Chris Parker

Scary Kids Scaring Kids with Our Sky Is Falling6:30 p.m. tonightthe Conservatory8911 N. Westernwww.conservatoryokc.com879-9778$12 advance, $14 door By the time a band reaches the point of implosion, there’s usually no going back. Farewell tours are a relatively rare occurrence, unless you’re with The Who, which has made goodbyes a central tour-promotion gimmick for the last […]

D.R.I with GRG, Violent Affair and Soul Craft Black6:30 p.m. Saturdaythe Conservatory8911 N. Westernwww.conservatoryokc.com879-9778$10 advance, $13 door Timing is everything. While thrash pioneers Dirty Rotten Imbeciles (aka D.R.I.) have been at it for 28 years, touring regularly much of that time, the musicians are fresh back from a four-year hiatus brought on by guitar player […]

Owl City with Lights and Deas Vail7:30 p.m. FridayDiamond Ballroom8001 S. Easternwww.diamondballroom.net(866) 977-6849Sold out Owl City auteur Adam Young prefers e-mail interviews ” emblematic of his musical oeuvre and style. His reliance on computers is reflected in the burbling electronic backdrops of his songs, which he creates alone in a home studio, first in his […]

Cherish the Ladies with theOklahoma City Philharmonic8 p.m. Friday-SaturdayCivic Center Music Hall201 N. Walker297-2264www .oklahomacityphilharmonic.org$12-$65 There’s a reason it’s called “folk” music. Even as record execs wander the country in search of the next big sound, the tried and true persists, passed across generations and even cultures. Whether it’s Americana artists rediscovering the charms of […]

Holiday Toy Drive with Feel Spectres and Starlight Mints9 p.m. tonightOpolis, 113 N. Crawford, Norman447-3417$12 advance, $15 door, 21 and over$14 advance, $17 door, under 21 There’s a sense that as you get older, you must give up your youthful idealism and childhood fancies. While there may be a certain truth to that, there’s certainly […]

Attractive and Popular with Hot White, Shard and more9 p.m. tonightthe Conservatory8911 N. Western879-9778 When this Hot Springs, Ark., quartet says it’s Attractive and Popular, don’t take the members too seriously. Bittersweet VictoryBrazilian Connection Their scabrous, sarcastic sound re-imagines Black Flag for the dance-punk generation, channeling off-the-wall, satirical wit through a charging, keyboard-abetted, punk-rock sound […]

While commercial hip-hop’s fascination with gold, gats, drugs and ass is by now as fresh as a “Married “¦ with Children” episode, some artists live up to the form’s fine heritage. EMO PARODY ‘SINGLE AND FAMOUS’ Since hip-hop made its bones selling an urban fantasy to suburban kids, perhaps it’s fitting that one of the […]

It’s easy to appreciate what Death Cab for Cutie’s Ben Gibbard saw in David Terry’s keyboard-driven, indie-pop act, Aqueduct. FAMOUS TRACK ENDEARING RESULTS NEW ALBUM With rattling beats over dreamy washes of synth and other lilting synthetic instrumentation, it’s not dissimilar to Gibbard’s own side project, Postal Service, although Terry’s wry smile distinguishes him from […]

After grinding it out for years like many successful young acts, Hawthorne Heights endured and emerged from significant lineup changes and a name swap to score a record deal. The then-quintet’s 2004 debut, “The Silence in Black and White,” became Victory Records’ biggest seller ever, outdistancing trailblazing screamo peers like Taking Back Sunday, Thursday and […]

Nebraska’s Saddle Creek Records has championed some of the prettiest, evocative, rustic-tinged pop in the indie community, reaching far and wide for unexpected signings. One of the outfit’s latest discoveries is Toronto’s The Rural Alberta Advantage, a trio whose self-released, full-length debut, “Hometowns,” was re-released by Saddle Creek this summer. CONSISTENT PALETTE RAISING THE STAKES […]