Members of metro rap crew Puzzle People will perform as well, in an event titled “Meeting of the Bosses.” The long list of performers includes Big Stik, Josh Sallee, NeeQ, Travisty, Awax, Ronnie Harris, Tyler Reid, DJ Chips and more. The album will be available online at bangbeatsokc.bandcamp.com. The website also features more than 20 […]
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Hoof it
What does it take to open for acts like Death Cab for Cutie, Tegan and Sara, or Silversun Pickups? Kate Cooper — half of the Australian indie-pop duo An Horse, which has opened for all three — chalks it up to politeness. “It helps that they like our music, but I think it helps even […]
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Holly would
Who’d have thought some of the best modern Americana would come from a Brit? Award-winning duo Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs is led by Golightly, a singer/songwriter named after the lead in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s.” The Londoner has worked with acts as huge as The White Stripes. As she tells it, her virtuosity with traditional […]
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Man-made Objects — EP
Man-Made Objects’ shoegaze and psych tunes rely heavily on songcraft, relegating reverb to an effect on guitar and vocals instead of the featured element. As a result, the band calls to mind a less noisy Stardeath and the White Dwarfs or a darker Flaming Lips. The songs are catchy, but that’s a bonus; the most […]
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Halo reach
Not the Sunday kind of church, but crowds can expect to be baptized in thick waves of distorted guitar chords and hazy keyboard notes, while rejoicing in the ever-present spirit of Jim Morrison in the room. It’s an experience as powerful as any sermon. “For us, we try to make it a spiritual experience for […]
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Brandi Carlile — Live at Benaroya Hall with the Seattle Symphony
When she decides to really go for it at the high point of a tune, her voice can very nearly knock people over. Pair that with melodies that people want to hear over and over (as in “The Story,” which you probably heard on this commercial or in “Grey’s Anatomy”), and you’ve got songs that, […]
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Roy Orbison — The Monument Singles Collection (1960-1964)
“The Monument Singles Collection (1960-1964)” collects 39 Orbison tunes on two discs (A-sides and B-sides, naturally) and includes a 25-minute DVD of a performance in Holland. Orbison was a master of the 2:20 pop song, as only four of these tunes break the three-minute mark (and “Mama” is 3:01, which barely counts). Many radio staples […]
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MilkDrive — Road from Home
Not good, not great, just there. MilkDrive’s “Road from Home” is an almost totally inoffensive release, but it doesn’t shine that brightly, either. Falling neatly into the newly hip folk/bluegrass genre, the group cranks out tunes that lean more toward the Nickel Creek bluegrass end of the spectrum than the Avett Brothers’ pop side. I […]
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Jimi Hendrix — South Saturn Delta
Still, Jimi Hendrix’s “South Saturn Delta” makes my eyes get big and my mouth drop, and it’s only a collection of cast-offs and B-sides. Yes, I make an exception for Jimi Hendrix. The retrospective covers all the eras of his short but prolific career, from 1967 to 1970. Some of these tracks have been issued […]
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Empty Space Orchestra — Empty Space Orchestra
Empty Space Orchestra’s self-titled full-length doesn’t unseat Stetson, but it certainly makes a run for it. The trick with ESO is that they know how to balance their songwriting. If total mood pieces and obliterating guitar work are on opposite sides, ESO is running down the line between the two, grabbing stuff from both sides. […]