In addition to winning the 2008 Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for achieving new levels of quirk in the way Hollywood pretends teenagers talk, Juno improbably topped the Billboard charts with an eclectic soundtrack featuring Buddy Holly, The Kinks, Cat Power, Sonic Youth and The Moldy Peaches. Hear local acts Keathley, The Ugly Cowboys, The […]
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American tunes
AJJ 8 p.m. Tuesday Aug. 26 Resonant Head 400 SW 25th St., Suite A (405) 437-2314 resonanthead.com $31.25 A few minutes into our interview with AJJ frontman Sean Bonnette, he paused to have a quick chat with someone else in the room with him. His voice temporarily became a little more loving, kind, fatherly. “I […]
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Soul sisters
Note: This show has been cancelled. Saxophonist and lifelong Blues Brothers fan Adam Ray wanted to produce a tribute show featuring songs from the 1980 film when, like the sunglasses-sporting siblings, he saw a glimmer of divine inspiration. “I realized, ‘Wait. This would be a lot cooler with two awesome female singers,’” Ray said. Enter […]
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Possible musics
Santiago Ramones’ album release show 8 p.m. Thursday, July 17 Resonant Head 400 SW 25th St. resonanthead.com $12 Spoiler alert: Clicking around on Santiago Ramones’ website, you might find an obituary for Rebecca Michelle Woodward (1992-2016). But don’t worry; she didn’t really die because she never really lived. Like many musicians’ sites, santiagoramones.com/hypothetical features links […]
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powdr play
powdr album release show 7 p.m. Saturday, July 26 Chateau Casa Message @powder.band on Instagram for the address $5 After many lineup, name and style changes, powdr, aka the band formerly known as several other things, is ready to make its debut. Released through Oklahoma label Mystery Class Records, Settle Pain will be available on […]
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Wave hello
By modeling for Gucci and running for city council in Amarillo, guitarist and recent Oklahoma City transplant Hayden Pedigo did music writers who don’t know enough music theory to intelligently write about his music the tremendous favor of giving us something else to talk about. Fortunately, Pedigo’s new album, I’ll Be Waving As You Drive […]
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Joyful chorus
Mama Pearl’s Special Edition Pride Show Sun., June 15, 7 p.m. Mycelium Gallery 2816 N. Penn Ave. www.myceliumgallery.com $10 Sing along if you know this one, or even if you don’t. Mama Pearl’s Sing-Along Drag Show returns to Mycelium Gallery, 2816 N. Pennsylvania Ave., 7 p.m. Sunday June 15 for a Special Edition Pride Show. […]
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Crushing it
David Archuleta at Oklahoma Pridefest Fri., June 27, 7 p.m. Scissortail Park 300 SW Seventh St. okpridealliance.org/pridefest Free Last year, David Archuleta returned to the American Idol stage to perform “Hell Together,” a song inspired by his mother’s response to his coming out as queer. “You said, ‘If I have to live without you, I […]
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Summer Breeze
Summer Breeze Every other Sunday June 15 – August 24, 7:30 p.m. Lions Park 1800 Northcliff Ave normandepot.com/summer-breeze Free Except for the random days when a wrathful god seems to be dispensing storm-based-justice on our state for any number of justifiable reasons, summer evenings are an ideal time for outdoor music, and The Depot’s Summer […]