Chris Parker

Deer Tick with One Wolf, The Electric Primadonnas and James Price Band9 p.m. MondayThe Conservatory8911 N. Westernwww.conservatoryokc.com879-9778$7 John McCauley, aka Deer Tick, was intent on making it as a musician. He taught himself drums, bass, guitar, piano and pedal steel, recorded his own CDs and toured steadily, first in punk bands, then as a solo […]

Sara Hickman8 p.m. ThursdayThe Blue Door2805 N. McKinleywww .bluedoorokc.com524-0738$20 Sara Hickman needs her own armed forces ad, because she does more in one month than many artists do all year. The 47-year-old mother of two was recently named Texas Musician of the Year, following in the big shoes of last year’s winner, Willie Nelson. She’s […]

Eleven Hundred Springs8 p.m. SaturdayWormy Dog Saloon311 E. Sheridanwww.wormydog.com601-6276$8 One of the best things about music is the way a three-minute song can connect us with our own humanity and to each other in a way simple words would struggle to do. Indeed, unvarnished perspective on everyday life is one of country music’s best virtues. […]

The Paper Chase with The Purple Church and Luna Moth9 p.m. MondayThe Conservatory8911 N. Westernwww .conservatoryokc.com879-9778$7 There aren’t many bands like The Paper Chase. If most acts swerve away from the danger and terror of life, at best dealing it a glancing blow, the Dallas quartet engages in more of a whiteknuckle game of chicken, […]

Twiztid with Potluck, Kung Fu Vampire and Sixtysix Killz7 p.m. SundayDiamond Ballroom8001 S. Easternwww.diamondballroom.net866-977-6849$18 advance, $22 door In a world that heralds the “normal,” Twiztid’s found there’s plenty of money to be made appealing to the legions of outcasts. Following in the footsteps of Insane Clown Posse, Michigan’s Twiztid has built an empire to rival […]

Damion Suomi with Chris Staples, Andy Zipf, Lauris Vidal and Andy Shauf8 p.m. SaturdayThe Conservatory8911 N. Westernwww.conservatoryokc.com879-9778$8 advance, $10 door His injured croon recalls R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe; the religious symbolism and metaphor-rich confessional tone, Conor Oberst; and a cinematic, Irish-tinged country-folk plucked from the Avett Brothers’ songbook. It’s an impressive inventory of influences, but Florida […]

The Boom Bang is a clear case of truth in advertising. The Oklahoma City quartet’s lead-footed, garage-rock clamor offers pedal-mashing thrills as wheels spin in a rubber-laying roar that unites a tsunami of surf-inflected guitar distortion and chunky rhythms, over which front man James Smith unleashes his frenzied vocal attack. Like a ’70 Cadillac Eldorado […]

Quasi with Explode into Colors9 p.m. SundayOpolis113 N. Crawford, Normanwww.opolis.org447-3417$10 advance, $12 door$12 advance, $14 door under 21 After seven albums, a group certainly has staked out the boundaries of its sound, so Quasi drummer Janet Weiss is a little confused by reviewers’ complaints that the band’s latest, “American Gong,” doesn’t “reinvent the wheel.” “We’re […]

The Cave Singers with Michael Loveland 9 p.m. Monday Opolis113 N. Crawford, Norman www.opolis.org447-3417 $8 advance, $10 door$10 advance, $12 door under 21 For some, Derek Fudesco’s transition as bassist for indie rockers Murder City Devils and Pretty Girls Make Graves to acoustic guitarist in burbling folksters The Cave Singers was a shocking departure. But […]

So Cow with Sisters, Golden Triangle and O Fidelis8 p.m. Mondaythe Conservatory8911 N. Westernwww.conservatoryokc.com879-9778$8 The best thing about falling in love with So Cow is that there’s so much to love. The band is the brainchild of bespectacled Irishman Brian Kelly, who writes and records all the music when not flogging the material as a […]