Live Music Previews

Darla Z benefit show for Oklahoma City University’s Kramer School of Nursing 7:30 p.m. Friday Petree Auditorium in the Wanda L. Bass School of Music 2501 N. Blackwelder $35 408-3599, www.okcu.edu/concert Music has always been apart of Darla Zuhdi’s life. She just waited longer than most to pursue it as a career. Zuhdi, who goes […]

Rosie Ledet & the Zydeco Playboys 9 p.m. Saturday Oklahoma City Limits 4801 S. Eastern www.oclimits.com 619-3939 The “night that will change your life” is a hoary conceit generally reserved for movies and sexual come-ons, but in the case of zydeco performer Rosie Ledet, it’s the honest-to-God truth. Her entire world changed after attending a […]

Underoath with Blessthefall, To Speak of Wolves and Pay at the Pump 8 p.m. Friday Diamond Ballroom 8001 S. Eastern www.diamondballroom.net 866-977-6849 $20.75-$24.25 If you hadn’t been paying attention, it might have seemed like Underoath emerged from nowhere. Although the success of 2004’s gold-selling “They’re Only Chasing Safety” was sudden, it was something the musicians […]

FreeTulsa! around Cain’s Ballroom, 423 N. Main, Tulsa  Two-day passes are $15 in advance, $20 door www.freetulsa.com With a national spotlight shining on the state ” thanks to performers like Cake, The Black Crowes and The Roots ” and a homegrown love born from tens of thousands of fans and hundreds of local musicians, Dfest […]

Danny Trashville 9 p.m. Friday Charley’s Last Stand 4415 S.W. Third 946-4110 www.dannytrashville.com Free With a coarse growl and catalog chock-full of outlaw country that touches on hard-living, heavy-drinking, dangerous women and auto racing, Danny Trashville is emerging from Pottawatomie County’s small pond of Pink to make a splash in deeper waters across the region. […]

Psychotic Reaction with The Kansas City Faggots 9 p.m. Friday Opolis 113 N. Crawford, Norman www.opolis.org 447-3417 $6 door, $8 under 21 What brought on the Psychotic Reaction? Was it a virus germinated in dank basements, dusty garages and dirty barns? A side effect of living among fanatical music-loving outcasts? Or perhaps a hereditary psychedelic […]

Blacklist Royals with Nothington 10 p.m. Monday The Hi-Lo Club 1221 N.W. 50th www.myspace.com/hiloclub 843-1722 $4 This time last year, Blacklist Royals found itself in the midst of turmoil within the ranks and without a keyboardist and guitarist. These days, the act is touting a completed lineup, promoting a new album and making a tour […]

Boyz II Men8 p.m. FridayRiverwind Casino1544 W. State Highway 9, Normanwww.riverwind.com322-6464$25-$35 Nathan Morris says his fellow Boyz II Men musicians don’t consider themselves part of the music business. “We’re in the touring business,” he said. “We make records here and there, but that’s not really what we do.” This is a fair claim since Morris […]

Setting Sun with Quitzow10 p.m. TuesdayThe Deli309 White, Normanwww.thedeli.us329-3534$5 When conjuring up the best collaborator for Erica Quitzow, a classically trained violinist and music teacher with an affinity for writing complicated, ’80s-inspired electronic pop, Gary Levitt is probably not who comes to mind. As the songwriter and guitarist behind New York’s introspective experimental folk act […]