David lean

To deliver his sparse songs, David Ramirez needs only a guitar, his voice and a place to play — preferably not at a hotel for dogs.

Music
Stephen Carradini
David Ramirez and Matthew Mayfield with Justin Joslin and Braylon Warr
8 p.m Wednesday, May 23
VZD’s Restaurant & Club
4200 N. Western
vzds.com
524-4203

 

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Black gold

A change in the lineup of Dallas-based Oil Boom has broadened the band’s deep well of blues and pop.

Music
Joshua Boydston
Oil Boom with Quaker City Night Hawks
9 p.m. Friday
VZD’s Restaurant & Club
4200 N. Western
vzds.com
524-4203
$5

 

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Hostage situation

Keep calm and carry on? Not for Hostage Calm, an act for whom backing social causes are as important as making punk music.

Music
Joshua Boydston
Hostage Calm with Lost Empires and They Stay Dead
7 p.m. Monday
VZD’s Restaurant & Club
4200 N. Western
vzds.com
524-4203
$5

 

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Getting a leg up

What’s in a name? A world of difference, according to the OKC indie rockers who operate Limber Limbs.

Music
Joshua Boydston
Limber Limbs with The Wurly Birds and Zach Zeller
9 p.m. Saturday
VZD’s Restaurant & Club
4200 N. Western
vzds.com
524-4203
$5

 

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Corn’s new crop

After a massive personnel change, Okie alt-country act Green Corn Revival feels ... well, revived.

Music
Joshua Boydston
Green Corn Revival with Gum and The Sunshine Factory
10 p.m. Friday
VZD’s Restaurant & Club
4200 N. Western
vzds.com
524-4203
$5

 

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Copperheads — Apocalyptic Behavior

Rock
Joshua Boydston
Oklahoma City’s Copperheads have remained relatively quiet this year — ironic, given that the punk outfit stands alongside The Boom Bang and Shitty/Awesome as the metro’s loudest rock bands.

 

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Times bold

Pouring emotion into a new album, local band Defining Times ended up defining itself.

Music
Joshua Boydston
Defining Times with Dead Sea Choir
10 p.m. Saturday
VZD’s Restaurant & Club
4200 N. Western
vzds.com
524-4203
$7-$10

 

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Blues brothers

The latest project of local bluesman Eric ‘Dirty Red’ McDaniel proves that the thrill is far from gone.

Music
Louis Fowler
Cedric Burnside with Dirty Red
9 p.m. Tuesday
VZD’s Restaurant & Club
4200 N. Western
vzds.com
524-4203
$8-$10

 

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Tiger beat

Beau Jennings is A-OK with the singer-songwriter tag, now that he has The Tigers rocking out behind him.

Music
Joshua Boydston
Beau Jennings & the Tigers with Black Canyon and Matt Jewett & the Rowdy Dow
9 p.m. Saturday
VZD’s Restaurant & Club
4200 N. Western
vzds.com
524-4203

 

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Royal rush

With a new lineup, the Blacklist Royals return to make a claim for the rock ’n’ roll throne.

Music
Louis Fowler
Blacklist Royals
9 p.m. Saturday
VZD’s Restaurant & Club
4200 N. Western
vzds.com
524-4203

 

Wednesday, April 17, 2013