Pop
Joshua Boydston
As clichéd as it is easy, it is nice to stop and smell the roses once in a while. Nocturne is the aural equivalent.
Saturday 18 May
OKG Newsletter
Topic: pop
Wild Nothing — Nocturne
Pop
Joshua Boydston
As clichéd as it is easy, it is nice to stop and smell the roses once in a while. Nocturne is the aural equivalent.
The XX — Coexist
Pop
Joshua Boydston
After the aughts’ rush of bands with stellar debuts they were never able to match, there’s been a refreshing trend lately of building up to the masterpiece.
Dillard’s exclusive
The song 'So Long' marks the start of a hopefully lengthy recording career for OKC jazz-pop songstress Tara Dillard.
Music
Susannah Waite
Tara Dillard with Amy Downes and Molly Blanton
9:30 p.m. Saturday
Picasso Cafe
3009 Paseo
602-2002
Rock of ageless
That Aug. 31 show of Def Leppard, Poison and Lita Ford proved nothin’ but a good time.
Music
Louis Fowler
For one sweltering night, everyone at the Zoo Amphitheatre — young and old, black and white, old-school hesher and decked-out hipster — were 16 years old again, living in the much-missed year of 1987, all without a single hint of irony.
Roll of the ’dise
Merchandise used to keep a low profile on purpose. An acclaimed album of noise pop changed all that.
Music
Joshua Boydston
Merchandise with Ringo Deathstarr, Depth & Current and Chud
7 p.m. Monday
Meacham Auditorium, Oklahoma Memorial Union
University of Oklahoma
900 Asp, Norman
cac.ou.edu
free
Mind the Fox — Songs for the Needy
Rock
Joshua Boydston
It’s taken four years since Mind the Fox’s formation for the Oklahoma City rock outfit to finally offer a full-length debut album, but from the sounds of Songs for the Needy, it’s been worth the wait.
Locked and loaded
The hard rock of the UK’s Young Guns comes out a-blazing in its first major U.S. tour.
Music
Joshua Boydston
Young Guns with Seether, Sick Puppies and Kyng
7 p.m. Saturday
Diamond Ballroom
8001 S. Eastern
diamondballroom.net
677-9169
$32.50-$34
One direction
He’s a little bit country; she’s a little bit musical theater. Together, they’re North Meets South, and happy to be back in Oklahoma.
Music
Louis Fowler
North Meets South
9 p.m. Thursday
Oklahoma City Limits
oclimits.com
619-3939
7 p.m. Friday
Midway Deli
601 W. Eufaula, Norman
321-7004
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.
