With Understudies, there’s the feeling that somewhere along the way, IndianGiver members vocalized a collective love of Grizzly Bear and a desire to begin a journey toward the same folk-rock-meets-baroque-pop mold.
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Mon — Goodbye September
A wellspring of introspection, Goodbye September is a subdued record, the Sunday morning hangover to Saturday’s wild night stemming from Drake’s Take Care blueprint. If Mon is content to color within those lines, at least he does so adeptly. He hits puree on this soul-baring hip-hop and R&B blend from the get-go. Its confident, sensual […]
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Pop. punk
Guitarist Ivan Lip and singer Chris Bug — the two figureheads behind New York act Pop. 1280 — formed a band for the right reason: They hated almost everything and everyone around them. “We didn’t like many bands in New York City or in general, really,” Lip said. “There’s so many things going on, and […]
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Sooner voter
In an interview with ESPN.com’s SoonerNation blog, Meinke admitted that the revelation of his pick prompted a deluge of reaction, not all of it from happy campers. “Judging from Twitter, I think I’ve made a bunch of new friends from Stillwater,” joked Meinke, a first-time voter in the AP poll. “But unless you’re an extreme […]
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Raw diet
But, there’s not much to style if there’s no substance behind it, and In the Raw has plenty of that to back it up. The Bricktown eatery has sister locations in Tulsa and Norman, all of which got new owners in January, but this locale might be the most special, in more ways than one. […]
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Cowpoke paradise
Hearing that, we hauled ass to the one of four Swadley’s locations nearest our ranch. What other restaurant has its own song? Swadley’s freestanding building is easy to spot in front of a strip mall on the corner of the busy intersection at S.W. 89th and Western. Once an A&W Root Beer stand, it still […]
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Buy low
“This is an unprecedented economic crisis, but it is spawning an unprecedented opportunity,” said Rand. “Real estate prices are at their lowest ebb in years, but anyone with a sense of history in the real estate market knows that those prices will rise as the economy improves and the people who got burned in the […]
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Liquor store owner needs some cheese with his ‘whine’
After reading the Point/Counterpoint Commentary in the Jan. 19 issue, I felt it necessary to write down some thoughts. I must agree with Roy Williams (“Point: Revise outmoded liquor laws”) that discussions about such hot-button topics as expanding the sale of wine and beer into grocery stores are healthy to a free-market economy and should […]
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It’s a Thunderful life for OKC hoops fans
The arena that’s still called the Ford Center is empty and lifeless. And there’s not anything anywhere that’s blue or has the word “Thunder” on it. Bricktown’s bars have gathered a few patrons, but most of the downtown action is at the movie theater and Bass Pro Shop, where people are getting in some last-minute […]