Music News

Local band Red Wood Rising came into the RSU Radio studios to play some songs for us. You can check out their performance on our YouTube page. You can find Red Wood Rising online. They'll also be performing at Backwoods Bash with some other great musicians!continue reading →

Jason Aldean rocked a near capacity crowd at the BOK Center on Friday, May 10th that featured several number 1 songs, loud guitars; and an onslought of video screens that doled out imagery pertaining to each song. At the beginning of the show. A;dean entered the arena to the sounds of Audioslave's “Cochise”, hinting at the audience that this is not your granddaddy’s country music show. Aldean roared into his first songs of the evening with up-tempo tracks such as “Crazy Town”, “Take A Little Ride”, and “Tattoos on This Town”. Next the…continue reading →

Recently, I had the opportunity to sit down with Jeremy Dawson, bass player of Shiny Toy Guns. They were in town touring for their newest album "III". I spoke with him about his childhood growing up in Oklahoma, having Carah back on vocals for the first time since their first release, and got his very interesting opinion on Kickstarter. You can check out part 1 and 2 at our Soundcloud page!continue reading →

April may be known for pranks and tricks, but this April is also a great month for true alternative music. I thought I was being pranked when I was told that the brand new Cold War Kids was being released on April Fool’s Day. “Dear Miss Lonelyhearts” will thrill any Cold War Kids fan with its blues influenced mix and overall catchy tunes like the song “Lost that Easy”. Local favorites, The Flaming Lips, are also making an appearance in April with the release of “The Terror.” Thirty years in the music business…continue reading →

Desi and Cody stopped by RSU Radio recently to talk about the upcoming Easter Island Festival and play some music. Check out the Video HEREcontinue reading →

Local artist Travis McClearen stopped by the station to give us an in studio performance. After spending some time in Colorado for the last few years, Travis has returned to Oklahoma to form Travis McClearen and the Whiskey River Bandits. Without wasting time they jumped in the recording studio and are working on an album. You can check out the video for “Pinocchio” here, just one of the songs Travis was kind enough to perform for us.continue reading →

Heavy Rotation, Medium Rotation, Light Rotation, Daytime, Evening, Spice and Recurrent. Since I’ve worked at RSU Radio these have been the consistent categories that we have placed our music on the air. Recently, however, we added one more category to truly give us the best mix of alternative music... Local Music! Every hour, right after the :45 break the first song you hear will be from one of the great local bands or artists that have sent us their music over the years. While I was going through the archives I saw bands…continue reading →

One thing we’ve always been proud of at 91.3 is bringing you the best in True Alternative music community. That is one thing we will continue to do in 2013, but just like everyone else, we want to improve our station so we have decided to give ourselves a New Year’s Resolution: “In 2013, RSU Radio will bring not only the best of the True Alternative Community, but also our local community.” That’s right, local music will be making a comeback on RSU Radio in a BIG way, but we need all the…continue reading →

Tulsa celebrated the life of “Dimebag Darrell” with a tribute show Saturday, December 8th at Tankz in Tulsa. In case you were wondering, “Dime” was the guitarist of Pantera (later Damage Plan). He was shot and killed while performing on stage on December 8th, 2004. Since then, cities across the nation have celebrated his life on this day. To put it in perspective, think of “Dime” as the John Lennon to his genre of music. To my knowledge, Tulsa hasn’t had a tribute show done in Dime’s honor in the last 5 years.…continue reading →

It’s that time of year again. No, not the holiday season, but the 55th Annual Grammy Award nominations!!! Justin Bieber didn’t make the cut! Ha! On a more serious note, this year’s nominations show once again that RSU Radio is doing something right. Why, you may ask? Easy, already feature many of this year’s nominees. Here’s a quick rundown of the nominee’s for ‘Record of the Year’ and ‘Album of the Year’ categories that we’ve been playing since long before “they got big” in commercial radio. Record of the Year: The Black Keys…continue reading →