Vending machines

What’s your poison: rock, funk, metal? Oklahoma City’s The Venditos offer ’em all.

Music
Joshua Boydston
The Venditos with The Chloes and Em and the MotherBitches
8 p.m. Friday
VZD’s Restaurant & Club
4200 N. Western
vzds.com
524-4203
$5

 

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Good grief

When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. For Ryan Lawson, that means music that’s sweet, not sour.

Music
Joshua Boydston
Ryan Lawson with Black Canyon and Blue Valley Farmer
9 p.m. Friday
VZD’s Restaurant & Club
4200 N. Western
vzds.com
524-4203
$5

 

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Taking aim

Its members may keep falling, but Handguns keeps shooting its brand of pop punk to targeted audiences.

Music
Joshua Boydston
Handguns with The American Scene
6 p.m. Friday
Brass Bell Studios
2500 N.W. 33rd
facebook.com/brassbellstudios
361-3481
$8

 

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

We’re no angels

Indie supergroup Mister Heavenly begets its first album. And it saw that it was good.

Music
Joshua Boydston
Mister Heavenly with Waters and Seth McCarroll
9 P.M. Sunday
Opolis
113 N. Crawford, Norman
opolis.org
820-0951
$10 advance, $12 door

 

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Soundcheck: The Wurly Birds — Turns

Music
Joshua Boydston
It’s obvious The Wurly Birds want to take you back, way back. The affection for The Beatles’ perfect pop-rock ballads couldn’t be more clear, and in “Turns,” the Oklahoma City five-piece does that golden standard proud.

 

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Growing fangs

Once lackadaisical about performing, The Copperheads now strike to sink venomous punk straight into audiences’ veins.

Music
Joshua Boydston
The Copperheads with Turbo Fruits and The Boom Bang
8 P.M. Saturday
The Conservatory
8911 N. Western
conservatoryokc.com
607-4805
$7

 

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Emmanuel forever

Tommy Emmanuel has picked his way from Australia to the realm of guitar greats, one finger at a time.

Music
Joshua Boydston
Tommy Emmanuel
7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14
Nancy O’Brian Center for the Performing Art
1809 Stubbeman, Norman
366-1063
$24-$40

 

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Beet it

Beetyman’s recipe for his rhymes: being the underdog. The result: rising to the top of his class.

Music
Joshua Boydston

Beetyman with Dom Kennedy, Josh Sallee and more
9 p.m. Friday
Kamp’s Deli & Market
1310 N.W. 25th
819-6004
$17 advance, $20 door

 

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Fire good!

The mighty young guys of Mighty Big Fire make their brand of indie rock spark.

Music
Joshua Boydston
Mighty Big Fire with Peach and Shelton Pool
7-10 p.m. Saturday
Oklahoma City Museum Of Art
415 Couch
okcmoa.com 236-3100
$5

 

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Jake brake

After putting the stops on a life headed toward death, Jake Moffat’s ready to rock again.

Music
Joshua Boydston

Jake Moffat Band
9 p.m. Saturday
VZD’S Restaurant & Club
4200 N. Western
vzds.com
524-4203
$5

 

Wednesday, September 14, 2011