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Hot Wheels Racing League
Tuesday, January 6th - 7pm - 21+
TICKETS: $10 Season Entry Fee
Grown folk, toy cars, beer, competition, and winter in Nebraska. Enough said.
Josh's Movie Night
Dazed And Confused
Wednesday, January 7th - 8pm - 21+
NO COVER CHARGE
You remember high school? Really remember? If you think you do, watch this film: it’ll all really come racing back. After changing the world with the generation-defining Slacker, director Richard Linklater turned his free-range vérité sensibility on the 1970s.
Golden Gunk
w/ Kobrakyle & DJ Spence
Thursday, January 8th - 9pm
TICKETS: $5 at the door
GUNK is back with another installment…so soon you ask? You’re damn right. Come hear the DJ’s that have the midas touch for your eardrums.
Tim Wildsmith
w/ Sarah Benck And The Robbers & Skypiper
Friday, January 9th - 9pm
TICKETS: $7 at the door
Sometimes you have to walk away from what you know so well in order to find who you really are. In the fall of 2005, Tim Wildsmith left his home in Nashville and moved in with his parents in Omaha, Nebraska.
Old Boy Network EP Release
w/ Polydypsia & Black On High
Saturday, January 10th - 9pm
TICKETS: $7 at the door
Old Boy Network had one of the strongest rock releases of 2007. With driving guitars in songs like “Mystery”, “Ultrabrite” that made you do a double take at the CD player thinking Van Halen or the Foo Fighters snuck in when you turned your head for a second.
Benefit for Missa Rosin
Sunday, January 11th - 8pm
TICKETS: $10 at the door
Last July, Missa Rosin was a crazy, hardworking, independent, fun-loving 20-something chick. On July 16, an innocent motorcycle ride changed all of that.
Movie Night
Jeff Buckley - Live In Chicago
Monday, January 12th - 8pm - 21+
NO COVER CHARGE
Welcome to phase two of Waiting Room Movie Nights. Starting in December, movies are accompanied by amazing drink specials and free chili.
Unearth
w/ Emmure, Impending Doom, & Born Of Osiris
Tuesday, January 13th - 8pm
If you’re searching for brutal and aggressive metal, you’ve met your match with UNEARTH. Combining elements of hardcore, thrash, and extreme metal – while also never overlooking the importance of thought-provoking lyrical ideas and concepts – UNEARTH has steadily become one of the leading lights in heavy metal.
Anything But Stand-Up
Wednesday, January 14th - 9pm
TICKETS: $5 at the door
Fancy Party Comedy is throwing out the jokes. At least one night a month anyway.
Tapes 'N Tapes
w/ Wild Light & Little Brazil
Thursday, January 15th - 9pm
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.
Joe Buck Yourself
w/ The Filter Kings & Weezil Skweezins
Friday, January 16th - 9pm
The once anti-Nashville based Joe Buck gained notoriety as the guitarist of Th’ Legendary Shack Shakers. As Hank III’s villainous sideman onstage, the snarling upright bass player became infamously recognizable.
Song Remains The Same
Saturday, January 17th - 9pm
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.
Gorilla Productions
Battle of the Bands
Sunday, January 18th - 4pm
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.
Movie Night
Spinal Tap
Monday, January 19th - 8pm - 21+
NO COVER CHARGE
Welcome to phase two of Waiting Room Movie Nights. Starting in December, movies are accompanied by amazing drink specials and free chili.
The Barkin' Irons
Wednesday, January 21st - 9pm
TICKETS: $7 at the door
The Barkin’ Irons formed in 2008. Formed out of a mutual love of music and respect for each other.
Rally For One
w/ Shannon Corey
Thursday, January 22nd - 9pm
Rally For One is an acoustic, soulful, alternative band that was formed in the early spring of 2007. Their sound relies on tight vocal harmonies and complementing guitar rhythms.
Aurasing
w/ Science of Fireflies, A Moment Lost, & Beta Minus
Friday, January 23rd - 9pm
TICKETS: $7 at the door
Loosely translated, Aurasing means “energetic message.” In just a few short months, the band has already begun to prove the true meaning of it’s unorthodox name.
City and Colour
w/ William Elliott Whitmore
Saturday, January 24th - 9pm
TICKETS: $15.00
Solo projects are inherently a risk. Traditionally, few members of any prominent band have seen success in this sort of undertaking, and even fewer have enjoyed both critical and commercial success.
Gorilla Productions
Battle of the Bands
Sunday, January 25th - 4pm
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.
Private Event!
Monday, January 26th - 9pm
TICKETS: PRIVATE
The Waiting Room is closed for a Private Event.
Darren Keen
w/ Honeybee, Stolen Kisses, & DJ Kobrakyle
Tuesday, January 27th - 9pm
TICKETS: $7 at the door
Hi everyone! I’m Darren Keen. I have spent the past 6 years touring in my one man experimental band, The Show is the Rainbow.
Fancy Party Comedy Presents: Recessed
w/ Cody Hustak, Richard Reese, Stefen Arensdorf, Nick Allen, Tim Greenup, Ryan Cownie, Austin Anderson, & Kevin Grace
Wednesday, January 29th - 9pm
TICKETS: $5 at the door
Fresh, smart, original, FUNNY. Stand-up and sketch comedy from the best Omaha has to offer.
The Black Squirrels
w/ Robin James Hurt & Lincoln Dickison
Thursday, January 29th - 9pm
TICKETS: $7 at the door
For those tired of the standard-issue indie rock that emanates from Omaha like the stench from a South O packing house, the BLACK SQUIRRELS are here to offer an aural respite. Formed in the spring of 2006 by three small-town kids lost in the big city, Black Squirrels shy away from terms like “bluegrass,” and “folk.
Gaiden Gadema & DJ Richie Daggers
w/ Maxilla Blue, Conchance, Adam Robert Haug, & The Shizen Faders
Friday, January 30th - 9pm
TICKETS: $7 at the door
Coming to terms with the environment he lives in, GaiDen Gadema knows complacency all to well. People who wish to contribute to hip hop by “going with the formula” or emulating what’s “hot”, is an epidemic.
Vinyl Haze
w/ The Show & Broken Truth
Saturday, January 31st - 9pm
TICKETS: $7 at the door
Vinyl Haze is a constant growing and ever evolving all original psychedelic alternative rock band from Omaha, Ne. They are your typical indie band that writes, records (soundfellastudio), produces, promotes, manages, and tours on there own steam.
State Radio
w/ Rebelution
Tuesday, February 3rd - 9pm
TICKETS: $10.00
Few bands are as outspoken and thought-provoking as State Radio, the musically inventive, socially and politically charged trio fronted by Chad Stokes. With its sophomore album, Year Of The Crow, the group–rounded out by bassist Chuck Fay and drummer Mad Dog–matches its conscience-raising messages with an inspiring amalgam of rock, punk and reggae that is as distinctive as it is sublime.
The Envy Corps
Thursday, February 5th - 9pm
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.
Kris Lager Band
Friday, February 6th - 9pm
TICKETS: $7 at the door
Kris Lager Band is a Nebraska born group of musicians who have dedicated their lives to learning, living, and loving all aspects of the American music tradition. Self proclaimed “Roots Revivalists”, KLB brings an eclectic, high energy show to each and every stage they happen to land on.
The Nadas
w/ Sarah Benck & The Robbers
Saturday, February 7th - 9pm
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.
Anything But Stand-Up
Wednesday, February 11th - 9pm
TICKETS: $5 at the door
Fancy Party Comedy is throwing out the jokes. At least one night a month anyway.
Fucked Up
Thursday, February 12th - 9pm
TICKETS: $8.00
Fucked Up formed in Toronto in 2002, high-school friends influenced by first- and second-wave hardcore bands like Minor Threat and NOFX. It was instantly apparent that they were not carbon-copy punks.
Vago
Friday, February 13th - 9pm
TICKETS: $7 at the door
Vago is a three piece band from Omaha, NE, rooted in the alt-rock tradition of artists like Bob Mould, Cracker, and Elvis Costello, sprinkled with elements of Americana and modern post-punk.
The Station
w/ Blue Martian Tribe
Saturday, February 14th - 9pm
TICKETS: $7 at the door
Musical worlds colorfully collide in the form of The Station. Paired in a music scene long-dominated by excessive, guitar-heavy outfits dropping into 10-minute jam after jam of trading solos, they have been able to discover a newly-formed and rarely traveled crevice in today’s wall of sound.
Red
w/ Steadlur
Sunday, February 15th - 8pm
TICKETS: $12 ADV / $14 DOS
Still riding the momentum of its huge-selling Grammy-nominated debut album End of Silence, Red returns with Innocence & Instinct, a provocative new album forged in a perfect storm of inspiration and catastrophe. From the literary spark of Dante’s Inferno to the bloody aftermath of a 75-mph highway crash, Red absorbed a flood of ideas and emotions that empowered the band to create next generation rock songs.
Marah
Monday, February 16th - 9pm
Philadelphia’s eclectic, rootsy rock quartet Marah consists of singer/songwriter/guitarist/banjoist David Bielanko, guitarist/vocalist/harmonica player Serge Bielanko, bassist Danny Metz, and drummer Ronnie Vance. Dave Bielanko, Metz, and Vance formed the group in 1993; brother Serge was so impressed with their sound that he wanted to join Marah, which he did in 1995.
Fancy Party Comedy Presents: Recessed
Wednesday, February 18th - 9pm
TICKETS: $5 at the door
Fresh, smart, original, FUNNY. Stand-up and sketch comedy from the best Omaha has to offer.
Emphatic
Friday, February 20th - 9pm
TICKETS: $10 - AVAIL 1/10
Emphatic thinks that biographies suck…they all sound like cheese trying to sell cheese. Anyway, their first show at The Waiting Room was sold out in advance.
The Appleseed Cast
Monday, February 23rd - 9pm
Lineup changes alone can derail even the strongest band — never mind record label difficulties and personal problems. But Lawrence, Kansas‘ Appleseed Cast emerged from all of the above tougher for the experience.
We The Kings
w/ The Cab, There For Tomorrow, & Versa Emerge
Wednesday, February 25th - 8pm
We the Kings are an unapologetically commercial pop-punk band from Bradenton, FL, a small town on the west coast of the state notable primarily for being the home of Tropicana orange juice. Friends since childhood (the band name refers to the name of their junior high mascot), the foursome — singer and guitarist Travis Clark, guitarist Hunter Thomsen, his bassist brother Drew Thomsen, and drummer Danny Duncan — formed the band while still attending high school.
Pomeroy
w/ Public Property
Saturday, February 28th - 9pm
TICKETS: $12.00
Pomeroy is an eight year old band of 5 from Kansas City. Born in a time when rap-rock and pop-punk ruled the scenes, Pomeroy had difficult choices to make early in their career.
Murder By Death
w/ Fake Problems & Sam Lowry
Thursday, March 5th - 9pm
TICKETS: $10.00
Though they’ve had eight years to refine their sound and vision, Murder By Death rolled out of the gates fully realized in 2000, playing a blend of rocking Americana noir and dramatic post-punk that erased old style and audience boundaries as much as it tested the limits of new ones. And with their fourth album and Vagrant debut, Red Of Tooth And Claw (3/4/08), the Bloomington, Indiana, quartet are emerging as true artists in the zero-boundary sense: cinematic storytellers whose albums come together in an essential whole, and players whose jaw-dropping performances on record make you yearn for the chance to experience their energy up close and in person.
Nomo
Monday, March 16th - 9pm
TICKETS: $10.00
NOMO was conceived in 2003 when University of Michigan jazz studies graduate and multi-instrumentalist (tenor sax, keyboards, electric mbiri) Elliot Bergman and some of his acquaintances began jamming at a house in Ann Arbor, MI at which many of them lived. This led to the eventual formation of the group, who recorded their self-titled EP on Ypsilanti Records that same year, after producer Warn Defever dared Bergman to bring as many people as he could to the studio.
