Matt Carney

Recent Stories

• 'Page One' captures behind-the-scenes action at New York Times

  June 12, 2011

  Inherently, documentaries — like journalists — ask difficult questions. Any good documentary, like any good journalist, seeks the most functional ...
• 'Purple Hearts' comes up just short of flat-out misinformation

  June 11, 2011

  There are documentaries, and there are propaganda films. Billed as the former, “Purple Hearts: Requiem for Mad Dog 5” is ...
• 'Talihina Sky' kicks off deadCenter with a rock-'n'-roll bang

  June 10, 2011

  About three-quarters through the worldwide premiere of director Stephen Mitchell’s Kings of Leon-focused rockumentary “Talihina Sky,” the brothers and cousins ...
• Nights to remember: Local shows of the year

  May 9, 2011

  I’m proud to say that the first and last stories I wrote in my three years at The Daily were ...
• Norman musicians find new recording ally

  April 29, 2011

  For one former Southwestern Bell repairman and long-time Norman resident, a newly opened recording studio was a dream come true. ...
• Norman Music Fest to rock audience

  April 26, 2011

  A list of totally awesome bands who, according to Opolis owner Andy Nunez, have performed within the cramped, black walls ...
• New Music Tuesday: 'W H O K I L L' by tUnE-yArDs

  April 26, 2011

  For most, the reflexive, hipster-condemning reaction to Merrill Garbus’s bizarre stylizing will be enough to prevent them from ever experiencing ...
• 'The Verdigris' to educate Oklahomans

  April 21, 2011

  You can take the boy out of Oklahoma, but you can’t take Oklahoma out of the boy. That’s the short ...
• New Music Tuesday: 'House of Balloons' by The Weeknd

  April 19, 2011

  Seduction seems both the dominant theme and purpose of modern R&B, at least the kind of modern R&B that makes ...
• Norman Music Festival Preview: Blackwatch Stage

  April 13, 2011

  The final lineup for Norman Music Festival 4 has been announced, and you’ve had a few weeks to scan this ...