The band’s last Oklahoma City gig was as part of 2016’s Everything Is Not OK festival.
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OKC’s Backroom Printshop celebrates five years of assisting musical underdogs with its second showcase event
Backroom Showcase 2 is Aug. 18-19 at 89th Street – OKC.
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Luciferism and Norwegian black metal guide one-man Daemon Rising EP
Inspired by Norwegian black metal and the tenants of Luciferism, Oklahoma City resident Joseph Wrobel recorded his EP entirely himself with the help of a $15 iRig.
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Decades old counter culture still thrives in OKC
As hardcore punk grows more accepting of internal divisions, straight edge finds itself among family.
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Plan of action
Crowds at a Dillinger Escape Plan show can expect to hear booming drums, roaring vocals and heavy guitar played at breakneck speed. And maybe, if you’re lucky, the cruel snap of bones. “A Dillinger show is always unpredictable … and always full of bumps and bruises,” said guitarist Ben Weinman, who is wrapping up rehab […]
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Full steam ahead
Photo: Tess Baez Seventeen years is a long time for anyone. For a rock band, it’s an eternity. Yet things haven’t gotten stale over the course of Traindodge’s nearly two decades together, thanks in part to a willingness to evolve that finds the Oklahoma City act chugging along as strong and excited today as it […]
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Hardcore Doppler
Credit: Brad Gregg Long before the likes of Pirates and Posh Kitten made Jane a household name — provided your household is crammed with French ticklers and Ben Wa balls, natch — the Moore native turned down a full ride (ahem) to the meteorology program at the University of Oklahoma. We’ll never be able to […]
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Chud — Chud
Well, it might, actually. But the band’s music sounds as non-damn-giving as can be — in the best way possible. The rising hardcore enthusiasts steadily have ascended the local ladder with their blistering live presence — a barrage of piercing guitar riffs, staccato rhythm section and singer-guitarist Alex Barnard’s slobbery howl. The impression left has […]
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Let’s get heavy
Black Skies Photo: Mutter It’s difficult to affix a name to a genre. As soon as one is figured out, two more subgenres spring out from under it. For example, “heavy metal” is an all-encompassing term for music that is harder and darker than your typical three-minute pop ditties. But beyond that are its ever-increasing […]
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Affair of the hard
Photo: Chris Hultner The usual suspects of street punk brought the guys behind Violent Affair together: The Unseen, Broken Bones, Krum Bums and so on. But when it came time to record the Oklahoma City band’s latest material — the recently released, two-song EP, A Call to Arms — the five-piece sought inspiration through Nintendo. […]