After our cover story about the difficulties local musicians have making money (Music, “Broke music,” Jeremy Martin, Nov. 1), a few musicians reached out to tell us that article didn’t really reflect their realities. “While the fact that the Oklahoma City public does a terrible job of supporting live, local, original music could itself be […]
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Heavy water
Until it was released on streaming platforms Feb. 4, Colourmusic’s latest album Swimsuit offered fans an old-school music experience — they actually had to pay to hear it. Sold through the band’s website beginning in June, Swimsuit, unlike previous Colourmusic albums, was released independently without a record label. “We wanted to put it out where […]
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Amplified knowledge
This year, the Academy of Contemporary Music at the University of Central Oklahoma celebrates its 10th anniversary. Built originally on a partnership with Academy of Contemporary Music in Guildford, England, the institution opened its Bricktown doors in 2009 to 160 students, a figure that would grow exponentially throughout the next decade. Curating a curriculum of […]
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The Flaming Lips considers its Dec. 16 debut at The Criterion a long-awaited homecoming
The band is set to debut its new album on Jan. 13, Wayne Coyne’s birthday.
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Music Made Me: Nicholas Ley
The Zombies — “Odessey and Oracle” (1968)I remember the night my best friend and lifelong band member, Colin Fleishacker, brought me this record. I was at a party and he burst in, dragged me out to his car and made me listen to the first four or five tracks. We were recording vocal tracks at […]