I mentioned Fionn Regan in an off-handed way last week. As I found out that he is nearly completion of his second album The Shadow of an Empire, it’s time to talk about him in greater length. If Novi Split is the purveyor of song fragments, emotional moments and other intimate things, Fionn Regan is […]
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This Weekend Rocks: October 22-24
Ever since I started blogging weekly about the immense amount of things to do musically in the area, I’ve been amazed that nary a week has gone by without something cool going on. I knew that this area wasn’t the worst place in the world for music, but it certainly didn’t strike me as a […]
Top Five Wednesday: Things You Should Not Do at a Concert
U2 was pretty amazing on Sunday. If you weren’t there, I am sad for you. While I was there, I witnessed some pretty poor concert etiquette. As such, I feel it is my duty to enlighten you as to some things you should not do at a concert. 5. Argue with the security. If the […]
Buy/Die Tuesday: Get Diverse
There’s a lot of genre variation in the albums being released this week, which is good. If amazing folk and punk albums dropped every week, I’d be broke. This is also the reason that consistent readers will note the lack of a sure bet delineated with a “Buy:” category. There’s not a go-to album that […]
Buy/Die: Christmas Time is Almost Here?!
Today is a sad day in my life. It is the day that Christmas CDs start getting released en masse, with David Archuleta, Bob Dylan and Connie Talbot all releasing discs that have to do with that fair holiday. That list should inspire awe and wonder all of its own, as it spans just about […]
Top Five Wednesday: Prolific Bands You Don’t Know
I’ve always been a completist. When I find a band or author that I like, I have a compulsion to own all of it. I don’t feel like a real fan unless I can talk knowledgeably about everything that particular artist has created. There are some artists, however, who defy my petty attempts at completism. […]
Folk Friday: ReedKD
Most folk is depressing or, at the very least, melancholy. ReedKD is a treasured exception. While he does have his down moments, the greater entries into the ReedKD catalog are upbeat, gleeful, and overwhelmingly catchy. He plays mandolin with furious abandon, creates rollicking tracks full of tension and drama despite their decidedly up sound, makes […]
This Weekend Rocks: October 1-4 (oh boy, does it ever)
This weekend has been on my calendar for months, as it’s the one in which I trek down to Austin, TX, for my first ever pilgrimage to Austin City Limits. But the Norman/OKC area gets some love because of ACL, leaving those of you here in Norman (instead of in Zilker Park) with a fantastic […]
Top Five Wednesday: Worst Bands Ever
So there are a lot of really terrible bands out there. But it’s the job of this post to determine, very scientifically, what the worst ones are. The parameters: bands will be judged on volume of sucking (more albums of sucking released, the worse the total suckitude). Bands that didn’t make it into the mainstream […]
Folk Friday: Ty Maxon
I’m a really big fan of folk and punk, in addition to the indie-rock that everyone listens to. Seeing as no days of the week start with p, it would be hard to make an alliterative title for an article introducing you to punk bands. Seeing as Friday and Folk both start with F, the […]
