CFN
Gazette staff
Tiny actress Kristin Chenoweth, interviewing shiny actress Renée Zellweger on the Academy Awards pre-show on Feb. 24:
Wednesday 22 May
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CFN Quote of the Week
CFN
Gazette staff
Tiny actress Kristin Chenoweth, interviewing shiny actress Renée Zellweger on the Academy Awards pre-show on Feb. 24:
SXSW 2013: Tallows
When experimental rock’s Tallows takes the stage, don’t fret.
Music
Stephen Carradini
Fret-tapping is an alternate way of playing guitar that creates very percussive rhythms out of melodic sounds. Instead of strumming each note, the guitar player taps a finger from the fretting hand against each note on the fretboard. The mesmerizing rapid hand movements are a neat side benefit.
SXSW 2013: Horse Thief / Colourmusic
Horse Thief takes the reins, while Colourmusic paints music to be felt.
Music
Stephen Carradini
Horse Thief’s act of draping an Oklahoma flag over one of its amp stands may have just been a proud statement of local love, but it is also a reflection of its wide-open, rootsy, rock ’n’ roll sound. The band describes itself as a “psychedelic folk rock band,” and that description isn’t bad, either.
SXSW 2013: Bowlsey / Desi and Cody / Brave
A triple treat of tuneage.
Music
Stephen Carradini
After an unusually easy commute and parking job, I settled into a chill afternoon at The Buffalo Lounge with Bowlsey, Desi and Cody, and Brave.
SXSW 2013: Guardant / The Del Toros / The Kamals / Josh Sallee
Just Joshin'. And you?
Music
Stephen Carradini
It only took Guardant 30 seconds to win me completely over to its team. The quintet’s hyperactive, quirky dance pop is simply irresistible.
SXSW 2013: Zach Winters / Parker Millsap
Zach attack!
Music
Stephen Carradini
Zach Winters’ set of singer/songwriter tunes hinged on the charms of his and other people’s voices.
SXSW 2013: OK Sweetheart / Defining Times / Samantha Crain
One Sweet set.
Songs of the South
Which Okie acts at this year’s South by Southwest are poised for greatness in the years to come? Our SXSW correspondent picks five that are alive with pleasure.
Music
Stephen Carradini
Year three of the Oklahoma Film & Music Office’s Buffalo Lounge at the South by Southwest music conference in Austin, Texas, built on past successes by adding space and a slew of new bands to its proceedings.
Range rovers
Despite growing buzz, rock’s Blackstone Rangers haven’t settled on a sound. No biggie since it sounds so good.
Music
Joshua Boydston
Blackstone Rangers with Depth & Current and Prix Teen
8 p.m. Thursday
Opolis
113 N. Crawford, Norman
opolis.org
820-0951
$5
Texas Chainsaw
Heard the good buzz?
Horror
Rod Lott
One of the most inconsistent franchises in movie history is the one beget by Tobe Hooper's 1974 classic, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. How does one follow all those less-than-beloved sequels? Lionsgate's latest in the series — the seventh — has a solution: Ignore 'em.
