Shea Weaver is a busy man. “You never know where things in life will take you,” said the Oklahoma City musician, who plays under his own name, as Cheezecoat and in Country Strange. His varied monikers correspond to the various places that music has taken him. He started playing with Country Strange almost 10 years […]
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The Pretty Black Chains — Awakening
The act makes it clear from the first second of the album, which kicks off with Derek Knowlton’s heavy riff from “Let Me In” and pours on the guitar from there on out. Fans of the six-string will find much to love in tunes from the fuzzed-out “Lovers” to the ’90s-influenced runs of “Thorny Crown”; […]
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Killer, no filler
Don’t expect to find a rift form within Denver duo Axe Murder Boyz; no diss tracks or fierce hip-hop feuds are in sight. The blood goes too deep. Brothers James and Mike Garcia don’t even have struggles with sibling rivalry; success for one is success for both with this joint venture. “People think we are […]
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Kill the Reflection — 3EP
On the group’s “3ep,” the standout “Cold” calls for the vocalist to deliver his notes in a low, forceful way that aspires toward the dominating control of Ian Curtis. The Oklahoma City-based three-piece musically churns behind him, channeling the energy of punk (especially in the drums) through tight, restrained rhythms. The tension of vocals versus […]
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‘String’ it out
The 7:30 p.m. show is being held in conjunction with the holiday weekend at the relatively new Armstrong Auditorium, 14400 S. Bryant in Edmond. Although O’Connor delves into a number of styles with his compositions, Shane Granger, Armstrong Auditorium house manager, said that the fiddle remains the focus of the performance. “They’re going to basically […]
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Celtic pride
When director Martin Scorsese looked for the perfect song to blast over the beginning of the Boston-set “The Departed,” he found it in Massachusetts-based Dropkick Murphys’ “I’m Shipping Up to Boston.” The group found that out the same time moviegoers did. “They never told us how they were going to use the song. We were […]
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Side of ska
Sings Sunny Side Up frontman Lance Godfrey, “Growing up in suburbia, nothing ever seemed too strange / But little did they know that we’re all secretly deranged / One chance to get out, guitar in hand / I proudly stand out from the crowd.” Emblematic of youth and capturing the promise of escape, the expression […]
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Gentle on our mind
It’s been three years since Oklahoma City band The Gentle Art of Floating formed, and it still hasn’t managed to release an album. It has a pretty good excuse … for that at least. Around Christmas 2009, front man Colin Nance came home to find his studio — and their practice space — different than […]
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Ungrateful dead
[dead] P.o.e.t.s. have got beef, and it’s with more than just Justin Bieber or Ke$ha. “I guess we are fed up with what we hear on the radio and see on TV … where hip-hop came from and what it is today. We’ve got a lot of anger and disgust toward that. We’re hard-core and […]
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New Times
Broke, newly single and juggling three jobs with a full-time education, you might think Oklahoma City singer Chase Kerby’s life has hit a rough patch. He’d achieved relative success with his old band, The City Lives, having toured the country with fellow Okie pop rockers All-American Rejects before deciding to depart late last year. Still, […]