Here’s the thing about hitting your stride: It doesn’t have to make sense. On its face, Chris “The God MC” Cain’s gun-toting, street-knowing, family-man rap persona with a......Read More
Hip-hop artist Deezy gets the whole team together for a dynamic extended play of visual storytelling on Aporia. With lamps switched off and a blue air in the......Read More
Acoustic punk singer-songwriter Matt Jewett takes some of the edge off with a live album that doubles as a pivotal hard reset. Few artists have thrown themselves into......Read More
Two lo-fi projects from OKC & Norman’s underground DIY scenes split a wonderfully weird new EP of off-kilter ditties Elderly Smackdown and Randy Rulz are not familiar to......Read More
Much like the runaway train mentioned in the opening line of “Follow Me”, a rock riff barrels through the beginning of DIVA’s debut EP, Spirit Shaker, bringing young,......Read More
Norman experimental producer nurtures organic lo-fi sounds on latest hip-hop infused instrumental EP Art itself is inherently subject to the nature of change. Though artists often strive to......Read More
Norman Rapper S. Reidy Presents Introspective Musical Sketchbook on Scrappy, Poignant New Release Most music is best enjoyed when it isn’t being forced into genre and artist comparisons,......Read More
Happy Halloween! This episode of First Impressions considers a metal album out of the Tulsa area. Welcome to the Alter by Alterblood is as heavy as it is......Read More
This episode looks at the first installment of an ambitious album project aiming to transcribe The Bible’s third Gospel into song. Vol. 2 by The Luke Project clocks......Read More
This episode of First Impressions considers The North Face, the first album to come out under the Broox name. Formerly known as Moufpece Da Rippa, OKC hip-hop staple......Read More
This episode looks at the 2018 full-length album Coyote by John Calvin Abney. Acclaimed by a number of publications, the album also marks Abney’s first appearance in Rolling......Read More
As 1980’s era music continues to be influential on even the youngest of today’s musicians, it’s not out of the ordinary to see a band so obviously reference......Read More