The dulcet tones of Tulsa Drone

March 24, 2004 6:11 PM

The dulcet tones of Tulsa Drone were a growing presence on the Richmond scene when I lived there...their new album is fantastic. They've been described as cinematic and noir-ish by everyone that's heard them. Make your own decisions, but I'll be listening to them on my iPod when I dump bodies in the lake under cover of midmorning fog from now on.
posted by chinese_fashion (10 comments total)

nice! makes me think of what a western would be like if directed by David Lynch : >
posted by amberglow at 6:35 PM on March 24, 2004

chinese_fashion is the best user name I have seen.
posted by the fire you left me at 7:10 PM on March 24, 2004

[this is good]
posted by howa2396 at 7:17 PM on March 24, 2004

Nice find. Very Morricone. Seems quaint little Richmond has quite a scene these days, what with Mae, Denali, ENE, et al.
posted by shoepal at 9:25 PM on March 24, 2004

very cool. i think if i were traveling and listening to this, i would be convinced i was going on an exciting adventure.
posted by edlundart at 9:49 PM on March 24, 2004

Haven't bothered to download the samples yet, but does anyone know why they bothered to call themselves that? As a native Tulsan, I'm awfully interested.
posted by Ufez Jones at 9:52 PM on March 24, 2004

i like this a lot... though if I were dumping bodies, it would probably be to exhaust. mp3s here (scroll down)
posted by atom128 at 10:30 PM on March 24, 2004

Yay for people I know getting famous!
posted by machaus at 6:24 AM on March 25, 2004

So every time I move to a city, you guys will post about a band there? Finally mathowie's earning those thousands of dollars I send him every month.
posted by patgas at 6:42 AM on March 25, 2004

Ya know, this just reminds me how much Richmond VA is one of those "bubbling-under" music hubs that not enough people talk about. So many cool bands---Friendly, Hasan Chop, Eyore Materials' crazy rekkid label----were formed there, and it had all the collegiality and influence of the straightedge DIY movement, with the drugs but without all the frenzy of the DC scene.

I don't know, Richmond's an interesting place, musically. I'm not from there, but my folks live nearby so I've been paying attention to it for the last 15 years or so. It was cool.
posted by DenOfSizer at 8:02 AM on March 25, 2004