Music
Joshua Boydston
Aliens Vs. Robots with Hundredsomethings
9 p.m. Friday
VZD’s Restaurant and Club, 4200 N. Western
vzds.com, 524-4203
$5
Saturday 18 May
OKG Newsletter
Topic: Playing
Space invaders
With a name like Aliens Vs. Robots, you’d expect these Oklahoma City indie rockers to be interstellar. They are.
Music
Joshua Boydston
Cooper futures
At an age when most are graduating from college, red dirt’s Johnny Cooper is already an old pro.
Music
Joshua Boydston
Johnny Cooper
10 p.m. Friday Wormy Dog Saloon
311 E. Sheridan
wormydog.com, 601-6276
$10
Quail hunting
It’s easy to find The Damn Quails. The folk rockers have set up weekly gigs at three nests in the metro, and then some.
Music
Joshua Boydston
The Damn Quails
8 p.m. Thursday
Coach’s Brewhouse, 110 W. Main, Norman
CoachsBrewhouse.com, 321-2739
10 p.m. Monday
The Deli, 309 White, Norman
theDeli.us, 321-7048
Bear and grin it
Raise your (jazz) hands if you agree that 2 + 2 = 6. Being unconventional is what Norman’s JonBear Fourtet is all about.
Music
Joshua Boydston
The JonBear Fourtet
7 p.m. Thursday
Coach's Brewhouse, 110 W. Main, Norman
www.CoachsBrewhouse.com, 321-2739
Fantasmagorical
Winning a Grammy, playing with Prince — it’s been a magical time of late for the Latin funk outfit Grupo Fantasma.
Music
Joshua Boydston
Grupo Fantasma
8 p.m. Friday
Opolis, 113 N. Crawford, Norman
Opolis.org, 820-0951
$10 advance/$12 day of show
State of play
When playing outdoors is not an option, keep the kiddos busy at these hot spots.
Kids
Malena Lott
The winter chill doesn’t have to hamper family fun, thanks to indoor entertainment options around the metro.
Frndz forever
Challenged in spelling but not in spirit, the indie-rocking Boyfrndz would like to court your ears.
The Flaming Lips — Playing Hide and Seek with the Ghosts of Dawn
Rock
Louis Fowler
The Flaming Lips’ latest cover album, Playing Hide and Seek with the Ghosts of Dawn, is a song-by-song remake of King Crimson’s 1969 classic, In the Court of the Crimson King. Naturally, it’s only available on hard-to-get, limited-edition colored vinyl.
Mimesis
Flattery will get you nowhere.
Horror
Rod Lott
When I first heard of Mimesis, I thought it was a great idea: horror fans unwittingly participating in a live role-playing game that plops them into the classic film Night of the Living Dead. Now that I've seen it, however, I realize I was wrong. It's a terrible idea, and one executed poorly by Dark Fields director Douglas Schulze.
