Live Music Previews

Scary Kids Scaring Kids with Our Sky Is Falling6:30 p.m. tonightthe Conservatory8911 N. Westernwww.conservatoryokc.com879-9778$12 advance, $14 door By the time a band reaches the point of implosion, there’s usually no going back. Farewell tours are a relatively rare occurrence, unless you’re with The Who, which has made goodbyes a central tour-promotion gimmick for the last […]

D.R.I with GRG, Violent Affair and Soul Craft Black6:30 p.m. Saturdaythe Conservatory8911 N. Westernwww.conservatoryokc.com879-9778$10 advance, $13 door Timing is everything. While thrash pioneers Dirty Rotten Imbeciles (aka D.R.I.) have been at it for 28 years, touring regularly much of that time, the musicians are fresh back from a four-year hiatus brought on by guitar player […]

Owl City with Lights and Deas Vail7:30 p.m. FridayDiamond Ballroom8001 S. Easternwww.diamondballroom.net(866) 977-6849Sold out Owl City auteur Adam Young prefers e-mail interviews ” emblematic of his musical oeuvre and style. His reliance on computers is reflected in the burbling electronic backdrops of his songs, which he creates alone in a home studio, first in his […]

Reverend Horton Heat with Deadbolt8 p.m. ThursdayDiamond Ballroom8001 S. Easternwww.diamondballroom.net(866) 977-6849$20 advance, $23 door The cover of Reverend Horton Heat’s most recent album features a clown bedecked in suspenders, a cowboy hat and a red-and-white-checked bandana. The mixed clown/cowboy motif captures the spirit of the disc, “Laughin’ & Cryin’ with The Reverend Horton Heat,” which […]

Queen of MonroeCD Release of “Blood, Batteries, and Turntables”Saturday, January 16Opolis, 113 N. Crawford, Norman$5 or Free Entry with $10 CD purchase Stowing a lengthy set list of covers is an unnerving move for a band wanting to transition its fan base to all-original shows. But the members behind Queen of Monroe decided that with […]

Ray Wylie Hubbard with John Fullbright and Terry “Buffalo” Ware7 p.m. Sundaythe Blue Door2805 N. McKinleywww.bluedoorokc.com524-0738$20 advance, $25 door  After nearly 40 years in the music business, legendary Texas-based singer/songwriter Ray Wylie Hubbard said the decision to form his own record label had everything to do with the freedom to plot his own course as […]

In more ways than one, ambient, instrumental rock band The Non is home. Literally, the musicians are local. Bassist Tom Bishop, drummer Mack Hawkins and guitarists Wil Norton and Zach Zeller are all Oklahoma City-area students and residents. Figuratively, and as the English translation of their sophomore album, “Tadaima,” implies, the four-year-old group has reached […]

Cherish the Ladies with theOklahoma City Philharmonic8 p.m. Friday-SaturdayCivic Center Music Hall201 N. Walker297-2264www .oklahomacityphilharmonic.org$12-$65 There’s a reason it’s called “folk” music. Even as record execs wander the country in search of the next big sound, the tried and true persists, passed across generations and even cultures. Whether it’s Americana artists rediscovering the charms of […]

Brad Paisley with Miranda Lambert and Justin Moore7:30 p.m. FridayFord Center100 W. RenoWWW.OkFordCenter.com(800) 745-3000$39.75-$54.75 Since exploding onto the country music scene in 2003, Miranda Lambert has scored several hit singles from her three albums, all of which have debuted at the No. 1 position on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart. MOORE MUSIC This week, she […]

Little League Hero8 p.m. ThursdayThe 51st Street Speakeasy1114 N.W. 51stwww.myspace.com/51speakeasy463-0470 Little League Hero’s Kyle Caldwell admits he might be little bit out of touch with the area’s music scene. Since the band disbanded in January 2008, he said that while he’s noticed some changes among venues and crowds, it’s been only from afar. “I’ve been […]