Hinder with Saving Abel, My Darkest Days and Default7:30 p.m. Saturday Diamond Ballroom 8001 S. Eastern www.diamondballroom.net 677-9169 $19 Oklahoma City’s Hinder hit the sophomore slump like a speed bump at 60 mph, and the thump to the guys’ noggins hurt. The shot to their pride was even worse. After selling 3.5 million of their […]
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Hippies that time forgot
The Bellamy BrothersFriday Wormy Dog Saloon 311 E. Sheridan www.wormydog.com 601-6276 $15 They’re a pair of lighthearted old hippies that time couldn’t bear to part with. Raised on a farm in Florida, they’re country boys at heart, but their tastes travel widely across reggae, gospel, folk and rock. They’re Howard and David Bellamy, aka The […]
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Chicago marathon
Chicago with Leon Russell8 p.m. Sunday Lucky Star Casino 7777 N. Highway 81, Concho www.luckystarcasino.org $41-$91 After forming in college, the members of Chicago Transit Authority — soon simply Chicago — abandoned their namesake home for La-La Land in 1968. Within a year, they’d signed with Warner Bros. and launched one of the most successful […]
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Still bouncing
Madball with Comeback Kid, Cruel Hand, STAY and Pay at the Pump 6 p.m. Thursday The Conservatory, 8911 N. Western www.conservatoryokc.com 607-4805 $14 advance, $15 door When it comes to hard-core punk, few characters are more essential than Freddy “Madball” Cricien. The younger halfbrother of Agnostic Front’s Roger Miret, he was close at hand when […]
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Indie rock’s Shearwater dissects our relationship with the natural world
Shearwater with Damien Jurado 9 p.m. Saturday Opolis 113 N. Crawford, Norman www.starlightmints.com/opolis.html $12-$14 Shearwater offers an intriguing mix of oddity and familiarity. Elements of folk, baroque pop and post-rock coalesce through music that doesn’t correspond very tightly with any of those styles. Call it “naturalistic chamber drama” because of its rich, orchestral mien; dynamic […]
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Psych-rockers Dr. Dog live for the thrill of the life they lead
Dr. Dog with Here We Go Magic and O Fidelis 7 p.m. Wednesday ACM@UCO Performance Lab 323 E. Sheridan 974-4700 $15-$18 For most, being a musician means financial rewards are meager. It requires a certain spirit to keep it up. But psychedelic Philadelphia quintet Dr. Dog has the right attitude, a celebratory vibe that comes […]
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Lonnie Walker isn’t a man, but an edge-blurring band that whips up a batch of Americana punk
Lonnie Walker with Future Islands and Kite Flying Robot 9 p.m. Saturday Opolis 113 N. Crawford, Norman www.starlightmints.com/opolis.html 447-3417 $8-$10 Alt-punk band Lonnie Walker is a product of its generation. Its music winds in different directions, influenced by Weezer, Iggy Pop, The Beatles and Hank Williams, although you may have trouble hearing a few of […]
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Daniel Hunter buries a bummer adolescence to find happiness in an Analog Rebellion
Analog Rebellion with The Appleseed Cast 9 p.m. Sunday Opolis 113 N. Crawford, Norman www.starlightmints.com/opolis.html 447-3417 $10-$12 People change, often dramatically, yet when it comes to musicians, we tend to expect a consistency that’s simply not realistic, particularly of someone who began making music while still a teen. After growing older and putting distance between […]
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Singer/songwriter Rocky Votolato emerges from the dark to discover a new dawn with ‘True Devotion’
Rocky Votolato with Ha Ha Tonka and Taylor Gary 7:30 p.m. Sunday The Conservatory 8911 N. Western www.conservatoryokc.com 607-4805 $10-$12 Success can be a killer if you’re not prepared for it. Just ask Kurt Cobain, or fellow Seattle resident Rocky Votolato. While he never reached the Nirvana leader’s level of ubiquity, after building a solo […]
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Austin Americana act Band of Heathens conquers the country with three songwriters, invading all influences
Band of Heathens 10 p.m. Friday Wormy Dog Saloon 311 E. Sheridan www.wormydog.com 601-6276 $7 If music were a sprawling party, Band of Heathens would be an unpredictable guest who moves about the room, hanging with everyone. Sure, the Texas quintet keeps with the Americana crowd, but that hardly describes it. Of course, when there […]