Rock
Joshua Boydston
Oklahoma City’s own Hinder is viciously derided even by butt-rock standards, catching just as much flak as Nickelback and Buckcherry, if not more.
Sunday 19 May
OKG Newsletter
Topic: pop
Hinder — Welcome to the Freakshow
Rock
Joshua Boydston
Oklahoma City’s own Hinder is viciously derided even by butt-rock standards, catching just as much flak as Nickelback and Buckcherry, if not more.
Do you hear what we hear?
It’s that time of year for another Christmas album roundup. Shall you hear these on high or God rest ye merry MP3 player?
Still swinging, swinging
While so many of their brethren have disbanded in the last 10 years, Oklahoma’s All-American Rejects just keep moving along like you know they do.
Music
Joshua Boydston
The All-American Rejects with Shiny Toy Guns and more
6 p.m. Friday
Diamond Ballroom
8001 S. Eastern
diamondballroom.net
677-9169
$19-$24
The biebz knees
CFN
Gazette staff
That scream you heard carry across the metro at 8:48 a.m. Dec. 10 was untold thousands of tween girls reacting to Chesapeake Energy Arena’s announcement that Justin Bieber had scheduled a local stop for his “Believe” world tour, for July 2, 2013.
Tiger would
With music fans crying out for a return to the pop-punk sound, face it, Tiger Lily: You just hit the jackpot.
Music
Joshua Boydston
Tiger Lily with So Called Savages, Forever Young, At Long Last and more
6 p.m. Saturday
The Conservatory
8911 N. Western
conservatoryokc.com
607-4805
$8-$10
Parker Millsap can’t lose
After a decade of writing and playing music, Purcell native Parker Millsap finally finds himself in the spotlight. Oh, and he only recently graduated high school.
Music
Joshua Boydston
Parker Millsap with Fiawna Forté
9 p.m. Saturday
Blue Note Lounge
2408 N. Robinson
thebluenotelounge.com
600-1166
$5
Parker Millsap
7 p.m. Tuesday
The Deli
309 White, Norman
thedeli.us
321-7048
free
Laura Leighe — The Laura Leighe EP
Pop
Joshua Boydston
Modern pop music is awful: vapid odes to partying, phoned-in love ballads and bastardized house beats bubbling under some flavor-of-the-moment with a prettier face than voice.
Pop it
OKG7 things to do
Gazette staff
If you think A-B-C is as easy as 1-2-3, you’d best “Beat It” to the Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N. Walker, for The Music of Michael Jackson. At 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, the revue paying tribute to the late King of Pop promises to “Rock with You,” as James Delisco performs hits from MJ’s entire career. Tickets are $25-$52. Call 842-5387 or visit okcphilharmonic.org.
Friday-Saturday
Boner jams
The Texas dream-poppers of Skeleton Coast couldn’t have picked a more appropriate role model for their music: The Flaming Lips.
Music
Joshua Boydston
Skeleton Coast with Depth & Current and New Fumes
8 p.m. Friday
Opolis
113 N. Crawford, Norman
opolis.org
820-0951
$8
Music explosion
True to its name, Diarrhea Planet lets loose with a forceful barrage of pop-influenced punk. Don’t even try to stop it.
Music
Joshua Boydston
Diarrhea Planet with Cosmostanza and The Pizza Thieves
8 p.m. Monday
The Conservatory
8911 N. Western
conservatoryokc.com
607-4805
$6
