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Theblackcrowes

The Black Crowes

Rock
At their final performance on October 31, 2001, THE BLACK CROWES announced a hiatus.Last summer, rumors about THE BLACK CROWES taking flight again began when their long-dormant website (www.blackcrowes.com) suddenly became animated, showing two &l...

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Cake

Cake

Indie Rock
Seventeen years on from their inception, CAKE is still an outsider – defiantly and proudly cutting their own path. Both their music and their way of operating in the ever-evolving marketplace are fueled by the same core principles of self-re...

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Gogol Bordello

Punk Rock
“With SUPER TARANTA! Gogol Bordello is going to conquer the world,” boasts Eugene Hutz, Gogol bandleader and agent provocateur. “Everything on the album is taken to the next level. It’s more direct, more abstract, more focu...

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Blue October

Alt Rock
On the new Blue October album, Approaching Normal, Justin Furstenfeld, moves his band forward into confident new territory as a songwriter and as a storyteller.Steve Lillywhite, the producer synonymous with U2 and five-time Grammy Award winner gui...

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Citizen Cope

World
“When I was a kid, I was a listener,” says Clarence Greenwood, a.k.a. Citizen Cope. “Music was something coming out of a radio or off a record, something that made me feel these things I couldn’t explain. It was magical to ...

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Bassnectar

Bassnectar

Electronic/Dance/DJ
What started back in the mid nineties as an experiment fusing youth culture and social action has turned into a multi-faceted, multi-faced creature called Bassnectar. It is the brainchild of Lorin Ashton, and it exists as an open-sourced musical p...

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Ozomatli

Hip-Hop/Funk
In their thirteen years together as a band, celebrated Los Angeles culture-mashers Ozomatli have gone from being hometown heroes to being named U.S. State Department Cultural Ambassadors. Ozomatli has always juggled two key identities. They are t...

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Metro Station

Pop Rock
If one was to make a musical time capsule of 2007 - a collection of sounds and lyrics reflecting the energy of our moment - it might be a good idea to drop in a copy of Metro Station's eponymous debut record. Sure, the band is young (ok, still in ...

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Rooney

Pop Rock
10 Things You Need to Know About Rooney: 1) Rooney is:Ned Brower – Drums, backing vocalsTaylor Locke – Guitars, backing vocalsRobert Schwartzman – Vocals, GuitarLouie Stevens – KeyboardsMatthew Winter -- Bass 2) On July 1...

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Delta Spirit

Americana
The raw spirit of indie rock. An amplified, rocking version of ’60s protest folk. The soulful passion of the Violent Femmes and the Waterboys. All of these comparisons have been made in attempts to describe Delta Spirit, the southern Califor...

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Dengue Fever

World
Dengue Fever’s psychedelic take on the Cambodian pop sounds of the 60s makes them one of rock’n’roll’s most unique success stories. They draw enthusiastic crowds from LA to the UK, from Maui to Moscow, and leave critics rum...

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The Cool Kids

Rap/Hip-Hop
In the packed confines of clubs around their hometown of Chicago and throughout the world The Cool Kids' irresistible, hooky rhymes and club-cramming beats seamlessly bridge the old and new schools of hip hop while assuring them a sure-fire path t...

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Carney

Carney

Art Rock
Slender, handsome(!!!) and sensitive, Reeve Carney could almost be the hero of a Tim Burton fairytale. It's not surprising he counts the director as one of his many unusual inspirations, along with Screaming Jay Hawkins, Walt Disney, the Beatles, ...

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Mates of State

Indie Rock
Mates of State is the husband/wife duo of Kori Gardner (organ, vox) and Jason Hammel (drums, vox). They quit their day jobs (teacher and cancer researcher) in 2001, got married, and hit the road bringing their love to the rest of the world. The Ma...

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Dusty Rhodes & The River Band

Indie Rock
“It's time to shine, this time it's mine” are the lyrics that come on like thunder as they define and lead off the new album Palace & Stage from Dusty Rhodes and the River Band. Due out May 19, 2009, Palace & Stage is the band&...

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Ra Ra Riot

Indie Rock
In 2006, at Syracuse University, Milo Bonacci (guitar / architecture) had an itch to start a new band, something different from the bands he'd played in most of his life. Bonacci met RebeccaZeller (violin / music business) in an electronic music c...

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Other Lives

Folk
Other Lives'  self-titled, full-length debut will be released on April 7 th by tbd records, the ATO Records imprint that launched a year ago with the physical release of Radiohead's In Rainbows . It will be available at digital retailers begi...

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The Uglysuit

Indie Rock
Tabloid life surrounds us. Artifice has replaced art, style trumps substance. Sincerity and honesty got lost along the way. Once in a while though, something breaks through. It can crack the shell of bitterness and send a memo reminding us that it...

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The Knux

Rap/Hip-Hop
Hip hop used to be feeling, not form--A boom-bap rush that could, and would, be interpreted and articulated differently by it's various creators. It was this loose constitution, open to infinite amendments, that bred the broad crop of creative, in...

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Dub Trio

Heavy Metal
Given that their new album opens with a guitar riff that could melt lead—a theme, incidentally, that extends throughout Another Sound Is Dying—you’d be forgiven for wondering what connects Brookyln’s Dub Trio to the nearly ...

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Gil Mantera's Party Dream

Electronic/Dance/DJ
Gil Mantera‘s Party Dream is an electronic synth-pop party band hailing originally from Youngstown, Ohio. Consisting of brothers Gil Mantera and Ultimate Donny, the Party Dream is known for their over-the-top live shows and updated channelin...

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Gringostar

Gringo Star

Rock
By condensing a palate of swirling and innovative guitar voyages and a sweat-soaked baroque punk ethos that loses itself in carpet-crawling majesty, Gringo Star has emerged as Atlanta’s favorite rock and roll sons. Brothers Nick and Pete Fur...

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Here II Here

World
Since 2001, HereiiHere (formerly “inner voice”) has been playing for crowds with its rhythmic blend of world fusion, conscious music that radiates with innovative lyrics of peace, awareness, connection, laughter, and of course, one lov...

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Joe Pug

Americana
The day before his senior year as a playwright student at the University of North Carolina, Joe Pug sat down for a cup of coffee and had the clearest thought of his life: I am profoundly unhappy here. Then came the second clearest. Pug packed up ...

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Danny Chaimson & The 11th Hour

Soul
Young Blood, Old Soul (on newly launched L.A. indie Cold Classic), the accurately titled debut album from emerging writer/singer/musician Danny Chaimson and the scintillating band he’s dubbed the 11th Hour, is both a booty-shaker and an eye-...

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Bill Hamel

Electronic/Dance/DJ
Maybe it was fate. For some divine reason, the stars aligned when Bill Hamel first stumbled upon the mind-blowing sounds of “progressive house” at Orlando’s fabled Firestone club in the early 90s. It was America’s epicente...

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DJ Rekha

Electronic/Dance/DJ
Critically acclaimed DJ Rekha embarks on the next chapter of her career and announces the release of her highly anticipated debut album – DJ Rekha Presents Basement Bhangra – out October 23, 2007 on KOCH Records. On her debut, Basement...

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Ian Moore

Rock
  Bob Dylan said it best: He who is not busy being born is busy dying. Singer, songwriter and guitarist Ian Moore lives and creates by that precept. And his new album on Justice Records, To Be Loved, vividly displays the artistic benefits of...

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Manda Mosher

Americana
Manda is a sixth generation Los Angeleno, a true California girl who grew up on the sounds of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan and the Doors. Her songwriting style focuses on lyric and storytelling supported by catch...

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Emerging Artists

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8Bit Cynics

Rap/Hip-Hop
Hip Hop with live instruments hailing from New Mexico and Oklahoma. 8Bit Cynics formed in early 2005 when producer saevio.is.dead (Will Watkins; Lawton, Oklahoma) met emcee Chuy(Jesse McDermott; Las Cruces, New Mexico).  The talented duo has ...

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Acoustic Ross

Acoustic/Singer-Songwriter Alternative/Pop
Acoustic Ross is a solo AntiFolk artist and recovering Fat Person from Ohio who calls Tulsa home. With a first name like "Acoustic," there are only so many professions available to you, and installing soundproofing just didn't sound like that much...

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Adam's Attic

Pop Rock
Biography by Nathan Bates Brought together by a passion for music and unity in the face of adversity, Adam’s Attic inspires listeners with an honest and open sound.  From their base roots in New Orleans to their current home of Los A...

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Alex & the Anders

Indie Rock Blues
Performing on the McNellies Stage - Sat. July 25th @ 8:30 P.M. Alex & the Anders are a band of self described "Alcoholics with a music problem". Their music offers a catchy blend of blues and indie folk-rock that keeps your feet tapping and y...

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Ali Harter

Soul
Ali Harter, 25, is a singer/songwriter from Oklahoma City. Harter describes her music as a mix between roots, soul, country, and jazz, but likes to play everything. Ali has been playing and touring for the better part of 13 years throughout the Un...

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Alyse Black

Acoustic/Singer-Songwriter Alternative/Pop
With a crimson silk voice set to deceptively lovely pop tunes, Alyse Black embodies the red-headed siren singer-songwriter. Drawing on a wide variety of influences, from Bjork to Billie Holiday, from Tom Waits to Tori Amos, from Piaf to Portishead...

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Approaching August

Pop Rock
Approaching August has diverse styles to create a fresh, unique pop/rock sound. With an edge similar to Incubus, mixed with a groove similar to Maroon 5, it's easy to see why people are talking. Hear their music, see them live and spread the ...

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Astellaway

Pop Rock
As Doug Van Pelt from HM Magazine says, "Astellaway is a fun female-fronted pop-rock with big vocals and loud chant-along choruses". A band from Tulsa, Oklahoma, with a short break away from the scene and frequent member change...

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Bald Eagle

Rock
Columbia, Misssouri's BALD EAGLE are a strange and mysterious brew who's brand of rock madness is practically unmatched by any bands hailing from the big city. They play fast, guitar driven, musical equivalents of muscle spasms or brain aneurisms,...

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Ben Kilgore

Pop Rock
ben kilgore is a singer/songwriter from tulsa, oklahoma. his dad, john wayne, was a worship pastor for 23 years, and taught ben everything he knows. ben fronted tulsa band the hero factor for the past 6 years and now splits his time between the st...

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Billy Joe Winghead

Roots Rock/Rockabilly
Like a zombie without enough sense to know it’s dead, Oklahoma City/Tulsa rockers Billy Joe Winghead have been crisscrossing the nation for the last decade trying to figure out why every soundman in America wants them to turn down. An artles...

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Blue Island Tribe

Reggae
We decided the world needed more fun.We wrote some music.We went on tour. We played shitty gigs.We went on tour more.We recorded.We played better gigs.We toured all over the country.We played with and met some cool people.We played with and m...

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Brine Webb

Brine Webb: songwriter from Norman, Oklahoma.  Songwriter from the world.  His band is everyone's band, most of the time.  His band could be yours too.  Probably already is, if you got one. Brine Webb's songs/music are real go...

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Bruder

Rock
  Brothers-in-law Kayle Greiman and Daniel Matlach never set out to become a band.  They had but one thing on their minds: escaping kitchen duties at family get-togethers.  The two found themselves retreating into the Matlach&rsq...

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Canja Rave

Rock
CANJA RAVE   Canja Rave is a rock duo with Paula Nozzari – drums and vocals, and Chris Kochenborger – guitar and vocals. The name translated into english would be “Chicken Soup Rave”.   Paula, plays drums for ...

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Carter Sampson

Acoustic/Singer-Songwriter Alternative/Pop
Carter Sampson is one of Oklahoma City’s most dynamic singer-songwriters. Blessed by a musical legacy from a family that includes such talents as Roy Orbison, Carter’s journey as a musician seems to have been predestined. A naturally i...

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Chris McLeod

Acoustic/Singer-Songwriter Alternative/Pop
Indie Acoustic with a twist of folk.  These insightful lyrics and memorable melodies will delight and inspire.

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colourmusic

Ambient/Experimental
When the founders of Colourmusic, British Nick Turner (then an exchange student) and Okie Ryan Hendrix, first met each other at Oklahoma State University in 1998, they agreed they didn’t much care for the music the other was t...

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Crocodile

Rock
Crocodile hails from the upper-lower class of Oklahoma City with an extensive arsenal of analog synths, duct tape, beats and bumps.  The Great Depression EP was released in 2008 and a new LP will be released in 2009.

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Damn Bullets

Roots Rock/Rockabilly
Damn Bullets has a sound that incorporates many elements from recognizable genres such as Delta Blues, Rockabilly, Folk, Bluegrass, as well as Funk/Soul that has come together into the new style dubbed in our 2008 recording as "Electric Folk Boogie."

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Daniel Walcher

Acoustic/Singer-Songwriter Alternative/Pop
Daniel Walcher describes himself as a folk artist... " I say folk cause I like to tell stories, the kinda stories that move people." However people that describe him after seeing him perform liken him to other great artist along the lines of John ...

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Dante & the Hawks

Pop Rock
Dante & the Hawks are a collaboration of singer/songwriter Dante Schmitz with Ted Scott (formerly of Congress of a Crow) Promo Dave (Formerly of Band Camp) and Daniel Yarbrough (Formerly of Sweet Memorial).  They're Tulsa next great rock ...

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Dead Sea Choir

Indie Rock
Sonically, it's something akin to Mozart, Aphex Twin, Radiohead and Philip Glass battling each other in space. A complex mix of organic and synthetic percussive elements providing the backbone for crooning vocals, sweeping piano arpeggios, atmosph...

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Death is not a joyride.

Ambient/Experimental
This Dfest performance is one of a series of instrumental live shows DINAJ will be playing this summer. "Austinites Death is not a joyride have a HUGE sound full of every oddball instrument out there that has a minor key or ornate setting."- John...

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DeLeon

World
DeLeon plays 15th Century Spanish indie rock infused with the deeply mysterious and entrancing cadences of the ancient Sephardic tradition. Their music, birthed in Spain before the Inquisition and raised in pre-WWII Italy, has finally reached matu...

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Derek Blankenship

Acoustic/Singer-Songwriter Alternative/Pop
At the young age of 20, collaborating acoustic sounds from the influences of legends such as John Mayer, Sting, and Bryan Adams, Derek Blankenship is bringing it to a whole new generation. Growing up in Louisiana, Derek was always fascinated with...

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Dignan

Indie Rock
Dignan is a very unique 5-piece indie rock band infused with the musings of a Gabriel Garcia Marquez novel blended with the sounds influenced by Grizzly Bear, Arcade Fire and Midlake.

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Dirtfoot

Americana
Dirtfoot - a Dose of Gypsy Punk Country Grumble boogie. "Here’s their deal: Imagine Nick Cave on a bed of rusty nails, the cover of “Gin and Juice” often mis-attributed to Phish (it was actually the Gourds), some old-timey &ldqu...

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Dogsway

Alternative Rock
Adorning our stages since 2007, DOGSWAY might be considered a young band by shear age, but its inception began a decade ago throughout the strings of guitarist Nick Graziano.  Spending years to perfect the recipe, that delicious concoction kn...

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Elliott Poston

Electronic/Dance/DJ
Elliott Poston began DJing in 2000 and has since become one of Oklahoma's premier DJs. With seemless mixes and brilliant track selection, his style can be described as electro meets progressive with some techno elements that has rocked dance floor...

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Eric and the Adams

Indie Rock
August 2007, Eric Himan, established recording artist hailing from more states than most Americans get to travel, crosses paths with a brother and sister music duo born and raised in the hills of Northeastern Oklahoma.Upon moving to Tulsa and gett...

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Erin Austin

Acoustic/Singer-Songwriter Alternative/Pop

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Exit 380

Alternative
EXIT 380 formed in Denton, TX in Spring 1999. This traveling rock band has polished it's live act on the road through continous touring & gigging. EXIT 380 have produced four full length albums, two EP's & one compilation "best of" disc...

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Fiawna Forte

Alt Rock
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Gentleman Auction House

Indie Rock
Gentleman Auction House doesn’t subscribe to “less is more.” Initially starting out as a seven-piece, the St. Louis-based band has packed in three EPs and one full-length in under three years. The band continues to hit the road, ...

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Greg Reichel Band

Americana
Scraping his knees and working his way into the music scene, Greg Reichel stands out from your normal singer/songwriter. Growing up in Oklahoma and watching the music scene move around a bit, Greg knows exactly where he stands. “I've...

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Haley McGuire

Rock
We all encounter a crossroad. A point where the choice you make sets the course for the rest of your life. Haley McGuire reached such a place, and chronicles her journey with “We’ll Scream Louder,” the new ep from this gifted sin...

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Head Over HIlls

Pop Rock
Yo we're Head Over Hills from Owasso, OK. we're excited to see you guys come out and party with us, we have some new stuff coming your way that we're playing at D-Fest so make sure you come see us at 7:10 on the 24th at the Dilly Deli Patio Stage.

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Heady P

Electronic/Dance/DJ
  With an acute awareness of forward-thinking music, Heady is forging a path straight to your heart. Heady P sets are ass-shaking and mind-breaking, and leave you wondering, "What's this guy on?".  Hip-electro-psychadelic-urban-tech-f...

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HighFiveLowFive

Pop Rock
"Hi," said the quite inconspicous yet quite interesting Guest in the elevator."All that's out there is destruction and death! And, their opposites!  Oh, sorry.  I didn't realize anyone else was in here.""Well, I'd say that I'm definitely...

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Hush Hush Commotion

Indie Rock
Attention music lovers...Hush Hush Commotion is concerned with one thing, and one thing only — making music that is REAL.In today's music scene where bands are more concerned with what's the latest fad, HHC turns their backs on the trendy, c...

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Inside Light

Alternative Rock
Inside Light (Dallas, TX) is honored to be selected for DFest 2009.  Formed in 2006 by guitarist and Oklahoma native Kelly Panter and bassist Aaron Decker, the band and its sound has been in constant state of evolution sin...

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I Said Stop!

Indie Rock
“Indie rock group I Said Stop! wins this year for Tulsa’s Best Up-and-Coming Band [in 2007]. Yet another testament to the good music being made in Tulsa… Dreamy indie pop/rock outfit I Said Stop! is what Tulsa’s indie ro...

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Ithica

Electronic/Dance/DJ
  "Ithica presents a sprawling sonic dreamscape of shimmering electro-pop that recalls M83, The Postal Service and TV on the Radio. It’s an ambitious blend of electronica and organic instrumentation that’s ethereal, emotional...

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Ivan Ives

Hip-Hop/Rap
“We’re living in 1984 now; it’s just a little nicer cosmetically,” says Ivan Ives, the Los Angeles alt-rapper – deemed an “artist to watch” by Rolling Stone – whose epic new disc, NEWSPEAK, has ju...

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Jabee

Rap/Hip-Hop
Jabee is quickly becoming one of the mid-west top hip hop acts, With the release of his "Blood is the New Black" album last year. Also being named one of URB magazines next 1000, and being voted for several OKC Hip Hop awards, Although Jabee has b...

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Jacob Abello

Pop
From Norman, Oklahoma – the city that birthed crazy bands (and crazier band names) like the Flaming Lips, Starlight Mints, and Evangelicals – comes 21-year-old indie/pop/whatever singer and songwriter Jacob Abello. Okay, so his name ma...

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Jeff Haze

Electronic/Dance/DJ
Jeff Haze has been a DJ for around 7 years now,but He has been influenced by electronic dance music for a long time. The first electronic cd Jeff Haze bought was back around 1988. He's been listening ever since. Electronic dance music is his life....

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Jonathan Tyler and The Northern Lights

Indie Rock Blues
  Something magical happens when you combine the ferocity of youthful abandon with the serenity of an old soul. Enter Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights. A soul singing, fiercely hard rocking band, helmed by a triple threat with &ldq...

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Junebug Spade

Rock
File under: Party-rock, Stoner-pop, Wild-art-rock, but NEVER confuse Junebug Spade as this year’s new hipster version of local gods The Flaming Lips. Hailing from their shared hometown of Oklahoma City, some upcoming bands find it difficu...

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Kawnar

Rap/Hip-Hop
If you are a fan of Hip-Hop but don't like the materialism and misogyny that it has become, then Kawnar is for you: a crossover Pop/Rock/Hip-Hop Artist blending big hip-hop beats with mesmerizing melodies that can appeal to ANY crowd!

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Love in October

Indie Rock
Combining international musical influences and an indie-pop, rock sensibility, Love in October is the epitome of a band with multiple "genre" disorder. The new self-titled EP, releasing on May 26, 2009 in vinyl and digital forms, is an amalgamat...

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Maggie McClure

Pop Rock
At age twenty-two, Maggie McClure has been performing for 8 years now. As her new CD simply titled "Maggie McClure" gains international attention, Maggie humbly passes part of the credit onto an all-star crew. The project was recorded at Spaceway ...

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Marcy Priest

Indie Rock
Marcy Priest is a mix of intense energy, infectious laughter, deep thought, and contagious passion -- a sought-after pianist and singer-songwriter who is best known for her insightful lyrics and powerful voice.  Beginning with singing in chur...

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Matt Powers

Indie Rock
With his first album release “Never Ending Aftermath” hitting college radio 2008, Matt Powers made his presence known on the Indie Rock scene immediately. Recorded with Oliver Strauss of Mission Sound (Taking Back Sunday, All-American ...

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Mayola

Indie Rock
Mayola is a band with an ever evolving sound, with influences from the most experimental rock and roll to traditional western and folk it is nothing short of an experience.  The honest and sometimes apocalyptic themes of the songs always focu...

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Motive For Movement

Ambient/Experimental
Motive for Movement formed in 2005 & has played over 100 shows since the first show in early 2006. We have opened for many acts including Sparta, Vedera, Project 86, Showbread, Umbrellas, Edison Glass, Unwed Sailor, & many more. In Feb. 20...

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Muchos Backflips!

Art Rock
If you like a little metal in your spy-jazz, this may be the band for you.  The music comes at you like toys built by some demented but ultra-skilled toy maker, switching fluently, often dramatically, between genres several times in...

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My Solstice

Alternative Rock
An idea in the minds of two guys looking for their own personal "solstice" in life, has grown to become what Tulsa World calls, "a full on indie rock experience", along with many other media publications across the midwest shouting praises of thei...

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Native Lights

Rock
"Supergroup" is a word that is sometimes carelessly thrown around on the local level, but one band that has most definitely earned the title is Native Lights. The new project is the collaboration of four musicians who have each in their own way f...

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Oblio

Indie Rock
Oblio (Nashville, TN) is an epic rock trio that blends fierce rhythms with inviting pop vocals and shimmering guitars to create an innovative sound revealing influences as diverse as the Walkmen, Paul Simon, and Arcade Fire.  Exuding sou...

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Odis

Rock
Odis debuted their first release (Feel) at the House of Blues to a CD release show that sold out in advance. With a solid Internet presence, hundreds of new fans came out to sing along with the band.  Just two months later, Quick Magazine sel...

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Oso Closo

Rock
“Oso Closo is remarkable. These people can write, arrange, sing and play in a league that only a few get to - with a lot of hard work and talent... Their skills blow me away. I especially like the sound of Adrian's voice and how the guitar...

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Paul Benjaman Band

Rock
Paul Benjaman Band is from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Their mission is to create music that everybody can enjoy. By combining the legendary "Tulsa Sound" with Western Swing, Modern Funk, Bebop, and Reggae  this group creates a multi-genre experience fu...

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P.D.A.

Hip-Hop/Rap
P.D.A., the latest heir apparent to the Mid-West Hip Hop throne.He is a study in contrasts: humble in person, yet boastful on stage; a bittersweet mix of youthful exuberance and world-weary caution; an artist who is quick to help others, but out t...

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Peach Truck Republic

Americana
Instrumental rock music fused with defining moments of improvisation, seamless transitions, storytelling, harmony singing, and the persistent notion of combining genres primarily associated with the south—The Peach Truck is often described a...

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PEOPLE

Rock
Turn on the radio nowadays, and most rock bands you’ll hear are all studio polish – almost totally forgetting about what made Rock great in the first place. Not People. Led by singer/guitarist/songwriter Jimmy Young, this LA band succe...

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Project Huckleberry

Alt/Indie
-Here's what one reviewer said about us: "Project Huckleberry looks a little intimidating at first glance: there's a crazy schitzo frontman, a tall guitarist that resembles a good looking Jesus, a keyboardist that is referred to as 'El Fantastico'...

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Proprietors Of The Earth

Alternative Rock
The Proprietors of the Earth come across similar to an abstract painting. Their colors bleed and fade across the aural canvas simultaneously delivering both the gentle and the cacophonous. Discontent with the notion that there is a need for genres...

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PTIARADACTYL

Ambient/Experimental
We are a real band made up of real dinosaurs.

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Rainbows Are Free

Heavy Metal
Five piece psych heavy stoner rock/metal collective from Norman, OK. Deep Purple meets Sleep.

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Recorder

Electronic/Dance/DJ
Robot dance music & sad robot lullabies, made by robots...for robots.

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Roger Jaeger

Pop Rock
From college campuses to bustling North Indian train stations, Roger Jaeger has performed in many places and experienced many things in his 23 years. His songs offer a hodgepodge of alternative, funk, and Indian Classical styles, while his lyrics ...

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Scott Goldman

Acoustic
Acoustic-electric fingerstyle guitar

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Sherree Chamberlain

Acoustic/Singer-Songwriter Alternative/Pop
Listening to miss sherree chamberlain is comparable to waking up in a creeky hammock in the early morning in your backyard to little baby sparrows singing ever so eager to their momma for their breakfast of worms as your tummy rumbles ever so...

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Sherree Chamberlain

Acoustic/Singer-Songwriter Alternative/Pop
Listening to miss sherree chamberlain is comparable to waking up in a creeky hammock in the early morning in your backyard to little baby sparrows singing ever so eager to their momma for their breakfast of worms as your tummy rumbles ever so...

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Spencer Sharpe

Indie Rock
Spencer Sharpe has been an emerging singer/songwriter in the Tulsa music scene since 2005. With influences such as: Death Cab For Cutie, Pedro The Lion, and Bright Eyes, Spencer, at only 18 years of age, now performs with a full band to add add mo...

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Stars Go Dim

Pop Rock
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Stars Go Dim

Pop Rock
                                      STARS GO DIM   Band   Band Chris Cleveland (lead v...

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Stevedore

Electronic/Dance/DJ
Stevedore makes extremely authentic, synthesizer based pop music. Reminicient of 80's pioneers, Erasure, Depeche Mode and Yaz, with a somewhat threatening undercurrent.

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SydeWayz Productions

Rap/Hip-Hop
Performance Save The Date:  July 24th 8pm at the Blue Dome,311 E 2nd St (2nd & Detroit) CD's on sale at Starship Records 1241 S Lewis Ave, and Available on ITunes Welcome to the great Southwest, home of SydeWayz Productions, LLC. SydeWa...

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Taddy Porter

Rock
Taddy Porter is Andy Brewer, Doug Jones, Kevin Jones and Joe Selby. Four young men, southern by birth, with a habit of rocking outright. The brothers Jones command a rhythmic Abrahams, devastating all in its path, steady on its brooding course, le...

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The Boom Bang

Indie Rock
We are a 4 piece garage surf rock band that's here for a good time. Come check out our set and hang out with us at the Electric Circus Stage Friday the 24th at 7pm! 222 E 1st St Also, click on the Vimeo link for our videos.

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The Boxing Lesson

Alt/Indie
The Boxing Lesson = A psychedelic progressive indie space rock band from Austin, TX.  We are a power trio that uses synthesizers in place of a traditional bassist.    We love vintage Fender & Moog gear, analog synths, space e...

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The Burning Hotels

Alt/Indie
Combining post-punk inspirations and angular melodies, the Burning Hotels have all of the pieces for indie-rock stardom in place. Described by the FW Weekly as “One of town’s coolest bands period,” they create a driving sound, st...

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The Calm Blue Sea

Ambient/Experimental
The Calm Blue Sea is a band from Austin, TX. They make music. Quiet music. Loud music. Pretty music. Ugly music. Triumphant music. If you’d like an easy label, most people would call it &ldqu...

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The City Lives

Pop Rock
TCL formed in early 2007 when guitarist Josh McClesky and frontman Chase Kerby began playing together after Chase returned home from a few months of living in Nashville and standing in with the band Meg and Dia while on tour with Sugarcult. From t...

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the Culprit

Alt Rock
Fusing elements from a range of styles; Rock, Dance, Drum and Bass, Metal, Electronica, and introducing multimedia technology to the live domain, ‘…the Culprit’ have established themselves as one of the most explosive and ente...

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The Dawson Project

Acoustic/Singer-Songwriter Alternative/Pop
KEVIN DAWSON Has been playing and performing since  he performed his own composition on piano in his 3rd grade talent show.   The Most recent and Notable success has been with His band Winter Circle. Winter Circle has grown from bei...

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The Fiascos

Indie Rock
“Your sense of rationality never seemed so irrational!” Jake Butts of The Fiascos sings this line from their newest song, “Dichotomy”, catching the attention of the audience with an almost sing-a-long melody over a driving ...

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The Jonbear Fourtet

Indie Rock Blues
The Jonbear Fourtet Story:   His footsteps scraped across the cobbled sidewalk as he clumsily attempted to peel a banana with one hand while holding his guitar case in his other. Just as he reached to take a bite, he heard his name called o...

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The Nghiems - Indie Pop

Indie Rock
The Nghiems began their journey carrying equipment at shows for Opolis Productions in 2007. During that time David Nghiem recorded a five-song demo on a four-track cassette tape recorder. After David completed the demos, he passed a copy of the ca...

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the Nightlife

Pop Rock
The Nightlife is a harmonizing, hook driven, straight-up-in-your-face 3-piece rock band from Tulsa, OK. In a word, it's TRIFECTAFRESH. Catch the Nightlife's Dfest showcase on Saturday night, July 25th at 12:10am at the Dilly Deli. Follow us at twi...

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The Pons

Indie Rock
Anyone who has ever heard songs written by The Pons’ Tommy Mazzi knows to expect infectious melodies complete with a little late 90s indie guitar rock and tight, witty lyrics. Beginning with Lalaland, the previous incarnation of The Pons, an...

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The Pretty Black Chains

Rock
From the ashes of bands that have fallen to the wayside, The Pretty Black Chains began writing together as Kellen McGugan, Jonathan Martin and Derek Knowlton in early November at Kellen's residence in Oklahoma City.  After setting up in an ol...

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The Romantic Disaster

Rock
Dance! Dance! Dance! Think Blondie. Think Joan Jett & The Blackhearts. Think of a dance party hosted by a band made up of a hand picked group of talent from past Oklahoma favorites The Mimsies, The Stellas, The Flood and The Hannah Wolff ...

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THE TAKING STATE

/////Pulling influences from the likes of Acceptance, Third Eye Blind and The Goo Goo Dolls, The Taking State takes a fresh approach to the rock-pop attitude. Songs like “Alone in LA” and “Truth” pave a diverse introduction...

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Three Penny Upright

Americana
As purveyors of fine roots music, Three Penny Upright delivers their own unique brand of  modern Americana.

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Tim Miller

Acoustic/Singer-Songwriter Alternative/Pop
About Tim Miller: Dallas based singer songwriter Tim Miller burst onto the scene with his critically acclaimed first album Out Of The Box. His music has since been licensed for MTV's My Super Sweet 16, Real World, Road Rules, The Challenge, The Hi...

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tKatz & the Goods

Indie Rock Blues
two dudes that make noise!  

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Unwed Sailor

Indie Rock
Born in Seattle in 1998 at the tender age of intent, Unwed Sailor is helmed by Oklahoma-born songwriter Johnathon Ford. The basis for the instrumental project came into being while Ford was still writing with Seattle luminaries Roadside Monument. ...

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Vangough

Heavy Metal
Vangough combines the heavy guitar-driven rock of 90s progressive metal bands like Dream Theater with melodies inspired by early video game music such as Mega Man. Their vintage synthesizer sound hearkens back to Yes, Genesis and Styx, giving them...

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Van Risseghem

Alt/Indie
"If you feel you’ve been going through the motions, take your hands and just let go." twenty-one year old Tulsa native, Jonathan Van Risseghem sings on his new full length release, The Motions. The motion of his music career has greatly acce...

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Water Colours

Indie Rock
Singer-Songwriter Chris Davis blends the best of an acoustic, indie, ambient sound with thoughtful thoughtful lyrics to create a palatte of colours that is sure to become one of your favorites.

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Western Heritage

Pop Rock
When Jay Lashley picked up his first guitar at seventeen, he had no idea it would one day result in the formation of the up and coming band Western Heritage.  Hailing from Tulsa, Oklahoma, this one-man-band has taken the lost pop of the Sixti...

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Without Trees

Alternative Rock
"...brings back the glory days of Aphex Twin and The Cure, but with undercurrents of today's Porcupine Tree and Muse." -Colorado Music Buzz

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X-Cal

Hip-Hop/Funk
Being a starving artist isn’t easy, but Chris “X-Cal” Gazaway embraces it with a passion. “Just give me a chance to grace the stage and I promise to give 110%,” says the recent Orange County transplant. At only 24 yea...

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Ziff

Alternative
Ziff is one of Tulsa's best undiscovered bands, emerging in to the top of Tulsa's talent scene in 2009" - Donnie Rich, Flytrap Productions What is Ziff? Much like a term from a superhero comic book, the word conjures images of whimsy, speed a...

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