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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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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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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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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Michigan indie-folk foursome Frontier Ruckus surveys new territory while examining old wounds
Frontier Ruckus and Samantha Crain 10 p.m. Thursday The Deli 309 White, Norman www.thedeli.us 329-3534 $5 They say home is where the heart is, and that’s particularly true for Frontier Ruckus, which released “Deadmalls & Nightfalls” this summer. Like its 2008 debut, “The Orion Songbook,” the disc weaves a rich tapestry of images culled from […]