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New Zoo revue

As the bitter battle over management of the Zoo Amphitheatre played out in public last summer, Oklahoma City music fans may have worried whether the outdoor venue at 2011 N.E. 50th would be open for business this summer.
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Howard stern

Music always has been in Howard Pollack’s blood — maybe not onstage, but definitely behind the scenes.
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Graves encounters

Shakey Graves with Wild Child and Marmalakes
10:30 p.m. Thursday
The Blue Door
2805 N. McKinley
bluedoorokc.com
524-0738
$15
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Vulgar incident

Vulgar Fashion with Depth & Current and Quilted Cherry Podium
8 p.m. Friday
Opolis
113 N. Crawford, Norman
opolis.org
820-0951
free
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Music Made Me: Laura Leighe

Boyz II Men, II (1994)
I believe this was the first CD that I bought with my own allowance at Duncan’s local music store. It’s another really fun, soulful album — vocally, harmonically, musically outstanding. I remember lying on my bedroom floor and studying the lyrics, mesmerized for hours. I loved the singles, but my favorites were the opening track, “Thank You,” and the last track, their gorgeous, soul-grabbing rendition of The Beatles’ “Yesterday.” I was just learning about harmony at the time, and loved listening to their rich, thick, beautiful sound.
06/11/2013 | Comments 0
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Arcade Fire - Neon Bible


None April 19th, 2007

arcade

Merge

It's a little disappointing to get what may be the best record of 2007 so early in the year. It sets a dangerous precedent unlikely to be matched.

The group's second full-length release, "Neon Bible," sounds like its 2004 debut: huge and orchestral, with strings, drones and organs weaving in and out.

The album opens with a thunderstorm-like tympani vamp on "Black Mirror," which could be on the sound track to a modern Gothic melodrama; it contains a ghosty vocal effect that is downright creepy.

But "Keep the Car Running" might be the best track on the album. Quick, poppy rhythms and melodies support echoic vocals, and contrast perfectly with swirling backing tracks made either by the hurdy gurdy or some other archaic stringed instrument. "The Well and the Lighthouse" is similarly paced, but more upbeat.

"Neon Bible" is dense, but fun. The entire album works as one song, perfect for a stormy spring afternoon and a set of headphones.'Joe Wertz

 
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