Healthier and happier, but no less glam, The Darkness should shine among the three days and 40 bands of Rocklahoma.
Music Joshua Boydston Rocklahoma featuring The Darkness, Rob Zombie, Megadeth and more Friday-Sunday 1421 W. 450, Pryor rocklahoma.com 866-310-2288 $60-$380
Country Phil Bacharach
On Goodbye Normal Street, their third full-length album, Turnpike Troubadours serve up a potent brew of country, bluegrass, folk and even Creole (just to kick it up a notch). The quintet from Stillwater produces music that’s straightforward and simple, but hardly simplistic.
Looking for a local hardcore band with balls? Well, bud, meet Chud.
Music Joshua Boydston Chud with Dangerous Boys Club and Shattered Fixtures 8:30 p.m. Friday The Conservatory 8911 N. Western conservatoryokc.com 607-4805 $6
No need to go nuclear, now that Nuclear is coming to you — the uncompromising Margot and the Nuclear So and So’s, that is.
Music Joshua Boydston Margot & the Nuclear So and So’s with Dinosaur Feathers and Whispertown 9 p.m. Thursday Opolis 113 N. Crawford, Norman opolis.org 820-0951 $12-$14
Rock Joshua Boydston
Oklahoma City rock act The SweetWater works for something wholly unique in its full-length debut, and while it’s a tall order to hone down influences as varied as Queens of the Stone Age, Black Crowes and Alice in Chains, the band does an admirable job of it with Moonshine.