The South by Southwest Music Conference gets underway this week and more than 40 Oklahoma bands will be playing.
Twenty-two Oklahoma acts will take part in official showcases:
Audra Mae, Cady Groves, Chase Kerby, The City Lives, Colourmusic, Daniel Walcher, Dre Murray, Dwight Twilley, Fedel, Fiawna Forte, Green Corn Revival, Gum, K.C. Clifford, The Non, OK Sweetheart, Paul Benjaman Band, The Pretty Black Chains, The Red Alert, Stardeath and White Dwarfs, The Uglysuit, Unwed Sailor and Wanda Jackson
Twenty-three more Oklahoma acts will be playing unofficial showcases and day parties:
Ali Harter, Beatpunks, The Boom Bang, Brandon Jenkins, Brine Webb, Broncho, Camille Harp, Computer Blue, Crystal Vision, The Effects, Eric and the Adams, Grooms, Jabee, Jacob Abello, Joshua Distance, Kids at the Bar, Leon Russell, Mark Gibson, The Mean Spirits, Mike Kelly, Red City Radio, The Reverb Bros. and Trash Yourself
Six other SXSW acts have Oklahoma connections:
School of Seven Bells (features Lawton-native Benjamin Curtis), The Veils (lived in Oklahoma City for a short time in 2007), Daddy a Go-Go (featuring Tulsa native John Boydston), The Souls (featuring Medicine Park resident David Lott), Hot Club of Cowtown (featuring Tulsa-area resident Whit Smith) and Oh No Not Stereo (featuring former University of Oklahoma student Mykul Lee)
DOWNLOAD:
Ali Harter - “Grandpa”
The City Lives - “You Gotta Let Go”
Colourmusic - “Put in a Little Gas”
Daddy a Go-Go - “School Bus Driver (The Stop Song)”
Grooms - “Dreamsucker”
Jabee - “One”
The Pretty Black Chains - “Ambulance”
School of Seven Bells - “Half Asleep”
Stardeath And White Dwarfs - “Springtime In Martha Stewart’s Head”
The Uglysuit - “1902 Deep Ocean”
After the jump, check out schedule listings for all bands listed above.
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Thousands of musicians and fans converge on downtown Tulsa this weekend for the ninth edition of DFest.
I will be there solo this year and I hope to see many of your faces there as well. (Advanced two-day passes are still available - don’t wait until the day of!)
Throughout the coming weekend and into next week, we plan on bringing you recaps on the conference and festival, as well as Q&As, videos and pictures.
To get your ears ready, here’s a collection of free mp3s from DFest 2009 artists:
DOWNLOADS:
8Bit Cynics - “You Ain’t That Pretty”
Ali Harter - “Grandpa”
Astellaway - “It’s Not Worth It”
Callupsie - “The Murderous Type”
Crocodile - “August is Over”
Dead Sea Choir - “Image D93″
Ghosts - “Nuts n Boltz”
Hush Hush Commotion - “The One That Got Away”
I Said Stop - “Born To Be Great”
Jabee - “One”
Junebug Spade - “Buckshot”
Kawnar - “Lost”
Maggie McClure - “Out of My Mind”
Marcy Priest - “Never Ending”
The Nightlife - “Take My Hand”
Other Lives - “End Of The Year”
The Pretty Black Chains - “Ambulance”
Rainbows Are Free - “Are You Dead?”
The Romantic Disaster - “Full Blooded Fool”
Stars Go Dim - “Come Around”
The Uglysuit - “…And We Became Sunshine”
Van Risseghem - “We Are All Full of Love”
Western Heritage - “She’s Only 16″
X-Cal - “Starving Artists”
Ziff - “The City Knight Life”
After the jump, get your hour-by-hour show schedule, which should come in handy.
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As we prepare for DFest, we will be speaking with a few Oklahoma acts who will be playing this weekend in Tulsa.
Choctaw’s Ali Harter has traveled a big chunk of the world with a guitar in hand and, yet, has no desire to live anywhere but Oklahoma. Discovered by a French management team online in 2007, she has toured France, Belgium and Italy in the past three years. This fall, she is set to embark on her tenth European tour - something very few 25-year-olds can say. Harter released an impressive debut album, Worry the Bone, in 2007 and, with the help of a slew of Oklahoma musicians, is set to release a new album later this year.
Ali Harter plays Saturday at 10:20pm at the PAC - Doenges Theatre.
You’ve toured a few times in Europe and I see that you’re heading back this fall. Tell me how that came about.
My now manager, for Europe, found me on purevolume.com about two years ago, he asked me to come tour over there. After a few months of me blowing him off because I thought he was full of it, my publisher came to me and told me he was legit, and asked me why I was ignoring him. So I went crawling back, and apologized. But he understood. I mean, who does that happen to?! We laugh about it now. He’s a good friend and we’ve got a good team over there, its alot of fun now.
DOWNLOAD: Ali Harter - “Grandpa”
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Hundreds of musicians and tens of thousands of fans converge on downtown Norman this Saturday for the second edition of Norman Music Festival.
I will be there with Mrs. OklahomaRock. I hope to see many of your faces there as well. (This event is totally FREE!)
To get your ears ready, here’s some FREE mp3s from NMF 2009 artists:
DOWNLOADS:
Ali Harter - “Grandpa”
Crocodile - “August is Over”
Early Beat - “Maybe I Love You”
El Paso Hot Button - “Hot As Fuck”
The Gunship - “Lost”
Hush Hush Commotion - “The One That Got Away”
I Resign - “Indoctrination”
Jabee - “One”
Other Lives - “End Of The Year”
Psychotic Reaction - “Steppin’ Stone”
Rainbows Are Free - “Are You Dead?”
Stardeath And White Dwarfs - “Springtime In Martha Stewart’s Head”
Starlight Mints - “Pumpkin”
Student Film - “Whirling Dervish”
The Uglysuit - “…And We Became Sunshine”
After the jump, get your hour-by-hour band schedule, which should come in handy.
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Guestroom Records host six awesome bands at its two locations today in honor of Record Store Day 2009.
Buy some exclusive records, get some free stuff, enjoy free food and drinks and enjoy the sounds of these bands:
Oklahoma City location, 3701 N. Western (1-4pm):
The Uglysuit, Ali Harter & Mayola
Norman location, 125 E. Main St. (6-9pm):
El Paso Hot Button, Other Lives & Evangelicals
DOWNLOAD:
Ali Harter - “Grandpa”
El Paso Hot Button - “Hot As Fuck”
Evangelicals - “Skeleton Man”
Other Lives - “End Of The Year”
The Uglysuit - “…And We Became Sunshine”
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The South by Southwest Music Conference gets underway this week and more than a dozen Oklahoma bands will be playing.
Ten Oklahoma bands will take part in official showcases:
Ali Harter, The City Lives, Colourmusic, Crocodile, Other Lives, Samantha Crain & the Midnight Shivers, Shiny Toy Guns, Stardeath and White Dwarfs, Stars Go Dim and The Uglysuit
Thirteen more Oklahoma acts will be playing unofficial showcases and day parties:
Asleep, Audience…Dream!, Beau Jennings, Early Beat, The Effects, Evangelicals, Maggie McClure, Marcy Priest, The Muggabears, Negative Negative, P.D.A., Progress in Color, Ryan Lindsey and Travis Linville
Three other SXSW acts have Oklahoma connections:
Daddy a Go-Go (featuring Tulsa native John Boydston), School of Seven Bells (featuring Oklahoma City native Benjamin Curtis) and Tinted Windows (featuring Taylor Hanson)
DOWNLOAD:
Ali Harter - “Grandpa”
Beau Jennings - “Holy Tulsa Thunder”
The City Lives - “You Gotta Let Go”
Colourmusic - “Put in a Little Gas”
Crocodile - “August is Over”
Daddy a Go-Go - “School Bus Driver (The Stop Song)”
Early Beat - “Maybe I Love You”
Evangelicals - “Skeleton Man”
Other Lives - “End Of The Year”
Samantha Crain - “Devils in Boston”
School of Seven Bells - “Half Asleep”
Shiny Toy Guns - “Ghost Town”
Stardeath And White Dwarfs - “Springtime In Martha Stewart’s Head”
Stars Go Dim - “Come Around”
The Uglysuit - “Everyone Now Has a Smile”
After the jump, check out schedule listings for all bands listed above.
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