Born to Italian immigrants who cooked massive family meals and bottled their own wine, singer-songwriter Michael Fracasso said food has played a big role in his life. Even after he fell in love with music, he couldn’t give cooking up entirely. Instead, he’s found a way to combine his two loves, performing at private dinner […]
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Girl grows up
Given the silly name and bright, Simon & Garfunkel-inspired harmonies, Brooklyn folk-rock act Girlyman sounds like it was born out of a happy place. The thing is, it wasn’t. “Our first rehearsal was scheduled for Sept. 11. We were putting together press kits and complaining about how crappy doing it was … what an upstream […]
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Pairadime shift
In early 2010, brothers Gray and Baylor Thomas, along with friend Dan Sewell, started Pairadime as a music blog, which they still operate. The idea was to have an outlet for the music they liked, not imagining the growth it’s seen. “It’s been an absolute trip. We did not start out with this in mind,” […]
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Rejects’ rebound
While we’ve since matured, the “Swing, Swing”-ing All-American Rejects have showed no sign of the same. Most recently, the world saw the band coasting on the success of their last big hit, 2009’s “Gives You Hell,” which spent four weeks at No. 1, despite being more obnoxious than a Kern family reunion. But the band’s […]
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Bright light, big sound
The story behind Austin’s four-piece The Bright Light Social Hour reads something like that of the fictitious band Spinal Tap. Consider this: Three of the four Bright Light Social Hour members boast impressive facial hair, with front man Jack O’Brien’s comically large vaudevillian mustache topping them all. The drummer was plucked out of a high […]
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Swap meet
It’s rare to witness six high-caliber performers share the stage on a given night, even more so at the exact same time. But Opolis’ Saturday Song Swap features six standout Oklahoma musical artists collaborating on one another’s songs, with the performers delicately adding their own little flourish to their colleagues’ ditties. “Everybody’s mic and guitar […]
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I don’t want my MTV
We need them to provoke discussion: Who did Stereogum snub? Is Pitchfork pushing chillwave too hard? Why isn’t the new Hinder anywhere to be found? But one critic at MTV News, a certain James Montgomery (@positivnegativ, for those who like to send nasty messages on Twitter) swiped Oklahoma City as he compared punctuation-challenged psych rockers […]
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I don’t want my MTV
We need them to provoke discussion: Who did Stereogum snub? Is Pitchfork pushing chillwave too hard? Why isn’t the new Hinder anywhere to be found? But one critic at MTV News, a certain James Montgomery (@positivnegativ, for those who like to send nasty messages on Twitter) swiped Oklahoma City as he compared punctuation-challenged psych rockers […]
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Ryan Parker — In Circles
Parker asks a lot of questions here in his debut, but judging by the crisp vocal harmonies (supplied by Brianna Gaither, Ali McIlroy and Amy Leming), chiming acoustic guitar chords and peppy percussion, he’s optimistic about the answers. “Just Because,” the disc’s shining love song, stands out in this regard. The jug-band bassline and handclaps […]
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That’s it … “Nice & Easy” …
For those with “Martinis & Mistletoe” on their wish list, good news: That’s the name of a special Christmas concert scheduled for 7 p.m. Saturday at FireLake Grand Casino, 777 Grand Casino in Shawnee. Oklahoma City crooner Wade Tower will take center stage to give audience members a night of season music they won’t soon […]