Hip Hop/Rap
Joshua Boydston
Tulsa rap export Johnny Polygon made a splash with 2010’s Rebel Without Applause. Now he’s back with his most fully realized effort to date.
Thursday 20 Jun
OKG Newsletter
Topic: New
Johnny Polygon — The Nothing
Hip Hop/Rap
Joshua Boydston
Tulsa rap export Johnny Polygon made a splash with 2010’s Rebel Without Applause. Now he’s back with his most fully realized effort to date.
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
Mac ’n’ cheese
Seemingly overnight, humor has helped propel garage rocker Mac DeMarco from sleeping in cars to sweeping the continent.
Music
Joshua Boydston
Mac DeMarco with Naomi Punk and Calvin Love
8 p.m. Sunday
Opolis
113 N. Crawford, Norman
opolis.org
820-0951
free
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.
Webb fluid
Songwriting just comes naturally to Jimmy Webb, an Oklahoma native who penned several of the 20th century’s pop classics.
Depth & Current — Transient
Rock
Joshua Boydston
One gets the feeling that Depth & Current understands the dangers of having too much of a good thing.
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
The Thief of Bagdad
Still magical, nearly 90 years later.
Action
Rod Lott
With the Cohen Film Collection, we may have another Criterion Collection-level provider of classic movies in the making, if its Blu-ray presentation of The Thief of Bagdad is any indication.
Heroic hangover
Local comic book creators launch ‘Knuckleheads,’ a series about an unlikely superhero.
Features
Alyssa Grimley
A comic book shop is more than just a place to buy the latest gotta-have graphic novel. It also can be the start of a creative partnership.
