Xerxes, the beloved baby Asian elephant born at the Oklahoma City Zoo this past July, lives just 5 miles southeast of an even smaller elephant. Xerxes’ counterpart is made of felt and sits in a snowy scene at Loud Cloud Animation Studio. He waits for animators to delicately adjust his position as they create a […]
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X factor
LCG & the X 8:30 p.m. Friday 51st Street Speakeasy 1114 NW 51st St. facebook.com/lcgandthex 405-463-0470 $5 Even longtime fans of local rock band LCG & the X might not recognize some of the songs on its self-titled debut. LCG & the X celebrates the album’s release 8:30 p.m. Friday at 51st Street Speakeasy, 1114 […]
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Eve’s daughter
Amanda Shires 8 p.m. March 21 Tower Theatre 425 NW 23rd St. towertheatreokc.com 405-708-6937 $24-$100 Released in February, Amanda Shires’ “Deciphering Dreams” is an optimistic song about a tragedy. “In some ways, it’s different for me because it’s a hopeful and kind of happy song,” Shires said. “I have a tendency sometimes to talk more […]
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Beyond comprehension
Kaleidescope isn’t the album Tony Foster Jr. expected to make. “I never would have thought that an album like that would be my debut album, just a collection of thoughts that are very personal, that are very spiritual,” Foster said. “I never planned on being an artist with that kind of message. … It’s not […]
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Strange brew
Bugnog 9 p.m. March 14 Blue Note Lounge 2408 N. Robinson Ave. facebook.com/bluenoteokc 405-600-1166 $5 Bugnog celebrates the release of debut album Chuggernaut 9 p.m. March 14 at Blue Note Lounge, 2408 N. Robinson Ave. At the time of this interview, the “two-dude” Norman metal band was still finishing it. “In past projects, we’ve had […]
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Changing tunes
After his “pretty popular kind of like punkish, emo, I don’t know what kind of band” Shut Up Matt Jewett played its last show in June of 2018, the band’s namesake stopped playing music for several months. “I was just so burnt out,” Jewett said. “It was almost eight months on the button that I […]
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Jazz messengers
Kamasi Washington/Jeremy Thomas Quartet 8 p.m. March 7 Tower Theatre 425 NW 23rd St. towertheatreokc.com 405-708-6937 $30-$45 On the short car ride home from his brother’s choir concert, Jeremy Thomas, 13 at the time, heard something that changed his life. “My dad turned on the radio, and he stopped at the jazz station,” Thomas said. […]
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Sound bites
Chew 9 p.m. March 4 Red Brick Bar 311 E. Main St., Norman 405-579-6227 $3 If Chew guitarist Brett Reagan absolutely has to apply a label to his band’s music, he calls it “savage psych.” “We don’t really want to sound pinned down to anything,” Regan said. “For me, psychedelic music isn’t necessarily like garage […]
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Harmonic convergence
Pitch HER Perfect presents Rhythm and Flow 9 p.m. Feb. 21 The Paramount Room 701 W. Sheridan Ave. theparamountroom.com 405-532-6376 $10-$15 Annisia Anderson and Vada Patrice met singing backup for other artists, but as the duo Pitch HER Perfect, they’ve taken center stage. “We’ve been in music all of our lives, starting out in church, […]
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Wolf mentality
Wolf Parade 8 p.m. Feb. 5 Tower Theatre 425 NW 23rd St. towertheatreokc.com 405-708-6937 $22-$32 True to its name, Wolf Parade is not standing still. “If your job is to output art and creative content, and if you’re not constantly re-interrogating your process and what you want to say, unless you’re just working in a […]