Music
Chris Parker
‘1000 Miles Away’ and Willie Stradlin’s still counting — on being your favorite country rock band.
Friday 24 May
OKG Newsletter
Topic: Rock
Willie do it?
Music
Chris Parker
‘1000 Miles Away’ and Willie Stradlin’s still counting — on being your favorite country rock band.
Swordplay
Forged of metal, The Sword unsheathes music that takes the genre beyond its usual audience.
Music
Joshua Boydston
The Sword with Eagle Claw and Rainbows Are Free
8 p.m. Friday
ACM@UCO Performance Lab, 323 E. Sheridan
974-4700
$15
Irate feelings
It’s all good for Iration, the reggae rockers who channel the vibes of their home state of Hawaii into chart-topping tunes.
Music
Emily Hopkins
Iration with The Suspects
7 p.m. Saturday
The Conservatory, 8911 N. Western
conservatoryokc.com, 607-4805
$10 advance, $12 door
Rock this
OKG7 things to do
Gazette staff
In preparation for the Norman Music Festival, the Oklahoma Film & Music Office’s The Buffalo Lounge throws a party 8 p.m. Saturday to 2 a.m. Sunday at The Brewhouse, 110 W. Main in Norman.
Twins tower
The BFFs behind Generationals are so in sync with one another that sparkling rock can’t help but generate from their creative union.
Music
Joshua Boydston
Generationals with Oh No Oh My
9 p.m. Friday
Opolis, 113 N. Crawford, Norman
opolis.org, 820-0951
$8 advance, $10 door
Rock this
OKG7 things to do
Gazette staff
Get a double dose of Southern rock at 7 p.m. Saturday as legends ZZ Top (of the beards) and Lynyrd Skynyrd (of the bird that is free and that you cannot change) bring their “Rebels and Bandoleros” tour to the OKC Zoo Amphitheatre, 2011 N.E. 50th, with special guest Drake White.
‘Mars’ attacks!
As part of Lyric’s ‘Rokademy’ class, nine students have created an original rock musical, ‘Teenagers on Mars.’
Performing Arts
Richard York
Teenagers on Mars
2 and 7 p.m. Saturday
Lyric at the Plaza, 1727 N.W. 16th
lyrictheatreokc.com, 524-9312
$7 advance, $10 door
Jimi Hendrix — South Saturn Delta
Jaw-dropping B-sides, just in case you forgot how awesome Hendrix is
Rock
Stephen Carradini
I am not the type to worship guitarists, as I prefer songwriting to epic solos.
Laura Stevenson and the Cans — Sit Resist
Disparate genres tie into an incredibly coherent sound
Indie
Stephen Carradini
I lauded Emily Arin’s latest earlier this year because of its ability to seamlessly fuse disparate genres into one thing.
The Workweek — Promises, Promises
Country
Stephen Carradini
Oklahoma City’s The Workweek follows The Jayhawks and Wilco in making the lines between folk, country and rock negligible on its debut release, “Promises, Promises.”
