Becky Carman

Setting Sun with Quitzow10 p.m. TuesdayThe Deli309 White, Normanwww.thedeli.us329-3534$5 When conjuring up the best collaborator for Erica Quitzow, a classically trained violinist and music teacher with an affinity for writing complicated, ’80s-inspired electronic pop, Gary Levitt is probably not who comes to mind. As the songwriter and guitarist behind New York’s introspective experimental folk act […]

Gang Starr Museum with Feel Spectres and Skating Polly9 p.m. SaturdayOpolis113 N. Crawford, Normanwww.opolis.org447-3417$7, $9 under 21 Mickey Reece is a kidder “¦ maybe. The solitary force behind defunct one-man Oklahoma City rock band El Paso Hot Button possesses a seeming impetuousness that colored his former alter ego: concept albums recorded in only a few […]

Samantha Crain only gives you 30 seconds to brace yourself, and beyond that, you are on her terms. On her 2007 independent release, “The Confiscation EP,” she waits half a minute into the first track, then depicts a murder by drowning. On track one, “Rising Sun,” from 2009’s “Songs in the Night,” the full band […]

Tom Petty tribute show featuring The Workweek, Locust Avenue and Mama Sweet10 p.m. FridayThe Deli309 White, Normanwww.thedeli.us329-3534 Admittedly, the prospect of a tribute show ” especially one conjured by three local musicians during a drunken hangout session ” is likely to elicit cringes from even the least skeptical of music fans. Appreciators of the lost […]

Wye Oak with Shearwater and Hospital Ships9 p.m. FridayOpolis113 N. Crawford, Normanwww.opolis.org447-3417$12 advance, $14 door$14 advance, $16 door under 21 There isn’t really a correct way to interpret Wye Oak. The Baltimore rock band, comprised of singer/guitarist Jenn Wasner and drummer/keyboard player Andy Stack, doesn’t mean to give the wrong impression, but there’s no reconciling […]

Camera Obscura with Princeton7 p.m. ThursdayMeacham Auditorium, Oklahoma Memorial Union, University of Oklahoma900 Asp, Norman$10 door, free for OU students  “Are my eyes the coldest blue?” asks singer Tracyanne Campbell on “You Told a Lie,” from Camera Obscura’s 2009 album, “My Maudlin Career.” In a word ” yes, but this isn’t as defining a characteristic […]

David Bazan with Headlights9 p.m. FridayOpolis113 N. Crawford, Normanwww.opolis.org447-3417$10 advance, $12 door$12 advance, $14 door under 21 A basic tenet of politeness that states one should never talk about sex, politics or religion. There’s another canon, slightly less specific, that implies rock musicians are exempt from the above. David Bazan, for most of his career, […]

Girl in a Coma with Xiu Xiu9 p.m. WednesdayOpolis113 N. Crawford, Normanwww.opolis.org447-3417$10 advance, $12 door$12 advance, $14 door under 21 If you can count among your fans ’80s icon Joan Jett, alt-rock demigod Morrissey and art rocker Jamie Stewart of Xiu Xiu, then odds are, you’re doing something right. Given how widely a net must […]

Jason Boesel with Dawes, Cory Chisel and the Wandering Sons and the Quinns6:30 p.m. WednesdayThe Conservatory8911 N. Westernwww.ConservatoryOKC.com879-9778$8 advance, $10 door Perpetual sun, easy beach access and living a stone’s throw from countless celebrities really do a number on people. Consequently, Los Angeles’s pop scene ” the birthplace of bands like Phantom Planet and Maroon […]

The Avett Brothers8 p.m. WednesdayRose State CollegePerforming Arts Theatre6420 S.E. 15th, Midwest City733-7960$28 Purity has long been absent from the music industry. Purchased publicity, digital piracy and crumbling labels have, in recent years, shaken up the way most of us consume music and the way even successful bands make a living. The established trajectory is […]