Reverb Spring Fling
Black Cat Rodeo
Zashed
Adjust The Sails
Adjust the Sails is an emo band from Atlanta, GA. Fronted by Shane Hurst, Adjust The Sails is known for catchy, acoustic driven songs and heartfelt lyrics exploring death, love, and addiction. FFO: The Front Bottoms, Mom Jeans., and Modern Baseball Sunday Cruise is a Chicago-based indie/alternative rock band built on raw emotion and infectious energy. Fronted by songwriter Zoe Garcia alongside Camden Kiefer (lead guitar), Cassidy McGill (bass), and Nolan Manke (drums), the band has been quietly building something special, earning over 5 million streams since their 2020 debut Am I Pretty? Their 2024 album The Art of Losing My Reflection marked a natural evolution for the band, exploring themes of self-discovery, mental health, and the messy complexities of young adulthood with warmth and vulnerability. In 2025, they followed it up with Eat My Heart — a 5-track EP that centers queer relationships with the same emotional honesty and melodic heart that has always defined their sound. At their core, Sunday Cruise makes music for the moments that are hard to put into words. With a growing catalog and a community of listeners who keep coming back, they’re a band that only gets more interesting with time. Follow along at @sundaycruiseband. FFO: Indigo De Souza, Clarion, and Destroy Boys Bridging the gap between humor and sincerity, HummusVacuum is a tongue-in-cheek EmoPunk outfit based out of Columbus, Ohio. Mixing earnest, anthemic emo/power-pop songs with fast-paced eccentrics, HummusVacuum aims to bridge the gap between poignant punk ferocity and light-hearted sensibility in a way that feels fresh. FFO: Jeff Rosenstock, Origami Angel, and Motion City Soundtrack worlds greatest dad is an emotive indie band from Atlanta, GA. We make music that we like and we hope you like it too. FFO: Tigers Jaw, Microwave, and Pool Kids Proving with every show that pop punk is alive and well is Connecticut band, Cinema Stare. The four piece powerhouse of emo and pop brings a distinct energy to their performances. In 2023, the band released their debut album, “The Things I Don’t Need”, to a heartwarming reception. After multiple US tours, the band is gearing up for a fun 2026 with a new record release, more tours, and even sillier shenanigans. FFO: Daisy Grenade, Like Roses, and Sweet Pill
Brokencyde
Tim Kasher
Hey, you. Sponges of Experience was written over the 4-day weekend of Memorial Day, 2025. It was a challenge to myself: when I was a wee teenager, I heard Elvis Costello mention on some talk show (I’ve long forgotten which) that he could write an album over a weekend. It was an offhand remark, a throwaway line as he was promoting something or other. As I had already become a prolific writer myself, I was curious if I could pull off something of the sort.Fast forward to 35-odd years later, I decided to give it a shot. I offered myself FOUR days rather than just the two, and perhaps that’s a cheat, but since it was Memorial Day weekend I decided to allow it. As it turned out, I absolutely needed those extra two days.The other rules were simple: I just needed to write a complete composition and completed lyrics for enough songs to fill an album. At least… eight songs, though I would’ve been disappointed with just eight. I kept pushing myself to write as much as possible, as I wanted to have enough songs to be able to weed out one or two of the crappier contributions. All of the additional arrangements you hear were written and recorded after the fact, casually over the remaining year, no rush nor rules on those parameters.I have a nice little community online, a Patreon group called, “Tim Kasher’s home phone”, that I shared the weekend challenge with. They were incredibly supportive, helping keep me to task as I didn’t want to let them (nor I) down. As soon as I finished a song I went live online to perform it. ‘Receipts’, you might say.I started strong: four songs the first day and four songs the second day. Excellent, after two days I had already hit that minimum quota of eight songs! But as mentioned, I wanted more; more songs to be able to pick and choose from.The third day was rough. Unsurprisingly, I hit a wall and had to take the bulk of the day off as I simply could not muster any inspiration. I managed to eke out one more song that day. But the fourth and final day bore more fruit, including The Collapse and Don’t Hang Up, a couple of favorites. What a ride.Spurred on by many of the kind folk in the Patreon group, I decided not to cut any songs from the album and let it be released as a complete artifact of the weekend. I can’t claim to love all these songs, but I do love some of them, and certainly, all of them are endearing to me.This funny little trifle of a weekend project wound up meaning a lot to me. I love music and songwriting in a way I don’t think I’ll ever quite be able to explain, though I’m sure I’ll continue to try, and will continue to express this adoration for the rest of my days. I feel so incredibly thankful for being a songwriter, and I encourage all of you to become songwriters as well. They don’t gotta be good songs, it’s enough that they’re simply yours. With sincerity, Tim.
Orialus
Orialus – Orialus is an American heavy metal band based out of Omaha, NE formed in late 2020. This show will be in celebration of their album release for “The World Ends With You” on Sulairo Records! https://www.instagram.com/orialusofficial/ Jiblets – metalcore band from Lincoln, NE https://www.instagram.com/jibletmaster Petty Beige – post-hardcore/ math rock / Midwest emo from Omaha https://www.instagram.com/petty.beige.band/
Cosmic ReKinection Pre Party
Cosmic ReKinection Pre Party for Omaha will feature some of the local talent that worked hard to land their place at Cosmic ReKinection. This Pre Party is a way to experience some aspects that ReKinection is so known for. The day will start out with Yoga by Kendall Lanning, Dj’d by MRLYN. (Limited Spaces) Followed by a Sound Bath with Lindsey Hylen. You get to hear spoken word from Soul Piece & SunChild prior to the music — music from SKAPA, Sploinka, RAWLZ, RÜGER, DARKWOOD x Callisto, NCITE. There will be a short Improv by The Off Shelf’s during the night as well. Madison Marie Brunch Come join your commUnity & Deepen your roots together.
FELICITY
FELICITY – FELICITY is an Orlando-based “trash rock” band formed in 2013, blending pop-punk, hard rock, and metalcorehttps://www.instagram.com/wearefelicity/Blondo – pop punk from Omahahttps://blondostreet.bandcamp.comLight Speed Highway – indie / pop punk from Omaha, NEhttps://lightspeedhighway.bandcamp.com/
Slumbering Sun
Slumbering Sun – Slumbering Sun is a powerful new melodic doom entity formed by members of underground mainstays Temptress, Destroyer of Light and Monte Luna. Their resulting sound explores broader melodies and sonics than their other bands, inspired as much by Celtic folk standards as by doom in the vein of Warning, even with hints of the classic 90s heft of Soundgarden and Alice In Chains. doomgaze / post-doom / doom metal from Austin https://slumberingsun.bandcamp.com/ Insomniac – A band that exists between this world and the next. A bouncing ball on the sound and rhythm of the universe. An aural guide. Writing their songs in the frequency of the earth, the Atlanta-based quintet’s sound casts the light on the magic and strange beauty in the balance between unconsciousness and dreams. heavy psychedelic rock / doom from Atlanta https://insomniacvibes.bandcamp.com/music/ Weaving Shadows – 4 piece Existential Dread Inducing Sludge/Doom from Nebraska https://weavingshadows.bandcamp.com
