Live Music Previews

500 Miles to Memphis8 p.m. MondayThe Blue Note2408 N. Robinson524-5678 What do Johnny Cash and The Ramones have in common? According to Ryan Malott, lead singer for 500 Miles to Memphis, more than you may think. “Country and punk are both just about being honest, about expressing what you feel in an open and honest […]

Shane Henry and Marcy Priest 7:30 p.m. Saturdaythe Blue Door2805 N. McKinleywww.bluedoorokc.com524-0738$10 Shane Henry has been playing music professionally for a decade now ” a fact made all the more impressive by the fact that he’s only 26. “I feel lucky to have been introduced to music so young,” he said. “Music has been at […]

Taddy Porter – “Taddy Porter” Taddy Porter has transported back in time. Classic rock sounds of decades ago are ever-present in the Stillwater quartet’s self-titled debut. As lead guitarist, Joe Selby strums the intro riff on the album opener, “Whatever Haunts You,” which imagines a dirty Western bar where you and your buddies might go […]

Post Arcadia7 p.m. ThursdayOthello’s Italian Restaurant434 Buchanan, Normanwww.othellosnorman.com360-2353 For Post Arcadia, it’s all about the music. The musicians are just a group of old friends doing what they have always loved. “We’re all a bunch of laid-back, married men with kids, most of us,” said Michael Bendure, the band’s lead vocalist. “We’re not a college […]

Lovedrug with All the Day Holiday, The City Lives and Leo Goes Grr7 p.m. Monday the Conservatory8911 N. Westernwww.conservatoryokc.com607-4805$8 advance, $10 door Life is quite unlike the recording studio. You don’t get a nearly infinite number of takes to get it right, nor is there an opportunity for post-facto pitch correction or the perfect overdub […]

Kris Allen with Green River Ordinance6 p.m. ThursdayFrontier City11501 N.E. Expresswaywww.frontiercity.com478-2140 Free with park admission, $19.99-$36.99 Kris Allen was ready to chuck the idea of a music career. Inspired by his father, who was himself an amateur musician, he had been making music since he was 8, first on viola, then guitar and piano in […]

Disco Bloodbath featuring DJ Ostara, DJ Bone and more9 p.m. FridayThe Conservatory8911 N. Westernwww.conservatoryokc.com607-4805$6 Now in its sixth year, Disco Bloodbath is the brainchild of a group of local artists and performers determined to bring something fresh to Oklahoma City’s club scene. “My friends Jakob, Robyn, and myself … we were all kind of tired […]

Gang Starr Museum with Feel Spectres and Skating Polly9 p.m. SaturdayOpolis113 N. Crawford, Normanwww.opolis.org447-3417$7, $9 under 21 Mickey Reece is a kidder “¦ maybe. The solitary force behind defunct one-man Oklahoma City rock band El Paso Hot Button possesses a seeming impetuousness that colored his former alter ego: concept albums recorded in only a few […]

Rain Tuesday, through June 13 Civic Center Music Hall201 N. Walker Ave.297-2264, www.celebrityattractions.com $16-45 Paul McCartney said your mother should know. And he was right (according to Mark Lewis, at least). Lewis first heard the Fab Four when his mother came bustling into the room, telling him to turn on “The Ed Sullivan Show” to […]