Thursday 23 May
OKG Newsletter
Stephen Carradini
Songs of the South
Which Okie acts at this year’s South by Southwest are poised for greatness in the years to come? Our SXSW correspondent picks five that are alive with pleasure.
Music
Stephen Carradini
Year three of the Oklahoma Film & Music Office’s Buffalo Lounge at the South by Southwest music conference in Austin, Texas, built on past successes by adding space and a slew of new bands to its proceedings.
SXSW 2013: OK Sweetheart / Defining Times / Samantha Crain
One Sweet set.
SXSW 2013: Zach Winters / Parker Millsap
Zach attack!
Music
Stephen Carradini
Zach Winters’ set of singer/songwriter tunes hinged on the charms of his and other people’s voices.
SXSW 2013: Bowlsey / Desi and Cody / Brave
A triple treat of tuneage.
Music
Stephen Carradini
After an unusually easy commute and parking job, I settled into a chill afternoon at The Buffalo Lounge with Bowlsey, Desi and Cody, and Brave.
SXSW 2013: Guardant / The Del Toros / The Kamals / Josh Sallee
Just Joshin'. And you?
Music
Stephen Carradini
It only took Guardant 30 seconds to win me completely over to its team. The quintet’s hyperactive, quirky dance pop is simply irresistible.
SXSW 2013: Paperscissor
The Buffalo Lounge rocks out to a great start.
Music
Stephen Carradini
Getting to Austin for South by Southwest is always an adventure, so I’m happy to report that the only damage I incurred on my way to The Buffalo Lounge was an unexpected oil change.
SXSW 2013: Tallows
When experimental rock’s Tallows takes the stage, don’t fret.
Music
Stephen Carradini
Fret-tapping is an alternate way of playing guitar that creates very percussive rhythms out of melodic sounds. Instead of strumming each note, the guitar player taps a finger from the fretting hand against each note on the fretboard. The mesmerizing rapid hand movements are a neat side benefit.
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.
Buffalo roams
And rocks! For the third year in a row, The Buffalo Lounge will showcase Oklahoma musicians at the South by Southwest festival.
Music
Stephen Carradini
In less than a week, a small army of Oklahomans will invade Texas with the intent of taking over one of its storied events. The revolution will not be televised (what is these days?), but it will get loud: For the third consecutive year, the Oklahoma Film & Music Office will bring The Buffalo Lounge to Austin’s South by Southwest (SXSW), Monday through Wednesday, March 13.
David lean
To deliver his sparse songs, David Ramirez needs only a guitar, his voice and a place to play — preferably not at a hotel for dogs.
Music
Stephen Carradini
David Ramirez and Matthew Mayfield with Justin Joslin and Braylon Warr
8 p.m Wednesday, May 23
VZD’s Restaurant & Club
4200 N. Western
vzds.com
524-4203
‘Curse’ words
A local amateur game designer debuts a retro-style game for Xbox Live.
Features
Stephen Carradini
Every kid who has played a Nintendo gaming system knows about that part in that level where you have to make the character jump from single block to single block across lava/water/space/ nothingness. That section is universally reviled, due to the amount of time sunk into dying over and over.
97's in '11
Everything Old — as in Old 97’s — is new again, as the alt-country act keeps churning out ‘Fight Songs’ for fervent fans.
Music
Stephen Carradini
Old 97’s with Robert Ellis, The Workweek, Kentucky Knife Fight and The Lusitania
7 p.m. Friday
Opolis
113 N. Crawford, Norman
opolis.org, 820-0951
$15 advance, $20 door
Radio daze
Don’t touch that dial! Because it may be a thing of the past, as more local ventures go online to keep your ears entertained.
Music
Stephen Carradini
There’s never a shortage of articles claiming that old X media will disappear because of new Y media: newspaper/radio, radio/TV, newspaper/Internet — same story, different verse.
Lip service
In which a podcaster drunk-dials a rock star.
Music
Stephen Carradini
No Fun Intended’s live podcast Thursday at The 51st Street Speakeasy, 1114 N.W. 51st, has scored one hot guest: The Flaming Lips’ ringmaster, Wayne Coyne.
No dummy
The man behind alt-rock act Jack’s Mannequin knows what it takes to dress up his piano-pop tunes: freshness.
Music
Stephen Carradini
Jack's Mannequin with Steel Train, Lady Danville and River James
6 p.m. Friday
Diamond Ballroom
8001 S. Eastern
diamondballroom.net, 677-9169
$19 advance, $24 door
