Live Music Previews

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 […]

Holiday Toy Drive with Feel Spectres and Starlight Mints9 p.m. tonightOpolis, 113 N. Crawford, Norman447-3417$12 advance, $15 door, 21 and over$14 advance, $17 door, under 21 There’s a sense that as you get older, you must give up your youthful idealism and childhood fancies. While there may be a certain truth to that, there’s certainly […]

Attractive and Popular with Hot White, Shard and more9 p.m. tonightthe Conservatory8911 N. Western879-9778 When this Hot Springs, Ark., quartet says it’s Attractive and Popular, don’t take the members too seriously. Bittersweet VictoryBrazilian Connection Their scabrous, sarcastic sound re-imagines Black Flag for the dance-punk generation, channeling off-the-wall, satirical wit through a charging, keyboard-abetted, punk-rock sound […]

Although it’s a joyous season, Christmas can also be a stressful time of the year. Take time to relax with the family and enjoy the simplicity of the holiday at Michael Martin Murphey’s Cowboy Christmas Ball. The 15th annual Western celebration begins at 7 p.m. Friday at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, 1700 […]

It’s easy to appreciate what Death Cab for Cutie’s Ben Gibbard saw in David Terry’s keyboard-driven, indie-pop act, Aqueduct. FAMOUS TRACK ENDEARING RESULTS NEW ALBUM With rattling beats over dreamy washes of synth and other lilting synthetic instrumentation, it’s not dissimilar to Gibbard’s own side project, Postal Service, although Terry’s wry smile distinguishes him from […]

While commercial hip-hop’s fascination with gold, gats, drugs and ass is by now as fresh as a “Married “¦ with Children” episode, some artists live up to the form’s fine heritage. EMO PARODY ‘SINGLE AND FAMOUS’ Since hip-hop made its bones selling an urban fantasy to suburban kids, perhaps it’s fitting that one of the […]

What started as something every touring musicians fears ” a tour-bus breakdown between stops ” led to what’s become a six-year holiday tradition for country and bluegrass star Ricky Skaggs: an annual series of acoustic Christmas concerts performed with his family. Skaggs and his band, Kentucky Thunder, were scheduled for a concert with The Chieftains […]

After grinding it out for years like many successful young acts, Hawthorne Heights endured and emerged from significant lineup changes and a name swap to score a record deal. The then-quintet’s 2004 debut, “The Silence in Black and White,” became Victory Records’ biggest seller ever, outdistancing trailblazing screamo peers like Taking Back Sunday, Thursday and […]

Children are potent propaganda machines for the pro-holiday spirit lobby. Whether it is Charles Dickens, Dr. Seuss or seasonal elementary school plays across the country, rosy-cheeked tykes are always at the forefront of Christmas tidings, and it looks like kids have candy-cane-hooked Norman’s own experimental indie-pop group, the Starlight Mints. This newfound cheer induced the […]

Music’s like a hole with a treasure chest at the bottom: Some spend their whole life looking for it, and others just stumble in by mistake. Count Bleu Edmondson among the latter. REGIONAL HIT HOPING FOR REDEMPTION RENEWED INTEREST The Texas country rocker got his first guitar at 21, and he spent the next year […]