“It is great to be able to play for people that are building a cultural scene.”
VZD’s Restaurant & Club
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Mike Watt brings new bandmates to OKC
Mike Watt is one of the most prolific musicians of the original punk generation. He has gained a rabid following since he burst on the scene with Minutemen in the 1970s. The band consisted of him, a few rotating members and his best friend Dennes Dale “D.” Boon. “I met him at a park, and […]
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Mikah Young tends to work in reverse, an old soul unafraid of the path less traveled and nurtured by her father’s record collection.
Mikah Young tends to work in reverse, an old soul unafraid of the path less traveled and nurtured by her father’s record collection.
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Dear Diaries
It takes a pretty confident band to tour before it’s even released a record. It takes an even more confident band to do so in a foreign country. Modern Rock Diaries is that band. The Oklahoma City act’s confidence comes from the painstaking effort put into its debut EP and the overwhelming light show that […]
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Dear Diaries
It takes a pretty confident band to tour before it’s even released a record. It takes an even more confident band to do so in a foreign country. Modern Rock Diaries is that band. The Oklahoma City act’s confidence comes from the painstaking effort put into its debut EP and the overwhelming light show that […]
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Ryan Parker — In Circles
Parker asks a lot of questions here in his debut, but judging by the crisp vocal harmonies (supplied by Brianna Gaither, Ali McIlroy and Amy Leming), chiming acoustic guitar chords and peppy percussion, he’s optimistic about the answers. “Just Because,” the disc’s shining love song, stands out in this regard. The jug-band bassline and handclaps […]
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JV’s Fillin’ Station
“Punk rockers like three chords and the truth: That’s country music all over,” said Jay Vick, front man of JV’s Fillin’ Station. Vick cut his teeth in punk and metal bands, but a 1999 chance encounter with alt-country act Split Lip Rayfield tweaked his interest in exploring more traditional music forms. “It lit a fire […]
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JV’s Fillin’ Station
“Punk rockers like three chords and the truth: That’s country music all over,” said Jay Vick, front man of JV’s Fillin’ Station. Vick cut his teeth in punk and metal bands, but a 1999 chance encounter with alt-country act Split Lip Rayfield tweaked his interest in exploring more traditional music forms. “It lit a fire […]
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Great ‘Wall’
Filmmaker Mike Walsh latched onto Pink Floyd’s “The Wall” when he was 3 years old. His much older brother would come home stoned and play the 1979 double album on Walsh’s Fisher- Price record player. “It gave me nightmares and, ever since then, I’ve been fascinated with Pink Floyd,” he said. Being about isolation and […]
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Great ‘Wall’
Filmmaker Mike Walsh latched onto Pink Floyd’s “The Wall” when he was 3 years old. His much older brother would come home stoned and play the 1979 double album on Walsh’s Fisher- Price record player. “It gave me nightmares and, ever since then, I’ve been fascinated with Pink Floyd,” he said. Being about isolation and […]