The 12-track album is lively and diverse. Each song is packed with energy, and Sallee’s rhymes and flow are as sound as they’ve ever been. He can spit it quick, and he knows it, but that’s not the only thing he’s capable of. The album kicks off with “The Biased Introduction,” which features a hard-hitting beat […]
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Charging forward
Elliot Robbins This weekend, approximately 2000 people are expected to attend Momentum, now in its thirteenth year in Oklahoma City. The Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition (OVAC) organizes the event in order to expose emerging local artists to newer and larger audiences. Beyond paintings, drawings and sculptures, attendees will also find new media, performance pieces, film, […]
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Vangough — Between the Madness
At 12 songs, most clocking in at six minutes or longer, moments of Oklahoma City trio Vangough’s third full-length album are overlong, overwrought and occasionally disjointed from start to end. That said, the pair of cojones Vangough shows through tackling this big, theatrical album worthy of Spinal Tap is praiseworthy in its own right, and […]
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NEWS OF THE WEIRD
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal;mso-outline-level:1″><span style=" Times New Roman”,”serif”;mso-fareast-Times New Roman”; mso-font-kerning:18.0pt;mso-fareast-language:ES-BO”> Unclear on the concept Police finally arrested William Footman, 55, in October as the person who somehow managed to swipe inside-front-door mats from at least 37 New York City banks between March and May 2013. No money was ever taken, and some banks were […]
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Honeylark — Heavy
The Americana outfit, led by Natalie Moore Houck and Ryan Houck, captures that unique Oklahoma Red Dirt sound, but in this case, the red is ominously stained crimson and the dirt is ready to be thrown on top of a coffin. This is the soundtrack of Okie-noir pulps and backwoods eulogies, left-for-dead lovers and dying […]
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NEWS OF THE WEIRD
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal;mso-outline-level:1″><span style=" Times New Roman”,”serif”;mso-fareast-Times New Roman”; mso-font-kerning:18.0pt;mso-fareast-language:ES-BO”> Nuclear tractor pull —Redneck geek: Edward Teller, the famous theoretical physicist known as the “father of the hydrogen bomb” for his work on the World War II-era Manhattan Project, died in 2003, but his daughter Rene told The Free Press of Kinston, N.C., in […]
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New ear’s day
Ask Broken Arrow’s J.D. McPherson if he has made any New Year’s resolutions and a list of abandoned promises from years prior comes out. He has “halfway mastered longbow archery” and is just about finished reading The Grapes of Wrath. “As stalwart an Okie as I claim to be, I’d never read it,” McPherson said. […]
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LIFE FOOD & DRINK
LIFE FOOD & DRINK For a night of delectable cuisine and scenery just as alluring, head to Myriad Botanical Gardens’ Bubbles & Bites New Year’s Eve celebration. Enjoy cocktails, a dessert bar, a live DJ and more in the Terrace Room on the lower level of the Crystal Bridge, and as the clock ticks closer […]
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Apocalyptic — Wisdom Mixtape Vol. 1
In 2012, Robbie “Apocalyptic” Carpenter, former member of the legendary OKC rap collective Exodus, released the 20-track underground masterpiece Literary, a collection of sanctified hip-hop that was as rapid-fire with the rhymes as much as he is on fire for his Lord and Savior. It turns out it’s Carpenter’s mission to have the listener believe […]
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LIFE FOOD & DRINK
LIFE FOOD & DRINK When it comes to holiday cuisine, sliced brisket and hot links are the first things that come to mind, right? If not, they will after Bedlam Bar-B-Q’s Bedlam Band Night and Christmas Cheer, featuring acoustic guitar duo Blake Lennon & Derek Harris. S’mores and hot chocolate will also be served outside […]