Limp Wizurdz is getting serious — sort of. “It definitely did start off as a joke,” said guitarist Jeffrey Simmons, who founded the band with vocalist Taylor Young. “Taylor hates when I say this, but when we started the band, we were listening to Limp Bizkit.” At this point in the interview, Young interrupted to […]
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Apocalyptic touch
Eliza Gilkyson’s Secularia is the sound of her singing in full voice, something she once wanted to keep secret. Eliza Gilkyson 8 p.m. Aug. 21 The Blue Door 2805 N. McKinley Ave.
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Cover: Never die
Hey, hey. My, my. Of all the concerts Brian Beuchaw has attended in his decades as a music fan in Oklahoma City, one memory in particular stands out. “I got to see Johnny Rotten’s asshole,” Beuchaw said, recalling the time the former Sex Pistol’s band Public Image Ltd played the State Fairgrounds in 1992 on […]
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Summer of change
When classes begin Aug. 12, thousands of students and employees will attend new schools with new faculty under a new district brand. Pathway to Greatness, an ambitious consolidation and reorganization of Oklahoma City Public Schools (OKCPS), led to 15 school closures and the reorganization of feeder patterns, grade bands and faculty. The district’s employees gathered […]
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Unbearably Buff
Audio Book Club and Special Thumbs 9 p.m. Aug. 9 51st Street Speakeasy 1113 NW 51st St. facebook.com/audiobookclubokc 405-463-0470 $5 Audio Book Club’s debut EP, What If We Got Buff?, is meant to make you laugh. “One day, I was talking with my wife, and it just turned into a conversation about what if, after […]
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Lion, tamer
Occasionally, the stuff people shout at the stage is more useful than “Free Bird.” “I get helpful hints and advice through interactions at shows sometimes,” said Pedro the Lion’s David Bazan. “In San Francisco a year or two ago, maybe more now, I guess … I was sort of shrinking from my role as, you […]
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Synth talk
In the past five years, Adam LeNaire has expanded Beach Language from a solo bedroom project to a four-piece act, but that does not mean he thinks of himself as a person in a band. LeNaire, who celebrates the vinyl release of Beach Language’s full-length debut, Small Talk, 9 p.m.-midnight July 19 at 51st Street […]
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Secret songs
Since she left St. Basic to go solo, Kat Lock’s songwriting has not evolved, not exactly. Lock — who celebrates the release of her new EP You Again 6 p.m. Friday at 89th Street – OKC, 8911 N. Western Ave. — estimated that the most recently written song on the album is from 2017. “A […]
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X factor
X 8 p.m. Monday Tower Theatre 425 NW 23rd St. towertheatreokc.com 405-708-6937 $30-$40 In More Fun in the New World: The Unmaking and Legacy of L.A. Punk, John Doe compared touring with his band X in the 1980s to a kind of self-centered mission trip. “We felt a duty to spread the gospel we thought […]
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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, […]