Ladyfinger, circa a few years ago...

by Tim McMahan, Lazy-i.com

Moving on…

Tonight amidst the tents and madness that is the College World Series, The Slowdown says goodbye to the cover bands and heralds the return to regular programming with the hottest ticket of the weekend: Ladyfinger and Noah’s Ark Was a Spaceship. And the best part: the ticket is free. This late show starts at 10 p.m. Hopefully by then the fans will have begun to leave and there will be some parking within a mile of Slowdown…

Also tonight, Bear Stories plays at The Barley Street Tavern with world-famous act TBA. $5, 9:30 p.m.

Up the street at The Waiting Room Rock Paper Dynamite headlines a show with Snake Island, Dim Light and The Decaturs. $7, 9 p.m.

Meanwhile, across town at O’Leaver’s, In Love headlines a show with Everyday/Everynight, Field Club and Joe Champion. $5, 9:30 p.m.

And then Saturday…

Ames Iowa band The Envy Corps is used to playing some of Omaha’s larger stages but Saturday night will experience the intimate confines of The Barley Street Tavern when they play with Portland band Sam Adams. $5, 9 p.m.

The Brothers Lounge hosts another live show Saturday night with SoCal band Detox (ex-Locust Locust, Head Wound City, Holy Molar, All Leather, Some Girls, Swing Kids, Le Butcherettes, Cattle Decapitation, Struggle, The Festival of Dead Deer, & the Crimson Curse ) with The Fucking Party. $5, 10 p.m.

Over at The Waiting Room Saturday night it’s Doomtree collective artist Dessa with Aby Wolf and Her Claws & Purveyors of the Conscious Sound. Hip-hop y’all. $8 now/$10 DOS. 9 p.m.

Finally, back down amidst the CWS, Satchel Grande is playing at The Slowdown Saturday night with Funk Trek. It’s another free show at 10 p.m.

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