The Sound of Silence

As you can probably imagine, trains can be loud and noisy. My solution is to carry noise canceling headphones with me. Let me make something clear -- they dramatically reduce the amount of noise you hear, but, it's not like they can drown out EVERY sound that's out there. What I like is how any sounds you DO hear appear more distant. It's easier to keep your concentration and focus if the noise you hear seems far away. If so, you might be the perfect candidate for a pair of noise canceling headphones. Let me share a story with you that I think will really make it clear just how useful these devices can be.

All this noise can make a car journey very stressful for driver and passengers and often stops them from enjoying their music as they cruise along the road - after all, music interrupted by clinks and clatter is not that soothing. The solution to this problem is sound deadening sheets, which dull down and block out sounds outside your car. The light weight sheets, made by Dynamat, are to be placed in the interior of the car, including the roof, floor, doors and boot to create a lining on the inside of the car. The sound deadening sheets not only make your ride more relaxing, they make your car feel more solid due to the flexible but strong aluminum and specialist materials used which enable you to mould the sheets easily to the parameter as well as converts energy more effectively and rapidly.

It is further recommended a roller is used to press down the material on large areas. Once in place, the sheet should last a great number of years. he ride is long, and I like to read while traveling to-and-from work everyday. As you can probably imagine, trains can be loud and noisy. My solution is to carry noise canceling headphones with me. Let me make something clear -- they dramatically reduce the amount of noise you hear, but, it's not like they can drown out EVERY sound that's out there. What I like is how any sounds you Do hear appear more distant. It's easier to keep your concentration and focus if the noise you hear seems far away. These are not Catholic dogma; rather, they resonate with the deep wisdom mined by every spiritual path that has discovered the power of silence - which is most of them. Walking the path and internalising these reflections created a sense of deep peace and wellbeing, and of being fully present in the moment - which is probably saying the same thing in two ways.

Enjoy Popular Music Online

Vinyl albums are still popular for a number of different reasons. Things like nostalgia, sound quality, and the tangibility of a product are just a few reasons. No matter how fast music technology seems to get, vinyl albums seem to have a staying power that lasts. With Amazon and other huge retailers selling vinyl LP's, there is no sign that this is a fad that will go away. Despite their prosperity, the band received much criticism by the media because of Jim Morrison's often strange behavior both on and off the stage. However, despite Morrison's behavior, the band managed to witness worldwide success, releasing nine vinyl records during their eight-year existence. Even after Morrison's tragic death in 1971, the band managed to live on, but the success of the band was short lived because Morrison was such an important member to the band's success.
The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and countless other bands and artists site rockabilly music and rockabilly musicians as the most influential force in their development as musicians. Once you become familiar with the sound of rockabilly, you will hear it in many popular songs that you've known and loved for years never realizing from where the roots sprung.they don't really understand their rockabilly roots. For example, Elvis Presley is, as everyone knows, the King of rock and roll. But most people don't really understand where Elvis started: with rockabilly music. In fact, he's considered one of--if not the--inventor of the genre.

Carl never had another big hit and is sometimes shrugged off as a "one-hit wonder" because of the fact. However, what most people miss when they dismiss him like this is the incredible influence Perkins has had on modern rock and roll music. The Beatles' George Harrison idolized Perkins and studied his music intensely. And he was by far not the only one who cites Perkins as a major influence. Perkins' guitar playing has served as the basis of education for countless young guitarists throughout the years.It's unrestrained music created by brash, young musicians who were inventing the rules as they were going along. It's no-holds-barred fun. It makes you dance. It makes you smile. And it makes you want to hear more. To millions of fans throughout the world, it's the perfect form of rock and roll music! At YouTube and other areas online, millions of visitors including producers and other musicians visit the site to watch videos. By adding videos to social network sites, you can increase your chance of being noticed.

The future of music

If you can see a bandwagon, then the chances are that you have already missed it. This applies very much to music, and yet there are many different musical styles that go against the grain and have an enduring appeal. Therefore, when it comes to understanding the future of music, it can be simultaneously very easy and very hard to know what the next big thing will be.

Whilst certain sub genres will come and go from a collective musical preference with astonishing regularity, other forms of music will very much have a firm hold over the majority of people and continue to be successful for many years or even decades. Good quality pop music is something that will almost never seem to go out of fashion, and simply adding a slightly different beat or sound will be all that it takes to turn any such pop song into something that easily fits the current mould.

Rock and acoustic music is harder to judge. The addition or even absence of certain traditional or modern hooks can make a massive difference in style and sub-genres of this type of music will be coming and going in popularity all the time.

The current outlook for music is very much one lead by samples and loops. Hip hop samples and dubstep loops are starting to crop up in almost all genres of music and this crossing of genres is likely to only get more popular over the coming year. Therefore, for those looking to make it as the next big thing in music, it might well be worth considering how such dubstep loops and hip hop samples might help to flavour the music you create in the right way.

The Magic of Music

   A glimpse of a bodybuilder pushing out heavy weights during an arduous workout brings to mind the old rock group Black Sabbath's eerie intro to one of their classic songs. I remember the very first time I walked into the local gym, Black Sabbath's 'Ironman' was blasting forth a hair short of the pain threshold. I also remember that the song seemed to be the force that drove the bodybuilders on and on.
In every gym we hear 'the beat'. It makes you wonder why we are so preoccupied with music. Suggests one national caliber bodybuilder: 'It's the magic of music. Music will give you strength, when nothing else will.'
   A review of musical folklore certainly indicates that the sound of music can significantly enhance and/or impress human performance. Music theory was also an integral part of primitive medicine. Let us not forget the impact that the singing of the sirens had upon seamen, as described by Homer in the Odyssey. Or the Pied Piper of Hamlin, who lured away all the children of the town with his enticing music.
  Of course, the widespread use of music in athletics supports the commonly held belief that music enhances human performance. Is such a belief founded? Is music a true ergogenic aid or is it a myth?
Music Therapy
  In recent years considerable research has been conducted to determine the effects of music therapy - the systematic application of rhythm, melody, harmony, tone and pitch to treat a physical or mental disorder. Many therapists believe that music has a great potential to influence and benefit the mind, and in turn, the body. Music therapy has already been shown to be a viable treatment for treating addictions such as alcoholism and psychiatric disorders such as psychosis. Music can also have a very calming and comforting effect.
  Soothing music seems to lower the levels of the body's catecholamines (stimulatory chemicals such as adrenalin). This soothing action can lower heart rate, blood pressure and the amount of free fatty acids in the blood, leading to reduced risks of migraines, hypertension, and coronary heart disease. It only makes sense that if soothing music can slow your heart and pulse, then stimulation music can speed them up. Most researches feel that music affects the pleasure centers of the limbic system. The limbic system is the part of your body said to govern emotional experiences. It is through these channels that the right type of music can be used to generate feelings of excitement and agitation.
  Neurological studies have shown that rhythmic drumming when presented at certain frequencies can synchronize the brain's rhythms, when measured by an EEG, to those frequencies. In short, an upbeat rhythm may result in upbeat brain rhythm, which in turn can result in feelings of excitement. And, as you know rhythmic drumming is certainly not hard to find these days.

The Music of Say Yes

The new Yellowcard CD, “When You’re Through Thinking, Say Yes,” can be viewed as a fresh start for the group’s career.

The CD arrives nearly four years after the group’s previous release, “Paper Walls.” It’s on a new label, as Yellowcard has moved from major label Capitol Records to indy label Hopeless Records. And the new CD follows a hiatus of roughly two years that seemingly has rejuvenated the group.

But it’s not as if the guys in Yellowcard planned to step away from the band or have the group’s career take such a pause. Instead, the band’s career was essentially forced down that path.

“It was kind of unfortunate circumstance with the label,” guitarist Ryan Mendez explained during a recent phone interview. “It got bought and they had to freeze spending and it (“Paper Walls”) kind of got shelved. Unfortunately we had no choice in the matter. We were kind of just getting started, and it kind of went downhill. Like I said, it was kind of not really something we had control over.”

Once promotion for “Paper Walls” ended, Yellowcard – which includes Mendez, singer/guitarist Ryan Key, violinist Sean Mackin, drummer Longineu Parsons III and bassist/keyboardist Sean O’Donnell – faced basically two choices. One was to go right back into making a new CD. The other was to put the band on hold and step away from music for a time.

Making a new CD at the time really wasn’t really an option, Mendez said.

“There’s only so much you can do as band when you’ve just spent months and months and months making a record, and someone says OK well you can try working on another record right now,” he said. “Well, you’re creatively spent. Making a record is quite a process and it takes a lot out of you.

“You can’t just kind of make yourself feel musical and go do that again,” he said.

So Yellowcard decided it was a good time to go on hiatus.

“It came out to be the perfect thing to do at the time, just to take a step back and just kind of breathe and analyze what was happening and move on,” Mendez said.

The setback with “Paper Walls” put the brakes on a career that had seen some considerable high points over a fairly short period.

The band, which had formed in 1999 in Jacksonville, Florida, had started its career by releasing a full-length CD, “One For The Kids,” in 2001 and an EP, “The Underdog EP,” in 2002 on independent labels before signing with major label Capitol Records.

The band’s first release on Capitol, “Ocean Avenue,” put Yellowcard on a whole new level. That 2003 album sold about two million copies, while spawning radio hits with the title track and “Only One.”

Yellowcard responded to “Ocean Avenue” with “Lights And Sounds,” a 2006 CD that shifted away from the punkier elements of the band’s earlier albums toward more of a traditional power pop sound. It was a solid album, but it didn’t catch on as well at radio and stalled out at about 400,000 units shifted.

Then came “Paper Walls” a CD that brought back a bit of the punk element, while also retaining the more straight-forward pop of  “Lights And Sounds,” followed by the decision to go on hiatus.

It wasn’t until toward the end of 2009 that the members of Yellowcard began feeling the itch to make music with each other again. The group spent much of 2010 writing and demoing, a span of time that Mendez said allowed the group to fully develop its new songs.

The music that emerged on the new CD is fits well within the musical template of “Paper Walls.” Yellowcard lets its punk influences show on songs like “The Sound Of You And Me” (an especially caffeinated track), “For You, And Your Denial (which features Mackin’s violin adding extra melody to the hard-hitting song), but goes more for a classic power pop sound on “Soundtrack,” “With You Around” and “Life Of Leaving Home.” The group also found room for a pair of ballads, “Hang You Up” and “Sing For Me.”

Mendez agreed that “When You’re Through Thinking, Say Yes” sticks within Yellowcard’s established musical range.

“I think the reasons why the people were originally excited about the band are still evident in the new record,” Mendez said. “But I think it (the sound) is a little more refined. I think it’s edgy, but not in a forced way.”

Mendez also likes the way the new songs translate live. For now, though, the group isn’t getting to play much of “When You’re Through Thinking, Say Yes” in concert. As opening act for Good Charlotte, the band only has a brief set, much of which is devoted to fan favorites.

“It’s kind of a fast and furious set, just trying to get the crowd pumped up and give some of the fans that haven’t seen us for awhile a few songs,” he said. “It’s been going really well.”

There's not a strong music vibe

Jonah Hill has some advice for filming sex scenes: It's best to do it with a friend. Otherwise, it's going to get awkward.

When it came time to film the sex scene briefly shown in the red-band trailer for Hill's upcoming film "The Sitter," he was lucky enough to be working with a friend. "Ari Graynor plays my girlfriend, and she's great. We're really good friends, so it was not weird or anything," he told us during "MTV First." "It was actually really funny, and we laughed about it. She was so committed and cool."


In "The Sitter," Hill plays Noah Jaybird, arguably the world's worst babysitter. Noah has more than a healthy sexual appetite, and when Graynor's character promises to go all the way with him if he makes it to a party, he has little choice but to take the kids along for the ride.

For Hill, the key to surviving a sex scene is to make sure you're friends with your partner beforehand. "If you're friends with the person, it's funny," he explained. "If you're not, it's just awkward."

But "funny" is the best you're going to do, Hill said. "It's never sexy. You know what I mean? It's never like, 'Aw, man, that was really sexy,'" Hill said. "It's like 8 a.m., and they've been drinking coffee. It's very mechanical, and there are 800 burly crew dudes around. There's not a strong vibe."

Then again, that's not too different from Hill's own sex life. "It's like when I have sex in real life: 8 a.m., coffee, mechanical crew members," he joked.

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The High Expectation of Music

Owl City’s Adam Young hopes to strike gold again with ‘Fireflies’ followup

“Fireflies” wasn’t just a hit song for Adam Young, the singer/songwriter who records under the group name Owl City. It was a phenomenon, going No. 1 in 24 countries and topping three major charts in the United States alone.

To this day, Young, who has just released a new Owl City CD, “All Things Bright and Beautiful,” remains a bit mystified about why “Fireflies” struck such a chord. To him, it wasn’t even a standout song as he was recording his major label debut CD, “Ocean Eyes.”

“It really kind of does continue to escape me, more or less,” Young said, when asked if he understands the appeal of the song now. “Looking back, that song was really just one of the songs on the record, and it never really stood out to me or to any of the record label folks or anything like that. It was just a song that kind of wrote itself in a way, and it was just kind of one of a crowd of those songs on the record. Thus, when it started to gain momentum and really started to connect with people, it was that much more surprising, to me most of all.”

Of course, Young has heard what fans have had to say about “Fireflies,” and that has helped him gain some insight into the popularity of the song, even if he doesn’t boast about the song or his success.

“I think more than anything, a lot of folks say that they feel kind of connected to a certain sense of innocence with the song,” Young said. “I think there’s a kind of pure innocence to it, and I think that sort of fueled the fire and really made people feel uplifted or inspired or kind of just optimistic about things.”

Analysis aside, one thing can’t be debated. The success of “Fireflies” and the “Ocean Eyes” CD as a whole threw Young into the public eye in a big way and created pressures he couldn’t have anticipated.

It all happened fast for Young, who started Owl City in 2007 as a bedroom recording project in the basement of his parents’ home in the small Minnesota town of Owatonna – while still working a day job loading delivery trucks at a Coca-Cola warehouse.

He began uploading songs early on to internet sites such as Myspace, and they caught on. He racked up 5 million page views and 150,000 song downloads, at one point selling about 2,000 downloaded tracks a week.

That caught the attention of Universal Republic Records, which signed Young and helped shepherd the very green musician through his transition to being a touring major label artist.

Now comes the new challenge of following up his hit album.

In doing the self-released EP, “Of June” (2007) and full-length CD “Maybe I’m Dreaming” (2008) that preceded his move to Universal Republic – as well as “Ocean Eyes” – Young had enjoyed the luxury of creating music pretty much in a bubble. So how did he deal with the reality that he was now a hit-making artist facing genuine expectations from the public? Young pretended none of the whirlwind had happened.

“A lot of folks are saying ‘Can you do it again,’ more or less,” Young said. “And so ultimately I tried to really shut those thoughts out and really imagine myself as if I was writing the first record I’d ever done and really just kind of blocking out the first three records I’d released and sitting down and saying what do I want to say with this new album, as if the others didn’t exist? I wanted to make sure that I was writing from the heart, more or less.”

The music Young created for “All Things Bright and Beautiful” will sound familiar to fans of “Ocean Eyes.”

The melodies to songs like “The Real World,” “Honey and the Bee” and “Hospital Flowers” are still as sweet as pop gets. But overall, Young creates a bigger and more dynamic sound this time out. “Deer in the Headlights” is a track that features an ear-grabbing buzzing synth line and a heavier rhythm track, while “Angels,” packs a punch by shifting from understated verses into a full-bodied section driven by fairly beefy beats.

Now Young and his touring band are hitting the road, while he waits to see if “All Things Bright and Beautiful” comes even close to matching the million-selling success of “Ocean Eyes.” Young is feeling good about how the new songs are translating to live band performances.

“The way this music is put together, by nature, has so much to do with, obviously on the record, a lot of different tracks,” Young said. “So a lot of it has to do with divvying out different string parts or different guitar parts or different synth parts, or getting our drummer to re-create some of these sampled drum loops or what have you. It’s kind of a puzzle I have to put together. But as it stands right now, things are looking pretty good.”

You Should Have Been There

This past Sunday, accomplished hip-hop artist and producer DJ Quik performed at Sokol Hall. I saw posters for the show in various places, it was mentioned in publications here in town, and there was even a You Tube video promoting this show. Less than 200 people attended the performance, and I am not sure the reason for the low attendance. What I do know is that this was one of the best hip-hop shows that I have seen, and the actions and performances on stage would serve as a lesson to many other artists.

DJ Quik has gold and platinum records under his name. He has also produced tracks for 2Pac, Snoop Dogg, Will Smith, the Gap Band, Jay-Z, Nate Dogg and many more. Sokol Hall on Sunday looked empty, and in my experience many artists with a similar resume and length of time in the business would have either phoned in a show or complained about the turn-out the entire time. A lot of lesser-known bands, and even local artists have done the same many times when they felt a turnout was less than they deserve. The low turnout was never mentioned on stage at all by the local acts or the nationals. Instead, Omaha hip-hop artists Shannon Marie and ASO along with nationals Killer Mike, Big Pooh, and DJ Quik performed as if they were playing to a sellout crowd.

Quik, looking 15 years younger than his current age of 41, was all over the stage, down front with the audience, and eventually rapping in the middle of the auditorium on the floor with the crowd circled around him dancing. He performed many songs off of 1991’s “Quik Is The Name.” his most widely known work. At one point he stopped and asked the audience, “What was yesterday?” Quik’s DJ then switched the music to Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean” and Quik danced in honor of the second anniversary of Jackson’s death.

Quik spent a good amount of time behind the turntables towards the end of the set, and at this point it felt like a house party. He then paid tribute to the vocalist Nate Dogg, who passed away earlier this past year. He started the tribute by singing along to Warren G and Nate Dogg’s “Regulate” before doing a full-on cover of Snoop Dogg’s  “Ain’t No Fun,” which originally featured Nate Dogg on vocals. The only downside to the show was that he didn’t perform much material off his past two albums: 2010’s “Book Of David” and 2009’s collaborative effort with Karupt entitled “BlaQKout.” These two albums are amongst the best of his career and Quik is arguably putting out better material now than at his height of popularity. Those albums are not full of party anthems, though, and the crowd that did show up at Sokol was definitely there for a fun time and DJ Quik delivered just that

The final main stage act for the MAHA Festival has been announced. Des Moines-based, Envy Corps, will round of the main stage line up. I have written many times here that they are one of my favorite regional acts, so it’s no surprise that I am excited that they are on the line up. The band draws well at its club shows, but hopefully this will expose them to a whole new audience here in Omaha. The MAHA Festival has not announced a new location for this year’s festival at this time.

MarQ Manner has been involved with music in Omaha his entire adult life – from managing and booking bands to a 15-year run as manager at Homer’s Records to writing a local music column for the past 10 years. Currently, Marq is the Music Nominating Chair for the Omaha Arts & Entertainment Awards.

As Seen On TV

Music’s original made-for-TV act, the Monkees, celebrates its 45th anniversary this summer with a reunion tour. And unlike some other times when Micky Dolenz, Peter Tork, Davey Jones (and on rare occasion, Mike Nesmith) have regrouped, there hasn’t been a release of a greatest hits set, an album or some other companion event to enhance the occasion.

But make no mistake, in an era when music is more omnipresent in television than ever, the Monkees’ impact is being felt as strongly – maybe more strongly – than at any time since the group’s original heyday.
Look no further than “Glee,” the hit Fox television series, according to Monkees singer/drummer Dolenz.

“‘The Monkees’ was initially, it was a television show about this imaginary group that lived in an imaginary beach house and had these imaginary adventures,” Dolenz said in a mid-June phone interview. “But all the members of the cast, as it were, could actually sing and play and dance and act. And ‘Glee’ is very similar. It’s a television show about an imaginary glee club that doesn’t really exist. But now I understand they’re on the road. And they all can actually do it. They can all sing and dance and act. So I would say that’s the closest thing that has happened since ‘The Monkees.’”

But of course, it’s not the only current only show that has had parallels to the Monkees TV show, which was a huge hit during its run from 1966 to 1968.
Disney, as Dolenz noted, has “flat out came out and just said publicly” that the original Monkees television series had a major influence on the music-themed shows that have helped launch the careers of Miley Cyrus (in “Hannah Montana”), Demi Lovato, the Jonas Brothers and Selena Gomez.
Still, no other television show has ever quite captured the mix of madcap humor and quality pop music that came together on the original “The Monkees” television show.

Dolenz, who was a seasoned actor by the time of “The Monkees” – he starred as a young boy in the popular television series, “Circus Boy” under the name of Mickey Braddock – recalls having a special feeling about “The Monkees” project after auditioning for the pilot.

“I remember that year (1965), I was up for two or three different pilots that year that were musically oriented,” Dolenz said. “Because of the British invasion and also because of the folk music phenomenon, just because of music in general, there were a few shows that were being piloted that year that had some sort of musical theme.

“But I do remember when I went to the Monkee audition after my first audition, I do remember thinking to myself – and I remember telling my agent at the time – ‘You know, I think this is really going to be a good one. I really would like to get this part,’” he said.
Once “The Monkees” started airing, the show took off. During the show’s three-year run, the Monkees were truly a triple-media threat, drawing huge television audiences, reeling off hit songs such as “Pleasant Valley Sunshine,” “Daydream Believer,” “Last Train To Clarksville” and “I’m a Believer,” and filling venues as a touring act.
The group worked relentlessly, often putting in long hours Mondays through Friday and working weekends as well.

“It was a couple of years of very, very intense work, 10, 12 hours a day doing the TV show,” Dolenz said. “Then I would end up going into the studio at night to record sometimes two or three lead vocals a night. Then we started rehearsing on the weekends for the tour. But I had also had a series when I was a kid, so I was familiar with the filming, the TV process. So that part was kind of easy for me. I was comfortable and very familiar with it. The recording and playing part of it was a little more of a challenge for me.”
The show only lasted until 1968, but the Monkees continued recording until 1970. (They made a film, “Head,” in 1968 – complete with a soundtrack – after the show was canceled; it was co-written and co-produced by Rafelson and Nicholson.)

There have been occasional reunion tours over the years since – including a 1996 outing in support of a new studio CD, “Justus,” that was written and recorded entirely by Dolenz, Nesmith, Tork and Jones.
This time out, it’s just Dolenz, Tork and Jones (Nesmith, who Dolenz said does not like to tour, declined to participate). Fans, Dolenz said, can expect to hear all of the group’s hits, plus a couple of new twists in the shows this summer, compared to past reunion tours.

“This time, we’re doing the entire soundtrack to the movie (“Head”), which we did as a pure cult movie. But it has some wonderful songs,” Dolenz said. “And then we also did a poll. We took a poll on the internet about what songs the fans want to hear that we have not done before in concert. They came back with some very interesting choices. So we’re doing a few of those, too.”

The More Shows Coming

The final act for the MAHA Festival was picked this past weekend during the Omaha Entertainment & Arts Awards Summer Showcase.  Around 60 bands and artists performed at five venues in Benson during the event. The band that ended up with the most public votes was the Big Deep. The Big Deep is a newer band with an Americana influence. They have performed at most of the usual spots around Omaha and will now start off the day that will also see Cursive, Reverend Horton Heat, Matisyahu, Guided By Voices, J. Mascis, Envy Corps, Noah’s Ark Was A Spaceship, Machete Archive, So-So Sailors, and Somasphere on stage. The MAHA Festival takes place on Saturday August 13 at Stinson Park at Aksarben Village.

The Second Annual Farnam Festival has announced its lineup for 2011. The festival, which celebrates and promotes the businesses and neighborhoods in the 40th and Farnam streets corridor, has announced that it will feature Little Brazil, All Young Girls Are Machine Guns, Blue Bird, Kyle Harvery, and So So Sailors. The outdoor festival last year also featured a lot of solid raffle items, a large beer garden, and multiple food options. The area is home to Sullivan’s Bar, Black Squirrel tattoo, Oxide Design Co. and ICON Studio for Hair.

The big festival this week is of course Playing With Fire happening this Saturday, July 16 at Stinson Park located at Aksarben Village. This is one of the most anticipated and talked about shows of the year, as it features Sharon Jones & the Dap–Kings who is one of the most pure current soul and funk singers around today. Also on the bill is Malford Milligan, a Texas blues and soul singer whom was once a member of Atlantic Records recording artists Storyville. Opening the show will be Blues ED band Crimson Dawn followed by Omaha’s own soul singer Brad Cordle who will be performing with his band. Gates for this event open at 4 p.m. and the entire show is free of charge.

A slew of shows for late summer and fall have started to come out.  The Cold War Kids will return to the Slowdown for a show on Halloween. EDM artist Pretty Lights will take their big production to Pershing Auditorium on Oct. 27. Tickets for this show will go on sale on Friday and should sell out well before the show date. Wisconsin duo Peter Wolf Crier is headed to the Waiting Room on Oct. 25.  The indie pop band is out on tour for their second album “Garden of Arms.”
Premier jam band Widespread Panic will be playing “Omaha City” on Oct. 18 at the Orpheum Theater. Experimental Japanese band Boris, who blew the crowd away at their last show in Omaha, will return to the Waiting Room on Oct. 16 with Tera Melos & Coliseum.
Fresh off her first new album in eight years, “The Harrow & The Harvest”, Gillian Welch with David Rawlings comes to Lincoln on Oct. 13 for a show at the Rococo Theater.  Another experimental Japanese band, Melt Banana, will be at the Waiting Room on Oct. 10.
After opening for the sold out Iron & Wine show earlier this year, the Head and the Heart are coming back on Oct. 9. This time they will be headlining a show at the Waiting Room that includes Thao with the Get Down Stay Down & The Devil Whale.
The Album Leaf will be performing on the big stage at The Bourbon Theater on Oct. 4. On Sept. 29, New Orleans band the Iguanas will take the stage at the 21st Saloon (aka Murphy’s Lounge).
UK rock band, and one of ex-Mayor Mike Fahey’s hipster concerts in the park choices, Gomez, will be playing the Waiting Room on Sept. 21. Roger Clyne & the Peacemakers make a stop at the Waiting Room on Sept. 11.