Here’s Tulsa-native Johnny Polygon’s music video for “The Riot Song”. The song appears on his latest album Rebel Without Applause.
The video was directed by The Graphic Foundation and Philip Sportel.
Oklahoma City’s historic Blue Note Lounge erected its vibrant neon sign in 1961, encouraging travelers passing through via Route 66 to stop in for a cold beverage and some toe-tapping live music.
Located on the corner of NW 23rd Street and Robinson, the venue has featured memorable performances by local, national, and international acts and hosted the debut of a little band called The Flaming Lips in 1983.
The venue has changed hands several times over the years, with Tulsa’s Josh Martin taking the reins in 2007. Martin owns the Mercury Lounge and is also the former owner of the Crow Bar in Tahlequah. The Blue Note recently changed ownership from Martin to Oklahoma City residents Lisa Woods and Levi Bennett.
“(Martin) got his hands on another bar in Tahlequah and then realized he’d gotten in over his head and wanted to go back to owning one bar, so he gave that bar (The Crow Bar) to the manager there and then gave the Blue Note to me. Well, it was supposed to be gifted but it turned into a big disaster because that’s not exactly the way it was supposed to go. We found out that the belongings that were in the bar belonged to someone else. All in all once it works out it’ll be fine.” - Lisa Woods
The pair has been making improvements to the venue including fixing the restroom plumbing, patching holes, reorganizing the space to create more standing room, painting and adding a new bar top in addition to a mural by local artists Chad Miller and Mike Belzel.
Tulsa-native AM was on indie radio giant KCRW’s “Morning Becomes Eclectic” on Wednesday.
He and his band played songs from Future Sons & Daughters in a performance and interview that lasts just over forty minutes.
View past KCRW performances by St. Vincent, The Flaming Lips, Other Lives & Ryan Lindsey.
Two songs from Ali Harter’s 2007 album Worry the Bone will be featured tonight on “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC, 8pm CST).
The show will play “You Can Keep ‘Em” and “Untitled No. 3″.
Harter’s newest album, No Bees, No Honey, will be released on March 13.
Red City Radio is featured in the April issue of Alternative Press magazine as one of the “100 Bands To Know in 2010″.
K.C. Clifford’s new album, Orchid, is available today.
The album was produced by Will Hunt (The Polyphonic Spree, The Burning Hotels).
Tracklisting and videos from her CD release show after the jump.
Here’s Tulsa-native AM’s video for “Self Preservation”. The song appears on his album Future Sons & Daughters. The video was directed by Blake West.
Nice People is a new music label based in Norman, Oklahoma. Their mission is to release great music, made by nice people, for free.
This is song four of a five-day, multi-song release from Student Film and their digital EP, Armed and Trained.
DOWNLOAD: Student Film - “The Kids Love It”
To subscribe to the Nice People podcast and get all of the Nice People singles for FREE, click here to open the iTunes page for Nice People. There you can download individual singles or subscribe to get them all automatically.
Read The Apache House’s interview with Chris Harris, the mind behind Nice People.
The full main stage lineup for this year’s Norman Music Festival (April 24 & April 25) was announced this week on 105.3 The Spy.
This is only a partial list. More bands will be announced in the coming weeks. Oklahoma bands are in bold.
Dirty Projectors, The Sword, Electric Six, Edan, Grupo Fantasma, Dead Sea Choir, Mayola and Gentle Ghost
The Sooner Theatre stage headliners for each night were announced as well:
April 24: Evangelicals
April 25: The Non (with Cloud Collision Orchestra)
Also, if you are a local band and have a music video, send it to NMF here! Deadline is March 25!
The free two-day festival will take place in downtown Norman on Saturday, April 24 and Sunday, April 25. Saturday performances will take place at night inside downtown venues, while Sunday performances will take place all day on stages set up on Main Street and inside downtown venues. NMF is for all ages and FREE!
More than 30,000 people attended the 2009 edition of the festival, with an estimated $2.5 million being spent locally.
Nice People is a new music label based in Norman, Oklahoma. Their mission is to release great music, made by nice people, for free.
This is song three of a five-day, multi-song release from Student Film and their digital EP, Armed and Trained.
To subscribe to the Nice People podcast and get all of the Nice People singles for FREE, click here to open the iTunes page for Nice People. There you can download individual singles or subscribe to get them all automatically.
Read The Apache House’s interview with Chris Harris, the mind behind Nice People.
