Music
Matt Carney
Stardeath and White Dwarfs with Broncho and Chrome Pony
6:30 p.m. Friday
East lawn, Oklahoma Memorial Union, University of Oklahoma, Norman
ou.edu/uosa/cac.html
free
Wednesday 19 Jun
OKG Newsletter
Topic: electro
Do you do you do you do you wan-na dance?
With free, new tracks from The Rapture and M83, you oughta be set
While this speculation remains unconfirmed, the New York dance band’s sure to sell a bunch of albums this fall. Their fourth LP, “In the Grace of Your Love,” hits stores in September, courtesy of DFA Records.
Here’s why: The Rapture previously operated as a pretty stripped-down, manic, dance-punk band (see: 2003’s excellent “Echoes”) but “Deep” exhibits some aggressive sonic expansion. Included is a more earnest and theatrical lyrical arrangement as well as more nuanced use of keys and synths, where those were mostly used as solo instruments on previous Rapture records.
Somewhere, Justin Vernon’s beard trembles.
Anywho, M83 is another electro band slated for an ambitious fall release (a double-LP, in fact) that just so happens to have put out a terrific single to hype it.
“Midnight City” starts off sounding the way MGMT did on their first record — dancey and psychedelic on an epic scale. I’ve got a feeling that the French electro-poppers will be highly sought-after on next summer’s festival schedule.—Matt Carney
by Matt Carney
07.21.2011
1 year ago
Here’s why: The Rapture previously operated as a pretty stripped-down, manic, dance-punk band (see: 2003’s excellent “Echoes”) but “Deep” exhibits some aggressive sonic expansion. Included is a more earnest and theatrical lyrical arrangement as well as more nuanced use of keys and synths, where those were mostly used as solo instruments on previous Rapture records.
Somewhere, Justin Vernon’s beard trembles.
Anywho, M83 is another electro band slated for an ambitious fall release (a double-LP, in fact) that just so happens to have put out a terrific single to hype it.
“Midnight City” starts off sounding the way MGMT did on their first record — dancey and psychedelic on an epic scale. I’ve got a feeling that the French electro-poppers will be highly sought-after on next summer’s festival schedule.—Matt Carney
Three for all
Three of Norman’s best, loudest bands help kick-start the school year with a whole mess of chaos that costs a whole lotta nothing.
Music
Matt Carney
Stardeath and White Dwarfs with Broncho and Chrome Pony
6:30 p.m. Friday
East lawn, Oklahoma Memorial Union, University of Oklahoma, Norman
ou.edu/uosa/cac.html
free
Local gem
With laser focus, Crystal Vision aims to remix the city sound scene into one more open to electronic music’s aural array.
Music
Joshua Boydston
Crystal Vision with EOTO
9 p.m. Sunday
Will Rogers Theatre
4322 N. Western
willrogerstheatre.com
604-3015
$15-$30
Tele Mori — Sounds from a Broken Music Box
Electronica
Rod Lott
Nearly six years ago, an Oklahoma City duo by the name of Tympanic Frenzy sent my eardrums into just that with a terrific, if oddly punctuated electronica album in Cerebral Funktion .. in Process …
Still whipped
What decade is it again? When a band as good as Devo comes knocking and rocking, the answer matters not.
Music
Phil Bacharach
Blondie and Devo
7 p.m. Thursday
Zoo Amphitheatre
2101 N.E. 50th
zooamp.com
364-3700
$42.75-$114.75
Tracks of my ears
The Deer Tracks venture from their native Sweden to share their electronic pop with the world.
Music
Joshua Boydston
The Deer Tracks with F.O.X. and Little Fuss
8 p.m. Sunday
The Conservatory
8911 N. Western
conservatoryokc.com
607-4805
$7
