K.C. Clifford album release 8 p.m. Jan. 25 Tower Theatre 425 NW 23rd St. towertheatreokc.com 405-708-6937 $20-$30 Before you even put K.C. Clifford’s new album into the CD player, it offers advice and encouragement. “This one’s for me and for any of you who ever dared make the long walk home to yourself only to […]
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K.C. and the sunshine grand
Credit: Kriea Arie It’s not at all uncommon to hear musicians comparing their new albums to their children. Months are spent laboring over every detail. An intimate bond exists with something in which they’ve invested their entire soul. There’s an optimistic apprehension to the idea of letting this creation move into the world on its […]
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Fancy pants
It wanted Dr. Pants, in fact, Oklahoma City’s lovable funk-rock geeks who earned the Woody Award for People’s Choice by way of a quirky song about Chewbacca. Well, it turns out that appreciation for Dr. Pants has extended far beyond our fair city and on to one of the web’s more regularly trafficked hubs. The […]
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Dr. Pants — The Trip Side 1: Illusion & Truth
The Oklahoma City-based quartet plays straightforward pop songs here, relying on vocals and lyrics to carry the release instead of the ear-crushing, distorted guitars of Weezer, to which the group is often compared. This is made clear from the onset, as “Move So Slow” is played primarily on an acoustic guitar and hangs on a […]
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Zipper parts
Having too much good material isn’t the worst problem to have, but it does present a few challenges. Oklahoma City nerd rockers Dr. Pants didn’t know what to do with the 20-plus quality songs they had amassed for a new album. Their first thought was to pile them together, but a double-disc release seemed too […]
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Man in motion
Bonds. James Bonds. On Thursday night, Individual Artists of Oklahoma Gallery hosts the world premiere of “Battle of the Bonds,” the most recent in a series of popular shorts by Oklahoma filmmaker Kyle Roberts, whose previous pop culture mash-ups have garnered hundreds of thousands of views on YouTube. Those also will be screened. Growing up […]