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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

Music Video Monday: Get up offa that thing


Featuring a rapper/attorney leading jumping jacks

By Stephen Carradini May 16th, 2011

These videos were designed to make you move. One  refuses to go to sleep, one has swordfights in it and a third is chock-full of people doing jumping jacks. Read on for more sweating.

Arkansas rapper/attorney MC Spookytooth dropped this video for “Healthification,” which is the theme song for Mercy Hospitals’ part in National Employee Health and Fitness Day. There has never been anything like this video ever before. That's not necessarily a recommendation:


The video for FM Belfast’s gleeful electro-pop cut “I Don´t Want to Go to Sleep Either” is just as enthusiastic and repeatable as the song itself. I’ve watched/heard this at least a dozen times:


Portland dance-pop band Starfucker’s “Julius” clip is an excellent rumination on childhood imagination:

 
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