Add new record label and Chicago location, subtract a few members, and you get Margot and the Nuclear So and So's 'Buzzard'

[Margot and the Nuclear So and So's w/ Jookabox & Burnt Ones]
[Tuesday, 9 p.m.] [Waiting Room, Omaha] [$10]

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Margot and the Nuclear So and So's aren't the same band they were four years ago.

Membership has slimmed from a jamboree to six. They're no longer based out of Indianapolis, Ind., but now Chicago. And they've started a personal record label, Mariel Recording Company, set up by band songwriter and ringleader Richard Edwards along with guitarist Erik Kang.

The band released their Chicago-influenced "Buzzard" in September with their label after working with Epic for their 2008 sophomore dual-release "Animal!" and "Not Animal." Big-label pains aside, Margot looks forward to releasing an EP in January.

Margot will be in Omaha on Tuesday for a 9 p.m. show at the Waiting Room.

I was able to talk with Edwards while out on tour about the new album.

Mac Lethal gives details on 'Irish Goodbye,' due out Spring 2011

[Mac Lethal w/ F. Stokes & Conchance]
[Monday, 9 p.m.] [ Waiting Room, Omaha]
[$10]

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Mac Lethal has had his share of time with independent hip-hop label Rhymesayers.

"I have nothing but respect for them," said the Kansas City hip-hop artist.

His first album "11:11" was released with the label. After leaving, Mac re-released the album his own way on his own label, Black Clover Records.

Any hard feelings in the past, Mac still keeps relations with Rhymesayers artists like Slug of Atmosphere and Brother Ali, especially with the passing of the label's Eyedea.

Michael "Eyedea" Larson was found dead in his apartment Oct. 16 at the age of 28. His death was recently ruled as an accidental drug overdose with the direct cause of death being opiate toxicity, according to the Ramsay County medical examiner's office of the Twin Cities area.

With the passing of his mother a few years ago, death is all too familiar with Mac. The experience is also a topic of interest on his upcoming album "Irish Goodbye," expected out on Black Clover this spring.

Don't be misled by Mac having but one album out. He actually has quite the plethora of music with six volumes of "The Love Potion Series" and other mixtapes.

Mac will be in Omaha at the Waiting Room on Monday night with Chicago artist F. Stokes and local artist Conchance.

I was able to catch up with Mac while on tour to discuss details of the new album.