“Benson Soul Society II”
The third Saturday of each months sees Kobrakyle and Andrew Monson spinning nothing but old soul (and funk) vinyl all night long at at the Sydney.
Cannonista
Via The Sydney: Since Cannonista’s debut performance in August 2010 the band has played several successful shows in the Omaha and Lincoln areas and has recently released their debut EP “Virga” and shot a video for the track, “Neon Lights.” In June of 2011, Cannonista welcomed John Claus from Paria on Guitar to begin work [...]
Love Drunk Tour Fundraiser
Bazooka Shootout, Honeybee & Hers, and one more play Sydney in support of everyone’s favorite videographer collective. “Love Drunk is going on its second-annual music video tour this May. Last year we shot 15 bands in 13 cities in 15 days, and we will do it again May 4-20. The purpose of going on tour is [...]
Pub Quiz
Back before anyone was worried about the 49′r Lounge being razed to make way for a cookie-cutter CVS (…sigh), the 9′r hosted one of the biggest, baddest and drunkest weekly pub quizzes in Omaha. As we hold on to our memories of our favorite gone-but-not-forgotten watering hole (e.g. the “Howard Street” neon sign behind the [...]
Matt Cox w/ Traveling Mercies
Can’t beat a FREE Thursday night show at one of Omaha’s hippest bars. Yes, enjoy music from the smoky-voiced Matt Cox and raucous folk-rock exploits of Traveling Mercies, both Omaha originals. Facebook invite
St. Paddy’s Day
This Benson hotspot opens at noon. Come in and get some food (while it lasts) and a pint or eight.
Rock Paper Dynamite w/ Dan Tedesco, Hookshoot, & The Bottle Tops
Rock Paper Dynamite just won a well-deserved Omaha Entertainment & Arts Award for being deemed the best rock act of Omaha. The word is this is like their last show, as the Southern-rock inclined quartet is actually moving to the South (Carolina, that is) next month. Read our review of a recent RPD show.
Lonely Estates w/ The Beat Seekers
A night of local modern rock and pop punk lands at they Sydney in Benson. Lonely Estates, the phoenix from the ashes of DJboy Records signees Malpais, fronted by former Boy Noises frontman Braden Rapp, are riding a wave of support following the release of their debut album The Invertebrate.
Hear Nebraska Comp Release feat. Digital Leather, The Wagon Blasters, Domestica, Dim Light, & Masses
This Saturday, December 3rd, the folks at Hear Nebraska are releasing their first compilation CD chock full of new and exciting music from Nebraska bands. Helping out with the release are comp contributors Digital Leather, The Wagon Blasters, Domestica, Dim Light and Masses. The CD itself is limited to 150 units and features 12 songs [...]
Neil Hamburger @ The Sydney
A sparse crowd was on hand last Sunday, November 6th at the Sydney in Benson to see America’s Funnyman Neil Hamburger (@NeilHamburger). No stranger to the bar comedy circuit (locally, he’s performed at O’Leaver’s and the Waiting Room in the past) Hamburger is the crabby-and-greasy-old-man stage persona of Gregg Turkington. As Hamburger, Turkington has opened [...]
