Even though local snowflakes like to complain about (gasp!) background noise, one of better things to happen to Oklahoma City over the past few years is that decent bands are starting to roll into town at places like Tower Theatre, Jones Assembly and even the Criterion. It's one reason why we now run a Monthly Metro Music Showcase on this site.
For example, last night the critically acclaimed, girlfriend-lauded, liberal-man-with-beard-approved Bon Iver auto-tuned their way through Oklahoma City for a sold out show at Criterion. Five years ago, I doubt they would have.