Plaza District Festival 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Saturday 16th Street Plaza District 1700 block of NW 16th Street
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Norman Music Festival announces 2019 lineup
Norman Music Festival has announced the headliners and several scheduled bands for 2019. The current lineup for April 25-27 includes Brooklyn indie act Beach Fossils, Detroit rapper Black Milk with live backing band Nat Turner, Indiana guitarist Omar Apollo, Nashville singer/songwriter Soccer Mommy, hard-to-classify Orange County duo The Garden, Seattle psych act Night Beats, Phoenix […]
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Eating good
Like the name suggests, WoRm stays hungry. But with each release in his Chicken N Waffles album series, the Oklahoma City rapper-producer is inching his way up the local hip-hop food chain. WoRm, born Sherman Johnson, is about as versatile as they come in the local rap scene. His lyric- and beat-crafting talents are of […]
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Hip-hop showcase hopes youth Choose the Bright Side
Choose the Bright Side headliners include Original Flow & the Fervent Route, Chief Peace, Joey Sativa and Fresh.
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dead again
Computer ChessJust in case there was any doubt that fashions and haircuts of the early 1980s were mighty ugly, the time capsule Computer Chess is a solid reminder. Writer-director Andrew Bujalski, in his use of antiquated cameras and technology that could make a TRS-80 look cutting-edge, evokes the period in gloriously fuzzy black and white. […]
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Big Worm — Bench All-Stars
His music is so far removed from the East Coast/West Coast style of hip-hop that with each subsequent release, Oklahoma rappers are forging their own coast — Red Dirt Coast, if you will. After spinning this album, I’m pretty sure Worm could be the mayor of the Red Dirt Coast. And why not? With their […]