Chris Parker

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 […]

The Thermals with Coathangers 9 p.m. Monday Opolis 113 N. Crawford, Norman www.opolis.org 447-3417 $10 advance, $12 door $12 advance, $14 door under 21 Complexity’s overrated. That’s one of the guiding principles for The Thermals. The Portland, Ore., trio’s five full-length albums are characterized by propulsive, straightforward lo-fi rock with a strong punk undercurrent and […]

Keelhaul with Russian Circles and Call Me Lightning 9 p.m. Sunday the Conservatory 8911 N. Western www.conservatoryokc.com 607-4805 $10 No matter how unfashionable your music is, if you hang around long enough, you’re likely to see it come into style. Cleveland sludge- and stoner-metal band Keelhaul is a prime example. It toured voraciously in the […]

Krista Detor 8 p.m. Friday the Blue Door 2805 N. McKinley www.bluedoorokc.com 524-0738 $15 What an odd, strange trip it’s been for singer/songwriter Krista Detor. An artist of growing stature who’s already found a following in Europe, the 41-year-old spent much of her life pursuing everything but her calling. “(Music) sort of felt like a […]

Darden Smith 8 p.m. Thursday the Blue Door 2805 N. McKinley www.bluedoorokc.com 524-0738 $20 Darden Smith is an artist. Indeed, he believes we all are at heart. But losing your way is a part of being human, and around the millennium, after almost 15 years as a professional musician, he began to question his chosen […]

The Constellations with Electric Six 9 p.m. Tuesday Opolis 113 N. Crawford, Norman www.opolis.org 447-3417 $15 advance, $17 door $17 advance, $19 door under 21 The Constellations don’t fit comfortably in any box, and that’s by design. The creation of Elijah Jones and producer Ben Allen (Animal Collective, Gnarls Barkley), the outfit’s recent debut, “Southern […]

Love Language with Local Natives and The Union Line 8 p.m. Tuesday ACM@UCO Performance Lab 323 E. Sheridan www.acm-uco.com 974-4700 $15 You can’t recreate the past. No matter how beautiful a moment is, attempts to recapture time are doomed to fail. This was the lesson for Stuart McLamb, whose act’s eponymous 2009 debut sparked significant […]

Somebody’s Darling 9 p.m. Friday Brewhouse 110 W. Main, Norman www.brewhousemusic.com 321-2739 Like a relationship that just feels right, Somebody’s Darling came together quickly and hit it off well. The quartet hit the ground running, playing its first show during its first month together. Within a year, the Dallas act won 2008’s Shiner Rising Star […]

Michael Franti and Spearhead 7:30 p.m. Tuesday Coca-Cola Bricktown Events Center 425 E. California $25 advance, $29 door www.ticketstorm.com 866-966-1777 It was a strange place for Michael Franti to find himself. In a quarter-century of making provocative, thought-provoking music with his college avant-punk band, The Beatnigs; industrial hip-hop’s Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy; and for 16 […]