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2 months ago | 
lazy-i.com | Tim McMahan |Shurr Jr.
Local connection: New SAVAK, Clarence Tilton, Shurr Jr., Leafblower; indie concert list update…Category: Blog — Tags: Clarnece Tilton, Leafblower, SAVAK, Shurr Jr. — @ 11:41 am April 16, 2025 by Tim McMahan, Lazy-i.comCatching up on that ol’ debble in-box…Former Omahan Mike Jawarski’s band SAVAK has an ew album coming out May 30 on Ernest Jennings Recording Co. called SQUAWK! (SAVAK, it seems, likes using all-caps).
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2 months ago | 
lazy-i.com | Tim McMahan |Craig Finn
by Tim McMahan, Lazy-i.comLast night’s Bob Mould/Craig Finn concert at The Waiting Room was a crowded house of graying temples and vintage concert T’s worn by eager (sometimes chatty) aging hipsters paying their respects to a rock god, who at age 64 is very much alive.
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2 months ago | 
lazy-i.com | Tim McMahan |Craig Finn
by Tim McMahan, Lazy-i.comIt’s Monday night in Omaha, which means concert night. Tonight it’s Bob Mould at The Waiting Room. And the show appears to have sold out over the weekend. Mould’s latest, Here We Go Crazy (2025, Granary/BMG), is his first solo album since 2020’s Blue Hearts, and a respectable follow-up. If you’re a Mould fan, you’ll be satisfied, though compared to his early solo work, Sugar or his Husker Du output, it can be somewhat passive and predictable.
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2 months ago | 
lazy-i.com | Tim McMahan
by Tim McMahan, Lazy-i.comHere comes the weekend. It’s mostly local shows, but there’s one wild-card thrown in on Saturday night. First, tonight at The Sydney in Benson, Indian Caves headlines a show with country bumpkins Lightning Stills and Wedding. I’m told that Lightning Still will actually be playing last after Indian Caves. Published start time is 8 p.m. $10.
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Mar 28, 2025 | 
lazy-i.com | Tim McMahan
by Tim McMahan, Lazy-i.comTwo rock shows are on my radar this weekend. Saturday night Mike Saklar and his band Sun-less Trio are opening for Radical Sabbatical at fabulous O’Leaver’s. Saklar is easily one of the most innovative guitarists in town. Also on the bill is a band called So It Goes, who I’ve never heard. Hey, why not take a chance, the show is FREE. And any night at O’Leaver’s can become an adventure (if you want it to be).
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Mar 27, 2025 | 
lazy-i.com | Tim McMahan
by Tim McMahan, Lazy-i.comI haven’t been on vacation. There just hasn’t been anything to write about lately from an indie music perspective. It’s been woefully quiet the past few weeks around here, with little happening for the balance of the month except for tonight’s Velveteers show at The Slowdown and Worry Club at Reverb Sunday. Things are looking up in April, however, where I count 14 touring indie bands coming through town.
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Mar 20, 2025 | 
lazy-i.com | Tim McMahan |Magdalena Bay |Silversun Pickups
by Tim McMahan, Lazy-i.comThe line-up for the 2025 Maha Festival was announced late yesterday afternoon and it may be their best line-up ever: Pixies, Waxahatchee, Band of Horses, Magdalena Bay, Silversun Pickups and local heroes Little Brazil. There have been accusations that I had inside knowledge of the line-up prior to the announcement, based upon my Feb. 24 predictions, but nothing could be further from the truth. It was simply a matter of deduction.
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Mar 18, 2025 | 
lazy-i.com | Tim McMahan
I’m back; The Faint’s media wave; Maha news imminent; upcoming touring indie shows…Category: Blog — Tags: Maha 2025, The Faint — @ 10:50 am March 18, 2025 by Tim McMahan, Lazy-i.comI’m back from my short vacation – spring ball in Clearwater Florida. Not much to say music-wise except I experienced a plethora of music styles (primarily Latin/dance/retro hip-hop) while riding in various Ubers/Lifts in and around Tampa. Can you imagine climbing into an Uber and the driver is playing The Faint? . 0 0 0 .
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Mar 13, 2025 | 
lazy-i.com | Tim McMahan
Lesser Care, Ex Lover play Sunday night at Reverb…Category: Blog — Tags: Lesser Care — @ 6:30 am March 13, 2025 by Tim McMahan, Lazy-i.comI’ll be out of town through this weekend, so Lazy-i will be on a short hiatus, back early next week. What will I miss while away? Only one big show comes to mind, and it’s Sunday night at Reverb Lounge. El Paso’s Lesser Care is a post-punk shoe-gaze band who gained some national attention when they toured with Chicago post-punk act French Police back in 2023.
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Mar 12, 2025 | 
lazy-i.com | Tim McMahan
by Tim McMahan, Lazy-i.comYesterday, the fine folks who run the Maha Music Festival said they will announce the headliner for their Aug. 2 one-day event next Wednesday, March 19, with tickets on sale the following Friday, March 21. Make your guess at the headliner. I ran down my list of guesses – topped by The Pixies, followed by St. Vincent, Black Key and Spoon – in this write-up that also discusses who won’t be headlining.