Social Distortion 8 p.m. Oct. 24 Diamond Ballroom, 8001 S. Eastern Ave. diamondballroom.com 405-677-9169 $32.50-$175 To call Social Distortion one of punk’s most influential groups would not be hyperbolic, considering lead singer Mike Ness’ songwriting helped usher in a wave of new sound just as the genre arrived in Southern California. Their music is still […]
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Metal Country
Avatar 7:30 p.m. Friday Diamond Ballroom, 8001 S. Eastern Ave. diamondballroom.com 800-514-3849 $23 If metal were a country, Swedish band Avatar’s new album suggests, the boundaries would be hard to define and immigrants would always be welcome. “It’s time to open up the borders of Avatar Country,” said lead singer Johannes Eckerström about the band’s […]
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Class clown
Puddles Pity Party 8 p.m. Sunday Tower Theatre 425 NW 23rd St. towertheatreokc.com $35-$105 There are some moments of reality TV that become iconic and help launch entire careers. Puddles Pity Party’s first appearance on America’s Got Talent in 2017 is one such moment. On this particular episode, the nearly 7-foot-tall clown in a billowing […]
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Up “Elevator”
The New Tribe 9 p.m. Friday The Root 3012 N. Walker Ave. facebook.com/therootokc 405-697-0718 $5 Meet the new The New Tribe, (mostly) the same as the old The New Tribe. Drummer Adam Sarmiento said the band started in Norman “like 25 years ago,” played for “three or four years,” then “called it quits” until a […]
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Primate primacy
Arctic Monkeys 8 p.m. Oct. 10 The Criterion 500 E. Sheridan Ave. criterionokc.com 405-840-5500 $68 Through a desire and willingness to upend its sound and confound expectations, Arctic Monkeys transcended its mid-2000s beginnings as a next-step post-punk band drafting in the slipstream of Franz Ferdinand and The Libertines. That fearlessness launched Arctic Monkeys and its […]
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Queen Bishop
Bishop Briggs 8 p.m. Sunday Tower Theatre 425 NW 23rd St. towertheatreokc.com 405-708-6937 $25-$75 Born in London and raised in Japan and Hong Kong, Sarah McLaughlin realized early on what she wanted to be when she grew up. She also realized she would need an alias. “Oh my gosh,” said McLaughlin, now better known as […]
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Divine hammer
The Breeders 8 p.m. Oct. 3 Diamond Ballroom 8001 S. Eastern Ave. diamondballroom.com 405-677-9169 $26.50 In the quarter century between Last Splash and All Nerve, Breeders guitarist Kelley Deal stopped worrying about breaking stuff in the studio. “Last Splash wasn’t my first recording, but it was still like a big mystery to me,” Deal said. […]
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Double exposure
Twin Shadow 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily through June 30 7 p.m. Oct. 5 ACM@UCO Performance Lab 329 E. Sheridan Ave. acm.uco.edu 405-974-4700 $10 In a continuation of Academy of Contemporary Music at the University of Oklahoma’s ever-growing Metro Music Series, Twin Shadow will headline the Oct. 5 installment at ACM@UCO Performance Lab, 329 […]
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Deep Dive
Lake Street Dive 7 p.m. Sept. 27 The Jones Assembly 901 W. Sheridan Ave. thejonesassembly.com 405-212-2378 $29.25-$59.25 Behind the soulful melodies and clever instrumentation of songs like “Good Kisser” and “I Can Change” is a band that has been growing together for almost 15 years and over the course of several albums. The four original […]
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Unpredictable music
An Unpredictable Evening With Todd Rundgren 8 p.m. Sept. 27 Tower Theatre 425 NW 23rd St towertheatreokc.com 405-708-6937 $35-$78 Todd Rundgren’s massive discography contains certified hits, cult oddities and classic rock anthems, and when he takes the stage in Oklahoma City on Sept. 27, he might play any or none of them. It’s not billed […]