Neighborhood Noise 8 p.m. June 18 Hubbly Bubbly 2900 N. Classen Blvd., Suite K 405-609-2930 facebook.com/hubblybubblyokc $10 The Pressure’s off for now, but Queen Caution is still pushing local hip-hop. When Queen Caution (linktr.ee/queencaution), aka Carissa Cudjo, realized her Pressure battle-rap competition was not fostering the uplifting community environment she intended, she changed the format […]
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‘Love’ hurts
Kat Lock at Jazz in June June 21 Andrews Park 201 W. Daws St., Norman jazzinjune.org Free Kat Lock is about to be “Talkin’ Bout Love,” but this time, she’s not talkin’ ’bout anyone in particular. “I kind of started writing differently a couple years ago, probably during COVID and all that,” Lock said. “I’m […]
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Rachel Lynch and Griffin Wade
Rachel Lynch and Griffin Wade Live Album Recording 8 p.m. Saturday, June 7 The Blue Door 2805 N. McKinley Ave bluedoorokc.com $20-$25 After making names for themselves separately and spending the last couple years honing their collective sound on stages throughout the state and beyond, married folk duo Rachel Lynch and Griffin Wade will record […]
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Neo noir
Samantha Crain 8 p.m. May 10 Resonant Head 400 SW 25th St., Suite A Phone Number resonanthead.com $22 Like hard-boiled detectives in black-and-white movies, singer-songwriters stereotypically work alone. Arriving on the scene Friday, May 2, Samantha Crain’s seventh full-length album, Gumshoe, finds a new formula, musically and lyrically. The sweet and poppy title track is […]
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Shop local
Norman Music Festival April 24-26 Downtown Norman normanmusicfestival.com Free Touting more than 250 acts across three days on stages indoors and out (weather permitting), Norman Music Fest gives visitors a chance to relive the pre-algorithm days when you found out about new music by just kind of happening upon it. As fans of the continuation […]
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Top billing
Norman Music Festival April 24-26 Downtown Norman normanmusicfestival.com free Readers of 2024 album-of-the-year lists and Oklahoma Gazette will find several familiar names in this year’s lineup for Norman Music Festival. La Luz (laluzband.com) — scheduled to take the festival’s main stage at 9:50 p.m. on Saturday, April 26 — made multiple year-end lists for its […]
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Honor code
405 A Day for the City featuring Jaw/Line, Money, Lust Online, Heavytrip, Honor Choir, So Much Heaven 7 p.m. Saturday, April 5 Resonant Head 400 SW 25th St. resonanthead.com $12-$15 By the time you read this, the band might have changed the description again, but at the time of this interview, OKC/Norman band Jaw/Line’s Instagram […]