P rovided the stupid weather holds out until this evening, the Guestroom Goons are set for our first practice tonight. I have no idea why I am so excited about this, but I am joining the Guestroom softball team. It is the first time that the store has ventured into this arena so it should at least prove interesting. I'm told we'll be drinking beer while playing so it should also at least prove fun - I guess. See, I'm not really athletic at all, so that should prove to at least be [...]
T his is shaping up to be a great week for Def Jux recording artist Aesop Rock . Yesterday he got word that his new album, None Shall Pass , has broken into the Billboard top 50. Today (1pm PST) he is set to appear on KEXP in a live in-studio performance. There's a reason he's doing so well; this new album has a sense of thoughtful urgency and complexity that is sometimes [...]
production still from Miracle in the Rain W e are looking at yet another day of rain in what is going down as the wettest summer in the history of the state of Oklahoma. This summer has felled trees, floated cars, and flooded my house - threatening my record collection (that's some serious shit). Rain and it's associated weather friends are a persistent theme in many artists lyrical database. As such, I thought I'd put together an obvious playlist of [...]
F rom the same Chicago scene that spawned pop-art group, Office, comes 1900s , a hollow-body guitar rock, psychedelic, pop group set to drop their new album Cold & Kind on Parasol records 4 October. Full of tambourines, catchy hooks, and sing-along lyrics this is one not to miss. mp3 shoebox 1900s~When I Say Go 1900s~Georgia [...]
J ust about every Sunday you can find him performing his solo show at the Deli . On tonight you can find him playing a few songs and helping others learn about the intricacies of songwriting at Dreamer Concepts Foundation and Studio , 324 E Main, in Norman. Mike Hosty is somewhat of a local legend, having brought his unique perspective and Okie sensibility to audiences for the past 17 years. The cost for the event is $3 and [...]
Photo by Vickie Bui I f you've been to the live shows lately you've heard most of the tracks on El Paso Hot Button 's latest offering, When I Needed Sympathy . The thing is, you haven't heard them like this. With the production help of Chris Harris ( Subatomic Pieces ), Mickey Reese has put together an album that stretches the concept of one-man band and brings more flesh out versions of live show staples. A [...]
A nother week, another episode (this one's 83 ) of Festival City Radio . This time we're ahead of the curve on new releases - and you thought there wouldn't be any... T he new release for Sept. 4, and several from Sept. 11: Grand Ole Party - " Look Out Young Son " (zero) Animal Collective - " Peacebone " (5:30) Black [...]
M MMhhmmm: I hope this makes you happy... FCR-Episode 82 N ew releases for August 28: Akimbo - "Wizard Van Wizard" (0) Bald Eagle - "Those are Cobras" (6:00) Earlimart - " Everybody Knows Everybody " (13:30) Jason Anderson - "July 4, 2004" (17:30) Talib Kweli - "Everything Man" (24:30) The Mendoza Line - "Since I Came" (28:30) [...]
S o yeah - this is late, but maybe you missed this great episode ( eighty-one ) of Festival City Radio . Lots of great stuff came out this week. N ew releases for August 21: Lindsay Anderson - "The Sea & the Storm" (00) Architecture In Helsinki - " The Same Old Innocence " (7:30) Caribou - " Melody Day " (13:00) [...]
H ailing from NYC, 5 piece The GoStation have worked hard over the last several years to create a place for their music in the hearts of their fans. Having worked with and shared shows with at least 11 noteworthy bands (Elefant, the Dears, The Mooney Suzuki, you get the idea), they are releasing their debut album, Passion Before Function , next month (25 September) in hopes to put the rock and roll back in your own heart and mind (yikes -that sounds even more cheese laden when you type [...]
F our is a big number for The Good Life (okay, maybe that's stretching it a bit). This next month they are set to drop their fourth LP, Help Wanted Nights , on Saddle Creek . The four people in the band, Cursive's Tim Kasher (vocals, guitar), Stefanie Drootin (bass), Roger Lewis (drums), and Ryan Fox (guitar, keys), have created an emotionally raw album as their follow-up to Album of the Year . Recorded in Omaha, Nebraska and exploring break-ups and other [...]
I 've been out for the last few days - sorry. Here's the deal, as part of my new job (not the Guestroom one), I travel to different cities as a teacher consultant. This week I went to Seattle for the first time. Somehow, I've never been to Washington state before this week. I don't really know why, my uncle lived there for at least ten years and it isn't like there's nothing to do (Nebraska). I know other people's stories of air travel are boring, but I'm [...]
A lright everyone, we know we've gotten your hopes up and then bailed on this twice already (not our fault, blame the DVD manufacturing company!) This is REALLY DEFINITELY HAPPENING THIS TIME! The Flaming Lips U.F.O.s at the Zoo DVDs are on a truck headed to our stores as we speak. We will have them on Monday August 20th. To celebrate, Guestroom Records is hosting a midnight sale and screening that will happen at the Guestroom Records location in OKC (3701 N. Western Ave.) We're planning on opening the doors around 10:45/11-ish and will [...]
A lison Sudol creates some fine piano-based compositions that draw frequent comparisons to Ms. Amos (maybe it's the hair) and make people write words like ethereal, hypnotic, haunting and gorgeous. Most of this is pretty fair - 'cept she's better (less pretentious and contrived) than Tori (thank Zeus). Anyway, under the moniker A Fine Frenzy , she dropped an album, One Cell In The Sea, 17 July during the great SAFW blackout of '07 . Lucky for you though, you can get your own [...]
Photo by Shervin Lainez A nd all I can do before I take my shower in the morning is cut and paste an entire press release, but sometimes the words from the press release already say what I was thinking- it just needs a sprinkle of pics and a dash of links. So here you go... Who is Georgie James ? Add the Yof multi-instrumentalist John Davis (drummer of D.C.'s defunct Q And Not U), the X [...]
L ast summer a James Iha and Adam Schlesinger fell victims to the buzz surrounding Chicago band, Office , as did Spin , Magnet, NPR, and a good deal of the attendees at Lolla '06. Office is guitarist Tom Smith, bassist Alissa Noonan, drummer Erica Corniel, backup singer/multi-instrumentalist Jessica Gonyea, and leader conceptual guide/vocalist Scott Masson. Their songs are built around similar themes to Masson's earlier visual work or minimalist cubicle displays of, well, stuff you might find in an office. They've finished putting their first [...]
A nnika says we're almost to 100. I don't know if that's good or bad; but I can make that judgment about this music in Episode 80 of Festival City Radio . New releases for August 14: John Cale - " Hanky Panky Nohow " (-00-) Eisley - "Invasion" (6:00) Giant Bear - "Head Like a Hole" (10:45) Junior Senior - " We R the Handclaps " (16:00) [...]
photo: Jen Hale T hey've had a song on Oscar-nominated film, Half Nelson 's, soundtrack and shared stages with Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Au Revoir Simone, and Asobi Seksu, but San-Fransisco based duo, Somnambulants aren't sitting back and sleeping on their previous recognitions. Their third album, Paper Trail , is full of their trademark stylistic references to early New Order, Echo & The Bunnymen, and other post-punk new wave music that I so dearly love. Joseph [...]
see more here O f all the businesses that opened in the OKC metro last year only one gets to say that they are the best as judged by the readers of the Oklahoma Gazette . The Gazette has been the go to paper for people who wish that we had something close to the Dallas Observer in OKC or others who just want to get a free Sudoku puzzle every week. One of the thing that I think makes [...]
I don't know what you're doin' tonight, but I'm heading out to LiT . Sleepytime Gorilla Museum is set to bring their "costumed festival of hyperventilating self-derangement, which has yet to include much of a puppet show, but has included human performers of varying stiffness" for your pleasure. Prepping you for the homemade instrumental raucous is El Paso Hot Button , the best damn one man band you'll ever see, hear, or feel. mp3 shoebox Sleepytime Gorilla [...]
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