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                                <title>Don&#8217;t Kid Me: A Comedy Night for Reproductive Rights</title>
                                <eventupdate>10 hours ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://waitingroomlounge.com/event/dont-kid-me-a-comedy-night-for-reproductive-rights-2/waiting-room-lounge/omaha-nebraska/</link>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 16:41:50 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[All proceeds to benefit NEAR - Nebraska Abortion Resources. www.neabortionresources.org]]></description>
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                                <title>The Motet</title>
                                <eventupdate>11 hours ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://waitingroomlounge.com/event/the-motet-2/waiting-room-lounge/omaha-nebraska/</link>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[Formed over two decades ago, the funk six-piece The Motethave learned to work as an interlocking unit, with each member bolstering one another towards the best creative output. This symbiosis has led to a unique style and cohesive musical chemistry, as seen in the band's immaculate live performances and seamless blend of funk, soul, jazz, and rock. With a fervent fanbase in tow, The Motet have sold out shows across the nation, performed seven headlining slots at Red Rocks and sets at festivals such as Bonnaroo, Bottlerock, Electric Forest, Bumbershoot, Summer Camp, and High Sierra. &#160; But even after their 20+ years of accolades and recognition, the legendary outfit -composed of Dave Watts(drums), Garrett Sayers(bass), Drew Sayers(keys and saxophone), Ryan Jalbert(guitar), and Sarah Clarke(vocals)-are still exploring new sonic ideas and finding new ways to showcase each other&#8217;s skill sets.&#160;]]></description>
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                                <title>Criteria Record Release Show</title>
                                <eventupdate>12 hours ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://waitingroomlounge.com/event/criteria-record-release-show/waiting-room-lounge/omaha-nebraska/</link>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                                <title>Saturn Ascends: A Tool Live Tribute Experience</title>
                                <eventupdate>1 day ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://waitingroomlounge.com/event/saturn-ascends-a-tool-live-tribute-experience/waiting-room-lounge/omaha-nebraska/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[Omaha, it has been several years since we have seen this now legendary show, but it is finally returning for one night only at The Waiting Room Lounge. The phenom known as Saturn Ascends makes their triumphant return to their Omaha home to once again bring you the show that thousands of fans have come to know and love and heralded as one of the very best tribute shows in the Midwest. This is by far one of the most in demand and requested shows that we host. It doesn&#8217;t matter if you close your eyes and just listen or watch the spectacle taking place on stage. You will swear you are watching and hearing the real thing. Please get your tickets on Etix ASAP as this show always sells out in advance. We look forward to making the pieces fit with you one more time!]]></description>
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                                <title>Kurt Vile And The Violators</title>
                                <eventupdate>1 day ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://waitingroomlounge.com/event/kurt-vile-and-the-violators/waiting-room-lounge/omaha-nebraska/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[Released in God&#8217;s year of 2026, the 250th anniversary of the founding of America in Kurt Vile&#8217;s&#160;fine city of Philadelphia, Philadelphia&#8217;s been good to me finds one of our nation&#8217;s greatest&#160;songwriters staking a claim on his hometown. &#8220;This is my &#8216;bringing it all back home to Philly&#8217;&#160;record,&#8221; Vile says. &#8220;I&#8217;m treating it like my last one. I put everything into it. It&#8217;s my best vocal&#160;record. It&#8217;s my best electric guitar record. It&#8217;s my most organic record, made in the comfort of my&#160;own zone.&#8221; Largely self-produced, with assists from Adam Langellotti, keys wiz Matthew Jugenheimer,&#160;drummer Kyle Spence, guitarist Jesse Trbovrich, and longtime Violators boardsman Rob&#160;Schnapf, the record embodies Vile&#8217;s understanding of music as a conversation between people&#160;across time and space. The title track is an ode to his hometown that doubles as an homage to&#160;Tom Petty&#8217;s homage to California. The barn-burning &#8220;Chance to Bleed&#8221; features guest spots&#160;from Memphis OGs Natalie Hoffman and Greg Cartwright but boasts a music video proudly shot&#160;at the Philly venue Kung Fu Necktime and features a cameo by local legend Schoolly D. &#8220;You&#160;Don&#8217;t Know Cuz It&#8217;s My Life&#8221; is Kurt&#8217;s take on a stadium anthem, building up to a laid-back yet&#160;triumphant chant of &#8220;I&#8217;m from Phil-a-del-phiaaaaaaah!&#8221; that you can imagine a crowd of Eagles&#160;fans screaming along to, Twisted Teas pointed towards the heavens. Make no mistake: Philadelphia&#8217;s been good to me is the sound of Philly&#8217;s constant hitmaker&#160;coming back to kick ass, son the haters, and put on for the City of Brotherly Love &#8212; and in true&#160;Kurt Vile fashion, doing so while sounding more relaxed than ever. Between the 250th&#160;anniversary of America and its hosting of select World Cup games, 2026 is shaping up to be a&#160;big deal for Philadelphia. &#8220;And then there&#8217;s one other thing,&#8221; Vile says. &#8220;I gotta be that third&#160;thing. Because I am Philadelphia. I gotta own it. I gotta rise to the occasion.&#8221;]]></description>
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                                <title>UNO Commercial Ensemble</title>
                                <eventupdate>5 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://waitingroomlounge.com/event/uno-commercial-ensemble/waiting-room-lounge/omaha-nebraska/</link>
                                <pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:15:57 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[See UNO&#8217;s very own commercial ensembles live. Groups feature R&#38;B, hip hop, rock and metal. FREE eventDoors at 7:00All ages]]></description>
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                                <title>Secret Weapon Turns 21!</title>
                                <eventupdate>5 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://waitingroomlounge.com/event/secret-weapon-turns-21/waiting-room-lounge/omaha-nebraska/</link>
                                <pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[Secret weapon. They&#8217;re back. It&#8217;s been a year since their super fun 20th bash celebration &#8212; don't miss this official coming of age party!&#160;]]></description>
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                                <title>The Pizza Party Tour</title>
                                <eventupdate>6 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://waitingroomlounge.com/event/the-pizza-party-tour-featuring-otis-julius-and-dj-strawstone/waiting-room-lounge/omaha-nebraska/</link>
                                <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                                <title>Jukebox the Ghost: Variety Show Spectacular! </title>
                                <eventupdate>8 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://waitingroomlounge.com/event/jukebox-the-ghost-variety-show-spectacular/waiting-room-lounge/omaha-nebraska/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[VIP PACKAGES INCLUDE:&#160; 1 GA Ticket 1 Hour Early Entry to Venue Jukebox the Ghost Meet &#38; Greet Sticker Pack Speciality "Variety Show Spectacular" Merch Item &#160; Jukebox the Ghost has been winning over audiences since 2006 with an irresistible mix of piano-pop hooks, explosive energy, and singalong-ready songs. The trio&#8212;Ben Thornewill, Tommy Siegel, and Jesse Kristin&#8212;has played more than 1,000 shows around the world, headlined countless tours, appeared at festivals including Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, Outside Lands, and BottleRock, and performed on The Late Show with David Letterman and Conan. Beloved for their magnetic stage presence and genre-bending sound, Jukebox the Ghost delivers the kind of live show that turns first-time listeners into lifelong fans. The Variety Show is a creative celebration of the many facets of the band, culminating in a set of their 'greatest hits' from two decades as a cult favorite indie band. Among the varied offerings: A sneak peek into their long-in-the-making apocalypse concept album, songs from Ben's upcoming musical theater projects "Reincarnation Blues" and "The Ferret Show", Flight-of-the-Concords-style songs musical comedy about birds from Tommy's 'Extremely Accurate Bird Songs' podcast, solo tunes, special guests, and more -- all culminating in a dance party of Jukebox the Ghost fan favorites!]]></description>
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                                <title>Akeem Ali</title>
                                <eventupdate>8 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://waitingroomlounge.com/event/akeem-ali-the-texture-tour/waiting-room-lounge/omaha-nebraska/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[VIP PACKAGES INCLUDE:&#160; ONE (1) GENERAL ADMISSION TICKET INCLUDED Invitation to Pre-show Meet &#38; Greet Experience with Akeem Ali Photo and Autograph Opportunity One (1) Collector's Item Early Entry into Venue &#160; Boasting himself as &#8220;The Greatest Rapper Alive&#8221; Akeem Ali&#8217;s reputation often precedes him with his artistry and heavy metaphor based lines. Coming in with the third installment of his &#8220;Texture Tape&#8221; series Akeemblends the comparison of clothing textures with the sounds of sultry production and witty lyricism creating the perfect synesthesia. His style has evolved from a backpack rapper and singer, to a 70s exploitation maestro, and to what now is a perfect mixture of both. His continuous growth and style rebranding sets him apart from many and puts him in the rankings to be a household name and generational talent.&#160;]]></description>
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                                <title>Artikal Sound System</title>
                                <eventupdate>8 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://waitingroomlounge.com/event/artikal-sound-system/waiting-room-lounge/omaha-nebraska/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[Artikal Sound System is a reggae band based out of South Florida. Founded by Chris Montague (guitar) and Fabian Acu&#241;a (bass) in 2012, the band honed their chops backing a series of Caribbean singers. Along the way the boys picked up the insane and absurd keys player Christopher Cope and the heavy footed drummer Adam Kampf before finally trying something a little sonically different with their neighbor, female vocalist Logan Rex. After nearly a decade of playing together the boys sound tight and powerful, creating the perfect foundation for their jazz-influenced singer to dance around on lyrically and literally. What you hear is the sound of friendship, hard work, imagination and the hope to spread their message of love and the importance of having a good time.]]></description>
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                                <title>Mega Ballad</title>
                                <eventupdate>12 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://waitingroomlounge.com/event/mega-ballad/waiting-room-lounge/omaha-nebraska/</link>
                                <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                                <title>Midnight Tyrannosaurus</title>
                                <eventupdate>12 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://waitingroomlounge.com/event/midnight-tyrannosaurus/waiting-room-lounge/omaha-nebraska/</link>
                                <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[THIS PERFORMANCE IS AGES 18+ Midnight Tyrannosaurus, is a formidable presence in the dubstep scene. A powerhouse of bass-heavy beats and intense sonic landscapes. With a distinct style that blends relentless aggression with intricate sound design. Currently based out of Denver, Colorado, Midnight Tyrannosaurus has cultivated a loyal following through his signature sound, characterized by earth-shaking drops, eerie atmospheres, and primal energy. Mixed with a smattering of deeper sounds as well. His tracks, often featuring ominous themes and monstrous basslines, have earned him recognition across the electronic music community. Since his debut, over a decade ago, Midnight Tyrannosaurus has released numerous singles and EPs on prominent labels within the genre. Currently focusing on projects that push the boundaries of music alone by integrating complete storylines and visual accompaniment to tell his tale in a completely unique way. His ability to push the boundaries of dubstep while maintaining a raw and visceral sound has cemented his place as a pioneering figure in modern bass music. Beyond his studio work, Midnight Tyrannosaurus is known for delivering electrifying live performances. His shows are immersive experiences, blending heavy beats with dynamic visuals and intense stage presence to create a high energy atmosphere. As he continues to evolve his sound and his vision, Midnight Tyrannosaurus remains a driving force in dubstep, inspiring with his uncompromising approach to bass music.]]></description>
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                                <title>Derrick Dove &#038; The Peacekeepers</title>
                                <eventupdate>12 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://waitingroomlounge.com/event/derrick-dove-the-peacekeepers/waiting-room-lounge/omaha-nebraska/</link>
                                <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 15:57:30 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[Free to all current BSO members. Others are required to purchase a membership to attend. Sponsored and hosted by Playing with Fire~! Derrick Dove &#38; The Peacekeepers are an award-winning Southern-fried blues rock band rooted in the South Georgia pines (Tifton area). Fronted by dynamic guitarist, vocalist, and bandleader Derrick Dove, the group fuses gritty [&#8230;]]]></description>
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                                <title>Funk Trek</title>
                                <eventupdate>12 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://waitingroomlounge.com/event/funk-trek-2/waiting-room-lounge/omaha-nebraska/</link>
                                <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                                <title>PWP Wrestling Spring Showdown 2026</title>
                                <eventupdate>12 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://waitingroomlounge.com/event/pwp-wrestling-spring-showdown-2026/waiting-room-lounge/omaha-nebraska/</link>
                                <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[PWP returns to The Waiting Room Lounge in Omaha, NE on Wednesday night April 22nd with Spring Showdown! Full reserved tables, individual front row seats, and individual General Admission tickets available online&#160;at Etix.com General Admission tickets also available at both Ted and Wally's Ice Cream locations (Benson &#38; Old Market) for just $10 cash while they last! Limited General Admission tickets will also be available at the door on 4/22 for $15 cash while capacity allows. Doors open at 7:00 PM, action kicks off at 8!! Come on out and see why PWP Live has been setting the bar for independent professional wrestling in this area since 2005!!! &#160; BE THERE!!! www.Patreon.com/PWPLive www.Facebook.com/PWPLive www.TikTok.com/@PWPLive www.Instagram.com/PWPLive www.Twitter.com/PWPLive www.YouTube.com/@PWPLive]]></description>
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                                <title>A Honky Tonk Hootenanny Hellraiser</title>
                                <eventupdate>14 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://waitingroomlounge.com/event/a-honky-tonk-hootenanny-hellraiser/waiting-room-lounge/omaha-nebraska/</link>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[Silent auction from 3pm - 6pm]]></description>
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                                <title>The New Pornographers</title>
                                <eventupdate>15 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://waitingroomlounge.com/event/the-new-pornographers-the-former-site-of-tour/waiting-room-lounge/omaha-nebraska/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[Over the past 20+ years, The New Pornographers have proven themselves one of the most excellent bands in indie rock. They have released nine studio albums, including their classic debut Mass Romantic and their latest 2023&#8217;s Continue as a Guest. The band&#8217;s new album The Former Site Of will be out via Merge Records on 3/27/26 and new single &#8220;Votive&#8221; is out now.They&#8217;ve constantly offered new sonic surprises with every album, and have established themselves alongside modern luminaries like Yo La Tengo and Superchunk when it comes to their ability to evolve while still retaining what made them so special in the first place. Of the 2023 record, New York Magazine lauded, &#8220;The New Pornographers are a massive unit bursting with unique and intersecting talents&#8230;the band&#8217;s ninth album serves another helping of their signature dish.&#8221;Critical acclaim for The New Pornographers:&#8220;Over the course of their 20-plus-year career, the New Pornographers have often specialized in catchy ambiguity. If leader Carl Newman was just a machine cranking out power-pop tunes, it would get boring. But there&#8217;s also a lot of mixed emotions going on under the surface of their studiously nuanced pop-rock formalism&#8212;like if Cheap Trick was as quick-witted as Steely Dan, or the Romantics were as thoughtful as R.E.M.&#8221;- Rolling Stone&#8220;Pure, blissfully irresistible power pop&#8221;- NPR Music&#8220;[The New Pornographers] make catchy, sophisticated alternate-universe hits.&#8221;- Stereogum]]></description>
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                                <title>DRIVEWAYS</title>
                                <eventupdate>15 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://waitingroomlounge.com/event/driveways/waiting-room-lounge/omaha-nebraska/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                                <title>El Desmadre Party</title>
                                <eventupdate>21 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://waitingroomlounge.com/event/el-desmadre-party-2/waiting-room-lounge/omaha-nebraska/</link>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[OMAHA, prep&#225;rate porque El Desmadre se viene! This spring on Friday, April 24th, the Midwest&#8217;s premiere Latin rave is coming to Waiting Room Lounge, and we&#8217;re bringing a night full of reggaet&#243;n, dembow, Latin house, and heavy-hitting rave energy that&#8217;ll keep you moving la noche entera! 🗓 Date: Friday, April 24th ⏰Time/Age: 9pm-LATE / 18+ 📍Location: The Waiting Room 🎧Music: Reggaeton &#124; Dembow &#124; Latin House &#124; Techno y Mas We&#8217;re setting the tone with bold visuals, high-energy vibes, and a party aesthetic like no other. Whether you're here to perrear, vibe, or just take in the atmosphere, this is the party you don&#8217;t want to miss. 🚀Follow us on IG &#38; TikTok @eldesmadreparty for exclusive content, DJ announcements, and ticket drops. PREP&#193;RATE. EL DESMADRE VIENE.💥]]></description>
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                                <title>Whiskey River &#038; Friends</title>
                                <eventupdate>22 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://waitingroomlounge.com/event/whiskey-river-friends/waiting-room-lounge/omaha-nebraska/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 16:44:44 +0000</pubDate>
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                                <title>Orgy Of The Dead 2</title>
                                <eventupdate>28 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://waitingroomlounge.com/event/orgy-of-the-dead-2/waiting-room-lounge/omaha-nebraska/</link>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[THIS PERFORMANCE IS AGES 18+ Musical Acts:&#160;SmokeBreak / Dead Poets / Glow in The Dark&#160; Burlesque Acts: Laz TheImpaler / Tina Mazing / Vinyl The Clown / Battie Babe / Redd Royal]]></description>
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                                <title>Deer Tick</title>
                                <eventupdate>29 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://waitingroomlounge.com/event/deer-tick/waiting-room-lounge/omaha-nebraska/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[Deer Tick VIP Pre-show Experience Includes:&#160; One (1) General Admission ticket Hear Deer Tick play a few songs not featured in the night&#8217;s setlist! VIP-exclusive tour poster, signed by the band Specially designed Deer Tick tote bag Commemorative VIP laminate and lanyard Merchandise shopping prior to doors opening to the public Early entry to the venue &#160; The ninth studio album from Deer Tick, Coin-O-Matic casts a bright light on a little-known facet of the American mythos: the hidden histories of the band&#8217;s home state of Rhode Island, where the everyday dramas of working-class families long collided with the menace of the mafia underworld. As they tapped into their infinite fascination with that strange duality, singer/guitarist John McCauley, guitarist/singer Ian O&#8217;Neil, drummer/singer Dennis Ryan, and bassist Christopher Ryan assembled a batch of songs exploring desperation, grief, redemption, and resilience with both cinematic detail and lived-in emotionality. A sharp new turn from one of indie-rock&#8217;s most enduringly vital forces, Coin-O-Matic arrives as a complicated love letter to a way of life slowly slipping from the collective memory.&#160; The follow-up to Emotional Contracts (hailed by Uncut as one of 2023&#8217;s best albums), Coin-O-Matic takes its title from a cigarette-vending-machine company that served as the headquarters of Raymond Patriarca&#8212;a legendary mobster who ran one of the most ruthless crime families in U.S. history. &#8220;If you grew up in Rhode Island years ago, you&#8217;d see all these mobsters on the news and then run into them at a restaurant on Federal Hill,&#8221; says McCauley, referring to Providence&#8217;s version of Little Italy. &#8220;They were criminals but also very colorful characters, and I wanted the album to partly reflect a certain nostalgia for that kind of seediness.&#8221; In its soulful contemplation of recklessness and consequence, longing and devotion, Coin-O-Matic ultimately joins the canon of rock albums whose geographically rooted storytelling reveals deeper truths about the human experience. &#8220;I think there&#8217;s something universal in stories of regret and loss and poor decisions, even if they&#8217;re told through the lens of all the odd characters in this little state of ours,&#8221; O&#8217;Neil points out. &#8220;One of the reasons I wanted us to make this album is that I think Rhode Island deserves to be a contender for a place that people sing about,&#8221; McCauley adds. &#8220;Sonically there&#8217;s nothing country about it, but to me it almost feels like a country record set in an urban environment&#8212;there&#8217;s definitely some outlaws in there. I hope that people see themselves in it, and that they understand a little more about the place that we come from.&#8221;&#160;]]></description>
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                                <title>Emo Nite</title>
                                <eventupdate>29 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://waitingroomlounge.com/event/emo-nite-10/the-waiting-room-reverb-lounge/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[THIS PERFORMANCE IS AGES 18+]]></description>
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                                <title>Bahamas</title>
                                <eventupdate>29 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://waitingroomlounge.com/event/bahamas/waiting-room-lounge/omaha-nebraska/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[Afie Jurvanen does not spend too much time in cities these days. For nearly two decades, Jurvanen was a fixture of the Toronto scene, both as a valued multi-instrumentalist and producer for friends like Feist, The Weather Station, and Kathleen Edwards and as the architect of one of his country&#8217;s most celebrated artists, Bahamas. Jurvanen came of age across Bahamas&#8217; first six albums, the restlessness of jumpy early hits like Pink Strat and Barchords slowly shifting into the generous domesticity of 2023&#8217;s Bootcut. But Jurvanen has long been drawn to open spaces, to a quieter life. In 2009, the year of his aforementioned debut, he began visiting Nova Scotia, the Atlantic Ocean. Over the next decade, his trips became more consistent, then more frequent, and then longer, until, in 2019, Jurvanen and his family of four finally made the move&#8212;nearly 2,000 kilometers northeast, to Nova Scotia. They live a lifestyle, Jurvanen half-jokes, that is &#8220;close to Mennonite.&#8221; The kids are homeschooled. No one has an iPad. Text messages can feel like miracles. Despite his extended r&#233;sum&#233;, Jurvanen has never been much of a tech guy or studio hound, never one for making his own records. In 2021, however, producer and multi-instrumentalist Joshua Van Tassel had also left Toronto, moving back to Nova Scotia and building a little studio, called DreamDate, in a backyard shed there. It was just small enough to skirt inspections, just big enough to house everything. Jurvanen had once rented Van Tassel&#8217;s space back in Toronto to listen to his Earthtones album on someone else&#8217;s speakers, to decide if it was ready for release. He&#8217;d been impressed by the place&#8217;s minimalism and tidiness, by the studio rarity of everything working. So Jurvanen began driving the 20 minutes from his cottage to Van Tassel&#8217;s spot via a winding ocean road, passing his days hanging out with his local friend and recording some songs. There was no real agenda but to work and play. And that&#8217;s how two people in a little shed made what may be the most effortlessly magnetic record in the entire Bahamas catalogue, My Second Last Album. Van Tassel and Jurvanen played every sound on My Second Last Album, from the buzzing acoustics of &#8220;Shadows&#8221; to the Mellotron ostinato of &#8220;Play the Game.&#8221; This self-dependence allowed them to do anything they wanted, to follow musical enthusiasms into any space they favored. Jurvanen wrote &#8220;The Bridge&#8221; via text with Hiss Golden Messenger&#8217;s M.C. Taylor, and he and Van Tassel turned it into an infectious country-funk tune, the strutting refrain closing the gap between Little Feat and Canned Heat. There is charging indie rock, hazy piano, and pastoral folk-rock. Again, My Second Last Album is anything Van Tassel and Jurvanen wanted it to be.&#160; For a long time, Jurvanen didn&#8217;t know what to do with My Second Last Album. After cutting a legitimate country record in the city where the genre lives, was it a too-weird left turn to put out a loose-limbed indie-pop set cut in a shed? He thought about slicing it into singles or splicing it as a bonus onto some sort of future Bahamas compendium, maybe even shelving it altogether. But then he put the record back on after not hearing it for several months and had the simplest and most profound realization possible: He loved these songs, the way they sat together, the story they told about who he was at that moment&#8212;a married father content to live in the country alongside the very ocean where he surfs, a musician who often goes to his buddy&#8217;s house to casually make some music. It became My Second Last Album, one of Bahamas&#8217; truly indispensable works.]]></description>
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                                <title>Los Estereotipos</title>
                                <eventupdate>1 month ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://waitingroomlounge.com/event/los-estereotipos/waiting-room-lounge/omaha-nebraska/</link>
                                <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[Join us for a high-energy night celebrating Latin alternative music. Doors open at 8 PM with a Spanish-language DJ spinning classics and favorites to get the party started. 1- Opening the night is Socrates y Los Panas, one of the only established bands in Omaha dedicated primarily to Spanish-language rock. They bring to life the anthems that defined generations of rock en espa&#241;ol, blending powerful covers with fresh original material that carries the same spirit of rebellion, romance, and rhythm.&#160;&#160; 2- Closing the evening is Los Estereotipos, one of Omaha&#8217;s few established Spanish-language ska bands, delivering high-energy, dance-driven performances that light up every stage they step on. With infectious horn lines, driving rhythms, and an unmistakable Latino pulse, they fuse classic ska influences with the vibrant sounds of Latin America.&#160;&#160;]]></description>
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                                <title>Elijah</title>
                                <eventupdate>1 month ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://waitingroomlounge.com/event/elijah/waiting-room-lounge/omaha-nebraska/</link>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                                <title>CONCRETE BOYS</title>
                                <eventupdate>1 month ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://waitingroomlounge.com/event/concrete-boys-its-us-vol-2-tour/waiting-room-lounge/omaha-nebraska/</link>
                                <pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[Concrete Boys is a hip-hop collective founded by Atlanta rapper Lil Yachty in 2020, known for blending energetic trap flows with melodic, crew-driven chemistry. The group features Draft Day, Camo!, Dc2Trill, Honest, and Rio Amor as their DJ, each bringing a distinct voice and style to their collaborative sound. Their new album 'It&#8217;s Us Vol. 2' marks the next chapter in their rising presence in hip-hop.]]></description>
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                                <title>I Love R&#038;B Party</title>
                                <eventupdate>1 month ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://waitingroomlounge.com/event/i-love-rb-party/waiting-room-lounge/omaha-nebraska/</link>
                                <pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 16:58:43 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[🎤&#160;I&#160;LOVE&#160;R&#38;B PARTY!&#160;🎶 The Ultimate R&#38;B Party Experience Get ready to sing, sway, and vibe all night long as&#160;I&#160;LOVE&#160;R&#38;B&#160;brings the heat across the country! This is&#160;not&#160;your average party&#8212;this is a full-blown celebration of the greatest era in R&#38;B music. From 90s throwbacks to early 2000s favorites and today&#8217;s smoothest hits, our DJs and MCs are bringing nothing but vibes. Expect packed dance floors, sing-along anthems, champagne poppin', and feel-good energy in every city. Whether you&#8217;re celebrating with the crew or pulling up solo, this is the party you won&#8217;t want to miss. 🔞 Must be 21+ to enter]]></description>
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                                <title>Spiritworld</title>
                                <eventupdate>1 month ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://waitingroomlounge.com/event/spiritworld/waiting-room-lounge/omaha-nebraska/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[With Helldorado, the third installment of SPIRITWORLD&#8217;s death-western trifecta, chief hombre Stu Folsom takes the listener deeper into a world where the hot desert sun beats down on his singular vision of the American West as a gateway to hell. &#8220;It&#8217;s a different album than the past two,&#8221; says Folsom of the thematic and sonic journey that began with the Las Vegas band&#8217;s 2020&#8217;s Pagan Rhythms LP and continued with 2022&#8217;s Deathwestern. Now the story rides on in a cloud of dust and a spray of blood with his latest offering. Helldorado blasts the Mojave-born bloodlust and stomping, tomahawk riffs SPIRITWORLD won their brutal, horrific vision of the Old West with, while riding straight into macabre Americana. Helldorado not only tightens the reins on SPIRITWORLD&#8217;s riff-riding attack that has won the band &#8220;most played&#8221; stature at Sirius XM&#8217;s Liquid Metal, but also looks over its shoulder&#8212;cigarillo dangling from a sun-parched lip&#8212;at their punk-driven outlaw country origins. Folsom and his gang first assaulted Vegas Elks Lodges in 2017 on a mission to brand country music with a manic singalong energy cultivated over years in the local hardcore scene. &#8220;Dwight Yoakam probably meant as much to me growing up as Black Flag or Slayer did,&#8221; says Stu. With country in his soul and metal in his veins, Folsom yearned for the power of the riff. This found him teaming with producer/mixer Sam Pura, who has produced all three SPIRITWORLD records, to unleash Pagan Rhythms, first on the tiny independent label Safe Inside Records. The buzzed-about debut caught the eye of Century Media Records, who signed the band and issued the album worldwide a year later. The reaction to the record, which drew comparisons to the likes of Slayer and Integrity, was overwhelming. It was the purity of Folsom&#8217;s vision that won raves from the likes of Gary Holt and Max Cavalera of Soulfly, who praised the band on social media. Helldorado is the next chapter of Folsom&#8217;s cycle of Western weirdness, drawing inspiration from his own published literary work, Godlessness, a collection of short stories rooted in Lovecraftian horror and Louis L'Amour&#8217;s classic tales of the American West. &#8220;Stigmata Scars,&#8221; featuring additional guitar work by Fr&#233;d&#233;ric Leclercq of Kreator, digs even deeper into SPIRITWORLD&#8217;s horrific lyrical vistas. SPIRITWORLD live is where the rubber meets the road for Stu Folsom and crew. Taking the stage in embroidered, rhinestone-studded jackets and Stetson hats, the energized fivesome is literally Elvis&#8217; Wrecking Crew from hell. From their inaugural stint on Decibel Magazine&#8217;s branded tour with Obituary and Municipal Waste in early 2022, to North American runs including a co-headline tour with metal legends Kreator and Sepultura, as well as hardcore heroes Stick to Your Guns and European festival appearances at the UK&#8217;s Bloodstock Open Air and France&#8217;s Hellfest, the band has built a formidable live reputation. &#8220;The mentality on some of these tours is literally ripping a page from Ramones or Against Me!&#8212;don&#8217;t stop, no stage banter, just rip your songs.&#8221; One thing&#8217;s for sure: SPIRITWORLD is back with an album that is as much Sergio Leone as it is Slayer. When asked to sum up where it&#8217;s all going, Stu Folsom steps back, considers the question, and answers plainly: &#8220;Straight to hell, my friend. Straight to hell.&#8221;]]></description>
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                                <title>Anthony Gomes</title>
                                <eventupdate>1 month ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://waitingroomlounge.com/event/anthony-gomes/waiting-room-lounge/omaha-nebraska/</link>
                                <pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[With a guitar slung over his shoulder and the amps turned up full tilt, Anthony Gomes electrifies blues and rock at a 21st century crossroads of his own. The Canadian vocalist, guitarist, songwriter and producer wails with all the force of a hurricane in the Mississippi Delta and enough fret-burning fireworks to leave his strings in flames. Over the years, he&#8217;s toppled the Billboard Blues Chart at #1, earned the endorsement of legends such as B.B. King, tallied tens of millions of streams, and packed shows on multiple continents. In 2026, Gomes is back supporting his #1 blues rock album, Praise the Loud, with a world tour that includes stops in 17 countries.&#160; &#8220;I&#8217;ve learned how to embrace my voice as a guitarist and as a singer,&#8221; he states. &#8220;I understand who I am, and I use my strengths to my advantage. I have a blues soul and a rock &#8216;n&#8217; roll heart. I love to jump back and forth between both with a modern day approach. When I play rock, it&#8217;s got a little more dust on it." ​Born and raised in Toronto, Ontario, he fell in love with music as a kid, listening to everyone from Muddy Waters and Jimi Hendrix to Jeff Beck and Eddie Van Halen. At 14 years old, Anthony gravitated to&#160;the guitar and his relationship with the instrument was born. After grinding it out, his chops caught the attention of B.B. King&#8217;s bus&#160;driver at a jam night. Blown away, the driver introduced him to B.B. who invited him to open up a string of tour dates in 2005. Gaining invaluable knowledge from &#8220;The King,&#8221; he went on to share the stage with the likes of Buddy Guy, Robert Plant, Joe Bonamassa, Heart, Sammy Hagar, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, and more. Along the way, his concert attendees have included Academy&#174; Award winner Morgan Freeman, John Goodman, and Vince Vaughn as well as Eric Clapton, to name a few. Meanwhile, Total Guitar listed Gomes as 'One of the 100 Greatest Blues Guitarists of All Time' in 2024. Guitar World readers voted him one of &#8220;The 30 Best Blues Guitarists in the World Today&#8221; in 2019, and the publication noted, &#8220;Gomes is another power player who is at his best when his gear is in the scorched earth between blues and rock.&#8221;&#160;​ Anthony's latest release,&#160;Praise the Loud,&#160;delivers 12 fresh studio tracks that showcase Anthony&#8217;s musical evolution while staying true to the no-holds-barred sound that has earned him a global fanbase. &#8220;I still believe in a world of guitar heroes,&#8221; he smiles. &#8220;I strive for a world where you don&#8217;t have to be 19 years old to sell a lot of records and tickets and to make a statement. I&#8217;m one of those people who doesn&#8217;t think rock, or the blues is dead. I&#8217;m looking for fresh ways to bring them together. I&#8217;m at the table rolling the dice all in the name of blues and rock &#8216;n&#8217; roll. I know there&#8217;s never been a more exciting time for music, and I&#8217;m here for the journey.&#8221;]]></description>
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                                <title>Noah James &#038; Tyler Anthony</title>
                                <eventupdate>1 month ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://waitingroomlounge.com/event/noah-james-tyler-anthony/waiting-room-lounge/omaha-nebraska/</link>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                                <title>Roger Clyne and The Peacemakers</title>
                                <eventupdate>1 month ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://waitingroomlounge.com/event/roger-clyne-and-the-peacemakers-2/waiting-room-lounge/omaha-nebraska/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[&#8220;Here&#8217;s to life!&#8221; Fans around the world can be found singing the chorus of the Roger Clyne-penned fan favorite &#8220;Mekong&#8221; and toasting their glasses in unison to celebrate life through rock-n-roll. But the inspiration for the song dates back to the time Roger went to Taipei, Taiwan, as a college student to teach English during the day and busk with his guitar at night for money. Today, as Clyne prepares to release his 11th studio album, he continues to transform his life experiences, inspirations, observations and his own muses into timeless music. And whether he&#8217;s wearing his Converse high tops, boots or sandals, Clyne&#8217;s blend of punk rock, americana, indie-pop and mariachi influences have made him, drummer PH Naffah, guitarist Jim Dalton and bassist Nick Scropos &#8211; collectively known as Roger Clyne &#38; The Peacemakers &#8211; one of America&#8217;s best live rock-n-roll bands. Starting with the seminal Tempe quartet, The Refreshments, Clyne and Naffah put the fun in rock &#38; roll during the 90s grunge era with a sense of humor. They also started what would become a trademark sound on all future albums by adding mariachi horns, something Clyne was influenced by while in college studying Cultural Anthropology with an ethnography study of mariachis during a three month Spanish-immersion stay with a local family in Ensenada, Mexico. The Refreshments&#8217; debut album, &#8220;Fizzy, Fuzzy, Big &#38; Buzzy,&#8221; became a cult classic.&#160; Changes within their record label and internal band issues resulted in Clyne and Naffah going on a vision quest of sorts in the Whetstone Mountains near the Clyne Ranch in Southeastern Arizona. It was there that Clyne found inspiration in the rolling hills and the jukeboxes of small town taverns that still played Marty Robbins and Johnny Cash &#8211; music he had shed from his youth in favor of bands like Camper Van Beethoven &#38; They Might Be Giants. But after reconnecting with those old country records, Clyne and Naffah wrote and recorded under a new moniker what would become Roger Clyne &#38; The Peacemakers&#8217; debut album, &#8220;Honky Tonk Union.&#8221; The album was the perfect combination of classic rock and twang, and fans immediately connected with it. Their independent release, &#8220;Honky Tonk Union,&#8221; debuted at No. 1 on Billboard&#8217;s Internet Album Sales chart in 1999 prompting a call from a Billboard exec to their Manager demanding, &#8220;Who the hell is Roger Clyne and why is he #1 on my chart?!&#8221; beating out much better known artists that week like Santana, Creed, Nine Inch Nails, Melissa Ethridge and 311. RCPM released eight more albums that landed in the top ten of Billboard&#8217;s Internet Album Sales chart, including a No.1 debut for their third album, &#8220;&#161;Americano!&#8221; &#8211; all without the backing of a major record label and while flying under the radar of commercial radio. Currently, they just finished their next album, &#8220;Hell to Breakfast.&#8221; The first single hit streaming on November 21st, 2025, the second single will drop Jan 9th, 2026 and the album launches March 6th, 2026. Roger Clyne &#38; The Peacemakers have toured all over the US and achieved a faithful following through hard work and great music. They have done this all while being independent, without the safety net of a label or a label&#8217;s radio promotion department. Dubbed &#8220;The Springsteen of the Southwest,&#8221; by the Asbury Park Press the band delivers exciting live performances that garner declarations like the one from emcee Jay Peterman of the Seinfeld TV show at Alice Cooper&#8217;s annual Christmas Pudding event, &#8220;Young man, you light that stage a-flame!&#8221;]]></description>
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                                <title>Blade Rave</title>
                                <eventupdate>1 month ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://waitingroomlounge.com/event/blade-rave/waiting-room-lounge/omaha-nebraska/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[THIS PERFORMANCE IS AGES 18+&#160; Step into the Vampire underworld as Blade Rave turns our venue into a reimagined night inside the iconic Bloodbath rave scene from the film Blade. Arrive early, stay late, just be on the look out for Vampires. This event includes DJS playing a mix of goth / techno / house and additional sub-genres of EDM, GoGo Dancers dressed to impress and ready to bite Themed cocktails and limited Blood Bags Event photos + video recap posted on bladerave.com&#160; Cosplayers&#160; Customized visuals created by @deadeyesart A midnight bloodbath Suggested Attire: goth / industrial / steampunk / vampire / super hero cosplay Please note, if you are in the crowd during the blood bath, you may get wet. &#8220;Blood&#8221; is washable but there&#8217;s always a small chance it may leave a stain. For a refresher on the iconic scene from the original 1998 Blade Movie:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZd7eptgdfQ]]></description>
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                                <title>PEELINGFLESH</title>
                                <eventupdate>1 month ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://waitingroomlounge.com/event/peelingflesh/waiting-room-lounge/omaha-nebraska/</link>
                                <pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[PeelingFlesh is a slamming gangster groove metal band from Oklahoma.&#160; &#160; Missing Link is a ferocious hardcore/metallic hardcore band from New York, formed during the COVID-19 lockdowns by seasoned members of the Northeastern underground scene. Known for their crushing riffs, relentless breakdowns, and raw, pit-ready energy, they broke through with early EPs like My Time on the Cross (2020) and No Saving Grace (2022) before signing to Triple B Records and releasing their debut full-length album, Watch Me Bleed (2024). Blending classic NYHC intensity with metallic edge and lived-in lyrics drawn from personal experience and scene observation, Missing Link&#8217;s sound and live presence have quickly made them a standout force in modern hardcore. &#160; Bayway is a hard-hitting hardcore band from Elizabeth, New Jersey, formed in late 2022. Known for their raw, unapologetic sound, they channel the gritty spirit of New Jersey Hardcore with influences from 90s legends like E-Town Concrete, Fury of Five, and NJ Bloodline. Fronted by vocalist Jayway, alongside Chris Halpin (guitar), Tito Valentin (guitar), Dave Mericle (drums), and Diego Galarraga on bass, Bayway blends pummeling riffs, hip-hop vocals, and streetwise lyrics that reflect the struggles and resilience of their roots.&#160; Since their debut demo World of Bayway with RTF Records, they've unleashed a relentless stream of releases, including The Newport Sessions and Bayway Takes Manhattan, both on DAZE and RTF Records, cementing their reputation as a rising force in the hardcore scene with a no-frills attitude and explosive live energy.&#160; Now the first band signed to Trustkill Records since 2008, the band has a new album set to drop summer of 2025 that promises to be a banger because Bayway has The Recipe.]]></description>
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                                <title>Dad Rock Night (2000s Rock Tribute)</title>
                                <eventupdate>1 month ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://waitingroomlounge.com/event/dad-rock-night-2000s-rock-tribute-presented-by-council-hill/waiting-room-lounge/omaha-nebraska/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[Join us for a night of covers of all your favorite dad rock hitsincluding:&#160; &#160; 3 Doors Down, Creed, Nickleback, Audioslave, Three Days Grace, Shinedown, Papa Roach, Puddle of Mudd, Matchbox Twenty, Hoobastank, and more!!!&#160;]]></description>
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                                <title>Selwyn Birchwood Album Release Party</title>
                                <eventupdate>2 months ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://waitingroomlounge.com/event/selwyn-birchwood-album-release-party/waiting-room-lounge/omaha-nebraska/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 16:31:08 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[Award-winning visionary bluesman Selwyn Birchwood will release Electric Swamp Funkin' Blues, his sixth Alligator Records album. Rolling Stone calls Birchwood &#8220;a remarkable, contemporary bluesman&#8230;a powerhouse young guitarist and soulful vocalist.&#8221; Now, this mesmerizing guitarist, lap steel master and cinematic songwriter unleashes the powerful new self-produced album, Electric Swamp Funkin&#8217; Blues, further blazing his own musical trail. The album will be available on CD, translucent yellow vinyl LP, and at all digital service providers. Electric Swamp Funkin&#8217; Blues features 10 wildly imaginative, laser-focused, vibrant original songs, produced by Birchwood and recorded in Florida. From the wide-open honesty of Damaged Goods to the up-to-the-minute observations of All Hail The Algorithm and Talking Heads, Birchwood and his band play with honest, emotional intensity. On Labour Of Love he looks at the pains and joys of parenting, while The Struggle Is Real serves as an anthem for our times. Birchwood&#8217;s tough, slide guitar opus, What I&#8217;ve Been Accused Of, the slow burning, romantic Soulmate and the blazing Should&#8217;ve Never Gotten Out Of Bed, all show Birchwood as one of contemporary blues&#8217; most prolific, significant and innovative artists. Electric Swamp Funkin&#8217; Blues is Birchwood&#8217;s own fully realized artistic statement, and the first of his Alligator albums that he has produced by himself. &#8220;Producing allowed me to really take the wheel and steer the music to the exact destinations that I wanted to go. It allowed me to present these songs with the full, three-dimensional sound that I have wanted all along. This album is the full realization of the sound I have been cultivating. It tiptoes the tightrope between gritty gutbucket blues and contemporary grooves to create a soundscape that honors the roots but allows listeners to experience the music from a modern vantage point. Sharing songs with this much honesty allows us all to connect to music on a higher level&#8230;to feel a little less isolated and a little more &#8216;seen&#8217; in what can be a hard life at times.&#8221; Live, Birchwood is a true force of nature. A favorite among blues fans and jam band fans alike, his ability to win over an audience&#8212;any audience&#8212;is proven night after night. With his warm, magnetic personality, Birchwood is as down-to-earth as his music is electrifyingly jaw-dropping. With his band feeding off his energy, the 6&#8217;3&#8221; musician roams the stage barefoot, ripping out memorable guitar licks with ease, his soulful, rocks-and-gravel vocals impossible to ignore. When he sits down to play his signature model Caladesi lap steel, he magically lifts the crowd into a sweat-soaked state of blissful elation. Mega-star Joe Bonamassa raves, &#8220;Selwyn Birchwood has become one of my favorite discoveries. He puts on a great show.&#8221; Says Birchwood, &#8220;You would be hard-pressed to find an album or a band that sounds exactly like mine, and that has been and always will be the goal. I pride myself in writing songs so that when you hear a band like us, you hear a band that sounds just like&#8230;US!&#8221; According to Guitar World, &#8220;Blues star Selwyn Birchwood is the real deal. He puts his own fresh spin on the blues, taking the tradition and making it into something new.&#8221; $20 or just $10 for BSO Members! Memberships available at the door.]]></description>
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                                <title>Letdown.</title>
                                <eventupdate>2 months ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://waitingroomlounge.com/event/letdown/waiting-room-lounge/omaha-nebraska/</link>
                                <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                                <title>Zero 9:36</title>
                                <eventupdate>2 months ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://waitingroomlounge.com/event/zero-936/waiting-room-lounge/omaha-nebraska/</link>
                                <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[Adapting to any setting, Zero 9:36 has toured alongside Shinedown, Neck Deep, Hollywood Undead, Three Days Grace, Asking Alexandria, Nothing More, Bullet For My Valentine, Wage War, The Plot In You, and many others. Zero has made festival appearances at Welcome to Rockville, Louder Than Life, Inkcarceration, and many others. His collaborations are an eclectic list including Travis Barker, grandson, Hollywood Undead, Atreyu, The Warning, and Scarlxrd. Zero 9:36 proudly occupies a lane of his own and in the process has amassed over 50 million streams across DSPs.]]></description>
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                                <title>James McMurtry and the Martial Law Review</title>
                                <eventupdate>2 months ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://waitingroomlounge.com/event/james-mcmurtry-and-the-martial-law-review/waiting-room-lounge/omaha-nebraska/</link>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[James McMurtry released&#160;The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy on June 20th via New West Records. &#160;The 10-song collection was co-produced by McMurtry &#38; Don Dixon (R.E.M., The Smithereens) and is his first album in four years. &#160;It follows his 2021 acclaimed new West debut, The Horses and the Hounds, which UnCut Magazine said &#8220;lifts storytelling-in-song to meticulous new levels" and Pitchfork awarded an 8.0, saying &#8220;James McMurtry stands out even among the Lone Star State&#8217;s finest songwriters&#8230;&#8221; The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy features appearances by Sarah Jarosz, Charlie Sexton, Bonnie Whitmore, Bukka Allen and more, alongside his trusted backing band, THE MARTIAL LAW REVIEW, Tim Holt on guitar and accordion, Cornbread on bass and Daren Hess on drums. As varied as they are, McMurtry&#8217;s new story-songs find inspiration in scraps from his family&#8217;s past: a rough pencil sketch by Ken Kesey that serves as the album cover, the hallucinations experienced by his father, the legendary writer Larry McMurtry, an old poem by a family friend. &#160;A supremely insightful and inventive storyteller, McMurtry teases vivid worlds out of small details, setting them to arrangements that have elements of Americana but sound too sly and smart for such a general category. Funny and sad often in the same breath, The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy adds a new chapter to a long career that has young songwriters like Sarah Jarosz and Jason Isbell cite him as a formative influence.]]></description>
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                                <title>Space To Play</title>
                                <eventupdate>2 months ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://waitingroomlounge.com/event/space-to-play/waiting-room-lounge/omaha-nebraska/</link>
                                <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                                <title>Struggle Jennings</title>
                                <eventupdate>2 months ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://waitingroomlounge.com/event/struggle-jennings/waiting-room-lounge/omaha-nebraska/</link>
                                <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                                <title>Alpha Wolf</title>
                                <eventupdate>2 months ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://waitingroomlounge.com/event/alpha-wolf-let-it-rip-usa-tour/waiting-room-lounge/omaha-nebraska/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[In the ever-evolving sonic landscape of Alpha Wolf, their music transforms like a shapeshifting beast, defying expectations and breaking through boundaries with the weight of wrecking-ball dynamics and captivating off-kilter hooks. The Australian quintet&#8212;Scottie Simpson [guitar], Sabian Lynch [guitar], Lochie Keogh [lead vocals], John Arnold [bass], and Mitch Fogarty [drums]&#8212;maintains their intensity on their third full-length offering, Half Living Things [SHARPTONE]. &#8220;We never want to write the same album twice,&#8221; explains Scottie. &#8220;Half Living Things is still heavy, but we&#8217;re venturing into new territory. Lochie sounds like a force of nature on this too. We considered the live show more than ever, creating parts specifically for crowd involvement. These songs are built to ignite the stage.&#8221; With a decade of sparking visceral reactions from audiences, Alpha Wolf crashed into the Top 30 of the ARIA Albums Chart with Mono [2017] and followed up with the Fault EP two years later. A Quiet Place To Die [2020] debuted at #6 on the ARIA Albums Chart, earning a nomination for &#8220;Best Hard Rock or Heavy Metal Album&#8221; at the ARIA Awards. KERRANG! rated it &#8220;4-out-of-5 stars,&#8221; and Hysteria hailed it as &#8220;a mosh-worthy record that puts high hopes on the band&#8217;s future.&#8221; Distorted Sound called it &#8220;one of the great extreme/hardcore records of recent memory.&#8221; Their journey included North American tours with Motionless In White and Knocked Loose and a performance at KNOTFEST Australia alongside Slipknot, Parkway Drive, Megadeth, and more. In 2023, they meticulously crafted Half Living Things, self-producing and weaving together a visceral vision after years on the road. The album title perfectly encapsulates their state of being. On the album&#8217;s essence Lochie comments, &#8220;There can be no inner conflict without the constant tug of war between desire and disdain, the things you want versus the things you need, or the things that make you feel alive against the parts of it that do not. You cannot grow new parts without leaving the dead ones behind. You cannot be settled until you have truly known the opposite. Find out what makes you tick and just keep running around the clock until you're happy enough to die.&#8221; The album kicks off with the neck-snapping chug of the opener and first single, &#8220;Bring Back The Noise,&#8221; where gnashing harmonics and Lochie&#8217;s high-pitched screams punctuate waves of distortion. Scottie grins, &#8220;The lyrics fit how we perform live. The more we tour, the more fun we have on stage. &#8216;Bring Back The Noise&#8217; encapsulates everything we are.&#8221; &#8220;Sucks 2 Suck&#8221; hinges on a head-nodding groove, giving way to a bludgeoning bounce on the bridge. Lochie, the vocalist, adds depth to the track with his perspective, &#8220;It's about biting back at anyone saying you didn't work hard for the shit you have. If you had the ethic and tenacity, you'd have it too, but you suck so you don't.&#8221; The legendary rapper Ice-T pulls up with a vibrantly venomous verse, and in his instantly recognizable delivery, he warns, &#8220;You coming for me? You gotta come better than that!&#8221; &#8220;It&#8217;s the perfect crossover of hip-hop and metalcore,&#8221; Scottie goes on. &#8220;We decided to shoot for the stars and reach out to Ice-T. We gave him no reference, but he did exactly what we were hoping for! It&#8217;s classic. In their own terms, Alpha Wolf continues to progress, and Scottie leaves off with a message: &#8220;We hope it connects. We&#8217;re incredibly proud of this record. It&#8217;s everything we want Alpha Wolf to be. These songs are heavy, but they&#8217;re fun. Jam it in your car, show it to your friends, and come out to a show.&#8221;]]></description>
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                                <title>Free Throw </title>
                                <eventupdate>2 months ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://waitingroomlounge.com/event/free-throw-moments-before-the-wind-tour/waiting-room-lounge/omaha-nebraska/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[Moments Before the Wind VIP Experience Includes: One (1) General Admission ticket&#160; Invitation to pre-show experience with Free Throw, including: &#160;Intimate pre-show acoustic performance (2-3 songs) One (1) personal photo with the band Exclusive poster, signed by the band Exclusive VIP merch gift Commemorative VIP laminate Merchandise shopping prior to doors opening to the public Early entry into the venue Limited availability &#160; Moments Before the Wind VIP Merch Bundle Includes: One (1) General Admission ticket Exclusive poster, signed by the band Exclusive VIP merch gift Commemorative VIP laminate Merchandise shopping prior to doors opening to the public Priority entry into the venue Limited availability &#160; Since forming in 2012, FREE THROW&#8217;s story has been simple: keep going. New records, longer tours, bigger rooms &#8211; it&#8217;s always been another step upward for the Nashville-based quintet, whose 2014 debut, Those Days Are Gone, has become an era-defining classic in the emo-punk genre, launching them onto global tours with Hot Mulligan and New Found Glory and slots at Slam Dunk, Riot Fest, and The Fest. Every milestone has pushed them ahead, but on their sixth LP, Moments Before The Wind (Wax Bodega), that constant charge gradually slows, suspended mid-step, mid-thought, mid-life. &#160; Recorded with longtime producer Brett Romnes on either end of the sold-out Those Days Are&#160;Gone 10-year tour, the follow-up to 2023&#8217;s Lessons That We Swear To Keep chronicles a&#160;surrealist descent into liminality: a period of intense personal upheaval colored by loss, renewal,&#160;reflection, and, ultimately, life-altering joy through the impending birth of a child. The 11-song set&#160;is disarmingly real, colored by sonic spontaneity &#8211; a swirl of Midwest emo, sweat-soaked punkfervor, and crashing alternative rock &#8211; but also the sort of achingly vulnerable lyricism fans and&#160;critics have come to expect from the band. Through it all, Moments finds Free Throw still&#160;moving, still growing, but now, perhaps more than ever, acutely aware that the path ahead is&#160;neither straight nor obvious. There&#8217;s a quiet confidence guiding them there into a brand-new&#160;era, ready for whatever the wind blows their way.]]></description>
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                                <title>sunn O)))</title>
                                <eventupdate>2 months ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://waitingroomlounge.com/event/sunn-o/waiting-room-lounge/omaha-nebraska/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[For nearly 30 years, SUNN O))) &#8211; Stephen O&#8217;Malley and Greg Anderson &#8211; have pushed the boundaries of heavy music,straddling the worlds of the avant-garde and rock to forge a style instantly recognisable as their own.Now, SUNN O))) return with their first album of new material since 2019&#8217;s acclaimed Pyroclasts. Their tenth album &#8211;their debut for new label Sub Pop &#8211; demonstrates the duo&#8217;s mastery of time and space, light and dark, and theirwillingness to evolve their unmistakable sound into bold new forms.The eponymously titled SUNN O))) was tracked at Bear Creek Studios, Woodinville, Washington with Brad Wood(HuM, Tar, Sunny Day Real Estate, Liz Phair). This location would prove crucial to the recording process.&#8220;The vast tracking room had big windows looking out on trees,&#8221; says O&#8217;Malley. &#8220;We could go hiking and be out in thewoods, spend time outdoors. That became a big part of it.&#8221;&#8220;It was very inviting and very comfortable there,&#8221; adds Anderson. &#8220;There was no stress, no worry about the timelineor anything like that. We just let ourselves go, and let the music come out.&#8221;&#8220;On this album for the first time all of the instrumentation was performed by Greg and I,&#8221; says O&#8217;Malley. &#8220;All of therecords have our leadership and direction, of course, but this time around, it was almost like this crucible of ideas thatwas really at the core of what we&#8217;ve been doing.&#8221;Recording exclusively as a duo should not be interpreted as SUNN O))) limiting or restricting themselves. To thecontrary, it has opened up new possibilities for their music.The six compositions on SUNN O))) are expansive and panoramic yet finely detailed, reflecting the arboreal setting inwhich they were recorded. Opener &#8220;XXANN&#8221; enters with howling feedback before crunching into what might at firstseem familiar territory &#8211; until one registers the sound of water trickling beneath. &#8220;Mindrolling&#8221; likewise incorporatesfield recordings, as does &#8220;Glory Black&#8221;, which in addition introduces piano, by turns sonorous and delicate, into themix, lending the already formidable piece a hushed, solemn feel. The Newcastle-forged originators of black metal geta shout out in the title of &#8220;Does Anyone Hear Like Venom?&#8221; which seems to position Cronos, Mantas and Abaddon asdeep listeners, attuned to their Tyneside surroundings in much the same way as SUNN O))) are to the forest enfoldingBear Creek Studios. Throughout the album, the interplay between O&#8217;Malley and Anderson attains fresh heights oftelepathic intensity as they shape a music that itself breathes the bracing, earthy air of the Pacific Northwest.In October 2025 SUNN O))) released the first fruit of a new deal with celebrated US label Sub Pop in the form of a maxi12&#8221; featuring &#8220;Eternity&#8217;s Pillars&#8221;, &#8220;Raise The Chalice&#8221; and &#8220;Reverential&#8221; &#8211; three monumental tracks from the samesessions that produced the new album. The alliance with Sub Pop makes perfect sense, as Anderson explains.&#8220;We decided that we should approach Sub Pop, after I&#8217;d had some great conversations with Jonathan Poneman,&#8221; hesays. &#8220;So I called him up and before I could get the words out of my mouth, he said, &#8216;We&#8217;d love to do it. Tell me whatyou guys need.&#8217; He was really excited and supportive.&#8221;All of which adds up to a fully immersive experience, uniting sound, word and visual into something that is undeniably,completely SUNN O)))]]></description>
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                                <title>*CANCELLED* COLD</title>
                                <eventupdate>2 months ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://waitingroomlounge.com/event/cancelled-cold/waiting-room-lounge/omaha-nebraska/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[GOODBYE CRUEL WORLD THE RED ALBUM PLAYED IN ITS ENTIRETY]]></description>
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                                <title>Diggy Graves</title>
                                <eventupdate>2 months ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://waitingroomlounge.com/event/diggy-graves/waiting-room-lounge/omaha-nebraska/</link>
                                <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[VIP Packages include: GA ticket, Early Entry to Venue. Signed CD, Keychain, Drawstring Bag, Meet and Greet/Photo with Diggy Graves, VIP Laminate &#160; Raised in the PNW, Diggy Graves likes to describe his music as a melting pot of genres that ranges from Rap to Horror Core. Diggy has been making music for most of his life and decided to create his persona behind the mask in 2020. You might know him from his most popular songs RedVineyard and Circus Psycho. You can usually find him hidden in the woods making music in his&#160;cabin but in his free-time he enjoys long walks on the beach, hanging out with his son and digging&#160;graves. He always looks forward to performing live and seeing all his loyal fans.]]></description>
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                                <title>Hail the Sun</title>
                                <eventupdate>3 months ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://waitingroomlounge.com/event/hail-the-sun/waiting-room-lounge/omaha-nebraska/</link>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[Anybody familiar with Hail The Sun will know there&#8217;s always a great deal of meaning beneath the surface. Theirs are songs the probe the very nature of existence, that strive to find the answers to the fundamental questions that being human raises, and that don&#8217;t flinch away from any form of self-reflection whatsoever. That&#8217;s been the case since the band&#8212;lead vocalist Donovan Melero, guitarists Shane Gann and Aric Garcia, bassist John Stirrat and drummer Allen Casillas&#8212;formed in Chico, CA in 2009, but which is especially the case on cut. turn. fade. back, their seventh full-length. Indeed, even for a band whose album titles veer between being suggestive of something more and existentially profound, this record truly goes the distance, encompassing the complete cycle of life with its four monosyllabic words. Across its 11 songs, cut. turn. fade. back captures the cyclical nature of all those things, as well as life itself in general. That wasn&#8217;t the specific intention when the band began writing the record, but when Melero started writing lyrics for and to the music, that&#8217;s the overarching theme that began to emerge. 2023&#8217;s previous record, Divine Inner Tension, had seen Hail The Sun intentionally relinquish creative control to the universe, and they continued with that mindset on this one as well, by bending to its whims. As connected as we are to the universe, and as much as it exists within us, the band says it&#8217;s important to note that we&#8217;re also travelling through it. As such, it was the things that happened to the band along the way&#8212;both on a personal level and on a more universal scale&#8212;that manifested themselves as topics on this record. Just as 2014&#8217;s second album, Wake, contained &#8220;Anti-Eulogy (I Hope You Stay Dead)&#8221;, a song about an active addiction framed as if addressing a person, so &#8220;Relapse Is A Love Affair&#8221; personifies his experience in a similar way. It's a viscerally powerful moment among a whole series of viscerally powerful moments. For the first time in their career, Hail The Sun worked with production outfit Beach Noise, whose experience is much more steeped in the hip-hop world&#8212;most notably, they worked on a good chunk of Kendrick Lamar&#8217;s acclaimed 2022 album, Mr. Morale &#38; the Big Steppers. On paper, it seems like a drastic shift, but the reality is less dramatic&#8212;Garcia actually went to college with a member of Beach Noise, so they&#8217;ve been in each other&#8217;s orbits for a while now. Yet at the same time, Hail The Sun wanted to return to their roots of being a band in a room and jamming live. &#8220;It doesn&#8217;t matter if people take away the intended message from these songs,&#8221; says Meloro, &#8220;and I&#8217;m certainly not going to police it, but we do, as always, want to encourage critical thinking. Fifteen years in, I love that we've been allowed this fan base to speak to. I feel very grateful and fortunate, and I hope that it keeps carrying us forward continues to be the thing that we can sustain life from.&#8221;&#160; Ironically, given the title and the theme of the record, this could well be the album that sees them break the cycle for good.&#160; &#160;]]></description>
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                                <title>Smells Like Nirvana</title>
                                <eventupdate>3 months ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://waitingroomlounge.com/event/smells-like-nirvana/waiting-room-lounge/omaha-nebraska/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[Come as you are and celebrate the music and legend of Nirvana and Kurt Cobain w/ Smells Like Nirvana on this very special night for an all ages NIRVANA tribute show at The Waiting Room! Make this show special by submitting a song request at smellslikenirvanatribute.com  Come early for grunge revivalists &#8220;Dead Original&#8221;! Stream their first album [&#8230;]]]></description>
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                                <title>Archspire</title>
                                <eventupdate>3 months ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://waitingroomlounge.com/event/archspire-long-roads-big-loads-tour/waiting-room-lounge/omaha-nebraska/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[Ticketless upgrade available at https://www.archspire.net/ Since 2009, Archspire has aimed to be one thing above all else: extreme. With their upcoming release Too Fast to Die, they&#8217;ve once again raised the bar for what extreme music can be. &#8220;We&#8217;re like a bit of meth in your cigarette,&#8221; says vocalist Oliver Rae Aleron, describing the band&#8217;s unhinged live show. &#8220;I think people don&#8217;t quite know how to describe what they&#8217;re hearing.&#8221; Now five albums deep, the band continues to push the limits of speed and virtuosity while somehow keeping a sharp focus on hooks. Their music sits on a knife&#8217;s edge of &#8220;too much,&#8221; and just when you think you&#8217;ve hit overload, they drop in a soaring melody or a meticulously crafted clean section long enough for you to breathe; before throwing you back into a rap-flow vocal assault or some of the fastest drumming you&#8217;ll ever hear. In 2025, Archspire announced their new drummer, Spencer Moore, marking a shift in the band&#8217;s trajectory. New blood brings new influences, and with the first single Carrion Ladder, they intend to show exactly how quickly he proved himself. &#8220;I had to step my game up fast to pull off the new material,&#8221; Spencer explains. &#8220;But once we started tracking, everything felt comfortable and natural.&#8221; Recorded in 2025, the album reunites the band with world-renowned producer Dave Otero (Cattle Decapitation, Khemmis) for the third time. They locked themselves inside his Denver studio for several months, cutting out distractions and dedicating themselves entirely to the record. Too Fast to Die follows the critically acclaimed Juno Award winning Bleed the Future, and marks the band&#8217;s first fully independent release. Early in the writing process they chose to crowdfund the album, a strategy they&#8217;d used before; but nothing prepared them for the scale of what came next. They raised nearly $400,000 CAD in 30 days, blowing past their goal in under 24 hours and confirming that independence was the right move. &#8220;I was actually shaking when I pressed launch,&#8221; says guitarist Dean Lamb. &#8220;We&#8217;d never taken on something this big, and all I could think was, &#8216;man, I hope we don&#8217;t mess this up.&#8217;&#8221; Too Fast to Die is set for release on April 10, 2026, and represents a new chapter for Archspire. Now fully independent and armed with a revitalized lineup, they&#8217;re intent on expanding their already rabid fanbase, pushing the boundaries of extreme metal, and having a great time doing it.]]></description>
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                                <title>Ryan Caraveo</title>
                                <eventupdate>3 months ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://waitingroomlounge.com/event/ryan-caraveo-forever-foggy-tour/waiting-room-lounge/omaha-nebraska/</link>
                                <pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[VIP&#160;PACKAGES INCLUDE:&#160; One (1) GA ticket to the show One (1) Picture with Ryan Caraveo Early Entry to the venue One (1) exclusive merch item Early access to the merchandise table Please arrive 60-minutes prior to doors to participate in the VIP experience &#160; Ryan Caraveo is a genre-blurring artist whose music turns vulnerability into atmosphere. Raised in Seattle and shaped by years of self-reliance, Ryan built his career from the ground up&#8212;crafting songs that feel equal parts confession, dreamscape, and cinematic release. Known for his shadowy melodies &#38; introspective storytelling, Ryan creates worlds where foggy emotions and raw resilience collide.&#160; Ryan first drew attention with early independent releases that showcased his ability to balance haunting production with deeply personal lyrics. As his audience grew, so did the ambition of his sound&#8212;melding alternative, hip-hop, indie pop, and electronic elements into something instantly identifiable. Every track feels handcrafted, reflecting an artist who obsesses over detail, emotion, and visual identity in equal measure.&#160; Across hundreds of millions of streams and a cult-like fanbase that spans continents, Ryan has remained unwaveringly independent. He writes, designs, and shapes every part of his world himself, building a creative universe where music, visuals, and storytelling all serve the same purpose: to say the things most people swallow. His upcoming era, Forever Foggy, pushes deeper into that universe&#8212;exploring themes of self-protection, growth, longing, and the blurred line between who we are and who we pretend to be.&#160; Whether performed onstage or experienced alone in headphones, Ryan Caraveo&#8217;s music provides a rare kind of mirror&#8212;one that reflects fears, flaws, and hope with brutal clarity. He makes music for those who feel everything.&#160;]]></description>
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                                <title>DeVotchKa</title>
                                <eventupdate>3 months ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://waitingroomlounge.com/event/devotchka/waiting-room-lounge/omaha-nebraska/</link>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[In a serendipitous moment on &#8220;Morning Becomes Eclectic,&#8221; the radio station KCRW in Santa Monica changed the trajectory of both indie cinema and one of Denver's most distinctive musical voices. When filmmakers Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris heard DeVotchKa's evocative sound drifting through the airwaves, they knew they'd found the emotional heartbeat for their film &#8220;Little Miss Sunshine.&#8221; That instinct proved prophetic. DeVotchKa's soundtrack and score for the 2006 film became inseparable from its story. The bittersweet orchestration to the Hoover family's cross-country journey, captured the themes of hope, resilience, and beautifully imperfect dreams. The band's signature sound gave the film its unmistakable soul, turning moments like young Olive's final dance into cultural touchstones. The work earned DeVotchKa a Grammy nomination for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album and the film won two Oscars. Introducing the world to the band's cinematic, lush orchestral sound, songs like "Til the End of Time" and "How It Ends" transcended the screen to become anthems. Now, two decades later, DeVotchKa will be celebrating this landmark collaboration with a special 20th anniversary tour, &#8220;A Tribute to the Music of Little Miss Sunshine.&#8221; The performance honors not just the music that helped define a generation of independent film, but the unlikely journey that began with a radio station, a perfect song at the perfect moment, and a story about never giving up on what makes you different. Join DeVotchKa as they revisit the soundtrack and score that launched them into the cultural conversation &#8211; a reminder that sometimes the most beautiful twists of fate create the most lasting art.]]></description>
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                                <title>Ratboys</title>
                                <eventupdate>6 months ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://waitingroomlounge.com/event/ratboys/waiting-room-lounge/omaha-nebraska/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2025 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[Ratboys present a momentous new single, &#8220;Light Night Mountains All That,&#8221; and announce a North American tour. This is the band&#8217;s first new music, and their first with New West Records, since The Window, one of the most-praised albums of 2023. The Window catapulted the band from being beloved to &#8220;feverishly fixated upon&#8221; (Stereogum), and &#8220;Light Night Mountains All That&#8221; seizes that attention and doesn&#8217;t let it look away. The Window received a wealth of critical praise from the likes of The New York Times, NPR Music, Rolling Stone, Billboard, Stereogum, and Uproxx, while Pitchfork called it "a level-up record" for the band. &#8220;Light Night Mountains All That&#8221; is singer/guitarist Julia Steiner&#8217;s most thrilling vocal take yet, bolstered by a powerhouse performance by guitarist Dave Sagan, drummer Marcus Nuccio, bassist Sean Neumann, and piano by track co-producer Chris Walla. The track, deemed their &#8220;wormhole jam&#8221; by Steiner, is driven by an unorthodox time structure, exhilarating instrumentation, and the flare of extraterrestrial guitar bloops. In early 2026, Ratboys will perform across North America. As Paste praises, Ratboys have &#8220;a live chemistry that remains unparalleled and irreplaceable.&#8221;]]></description>
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