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I heard from Jeremy Buckley, the organizer of Lincoln Calling, over the weekend and this year’s event — slated for Sept. 14-16 — sounds like it’s coming together rather well. If you haven’t already seen the preliminary line-up on Starcity Scene or SLAM Omaha, here it is:

Criteria
Maritime
Tie These Hands
Heiruspecs
The Show is the Rainbow
Neva Dinova
Little Brazil
The Golden Age
Eagle*Seagull
The Prids
Her Flyaway Manner
Spring Gun
Ladyfinger
Ideal Cleaners
Axes to the Sky
Tijuana Gigolos
The Jazzwholes
Forty Twenty
The Killigans
Mezcal Brothers
56 Hope Road
The Speech Impediments
Deformities
This Is We
Boycaught
Youth In Asia
Jaeger Fight
Once A Pawn
Bloodcow
Westside Proletariat

Jeremy tells me they’ll be splitting up the three Saddle Creek bands to help spread the crowd around (instead of having a one-venue, one-night Creek showcase). I suspect there will be more bands added in the near future. It looks like One Percent Productions is helping out again this year as well. Keep an eye on the Lincoln Calling website, which he promises will be updated soon.

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