Tim Carr holds a cat at a Universe Contest after-show party in a Lincoln, Nebraska, backyard.
A clown watches a house show in Omaha, Nebraska.
A Nikki Lane band member is shaded by her hat during the band's set at SXSW in Austin, Texas.
A fan hangs from the top of a tent covering the crowd during Spoon's set at SXSW in Austin, Texas.
Ema Marco performs at House of Loom in Omaha, Nebraska.
Patrick Tape Fleming stretches before a Gloom Balloon set at Knickerbockers in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Bogusman plays at the Sheldon Museum of Art in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Kill County performs at the 2015 Nebraska Folk and Roots Festival in Raymond, Nebraska.
A couple dances in the moonlight during the 2015 Nebraska Folk and Roots Festival in Raymond, Nebraska.
Blind Pets plays a house show in a neighborhood three miles south of SXSW in Austin, Texas.
A man exits a porta-potty at Maha Music Festival in Omaha, Nebraska.
The Hottman Sisters perform on the Good Living Tour in Red Cloud, Nebraska.
A couple relaxes at Maha Music Festival in Omaha, Nebraska.
Concertgoers raise their drinks in memory of Reece Benesch, who died in an accident two months before, while his mother speaks during the memorial show at Duffy's Tavern in Lincoln, Nebraska. "We need to be good to people we know," she said, "we need to be good to people we don't know. Because that was Reece."