Black Flag 8 p.m. Jan. 16 89th Street – OKC 8911 N. Western Ave. 89thstreetokc.com $20-$25 When Mike Vallely began touring as frontman of Black Flag in late 2013, he replaced former vocalist Ron Reyes mid-show following reports of inner-band conflicts and the worst-reviewed album in the seminal hardcore band’s discography. Perhaps not surprisingly, Vallely […]
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Scented apprentice
Smells Like Nirvana 8 p.m. Jan. 11 Diamond Ballroom 8001 S. Eastern Ave. diamondballroom.com 405-677-9169 $13 As a kid, Paul Wandtke wanted to be Kurt Cobain, but Wandtke’s brother had another idea. “To tell you the truth, I grew up listening Nirvana, and when I saw Kurt on TV, I said, ‘I want to do […]
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‘Surprise Surprise’
Josh Abbott Band 8 p.m. Jan. 11 The Criterion 500 E. Sheridan Ave. criterionokc.com 405-840-5500 $25-$50 Josh Abbott had a full day ahead. “I’m on dad duty right now,” Abbott said toward the end of our phone interview. “I just finished grocery shopping … and now I have to unload the groceries, which is the […]
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Cover: Built different
When we spoke to Jacobi Ryan in March, he was on track to release 52 songs, one for every week, in 2019. As of publication time, he still is — whether you like it or not. “I can’t imagine how many people have been sitting there at their computers every week like, ‘Hopefully it’s not […]
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Dirty Santa
Red Dirt Rangers’ Kids Christmas Show has been an annual holiday tradition for, well, a The Red Dirt Rangers’ Kids Christmas Show 2-3 p.m. Sunday The Blue Door 2805 N. McKinley Ave. facebook.com/reddirtrangers 405-524-0738 $5 while. “I’m not exactly sure when the first one was,” said Rangers vocalist and mandolin player John Cooper, “but it’s […]
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Christmas heart
Opolis Holiday Program 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Friday Opolis 113 N. Crawford Ave., Norman opolis.org 405-230-0311 $7 For Bing Crosby, Mariah Carey and Wham, Christmas songs have meant major holiday bonus checks, but Beau Jennings’ The Christmas Light might be too dark to make his pockets jingle with silver and gold. “I’m not going to say […]
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New Moon
LoneMoon 11 p.m. Dec. 20 The Forge 11609 N. Blackwelder Ave. facebook.com/officiallonemoon $5 LoneMoon estimates her 2018 single “Naw Naw” has been streamed about 3 million times — as she described it, an “uncomfortable amount of attention.” “All of a sudden last year, it went from my normal amount of views to, like, ‘Oh wow! […]
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Intimate Archive
Maddie Razook 8-10:30 p.m. Dec. 5 The Blue Door 2805 N. McKinley Ave. bluedoorokc.com 405-524-0738 $10 (cash only) You might have heard her in Pigments or Lust, but Maddie Razook’s Archive is the sound of the singer-songwriter going solo in the truest sense. “I decided that it was really important to me that every single […]
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Bass invaders
ATLiens 7-11:45 p.m. Nov. 29 OKC Farmers Public Market 311 S. Klein Ave. subsonix.info $18-$22 If ATLiens’ warped bass-forward electronic dance music sounds otherworldy, that’s entirely the point. “We try to eliminate the ‘human’ aspect in our live shows and try to keep it all about the music,” said the anonymous Atlanta-based production duo in […]
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Full spectrum
Rainbows Are Free 9 p.m. Nov. 29 Blue Note Lounge 2408 N. Robinson Ave. facebook.com/bluenoteokc 405-600-1166 $10-$12 Lead guitarist Richie Tarver doesn’t know what you’ll hear when you listen to Head Pains, but to him, it sounds more like Rainbows Are Free and less like doom-metal standard-bearers Black Sabbath. “I think we finally kind of […]