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Psych art
Psych Fest March 28-30 Resonator Institute 325 E. Main St., Norman resonator.space $10-$20 Organizing a three-day psychedelic music and art festival might be easier than explaining what the word “psychedelic” means. “Everybody has their own sort of opinion on psychedelic,” said visual artist Eric Piper, one of the organizers of Norman’s inaugural Psych Fest. “When […]
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Power harmonies
The Lunar Laugh with New Tribe and Sativa Prophets 11 p.m. Friday 51st Street Speakeasy 1114 NW 51st St. thelunarlaugh.com 405-463-0470 $3 Three-part harmonies are a trademark of Oklahoma City-based band The Lunar Laugh, which is indicative of the way lead singer Jared Lekites and guitarists Connor Anderson and Campbell Young work as a unit. […]
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Hello, Death
Greet Death8 p.m. Monday Resonator Institute 325 E. Main St., Norman resonator.space $5 About 20 years ago in a first-grade classroom, Greet Death began to form. Bassist Sam Boyhtari, guitarist Logan Gaval and former drummer Anthony Spak became childhood friends in Davisburg, Michigan, before they learned long division, but they wouldn’t pick up their instruments […]
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ALCOHOLMANAC Lyrical libations
Oklahoma City has a rich and thriving live music scene, and a wide variety of venues have found success supporting the diversity of the city’s music fans. Some of OKC’s coolest venues have bars that reflect this uniqueness, too. Want someplace smoke-filled, small or sort of divey? Or how about an arena setting where the […]
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Twiggs, “Hometown”
Oklahoma City’s Twiggs will release its third album, Twiggs III, later this spring, but today the band is releasing two tracks from the album, “Hometown” and “Tennessee.” While “Tennessee” emphasizes the group’s facility with power-pop, “Hometown” is a more pastoral, languid affair, like a midwestern Mazzy Star. The video, which features several recognizable OKC haunts, captures life […]
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‘Mother’ Hubbard
Ray Wylie Hubbard8 p.m. March 15 Tower Theatre 425 NW 23rd St. towertheatreokc.com 405-708-6937 $20-$45 Hold onto your hats. The guy who wrote the unofficial Lone Star State national anthem “Screw You, We’re from Texas” is actually from Oklahoma. “I was born in Hugo, Oklahoma, and then I lived in a little town called Soper,” […]
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Second Chance
Greyson Chance7 p.m. Saturday The Vanguard 222 N. Main, Tulsa thevanguardtulsa.com 918-561-6885 $15-$45 YouTube was four years old and Greyson Chance was 12 when his cover of Lady Gaga’s “Paparazzi” blasted its way onto the internet zeitgeist. A student at Edmond’s Cheyenne Middle School, Chance’s performance in front of classmates was fueled by Juilliard-ready piano […]
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Floetry in motion
Marsha Ambrosius8 p.m. March 7 Tower Theatre 425 NW 23rd St. towertheatreokc.com 405-708-6937 $35-$45 She gave the King of Pop “Butterflies” in 2001, and Marsha Ambrosius has been recording among royalty ever since, but she has never felt like she didn’t belong. And she isn’t planning on going anywhere. “If there was a level of […]
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New .WAV
.WAV FestivalSaturday-Sunday ACM@UCO 25 S. Oklahoma Ave., Suite 400 ACM@UCO Performance Lab 329 E. Sheridan Ave. acm.uco.edu 405-974-4700 Free-$25 Academy of Contemporary Music at the University of Central Oklahoma (ACM@UCO) hosts a diverse group of local and national artists in its female-centric .WAV Festival this weekend. The festival features performers at its main Bricktown campus, […]