As of late, I have been revisiting my love affair with the sublime tunage of St. Louis' Riddle of Steel (RIP). This power trio wrote fantastic, inspirational, feel-good yet edgy songs that each told their own unique melodic story, and it's continually a pleasure to re-spin both of the two albums I have of theirs. [...]

Photo: Brad Fielder Hundreds of musicians and tens of thousands of fans converge on downtown Norman tonight, Friday night and all day Saturday for the fourth edition of Norman Music Festival . Get the NMF4 iPhone app here! I'll be there all three days, as should anyone that supports local music. (This event is 100% FREE!) After the jump, get your handy hour-by-hour band schedule and listen [...]

Norman Music Festival has unveiled its lineup for the 2011 edition of the festival! The Walkmen and Peelander-Z were announced as main stage performers in February . Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears , Ty Segall, Keller Williams, White Denim, Colour Revolt, Stardeath and White Dwarfs, The Trishas, Audra Mae, Foot Patrol, The Fortune Tellers, The Non, Penny Hill, MONTU, Pidgin Band, Travis Linville, Beau Jennings, Ali Harter, SoYé, Jabee, Emory Grey, Algebra, aDDLib, Josh Sallee, The Mimsies, The Hex, [...]
Photo: Jeremy Charles Hundreds of musicians and tens of thousands of fans converge on downtown Norman this Saturday and Sunday for the third edition of Norman Music Festival . Get Your Official Map/Schedule here! I will be there with Mrs. OklahomaRock and Baby 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 [...]
Photo: Jeremy Charles Another partial list of bands playing this year's Norman Music Festival (April 24 & April 25) was announced recently. This is only a partial list. More bands will be announced in the coming weeks. Oklahoma bands are in bold . You can view the previously announced bands here and here . James McMurtry , The Gourds , Those Darlins , Lil [...]

A few weeks back, we counted down the Top 100 Oklahoma Albums of the 2000s . Every weekday this week, we will be featuring Oklahoma albums that were overlooked or just missed the cut. Enjoy! Puller - What's Mine At Twilight (2001) Purchase: iTunes │ Amazon │ Lala "The third album from Puller continues the [...]

Over the next couple of weeks, we will be counting down the Top 100 Oklahoma Albums of the 2000s . Every weekday, we will unveil another ten Oklahoma albums that helped shape the way Oklahoma music is heard by the outside world. We asked three dozen musicians, fans and journalists for their opinions on the top albums of the past decade. With their guidance and our own opinions, we compiled what we hope is a decent and fair list. Hopefully, there's a good bit of reflection, discovery and enjoyment when listening to these albums [...]

Over the next couple of weeks, we will be counting down the Top 100 Oklahoma Albums of the 2000s . Every weekday, we will unveil another ten Oklahoma albums that helped shape the way Oklahoma music is heard by the outside world. We asked three dozen musicians, fans and journalists for their opinions on the top albums of the past decade. With their guidance and our own opinions, we compiled what we hope is a decent and fair list. Hopefully, there's a good bit of reflection, discovery and enjoyment when listening to these albums [...]

Over the next couple of weeks, we will be counting down the Top 100 Oklahoma Albums of the 2000s . Every weekday, we will unveil another ten Oklahoma albums that helped shape the way Oklahoma music is heard by the outside world. We asked three dozen musicians, fans and journalists for their opinions on the top albums of the past decade. With their guidance and our own opinions, we compiled what we hope is a decent and fair list. Hopefully, there's a good bit of reflection, discovery and enjoyment when listening to these albums [...]

So a little over a month ago I accepted an invitation to be a part of a blog tour that would list their favorite albums from this decade. I figured why not and take a break to re-listen to some of my favorites over the past ten years. There have already been a couple lists posted as part of this project. Yesterdays featured the top 10 albums from The Album Project and tomorrows list will be provided by Can You See the Sunset? . For anyone wishing to see any of the previous [...]

Traindodge releases their fifth album, I Am Forever ( Ascetic Records ), tonight at The Conservatory in Oklahoma City. The album was recorded by John Congleton in Cannon Falls, Minnesota and Plano, Texas. You can purchase the album in person tonight, online at Ascetic Records and Interpunk or at your local independent record store. ...the thing that I absolutely love about this band is that they maintain a certain familiarity and connection to their Midwestern rock roots that still manages to work [...]
Angie Bruss of NewsOK.tv interviews Jeff Moore of the Oklahoma History Center about their rock and roll exhibit, Another Hot Oklahoma Night . After the jump, check out a long interview with The Collins Kids , as well as video from their performance at the VIP opening of the exhibit. (more...)
(Click image for the full poster.) 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 [...]

>> New New New Downloadables: Stop Stomp Stompin' (mp3) by The Coathangers BONUS: Check out a Coathangers boot @ Burning World ... here . Don't Talk in Your Sleep (drag city mp3) by Magik Markers BONUS: More Magik Markers @ Raven Sings The Blues ... here . Rain On (mp3) by Woods Let's Take Off (Far Away) (stones throw mp3) by Dam Funk >> NODZZZ [...]

I Am Forever is the fifth full-length from Midwestern rock staples Traindodge and marks yet another large shift to the bands sound. It's pretty amazing to go back roughly ten years and notice just how much the band has evolved and grown over that period of time. Starting out as a band that clearly was enamored by the sound of Giants Chair and Molly McGuire over their first couple of records, they've since grown into something that clearly can be claimed as their own distinctive [...]

It's time again to kick back and relax. Stop thinking obsessively about the now and look back to a slightly more more idyllic time, one year ago . Here is the April 2008 Mix. 1. Cat Swallow (pirate pirate mp3) by Royal Bangs 2. Eraser (sub pop mp3) by No Age 3. Spy/Glass House (mp3) by Feral Children 4. (I'm A) Don Juan (mp3) by The Embarrassment [...]
Via MySpace, via reader Bob (thanks!): Riddle of Steel is reuniting for one more show this fall. Details:"Ladies and gents, mark your calendars: Saturday October 10th, 2009 at the Firebird in St. Lo... Continue reading "Riddle of Steel Reuniting for Show on October 10" >
(Tuesdays can be a trying day here in Club Land at the RFT. It's deadline day for the show/concert listings, and this fact hangs over my head just like all of those foreboding elementary sch... Continue reading "Fitter, Happier, More Productive: Roma 79, Praise the Divide" >

GREAT show going on today at CD Warehouse , 905 N. Broadway, in Oklahoma City. And it's all FREE ! Poster by Rob Cotton 12:00-12:45 - The Romantic Disaster 1:00-1:45 - Psychotic Reaction 2:00-2:45 - Toil and Trouble 3:00-3:45 - The Electric Primadonnas [...]
The seventh edition of the Rock'n'Roll Garage Sale will be held on Saturday, November 15 at CD Warehouse, 905 N. Broadway, in the historic Automobile Alley district of midtown Oklahoma City. The free and all ages event runs from noon until 8pm with eight diverse Oklahoma bands entertaining the crowd. Check the newsblog every few days for a new interview with one of the bands. Photo: David J. Cubberly Rock trio Traindodge [...]