
Thanks to Ashley , or I would have completely missed this show. The Belfast, Ireland duo, Oppenheimer are going on a mini-Northeast tour with Boston's Lifestyle starting on August 19th and will be in New York City at Pianos on August 21st. Oppenheimer is comprised of Rocky O'Reilly and Shaun Robinson and play a blend of quirky electronic-pop akin to Neon Golden era Notwist and The Postal Service; full of warm fuzzy synths, uplifting beats, and enough blips and bleeps to make Eric Elbogen [...]
Tonight, take your pick. Oppenheimer bring their fuzzy-wuzzy electronipop all the way from the emerald isle to our very own Khyber Pass. If sunny, psuedo-psychadelic guitars are more your speed, you can't afford to miss Brown Recluse Sings (pic'd) at Tritone, still all loosey-goosey from their Swedish massage last month. And what was that? Did somebody just say "half price"? Lordy!

DeadJournalist.com Three years ago, synth-pop exploded back into the mainstream with the release of The Postal Service’s debut album. In the years that have followed, synth-pop fans have had a limited number of quality artists of which to grab hold. On June 6, 2006, that changed when Belfast, Ireland’s Oppenheimer released their self-titled album. “Breakfast in NYCâ€, “Saturday Looks Bad To Me†and “This Is Not a Test†highlight the album - and not coincidently - these songs are featured on the band’s MySpace.com page. Released [...]