Tuesday 21 May
 
 

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.
05/15/2013 | Comments 0

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.
05/08/2013 | Comments 0

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

Tom Skinner — Tom Skinner

Sincerity is nearly dead in songwriting. The image of the earnest singer with eyes tightly shut and a crack in his voice as he plunges to emotional depths has become a joke.
05/08/2013 | Comments 0
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Bear necessities

I Wrestled a Bear Once takes a kitchen-sink approach to its raging mix of alt-metal.


Music

Chris Parker
I Wrestled a Bear Once with Molotov Solution, Glass Cloud and more
6 p.m. Monday
The Conservatory
8911 N. Western
conservatoryokc.com
607-4805
$12-$15
 
Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Still urgent

No 'Head Games' at work here: Foreigner works hard to stay relevant. Having all those hit single sure helps.


Music

Joshua Boydston
Foreigner with The Motels
7 p.m. Friday
Lucky Star Casino
7777 N. Highway 81, Concho
luckystarcasino.org
262-7612
$37.50-$90
 
Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Am I Blue?

A chaotic private life allowed Blue October to get personal on its latest disc, 'Any Man in America.'


Music

Joshua Boydston
Blue October with Girl in a Coma
7 p.m. Tuesday
Diamond Ballroom
8001 S. Eastern
diamondballroom.net
677-9169
$24-$29
 
Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Rev up

Changing hearts and minds one song at a time, Emma’s Revolution keeps fighting the good fight.


Music

Chris Parker
Emma’s Revolution
7 p.m. Saturday
The Blue Door
2805 N. McKinley
bluedoorokc.com
524-0738
$15-$20
 
Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Saucedfest scheduled

Now Sauced doesn't just taste good, but sounds good.


Music

Gazette staff
As if pizza alone weren’t tasty enough, Sauced on Paseo stages Saucedfest, a three-night, 15-act festival of free live music. It begins 6 p.m. Friday at the 2912 Paseo eatery, and continues at 5 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday.
 
Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Kam they do it?

Yes, they can! The Kamals have combined their influences to create a sound unique in the Oklahoma music scene.


Music

Joshua Boydston
The Kamals with Black Jack Gypsys and The Trading Co.
9 p.m. Friday
Opolis
113 N. Crawford, Norman
opolis.org
820-0951
$7

 
Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Giving them hell

Although The All-American Rejects long ago traded Stillwater for Los Angeles, their Midwestern sensibilities help them ‘Move Along’ the path of global greatness.


Music

Matt Carney
The All-American Rejects with A Rocket to the Moon
7 p.m. Friday
Diamond Ballroom
8001 S. Eastern
diamondballroom.net
677-9169
$22-$24
 
Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Beneath the Keith

Even if audiences didn’t love John Paul Keith’s music, he’d still love playing it. But they do.


Music

Joshua Boydston
John Paul Keith with The Copperheads and Black Canyon
8:30 p.m. Friday
VZD’s Restaurant & Club
4200 N. Western
vzds.com
524-4203
$8
 
Wednesday, April 4, 2012

All about Eve

Whatever happened to Eve 6? If the pop-punk band has its way, you won’t have to ask.


Music

Joshua Boydston
Eve 6
7 p.m. Tuesday
ACM@UCO Performance Lab
323 E. Sheridan
acm-uco.com
974-4700
$16-$19
 
Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Doobie Doobie do

Four decades strong, The Doobie Brothers are still ‘Takin’ It to the Streets.’


Music

Joshua Boydston
The Doobie Brothers
8 p.m. Friday
Riverwind Casino
1544 W. State Highway 9, Norman
riverwind.com
322-6000
$48-$58

 
Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Just Joshin’

While on-the-verge Josh Sallee has named his new album 'Probable Flaws,' the Oklahoma City rapper lets his skills say otherwise.


Music

Matt Carney
Josh Sallee with Chase Kerby
9 p.m. Friday
Kamp’s Deli & XIII X Lounge
1310 N.W. 25th
kampsok.com
819-6004
$10

 
Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Needle points


Music

Jenn Scott
If you’re listening to your favorite music, you’re likely in your happy place, too. It’s important to stay loyal to your roots.
 
Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Union labors

Bluegrass giants Alison Krauss and Union Station continue to pick and pluck their way to popular brilliance.


Music

Matt Carney
Alison Krauss and Union Station
7:30 p.m. Sunday
Civic Center Music Hall
201 N. Walker
okcciviccenter.com
$49.50-$59.50
297-2264
 
Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Music Made Me: Cameron Neal

Horse Thief’s lead singer speaks about the five albums that he holds dear.


Music

Matt Carney

Grateful Dead, American Beauty (1970)
From the nine months before I was born until now, this album and every other album by The Grateful Dead has been playing in my life. The free-spirit sound and attitude of this band is a huge part of who I am today. This would be a band that has changed the way I’ve thought about more life situations than religion. The smooth feeling of folk with a blend of psychedelic sound waves on this album speaks to me in ways little music does.

 
Wednesday, March 21, 2012

My name is ____

We asked a bunch of local bands to tell us the origins of their names. Babies, zombies and Bible passages ensued.


Music

Matt Carney
Zombie vs. Shark
“Our name refers to the underwater fight scene in the 1979 Italian zombie flick Zombi 2. . It was [singer] Jeremy [Gragg]’s idea, but we all thought it was funny and appropriate for reasons we’ve nev ertheless found hard to articulate. But I’ll try. I imagine ‘Zombie vs. Shark’ as some-thing a preadolescent boy play ing with action figures would dream up as the ultimate fight scenario. A zombie fighting a shark is willful in its arbitrariness and, as such, it expresses a kind of enthusiastically staged conflict you can also hear in our music.” —Robert Scafe, guitarist
 
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
 
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