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Maha Goes Girl Power | Lazy-i

Posted by Michael Todd on Mon, 05/07/2012 - 1:38pm in column, dum dum girls, garbage, Icky Blossoms, lazy-i, maha, Maha Music Festival, tim mcmahan

After last year's lack of female performers, Maha is looking to be "practically a Midwestern Lilith Fair" with its lineup this year.

Delta Spirit, Dum Dum Girls, Eli Mardock Join Maha | Partial Lineup Announcement

Posted by Michael Todd on Sun, 05/06/2012 - 8:33pm in delta spirit, dum dum girls, Eli Mardock, festival, maha, Maha Music Festival

Maha Music Festival adds Delta Spirit, Dum Dum Girls and Eli Mardock to the lineup, and also announces its first free showcase for June 30.

MAHA 2011 | Festival Review

Posted by caseywelsch on Tue, 08/16/2011 - 11:01am in 2011, big deep, envy corps, festival, guided by voices, j mascis, machete archive, maha, matisyahu, music, nebraska, Noah's Ark Was a Spaceship, omaha, photos, reverend horton heat, review, so-so sailors, Somasphere, summer

Maha 2011 was an absolute blast. The weather was perfect, the bands brought their all and the crowds just wanted to have fun. So did HN's interns, who collaborated for this review. 

How to Have a Merry MAHA | Preview

Posted by bwergin2 on Thu, 08/11/2011 - 7:58pm in festival, maha, music, Noah's Ark Was a Spaceship, Somasphere, the big deep, The machete archive, the so-so sailors

Forgot it's already time for MAHA? Here's everything you need to know to maximize your MAHA motivation.

The So-So Sailors' Scuttlebutt | Q&A

Posted by Michael Todd on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 11:52am in digital leather, festival, fortnight, maha, millions of boys, music, nebraska, omaha, showcase, Slowdown, the so-so sailors

Sit in on a belly-to-the-bar conversation with three-fifths of Omaha's "sunburnt stowaways," hanging out at The Sydney. Catch them live tonight at their MAHA Showcase at Slowdown.

Jay Reatard As Jesus | Q&A

Posted by Michael Todd on Mon, 07/25/2011 - 10:48am in digital leather, infinite sun, jay reatard, kickstarter, maha, michael todd, music, music festival, nebraska, omaha, Q&A, sea of hate, shawn foree, Slowdown, volar records

Digital Leather's Shawn Foree has a moral compass whose his name is Jay Reatard. From writing songs to dealing with record labels, Foree relies on the memory of Reatard to help him through.

Summer Across the State | Music Festivals, Concert Series

Posted by Michael Todd on Mon, 07/11/2011 - 11:00am in comstock, maha, music, nebraska, nebraska music festivals, nebraska pop festival, nebraska state fair, oregon trail days, red sky, stransky park

In other words, how to spend your weekends and days off. Why not take a road trip?

The Machete Archive Curates | Q&A

Posted by Michael Todd on Wed, 06/29/2011 - 10:51am in duffys, her flyaway manner, irkutsk, local, machete archive, maha, music, nebraska, powerful science

The Machete Archive writes 25-minute-long instrumental progressive rock songs, refers to them by Roman numerals and wears masks in photos. What's not to be joyfully terrified by?

The Envy Corps added to MAHA; Omaha Girls Rock needs your help | Lazy-i

Posted by caseywelsch on Wed, 06/29/2011 - 9:51am in envy corps, girls rock, lazy-i, maha, music, nebraska, omaha

The Envy Corps gets added to Maha, and Omaha Girls Rock needs some new gear.

Her Flyaway Manner's Not-So Chinese Democracy | Q&A

Posted by Michael Todd on Tue, 06/28/2011 - 11:07am in audio, duffys, her flyaway manner, lincoln, local, machete archive, maha, nebraska

Brendan McGinn reveals how to keep a band together 15 years, how to succeed at not succeeding and how his band differs from Guns N' Roses.