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For the last few years, the pieces for Oklahoma City band 4 Points West have been coming together slowly, and that’s just fine with guitarist and organizer Jesse Davis. It’s been about five years since the demise of Davis’ previous band, Huver, whose lineup, including Davis, counted three former members of Nineties pop-grunge band The […]

Saturday at The Conservatory, several local rock bands will turn away door proceeds normally reserved for van gas and beer bellies, and donate the money to a national children’s hospital. The “Rock Your Cause Off” benefit show, sponsored by KHBZ-FM 94.7 “The Buzz,” will support St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, which helps treat terminally ill […]

Brad Beesley’s documentary “UFO’s at the Zoo: The Flaming Lips Live in Oklahoma City,” which captured the legendary September 2006 show at the Zoo Amphitheatre, will go on sale Aug. 7. The Zoo show was one of the best Lips performances, said Beesley, who also directed the band’s 2005 documentary “The Fearless Freaks,” and has […]

A previously unheard live recording of folk legend and Oklahoma native Woody Guthrie will be released this fall, according to The Woody Guthrie Foundation’s Web site. The 1949 concert was recorded at Fuld Hall in Newark, N.J., and will be released on Sept. 6 with a 72-page accompanying booklet. The 75-minute concert features Guthrie and his […]

It takes something unique for a rock ‘n’ roll band to appeal to dance-happy clubgoers, but Tulsa’s Congress of a Crow is doing just that. The band has managed to play ” and be rebooked several times ” at CityWalk in downtown Oklahoma City. “Well, (CityWalk) is more of a dance club, for sure,” drummer […]

Oklahoma City folk siren Ali Harter has assembled a new record, and with the help of a few local musicians, it sounds like her country-inspired Americana cuts even deeper than her previous releases. The new album, “Worry the Bone,” will be debuted Friday at a CD release show at The Conservatory, 8911 N. Western. LINEUP […]

If you need a prescription for layered melodies, frenetic drums and a bouncing horn section, Southern California’s Rx Bandits are an easy pill to swallow. Born from the late-Nineties SoCal ska scene, the band takes the best parts ” horns and jazzy licks ” and leaves the happy-go-lucky sugar pop behind. The result is pure […]