First Impressions: Fourtitude by Alan Doyle

Posted on December 31, 2021January 24, 2022 by Evan Jarvicks

The latest LP from Tulsa hip-hop outsider Alan Doyle is big on classic, boom bap styles and authentic discussions about ego and fame, or lack thereof. Alan definitely...... Read More

“I Can’t Fumble”: An Interview with Thomas Who?

Posted on November 26, 2021January 1, 2023 by Evan Jarvicks

OKC “Lounge God” brings epic year in for a landing with new Dr. View album collaboration ‘Perennial’ Thomas Who? has been pushing himself to new heights in 2021....... Read More

Pet Sounds

Posted on October 29, 2021October 29, 2021 by Elizabeth Wenger and Evan Jarvicks

Tulsa band Pets. stretches its post-quarantine legs with lively new indie rock singles and shows “Seeing Stars”, released today worldwide, features some of the more restless drum movement.... Read More

Video Premiere: “Time” by Lavish Obituaries

Posted on June 11, 2021January 1, 2023 by Evan Jarvicks

Genre-twisting Tulsa Trio Freely Conjures Strange Imagery in New Music Video for Latest Single “Don’t think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if...... Read More

Fire in Little Africa Sets the Spotlight with “Shining”

Posted on May 26, 2021 by Elizabeth Wenger

Prepare yourself for Tulsa Hip-Hop’s living memorial to Black Wall Street with FILA’s shimmering opening scene. With its lead single “Shining” and its accompanying music videos, Fire i... Read More

SIYLA Investigates Pieces of an Unshattered Life

Posted on April 27, 2021November 21, 2021 by Jeremy Martin

Tulsa/OKC hip-hop artist’s heady new concept LP challenges narrative conventions on storytelling and depression. Content Warning: Suicide SIYLA’s name is an acronym: “Since Infinity You’re... Read More

Album Review: Cult Love & Friends Vol. 2

Posted on April 12, 2021April 12, 2021 by Elizabeth Wenger

Get an Earful with Cult Love Sound Tapes’ 2nd Jam-Packed Compilation Cassette Showcasing Tulsa Fringe Musicians Compilation albums, for better or worse, always have range. They are, by...... Read More

Jarvix’s Top 10 Oklahoma Music Videos of 2020 (+ 5 more)

Posted on March 23, 2021March 24, 2021 by Evan Jarvicks

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

Album Review: Scatter Girls! by Scatter Girls!

Posted on March 5, 2021March 5, 2021 by Elizabeth Wenger

What Scatter Girls! lacks in melody the band makes up for in awesome unintelligibility. There is something powerful in the way lead woman Olivia Woodall’s voice peaks through...... Read More

Snapshots: John Calvin Abney

Posted on February 2, 2021February 2, 2021 by Russtic Typewriters

Photography by John Calvin Abney Type by Russtic Typewriters Gallery Self-Portrait, Tehachapi, CA Self-Portrait, Highway One, Stinson Beach, CA San Anselmo, CA San Francisco Bay, CA – Portable..... Read More

Track Premiere: “Prairiefire” by Matt Magerkurth

Posted on August 18, 2020January 1, 2023 by Evan Jarvicks

Composer and experimental cellist Matt Magerkurth stokes musical flames on inventively fierce new recording. In 2017, Soundcloud rapper Lil’ Yachty infamously mistook a cello for a woodwind inst... Read More

Video Premiere: “Ego Death Rattle” by The Danner Party

Posted on March 13, 2020January 1, 2023 by Evan Jarvicks

If The Danner Party ever lands a spot on Oklahoma concert series Tulsa Little Jam, it will be rather ironic, since the jams in the Tulsa band’s repertoire...... Read More