Tag: norman music
Track Premiere: “Waste My Time” by Bad Athlete
Power pop Normanites continue streak of lovestruck hopefulness in surfy new single Imagine a high school dance, but it’s held in a dive bar and themed after mid-90s...... Read More
Track Premiere: “Sawed Off Cellphone” by The Fills
Upcoming Norman alt-rockers go full cyborg on new cyperpunk love album It’s a tale as old as rock ‘n roll. Friends form band. Band begins to jam. Jam...... Read More
Jarvix’s Top 10 Oklahoma Music Videos of 2020 (+ 5 more)
In January, I wrote a guest article for KOSU Radio / The Spy counting down my picks for the top 10 music videos made and released by Oklahoma-based artists...... Read More
Track Premiere: “The Hunt” by Kat Lock
As COVID-19 continues to shake the world in 2020, music persists. From the balconies of Italy to Fenway Park, musicians have found creative ways to work around the...... Read More
Choose Your Own Interview: Kat Lock
Our Choose Your Own Interview triple pilot continues with Kat Lock! There’s a healthy discussion of the Norman area singer-songwriter & rock band frontwoman’s most recent EP, You...... Read More
Big Dumb Buildings: The Lost Interview
Recently unearthed from 2016’s audio archives, this is the long-lost interview with Norman rock music project / narrative experiment Big Dumb Buildings. It was one of the first...... Read More
Album Review: Pictures in the Sand by Elderly Smackdown & Randy Rulz
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
Album Review: Spirit Shaker by DIVA
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
Video Premiere: “Everything Turns Out Alright” by Bronte
While it would be accurate to call Norman-based musician Bronte an electronic music artist, it might send the wrong message. His work is instrumental and composed within a...... Read More
Album Review: Day One EP by Open/Honest
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