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Oakley Hall

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Oakley Hall performs "Lazy Susan"

Earning accolades from music press as well as from artists such as Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Calexico and M. Ward, Brooklyn’s Oakley Hall is probably the most undeservedly overlooked band in the current state of underground music. Formed by former Oneida co-founder Pat Sullivan, Oakley Hall plays an unironic hybrid of country music and psychedilia utilizing fiddle, lap steel and banjo. The band’s most recent recording, Second Guessing, is a certified gem recalling American Beauty-era Grateful Dead or early Flying Burrito Brothers. File it next to your Black Mountain and Magnolia Electric Co. records and it won’t be the least bit out of place. They'll perform on a night off from their current tour with M. Ward at Mohawk Place on Sunday (Sept. 10) at 9pm. Also performing are Rochester’s Hinkley and Buffalo’s own Love Parade.