The lead single from TJ Mayes’ upcoming debut is so authentic it might as well come with a pack of cigarettes and jar of hair grease.
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Song review: Boare – “playdatshit”
The world is in the midst of an electronic music renaissance, and you find most of this boon of producers laying claim to the club-friendly, bass-dropping variety.
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Song review: Broncho – “Class Historian”
Addictive hooks come about as easy as breathing for frontman Ryan Lindsey.
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Josh Sallee — Know Society
The 12-track album is lively and diverse. Each song is packed with energy, and Sallee’s rhymes and flow are as sound as they’ve ever been. He can spit it quick, and he knows it, but that’s not the only thing he’s capable of. The album kicks off with “The Biased Introduction,” which features a hard-hitting beat […]
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Song and dance
Chicago, winner of six Tony Awards including Best Musical Revival, is an institution created by the who’s who of theater legends. Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse wrote its book, while the music was created by John Kander, the lyrics by Ebb and the choreography by Fosse. For its revival, the choreography was done by Ann […]
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The gospel according to Sean
“It was a record by Sam Cooke that really got me into music,” Johnson said. “It was his voice. There is literally no one who sounds like Sam Cooke. He can sing anything and it’ll be great. You go back and listen to some of the songs and they weren’t overly wordy, it wasn’t extremely […]
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Sound excavation
You might expect Enid outfit The Fossil Youth to hit the road with fellow pop-punk groups when touring time comes. It has, occasionally. But just as often, it has trekked across the country with hardcore bands. Believe it or not, the band has yet to be death-glared off the stage. “It gives us a chance […]
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Wiggle your ears
A nationally known ’90s alternative rock group will headline the first, free “kindie” music festival Sunday at Bicentennial Park, 500 Couch, to promote health and fitness for the whole family. Michigan-based band The Verve Pipe will perform songs from Are We There Yet?, its second full-length album of children’s music released in July following the […]
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Gimme the Loot
Equally affable as they are gruff, Sophie and Malcolm hustle the streets by day. By night, they’re a relentless tag-teaming duo. Literally, they tag the streets of New York, leaving their mark as would-be graffiti masterminds. When some Mets fans start spray-painting over their turf, Sophie and Malcolm come up with the idea to break […]
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Mulling it over
Shawn Mullins Photo: Michael Wilson When a musician is widely known for one song and one song only, the relationship can be complicated. Folk rocker Shawn Mullins’ Grammy-nominated track “Lullaby” was inescapable as soon as it debuted in 1998, and he hasn’t had another song approach that level of success … but he loves the […]