–Advertisement–by Shannon Moham Last Friday, I attended the Honors Class hip-hop show. This show was put on by OKC rapper Big Worm and very appropriately named seeing as he will be graduating high school tomorrow. Worm assembled some of the city’s best to put on a graduation celebration for him and his fellow class… Continue Reading OKC Hip-Hop Takes You To School
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Limber Limbs: The EP Review
–Advertisement–by Helen Grant Walking by the Opolis in Downtown Norman one night, I heard an unfamiliar band. Even though I couldn’t listen long, I did peek into the “micro venue” to find out who was playing. Genuinely, I was surprised to find out it was Limber Limbs. I know Derek Moore because of his work… Continue Reading Limber Limbs: The EP Review
Norman Music Festival Was Terrible
by Dylan Johnson Sodom and Gomorrah on the Plains For starters, what’s wrong with the festival? There were like 60,000 hipsters there and it was basically a gay pride parade. I bet half of them were potted up on weed scouring stores to steal from. Music festivals are the biggest problem in… Continue Reading Norman Music Festival Was Terrible
APF 6 Review: Psych Rock Babylon
by Helen Grant This time last week I was brimming with anticipation to hurry up and get to Austin Psych Fest. Rather than feel rushed to immediately exclaim “Yes! I wanna go back right now!” I decided to let the experience sink in and catch up on sleep. I’ve also been waiting for the official… Continue Reading APF 6 Review: Psych Rock Babylon
Hip-Hop Stage at Norman Music Festival
by Shannon Moham After my Friday night plans to attend Norman Music Festival were drowned out by a Spring thunder storm and then pelted on by hail, I decided to rest up in preparation for several hip-hop acts on Saturday. aDDLib was first on my agenda. The rap crooner has played the festival three… Continue Reading Hip-Hop Stage at Norman Music Festival
APF6 Recap: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and The Raveonettes
by Colin Newman As with all road trips I participate in, our editorial voyage to Austin for the Annual Psych Fest started out as sort of a fiasco. I will spare you the details, but suffice it to say it involved a harrowing trip through DFW at not even rush hour, some inaccurate Google maps… Continue Reading APF6 Recap: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and The Raveonettes
NMF6 Recap: James Takes on Friday Night
By James Nghiem It’s Friday night. I’m at the sixth annual Norman Music Festival witnessing storm clouds fill the sky as if they were teleported directly from Stephen King’s brain, prompting the most biblical exodus I’ve ever seen. Twenty minutes prior I was buying a round of shots for my friends, laughing and ignoring a… Continue Reading NMF6 Recap: James Takes on Friday Night
NMF6: A Wish List
by Helen Grant The only thing I hate about Norman Music Festival is that I won’t be able to go this year. While scrolling through the line-up, I see so many bands that I genuinely enjoy and others I’d like to hear. Even so, from a professional standpoint, the pull of Austin Psych Fest is… Continue Reading NMF6: A Wish List
The Back Bin: Os Mutantes
by Colin Newman Of all of the bands at Austin Psych Fest, the one that I am most excited to see is one that most Americans have never heard of: Sāo Paulo psychedelic pioneers Os Mutantes. Portuguese for “The Mutants,” they were at the forefront of the tropicália movement in Brazil in the late… Continue Reading The Back Bin: Os Mutantes
Norman Music Festival: Fuzz and Loafing on Main
by Justin Watson The 2013 Norman Music Fest is robbing you blind. Sure, in monetary terms it is completely 100% free to see as many of the hundreds of musical acts as you want. But what they don’t want you to know is you’re paying what economists like to call opportunity cost. That’s right, for… Continue Reading Norman Music Festival: Fuzz and Loafing on Main
