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OKG Newsletter


Topic: Live Music Previews

Two Texas teens bring School of Rock music lessons to Oklahoma City


Music

Danny Marroquin
An ensemble of outstanding students from "rock school" clinics across the country who mastered their Frank Zappa, Metallica and Led Zeppelin lessons have hit the road for a little live learning. PAU...
 
Thursday, July 17, 2008

The Phantom Rockers churn out the blistering music


Music

Charles Martin
Mark Burke first invaded America with his psychobilly group The Phantom Rockers back in 1993. The resulting tour with The Meteors introduced the U.S. to the UK hybrid of punk, rockabilly and heavy met...
 
Thursday, July 17, 2008

Brothers plan performance before moving East


Music

Danny Marroquin
The Brothers Sarmiento, Adam and Eric, are relaxed onstage and in person, as if they just wait for the truth to float to them. Maybe that's why they haven't "made it" in the consistently confusing wor...
 
Thursday, July 17, 2008

Breakout band The Republic Tigers prepare to pounce on Norman


Music

Lucas Ross
Responsible for transplanting Death Cab for Cutie from Seattle to "The O.C.," television music supervisor Alexandra Patsavas has helped put some of indie rock's brightest acts on the mainstream map. ...
 
Thursday, July 17, 2008

Musicians plan benefit for club owner


Music

Charles Martin
One of the metro's storied bars, the Hi-Lo Club, 1221 N.W. 50th, suffered a blow when its longtime manager and current co-owner Jimmy O'Neil was hospitalized recently after a series of strokes. O'Ne...
 
Thursday, July 24, 2008

Local singer/songwriter gains fame with 'Best Days'


Music

Charles Martin
Good money says that a majority of Graham Colton's target demographic has already heard "Best Days" by now. They might not know it, but tens of millions of television viewers tuning into "American Ido...
 
Thursday, July 24, 2008

California musical group present abrasive, invasive live show


Music

Danny Marroquin
If there's an indicator that Internet buzz might not be the high road to success it's often hyped to be, look no further than Los Angeles noise-rockers Health. Health " with Gravity Propulsion Syste...
 
Thursday, July 24, 2008

DragonForce proves to be the real 'Guitar Hero'


Music

Lucas Ross
Nowadays, it is cliché to suggest that kids could become rock virtuosos if they simply spent less time playing music-based video games like "Guitar Hero" and more time practicing actual instruments. P...
 
Thursday, July 24, 2008

The Octopus Project grabs Norman in its tentacles for a show


Music

Danny Marroquin
At one point during Josh Lambert's studies at The University of Texas, he tested boundaries in a few music theory classes, but left them for the wide open spaces rock 'n' roll allows. "I got burnt ou...
 
Thursday, July 31, 2008

The Uglysuit raises the metro's temperature with shiny indie rock and good vibes


Music

Lucas Ross
Should Oklahoma's sweltering summer forecast of triple-digit heat already have you fantasizing about January temperatures, the remarkably sunny sounds and upbeat outlook of metro indie rock band The U...
 
Thursday, July 31, 2008
 
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