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Songwriter Tim Kasher, center, draws inspiration from his screenwriting projects. A band like Cursive can be hard to keep up with.

Tim Kasher loves a good story. The frontman for the rock collective known Cursive has designed musical novellas on recordings including 2000's Domestica and 2003's The Ugly Organ. The themes are often dark, restless and even a little depraved.

Cursive plays Revolution Monday night. CURSIVE 8 p.m. Revolution. $12 adv., $14 d.o.s. Probably it's fair to say that Cursive 's latest disc, "I Am Gemini," confounded more than a few of the band's longtime fans. It's a convoluted concept album (but aren't they all?) about twin brothers named Cassius and Pollock, one good, one evil, who were separated at birth but are reunited in a creepy old ...

Expect a few angular pop nuggets from Cursive's oeuvre, including Domestica, The Ugly Organ and Happy Hollow, as the Omaha band unveils material from their latest semi-concept record, I Am Gemini. Definitely bring the earplugs because front man Tim Kasher will wail in his special way and drummer ...

Just off Washington Street Friday night, opposing forces were doing battle. Yes, on the ice between the Buffalo Sabres and Pittsburgh Penguins but also in the mythical realm.

Omaha’s Cursive is one of those bands whose increased success does not eclipse their earlier years. They’ve exhibited a rare kind of finesse in navigating the overhyped mainstream limelight, staying true to their roots while maintaining a well defined and constantly evolving musical presence.

Cursive is a true genre-definer. The Omaha-based band has explored a post-hardcore sound and its fringes since the mid '90s, a precursor to what would become popular in the years to come. Longtime members of Saddle Creek Records (Bright Eyes, Land of Talk), they're back with their seventh release "I Am Gemini," a highly conceptual affair which still manages to pull in new listeners alongside ...

Conduits by Mark Keresman Are you feeling nostalgic for the hazy, angst-laden aspects of late-Eighties and Nineties indie rock? Here's just the thing: Omaha band Conduits, which evolved from Son Ambulance, Cursive, and Eagle Seagull, among others, will fill the raging hole in your soul.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

Cursive is a true genre-definer. The Omaha-based band has explored a post-hardcore sound and its fringes since the mid '90s, a precursor to what would become popular in the years to come. Longtime members of Saddle Creek Records (Bright Eyes, Land of Talk), they're back with their seventh release "I Am Gemini," a highly conceptual affair which still manages to pull in new listeners alongside ...

There aren't going to be any hit singles on Cursive's new album, "I Am Gemini." Chances are the band from Omaha won't get too much airplay except on the most experimental and open-minded of radio stations. And releasing a concept album based on the myth of Castor and Pollux? That's so 1970s. It's also what Cursive does.