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norman music festival guide bright light social hour + dead meadow + Diarrhea planet + moreland & arbuckle Horse thief + ringo deathstarr + La femme + John Moreland + Jacob fred Jazz Odyssey + zorch + broncho + Jabee + taddy porter + tallows + deerpeople stardeath and white dwarfs + eagle claw + sheree chamberlain + travis linville + evangelicals tele novella + expo ’70 + conquerors + Josh sallee + tequila songbirds + addverse effects traindodge + denver duncan + pink pony + wurly birds + black canyon + beau jennings & the tigers chelsey cope + Matt stansberry & the romance + Rainbows are free + mama sweet + new fumes depth & current + brother gruesome + the moai broadcast + and there stand empires + pretty black chains defining times + aaron pierce + indiangiver + bloody knives + power pyramid + paperscissor + Bowsley + admirals + dustin prinz feel spectres + terry ‘buffalo’ ware & the shambles + ryan singer + afterlights + nuns + bed people + north meets south + Lizard police Locust avenue + gum + loom + kierston white + carly gwin + applied music program + brainwasher + team nightstand + quilted cherry podium tumbling nebulae + wess mcmichael + max ridgway trio + aluma + corporate ghost + tony romanello and the black jackets + cecada + the grown ups the rosewood girl + fos + derrick weber + daydream empire + void opus + eureeka + new westerns + oklahoma cloud factory + them hounds + good culture + shawn reidy moongiant + blake fischer + akiba + mikah young + kefalonia + plstknova + the chloes + kelli lynn and the skillet lickers + honeylark + o fidelis + syloken + creepozoidz + great american jug band

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norman music festival guide

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ur favorite musical event of the year is back as local artists and even international musicians come together in Norman for two nights and one full day of incredible performances. This issue of ESCAPE is dedicated to the artists playing at the festival and can serve as your guide to the “must-see’s” at this year’s event. While most of this issue focuses on the music, there are also plenty of vendors and food treats to look forward to. See normanmusicfestival.com for a comprehensive overview of everything you can expect during the festivities. We’ve filled this issue with profiles of artists, but we also made sure to include a map of the grounds (pg. 6) and the majority of the stage lineups (pg. 9-11). Before you get started, here’s some of the basic “need-to-know’s” for this year’s festival:

where Norman’s downtown main street. you won’t be able to miss it.

the event is free and open to the public

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the joy formidable rocked the nmf 2013 main stage

things to do this

weekend what: Shakers when: 8 p.m. thursday where: old science hall’s lab theatre

The Helmerich School of Drama will present SHAKERS, a student-directed comedy. Tickets are $5 at the door. what: sooner idol when: 7 to 9 p.m. friday where: oklahoma memorial union’s meacham auditorium

Hear 10 of OU’s best singers compete to win scholarships and the title of Sooner Idol during this annual competition. what: contemporary dance oklahoma when: 8 p.m. friday where: rupel j. jones theatre

University Theatre will present Contemporary Dance Oklahoma with some new choreography. Tickets are $14 for students at the Fine Arts Box Office. what: singing sooners spring show when: 8 p.m. friday where: catlett music center’s sharp concert hall

The School of Music will present the Singing Sooners Spring Show. The event is free and open to the public. what: hornsemble when: 6 p.m. sunday where: catlett music center’s sharp concert hall

Hear a symphony of horns as the School of Music presents Hornsemble. The event is free and open to the public.

profile: graham dudley Moreland & Arbuckle will return to its early sound with an acoustic performance at Norman Music Festival.

aron Moreland has been making music with David Arbuckle for over a decade now. They met at an open-mic night in Wichita, Kan., and never looked back, according to the band’s website. They’ve since added a drummer to the lineup, but the 2014 Norman Music Festival will take them back to their roots. “We were asked to play the festival as an acoustic duo, which is how we got our start,” Moreland said. The reason? The drummer will be at a wedding. Still, the festival will give fans a chance to see vintage Moreland and Arbuckle and hear the kind of sound it hasn’t had since their early self-released albums like “Caney Valley Blues” and “1861.” “They’ll get a taste of free board blues and anyone familiar with us will get an opportunity to see how we got our start,” Moreland said. The music of Moreland and Arbuckle is difficult to describe. Moreland said his group is often compared to The Black Keys. He doesn’t see it — at least not any more. “I think it’s the whole no bassist thing,” he said.

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When: 8:30 p.m. His influencSaturday es are diverse. Where: Sailor Jerry Moreland said he grew up on bands Stage like Led Zeppelin,

Kiss and Cream, and the group has explored artists like Alice in Chains and Nirvana. Still, the band’s sound delves into Delta blues, folk, rock, traditional country and other disparate sounds, according to its website. Released just under a year ago, “7 Cities” is Moreland and Arbuckle’s latest album and a perfect example of how these influences have come together. Of course, Moreland is already working on new material. He said

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the band’s increased profile has increased the time spent on tour and made the creative process a little more difficult. Don’t expect that to slow them down, though. “We probably will head into the studio this winter and record a new record,” Moreland said. “It’s a tough business. It’s a tough life. It’s a lot of work,” he added. After a decade making music, though, Moreland shows no sign of letting that stop him. This year will mark the band’s first appearance at the Norman Music Festival, but don’t be surprised to see them back again with an even bigger profile and an even brighter future.

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Facts 1.) When You Can See Him Play at Norman Music Festival: 1:30 p.m. Saturday on the Main Stage 2.) When You Can See Him Play Elsewhere: Every first and third Thursday at McNellie’s 3.) Biggest Influence: Otis Redding and Muddy Waters 4.) Favorite Disney Movie: The Jungle Book 5.) Favorite Venues: McNellie’s (home base) and The Deli (great sound)

questions 1.) What is the craziest thing you’ve seen at Norman Music Festival? Probably Peelander-Z. They’re a Japanese punk band, and they dress up like Power Rangers and hang off the rafters. They’re crazier’n hell but they’re a lot of fun to watch. 2.) What has been your strangest performance there? We wound up playing that Saturday night Trace and I drank all day before we went on. I get there thinking, man, I’m in trouble, but then I see my fiddle player who — it was his birthday. So he’s just got his head resting on the table. And my washboard player ate all these mushrooms, so they’re both just trashed, and I thought, okay, I might be all right. We made it work. Our fiddle player passed out in the middle of the set. Still got up to hit his harmony parts, though. 3.) What’s on your iPod that might embarrass you? I actually don’t own an iPod but I do have a really, really bad … it’s pretty hard for me to say no to The Spice Girls. I could sing the shit out of The Spice Girls. 4.) How did you get started with music? I love doing karaoke. That’s how I got the stones to go for it professionally, because I wound up winning a lot of karaoke contests, so I thought, ‘Hell, I could make a living out of this.’ I always sang but when I was 14 I got my first guitar. I quit doing homework, I quit hanging out with friends, I would just come home from school and take my backpack off and pick that thing up ... 5.) What is your process for writing songs? Sometimes I get a bit of a chorus, or sometimes I’ll have a guitar riff go through my head. The music is a lot more likely. Lyrics are usually the last thing I write. How the melody makes me feel is what I tend to write the lyrics off of. My lyrics aren’t very complex. I’m not much of a storyteller or a hidden metaphor kind of a guy. I just kind of say what’s on my mind.

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he Norman Music Festival has seen the likes of The Walkmen, Portugal. The Man and The Joy Formidable grace the Main Stage. Come April 26, The Bright Light Social hour will join those notable artists as the headliners of the 7th annual Norman Music Festival. Curtis Roush and Jack O’ Brien first met at Southwestern University near Austin, and immediately bonded over their love of music. Along with Joseph Mirasole — who they found on Craigslist — they formed Bright Light Social hour. O’Brien said the group started as an “experimental art-rock collective” that continued to evolve over the course of their time together. The group cemented their status as a band to watch with their 2010 debut The Bright Light Social Hour. Currently at work on their follow-up album and prepping for a new tour, Jack O’Brien sat down with me to talk about his band’s upcoming stint at the Norman Music Festival, what makes a good live show, and why he thinks Oklahoma is such a special place.

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When: 9:30 p.m. Where: Main stage

Q: What was your previous experience with Oklahoma? A: Our first time getting into OKC was maybe three years ago playing at The Blue Note, and we just met such a community. I felt like we really made friends there. There were some guys who had a clothing shop named Warpaint, and they were super sweet, let us sleep in their store, and even gave us shirts. So it just really felt inviting, like a family-type vibe that we got from Oklahoma so we have a lot of love.

artists. I’m not just gonna say we pull everything out of our own butts, but we’re always being influenced by artists. But there’s definitely no artist that’s like, “that guy’s the genius, or this guy’s the genius, and we have to follow this model.” We’re big students of music, and we’re always sharing music and looking for new stuff. But when it comes to writing, I don’t think I’ve ever heard someone say, “Hey, let’s try to do something that’s got a vibe like this song.” There’s no restriction — nothing is out of bounds. Q: What is it for you guys that makes a good live show? Does it depend more on the type of audience or the music you play? A: I think it’s really just remembering that it’s a communal experience, you know? Some bands kind of think of it more strictly like, “I’m the performer, you’re the audience.” I think for me, a good show is one where I felt that there was an energy being cycled continuously between the audience and the band. Even with the crew and the bartender.

Q: What is it for you guys that makes Oklahoma stand out from the other places you’ve toured? A: Definitely just all of the open arms and warm people, you know? Just a place that was very inviting and filled with people who are very thirsty for cool music and art. photo provided

Q: How do you guys operate as a group? Is there one person in charge of songwriting, visuals, music, etc.? A: Almost everything is done by all three of us together. All the songwriting, the production, everything. We built the studio out of the place Joe (Mirasole) and I live in. All of the engineering, all the mixing, everything. We also have the keyboardist come in and jam with us, but he does a lot of other stuff, too, so he comes for the live shows and adds a little bit of his own thing.

Q: What’s next for you guys after your tour concludes? Are you thinking about your next record? A: Actually, we’re going to be flying into Norman from New York where we’ll be mixing the record. After the festival, we’re just going to come in, play the festival and then fly back into New York and spend the summer preparing the record. We still don’t have a release date, and every single time I give a release date, I’m always off by a lot, so I don’t want to set a release date but it’s definitely coming. For now, I’ll just say we’re working on it.

A: It’s definitely very natural, very organic and a very democratic process. Like nothing gets through unless all three of us are thumbs up on every little thing, so that makes the process a little slow, but both records were written through a lot of jamming and a lot of constantly tweaking ideas ... We think of all of our songs as constant works in progress, even when they’re on record that’s just what we felt was the best version of that song at that time. A lot of the songs continue to evolve, even after it’s put on record.

Q: What type of genres and musicians have influenced your music the most? A: Oh, I would say it’s a list of hundreds of

Q: What’s the process like when you guys record music? Do you guys have a certain strategy or way you approach it?

Q: I know it’s easy to box music into a specific genre, but how would you guys describe your music and sound? A: You know, I never give the same answer to

this question. So it’s hard to put a finger on it, but it’s like … hard southern psychedelic dance music. That’s what I would say. And, I mean, there’s a few songs that fit really neatly into that, and then some that don’t fit that description at all. Q: What made you guys decide to come to Norman for the music festival? A: Well, we’ve always loved OKC. We’ve never been to Norman, but we always wanted to. We’re huge (Flaming) Lips fans, so we’ve read a lot about the Womb and we recently toured with Space Face who told us that they love hanging out in OKC. So we’ve always loved Oklahoma, read a lot about it, and heard a lot about Norman, too. When we were invited to play, we were like hell yeah, thumbs up!

Q: Can we expect to hear anything new from you guys at the Norman Music Festival? A: We will be doing a lot of new music that we just finished for our new record, so that’s kind of a big thing. And this’ll be our first show since SXSW, so there’s a lot of fresh energy and new music with a lot of fresh stuff. This will be kind of the beginning of a new page for us. Q: What was your reaction to getting offered the headline position at the Norman Music Festival? A: We were surprised by that. We knew we were playing, but we didn’t know we were the actual headliners until the first article came out. Q: What can Norman expect from you guys when you take the Main Stage? A: Just a whole lot of love.

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EERPEOPLE’s six members practice in the cramped attic of house in the Plaza district Oklahoma City. The space is hot and so crowded that the keyboard is played inside of a walk-in closet. Alex Larrea, Kendall Looney, Brennan Barnes, Julian Shen, Jordan Bayhyll and Derek Moore have been playing together since 2009 and the core of the band — Looney, Larrea and Barnes —met through high school band. “Our football team was really bad and our band was really good so I don’t think we had the same band geek thing that other schools have,” said Larrea, lead guitarist. The group followed Looney when she went to Oklahoma State University, and over the course of a few years became what they call a “Stillwater band.” Everyone in the band has an extensive history in music. Lead singer Brennan Barnes started with piano, picked up trumpet in sixth grade, then tuba in ninth grade. During college, he came back to piano through teaching himself how to play Ben Folds songs.

It was important to the band that they didn’t sound like mainstream arena rock, which meant moving things around to make room for unique instruments like flute and accordion. “It can get gimmicky really easily, so that’s the balance,” Barnes said. “We’ve had people come up to us and say, ‘So you’re an indie band.’ because they see the tom and the flute, and we’re like f*** we are.” The band members said they agree the word indie doesn’t even mean anything anymore and would prefer to describe their sound as “noise-pop.” Although they seem reluctant to be characterized as “indie”, DEERPEOPLE are the epitome of an independent band. Right now, they maintain complete creative control and have no official booking agent or publicist. “Any success that DEERPEOPLE has had can be completely attributed to the six of us and a few really close friends,” Barnes said. “It means a lot that we own 100 percent of what we have.”

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the lineup

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Quilted Cherry Podium 7 p.m.

The Waymires 7 p.m.

8 p.m.

Team Nightstand 8 p.m.

Jessey General Thompson 8 p.m.

Kefalonia

Mikah Young 8:30 p.m.

Brothels

Brainwasher

9 p.m.

Western Residents 9 p.m.

PATIO

6 p.m.

Crooked Feet

Lauren Deger

Tom Crider 6:30 p.m.

6 p.m.

Nathan Brown 7 p.m.

Anklets

Tele Mori

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Drainbows

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Akiba

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Tom Marshall 7:30 p.m. Sierra Rose 8 p.m. Darden Pierce 8:30 p.m. JAB 9 p.m. Kirby Evans 9:30 p.m.

Kaitlin Butts

All About A Bubble

8 p.m.

Audra Elizabeth

Mighty Big Fire

Carter Sampson & Joe Mack

9 p.m.

Corey Roberts

Bowlsey

Paseo Street Walkers

Hayden Bedwell

9:30 p.m.

The Choke 10 p.m.

The Dead Armadillos 11 p.m.

Tele Novella

Rachel Brashear

10 p.m.

Applied Music Program 11 p.m.

IndianGiver

NicNos 12 a.m.

Evangelicals 12 a.m.

Blake Fischer 10:30 p.m.

11 p.m.

Defining Times Them Apples

11:30 p.m.

12 a.m.

Moongiant 12:30 a.m.

Big Casino 1 a.m.

Aaron Pierce 1 a.m.

10 p.m.

Stephen Salewon

Barling

Admirals

11 p.m.

Midnight Revival

Bungalouski

11 p.m.

Nathan Richards 12 a.m.

12 a.m.

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Patti & Robby Mayfield 5 p.m. Bob Deupree 6 p.m.

Grel 6 p.m.

Norman Music Institute

Heavy Shake

6:30 p.m.

7 p.m.

McMichael Music Students 9 p.m.

Matthew Stratton 6:30 p.m.

Loom 7 p.m.

[PEACH] 7 p.m.

Shawn Reidy 7 p.m.

Bored Wax

Eagle Claw

Dave McDaniel

Good Culture

8 p.m.

The Bourgeois

Zorch

Limber Limbs

Them Hounds

9 p.m.

Stardeath and White Dwarfs 10 p.m.

The Younglings

Ringo Deathstarr 11 p.m.

9 p.m.

Farrel Droke 7 p.m. David Henson 7:30 p.m. Annie Oakley 8 p.m. Frank Lawrence 8:30 p.m. Peter Erickson 9 p.m. Tanner Miller 9:30 p.m.

6 p.m.

The Murderers

Kick Nancy Down

Lauryn Hardiman

Milk Jr

7 p.m.

6 p.m.

7 p.m.

Mon Limp Wizurdz

John Brakefield 8 p.m.

KNOble Savage 8:20 p.m.

The Pizza Thieves

The Red Devils

Frank Black 9 p.m.

9 p.m.

Edgar Cruz

Cosmostanza

10 p.m.

The Trading Co.

New Westerns

Your Mom

11 p.m.

Eureeka

Fire Bad!

Rum Fellows

12 a.m.

Em and the MotherSuperiors 12 a.m.

Love Cobra

Feathered Rabbit

Void Opus

1 a.m.

10 p.m.

Bitchwizard 11 p.m.

Bloody Knives

11 p.m.

12 a.m.

7:40 p.m.

8 p.m.

Oklahoma Cloud Factory 10 p.m.

Power Pyramid

Kneighbourhood 7 p.m.

10 p.m.

12 a.m.

Travis Traps 9:40 p.m.

10 p.m.

Josh Sallee 10:20 p.m.

Sunny Side Up

Defcon Battle

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Space Dog & Opera Girl 1 a.m.

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Rainbows Are Free 5:30 p.m.

Tequila Songbirds 6:30 p.m.

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STASH

The Grown Ups

Silver Spruce

Giraffe Massacre

5 p.m.

ADDverse Effects

Syloken

Cecada 6 p.m.

Prix Teen

5:30 p.m.

6 p.m.

The Gentle Art of Floating 6 p.m.

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Locust Avenue

5 p.m.

Psychotic Reaction

Helen Kelter Skelter

6 p.m.

Creepozoidz 5 p.m.

Idre

Deerpeople

O Fidelis

7 p.m.

John Moreland 7:30 p.m.

Costanzas

Honeylark

8 p.m.

Tony Romanello and the Black Jackets 7 p.m.

Corporate Ghost

PATIO

6 p.m.

Diarrhea Planet

Luna Moth

Colin Nance

7 p.m.

Bungalouski

Frequency Jones (DJ)

Green Corn Revival

Dead Meadow

8 p.m.

Kilter (DJ)

The Venditos

9 p.m.

8 p.m.

Moreland & Arbuckle

Tres Cantina Main Stage

8:30 p.m.

6:45 p.m.

9:30 p.m.

Krama (DJ) 10 p.m.

Sonic Violence 11 p.m.

Kelli Lynn and the Skillet Lickers 11 p.m.

Paperscissor Pretty Black Chains

11 p.m.

Sick Nick (DJ)

MRD 11 p.m.

11 p.m.

11:15 p.m.

The Sluts

The Chloes

12 a.m.

Traindodge 1 a.m.

Aluma 12:30 a.m.

Bright Light Social Hour

Magnificent Bird

Shane Capps (DJ)

Japanese Game Show

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