by Tim McMahan, Lazy-i.com

Another typically poor weekend for touring indie shows, but what do you expect in Omaha in the heart of winter? Still, a few things worth mentioning for your weekend…

Omaha band Glow celebrates the release of their debut full-length, The Beauty Outshines the Hurting. The five-piece plays riff-fueled grunge-influenced heavy stomp-rock that’ll get your devil-horns flying. Also on the bill is Dan Brennan’s noise-rock project Healer and local metal act Setback. $15, 8 p.m. 

Meanwhile, back in Benson at Reverb Lounge, Minneapolis indie duo Bad Bad Hats headlines tonight. They’ve released four records on mid-major indie label Don Giovanni Records including their recent self-titled LP that dropped last April. Los Angeles singer/songwriter Elana Carroll a.k.a. Party Nails opens along with Wichita band Social Cinema. $20, 8 p.m. 

Tomorrow night (Saturday) fabulous O’Leaver’s is hosting three acoustic performances in their fabled, mysterious, speakeasy-style basement! I went down there years ago and it was très cool, but that was at least three floods ago! The performers: Joe Humpal of Universe Contest, BareBear (a.k.a. Rob Walters) and Eric Maly of Slow Pioneers/The Obscurants. It’s free and starts at 9 p.m.

Finally, Reverb is hosting a couple prairie-style singer/songwriters Saturday night. Nashville’s Dylan LeBlanc’s latest LP, Coyote, was released in 2023 by ATO Records and reminds me of ‘70s acts like America. Austin-ite David Ramirez comes from the Randy Newman/Harry Nillson school of easy-going songwriting.  $25, 8 p.m. 

And that’s all I got. If I missed your show, put it in the comments section. Have a great weekend!

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