Category: Interviews
“[Strippers] Were Almost as Important as the Rappers”: An Interview with Mars Deli on ‘Pink Palace’
The OKC hip-hop artist strips down sex and power fantasies with dichotomous double act on feature-heavy concept LP. A message from the Make Oklahoma Weirder team: this article...... Read More
Alison Sloan’s ‘Fate’ is multifaceted, musically intricate, and, above all, vulnerable
Alison Sloan’s third studio album, “Fate,” explores the seven deadly sins and perfectly showcases Sloan’s songwriting talents and genre-bending abilities. A message from the Make Oklahoma Weir... Read More
“We Waited Till We Could Get the CGI Jabba”: An Interview with Broken Vacuum
Bursting with a wild potpourri of influences collected across a lifelong friendship, Broken Vacuum is a genre-busting Tulsa duo that doesn’t suck. A self-described “rockin’ teenage combo,”... Read More
“Be…Who You Want, How You Want”: An Interview with Ace Stiles
Tulsa singer-songwriter’s defiant debut EP bounces back from music industry cynicism with swoon-worthy tunes of rebuttal Ace Stiles isn’t the first Oklahoma crooner to face the dismissa... Read More
Bitter Beginnings
Mysterious new Oklahoma electronic/alternative duo releases debut single after █████ ██ with an ██████████ ██ Note: Bitter Machine’s debut single “Feel Right... Read More
“More Empathy and Urgency”: An Interview with the creators of ‘No Justice, No Peace’
Ambitious new grassroots opera finds the medium to be a unique way to dissect social issues Currently making its world premiere at The Yale, the original Oklahoma-created opera...... Read More
“Creativity Belongs to All of Us”: An Interview with SPARK!’s Nicole Poole and Jessica Ray
photo by Zach Seat OKC-based multi-disciplinary arts collective explores compositional frontiers through an inclusive process called soundpainting Founded by Nicole Poole in the wake of the COVID-19 p... Read More
“I Just Really Want to Disgust People”: An Interview with DumpsterFacial
OKC drag up-and-comer conjures provocative new EP to soundtrack shameless antics “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as...... Read More
“The Ah-ha’s of Existence”: An Interview with S. Reidy
Norman’s Lo-fi Hip-hop Hometown Hero Hits the Big Stage at Norman Music Festival Following His Landmark 2022 LP Released earlier this year, S. Reidy’s An Album, With Songs...... Read More
“We Just Think We Can, So We Do”: An Interview with NMF’s Shari Jackson
Executive Director talks community, diversity, and fond memories of Oklahoma’s biggest free music festival Officially making its long-awaited return since pre-COVID 2019, the resilient volunteer... Read More