Features
Ryan Querbach
Norman’s Firehouse Art Center hosts its 34th annual Midsummer Nights’ Fair this weekend at Lions Park, 450 S. Flood Ave.
Saturday 18 May
OKG Newsletter
Topic: music
What light beyond thy firehouse window breaks?
Behold! The annual Midsummer Nights’ Fair returns Friday and Saturday to Norman.
Features
Ryan Querbach
Norman’s Firehouse Art Center hosts its 34th annual Midsummer Nights’ Fair this weekend at Lions Park, 450 S. Flood Ave.
'White' noise
White Denim sews up a tuneful blend of psych rock, blues, punk, soul, jazz and jam
Music
Ryan Querbach
Austin, Texas-based indie rockers White Denim are set to play Saturday at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, 555 Elm in Norman.
VOTD: Sufjan Stevens’ ‘Get Real, Get Right’
Cartoons ... they’re for paranoid schizophrenics, too!
From last year’s very bizarre departure “The Age of Adz,” Sufjan Stevens
gives stop-motion life to Royal Robertson’s deranged sci-fi art. Owners
of “Adz” will recognize much of the paranoid schizophrenic’s strange
work from the liner art that accompanied the album.
The video definitely illustrates Stevens’ odd fixation with Robertson, leaving us to wonder how it will affect the future of the baroque indie composer’s work. —Matt Carney
by Matt Carney
07.19.2011
1 year ago
The video definitely illustrates Stevens’ odd fixation with Robertson, leaving us to wonder how it will affect the future of the baroque indie composer’s work. —Matt Carney
Hear this
OKG7 things to do
Gazette staff
Catch the atmospheric sounds of Chicago-based indie rockers Yourself and the Air at 8 p.m. next Wednesday at The Conservatory, 8911 N. Western.
Stage this
OKG7 things to do
Gazette staff
Get “All Shook Up” as Sooner Theatre’s teen campers present their production of the jukebox musical featuring two dozen Elvis Presley hits.
City folk
Long known for a rat problem, New York City can be proud of its recent infestation. That’d be alt-folk act Country Mice.
Music
Joshua Boydston
Country mice
9:53 p.m. Saturday
Blue Note Lounge
2408 N. Robinson
thebluenotelounge.com, 600-1166
$5
Papal state
Smoke ’em if you’ve got ’em! Smoking Popes do. Having survived the alt-rock fallout, they ironically enjoy playing to audiences more now than the ’90s.
Music
Joshua Boydston
Smoking Popes with The Fellowship Students and They Stay Dead
8 p.m. Tuesday
The Conservatory
8911 N. Western
conservatoryokc.com, 607-4805
$10
Get your Phil
Once an Oklahoman and a member of Little Feat, guitarist Phil Brown looks to the music of the past to live for today.
Music
Danny Marroquin
Phil Brown
7 p.m. Friday
The Blue Door
2805 N. McKinley
bluedoorokc.com, 524-0738
$15 advance, $20 door
Too tough to die
C.J. Ramone keeps the spirit and legacy of his punk ‘brothers’ of Ramones alive.
Music
Chris Parker
CJ Ramone with 5 Dollar Thrill, Sweet Action and Bare Knuckle Shuffle
6:30 p.m. Friday
Bricktown Live
103 Flaming Lips Alley, 236-4143
$12-$15
Wizards rock
Tonks and the Aurors and Armoured Bearcub are among the five artists slated to play at the Wizard Rock Show.
Music
Alex Ewald
With band names like The Whomping Willows and Justin Finch-Fletchley, it’s no surprise that Harry Potter has taken over America’s musical fandom, too.
