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It wasn't your imagination: The ballad "Lips of an Angel" was officially on the radio all the time in 2007. The song earned Oklahoma City rock band Hinder accolades for Song of the Year at the BMI's...

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Local indie-rock favorites The Fellowship Students " mute in the metro for more than a year " are smashing the silence with a 10:30 p.m. Friday show at The 51st Street Speakeasy, 1114 N.W. 51st, accor...

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It's not an official holiday yet, but mark your calendars for Monday, a day officially dedicated to local singer/songwriter Samantha Crain by her hometown Shawnee. City Mayor Chuck Mills applauded C...

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The House resolution passed, and voting for the official state rock 'n' roll song is well underway "¦ and, looking at the list, the state's reputation might already bein danger. Public nominations mu...

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Retro-inspired metro garage-rockers The Electric Primadonnas are set to slay crowds Saturday night with songs from "Tambourine Massacre," the trio's debut full-length CD. Rather than a full-volume ro...

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Sometimes Tyson Meade wonders if the Chainsaw Kittens ever really happened. It's been nearly 20 years since the alt-glam rock band formed in Norman. More than a decade has passed since the lauded lo...

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The six members of the impossibly catchy metro rock band For the Atlantic range in age from 16 to 20, and despite having formed just months ago, seem primed with urgently addictive songs and instant...

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Your body " not gasoline " is directly responsible for the whir of the blades in a old-fashioned reel lawn mower, leaving you instantly rewarded with a pleasant snick-snick-snick sound and the sweet s...

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Delicate bells and cymbals swells are split by interlocking blasts of percolating drums that heave and bellow, in the music of New York-based percussion ensemble Loop 2.4.3. While it only has two memb...

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Norman indie rockers Evangelicals joined several other celebrated indie bands for a tribute to Björk's acclaimed 1995 album "Post," according to the band's Web site. The band was tapped to record "Y...

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Oklahoma has always rocked " just never officially. But a resolution expected to pass through the state Legislature would give the public the power to strike the right chord and nominate an official s...

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When one looks into the chief exports of Kosciusko, Miss., pop singer/songwriter Dave Barnes' only real competition is Oprah Winfrey. "It's a tiny town of only 8,000 people," Barnes said. "It's...

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If he's not already feeling on "Top of the World," maybe sharing some screen time with seven sorority sisters and an "American Idol" this summer will help warm All-American Rejects front man Tyson Rit...

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The Texas exodus is already under way for many Central Oklahoma bands, performers, filmmakers and entertainment industry insiders who are among the thousands that make the annual pilgrimage to Austin ...

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Norman singer/songwriter and Starlight Mints keyboard player Ryan Lindsey should have had a great birthday this year, because one of the musician's songs was recently featured on a popular teen televi...