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Local musician Chris Cody has expressed his approval of the recently announced Norman Music Festival headlining act. "We can't wait for Of Montreal," he said. Cody went on to make the cas...

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After a nearly yearlong road respite, indie-rock darlings The Appleseed Cast have readied a return punctuated by a new direction, album and rhythm section. Today's 9 p.m. show at Norman's Op...

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Indie-pop band Of Montreal will join Starlight Mints as headliners at this year's Norman Music Festival, organizers announced last week. In a posting on the festival's Facebook page, organiz...

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Reared in rock with folk singer roots, red dirt music is often disparagingly referred to as "college country" in music towns outside Oklahoma and Texas. But that's fine with Josh Abbott, a singer/so...

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Oklahoma City piano-rocker Benji Kay has released "The Science of Sound," a 10-song album from his electronic pop-project Love Is a Story. The upbeat album is peppered with vocoder-laced vocals, dan...

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Beneath the overdriven bass, fuzz-toned guitar and retro drum frenzy lurks a country tune. "That's my favorite music," singer Lindsay "Coco" Hames said. "All the songs start as a country song." Wit...

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Two Comanche brothers have been invited to join a prestigious vocal ensemble slated to perform at a national conference in Oklahoma City this spring. Matthew and Scott Pitts, both University of Scie...

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Oklahoma bands and performers were absent from a list of more than 130 acts chosen for official performances at the 2009 South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas. Festival organizers vette...

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Arthur Bennett is off to college and on a mission. The 18-year-old (Jordan Brodess) has finally escaped his smart-mouthed sister (Magen Maddox), an awkward and generally uninvolved dad (Darryl Cox),...

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A free screening of an award-winning nature documentary will be held Thursday at the Oklahoma City Zoo. "America's Lost Landscape: The Tallgrass Prairie," will unspool 6:30 p.m. at the zoo's Rosser Co...

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Filmed in rural Mississippi, "Ballast" details the lives of a family coping with suicide and poverty. The feature-length debut from director Lance Hammer won awards for direction and cinematography ...

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Considered local legends by many metro music fans, The Fortune Tellers reunite tonight for a New Year's Eve show in Oklahoma City. Returning to the metro from Greece, guitarist Miho Kolliopoulos wil...

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Dozens of bands and musicians will perform for New Year's Eve crowds tonight during "Opening Night" events scattered throughout downtown Oklahoma City. The 7-11:30 p.m. event, sponsored by the Arts ...

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You've made lists, stood in lines, unwrapped gifts and turkey-dined. Christmas is the season for giving, but even those who've been bad all year deserve a break. Get out of the house, forgo family fes...

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Students eager to enroll in Oklahoma City's new Academy of Contemporary Music may now apply for admission, organizers said. Patterned after an acclaimed British school and directed by Flaming Lips ma...