The Appleseed Cast News

INCHES reviews Lambo, Marshmallow Ghosts , Bipolar Bear, and Pink Noise Wed., Oct.

What's Chris Crisci building in there? Chris Crisci is creating something from nothing.

An Horse rose from the obscurity of an Australian record store basement stage to the a oeLate Show with David Lettermana in a little under two years, which is a head-slapping, needle-scratching-across-the-record fast time frame, even in todaya s speedy, blog-amped music scene.

The a oeOmaha Sounda is one of the few stylistically determinable phrases of this decade that lacks pretentiousness and overwrought conceptual tasks.

Ever hear about this amazing local music scene but dona t really know what people are talking about? Find out what people are raving about Friday at the Turnpike Music Showcase at Liberty Hall.

The city that made Conor famous should have its own music festival - the Omaha version of Austin's South by Southwest, Tennessee's Bonaroo or Chicago's Lollapalooza.

The guys in Moving Mountains prefer the terms "indie rock" and "post rock" instead of "emo" in describing their sound.

Appleseed Cast side project Old Canes are now with Saddle Creek Records. The Lawrence, Kans.

Saddle Creek Records is adding to its roster again. The local indie label will release "Feral Harmonic" from Kansas folk rock band Old Canes on October 20, 2009.

Leaning on the wall of Subterranean last night wearing iPod headphones and sporting a long gray beard was Chris Crisci, singer and guitarist for Kansas' post-rock band The Appleseed Cast.

You can add another summer music festival to your calendars - this time in Omaha.

Behind the report Oregon Attorney General John Kroger released regarding the investigation of Portland Mayor Sam Adams' relationship with Beau Breedlove is an extraordinary amount of detail even the casual observer should find fascinating.

John Congleton produces music for bands like Modest Mouse and the Appleseed Cast, all challenging projects, all considerably different.

"Caption reads: It's all over now." Of all the emo bands that provided away-message fodder for my friend Doug at the turn of the century, the one I remember most fondly is the Appleseed Cast, a Lawrence, Kansas, crew that quickly evolved past ripping off Sunny Day Real Estate.

This week the Sonicbids Spotlight is thrust on a dark corner of Brooklyn, lighting up a band that dwells in percussive, reverberated shadow.