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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.
05/08/2013 | Comments 0

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.
05/08/2013 | Comments 0
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Tulsa's Dfest ups the ante with more acts, bigger names


Charles Martin July 26th, 2007

With a beefed-up list of more than 150 acts and a move to a bigger venue, the two-day festival and music conference known as Dfest will celebrate the state's centennial in style, Friday ...

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With a beefed-up list of more than 150 acts and a move to a bigger venue, the two-day festival and music conference known as Dfest will celebrate the state's centennial in style, Friday and Saturday in Tulsa's Blue Dome District.

Now in its sixth year, the festival also is breaking with tradition to bring in some bigger names, such as:
" The Flaming Lips,
" Leon Russell,
" Shiny Toy Guns,
" Kevin Welch,
" Starlight Mints,
" Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey and
" The Format, in addition to more than 100 regional and state performers.

CULTURE
"The mayor of Tulsa was at the Dfest press conference, the city of Tulsa supports it and the festival has become part of the cultural fabric of the renaissance of music in Tulsa," said Mike Sager of Blue Dome LLC. "We have a large complex of bars and restaurants with more coming in all the time. It is already a proven area, and we can accommodate more and more."

Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips said of attendees, "They should just go see some dumb music, get drunk and have sex with their girlfriend." "Charles Martin

 
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