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Scream queen
Photo: Christopher Patrick Ernst Marissa Paternoster, leader of Screaming Females, has a message for all would-be rock journalists out there: actually listen to their music before comparing them to other female-fronted rock bands in an attempt to take a shortcut. “When we first started playing, critics would often compare us to Sleater-Kinney, a band that […]
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Mimesis
Look, at least it’s not the new Night of the Living Dead 3D: Re-Animation, but that’s another review. There’s not much to Mimesis beyond the one-line summary above. Various attendees at a horror convention are invited to an exclusive, super-secret party that turns out to be the “game” — one in which they are stuck […]
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The Flaming Lips — Playing Hide and Seek with the Ghosts of Dawn
Highly listenable, it’s an interesting take on prog-rock classics like “21st Century Schizoid Man,” adding the Lips’ patented fuzzy squawks and reverbed squeaks to songs only the geekiest of us know by heart. That said, Ghosts is also a maddeningly frustrating disc for fans desperately wanting a return to the brilliant, pop-psych form of The […]
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Frndz forever
The guys behind indie rock’s Boyfrndz cut their teeth in a half dozen other bands before finally finding a groove. The three have the tense competition in their home base of Austin, Texas — aka the Live Music Capital of the World — to thank for that. “Playing in Austin separates the men from the […]
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State of play
If you’re tired of telling your little ones to use their indoor voices, take them to one of these swell play places and let someone else do the hollering for you. Get smarter Thanks to rotating exhibits and hands-on areas, museums aren’t what they used to when we were kids. Up your children’s IQ with […]
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Chance encounter with the tube
Edmond pop moppet Greyson Chance — one year ago, just another kid on the playground — is making a move from the music world into the acting one. He’ll guest star on the season premiere of Fox’s Emmy-nommed sitcom “Raising Hope.” One guess as to what he’ll be doing on the show. Will it be: […]
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Fantasmagorical
Grupo Fantasma’s experience with Prince may not have been chummy, but it was certainly memorable. “He made it clear from the get-go that he wasn’t trying to make new friends and wasn’t interested in hanging with us. He liked our music and wanted to experience that music, to not only take something from it, but […]
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Bear and grin it
Things have always been evolving for Norman six-piece The JonBear Fourtet, whose name was fossilized before two more members hopped aboard. They’ve given up on keeping up with the additions. “Got to land on something and stick with it at some point,” said drummer Nathan Harwell. Name-change refusal aside, Darwin would be proud; the band’s […]
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Quail hunting
Practice makes perfect, but Oklahoma City’s The Damn Quails don’t really need it. With three weekly shows across the metro area, they’ve got about all the playing time they could ever desire. “It’s interesting, playing every night,” said Bryon White, who comprises the folk-rock act with Gabriel Marshall. “It’s allowed us to play off each […]