Live Music Previews

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 […]

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 […]

The Muddy Reds with Pidgin Band 9 p.m. Thursday The Deli 309 White, Norman www.thedeli.us 329-3534 It wasn’t a drought that sent lifelong Oklahoman Johnny Elkins to California, but he did seek greener pastures.   He grew up in Lawton, attended the University of Oklahoma and had been performing around Norman for a few years. […]

The Oklahoma City Jazz Orchestra The Petroleum Club, 100 N. Broadway 7 p.m. Tuesday $20 adults, $5 for students The Oklahoma City Jazz Orchestra kicks off its second season Tuesday with a concert high above the city skyline. The 7 p.m. show at the Petroleum Club, 100 N. Broadway, will feature a diverse lineup of […]

Fans and bands are gathering Friday night to raise funds for Gary “Speedy” West, a local musician who fronts blues-rock outfit The Clique. The 7 p.m. concert will be held at the Blues Saloon, 2525 N.W. 10th, where West has led a Sunday-night blues jam for more than 10 years. His friend Tim Stanford said […]

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 […]

Easily one of the most popular rock bands in the world today, Muse makes its Oklahoma debut tonight at Ford Center, supporting the UK act’s fifth studio album, “The Resistance.” Comprised of Matthew Bellamy, Christopher Wolstenholme and Dominic Howard, Muse is hard to pin down. Invoking elements of alternative and progressive rock, metal, jazz, electronic […]

Ted Leo and the Pharmacists with Kevin Seconds and Broncho 9 p.m. Wednesday Opolis 113 N. Crawford, Norman www.opolis.org 447-3417 $14, $16 under 21 Ted Leo spent the first half of the ’90s fronting indie-punk and hard-core outfits like Chisel and Citizens Arrest. As the decade wound down, he started work on a solo side […]

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 […]

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 […]