“A little rain never hurt anyone, right?” A sentence that was overheard a multitude of times as a sold out crowd showed up for a very rainy Hangout Fest last weekend. The sold out beach-side festival returned after a 2 year hiatus and hosted over 50 bands with a perfect mix of both up and […]
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Located in the heart of New Orleans, a city already renowned for its rich culture, art and music, it should be no surprise that Buku Music and Arts project puts on a lineup that showcases the best of the best. From emerging underground artists, to established ones currently touring arenas, and everything in between, buku […]
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If you listened to alternative music at all in the early 2000s, then you are probably very familiar with emo legends Jimmy Eat World and Dashboard Confessional. The bands kicked off their “Surviving The Truth” tour this week, the second show of which was in Oklahoma City at The Criterion Theater Jimmy Eat World technically […]
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The indie music scene, while sometimes feeling saturated and derivative, is in my opinion still producing some of the most interesting and exciting music available today and Hippo Campus is no exception. The St.Paul five piece indie rock band made up of Jake, Nathan, Whistler, Zach and DeCarlo have been friends since middle school with […]
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It’s not every day you come across a band whose music you could describe as equal parts sit-around-and-have-a-drink-with-your-friends and ponder about life in the mountains all at the same time. However that’s just about exactly what CAAMP does. Frontman Taylor Meier’s raspy but unique voice produces what the band perfectly self proclaims as “Beautiful Noise.” […]
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In a city that’s already renowned for its music, art, and food, it should be no surprise that BuKu fest is already a household name for music lovers and festival-hoppers alike. While originally just postponed in 2020, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic caused both the 2021 dates as well as a scaled down version of the […]
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Austin native and Grammy award winner Gary Clark Jr played the first of not one, not two, but three Oklahoma shows on friday night. The first of which was at the Criterion in Oklahoma City followed by two nights at Tulsa’s historic Cain’s Ballroom. To call Clark Jr just a blues guitarist would be to […]
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LA based EDM artist Dillon Francis and Minnesota rapper Yung Gravy are currently on their “Sugar Spice and Everything Ice” Tour, a show that was pushed back twice due to COVID-19, and made their stop in Oklahoma City. Although it was a Monday night, that did not stop their fans from packing the place out. […]
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Khruangbin (pronounced Krung-bin and the Thai word for “airplane”) is a trio from Houston Texas comprised of Mark Speer on guitar, Laura Lee on bass and Donald “DJ” Johnson on drums. To even attempt to put the genre of music into a box would simply be a disservice to the musicianship heard on their albums […]
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On the heels of his Parabellum album releasing this summer, swedish neo-classical shredder Yngwie Malmsteen brought his Parabellum tour to the Tulsa Theater this Friday night. A tour that originally included John 5, ( John pulled out of the tour earlier this year amidst COVID concerns) Malmsteen received support from bands Images of Eden, Sunlord […]
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