Whereas the singer/songwriter’s first disc was acoustic, the new “Love Is Patient” finds her backed by a full band, comprised of fellow Oklahomans. To hear Gaither sing “Patient” track for track, you don’t have to have patience — just $7 and some free time, starting at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at the Bridgeway Backroom, 228 W. […]
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Leggo my emo
Jimmy Eat World isn’t known as a political band, but its four members have been active in their native Arizona when it comes to their favorite member of Congress, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. They’ve played a few fundraisers for her in the past, and so they were particularly distraught, like most Americans, in the wake of […]
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Crown heights
Oklahoma City’s Wanda Jackson carries a storied past, but she’s not dwelling on it. She’s a legend, an icon, a slice of rock ’n’ roll history, and while those things are well and good, all she’s ever really wanted is a crowd to hear her sing. Nearly two years ago, she was inducted into the […]
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Fold me now
Ben Folds has been at this so long that the first release of his second band was 10 years ago. “That’s my old shit now. That’s fucked up,” he said, laughing. But even if “Rockin’ the Suburbs,” his first album of piano pop under his own name after the dissolution of ’90s indie critical darling […]
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’Pike psyched
Turnpike Troubadours front man Evan Felker may be young, but he ain’t new. His songs traffic in the kind of everyday moments and perpetual longings traced by artists like Bruce Springsteen and Steve Earle. The Oklahoma quintet has been around for roughly three years, but it seems like a longer time. That’s the feeling of […]
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Wolf men
There’s a hypothesized critical period to language acquisition that ranges from about 5 years old to puberty, in which humans develop their ability to communicate verbally and after which, find it difficult, if not almost impossible, to foster. Peter Pisano, a former private school teacher and vocally active half of the Minneapolis folk duo Peter […]
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Steven Drozd — The Heart Is a Drum Machine
Steven Drozd — The Heart Is a Drum Machine The Flaming Lips are incredibly self-contained; the members rarely do side projects. So it’s with great interest that multi-instrumentalist Steven Drozd’s score for the music documentary “The Heart Is a Drum Machine” appears, as the Lips’ resident music genius hasn’t released his own stuff (ignoring studio […]
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Vidal signs
Don’t think the ukelele and banjo are punk? Lauris Vidal begs to differ, and has the manic live show to prove it. Lauris Vidal with Chase Kerby, Justin Joslin and Taylor Gary 9 p.m. thursday Blue Note Lounge 2408 N. Robinson 600-1166 $5 Florida isn’t just retirement resorts and Disney World. It’s lush greenery, pristine […]
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David Lynch — Good Day Today/I Know
While it’s not out of the question one of its cuts may become a dance club fixture, the disc is best experienced — and an experience it is — via headphones. “Good Day Today” is an optimistic, up-tempo number beget from an initial burst of chaotic static. With lyrics referencing angels, the sweetened-past-recognition voice of […]
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The fifth element
Montu with DJ Kilter9 p.m. Saturday Kamp’s Deli & Market 1310 N.W. 25th 819-6004 $5 When Norman’s Montu started to mull over who to bring in to jam with the band next, they opted for a visual approach, rather than aural, and radiation proved to be just as capable as resonance. “One of the first […]