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IndianGiver — Plafond EP

If you were to peruse the “About” section of IndianGiver’s Facebook page, you’ll notice how the instruments attributed to each of the Oklahoma City band’s five members are described with downright flippancy: Dylan Jordan plays “sticks & animal skins,” while Jazzton Rodriguez earns his keep with “shanties & loud noises,” and so on.
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Various artists — Never Give Up: Celebrating 10 Years of The Postal Service

Few indie bands have had the impact on current music that The Postal Service has. Even fewer have done so with only one album.
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Big Worm — Bench All-Stars

Fans of the comedy classic Friday may recognize the name Big Worm, but the Big Worm behind Bench All-Stars is rooted not in South Central L.A., but on the streets of Oklahoma City.
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Code 22 — Going Soft: The Acoustic Album!

The guys of Oklahoma City’s Code 22 seem like a likable group of fellas. Their latest release, Going Soft: The Acoustic Album!, is likable enough as well — so likable that on first listen, I took its clean, acoustic sound and clear, unstressed vocals as an alternative praise-and-worship band.
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Eureeka — Polysynthetic Fields

It’s always refreshing to hear music that embraces its own eccentricity, yet presents it in an accessible and meek fashion. Eureeka — the Norman-based duo of Jordan Vargas and Devin Wahl — has tapped into this rarified air on its self-released EP, Polysynthetic Fields.
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Soundcheck: Classic Series Concert Previews


Rod Lott October 12th, 2011  

Ticketholders to Saturday’s performance of the Oklahoma City Philharmonic are urged to get there early — not to compete for seats, but to hear the story behind the strings.

Saturday marks the second of the group’s eight Classic Series Concert Previews, which are lectures that take place before showtime, in which local musicians and educators offer insights beyond what attendees will find in the program. At 7 p.m., an hour before pianist Jon Kimura Parker joins the Philharmonic for “Two Aspects of Romanticism,” Sergio Monteiro will preview the pieces. He is the newly appointed director of the piano department at Oklahoma City University’s Wanda Bass School of Music. Philharmonic music director Joel Levine (pictured) kicked off the series for the Sept. 24 season start.

Presented in conjunction with the Oklahoma City Orchestra League, all the Concert Previews are free. They are scheduled to take place before the Nov. 19 performance, and in 2012, on Jan. 7, Feb. 4, March 3, March 31 and May 19. For more information, call 842-5387 or visit okcphilharmonic.org. —Rod Lott

 
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