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God bless metal

Becoming the Archetype with Bermuda, The Burial, Horror Cosmic and Veil of Suffering
6 p.m. Saturday
The Conservatory
8911 N. Western
conservatoryokc.com
607-4805
$12-$14
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Here for the party

Gretchen Wilson with Outlaw Son
6 p.m. Thursday
Newcastle Casino
2457 U.S. 62, Newcastle
mynewcastlecasino.com
387-6013
free
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Bright stripes

Tiger High with Cosmonauts and The Garden
10 p.m. Monday
Kamps 1310 Lounge
1310 N.W. 25th
kamps1310lounge.com
819-6004
$5
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Reverb brotherhood

Basile Benefit Bash with The True Believers, The Fortune Tellers, The Reverb Brothers, DJ Jon Mooneyham and more
9 p.m. Friday-Saturday
VZD’s Restaurant & Club
4200 N. Western
vzds.com
524-4203
$20 Friday, $10 Saturday
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Back to basics

O Fidelis with Chelsey Cope
9 p.m. Thursday
Wormy Dog Saloon
311 E. Sheridan
wormydog.com
601-6276
free
05/08/2013 | Comments 0
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Kurt Vile — Smoke Ring for My Halo


Because your lazy Friday night needs a soundtrack

Stephen Carradini March 11th, 2011

It’s Friday, and your girlfriend is having a girls’ night.

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Your bros went down to 35 Conferette in advance of their SXSW trip. It was a long week, so you didn’t feel like driving fast to catch up with them. You just want to chill.

If it was last year, the mood from Beach House’s “Teen Dream” would be washing over your room, but it’s played out. All your folk is too sad for you right now. Distinguishable words are just too much work. Psych is really not a very good solo trip. You just want some solid pop songs, but without all the energy-drink saccharine qualities modern pop has gathered up. Like Simon and Garfunkel, only less folky.

What you’d really like is a beautiful, lazy album written by someone who’s playing slow music not because he can’t play fast, but because he wants to write chilled-out music. It would have good melodies and not require a clear comprehension of lyrics or arrangements to love the album. There should be depth to the tunes if you wanted to explore that later, but a top level of graceful immediacy that’s brilliant enough to get anyone by. No gimmicks, no trends, just guitar-based tunes to chillax to.

Good news! Veteran indie-rocker Kurt Vile wrote “Smoke Ring For My Halo,” and it came out Tuesday. Hit up Guestroom on the way home.

 
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