Music
Joshua Boydston
Jake Moffat Band
9 p.m. Saturday
VZD’S Restaurant & Club
4200 N. Western
vzds.com
524-4203
$5
Thursday 23 May
OKG Newsletter
Topic: guitar
Jake brake
After putting the stops on a life headed toward death, Jake Moffat’s ready to rock again.
Music
Joshua Boydston
Pixies do ‘Doolittle’
Gouge away at pics from the Pixies’ visit to Bricktown.
I was born less than a year prior to “Doolittle”’s April 1989 release,
so I imagine if I’d have heard it then, it would’ve likely damaged my
little ears much worse than when I walked past the stage-level speakers
in the photo pit last night.
Absolutely inhuman sounds blasted from them, a mix of Frank Black’s snarling caterwaul and Joey Santiago’s damaged guitar playing. If you like your noise just as much as you like your pop hooks, then Bricktown was the place to be last night. Check out my photos:
by Matt Carney
11.16.2011
1 year ago
Absolutely inhuman sounds blasted from them, a mix of Frank Black’s snarling caterwaul and Joey Santiago’s damaged guitar playing. If you like your noise just as much as you like your pop hooks, then Bricktown was the place to be last night. Check out my photos:
Nutrocker
It’s the most wonderful time of the year ... for epic, holiday-inspired, theatrical prog rock, courtesy of Trans-Siberian Orchestra.
Music
Matt Carney
Trans-Siberian Orchestra
3 and 8 p.m. Saturday
Chesapeake Energy Arena
100 W. Reno
chesapeakearena.com
602-8700
$29-$57.50
Zombie Vs. Shark — Wunderkind/Dogs & Guns
Rock
Matt Carney
Norman’s Zombie vs. Shark embody a lot of the purest tenets of rock ’n’ roll, the foremost being the long-standing premise that loud, rude guitar music is one of the best, most fun ways of waggling a middle finger in the face of The Man.
Two Suns — Two Suns EP
Artsy electronic pop with a unique idiom
Electronica
Stephen Carradini
Although Two Suns’ beats, synth and guitar compositions are heavily electronic, it still feels as if electronics are just the foundation for the melodies.
Sleigh Bells — Reign of Terror
2010’s hot indie innovators return without any new bells or whistles. Thank goodness.
Pop
Matt Carney
Two albums in, I’m certain that Sleigh Bells’ distinct brand of girly noise-pop was assembled in some covert lab so as to make me look as ridiculous as possible when commuting to work.
David lean
To deliver his sparse songs, David Ramirez needs only a guitar, his voice and a place to play — preferably not at a hotel for dogs.
Music
Stephen Carradini
David Ramirez and Matthew Mayfield with Justin Joslin and Braylon Warr
8 p.m Wednesday, May 23
VZD’s Restaurant & Club
4200 N. Western
vzds.com
524-4203
Foreign Home — How Strange the Night
Indie
Joshua Boydston
Arena-ready indie rock sounds like a bit of a contradiction, but with bands like The Black Keys, Muse and Kings of Leon all headlining the biggest venues in town, the weird subspace is here to stay.
Matt Stansberry & the Romance — Let’s Brighten It Up
Pop
Joshua Boydston
The cover of the seven-song EP Let’s Brighten It Up is a telling one. Oklahoma City’s Matt Stansberry is midbounce, dressed in a tailored suit and black-rimmed glasses à la Elvis Costello or Buddy Holly, clutching what looks like a bright-red Les Paul guitar. Stansberry is true to form, as polished and accomplished as ever, and his new band, The Romance, adds a little pep to his step.
