework within which the Mountain Goats have worked for ten-plus years has been acoustic guitar, bass, and voice. The lyrics are central to the whole enterprise. Many of the songs involve desperate characters who've found themselves in some trouble and want to moan about it a little before taking their lumps. The sexual tension between characters in your average Mountain Goats song could split the atom if the power could be harnessed, but it can't, so forget it. Now you know what we know. Go forth and sin no more.

Thursday, 10/16/08 9:00PM @ The Waiting Room
GUNK IN 3D
w/ Kobrakyle, DJ Spence, & Darren Keen
TICKETS: $5 at the door
In the tradition of such fine cinematic series as Jaws and Friday the 13th, the third installment of GUNK will be brought to you entirely in 3D! (glasses provided)

Thursday, 10/16/08 8:00PM @ Slowdown Front Room
SLEEPING AT LAST
w/ Skypiper & Brad Hoshaw
TICKETS: $8 ADV / $10 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.

Friday, 10/17/08 9:00PM @ The Waiting Room
CROOKED FINGERS
w/ Uglysuit & Little Brazil
TICKETS: $10.00
Crooked Fingers is a Seattle, Washington-based indie rock band led by former Archers of Loaf lead singer Eric Bachmann. The band currently releases albums on Merge Records, and tends to have a rotating lineup.

Saturday, 10/18/08 6:30PM @ The Waiting Room
SLAM AID
TICKETS: $10.00
Slam Aid is a show aimed at raising a little extra so SLAM can begin to rebuild and replace old vulnerable data, along with upgrades in hosting. More importantly it is a great reason to have a great local show including just a small sample of some of Omaha's best music. Come early and start drinking .25 draws starting at 6pm while supplies last (or 8pm) and enjoy special acoustic performances by Brad Hoshaw and Kill Bosby. Then the rocking starts including Icares, Bloodcow, Filter Kings, Ground Tyrants, Sarah Benck and the Robbers, Two Drag Club, and a very special reunited appearance by The Movies featuring the original lineup. Come Help SLAM suck just a little less.

Sunday, 10/19/08 8:00PM @ The Waiting Room
MISSY HIGGINS
w/ Joshua Radin
TICKETS: $14.00
Passionate and sincere, Australian singer-songwriter Missy Higgins is a welcome relief in a music landscape littered with disposable pop. The 24-year-old Melbourne native has enjoyed phenomenal success in her homeland, and a growing fanbase in the U.S., in spite of — or perhaps because she shuns the usual synthetic packaging and tabloid tackiness. Instead she's adopted a more timeless approach, relying on her undeniable songs and unforgettable live performances to forge a genuine connection with her audience.

Monday, 10/20/08 8:30PM @ Slowdown
AGAINST ME!
w/ Ted Leo and the Pharmacists & Future of the Left
TICKETS: $17.00
The roots of Against Me!'s rousing punk-folk sound lie in Tom Gabel's guitar-and-stool troubadourship around his native Gainesville, FL, beginning in 1997. The then 17-year-old Gabel performed as a solo act wherever anyone would have him, drawing much influence from early acoustic protest music. The band around him would eventually solidify by 2001 — including guitarist James Bowman, drummer Warren Oakes, and bassist Andrew Seward — and get considerably louder as punk bands often do. But there would always be some anarchism and Billy Bragg in the raucous braggadocio.

Monday, 10/20/08 9:00PM @ The Waiting Room - 21+
ROCK MOVIE NIGHT
Pink Floyd - Live at Pompeii - The Director's Cut
NO COVER CHARGE!!!
The original release, running for one hour, only featured the live footage. A second version had additional footage of the band as they recorded or pretended to record their album The Dark Side of the Moon, as well as interviews conducted off-camera by Maben. This version ran for 80 minutes. The Director's Cut is a 2003 DVD re-release running 92 minutes. In addition to the concert and interview footage, it includes computer-generated images of outer space and of Pompeii as well as then-recent footage of Abbey Road and the Apollo missions. The original "full screen" image has been chopped up in this version and is presented in "fake widescreen", although the original cut is presented on the DVD as an "added bonus".

Tuesday, 10/21/08 9:00PM @ The Waiting Room
IAN MOORE & HIS LOSSY COILS
TICKETS: $8 ADV / $10 DOS
Moore is a prolific singer songwriter from Seattle who was spawned from the 90's roots rock scene of Austin, TX and gained popularity as a guitar prodigy. He has opened, full North American tours for the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, ZZ Top and most recently British icon Paul Weller. Now as renowned for his soulful vocals and insightful lyricism as his stellar fretwork, Moore has been headlining theaters and club venues throughout the US and Europe 150 days a year. With 3 Top 10 Billboard hits and seven albums to his credit, he continues to mesmerize critics and audiences alike with his riveting live performances.

Wednesday, 10/22/08 9:00PM @ The Waiting Room
FANCY PARTY COMEDY PRESENTS: RECESSED
w/ Nick Allen, Austin Anderson, Richard Reese, Tim Greenup, Rudy Waltz, Ryan Cownie, Cody Hustak, & Kevin Grace
TICKETS: $5 at the door
Fresh, smart, original, FUNNY. Stand-up and sketch comedy from the best Omaha has to offer. Come be a part of the fastest growing comedy show in the city.

Wednesday, 10/22/08 9:00PM @ Slowdown Front Room
APOLLO SUNSHINE
w/ Vinyl Haze
TICKETS: $8.00
Since the release of their 2003 debut, pollo Sunshine has thrilled audiences. Their unique and eclectic sound - from avant-garde noise experiment to ultra-melodic pop, to rock, to punk (sometimes all within one song), combined with quite possibly one of the best live shows you will ever see (a controlled rock chaos of pedal steel, guitar, bass, double necked guitar/bass combo, two handtaped-together keyboards/samplers, percussion, drums and how the hell does he play bass with his left hand, keyboard with his right and sing lead vocal?!), have left audiences screaming, dedicated, breathless and unable to hold still! Apollo Sunshine's dizzying tour schedule has quickly gained them a steadfast audience in nearly every city in the US. A unique "Apollo Sunshine vibe" has been emerging at these shows, transcending the usual rock show experience. Apollo Sunshine are true musicians and an American rock' n roll band. They're coming to your town to help you party down, rock you, entertain you and leave you breathless. . . and you best let them. It's a damn good time.

Thursday, 10/23/08 9:00PM @ The Waiting Room
THE LITTLE ONES
w/ Sleep Said The Monster
TICKETS: $8.00
The Little Ones are comprised of Ian Moreno, Edward Nolan Reyes, Brian Reyes, Lee Ladouceur, and Greg Meyer. Coming together in Los Angeles in early 2006, the summery-sounding Little Ones wear their influences (the Beach Boys, the Zombies) on their sleeves while composing some of the brightest indie rock of the new millennium. They self-released their debut EP, Sing Song, that spring. That fall, the band landed a worldwide deal with Astralwerks -- Heavenly Recordings in the U.K. and Europe and Astralwerks in the Americas.

Thursday, 10/23/08 9:00PM @ Slowdown
AMY RAY
w/ Arizona
TICKETS: $15.00
Amy Ray’s second solo album, Prom, explores the dance between gender and sexuality, man and woman, youth and adulthood, authority and rebellion. The setting is the South, both suburban and rural, where an undercurrent of whitewashed innocence and destructive value systems often hold the hierarchy together. These ten songs are full of characters from Amy’s past and present, including the disenfranchised kids from her high school days, loves lost to addiction and abuse, and the teenagers that now inhabit her southern rural neighborhood. She challenges many institutions including the Christian Right, but does not shrink from taking to task the alternative institutions of rebellion. Her almost edible, growling voice and innate storytelling renders an album that is pastoral but filled with firecrackers; life giving, but never resting. Ray, one half of the Indigo Girls, will release this album, like her last, on her independent label, Daemon Records. Indigo Girls fans will find an edgier, angrier, and yet more hopeful, compassionate and playful Ray on this record than ever before. It is something short of a proclamation and more of an exploration; Ray asks the questions and leaves the answer to the listener and for herself. As they find their own meaning in Prom, listeners will undoubtedly find some of their past, present, and future selves between the lines. Rub up against it ‘til it gets inside you, and let it burn for good. Let it burn for good.

Friday, 10/24/08 9:00PM @ The Waiting Room
THE PENDRAKES
w/ It's True
TICKETS: $7 at the door
The Pendrakes new recording, Sunday Punch showcases their “sugar sweet pop licks played with maximum ampage and minimum pretense”, yet also finds them venturing into country/Americana, swing and 70’s flavored R & B. In years spent on the Minneapolis music scene, Paul Novak (Vocals, Guitar and Wurlitzer) has shared the stage with members of Son Volt, The Replacements, Gear Daddies and The Jayhawks. Moving to Omaha, Novak found himself musically alone for the first time in many years. As fate would have it, Omaha music veteran Eric Ebers (Drums and Accordion) and Novak shared a cubicle wall before finding out they also shared a musical connection in bass man Craig Meier. The trio began work on Sunday Punch in the summer of 2007. The newest Pendrake, Corey Weber (Guitar and Pedal Steel), has added a hard rock punch and a little twang to the recording as well as rounding out The Pendrakes sound and turning them into a formidable live act. Musically, Sunday Punch shines through sunny and hopeful even while telling tales of dead end jobs, phonies, sycophants, and making up and breaking up.

Friday, 10/24/08 9:00PM @ Slowdown Front Room
WOVENHAND
TICKETS: $8 ADV / $10 DOS
Wovenhand is the brainchild of David Eugene Edwards, former frontman for 16 Horsepower. Their fourth and most recent LP– Ten Stones – will drop worldwide Sept 9 on Sounds Familyre. It’s co-produced by Edwards and Daniel Smith (Danielson Famile) and features Emil Nikolaisen of Serena Maneesh and Pascal Humbert of 16 Horsepower.

Saturday, 10/25/08 7:00PM @ The Waiting Room
THE ZOMBIE BALL
TICKETS: $7 at the door
The First Annual OMAHA ZOMBIE WALK will be held on Saturday Oct 25th in downtown Benson (on Maple St from 57th St to 64th St in Omaha). The Undead will roam the streets in hourdes! The BEST Halloween attraction, and the best part is YOU'RE THE MONSTERS! Plus, it's FREE! Bands! Brains! Fun! Immediately after the walk is the ZOMBIE BALL! Bands playing include a SOCIAL DISTORTION tribute band called SOMEWHERE BETWEEN HEAVEN & HELL, OFFICIALLY TERMINATED, SIN, THE CLINCHER, and another surprise we've got in the works!

Saturday, 10/25/08 9:00PM @ Slowdown Front Room
THE WHIPKEY THREE
w/ It's True
TICKETS: $5.00
Combining forces of two of Omaha's most recognized bands, Matt Whipkey and Anonymous American and Sarah Benck and The Robbers, The Whipkey Three is a juggernaut. In the summer of 2007, songwriter Matt Whipkey was needing a new outlet for the numerous compositions he was creating. Then there was three. Balancing melody, aggression, subtlety and power, Whipkey’s songs set a new standard for a city with an already impressive catalog.

Sunday, 10/26/08 9:00PM @ The Waiting Room - 21+
ROCK MOVIE NIGHT
Convoy
NO COVER CHARGE!!!
Based on the song by C.W. McCall, Kris Kristofferson stars as Rubber Duck, a defiant truck driver who speeds through three states while a corrupt cop pursues him. A mile-long convoy of protesting truckers speeds along the Arizona highway toward the Mexican border. The tense action builds to an incredible climax in one of the most destructive auto crash scenes ever filmed.

Monday, 10/27/08 9:00PM @ The Waiting Room - 21+
ROCK MOVIE NIGHT
David Bowie - A Reality Tour
NO COVER CHARGE!!!
Filmed before an awestruck audience in Dublin on November 22nd and 23rd, 2003, this is a great way to experience David Bowie's REALITY album in a live setting. Of course a number of older songs are dusted off and given thoroughly modern interpretations as well, with Bowie clearly delighted to have such a welter of fine material at his fingertips. In fact Bowie and his band had rehearsed 60 songs for the "Reality" tour, and drew liberally on them throughout the resulting shows. The 30 songs here comprise most of the audience favorites, and include classics such as "Be My Wife," "Under Pressure," "Life On Mars," "Heroes," and "Ziggy Stardust." But it's not just the oldies that the crowd came to see, and material from the REALITY and HEATHEN albums also receive a warm response. An electrifying, charismatic performer, Bowie's legend is well earned.

Wednesday, 10/29/08 9:00PM @ The Waiting Room
ELECTRIC SIX
w/ Local H & The Golden Dogs
TICKETS: $13.00
Show business is often referred to as “the last frontier of Communism”. Think about it. Performers are beholden to the common interests of a faceless collective who demand more for less. In the advent of technology, the ability of the artist to make massive profits has been destroyed. But even in the belly of despair, there is always hope. Armed with a new record, Electric Six is coming at you with all full force, hearkening back immediately to a very profitable time in its career, hoping that somehow an association will be made wherein the listener might accidentally buy more copies of this record than he normally would have. The record is a beacon of liberty in an ocean of communism. If you love America, you will buy this record.

Thursday, 10/30/08 9:00PM @ The Waiting Room
1090 CLUB
w/ Michael Zapruder, John Klemmensen and The Party, & Dance Me Pregnant
TICKETS: $7 at the door
This harmony-happy rock quartet boasts a changing lineup of vocalists whose collaborative efforts keep their repertoire flexible, while each player's strong instrumental skills keep their riffs rocking.

Friday, 10/31/08 9:00PM @ The Waiting Room
SONG REMAINS THE SAME
w/ Satchel Grande & The Lizard King
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. If you plan to attend and SRtS show, get their early. You might not get in.

Friday, 10/31/08 9:00PM @ Slowdown Front Room
RIG 1
w/ Little Brazil, Dim Light, & Fortnight
TICKETS: $7.00
Rig 1, a Midwestern endeavor 10 years in the making, started in the jammed-in-the-deck 36 Chambers cassette, melting behind the dashboard controls in the baking sun, windows up tight, air choking and abandoned; Rig started in the janitor's closet, in the bag of E's in the top drawer, in the notion that innerspace has no mirrors, only manifestations of will. Ian McElroy took his Rig project to Athens, GA in 2007 because it was time to put it all down. The scraps of paper covered in rhymes were filling the ashtrays and falling in the space behind the piano in the front hall. Andy LeMaster and Rig bunkered up and started expoloring the sounds that were noticeably absent from hip-hop, sonic mud pots, forgetting to turn off the oven, bloddy eggs, guitars, Aceeed 303 late 80's gurgle and layers of sound that toss Spaceman 3, Mercury Rev, Too Short, and Timothy Leary into one rolled up and lit up endeavor, doing something the way you hear it in your heart and mind. Now residing in New York City, working double shifts, keeping it Murray and always confused, but positive, Rig is still with the breast pocket of his life suit filled with new lines and thoughts. Look to the sky and see what is inside the Rig.

Saturday, 11/1/08 9:00PM @ The Waiting Room
AUGUSTANA
w/ Meese
TICKETS: $16.00
Beginning before they were even "old enough to drink," as frontman/songwriter Dan Layus puts it, the band Augustana has grown up tremendously over the past three years, touring relentlessly while supporting Epic debut All the Stars and Boulevards (which reached #1 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart) and hit single "Boston." Inking a producer before they'd been seriously tested before an audience, and finding themselves in the recording studio tracking a major-label debut before the masses knew who they were, the band had to grow into the ambitious blueprint they'd set out for themselves, and grow they did.

Saturday, 11/1/08 8:00PM @ Slowdown
COPELAND
w/ Lovedrug, Lydia, & Lights
TICKETS: $12.00
It's a problem that has plagued songwriters since the advent of multi-track recording: how do you make something lush and expansive in sound and arrangement yet intimate and relatable in spirit and performance? The answer is found on Copeland's third full-length release, Eat, Sleep, Repeat, a beautifully dense sonic workshop of layered strings, aching melodies, and towering vocals that sounds as if it were made in your living room. The result is a different kind of indie pop album, one that's over-the-top in its melodic directness, yet retains its DIY craftsmanship. In the end, it's an album that is as massive as it is immediate, as uncompromising as it is accessible, a sound big enough to fill a stadium but nuanced enough to require headphones. The final challenge for Copeland is likely to be how to retain their intimate relationship with their fans as their profile grows. If the careful dynamics of Eat, Sleep, Repeat are any indication, it's a challenge they're more than capable of meeting.

Sunday, 11/2/08 9:00PM @ The Waiting Room
THE KING KHAN & BBQ SHOW
w/ Women & Box Elders
TICKETS: $10.00
The King Khan & BBQ Show is the most revered band in their scene, and there are many reasons why. They took it easy, honing their craft, playing sporadically to crowds outraged by their incredible sound and nasty live show. Orgiastic, anarchic, hypnotic and personal are the shows to this day. Blow-jobs and blood, pick-ups and puke, dancing and laughing. Two guys. Mark Sultan (BBQ), smashing snare, bass drum and tambourine with his bare feet, molesting his guitar and singing like a possessed angel. He is often cited as having one of the finest voices (think Sam Cooke) and greatest songcraft in the world. The other, King Khan, is nearing legendary status for his advanced nuttiness and unpredictability, as well as top-notch showmanship and musicianship. He spins and howls like a freak while belting it out on his guitar like a masher. What does it all sound like? It sounds like five men. Really. And it is very difficult to peg the sound. It really is a cross-section of amazing bands, places and energies. This is soul. This is punk. This is psychedelic. And who do you think started this whole sock-hop/doo-wop revival? Sultan and Khan.

Sunday, 11/2/08 9:00PM @ Slowdown Front Room
MARGOT & THE NUCLEAR SO AND SO'S
w/ Wild Sweet Orange
TICKETS: $8.00
As with most good stories, the tale of Margot & The Nuclear So and So's begins in the depths of poverty and despair, far from the bright lights of Hollywood, tucked away in a decaying neighborhood somewhere in the midwest. The kind of neighborhood where it's often cold and grey. The kind of neighborhood where you might expect a gang of hoodlums like the so and so's to take solace in recording pop songs and causing general mayhem. People called their music sex-folk, or even urban folk, if they didn't like to say the word, 'sex.' It was a cacophony of electric and acoustic instruments that sat on top of rock-type rhythms.

Monday, 11/3/08 9:00PM @ The Waiting Room
HAYES CARLL
w/ The Dedringers
TICKETS: $10.00
Joshua Hayes Carll, known as Hayes Carll, is a singer/songwriter from The Woodlands, Texas currently signed to Lost Highway Records. Raised in a Houston suburb by two working parents (who he has identified as "liberal"), Carll has cited influences in his youth from such songwriters as Bob Dylan, Kris Kristofferson and John Prine to Jack Kerouac and Dead Poets Society. After developing a following in the Houston area, Carll signed a one-album contract with Compadre Records. They released his debut Flowers and Liquor in 2002. Immediately embraced by critics, the album garnered comparisons to Townes Van Zandt. The Houston Press went so far as to name him the best folk act and best new artist of 2002. After turning down a multi-album deal from Sugar Hill Records, his second album, Little Rock, was released under his own label, Highway 87 Records. It was produced by notable country music figure R.S. Field. It became the first self-released album to reach number one on the Americana music charts. In May of 2006, Carll announced that he is signed with Lost Highway records.

Tuesday, 11/4/08 9:00PM @ Slowdown
STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS
w/ Blitzen Trapper
TICKETS: $15.00
From the day nigh two decades ago when the first scratchy sounds of Pavement floated in the ether above Stockton, the music of Stephen Malkmus has been the gift that keeps on keepin’ on. Did SM not offer the eternal promise of “perfect sound forever”?

Wednesday, 11/5/08 9:00PM @ The Waiting Room - 21+
LIVE KARAOKE
w/ Girl Drink Drunk
NO COVER CHARGE!!!
Do you Want Candy? Should you Stay or Should you Go? Have you Got the Beat or has Love Torn you Apart? Maybe you just feel Gigantic or you might only want to Surrender. Whether you're A Blister in the Sun or an American Girl, your chance is here to shed your workaday persona and channel your inner Pixie. One Way or Another, you can show off your mad vocal skills with Girl Drink Drunk. Song lists for upcoming show at Girl Drink Drunk's MySpace page (http://www.myspace.com/girldrinkdrunkomaha). Lyric sheets will be provided for the retention-challenged. You bring the chops; they'll bring the rock.

Thursday, 11/6/08 8:00PM @ Sokol Auditorium
TECH N9NE
w/ Krizz Kaliko, Kutt Calhoun, Prozak, Skatterman & Snug Brim, and Grave Plott
TICKETS: $23 ADV / $25 DOS
Sometimes it takes a while for trendsetters, for artists ahead of their time and for genius to be appreciated by the masses. Tech N9ne is on the verge of bucking these bromides. The Kansas City rap king has sold more than 500,000 albums independently, performed in front of more than half a million people in the last three years and established himself as one of underground rap’s most respected artists. With the impending release of his third national album, the monumental Everready (The Religion), Tech N9ne is poised to graduate from one of rap’s best-kept secrets to a major international superstar.

Friday, 11/7/08 9:00PM @ The Waiting Room
DANIELSON
w/ Cryptacize
TICKETS: $10.00
What's in a name? After eldest Smith sibling finished his senior art school project and released it in 1995 under the moniker, "Danielson," he brought his four younger siblings and a few friends from childhood into the mix for the critically-acclaimed, "Tell Another Joke At the Ol' Choppin' Block," calling the group, "Danielson Famile." This was followed by the back-to-back concept albums, "Alpha" and "Omega," in 1998 and 1999 under the name, "Tri-Danielson." It was a long and confusing study in the three sides of music-making: Famile, Brother, and Ship. The follow-up release was Danielson Famile's "Fetch the Compass Kids," celebrating family. Then came Br. Danielson's "Brother Is To Son," celebrating personal identity and community. Now, "Ships" is the resolution. Opening arms wider than ever, Daniel made a long list of artists who have worked with Danielson over the years and other folks who planned to work together at some point. This list led to working with family, making new friends, and keeping the old. All joined together - both the well-known (Deerhoof, Sufjan Stevens, Why?) and not as well-known artists (Sereena Maneesh, Leopulde, Half-handed Cloud) - each bringing his or her own skills and ideas to Daniel's songs and voice, resulting in this crowning achievement.

Friday, 11/7/08 9:00PM @ Slowdown Front Room
CAPGUN COUP
TICKETS: $7.00
The members of Capgun Coup aren’t very good at listening to people compare their music to other bands. Perhaps because Sam Martin, Greg Elsasser, Eric Ohlsson and Andy Matz are not the most well-versed students of rock music, their debut release, Nebraskafish, demonstrates a refined style that is largely unhindered by the type of hero-worship that often marks a young band. The Capgun Coup story starts somewhere in the cultural void of suburban Omaha, Neb., where Elsasser and Martin began playing music over three years ago. Steeped in basement show tradition and house party culture, the debut material from Capgun Coup fits neatly with other bands that recently emerged to wide acclaim from the Midwestern culture vacuum. But that doesn’t mean the boys aren’t bringing something new to the table. Nebraskafish is the wonderfully schizophrenic product of the rich interplay within Capgun Coup. Ever tinkering with noise and samples, Elsasser serves as the band’s spacey Johnny Greenwood to Martin’s more song-oriented Thom Yorke. Ohlsson and Matz give Martin and Elsasser’s compositions backbone and organization. Recorded over more than a year, the album demonstrates an evolution in songwriting, from the band’s early folk songs (“Oh My Mod”), which were recorded mostly at legendary Presto! Studios in Lincoln, to the Guided By Voices-by-way-of-Cursive pieces (“Social Security Number”), which were self-produced. The album is sandwiched by moody sound collages. These negative tracks were produced separately by Martin and Elsasser with the intention of tying the last two years of songwriting together. All together, it’s music meant to be heard in a close setting with friends ­ preferably a hundred of them, all dancing. Just don’t request a Minutemen cover.

Saturday, 11/8/08 9:00PM @ The Waiting Room
THE DIPLOMATS OF SOLID SOUND
w/ Satchel Grande & The Third Men
TICKETS: $7 at the door
Since the release of their first 7-inch single, "Bullfrog Boogaloo," in 2001, the Diplomats of Solid Sound have been mining America's vast deposits of soul music to create a sound all their own -- a spare-but-spicy groove sired equally by progenitors such as Booker T., James Brown and The Funk Brothers. Now, after three full-length releases as an instrumental outfit, the Diplomats of Solid Sound have expanded the family with a trio of sultry sirens who liked to be called the Diplomettes for a new set of soul stunners they like to call "The Diplomats of Solid Sound, Featuring The Diplomettes." The album will be available on CD and for download from Record Kicks on March 29, 2008. This supercharged new set of prime cuts is a dance party in a jewel box, guaranteed to groove its way into your head and your ass -- and get both moving fast! Its sound is both new and old. Timeless. Soul.

Saturday, 11/8/08 8:00PM @ Slowdown
SLIGHTLY STOOPID
w/ Outlaw Nation & DJ Unite
TICKETS: $20 ADV / $25 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. Their new disc is the latest installment in a subculture, or subgenre of musicians that, like Slightly Stoopid's grooves, has rather quietly become a chilled-out force to be reckoned with in the music industry. Just when the mainstream wasn't looking, Slightly Stoopid has registered more than a decade as a band, while amassing its own, unique group of devotees lovingly dubbed Stoopidheads and/or Ese Locos and selling hundreds of thousands of records in the process.

Monday, 11/10/08 9:00PM @ The Waiting Room
DEVIN THE DUDE
TICKETS: $15.00
Known more for blunts and beer that bullets and bling, Devin the Dude has kept a smile on Hip Hop's face while most of his peers have opted for a menacing scowl. Possessing the rare ability to inject humor, sex and substance in each of his rhymes, Devin has carved his own unique niche in rap music, becoming everybody's favorite guilty pleasure in the process.

Tuesday, 11/11/08 8:00PM @ Sokol Underground
AS BLOOD RUNS BLACK
w/ Terror, Blood Stands Still, & The Matador
TICKETS: $10 ADV / $12 DOS
As Blood Runs Black is an American deathcore band from Los Angeles, California formed in 2004. They are currently signed to Mediaskare Records and their debut album ‘Allegiance’ achieved considerable success making the band a well-known act. Their influences range from melodic death metal to hardcore.

Wednesday, 11/12/08 9:00PM @ The Waiting Room
FANCY PARTY COMEDY: 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY
w/ Nick Allen, Austin Anderson, Richard Reese, Cody Hustak, Tim Greenup, Ryan Cownie, Rudy Waltz, & Kevin Grace
TICKETS: $5 at the door
Fancy Party Comedy is celebrating its first birthday with a round table discussion about the shows brief history as well as its future. The panel will remain onstage to discuss the show as it progresses. Expect surprise guests and some undeserved fanfare. This won't be the Fancy Party Comedy's last birthday, but it will be its first.

Thursday, 11/13/08 9:00PM @ The Waiting Room
O'DEATH
TICKETS: $8.00
Originally formed in 2003, the band self-released their first album in 2004. They quickly took to the task of stirring up a wholly original scene of NY musicians with their reverently twisted take on Americana filtered through a wealth of musical influences as divergent as Bill Monroe, Prince, Dock Boggs, Neil Young, The Microphones, and The Misfits. As they gathered the songs for their second LP, Head Home, the band perfected their mesmerizing and riotous stage presence and took to turning their share of heads across the country. It’s an infectious sound coming your way; unique and wonderfully raw, but with the ability to drop the jaws of even the most jaded music fanatic and leave them testifying to it’s unique power.

Saturday, 11/15/08 6:30PM @ Sokol Auditorium
METRO STATION
w/ Tyga & Cash Cash
TICKETS: $16 ADV / $20 DOS
If one was to make a musical time capsule of 2007 – a collection of sounds and lyrics reflecting the energy of our moment – it might be a good idea to drop in a copy of Metro Station’s eponymous debut record. Sure, the band is young (ok, still in fake ID territory), but Metro Station’s brazenly catchy dance hooks and yearning lyrics perfectly capture what it feels like to be a teenager in today’s culture. This is a band that was weaned on and made by the Internet, whose dedicated legion of online fans made them MySpace stars in a matter of weeks. This is a band that caught the early attention of Alternative Press (earning a spot as one of the magazine’s “22 Best Underground Bands”), along with URB and Teen Vogue magazines, months before they signed to a label. Metro Station is a band that, despite their youth, have made their way from greasy mall jobs to recording with Motion City Soundtrack in the same year. They are truly a product of their times and their generation, and they are ready to take advantage of it.

Saturday, 11/15/08 9:00PM @ Slowdown
MATT NATHANSON
w/ Jessie Baylin & Break And Repair Method
TICKETS: $13.00
After relocating from Boston to San Francisco in the early '90s, Nathanson came to prominence on the coffeehouse scene, but before he picked up his acoustic guitar, he was well-schooled in the art of big-riff rock. That grounding has stayed with him to the point where he can still trot out a Kiss cover or whip out a wallet adorned with the visage of Jon Bon Jovi. Nathanson lived his life as the very model of the modern independent artist, journeying from town to town, logging literally hundreds of thousands of miles, all the while captivating audiences with his confessional songs and spontaneous, uncensored stage banter. This hard work has garnered Nathanson a remarkably devoted following -- folks willing to cross many a state line to spend a couple of hours communing with Matt and his band.

Sunday, 11/16/08 8:00PM @ Slowdown
INGRID MICHAELSON
w/ Newton Faulkner & David Ford
TICKETS: $15.00
Staten Island native Ingrid Michaelson was born into a house of all things artistic. Following in the eclectic footsteps of her mother, a sculptor, and her father, a classical composer, Ingrid began piano lessons at only four years old. Her songwriting career began after college while touring the country in a national theater troupe and spending all her free time composing the songs that would eventually make it onto her current CD, Girls And Boys. An entrepreneur as well as a talented musician, Ingrid released Girls And Boys on her own Cabin 24 Records. A mere three months after the CD release, Ingrid won a national songwriting award, sponsored by West Virginia's Mountainstage. In November, 2006 an unexpected phone call catapulted her career forward. The music supervisor from Grey's Anatomy wanted to use the song "Breakable" from Ingrid's CD in an upcoming episode. Following the exposure on Grey's Anatomy , Ingrid's career as an independent artist immediately hit the fast track and she began to achieve milestones previously unheard of for an artist not signed to a major label. Both national radio and the blogosphere began paying attention. National media began to take notice as well and in early summer 2006, Ingrid appeared on Good Morning America, NPR's Talk of the Nation and Fuse TV. She's also been the subject of a front page feature article in the Wall Street Journal. Ingrid is staying true to her indie roots by continuing to distribute Girls And Boys through her Cabin 24 Records imprint.

Tuesday, 11/18/08 9:00PM @ The Waiting Room
HEARTLESS BASTARDS
TICKETS: $10.00
The Heartless Bastards are taking us on a sonic road trip as Erika Wennerstrom explores the alleys and horizons of her talent, creativity, and vision. Her courage to make change in life has yielded sound and art that we are lucky to discover with her. The music has turned heads, ears, and put them on festival stages and starry bills, but the band is still evolving with Wennerstrom’s sonic vision. After years with the same basic power trio lineup, Erika made both a life and artistic change. In 2007 she moved to Austin, Texas for a change of inspirational scenery, a new recording project, and queso. In true ascetic discipline, she arrived in a new town, rented a meager apartment, and wrote for six months. It is during this period she imagined the new record with expansive instrumentation, challenging lyrical and musical spaces, and an uninterrupted vision. The CD, entitled “The Mountain”, delivers the powerful howl that fans expect from Heartless Bastards, but also weaves in adventure with mandolins, banjos, strings, and Erika’s transcendent voice.

Wednesday, 11/19/08 8:00PM @ The Waiting Room
H2O
w/ Bane, Cruel Hand, & Energy
TICKETS: $12 ADV / $14 DOS
H2O is a band that had beginnings like any other band. No one could have guessed that a few guys and a former roadie from New York would start a band as a one-song side project and it would turn into a world-touring powerhouse. They took humble roots and worked their way to add their chapter to the long history of New York Hardcore and they would define the term “melodic hardcore” that would become so common years later. From 1996 to 2003 was unavoidable- four albums on Blackout!, Epitaph, and MCA records with over 300,000 copies sold, constant world touring with the likes of the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Rancid, AFI, Pennywise, & the Used, Sick Of It All, the Misfits, 7 Seconds, and Madball, as well as runs on the Warped Tour-they established themselves as a household name and inspired countless others in their wake. In the pre-internet world of hardcore and punk, H2O was the band that blended the heavily-tattooed, unbridled rage of New York bands like the Cro-Mags and Agnostic Front, with the punk melodies of bands like the Descendents and Token Entry. It’s hard to argue that bands a decade later would take the melodic hardcore groundwork laid by H2O to wider audiences.

Thursday, 11/20/08 9:00PM @ Slowdown Front Room
DARKER MY LOVE
w/ The Strange Boys & Eulogies
TICKETS: $8.00
Let’s not fuck about here. It’s 2008. Some people say the world is coming to a close. The sun is getting hotter. Ice isn’t what it used to be. Irony is dead, and spring no longer exists. Everyone everywhere is sick and tired of the rock and roll ruse. And, so, an authentic rock and roll outfit has its work cut out. On its sophomore release, 2, Darker My Love is sure as hell up for the task at hand. This is a band with a big engine. They paint on a titanic canvas. It’s a widescreen, 3D, posi-traction kind of scenario.

Saturday, 11/22/08 9:00PM @ Slowdown
MASON JENNINGS
w/ Zach Gill (of ALO/Jack Johnson)
TICKETS: $15.00
Singer/songwriter Mason Jennings is one of the best-kept secrets in pop music. In his adopted home of Minneapolis his shows draw 3,000 fans. He was hand-picked by music supervisor Randall Poster to perform two Dylan songs, “The Times They Are a-Changin’” and “The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll,” in Todd Haynes’ acclaimed I’m Not There, both on the soundtrack album, and lip-synched by Christian Bale in the movie. And now, his sixth full-length album, In the Ever, is being released on Jack Johnson’s Brushfire Records, after the chart-topping performer personally recruited him for the label. Coming off his 2006 major-label bow, Boneclouds, for Modest Mouse leader Isaac Brock’s Epic-distributed Glacial Pace label, Jennings retreated to a studio in the woods, where he set himself up with a laptop and two microphones. With a family that includes two kids, 5 and 2, Jennings continues to balance his touring demands with home life.

Sunday, 11/23/08 9:00PM @ Slowdown
CALEXICO
TICKETS: $15.00
There’s always been intrigue and adventure at the heart of CALEXICO. Ever since they were a largely instrumental duo experimenting with their unique collection of instruments and soundtrack sensibilities, Joey Burns and John Convertino have constantly imbued their music with an unparalleled sense of drama, calling upon the myths and iconography of the American West and its Spanish speaking neighbor Mexico, equal parts Sergio Leone, Larry McMurtry, Carlos Fuentes and Cormac McCarthy. Naming themselves after a town near the California/Mexico border in honor of this cultural mélange, they’ve spent the eighteen years since they met in Los Angeles mapping out musical territory that had otherwise been neglected or at the very least considered the preserve of historians. CALEXICO’s music has always mirrored Burns and Convertino’s penchant for new experiences. As their horizons have expanded, through both their relentless touring schedule and growing reputation, they have been able to call upon a growing community of collaborators and an ever-increasing familiarity with music from around the world, integrating both seamlessly into their idiosyncratic sound.

Thursday, 11/27/08 9:00PM @ Slowdown Front Room
JEREMY ENIGK
TICKETS: $13.00
Jeremy Enigk first emerged as the frontman of the highly touted Seattle band Sunny Day Real Estate, which issued their Sub Pop debut, Diary, in 1994. In the midst of recording the group's sophomore effort, Enigk underwent a radical spiritual transformation and left the group; although he later returned to complete LP2, Sunny Day Real Estate nonetheless dissolved. Initially, Enigk retired from the music industry, but he soon picked up his guitar and began writing new songs, and his solo debut, The Return of the Frog Queen, a collection bypassing the primal furor of Sunny Day Real Estate's emocore for a lush, orchestral pop sound, appeared in 1996. His days as a lead singer were not over, however, and the next year the band, minus Mendel, reunited and released How It Feel to Be Something On in 1998, followed by The Rising Tide in 2000. Unfortunately, due to label problems, the record, which would turn out to be the group's last, was never promoted well, and in June 2001 Sunny Day Real Estate officially split up. Just a few months later, however, Enigk came back together with Goldsmith and Mendel to form the Fire Theft, which issued a self-titled album in 2003. Finally, ten years after The Return of the Frog Queen had hit shelves, Enigk released his second solo record, World Waits, this time taking a much more mainstream rock approach to his songs. In August 2007, less than 12 months since his last full-length came out, Enigk issued a short album entitled Missing Link.

Saturday, 11/29/08 9:00PM @ The Waiting Room
ME2
TICKETS: $10.00
Dublin, Ireland, 1976 - Drummer Larry Mullen Jr. posted a note at Mount Temple Comprehensive School looking for people to join a band. That band became U2, arguably one of the world's most popular bands, even thirty years later. Omaha, NE, 2006 - Drummer Mike Daeges assembled a group of four musicians/friends after conceiving a uniquely befitting name for a U2 tribute band. That band is Me2. Me2 deliver intense and sonically accurate reproductions of shows with songs that span the entire U2 catalog, from the debut album Boy through the 2005 release of How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb. Me2 represent some of the most talented musicians in the area. U2 fans and the curious alike can expect to hear Me2 perform songs that Bono defines as the "best bits of their past:" "I Will Follow," "Sunday Bloody Sunday," "Bullet the Blue Sky," "Where the Streets Have No Names," "Beautiful Day" and "One." Serious U2 fans will also enjoy some of the more discerning flavors U2 have served up over the years like "Lemon" and "Discothèque," as well as rockers like "Vertigo," "Elevation" and "Zoo Station." Considering that U2 was named the number one band to see live in a recent Spin magazine article, Me2 have chosen a great act to follow. And they are following through!

Thursday, 12/4/08 9:00PM @ The Waiting Room
MAC LETHAL
w/ Grieves & Soulcrate Music
TICKETS: $10.00
Mac Lethal gives good hugs. He also punches really hard. After putting in a decade of hip-hop elbow grease; he one day realized he has put entirely too much time into honing his craft. The problem was, however, that he hasn't put nearly enough time into saving his money, laying off the booze, overcoming his weakness for seductive women, and finally creating his groundbreaking album that explains this strange enigma of a man… This is the part where we work in the fact that it's only a matter of time before Mac Lethal's brilliant music will shoot him into large, mainstream success.

Saturday, 12/6/08 9:00PM @ The Waiting Room
THE NADAS
w/ Nelo
TICKETS: $12 ADV / $15 DOS
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. When asked why The Nadas have persevered, Jason Walsmith singer, guitarist, co-founder says, "We love it. And we're pretty pig headed." The Nadas are rounded out by Justin Klein on drums and Jon Locker on bass. The Nadas have carved a thriving career out of what was once their college pastime, consistently filling clubs and colleges across the country selling more than 75,000 albums through their own Authentic Records.