Pop

With its catchy choruses and young-girl-grows-up affect, Maggie McClure’s previous release, 2007’s self-titled full-length, drew easy comparisons to Michelle Branch and Vanessa Carlton. The 23-year-old Norman singer/songwriter’s latest, the “Good Morning and Good Night” EP, is comparably poppy, but an undeniably more contemporary affair. It’s more detailed, studied and less fun’ but that’s not necessarily […]

“Ticking Clocks and Masquerades” must have occupied a lot of New York Summer’s time. Sonically, the dozen tracks assembled by the four Oklahoma City musicians are crystal-clear and as near-perfect as locally produced albums go. In fact, the recording itself is as good as anything I’ve heard emanating from any corner, anywhere, so kudos to […]

No preparations are necessary to enjoy pop-rock act Ludo’s second major-label release, the whimsically titled “Prepare The Preparations,” which drops Sept. 7. The name only hints at the surprises in store on an album that fully pays off on the promise showed in the band’s spectacular 2005 sci-fi rock opera, “Broken Bride.” The St. Louis […]

Dustin Prinz’ Drugs LP Singer/songwriter Dustin Prinz is exploring a much bigger sound. His 2009 album, “Learning to Love Yourself,” was partially recorded in the backseat of a car, but for his latest, “Drugs LP,” the Oklahoma City musician upgraded his vehicular, basement and apartment studios for a spare bedroom. The new album is fuller, […]

With its full-length debut, “Lady Rock and Roll’s Gentlemen Callers,” Oklahoma City trio Motown Blood establishes a name for itself as the band that sounds like … that one band. The 13-track CD stays true to its creators’ namesake, keeping with call-and-response singing and the guitar- and drum-driven antics of ’50s Motown classics. But what […]

Ringo Starr’s post-Beatles work has been the least lauded of the four stars’ solo efforts, and “Y Not” does nothing to change that assessment. “Y Not” is full of tunes that are thoroughly average, which results in a poor overall album. What’s even harder to digest is that these tracks are dated. Their deep adherence […]

ed. Better yet, the 12-track CD is solid from start to finish. Most of the songs are catchy, some so much that they linger in your head for days. One such track, “Let Her Go,” has a chorus of overlapping vocals that’s easily one of the catchiest 15-second segments on the album. The theme of […]

A high school dropout packs up and leaves for Los Angeles to realize her musical aspirations, only to be thwarted by elitism unwilling to waiver from the Sunset Strip sound. Bethany native Meredith Meyer shares a story line with hundreds of other musicians from across the country that migrated to Southern California in hopes of […]