The most successful enterprises often have humble beginnings. That humility’s a big part of what makes the Randy Rogers Band what it is: one of the biggest acts to emerge from the Texas/Red Dirt scene, which Rogers describes as “a brotherhood.” “We all realize we’re a bunch of like-minded individuals, and without each other, we […]
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Getting Randy
The most successful enterprises often have humble beginnings. That humility’s a big part of what makes the Randy Rogers Band what it is: one of the biggest acts to emerge from the Texas/Red Dirt scene, which Rogers describes as “a brotherhood.” “We all realize we’re a bunch of like-minded individuals, and without each other, we […]
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Ono? Oh, yes!
It’s been a long year for The Flaming Lips, who, in addition to a grueling tour schedule, made good on Wayne Coyne’s public promise early last year to release new music each month. “A lot of people thought we already had 10 songs,” the front man said, “but I said, ‘No, we’re not doing that. […]
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Ono? Oh, yes!
It’s been a long year for The Flaming Lips, who, in addition to a grueling tour schedule, made good on Wayne Coyne’s public promise early last year to release new music each month. “A lot of people thought we already had 10 songs,” the front man said, “but I said, ‘No, we’re not doing that. […]
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Starlight, star bright
Despite the name, indie quartet Starlight Girls is only half female. Its first proper music video was 100-percent girlie, however, with a buffet of unicorn horns, lollipops and sickeningly cute Lisa Frank leopards. “That video was a lot of fun,” said singer Christina B. “We shot it in about two hours, so it was a […]
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Starlight, star bright
Despite the name, indie quartet Starlight Girls is only half female. Its first proper music video was 100-percent girlie, however, with a buffet of unicorn horns, lollipops and sickeningly cute Lisa Frank leopards. “That video was a lot of fun,” said singer Christina B. “We shot it in about two hours, so it was a […]
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Toying around
The holidays bring back a rush of memories. Some are good. “My favorite memory is recording the ‘Big Love Hospital’ Christmas EP with Ryan Lindsey and Josh Jones a few years ago,” said Beau Jennings, an Oklahoma native who has released music solo and with Americana band Cheyenne. “It was a very spontaneous and collaborative […]
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Toying around
The holidays bring back a rush of memories. Some are good. “My favorite memory is recording the ‘Big Love Hospital’ Christmas EP with Ryan Lindsey and Josh Jones a few years ago,” said Beau Jennings, an Oklahoma native who has released music solo and with Americana band Cheyenne. “It was a very spontaneous and collaborative […]
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Peach — Peachy-P
On its 15-minute debut, Oklahoma City fusion trio Peach seems content playing on words and naming the last song “Short Record.” And setting its genre at “metal” when it pulls up in the listener’s iTunes library. For all this and the casual, greasy-lounge feel of some of these songs, I wonder how serious these guys […]
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Do you hear what we hear?
Dave Koz, “Ultimate Christmas”If your idea of an “Ultimate Christmas” entails smooth jazz, you just hit the jackpot, tiger. Koz brings his soccer mom-seducin’ sax to a disc of 18 numbers that not only wants to cozy up to Christmas lovers, but also those more attuned to black-eyed peas and broken promises, what with two […]