Music
Joshua Boydston
The Planets Align with Mandala and Killer Gandhi
9 p.m. Friday
VZD's Restaurant & Club
4200 N. Western
vzds.com 524-4203
$5
Monday 20 May
OKG Newsletter
Topic: Music
Universal appeal
The Planets Align’s influences come from across the musical galaxy.
Music
Joshua Boydston
The Planets Align with Mandala and Killer Gandhi
9 p.m. Friday
VZD's Restaurant & Club
4200 N. Western
vzds.com 524-4203
$5
Terrace stamp
After shuffling lineup changes, Evergreen Terrace’s remaining members are feeling swell about the band’s current lineup.
Music
Joshua Boydston
Evergreen Terrace with Bury Your Dead, For the Fallen Dreams and more
3:30 p.m. Friday
Diamond Ballroom
8001 S. Eastern
diamondballroom.net 677-9169
$15-$18
Extra Cheeze
Shea Weaver’s varied monikers — like Cheezecoat — correspond to where music has taken him.
Music
Stephen Carradini
Shea Weaver
9-10 p.m. Friday
JJ’s Alley
212 E. Sheridan 605-4543
Cheezecoat
Saturday
Midsummer Nights’ Fair
Lions Park 450 S. Flood, Norman
normanfirehouse.com 329-4523
Rock this
OKG7 things to do
Gazette staff
Despite the British spelling of their name, Stillwater-based band Colourmusic will represent Oklahoma to the fullest Friday when it plays The Blue Note, 2407 N. Robinson.
First watch
A local author draws on her childhood as an Army brat for her debut novel, ‘Along the Watchtower.’
Features
Jenny Coon Peterson
Constance Squires
6:30 p.m. Thursday
Full Circle Bookstore
1900 Northwest Expressway
fullcirclebooks.com 842-2900
The Pretty Black Chains — Awakening
You’d never know that The Pretty Black Chains very recently used to be a Brit-pop band.
Music
Stephen Carradini
“Awakening” is proof that their tansformation into a Led Zeppelin-style rock band was as complete as it was swift.
Paul Simon — Paul Simon / There Goes Rhymin’ Simon / Still Crazy After All These Years / In Concert: Live Rhymin’
Only one of the four is a true reissue; but c'mon...it's Paul Simon
Pop
Stephen Carradini
Some reissues are chock-full of new bits that entice hardcore fans to go out and buy beloved albums again. Columbia’s reissues of Paul Simon’s first three albums do not fall in that category.
Piñataland — Hymns for the Dreadful Night
Beautiful arrangements, skilled players and excellent production. What more could you want?
Indie
Stephen Carradini
As a newly minted music producer, I’m now professionally invested in the way that recordings sound (which means I have even more distaste for the intentionally terrible recordings of the San Francisco garage-rock scene).
James and Evander — Constellating EP + 2
Like the Postal Service. But not.
Indie
Stephen Carradini
I love The Postal Service. I’ve yearned for the day that their long-rumored second album comes out; I’ve pretty much resigned myself to it never appearing. In its stead, I’ve sought out other ge
