Wednesday 19 Jun
OKG Newsletter
Stephen Carradini
Noah and the Whale — Last Night on Earth
Folk band goes synth-rock?
Pop
Stephen Carradini
There’s one less witty folk-pop group in the world, and one more synth-driven pop band.
Brianna Gaither — Love Is Patient
Piano pop on the short list for 'year's best album'
Pop
Stephen Carradini
Piano-based singer-songwriters are a dime a dozen, so it’s always a shock when one immediately jumps out from the first seconds of a track.
Toro Y Moi — Underneath the Pine
Chillwaver goes disco/funk
Indie
Stephen Carradini
I’m pretty sure the whole chillwave genre was born of nervousness. New artists, afraid of their own voice, cloaked everything in waves of reverb.
Yuck — Yuck
Chapel Hill 1994 lives!
Rock
Stephen Carradini
Sometimes people buzz about a thing so that they can be excited about something. Some guy will promote a thing so that if more people get on the bandwagon, he can say he discovered it.
Who deserves a Woody?
Vote now, vote proud in our annual local music awards
Music
Stephen Carradini
Seeing such immense Oklahoma talent at The Buffalo Lounge in South by Southwest reminds me that it’s time again for The Woody Awards.
The Mountain Goats — All Eternals Deck
Great songs that aren't cohesive at all
Monty Harper — Songs From the Science Frontier
Not your average kids' CD
Eclectic
Stephen Carradini
If adults dumb things down unnecessarily for kids, then Monty Harper’s not your average adult.
SXSW FAQ
Well, frequently asked by Oklahoma Gazette, that is. We polled 12 local acts about their expectations for South by Southwest.
Music
Stephen Carradini
If Oklahoma sounds a bit quieter today than usual, it’s for good reason: A slew of state musicians are in Texas, at Austin’s South by Southwest music conference, running through Saturday.
Luke Rathborne — Dog Years E.P./I Can Be One E.P.
'90s-influenced guitar-pop that will floor you
Pop
Stephen Carradini
Luke Rathborne’s next five days look like this: opening for tastemakers Noah and the Whale in West Hollywood, playing the Paste SXSW showcase and opening for The Strokes in Austin on the same day, playing the Filter Showcase at SXSW, then hopping on up to his stomping grounds of NYC to play Bowery Ballroom with Noah again.
Bass this
OKG7 things to do
Stephen Carradini
Grammy-winning bassists Stanley Clarke and Victor Wooten join forces at 8 p.m. tonight at the Coca-Cola Bricktown Events Center, 425 E. California.
Kurt Vile — Smoke Ring for My Halo
Because your lazy Friday night needs a soundtrack
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx — We’re New Here
A remix album that competes too much with the original
Eclectic
Stephen Carradini
I loved the earthy sound of Gil Scott-Heron’s poetry-and-music album “I’m New Here,” but I disliked the coldness of The XX’s “xx.”
Adebisi Shank — This Is the Second Album of a Band Called Adebisi Shank
More mostly instrumental, relentlessly fun, technical rock.
Indie
Stephen Carradini
The positive prog-rock movement that Fang Island helped break last year has been a blast to listen to.
Elephant Revival — Break in the Clouds
Family-style folk that's sure to please
Folk
Stephen Carradini
Remarkable consistency marks “Break in the Clouds” from Colorado-by-way-of-Tahlequah folksters Elephant Revival. Although the album is 14 songs long, there’s not a bad tune in the bunch.
OKC to SXSW
Local musicians will play a three-day showcase at South by Southwest with the festival’s official seal of approval.
Music
Stephen Carradini
If South by Southwest sounds like an esoteric compass setting or vaguely reminiscent of an Alfred Hitchcock movie, it’s time for a redefinition.
