Rock
Joshua Boydston
After an uneven presence following 2008’s hard rock-leaning Season of Poison, Shiny Toy Guns is back with its third release, appropriately titled III.
Wednesday 19 Jun
OKG Newsletter
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Shiny Toy Guns — III
Rock
Joshua Boydston
After an uneven presence following 2008’s hard rock-leaning Season of Poison, Shiny Toy Guns is back with its third release, appropriately titled III.
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis — The Heist
Hip Hop/Rap
Ryan Querbach
Seattle-based rapper Macklemore has once again teamed up with producer Ryan Lewis to cook up an album that is nothing short of fantastic.
Best of Bond … James Bond: 50 Years — 50 Tracks
007 turns the big 5-0.
Soundtrack
Rod Lott
With each new James Bond film, it seems as if another CD compilation of 007 movie music is released. Because it is.
Lost Empires — Death and Evil Beasts
Rock
Joshua Boydston
Oklahoma is flush with Southern and hard-rock acts, but there’s a narrower selection of quality straight-ahead metal bands. Enter Lost Empires.
Whitey power
Whitey Morgan and the 78’s are looking to raise a little hell. Their vehicle? Old-school country — but don’t you dare call it ‘outlaw.’
Music
Louis Fowler
Whitey Morgan and the 78’s
9:30 p.m. Friday
Wormy Dog Saloon
311 E. Sheridan
wormydog.com
601-6276
$5
Freaky Friday
It’s the end of the Zoo Amp as we know it, and Oklahoma City’s own The Flaming Lips will send it out in style. And blood.
Music
Becky Carman
The Flaming Lips with Stardeath and White Dwarfs and New Fumes
5:30 p.m. Friday
OKC Zoo Amphitheatre
2011 N.E. 50th
zooamp.com
364-3700
free
Cheap shoots
The time has come for Cheap Time, a punk trio whose growing fan base includes at least half of The White Stripes — not too shabby!
Reid all about it
No longer nervous about performing, Norman singer-songwriter Kyle Reid even takes his love of music to bed.
Music
Joshua Boydston
Kyle Reid with Parker Millsap and John Calvin
10 p.m. Wednesday
The Deli
309 White, Norman
thedeli.us
329-3534
$5
Kyle Reid with Brother Gruesome, Depth & Current and Magnificent Bird
8 p.m. Saturday
Ampy Shanty
527 E. Main, Norman
754-1927
$5
Back in black
For the band Gooding, the rock ’n’ roll lifestyle isn’t just about the music. It’s also about the Benjamins.
Music
Joshua Boydston
Gooding with All About a Bubble
9 p.m. Saturday
Oklahoma City Limits
4801 S. Eastern
oclimits.com
619-3939
$8
Kendrick Lamar — good kid, m.A.A.d City
Hip Hop/Rap
Ryan Querbach
West Coast rapper Kendrick Lamar finally has dropped his major-label debut, good kid, m.A.A.d City.
