Catching Up with LOOKatOKC’s “Got It Covered”
For those who have not been introduced to it yet, about five weeks ago I started a new series titled LOOKatOKC’s Got It Covered, in which I selected 12 famous songs by Oklahoma artists and asked several local musicians to show up at Saints in the Plaza District and offer their interpretations. Each one has been great in its own way: my hope was that each artist would bring something of him or herself to the song rather than do a straight cover. This week’s edition features O Fidelis doing Color Me Badd’s “I Wanna Sex You Up.”
Past performances:
1. Denver Duncan, “King of the Road” (Roger Miller)
2. Chase Kerby, “Cocaine” (J.J. Cale)
3. Justin Witte, “Fujiyama Mama” (Wanda Jackson)
4. Jabee, “MMMBop” (Hanson)
Video of the Day: DJ Shadow featuring Little Dragon, “Scale It Back”
Shadow has scaled it way back — not much to suggest inventive turntablism here. And yet, this random set of papier-mache’d Rube Goldberg incidents offer a nice brain teaser for Memory Man.
– Lang
Video of the Day: The Mates of State, “Sway”
Need a date to the dance? There’s a mythic forest denizen under the gym.
– Lang
Video of the Day: St. Vincent on the AV Club’s “One Track Mind.”
The AV Club’s Sean O’Neal interviews Annie Clark and she discusses the origins of “Surgeon.” Damn that Sean O’Neal.
Carney, get back to work.
– Lang
St. Vincent discusses and performs "Surgeon"
Video of the Day: The Black Keys, “Lonely Boy”
Hearing this great single, along with the prospect of the new Black Keys album, “El Camino,” coming out in a mere five weeks, makes me want to do this.
– Lang
Video of the Day: Eugene McGuinness, “Lion”
There’s a bit of The The to this first single from “The Invitation to the Voyage,” but as Stereogum noted, the best thing about this video is McGuinness’ complete disregard for having frenetic dancers following him around wherever he goes. As if this happens to everybody.
– Lang
Video of the Day: Coldplay, “Paradise”
This first official video from “Mylo Xyloto,” due next Tuesday, features Chris Martin in an elephant suit searching for the elusive title place. It’s not exactly a milk carton wandering around with Graham Coxon’s face on it, but it’s definitely not Coldplay’s default aesthetic position and bodes well for the Brian Eno-produced disc as a whole.
– Lang
Video of the Day: M83, “Midnight City”
Anthony Gonzalez, the French synth-pop mastermind of M83, releases the much-awaited “Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming” tomorrow. Much like the clips for “Kim & Jessie” and “We Own the Sky” from “Saturdays = Youth,” “Midnight City” feels like a fully realized feature film distilled into five minutes. In this story, telekinetic kids from a group home are drawn to a curious disturbance in the sky. Much as M83′s singles recall the synth-driven chart hits of the early 1980s, “Midnight City” brings to mind classic Spielberg.
– Lang
M83 - Midnight City (Clip Officiel) by Spi0n
Video of the Day: Gruff Rhys, “Whale Trail”
Our Super Furry hero rocks a Rascal on a fanciful ride over the clouds — psychedelia as filtered through “Yo Gabba Gabba.” This looks to be a standalone track — “Whail Trail” was not on “Hotel Shampoo,” which was released in February.
– Lang
Video of the Day: Ryan Adams, “Lucky Now”
While the standard gap between releases for major artists is around three years, fans of Ryan Adams must feel as though he pulled a Peter Gabriel or something — the man was releasing two albums per year at one point. “Ashes and Fire,” his first album since 2008, is not full of surprises, but it makes up for it by being beautifully crafted all around and sustaining a mood. Three more listens, and I’ll be ready to pass judgment.
– Lang
