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CD reviews

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.
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

VOTD: Cartoon Dick


Plus, Bells, Foxes and Josh Sallee’s birthday.

By Matt Carney January 24th, 2012

“Heaven Knows” sees Yukon’s Luke Dick branching out into some philosophizing, Randy Newman-ish territory, which I imagine he really needed in order to sort through the issues he was dealing with the last time we saw him on OKSee.

Anyhoo, this cartoon is pretty charming, considering it’s about a dead frog:



Sleigh Bells — “Comeback Kid”
And while you’re here, might as well stick around for some more music videos. With this standout new single from the forthcoming Sleigh Bells album, cutie-pie singer Alexis Krauss does a couple of the dance moves that I do when I listen to Sleigh Bells. Also, kudos to guitarist Derek Miller’s sartorial choice in that old-school Nirvana tee:


Fleet Foxes and Joanna Newsom — “Austin City Limits” performances
Some people my age forget that Austin City Limits didn’t begin as a music festival. It was “Austin City Limits” the television program, and it’s got a couple of freak-folk’s greatest talents on its most recent episode, which aired last weekend. Watch Fleet Foxes and Joanna Newsom go for austere beauty:



Josh Sallee — Birthday Rager
Miss Josh Sallee’s birthday party this weekend? OKC videographer Jimi Wonder’s got your back. Watch some clips of his performance below. And kudos to the very complimentary, apparently very inebriated young lady who declared Josh a “25” on a scale of 1 to 10. We love him, too. But probably not quite that much.



Los Campesinos! — "By Your Hand" on "Late Night with David Letterman"
I don't know I missed this after declaring "Hello Sadness" my top record of 2011, but my favorite Welsh indie-pop/rock septet Los Campesinos! stopped by "Letterman" to play a kinda awkward version of that album's infectious single. The awkwardness continues even after the song ends, when Letterman speaks aloud the condescending thoughts in his head.



Nicki Minaj — "Stupid Hoe"
Yes, Nicki Minaj has a song called "Stupid Hoe." Also yes, the video's directed by Hype Williams, who, when paired with Miss Nicki, makes stuff that's just flat-out nonsensical. But hyper-addictive eye and aural candy, nonetheless. Watch, but only if you're ready for your brain to turn to goopy pop mush.


 
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