Before they booked a show, recorded a song or even knew what to call themselves, Brandon Lovelace and his three band mates started writing. Songs and albums would have to wait. What Lovelace and fellow musicians Matt Toney, Casey Heald and Zach Dumbleton instead penned in December 2007 was an agenda. The action-item accounting was […]
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Trio of metro shows pack country charm, Euro trance-metal, organ-laced psychedelia
The Donkeys with Action! 10 p.m. Wednesday, July 8Opolis113 N. Crawford, Norman447-3417$8 advance, $10 door The Donkeys will make you feel good. The San Diego foursome and indie darlings bring retro charm and sweet, bell-tone vocals that soothe with layered coos and melodic ahhs. The band’s latest, the 11-song “Living on the Other Side,” is […]
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OKC Pride celebrates support, equality, one colorful community
Thousands will crowd Oklahoma City streets, parks and clubs this weekend at the state’s largest pride event, a three-day celebration of solidarity championed by gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgendered, and their families, friends and straight supporters. The 22nd annual OKC Pride event kicks off 7 p.m. Friday with a block party at “The Strip,” along […]
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Men with mustaches comprise exclusive group with an eclectic metro membership
It’s impossible to ignore a mustache. Even if you look away, it lingers, tickling at the periphery, pleading for a second glance. GROWTH SPURTSFLAVOR SAVER THE TAO OF ‘STACHE DIARY OF GROWTH But a good mustache deserves more than mere acknowledgement and should command at least a little extra attention. Oklahoma is mustache country, a […]
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Okie musicians meet to reveal new album from multiple inspirations
Four metro acts will perform Thursday at an all-locals Conservatory show booked to celebrate the full-length debut of Norman punk rockers Over Stars and Gutters. The band recorded the 10-song album, “Consider This Your Curse,” with Stephen Egerton (of The Descendents and All) at his Tulsa studio, Armstrong Recording Co. Singer/guitarist and principal songwriter Matt […]
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Locals cast alongside A-list Hollywood leads in movie imagined by Okie pulp novelist
There’s a new deputy in Guthrie ” the simple sort of Stetson-wearing, small-town sheriff who keeps easy company and enjoys a cup of coffee and a slice or two of pie. Lou Ford is easygoing and understated. Unfortunately, he’s also underestimated by those who mistake his slowness for weakness. RECIPE FOR MURDER A ROLE FOR […]
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A Horse Called War have been corralled for heavy metal melee
The five members of A Horse Called War have been steadily gaining speed and steam since the Oklahoma City metal band broke through the stable in 2002. With a pair of EPs and a full-length already in the saddle, the Horse has dug its spurs deep, continuously coaxing faster guitar and bass riffing and ever-assailing […]
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OKC musician endures hip replacement surgery
Like most men in their 20s, Kevin Dawson never paid much attention to his hips. The problems started about a year and a half ago. Pain spread from his lower back to his hips, becoming chronic, then debilitating. By the fall of 2008, Dawson was walking with a cane and feared his future would be […]
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Fight led by epic filming, great acting highlights too-long ‘Che’
One of the basic tenets of armed rebellion holds that guerillas will ultimately prevail when patient and prepared for extended conflict and drawn-out battle. Similarly, Steven Soderbergh’s (“Ocean’s Thirteen”) take on revolutionary icon Che Guevara is no quick victory, instead a protracted film entanglement that machetes through the jungle only to celebrate scattered victories. Collectively […]
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Historians book museum gig that explores Oklahoma’s rock ‘n’ roll history
Rock ‘n’ roll is a beast that feeds upon itself, starving and growing. Old themes are rediscovered and reworked by new voices, but the songs never quite sound like they once did. Rock always rolls, often over itself, crushing the hands that hold it most dear. COLLINS’ MIX ‘GOLDEN’ ERA ‘HOT’ TROTS ON MEET […]