Concert Review: Starlight Mints and Evangelicals at the Record Bar

REVIEW BY IAN HRABE

While the Flaming Lips may have cornered the market on progressive Oklahoman music, on Thursday night, Norman, Oklahoma’s Evangelicals and the Starlight Mints set out to prove that there is more going on in that pan-handled state to the south.

I entered the Record Bar with a battle of the bands mindset, equally excited to see both bands, but more excited to see whose show it would be. Would the Starlight Mints hold their ground and prove that they can still earn top billing by busting out quirky indie-pop jams? Or would Evangelicals live up to the hype that was built around them last year and become the second-best band in Oklahoma?