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Music magazines give Tulsa acts top billing
The Effects, a local band, “sounds like what rock ’n’ rollshould be,” croons Blender magazine. Other national mediaoutlets agree: Tulsa music rocks. JEREMY CHARLES / For the Tulsa World
By JENNIFER CHANCELLOR World Scene Writer
Published: 4/12/2008 1:50 AM
Last Modified: 4/12/2008 2:39 AM
The buzz you hear is definitely the "Tulsa buzz" -- several music and culture mags
have singled out Green Country and its bountiful music
scene.
April's Spin music magazine (if you can find one --
they're selling out fast) features a two-page spread, "Tulsa Rock City," which highlights the city's outstanding
live bands, music venues,
events and history.
It was written by former
Tulsa World music reporter
Matthew Elliott.
"We've covered a lot of cities," said Spin's Rock City section editor and researcher David Marchese during a recent
telephone interview. "Matthew picked everything out
for this one -- and we just
happened to agree that our
readers would be interested
in it.
"We know which cities are
coming up, and Tulsa's definitely one of them."
Featured are "Local Heroes" Hanson, Davit Souders
and Angie DeVore Green and
her husband Tom Green, co-founders of the annual Dfest
music festival; local Spot Music Award-winning bands Callupsie, The Effects, Congress
of a Crow and PDA; influential T-Town nightspots Mercury
Lounge, Cain's Ballroom,
Soundpony, Exit 6C and the
Continental; and quirky history bits on icons such as Leon
Russell, J.J. Cale and even Luciano Pavarotti.
"The Flaming Lips are an
indie rock institution," added
editor Marchese of the Oklahoma City band. "They've
brought a lot of focus to the
state, as have J.J. Cale and
Leon Russell.
"It's not
a particularly scientific decision: We just thought
Tulsa would make a good
choice."
On the cover is rock legend
R.E.M.
Also this month, Paste music magazine features local
powerpop stalwart Admiral
Twin and its new album, "The
Center of the Universe" in its
"Paste Recommends" section.
And, Spotniks winner The
Effects pulled double duty, also highlighted in Blender
magazine's "Monsters of the
Midwest: Starter Bands From
the Heartland That We're Totally Gay For" roundup. To
quote, "The Effects sounds
like what rock 'n' roll should
be."
Rock on, Tulsa.
Jennifer Chancellor 581-8346
jennifer.chancellor@tulsaworld.com
By JENNIFER CHANCELLOR World Scene Writer
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