Dark Mode: Meteorology album release 7 p.m. Saturday, April 12 Mycelium Gallery 2816 N. Pennsylvania Ave. myceliumgallery.com $10 Named in honor of his “crippling storm anxiety,” Brett Fieldcamp’s “guitar and loop-y kind of experimental stuff” project Meteorology had a gig booked before he had any songs to play. Seeing a social media post seeking experimental […]
Jeremy Martin
Artistic license
Heavy psych rockers Rainbows Are Free’s latest album Silver and Gold is rich with shiny metal forged to bend the mind, but lead single “Sleep” mines anxieties at the forefront of the brain. “It is pretty straightforward,” vocalist Brandon Kistler said, explaining the song’s meaning. “We’ve gotta hold it together, and sometimes it’s hard to […]
Beyond Chaos
In 2010, stepsisters Kelli Mayo and Peyton Bighorse released Skating Polly’s debut, Taking Over the World, recorded on a 24-track TASCAM with help from their dad in their home outside Oklahoma City. In 2023, Skating Polly, including brother Kurtis Mayo on drums and backing vocals, released Chaos County Line, recorded by producer Brad Wood (Liz […]
Faye Webster
Featuring guest appearances by Wilco guitarist Nels Cline and experimental rapper (and middle school friend) Lil Yachty, Faye Webster’s 2024 album Underdressed at the Symphony stakes out a charmingly cozy little corner of that increasingly occupied space between R&B and country music that’s so hot right now. According to the press release, the album title […]
Modern Ephemera
There’s a brief scene in Alfonso Cuarón’s still-terrifying dystopian masterpiece Children of Men where Jasper (Michael Caine) and Theo (Clive Owen) take advantage of a small break in the onslaught of horrors to smoke pot and hang out. Jasper suggests “a little zen music” before pressing play on a track created specifically for this scene: […]
Work ethic
Gift Raps 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 27 Resonant Head 400 SW 25th St., Suite A resonanthead.com Free with donation An OKC holiday tradition for a decade, concert and charity drive Gift Raps keeps on giving. “The mission is still the same,” said event founder and hip-hop artist Jabee. “The biggest thing now is that it’s […]
Local loot
Fun holiday fact: No adult on your shopping list actually wants you to give them a gift, because they don’t have anywhere to put it. Unfortunately, we have to go on buying our loved ones things they don’t want or need this time of year so they don’t think we secretly hate them. Fortunately, if […]
Fun & frights
“October,” to gravely misquote Edgar Allan Poe, “is Spoopy Season, y’all.” It’s a great excuse to spend a month holing up with horror movies and killer new tunes from Chat Pile and PeelingFlesh, but it’s also a great time for actually leaving the house for non-work reasons, perhaps while dressed like a sexy Skibidi Toilet […]
Electrical transformer
Trip Wire release party March 18 Seasoned Clothing & Apparel 243 W. Wilshire Blvd., Suite E facebook.com/tripgofficial The third in a trilogy of releases, Trip G’s Trip Wire shows multiple sides of the OKC hip-hop artist’s sound and personality. Trip G will perform songs from his latest release Thursday at his monthly Trip N Friends […]
X factor
LCG & the X 8:30 p.m. Friday 51st Street Speakeasy 1114 NW 51st St. facebook.com/lcgandthex 405-463-0470 $5 Even longtime fans of local rock band LCG & the X might not recognize some of the songs on its self-titled debut. LCG & the X celebrates the album’s release 8:30 p.m. Friday at 51st Street Speakeasy, 1114 […]
