Just before we called Kali Ra frontman David Goad for this interview, he was practicing what he calls “angry yoga.” “I stand bending back, and I flash my genitals and scream for, like, an hour,” Goad said. “I feel refreshed.” Kali Ra 8 p.m. Oct. 11 89th Street – OKC 8911 N. Western Ave. 89thstreetokc.com […]
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Oklahoma City indie-rock act Gum intends to stick around for a while
So often in music, a stretch not spent actively recording, releasing and touring behind an album is indicative of fading attention and a waning spotlight.
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Zombie Vs. Shark — Wunderkind/Dogs & Guns
The group does just that with this 7-inch release, recorded back in the spring at Bell Labs in Norman, mastered by Garrett Haines at Pittsburgh’s Treelady Studios and distributed in old-school fashion by Seattle’s Modern Peasant Records. “Wunderkind” and “Dogs and Guns” are the two tracks, each a piston-pumping blast of up-tempo, hooky guitar rock […]
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Gentle on our mind
It’s been three years since Oklahoma City band The Gentle Art of Floating formed, and it still hasn’t managed to release an album. It has a pretty good excuse … for that at least. Around Christmas 2009, front man Colin Nance came home to find his studio — and their practice space — different than […]
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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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Urban renewal
The Neighborhood has some good neighbors. The Norman four-piece broke up a couple years ago, easing to a halt after the release of its excellent debut album, “Our Voices Choked with Fireworks.” It wasn’t apparent whether the group would ever play again, as members got busy with other projects, moved to far-off places and got […]