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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.
05/22/2013 | Comments 0

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

SXSW: The Ettes / Sea of Bees


Female-led garage rock, female-led acoustic songwriting

By Stephen Carradini March 16th, 2012

The Ettes
Credits: Stephen Carradini

The Ettes play a no-frills, to-the-point form of garage rock that gets in, gets down and gets out. The female guitarist and vocalist, female drummer and male bassist cranked out nuggets of fuzzed-out, aggressive goodness that the audience absolutely ate up. They powered through a twenty-minute set, and had multiple audience members come up afterwards and regale them with some variation of "f*@#ing fantastic!!"

Sea of Bees
Credits: Stephen Carradini
Sea of Bees was the attitudinal inverse of The Ettes: the two-girl acoustic/electric songwriting duo cracked jokes, smiled, thanked everyone copiously, and generally charmed the audience. Their gentle, swoon-worthy tunes provided a calming agent after the rock'n'roll of the Ettes, and I thoroughly enjoyed the members' instrumental and vocal interactions. If you're into Cat Power, Samantha Crain or the like, you should check them out.  

 
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