Umbrellas play gorgeous music that is full and melodic, bordering on orchestral. The band’s latest album, “Illuminare,” was recorded in a defunct comedy club in downtown Tulsa and released by California indie label The Militia Group. The band will finish its current tour up with an all-ages stop Friday at the Opolis in Norman, before […]
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Bright Eyes – Cassadaga
Saddle Creek Get your diaries, plastic framed glasses and ratty Converse sneakers ready, kids’ it’s time for a new Bright Eyes album. A few tracks on “Cassadaga” are fresh and fun. “Four Winds” is upbeat and twangy, contrasting nicely with front man/loner icon Conor Oberst’s shaky and often feminine voice. “Soul Singer in a […]
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Lost tapes of Defenestration album found in Texas
Twenty years ago, the most promising young alternative-rock band in the area wasn’t The Flaming Lips. It was the Norman-based Defenestration ” a loud, four-piece ensemble centered around Tyson Meade’s vocals and Todd Walker’s guitar. At the height of its local popularity, the band self-released a seven-song mini-album, which led to a deal […]
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Air – Pocket Symphony
with “Pocket Symphony.” Comprised of Nicolas Godin and Jean-Beno
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That 70’s Show’ star to DJ at Electro Lounge
Danny Masterson, star of Fox’s long-running sitcom “That 70’s Show,” will DJ on May 9 at the Electro Lounge. Masterson, aka DJ MomJeans, started DJ’ing in 2000 just for fun, but it eventually turned into a passion. “I just had a lot of records. I started DJ’ing with a friend at a club. […]
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Pop’s Postmarks to make first-ever Oklahoma appearance
Tuesday’s show at Norman’s Opolis marks the first time playing in Oklahoma for the Miami, Fla., indie pop band The Postmarks. Yet the band has ties with Flaming Lips manager Scott Booker and the Edmond-based music label he co-founded, World’s Fair. “We just sort of take each city as it comes along and […]
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Jarvis Cocker – Jarvis
no finally breaks in at the 29-minute mark. The track seems unnecessarily buried, though perhaps Cocker might be giving authority the finger when he thinks they’re not paying attention anymore. “?Charles Martin
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Neil Young – Live at Massey Hall 1971
Reprise In recent months, Neil Young fans have had much reason to rejoice. In November, Young began releasing albums from what is reportedly a vast vault of archives. The first was a ripping good show from Neil with Crazy Horse in 1970 at the Fillmore East in New York City. This, the second in […]
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Flickerstick’s live act proves VH1 victory was well-deserved
Texas rock act Flickerstick won VH1’s reality show “Bands on the Run,” getting a deal with Epic Records. But with newfound stardom came a stigma: being scoffed at for getting signed without putting in the hard work most musicians have to in order to get discovered. The truth is, the members made a name for themselves all […]
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The Pharmacy joins forces with Norman indie band
Seattle punk band The Pharmacy is in the midst of a sprawling tour that will hit around 70 venues coast to coast. They are stopping at the Opolis on the way through, in part to pick up a tourmate, Mickey Reece, the lone gunman of Norman’s El Paso Hot Button. “We met him in Ft. Worth […]