Bastards!

For being Heartless, these Bastards of garage rock sure sound glorious.

Music
Joshua Boydston
Heartless Bastards with Beau Jennings & the Tigers
9 p.m. Thursday
Opolis
113 N. Crawford, Norman
opolis.org
820-0951
$12-$14

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Bros before woes

While their songs may not always sound full of glee, The Avett Brothers embrace their ever-increasing audience.

Music
Joshua Boydston
The Avett Brothers
8 p.m. Friday
Chesapeake Energy Arena
100 W. Reno
chesapeakearena.com
602-8700
$35-$39.75

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Last chance

For four high school students, At Long Last marks their first step toward rockin’ careers.

Music
Susannah Waite
“I saw them perform for the sixthgrade talent show and I thought, ‘Oh, that’s cool,’ and I liked them and they sounded really good,” Castelli said. “I talked to some of the guys who were in the band, and I tried out and made it.”.

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Pimpin'

'Hustle & Flow' your way over to Farmers Public Market for Mafia member Juicy J.

Music
Joshua Boydston
There aren’t many Oscar-winning rappers out there, but you can catch one at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 8, at Farmers Public Market, 311 S. Klein.

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Paramount release

The concerts of experimental rock’s Psychic Paramount are so loud, you not only hear them, but feel them.

Music
Joshua Boydston
The Psychic Paramount with Depth & Current
9 p.m. Friday
Opolis
113 N. Crawford, Norman
opolis.org
820-0951
$8

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Sample size

For the man known as Girl Talk, size doesn’t matter: It’s all about the motion of his potion, being magical mash-ups guaranteed to kick-start any party.

Music
Joshua Boydston
Girl Talk with Jabee
7 p.m. Thursday
Diamond Ballroom
8001 S. Eastern
diamondballroom.net
677-9169
$24-$29

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Sugar sugar

Kids can’t get enough of the Sugar Free Allstars’ ooey-gooey funk rock. Good thing the Oklahoma City duo has a new album to munch on.

Music
Phil Bacharach
Sugar Free Allstars with Heidi Swedberg
2 p.m. Sunday
Cafe Evoke
103 S. Broadway, Edmond
cafeevoke.com
285-1522
free

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Later, Vader

With three albums in just about a year of existence, the rapper known as Rob Vader has plans to make his rhymes stick around.

Music
Joshua Boydston
Rob Vader with DJ Jonny Tsunami, Methotrexate, Young Chris Mott, Resista and more
9 p.m. Thursday
The Office Drinks & Nosh
5929 N. May
theofficeokc.com
778-8882
$8

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Peter Gabriel: Secret World Live

Grab your things / I’ve come to take you home.

Documentary
Rod Lott
I'd say Peter Gabriel has aged wonderfully, judging from the concert film Secret World, but the performance is nearly two decades old, from 1993. Although far removed from his heyday as an MTV idol — the venue looks as if its audience were lifted from a BMW dealership super-sale — he still sounded great.

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Affair of the hard

Street punk is where it’s at for Violent Affair, spiked with an unlikely coupling of hardcore and 8-bit.

Music
Joshua Boydston
Violent Affair
8 p.m. Thursday and Monday
The Conservatory
8911 N. Western
conservatoryokc.com
607-4805
$10-$12 Thursday, $8 Monday

Wednesday, August 8, 2012