Music
Gazette staff
It’s gonna be epic Saturday at Club Raw, 3034 N. Portland, as the Oklahoma City rap crew known as Bang Beats Productions will drop its 18-track album, “EPIC,” at 8 p.m.
Wednesday 22 May
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That's 'Epic'
Bang Beats Productions to release 18-track album
Music
Gazette staff
It’s gonna be epic Saturday at Club Raw, 3034 N. Portland, as the Oklahoma City rap crew known as Bang Beats Productions will drop its 18-track album, “EPIC,” at 8 p.m.
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OKG7 things to do
Gazette staff
Tulsa-based rapper Johnny Polygon plays his first-ever Oklahoma City show at 9 p.m. Friday at XIII X Lounge, 1310 N.W. 25th.
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Gazette staff
Edmond’s own rapidfire-delivery rapper Josh Sallee celebrates his new project with a release party at 9 p.m. Friday at XIIIX Lounge (formerly Kamp’s), 1310 N.W. 25th.
Beet it
Beetyman’s recipe for his rhymes: being the underdog. The result: rising to the top of his class.
Music
Joshua Boydston
Beetyman with Dom Kennedy, Josh Sallee and more
9 p.m. Friday
Kamp’s Deli & Market
1310 N.W. 25th
819-6004
$17 advance, $20 door
OKSee in 2011: 40 honorable-mention albums
Let’s look back at the year in music: part 4.
My OKSee predecessor, Stephen Carradini, and I received hundreds of physical copies submitted to our little cubicle in the back of the Gazette offices this year, in addition to the hundreds of digital solicitations from PR companies, in addition to the occasional, much-appreciated, personal hand-changing of musical media, be that CD, vinyl or yes, even cassette tape.
It’s a ton of music to listen to, but we were up to the task. The sonic wheat’s now sorted from the chaff, and not in any particular order. So peruse our list for those quality albums you may have missed, recall a few you’ve forgotten and hopefully even find a new artist to love in the process. Let’s get started.
1. Fucked Up — “David Comes to Life”
2. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart — “Belong”
3. Matt the Electrician — “Accidental Thief”
4. Horse Thief — “Grow Deep, Grow Wild”
5. Kurt Vile — “Smoke Ring for My Halo”
6. Beetyman — “The Underdog”
7. Youth Lagoon — “The Year of Hibernation”
8. Neon Indian — “Era Extraña”
9. The Drums — “Portamento”
10. Wilco — “The Whole Love”
11. Laura Marling — “A Creature I Don’t Know”
12. Yuck — “Yuck”
13. Icona Pop — “Nights Like This EP”
14. Ryan Lawson and the Hack & Saw Nation — “Hack and Saw Nation”
15. Riley Jantzen — “Feathers”
16. The Workweek — “Promises, Promises”
17. Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks — “Mirror Traffic”
18. Small Sur — “Tones”
19. Wye Oak — “Civilian”
20. The Roots — “undun”
21. Crown Imperial — “Crown Imperial”
22. The Damn Quails — “Down the Hatch”
23. Zach Winters — “They Were Longing for a Better Country”
24. Twin Sister — “In Heaven”
25. St. Vincent — “Strange Mercy”
26. The Weeknd — “House of Balloons”
27. Kanye West & Jay-Z — “Watch the Throne”
28. Washed Out — “Within and Without”
29. Givers — “In Light”
30. tUnE-yArDs — “w h o k i l l”
31. Manchester Orchestra — “Simple Math”
32. Josh Sallee — “Return to Sender”
33. Kite Flying Robot — “Solid Gold”
34. Death Cab for Cutie — “Codes and Keys”
35. Chris Bathgate — “Salt Year”
36. Smith Westerns — “Dye It Blonde”
37. Danny Brown — “XXX”
38. Destroyer — “Kaputt”
39. A$AP Rocky — “LIVELOVEA$AP”
40. Cut Copy — “Zonoscope”
OKS in 2011 — Monday: Your Most-Viewed Music Videos
OKS in 2011 — Tuesday: The Year in Photos
OKS in 2011 — Wednesday: By the numbers
OKS in 2011 — Thursday: OKSee's Honorable Mention Albums of the Year
OKS in 2011 — Friday: OKSee's 30 Favorite Albums of 2011
by Matt Carney
12.22.2011
1 year ago
It’s a ton of music to listen to, but we were up to the task. The sonic wheat’s now sorted from the chaff, and not in any particular order. So peruse our list for those quality albums you may have missed, recall a few you’ve forgotten and hopefully even find a new artist to love in the process. Let’s get started.
1. Fucked Up — “David Comes to Life”
2. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart — “Belong”
3. Matt the Electrician — “Accidental Thief”
4. Horse Thief — “Grow Deep, Grow Wild”
5. Kurt Vile — “Smoke Ring for My Halo”
6. Beetyman — “The Underdog”
7. Youth Lagoon — “The Year of Hibernation”
8. Neon Indian — “Era Extraña”
9. The Drums — “Portamento”
10. Wilco — “The Whole Love”
11. Laura Marling — “A Creature I Don’t Know”
12. Yuck — “Yuck”
13. Icona Pop — “Nights Like This EP”
14. Ryan Lawson and the Hack & Saw Nation — “Hack and Saw Nation”
15. Riley Jantzen — “Feathers”
16. The Workweek — “Promises, Promises”
17. Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks — “Mirror Traffic”
18. Small Sur — “Tones”
19. Wye Oak — “Civilian”
20. The Roots — “undun”
21. Crown Imperial — “Crown Imperial”
22. The Damn Quails — “Down the Hatch”
23. Zach Winters — “They Were Longing for a Better Country”
24. Twin Sister — “In Heaven”
25. St. Vincent — “Strange Mercy”
26. The Weeknd — “House of Balloons”
27. Kanye West & Jay-Z — “Watch the Throne”
28. Washed Out — “Within and Without”
29. Givers — “In Light”
30. tUnE-yArDs — “w h o k i l l”
31. Manchester Orchestra — “Simple Math”
32. Josh Sallee — “Return to Sender”
33. Kite Flying Robot — “Solid Gold”
34. Death Cab for Cutie — “Codes and Keys”
35. Chris Bathgate — “Salt Year”
36. Smith Westerns — “Dye It Blonde”
37. Danny Brown — “XXX”
38. Destroyer — “Kaputt”
39. A$AP Rocky — “LIVELOVEA$AP”
40. Cut Copy — “Zonoscope”
OKS in 2011 — Monday: Your Most-Viewed Music Videos
OKS in 2011 — Tuesday: The Year in Photos
OKS in 2011 — Wednesday: By the numbers
OKS in 2011 — Thursday: OKSee's Honorable Mention Albums of the Year
OKS in 2011 — Friday: OKSee's 30 Favorite Albums of 2011
Pairadime shift
After making metro buzz by booking hip-hop acts, the guys of Pairadime Music plan to put their own spin on a record label.
Music
Ryan Querbach
Pairadime Music, a local artist management group specializing in hip-hop, is taking steps toward its next venture: a record label.
MPFree: Valentine’s Day edition
We heart you, Zach Winters, aDDLib and Sleigh Bells.
We’ve got an influx of fresh new tracks for your Valentine’s Day. A few of these might just make a nice soundtrack for a special evening, so listen up and download/stream away.
Josh Sallee — “R.I.P. to Regret”
The last time Josh Sallee showed up in MPFree, he brought the good stuff with an excellent, Blev-produced track that boasted a top-notch sample. “R.I.P. to Regret” follows the same format (replace “Birthday Sex” with the piano from James Blake’s really terrific cover of Feist’s “Limit to Your Love”), and Sallee really opens up with a couple of earnest, meaningful verses. Can’t wait to hear the rest of “Probable Flaws.”
Zach Winters — “They Were Longing for a Better Country”
Garrett Dale — “House Full of Dogs”
Tom Waits much? Red City Radio’s Garrett Dale does. This new solo track sounds crusty and rusty, like it’s got as much history as a pair of worn-out boots. And it’s funny!
aDDLib — “The Rebound”
One solid Oklahoma City hip-hop track not enough for you? Well aDDLib’s got a special Valentine’s Day song for you, made complete by awesome Wilt Chamberlain artwork.
Two Suns — “Time Again”
Another week, another good Two Suns song. Halfway there, people.
Sleigh Bells — “Reign of Terror”
I got so excited listening to the very first track of this thing in my cubicle this morning that my hands were shaking as I tried to build Gazette’s online edition. Just make sure you don’t play this thing at full volume inside your office. And if that New York Times profile isn’t enough (do note Alexis Krauss’ use of the now-standardized-in-my-vocabulary term “bangover”), be sure to check out freelancer Joshua Boydston’s interview with the noise-pop power-duo from a few months back.
Tennis — “It All Feels the Same”
Whimsical, pretty indie pop/rock for fans of Cults, ’80s artwork, Florence Welch and effervescence.
The 2 Bears — “Bear Hug”
DFA act The 2 Bears want to give you a special e-card and EP for Valentine’s Day.
Cheers Elephant — “Doin’ It, Right”
Cheers Elephant is a few years behind The Strokes, but this free track for Valentine’s Day sure is a nice gesture!
by Matt Carney
02.14.2012
1 year ago
Josh Sallee — “R.I.P. to Regret”
The last time Josh Sallee showed up in MPFree, he brought the good stuff with an excellent, Blev-produced track that boasted a top-notch sample. “R.I.P. to Regret” follows the same format (replace “Birthday Sex” with the piano from James Blake’s really terrific cover of Feist’s “Limit to Your Love”), and Sallee really opens up with a couple of earnest, meaningful verses. Can’t wait to hear the rest of “Probable Flaws.”
Zach Winters — “They Were Longing for a Better Country”
Garrett Dale — “House Full of Dogs”
Tom Waits much? Red City Radio’s Garrett Dale does. This new solo track sounds crusty and rusty, like it’s got as much history as a pair of worn-out boots. And it’s funny!
aDDLib — “The Rebound”
One solid Oklahoma City hip-hop track not enough for you? Well aDDLib’s got a special Valentine’s Day song for you, made complete by awesome Wilt Chamberlain artwork.
Two Suns — “Time Again”
Another week, another good Two Suns song. Halfway there, people.
Sleigh Bells — “Reign of Terror”
I got so excited listening to the very first track of this thing in my cubicle this morning that my hands were shaking as I tried to build Gazette’s online edition. Just make sure you don’t play this thing at full volume inside your office. And if that New York Times profile isn’t enough (do note Alexis Krauss’ use of the now-standardized-in-my-vocabulary term “bangover”), be sure to check out freelancer Joshua Boydston’s interview with the noise-pop power-duo from a few months back.
Tennis — “It All Feels the Same”
Whimsical, pretty indie pop/rock for fans of Cults, ’80s artwork, Florence Welch and effervescence.
The 2 Bears — “Bear Hug”
DFA act The 2 Bears want to give you a special e-card and EP for Valentine’s Day.
Cheers Elephant — “Doin’ It, Right”
Cheers Elephant is a few years behind The Strokes, but this free track for Valentine’s Day sure is a nice gesture!
Soundcheck: Beetyman — Underdog
Music
Matt Carney
It’s refreshing to hear earnest backpack rap at a time when some of the most topically vile, base and offensive music in the genre’s history (read: Odd Future) is what’s buzzing.
Getting a Woody
With thousands of votes submitted, the people have spoken! Here are your winners of Oklahoma Gazette’s Woody Awards for 2012!
Music
Matt Carney, Rod Lott
Best in Rock: Broncho
Nobody in the metro regularly plays more exciting shows than pop-punk savages Broncho. When that guitar riff and ensuing solo on “Pick a Fight” revs up, audiences just know to start hopping, shoving and yelping along with singer Ryan Lindsey, who’s unafraid of pushing and kicking back, nor getting his ass slapped mid-show. They may not “Really Wanna Be Social,” but they’re gonna have to suck it up because we love ’em a bunch.
Hey, Mon!
Emerging amid a thriving local hip-hop scene is Damon Johnson, aka Mon. When an injury forced him from football, he turned to rap.
Music
Joshua Boydston
Pairadime Music Summer Showcase
9 p.m. Friday
Kamp’s Deli & XIII X Lounge
1310 N.W. 25th
kampsok.com
819-6004
$10
