OKLAHOMA CITY – So you’re finally shaking off the early-year blues and you’ve spent a week or so chilling out and recharging with some rejuvinatingly calm and thoughtful shows and events.
Well, now it’s time to kick the dust off your dancing shoes and get back into the full-volume, full-energy swing of the OKC rock scene.
In an already worryingly and unseasonably warm January, a handful of unhinged locals and attitudinal tourers are set to crank up the temperature even more on some metro stages this month, proving that while a lot of folks take January off to recuperate, the real rockers never rest for long.
The coming weeks are boasting everything from squealing, guitar-driven emo and blunt, British post-punk to electro-charged indie and goth.
So strap in, because OKC’s wildest acts aren’t wasting any time this year.
Settling / Prom Mom / Laine Bergeron – Opolis – Saturday, January 17th
Norman’s Opolis is kicking in the doors on 2026 with this trio of darkly odd and oddly dark electro-charged powerhouses, each bringing their own dynamic energy and attitude to a night billed as a cyberpunk party.
Goth-y darkwaver Settling has already established himself as one of the scene’s very best answers to the Depeche Mode/New Order style of “despondent gloom with a dancefloor beat.”
Opolis co-owner Laine Bergeron blends his desert-swept electro with a welcome bit of crooner bravado and video game post-modernism.
And masked madman Prom Mom drops an atom bomb’s worth of punk energy into his beat-banging and synthesizer-bashing.
With their powers combined, it’ll be a miracle if the entire Opolis audience doesn’t find themselves digitized and transported to a retro-futurist circuit world like “Tron.”
For times, tickets, and more, visit opolis.org.
Red Sun album release feat. Limp Wizurdz – Resonant Head – Friday, January 23rd
I already wrote about how 2025 was a banner year for the undeniable emo resurgence in OKC, so 2026 is looking like the year that our own homegrown emo kids could break out even bigger.
That all starts this month as one of the buzziest acts in OKC emo, Red Sun, drops their first full-length effort, “At Their Very Best,” on Wax Bodega Records with a blowout release show at Resonant Head.
True to the communal spirit of the emo and hardcore scenes, they’re doing it with a massive bill of support, including In My Defense, Fighting Sleep, Morris Village, Losing Connection, and Garden Ants.
Rounding out the evening is local heavy-hitters Limp Wizurdz, who’ll be bring all of their own high-wire punk energy and a mini-celebration of their own for upcoming single “Floaters.”
This one is primed to sell out and blow the doors of Resonant Head straight out into the middle of 25th Street.
For times, tickets, and more, visit resonanthead.com.
Amethyst Michelle w/ Monte & Computer Girl – Blue Note – Saturday, January 24th
Dallas’ own Amethyst Michelle is bringing her brand of epically emotional, blunt alt-rock to the historic Blue Note stage, and in addition to the glammed-out power and stage presence she brings, that also means a perfect chance to catch some of our own best alt-rockers on the same bill.
She’ll be supported by the gritty grunge-prog of Monte and the driving, fuzzy indie of Computer Girl, who are still riding high off the drop of debut LP “Screech” back in October.
Blue Note has lately been making a valiant effort to reclaim their glory as one of the best and busiest spots for live music in OKC, and they’re kicking those efforts into overdrive in 2026 with a January concert slate that’s already fuller than much of last year’s calendar.
For times, tickets, and more, visit okcbluenote.com.
shame – Beer City Music Hall – Thursday, January 29th
Over the past decade, our cup has runneth over with sneering, pointed post-punkers from Britain marrying heavy disco-esque beats with sharp, angular guitars and some bloke speak-singing in a Cockney about life on the bottom rungs .
And from the get-go, London’s shame have been one of the most heralded purveying acts of that sound among English hipsters and the global underground.
But they’ve been smart enough to mix up their sound with unexpected elements drawing on everything from splashes of psych to touches of jazz before re-harnessing all the intensity and urgency that’s in the air right now for 2025’s “Cutthroat.”
And that’s the energy they’ll be bringing with them late this month when they storm Beer City alongside the sand-blasted alt-psych of GHOSTWOMAN.
For times, tickets, and more, visit beercitymusichall.com.
You can find out about local music and performance happenings in the OKC metro weekly in this music column by Brett Fieldcamp. | Brought to you by True Sky Credit Union.
Brett Fieldcamp is our Arts and Entertainment Editor. He has been covering arts, entertainment, news, housing, and culture in Oklahoma for 15+ years, writing for several local and state publications. He’s also a musician and songwriter and holds a certification as Specialist of Spirits from The Society of Wine Educators.
