The Austin-based post-rock band plays 8 p.m. Saturday at the venue.
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Deepwater Horizon impresses as a chaotic look into one of the worst environmental disasters in history
Director Peter Berg refuses to dumb down the technical events surrounding the spill.
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Big-time football finds its home in the small Oklahoma County town of Luther
High school football is no-nonsense in the Sooner State. On Friday nights — in stadiums dotted across all 77 counties — high school athletes stride onto fields with dreams and goals.
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Craig Finn — Clear Heart Full Eyes
“Clear Heart Full Eyes” (yes, the title’s a play on the catchphrase from “Friday Night Lights,” of which Finn is admittedly an enormous fan) really seems to follow the groping, narcotized and promiscuous teenagers that characterize The Hold Steady’s discography, as it moves away, discovers integrity, grows up, and/or finds Jesus. It follows pretty logically […]
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It’s a gas, gas, Gassaway
Mike Gassaway, one of the most colorful and controversial defense attorneys ever to dominate an Oklahoma County courtroom (he last made a CFN appearance three and a half years ago, when he was disbarred by the Oklahoma Bar Association for, among other things, accepting sexual favors as payment for representation), plays the part of the […]
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Tympanic TNT
In the current state of superficial pop songs; flashy, hip-hop anthems; and too-cool-for-school indie-rock bands, it’s hard to find musicians who can elicit any sort of real, personal emotion. However, Austin, Texas, post-rock group Explosions in the Sky can do it, and without saying a word. “I actually think it’s because there is no singing. […]