Kaleidescope isn’t the album Tony Foster Jr. expected to make. “I never would have thought that an album like that would be my debut album, just a collection of thoughts that are very personal, that are very spiritual,” Foster said. “I never planned on being an artist with that kind of message. … It’s not […]
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Strange brew
Bugnog 9 p.m. March 14 Blue Note Lounge 2408 N. Robinson Ave. facebook.com/bluenoteokc 405-600-1166 $5 Bugnog celebrates the release of debut album Chuggernaut 9 p.m. March 14 at Blue Note Lounge, 2408 N. Robinson Ave. At the time of this interview, the “two-dude” Norman metal band was still finishing it. “In past projects, we’ve had […]
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Changing tunes
After his “pretty popular kind of like punkish, emo, I don’t know what kind of band” Shut Up Matt Jewett played its last show in June of 2018, the band’s namesake stopped playing music for several months. “I was just so burnt out,” Jewett said. “It was almost eight months on the button that I […]
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Magic kingdom
Sela Da Sorcerer compares her music to the cartoon South Park. “It’s raw, crass, fun on the surface but full of philosophy lower in depth,” Sela said. The OKC hip-hop artist performs Tuesday at Unwired Records, 2914 N. MacArthur Boulevard. Sela began recording as da Sorcerer about two years ago after a coworker saw her […]
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Hope remains
All Seems Lost 5-11:30 p.m. March 7 89th Street –OKC 8911 N. Western Ave. facebook.com/89thstreetokc $10-$12 All Seems Lost’s follow-up to Unscathed might cut a little deeper.“There’s a lot more meaning and passion, definitely, that went into it,” drummer Geoff Hochstetler said. “We all were going through some major losses.” OKC’s All Seems Lost celebrates […]
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Sound bites
Chew 9 p.m. March 4 Red Brick Bar 311 E. Main St., Norman 405-579-6227 $3 If Chew guitarist Brett Reagan absolutely has to apply a label to his band’s music, he calls it “savage psych.” “We don’t really want to sound pinned down to anything,” Regan said. “For me, psychedelic music isn’t necessarily like garage […]
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Absolute monarchy
Queen Caution’s Pisces Bash 8 p.m. Feb. 28 View 919 N. Virginia Ave. $10 | 18+ The first half of Queen Caution’s name comes from her mother. “When I was younger, I had a lot of self-esteem issues because I went to a dominantly white school, and I’m black and white,” Caution said. “So it […]
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Rats revisited
Dweezil Zappa: Hot Rats Live + Other Hot Stuff 1969 8 p.m. Feb. 28 Tower Theatre 425 NW 23rd St. towertheatreokc.com 405-708-6937 Free It would be hard to prove, but Dweezil Zappa said there’s a “distinct possibility” he first heard Hot Rats in utero. But the liner notes of his father Frank Zappa’s album — […]
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Food Issue: Tasty licks
In last year’s Food Issue, we highlighted several concert venues — Chesapeake Energy Arena, The Jones Assembly, Opolis — where you can see a nationally touring act and also eat a better than decent meal. This year, we’d like to offer a variation on the theme and serve up a menu of restaurants where, in […]
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Harmonic convergence
Pitch HER Perfect presents Rhythm and Flow 9 p.m. Feb. 21 The Paramount Room 701 W. Sheridan Ave. theparamountroom.com 405-532-6376 $10-$15 Annisia Anderson and Vada Patrice met singing backup for other artists, but as the duo Pitch HER Perfect, they’ve taken center stage. “We’ve been in music all of our lives, starting out in church, […]