Music
Charles Martin
Zanzibar! Presents: Zebre and FRMR
10 p.m. Wednesday
The Deli, 309 White, Norman
thedeli.us, 321-7048
$5
Sunday 19 May
OKG Newsletter
Topic: records
Zounds! What sounds!
Cultural progressives band together to form Zanzibar! Records, a label working to push the Norman music scene into the national spotlight.
Music
Charles Martin
Label love
While the major record labels drop like flies, local indie ones are on the rise.
Music
Stephen Carradini
Major labels may be going the way of the buffalo, but independent record labels still have ardent supporters in Oklahoma City.
Hangin' out in the Alley
Alley Records is a vintage vinyl lovers’ dream come true
Music
Stephen Carradini
An authentic Kurt Cobain signature is a rare thing, but you can see the late Nirvana leader’s pen on a copy of a limited-edition, 1991 7-inch split between Nirvana and The Fluid hanging on the wall at Alley Records.
Needle points
Music
Jenn Scott
If you’re listening to your favorite music, you’re likely in your happy place, too. It’s important to stay loyal to your roots.
Rock this
OKG7 things to do
Gazette staff
Norman-based label Zanzibar! Records kicks off a bimonthly showcase Tuesday at The Deli, 309 White, with two acts for the price of one. Starting at 9 p.m., shove the sounds of post-apocalyptic electropop acts Economy and DJ NoYoTechNo into your ears. The show is 21-andup — sorry, hipster children. Cover is $5. Call 329-3534 or visit thedeli.us.
Tuesday
JD McPherson — Signs & Signifiers
All 'Signs' point to excellence.
Rock
Matt Carney
If anybody in Oklahoma is most likely to capitalize on wide-audience distribution right now, it must be Broken Arrow’s R&B-flavored rocker JD McPherson, whose debut album, Signs & Signifiers, was re-released last week by Rounder Records.
Red-hot rock
The success of Red Wanting Blue has other bands colored green with envy.
Music
Joshua Boydston
Red Wanting Blue with John Calvin
8 p.m. Monday
Opolis
113 N. Crawford, Norman
opolis.org
820-0951
$10-$12
All systems go?
OKC is not out any money, says City Manager Jim Couch, in an incomplete public safety project nearly six years behind schedule.
News
Clifton Adcock
Despite years-long delays on implementing police and municipal court electronic records systems, Oklahoma City Manager Jim Couch said the city is still on budget for the projects.
Best of Bond … James Bond: 50 Years — 50 Tracks
007 turns the big 5-0.
Soundtrack
Rod Lott
With each new James Bond film, it seems as if another CD compilation of 007 movie music is released. Because it is.
