Electronica
Joshua Boydston
Lots of adjectives can be used to describe mad-pop scientist Dan Deacon’s back catalog: zany, fun, disorienting, loud, clashing, dysfunctional and dizzying.
Wednesday 19 Jun
OKG Newsletter
Topic: mp3
Dan Deacon — America
Electronica
Joshua Boydston
Lots of adjectives can be used to describe mad-pop scientist Dan Deacon’s back catalog: zany, fun, disorienting, loud, clashing, dysfunctional and dizzying.
Sooner the Sunset — Sooner the Sunset
Pop
Joshua Boydston
Oklahoma City’s own Graham Colton is one of the most formidable solo artists the Sooner state has to offer, and he’s even more impressive as half of the new duo Sooner the Sunset, having found his musical soul mate in vocalist Lindsey Ray.
Movin’ Melvins
Presidential candidates aren’t the only ones scouring the states. So are punk’s Melvins, on the march for a Guinness World Record.
Music
Joshua Boydston
The Melvins Lite with Tweakbird
9 p.m. Saturday
Opolis
113 N. Crawford, Norman
opolis.org
820-0951
$15
Come, the new Jerusalem
Members of The Polyphonic Spree and The Twilight Singers beget more indie rock as My Jerusalem, and they saw that it was good.
Music
Joshua Boydston
My Jerusalem with Beau Jennings & the Tigers and Cordell
8 p.m. Thursday
The Conservatory
8911 N. Western
conservatoryokc.com
607-4805
$8
Shiny Toy Guns — III
Rock
Joshua Boydston
After an uneven presence following 2008’s hard rock-leaning Season of Poison, Shiny Toy Guns is back with its third release, appropriately titled III.
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis — The Heist
Hip Hop/Rap
Ryan Querbach
Seattle-based rapper Macklemore has once again teamed up with producer Ryan Lewis to cook up an album that is nothing short of fantastic.
Best of Bond … James Bond: 50 Years — 50 Tracks
007 turns the big 5-0.
Soundtrack
Rod Lott
With each new James Bond film, it seems as if another CD compilation of 007 movie music is released. Because it is.
Lost Empires — Death and Evil Beasts
Rock
Joshua Boydston
Oklahoma is flush with Southern and hard-rock acts, but there’s a narrower selection of quality straight-ahead metal bands. Enter Lost Empires.
Whitey power
Whitey Morgan and the 78’s are looking to raise a little hell. Their vehicle? Old-school country — but don’t you dare call it ‘outlaw.’
Music
Louis Fowler
Whitey Morgan and the 78’s
9:30 p.m. Friday
Wormy Dog Saloon
311 E. Sheridan
wormydog.com
601-6276
$5
Reid all about it
No longer nervous about performing, Norman singer-songwriter Kyle Reid even takes his love of music to bed.
Music
Joshua Boydston
Kyle Reid with Parker Millsap and John Calvin
10 p.m. Wednesday
The Deli
309 White, Norman
thedeli.us
329-3534
$5
Kyle Reid with Brother Gruesome, Depth & Current and Magnificent Bird
8 p.m. Saturday
Ampy Shanty
527 E. Main, Norman
754-1927
$5
