Iron Aidan

Aidan Carroll Quartet
7 p.m. Wednesday, May 29
University of Central Oklahoma Jazz Lab
100 E. Fifth, Edmond
ucojazzlab.com
359-7989
$5-$7

05/22/2013 | Comments 0

Beat street

Lucky Date with Kids at the Bar and Crystal Vision
9 p.m. Wednesday, May 29
Kamps 1310 Lounge
1310 N.W. 25th
kamps1310lounge.com
819-6004
$20

05/22/2013 | Comments 0

Sun rises

Sunny Side Up with The Last Slice and Classy San Diego
8 p.m. Saturday
The Conservatory
8911 N. Western
conservatoryokc.com
607-4805
$8

05/22/2013 | Comments 0

God bless metal

Becoming the Archetype with Bermuda, The Burial, Horror Cosmic and Veil of Suffering
6 p.m. Saturday
The Conservatory
8911 N. Western
conservatoryokc.com
607-4805
$12-$14

05/15/2013 | Comments 0

Here for the party

Gretchen Wilson with Outlaw Son
6 p.m. Thursday
Newcastle Casino
2457 U.S. 62, Newcastle
mynewcastlecasino.com
387-6013
free

05/15/2013 | Comments 0

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Graham Wright — Shirts vs. Skins

Looking for some summertime power-pop? Look no further!

Indie
Stephen Carradini
Tokyo Police Club has an instantly recognizable and nigh-on iconic indie-rock sound. When I heard the words “Tokyo Police Club side-project,” I figured it was code for “more TPC songs, but some guys in the band wanted to take some time off.”

Friday, July 8, 2011

Piñataland — Hymns for the Dreadful Night

Beautiful arrangements, skilled players and excellent production. What more could you want?

Indie
Stephen Carradini
As a newly minted music producer, I’m now professionally invested in the way that recordings sound (which means I have even more distaste for the intentionally terrible recordings of the San Francisco garage-rock scene).

Thursday, July 7, 2011

The Ladybug Transistor — Clutching Stems

It's all about the tunes, man

Indie
Stephen Carradini
The Ladybug Transistor’s pop songs are elegant constructions.

Thursday, July 7, 2011

James and Evander — Constellating EP + 2

Like the Postal Service. But not.

Indie
Stephen Carradini
I love The Postal Service. I’ve yearned for the day that their long-rumored second album comes out; I’ve pretty much resigned myself to it never appearing. In its stead, I’ve sought out other ge

Thursday, July 7, 2011

Givers — In Light

The most enthusiastic calypso/indie-pop band ever delivers

Indie
Stephen Carradini
Givers’ “In Light” does not capture the exuberant magic that the band puts out live.

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Son Lux — We Are Rising

An ornate, ecstatic set of indie compositions

Indie
Stephen Carradini
It is difficult to categorize the music of Son Lux.

Friday, June 24, 2011

tUnE-yArDs — w h o k i l l

Oft-inventive, sometime-bizarre music

Indie
Stephen Carradini
I’ve been listening to tUnE-yArDs’ “w h o k i l l” for a couple of months, which is far longer than I listen to most CDs I review.

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Delay Trees — Delay Trees

The best Death Cab album Ben Gibbard didn’t write

Indie
Stephen Carradini
If you’re a longtime fan of Death Cab for Cutie feeling let down by “Codes and Keys,” fear not.

Thursday, June 16, 2011

Heavy Years: 2000-2010 — Chris Mills

An under-radar singer/songwriter gets a well-deserved retrospective

Indie
Stephen Carradini
Singer/songwriter Chris Mills’ appeal can be summed up in the title of his 1996 debut EP, “Chris Mills Plays and Sings.”

Monday, June 13, 2011

The Antlers — Burst Apart

A baby-makin’ record about not baby-makin’.

Indie
Stephen Carradini
“Burst Apart” by The Antlers is a baby-makin’ record about not baby-makin’.

Thursday, June 9, 2011

Saturday Sirens — Saturday Sirens

Rock debut is a highlight of local music so far this year

Indie
Stephen Carradini
Seth Anderson has the sort of confident snarl that turns heads and perks up ears.

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Manchester Orchestra — Simple Math

Passionate, excellent indie-rock tunes

Indie
Stephen Carradini
It’s pretty weird that there hasn’t been any monolithic indie-rock disc to polarize the blog masses so far this year, as we had Beach House to love or hate before January was up in 2010.

Friday, June 3, 2011

Death Cab for Cutie — Codes and Keys

Indie-poppers' best album since the early 2000s

Indie
Stephen Carradini
To its benefit and ill, Death Cab for Cutie has never made the same album twice.

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Man-made Objects — EP

Beautifully recorded psych and shoegaze tunes

Indie
Stephen Carradini
Man-Made Objects’ shoegaze and psych tunes rely heavily on songcraft, relegating reverb to an effect on guitar and vocals instead of the featured element.

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Laura Stevenson and the Cans — Sit Resist

Disparate genres tie into an incredibly coherent sound

Indie
Stephen Carradini
I lauded Emily Arin’s latest earlier this year because of its ability to seamlessly fuse disparate genres into one thing.

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

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