Rock
Joshua Boydston
Oklahoma City psych rockers The Electric Primadonnas have been in hibernation for what feels like a couple of years, only emerging from their slumber for the occasional show or to leak a rough cut of a track.
Saturday 25 May
OKG Newsletter
Topic: listen
The Electric Primadonnas — Clergymen
Rock
Joshua Boydston
Oklahoma City psych rockers The Electric Primadonnas have been in hibernation for what feels like a couple of years, only emerging from their slumber for the occasional show or to leak a rough cut of a track.
Straight outta high school
Local rapper Kulprit D comes of age in the hip-hop game with his latest project.
Music
Louis Fowler
How did Eazy-E get his nickname? What about Dr. Dre or Ice Cube or any other master MC with a moniker? Chances are few of them got it as part of a misunderstanding at high school.
T.I. — Trouble Man: Heavy Is the Head
Hip Hop/Rap
Ryan Querbach
Atlanta rapper T.I. has released Trouble Man: Heavy Is the Head, his eighth studio album and the first since his most recent stint in prison. The title is no doubt a reference to his legal troubles on federal weapons charges, but it also makes reference to the Marvin Gaye song of the same name, which is sampled in the album’s opening track.
Listen up again
After naming 2012’s 10 best albums, we’ve singled out the year’s finest local tracks.
Tiger would
With music fans crying out for a return to the pop-punk sound, face it, Tiger Lily: You just hit the jackpot.
Music
Joshua Boydston
Tiger Lily with So Called Savages, Forever Young, At Long Last and more
6 p.m. Saturday
The Conservatory
8911 N. Western
conservatoryokc.com
607-4805
$8-$10
Parker Millsap can’t lose
After a decade of writing and playing music, Purcell native Parker Millsap finally finds himself in the spotlight. Oh, and he only recently graduated high school.
Music
Joshua Boydston
Parker Millsap with Fiawna Forté
9 p.m. Saturday
Blue Note Lounge
2408 N. Robinson
thebluenotelounge.com
600-1166
$5
Parker Millsap
7 p.m. Tuesday
The Deli
309 White, Norman
thedeli.us
321-7048
free
Citizen Fred — Citizen Fred
Rock
Louis Fowler
I’d be lying if I said I didn’t have a raucous good time with Citizen Fred’s self-titled disc. With guttural vocals and crunching guitars, it sounds like the background music to a scene in a buddy-cop film where the mismatched partners go into a sleazy strip club to shake down perps.
Dirty Red & the Soulshakers — Soul Shakin’
Rock
Louis Fowler
I know most purists would look middle-aged white guys playing soul music and immediately pass — I can’t count how many times I have — but damned if Dirty Red & the Soulshakers don’t rock the joint for all of its juke, lack of pigment notwithstanding.
Michael Summers — More
Jazz
Louis Fowler
This honky cat is really something else! Need proof? Just take a listen to his swingin’ version of the Elton John classic. Deep bass grooves, jaunty piano, smooth trumpet and sexy, crystalline vocals: This is the version to which all others now must live up.
Dewey Binns — High Character
Hip Hop/Rap
Joshua Boydston
A lot of hip-hop is pure escapism: fantasies about fast cars, attractive women and having more money than you know what to do with. High Character is not that; it’s about as real and down-to-earth as it gets, while still taking the time to appreciate the small things the world gives us.
