Nada Surf bringing alt-pop music to Bricktown Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Add a comment Matthew Caws thinks he sings about himself too much. The voice, songwriter and guitarist of Brooklyn-based alt-pop trio Nada Surf wishes he could be more like his good friend and label-mate at...

Entertainment roundtable: Gypsy girls, Twilight and evil award shows Tue, Nov 18, 2008 | Comments 1 “Roundtable, Entertainment Roundtable.” There’s just something about that James Bond vibe in the air which makes movies a little bit more fun. So I asked out resident entertainment gurus...

TV: Rock stars coming to HBO Tue, Nov 18, 2008 | Add a comment Rock stars coming to HBO HBO, which already has 10 pilots in various stages of development, is adding a couple more to its list of potential new shows. The cable network has ordered a pilot for a...

Coldplay entrances Oklahoma City audience Mon, Nov 17, 2008 | Comments 10 It’s hard to know what to love best about Coldplay — the music, of course, every rock ballad a smashing crowd favorite, but there’s also the high-energy stage presence of the band and its...

No longer ‘Lost,’ Coldplay set to rock Oklahoma City Thu, Nov 13, 2008 | Add a comment Better four months late than never. Originally set to perform July 10 in Oklahoma City, Coldplay will finally roll their "Viva La Vida” North American Tour into the Ford Center on Sunday...

Rockettes take their show on the road Thu, Nov 13, 2008 | Add a comment CINCINNATI — The Rockettes — the world-famous precision dance troupe that has entertained audiences at New York’s Radio City Music Hall for 76 years — are bringing their...

AC/DC may finally get a little respect Fri, Nov 14, 2008 | Add a comment NEW YORK — When Brian Johnson got the news that AC/DC’s new album had debuted at No. 1 in America — and in more than two dozen countries — he didn’t pop any champagne....

Lil Wayne joins Kid Rock on Stage at CMA show Wed, Nov 12, 2008 | Add a comment NASHVILLE, Tenn. - It wasn't hick-hop but real hip-hop at the CMA Awards as Lil Wayne joined Kid Rock onstage during country music's biggest night. Kid Rock brought the prolific and best-selling...

Glance ahead for November and December events Fri, Nov 14, 2008 | Add a comment November 11-16 "The Rat Pack — Live at the Sands!" at the Civic Center Music Hall. 12 OKC Thunder vs. Orlando Magic, Ford Center. 13 Ryan Lindsey, Stillwater Community Center....

Better four months late than never. Wed, Nov 12, 2008 | Add a comment Originally scheduled to perform in Oklahoma City on July 10, Coldplay finally roll their “Viva La Vida” North American Tour into the Ford Center on Sunday, Nov. 16, with special guests John...

Slotmusic obsolete from start Wed, Nov 12, 2008 | Add a comment Anyone who actually expects fabulous prizes for voting needs to re-examine their priorities. Participation is its own reward, and excuse me for being overly earnest in the final days of Decision...

Celebrity: Carrie Underwood's smile in style Fri, Nov 7, 2008 | Add a comment UNDERWOOD’S SMILE IN STYLE "Dear Doctor — Dentistry and Oral Health” aims to make dentistry sexy. In a release, the magazine says it aims to provide "the objective...

CD Review: The Cure '4:13 Dream' Thu, Nov 6, 2008 | Add a comment Alternative The Cure "4:13 Dream” (Suretone/ Geffen) Like so many of its contemporaries, The Cure finds itself in competition with its own past. Matching the near-perfection of Robert...

Teen country star meets rockers Tue, Oct 28, 2008 | Add a comment Taylor Swift may have been born two years after Def Leppard released its best-selling album, 1987’s massively successful "Hysteria,” but don’t you dare question her fan...

Voting has its rewards ... Wilco HQ Thu, Nov 6, 2008 | Add a comment Anyone who actually expects fabulous prizes for voting needs to re-examine their priorities. Participation is its own reward, and excuse me for being overly earnest in the final days of Decision...

Kid Rock’s apparel label to aid music scholarships with custom T-shirt sale Thu, Oct 30, 2008 | Add a comment DETROIT — Kid Rock and his Made in Detroit apparel line are working with Wayne State University to help start a college scholarship fund for music students. The Detroit company will create...

Kings of Leon look to rock OKC homecoming Fri, Oct 17, 2008 | Add a comment Three sons and the nephew of a preacher man are coming home again to the town where two of them were born for what’s just liable to be the rockingest family reunion Oklahoma City’s ever seen.

Roy Orbison was one of a kind Fri, Oct 17, 2008 | Add a comment His multi-octave voice could soar to angelic altitudes, while the power of his delivery often plumbed depths of human emotion no other singer in rock could hope to reach — or even dare to try. No...

Notes & Quotes from the LOOKatOKC blog Fri, Oct 17, 2008 | Add a comment Fall has arrived and OKC is getting cooler in more ways than one. Fresh from appearances on Saturday Night Live and Letterman, the Nashville-based indie icons The Kings of Leon roll into the...

Keys, Coldplay lead American Music Award nominees Tue, Oct 14, 2008 | Add a comment LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Alicia Keys and Coldplay lead the nominees for the 2008 American Music Awards. Keys has five nominations and Coldplay has four. Both are contenders for artist of the year....