It’s a mellowing experience, one that makes a sleepy day seem bearable. The folky tunes don’t have an underlying layer of misery that marks Bon Iver’s output, and that’s all the better for just watching life go by on a lazy afternoon. If you’re lazy, you can just put “No Silver” on repeat and drift […]
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Snow & Lace — Mixtape One
Be not fooled. Although Snow & Lace’s debut is titled “Mixtape One,” this isn’t rap. Instead, it’s 30 minutes and 30 seconds of chilled-to-the-max ambient music, split evenly into two parts, aptly titled “Movement One” and “Movement Two.” The Oklahoma act lets one musical idea slowly unfold into the next, creating a flowing mood. “Movement […]
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Walk to remember
In 11 years as a band, The Walkmen has never had a man walk. “It’s a band. It’s supposed to be a group of people doing something, not just a business or a name. If one of us left, it wouldn’t be the same thing,” said Peter Bauer, pianist and organist for the New York-based […]
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Chew on this
It’s safe to assume that when Tom Fec, frontman of psychedelic electro weirdos Black Moth Super Rainbow, decided to strike out with his solo project, Tobacco, it would be to indulge even the strangest inclination he felt pulsing in his head. That’s certainly true, and the music is all the more bizarre for it. “It’s […]
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Wonder boys
Pop punk’s The Wonder Years — whose name definitely didn’t come from the television show — spent those years in the ’90s, the heyday of family-friendly punk bands like New Found Glory and The Ataris. “We hit the era of moving past your parents’ music to your own in the ’90s, so it was stuff […]
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Getting Kinky
Blue Door audiences catching Kinky Friedman’s solo Saturday-night performance should expect music, political commentary, Q-and-A and a book signing from the singer/songwriter/novelist/failed gubernatorial candidate from south of the Red River. Friedman, probably best-known for his “Asshole from El Paso” cover that parodied Merle Haggard’s “Okie from Muskogee,” embarks on his “Springtime for Kinky Tour 2011.” […]
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Mim’s the word
It had been almost a decade of wanting what you couldn’t have for rock’s The Mimsies. After the Norman-to- L.A. band split in 2004, its members migrated across the country, and the years since have been spent waiting and wishing. “It’s strange. For the last seven years of considering doing a reunion, there needed to […]
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The 411 on NMF4
MAIN STAGE Saturday’s Main Stage sees more indie rock and less diversity than in previous years, with Oklahoma City instrumental wunderkinds The Non; San Franciscan garage-rocker Ty Segall; Austin, Texas-based indie-dance crew Foot Patrol; and New York City’s harsh/beautiful indie rockers The Walkmen all gracing the spot. Local folkster Penny Hill Party will open the […]
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‘Jail’ time
On tour to promote its first album, “Ain’t Goin Back to Jail,” the East Texas quartet looks to lock up many a new listener. “I sing my own songs, and I think that adds an element of authenticity that country music fans appreciate,” said front man JB Patterson. “We’re not super-polished, we’re not overproduced, we’re […]
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Urban renewal
The Neighborhood has some good neighbors. The Norman four-piece broke up a couple years ago, easing to a halt after the release of its excellent debut album, “Our Voices Choked with Fireworks.” It wasn’t apparent whether the group would ever play again, as members got busy with other projects, moved to far-off places and got […]