Sela Da Sorcerer compares her music to the cartoon South Park. “It’s raw, crass, fun on the surface but full of philosophy lower in depth,” Sela said. The OKC hip-hop artist performs Tuesday at Unwired Records, 2914 N. MacArthur Boulevard. Sela began recording as da Sorcerer about two years ago after a coworker saw her […]
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Sound bites
Chew 9 p.m. March 4 Red Brick Bar 311 E. Main St., Norman 405-579-6227 $3 If Chew guitarist Brett Reagan absolutely has to apply a label to his band’s music, he calls it “savage psych.” “We don’t really want to sound pinned down to anything,” Regan said. “For me, psychedelic music isn’t necessarily like garage […]
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Cover: Old school
The poster for 1984’s Beat Street promised “the music and breakdance explosion of the summer,” but for Brian Frejo, watching in a Capitol Hill movie theater, what happened after the movie might have been more important than anything on screen. “The movie was packed,” Frejo said, “and when we came out of the movie, in […]
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Harmonic convergence
Pitch HER Perfect presents Rhythm and Flow 9 p.m. Feb. 21 The Paramount Room 701 W. Sheridan Ave. theparamountroom.com 405-532-6376 $10-$15 Annisia Anderson and Vada Patrice met singing backup for other artists, but as the duo Pitch HER Perfect, they’ve taken center stage. “We’ve been in music all of our lives, starting out in church, […]
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Cover: Built different
When we spoke to Jacobi Ryan in March, he was on track to release 52 songs, one for every week, in 2019. As of publication time, he still is — whether you like it or not. “I can’t imagine how many people have been sitting there at their computers every week like, ‘Hopefully it’s not […]
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Kingz speech
Homecoming Kingz 9 p.m. Saturday 51st Street Speakeasy 1114 NW 51st St. 51stspeakeasy.com 405-463-0470 Free Hopefully Dallas-based hip-hop artist Motian’s return to the Oklahoma City area will go smoother than when his family first moved him here at age 12. “I came from Tehran, Iran, in 2001 right before 9/11 happened, and I’m in Moore, […]
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Hard Work
Further solidifying Oklahoma’s reputation as a germination pool for thoughtful, high-consciousness hip-hop, Changing Frequencies’ (CF) debut album FREQ Work is a full-length mission statement — not only for the Tulsa rapper, but for her society’s future. In no way does FREQ Work demand to be graded on a local-statewide curve; CF is ready to take […]
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Marketing passion
Not counting the other collaborations and EPs he has planned, Jacobi Ryan is on track to release a song every week this year, but several he has written might not be released at all. “I have probably 50 songs that need to be recorded,” said Ryan in a phone interview, while he was, not surprisingly, […]
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Dope hope
Jabee Williams started off his day at 6 a.m. with no wallet, no license and no place to sleep that night. Even armed with an Emmy award and a strong fan base, the hip-hop performer struggled to follow the winding path trod by the city’s homeless population every day as they just try to survive […]