Winter Circle's "Streetlight Flicker" has been added to rotation on XM Unsigned and are being featured on their RADAR REPORT (XMU Channel 43), which features the 13 most notable bands of the week.

All future shows have been cancelled.

The owners wish to thank all the people who came to shows and all the bands who played them.

After six years as a band and almost two years signed with Flicker Records, Subseven will be taking a break as a band.

The band says there is still a possibility they may piece back together as something else is the future, but for now they'll be spending time with family and friends and seeking God's next step for them.

The band wants to thank their fans for coming to their shows, buying their merchandise, voting for them on TV and radio and supporting them throughout the years.

Barsuk Records has signed Starlight Mints (as well as indie favorites Mates of State and Viva Voce) to their roster of bands, which includes The Long Winters, Nada Surf, John Vanderslice, Rocky Votolato and Oklahoma's own Aqueduct.

The band has completed their new record, Drowaton, and are in the middle of mastering. April 25 is set as the release date.  The album will be the band's first since 2003's Built on Squares.

After six years as a band,

The band wishes to thank all their friends and fans who have supported them through the years.

After six years together, Ultrafix has parted ways.

They want to thank their fans, sponsors, and families for a wonderful experience.

After two years as a band,

The band will be featured in the third volume of Flattery: a tribute to Radio Birdman, set for release in early 2006.  American Ruse is the only band from the United States on the album.

Also, Dead City Records in Austin, Texas is in talks with American Ruse to release a split with Electric Frankenstein. This is still in the very early stages and Electric Frankenstein personally picked them as their first choice to do a split EP with.

Chase Kerby is moving to Nashville to pursue a solo career.  Drew Hall, Craig Bennett and Eric Pennell will work on new projects.

Their farewell show will be Friday, October 14 at The Conservatory in Oklahoma City.

If you're an Oklahoma band or musician and want your music played on the show, send your song, CD/EP and a bio to:
P.O. Box 1000
OKC, OK 73101-1000
or
bring it to:
50 Penn Place, Floor 10
Business hours (M-F 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.)

The band encourages their fans to continue to support local music in Oklahoma.

The band thanks everyone who offered them support and love.

The new owner is booking music of all genres and an open mic night will be coming soon as well.

Tulsa World Spot Magazine has announced the 7th Annual SPOT Music Awards.

You can vote for awards in 16 categories that range from rock and country to hardcore and hip-hop.  Readers can vote with the paper ballots included in Spot Magazine, as well as online at tulsaworld.com. Deadline to vote is midnight, Friday, September 9.

The awards ceremony is set for Saturday, September 24 at Cain's Ballroom. Advance tickets are $5 and $8 at the door.  Doors will open at 7pm with the show beginning at 8pm.

Ambassador Bill has announced they will be taking a break.

They thank their fans for "many, many nights of pleasure unbridled" and hope to return someday.

The Redbud Revival will be releasing a new record in late September.  You can preview some tracks online here.

Also, singer/guitarist Luke Dick has gotten a couple of publishing agreements in Nashville for a couple of country tunes that he co-wrote.

The Firehouse in Norman has closed it's doors.

They plan on recording a new EP or full length in the coming months with Chad Copelin (Lyndsay Diaries, New Amsterdams, Umbrellas).

Best local musical group or performer
Edgar Cruz, Pinkie & the SnakeShakers, The Street Kings, Toby Keith, Twenty Minutes to Vegas

Best live music venue (seating 250+)
Bricktown Live, Civic Center Music Hall, Ford Center, Green Door, Zoo Amphitheatere

Best live music club
Bricktown Brewery, Green Door, The Deli, UCO Jazz Lab, VZDs

Voting ends August 4.  Winners will be announced August 17.

Neverday is currently looking for a new singer.

If you would like to schedule an audition with the band, contact them at via e-mail.

Tony Romanello Band will be playing its final show on May 21 at Mayfest.  TRB plays at 7:15pm.

After eight years of playing, The Roustabouts are hanging it up.

Their final show will be the Chasing Paris CD Release show at The Conservatory on May 20.

After two years together, Glen Strain has decided to part ways. The band wishes to thank everyone who supported them.

Their last show will be Saturday at Boston's.

As of May 1, 2005, Book Beat & Co. will be located at 6409 S. Western in Oklahoma City.

This new facility will be 8000 square feet and will allow for housing all of their stock and more.  In addition to the bookstore, The Electric Chair, a 3000 square foot music venue and art gallery, will also be opening in the building.

Book Beat & Co. has been a source for rare and obscure books and music in Oklahoma City since it opened in 1997.

Push Madelyn's original drummer Joe Godwin has returned to Oklahoma City and the band.

Twenty Minutes to Vegas had some of their band equipment stolen last night.  The gear was stolen from Damon & Dylan Boelte's house near NW 50th & I-235.

The stolen gear is:
- an Ampeg SVT 350 head (with a Nancys sticker and a FMOH sticker)

- a Fender Hod Rod Deville 2x12

- a custom/boutique 2x12 Fender-looking extension cabinet with electro-harmonix speakers

- a silver case full of cables and custom/boutique pedals (including a MXR envelope filter, EH double muff, Blue Boy, Keeley Java Boost, two Chromatic tuners, a Tremelo pedal, a custom vox wah and a vox volume)

- a Rockstand case

If you have any information on the theft or whereabouts of the gear, please call Damon Boelte at 314-4176.

OneFourteen, 8100 N. Classen - Suite 114, will be open soon for live music.  The venue is 100% underground and is owned by members of Tied for Second and Body Like A Lightning Rod.

Bands interested in playing One Fourteen may contact management by e-mail here.

Oklahoma Gazette came out with their 2005 Woody Awards today.

The winners were:

Best New Artist - The Stock Market Crash
Best Singer/Songwriter - Steven Stark
Best Venue, Oklahoma City - The Conservatory
Best Venue, Norman - The Opolis
Best Band - Forty Minutes of Hell (pictured)
OKGazette.com People's Choice Award - KC Clifford

Congratulations to all the winners!

Forty Minutes of Hell is again without a drummer, as Eric Harmon has decided his current life situation cannot support a working band.

All of the band's currently scheduled gigs will be played with Carl Amburn of Mousetrap Studios on drums.

Winter Circle has won 94.7 FM The Buzz's March Bandness competition.

The band won $1,000 cash, will get their song put into rotation on the station, will be the official house band for the station and will open for Sum 41, Unwritten Law & Hawthorne Heights on Thursday, April 21 at "Buzz Ball 2005".

3 Dates Later, Neverday & Plexus also competed in the event.

The Showroom, 1207 N. Walker Ave., has opened its doors for business.  They will host live music on the weekends and serve coffee, drinks and food.  The space was formerly occupied by The Satellite Barista.

Bands interested in playing The Showroom can contact management at this e-mail.

94.7 FM The Buzz in Oklahoma City has announced the four finalists for March Bandness.

You can listen to every band's song and vote for the band you want to advance to the next round here.

The final four bands will "battle" live at Frontier City on Saturday, April 2 for $1000 cash and to put their song into regular rotation.  The winner will become the Buzz house band for 2005 and will open up the Sum 41, Unwritten Law & Hawthorne Heights show on April 21.

The final four bands are:
3 Dates Later, Neverday, Plexus & Winter Circle.

94.7 FM The Buzz in Oklahoma City has announced the eight semi-finalists for March Bandness.

You can listen to every band's song and vote for the band you want to advance to the next round here.

The final four bands will be announced March 28 and will "battle" live at Frontier City on April 2 for cash and prizes.  The winner will also win the opportunity to open up the Sum 41, Unwritten Law & Hawthorne Heights show on April 21.

The final eight bands are:
3 Dates Later, Ballista, Darric Franco, Defected, Neverday, Plexus, Proof Theory & Winter Circle.

Hinder has signed a record deal with Universal Records.  Three major labels offered Hinder record deals during the courtship.

The band is excited to be working with Universal Motown Records Group VP & A&R rep Tom MacKay (3 Doors Down, Flaw, Pat Green) and expects their first single to hit the radio this summer.

94.7 FM The Buzz in Oklahoma City has announced the 16 second-round finalists for March Bandness.

You can listen to every band's song and vote for the band you want to advance to the next round here.

The final four bands will be announced March 28 and will "battle" live at Frontier City on April 2 for cash and prizes.

The final 16 bands are:
3 Dates Later, Ballista, Benji Kay, Darric Franco, Defected, DisAssembled Me, Inner Core, Klashing Kingdoms, Neverday, Plexus, Proof Theory, Pulltoy, Red Tide, Student Film, Waffle, Winter Circle

Demos are needed by Friday, March 11.  Contact Kara via e-mail or call 405-413-5649.

94.7 FM The Buzz in Oklahoma City has announced the 32 finalists for the 2005 edition of March Bandness.

You can listen to every band's song and vote for the band you want to advance to the next round here.

Round 1: March 4th - March 13th (32 Bands)
Round 2: March 14th - March 20th (16 Bands)
Round 3: March 21st - March 27th (8 Bands)

The final four bands will be announced March 28 and will "battle" live at Frontier City on April 2 for cash and prizes.

The final 32 bands are:
3 Dates Later, 13 Stars, A Better Tomorrow, Ballista, Benji Kay, Chasing Paris, The Composure, Dante, Darric Franco, Debtors To Grace, Defected, DisAssembled Me, Ephraim, God In A Machine, Hannah Wolff, Inner Core, Klashing Kingdoms, Lotus Netti, Neverday, Oh No Not Stereo (Los Angeles), Oversoul, Plexus, Proof Theory, Pulltoy, Red Tide, Run Walk Explode, The Shatners, Student Film, Twelve Pearls, Veehr, Waffle, Winter Circle

Their last two shows will be Monday, March 7 with Firescape & Minutes Too Far at Bricktown Live and Thursday, March 10 with American Ruse at The Blue Note.

DFEST: Diversafest 2005 Music Conference and Festival is now accepting submissions for showcasing artists until May 6.  They will be accepting submissions for ALL music platforms including acoustic, alternative, hard rock, pop, metal, punk and urban/hip-hop.

To submit your band, visit dfest.com or sonicbids.com/dfest05.  E-mail dfest04@hotmail.com for more information and to download the submission PDF.

For two full days, all unsigned artists and anyone else interested in the music business will have access to music industry professionals, have the opportunity to listen to mentor panels, and then 85 showcasing artists will have an exclusive opportunity to perform at a music conference showcase during the music festival.
 

In its fourth successful year, Dfest Music Festival will have 6 live music venues and 3 festival stages and expects more than 80 Industry Reps, 340 musicians and 5,000 music fans in the Boston District of Tulsa, Oklahoma from July 8-10th, 2005.

Oklahoma's own Aqueduct will be the musical guests on Late Night with Conan O'Brien this Friday night.

The show's other guests will be John Travolta & Shannon Elizabeth.  Late Night airs at 11:35pm CST on NBC.

The station already plays Lure, Hinder, Falling High, Slowvein, Sodder, Engine Orchestra and Element.

Send your band's demo to:
KWDQ-FM
ATTN: Medman
1922 22nd St.
Woodward, OK 73801

Though the title of his latest album is Down In Flames, nothing could be father from the truth for red dirt singer/songwriter Brandon Jenkins. Brandon and his independent label, Western Soul Records, recently inked a three-year deal with Sony/RED to distribute Down In Flames and future Brandon Jenkins albums. The Sony/RED street date for Down In Flames is April 5, 2005.

“I am excited because this opens the door to infinite possibilities, taking my music to new places and new people. We have been getting a significant amount of radio play, but now when people hear it on the radio they can go into the local music stores and purchase the entire album,” says Jenkins.

Jenkins’ new single “The Whole World’s Gone Crazy,” is featured on Texas Music Magazine’s first ever Anniversary CD. Brandon shares the bill with Reckless Kelly, Luke Olson, Bob Schneider, Randy Rogers, Billy Joe Shaver, Eleven Hundred Springs, Charlie Robison and more. “The Whole World’s Gone Crazy” debuts this week at number 49 on the Texas Music Chart.

There is a tribute concert planned for Randy Edmondson of Classic Rock Cafe on March 2 at Bricktown Live. This tribute is for all the support Edmondson gave the Oklahoma City music scene and local bands!  Proceeds will help him move on to the next chapter in life.

The voting included 947,711 votes and 947 nominees. 62 PCL Awards were awarded and six bands and artists were placed in the PCL Hall of Fame.

Country singer and Oklahoma native Jewel "Sammi" Smith, known for her trademark ballad, "Help Me Make It Through The Night," and a knack for sharing everyday life in her music, died Saturday. She was 61.

Smith died at home after a long-term illness; the Guardian West Funeral Home did not release further details.

Smith won a Grammy for best country vocal performance-female in 1971 for "Help Me Make It Through The Night," which was written by Kris Kristofferson.

Smith produced her first hit, "So Long Charlie Brown," in 1967. Six years later, she moved to Dallas, where she joined the "Outlaw Movement" with Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings.

Smith also found time to celebrate her Apache heritage. She was a frequent visitor to an Apache reservation in Arizona, where she made pottery and jewelry.

CNN.com

The 37-date tour will feature The Used, My Chemical Romance, Killswitch Engage, Senses Fail, Underoath, Saosin and more.

Several Oklahoma bands competed for the Kansas City slot, including Chasing Paris, Ephraim, Forty Minutes of Hell, Jim Nothing, Star Crash Speedway, Stellar Chromatic, The Deadline, The Engine Hearts, The Stock Market Crash, The Turning Point, Tied For Second & Veehr.  The New Cliche and Prizefighter competed for the St. Louis date.

94.7 FM The Buzz in Oklahoma City is holding the 2005 edition of March Bandness soon.  The Battle of the Bands winner will receive air-time on the station, as well as other perks.

Entries must include one CD with one song, a band bio, a band picture, a contact name and number.

You may drop off your entry at the 10th floor of 50 Penn Place in Oklahoma City (M-F; 9-5), Larsen Music, 63rd & NW Expressway, in Oklahoma City and Brooks Mays Music, 2280 W. Main, in Norman.

The deadline for entries is Wednesday, February 23 at noon.  Finalists will be contacted at a later date.

The Satellite Barista, 1207 N. Walker Ave. in Oklahoma City, has closed.

All future shows at the venue have been cancelled.

Eric Harmon (Cinderbiscuits, Chainsaw Kittens, American Boyfriends, Chop Shop) has joined Forty Minutes of Hell as their new drummer. Harmon will begin playing live with FMOH immediately.

Harmon replaces Ed Van Buskirk (Mimsies, Klipspringer), who left the band to return to school. Van Buskirk replaced Scott Mason (Heater) in 2002 after Mason moved to Austin, Texas.

The commercial is currently running on the 24-hour extreme sports channel Fuel and can be viewed online here.

A live show from Corban Eldra is also featured in the film. Three other Corban Eldra songs are also on the video as bonus footage.

Drummer Daniel and bassist Randy are going to work on seperate projects and singer/guitarist Tony is working with a band called Sworn in New York City.

Their myspace site will still stay up for their fans.

Jackroller is done.  The band wants to thank everyone who gave them shows, came out to shows and bought merchandise.

Guitarist Chad Houge (as bassist) and drummer Bobby Onspaugh are still playing in Electric Shit Orchestra.

Since John has left the band, Old Major is now looking for a dedicated new lead singer with a set of lungs.

After two years with the band, drummer Ed Van Buskirk is leaving Forty Minutes of Hell in order to focus on finishing his degree.

Van Buskirk's last two shows with FMOH will be this Friday at The Conservatory and next Friday at The Deli.

After eight years as a band, Spooky Fruit is breaking up.  The split was mutual and the band isn't ruling out reforming the band somewhere down the line.

Some members will be popping up in new bands and projects around this area.  Guitarist Cannibal Curtis will be tattooing and will probably go to art school. Singer Maddog Thunderballs has picked up the bass again and is currently looking to form a new metal/punk.  Drummer Austino Steelcock is taking a little time off music. Bassist Jason Small will have a new band to play with soon.

Stay tuned to spookyfruit.com for updates and new band info.

The Redbud Revival is looking for a bass player, as Mitch Minnix is leaving the band.

Their requirements for a new bassist are pretty specific:
If you like Neil Young, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tom Waits, The Jayhawks, The Band, Led Zeppelin, Lucinda Williams, Gillian Welch, My Morning Jacket, Bob Dylan; if you enjoy rehearsing; if you enjoy long drives; if you enjoy whiskey; if you enjoy talking about the universe; if you enjoy talking about records; if you own a respectable bass rig; if you have reliable transportation; if you can sing harmony; if you have a flexible schedule; if you enjoy playing music, even if you don't get paid a dime, then, you've passed the first test, and this might be a worthwhile opportunity for you.

On the other hand, if your main influences are Fred Durst, Tool, Blink 182, Journey, Three Doors Down, Puddle of Mud, or even sleepy-eyed, mope-rock; if you like the "phunk-slap" style; if you are prone to order "another Jäger, dude"; if you own a crate transistor amplifier; if you don't own an amplifier; if a '78 pinto is your only car; if you don't own a pair of boots; if you take part in the dubious endeavor of wearing shorts on stage (or even in public), then you have not past the first test and should relent. 

For those interested that passed the first test, drop The Redbud Revival an email.

Traindodge will continue as a three-piece.

Courier has decided to part ways.

Bassist Mike Rodden is now playing with Hinder. Singer/guitarist Travis Foote is rumored to be playing with another band. The guitar player Michael Jackson is planning on moving to Colorado.  Drummer Joe Wertz is taking a break from music at the moment.

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