A list of totally awesome bands who, according to Opolis owner Andy Nunez, have performed within the cramped, black walls of his venue is: Vampire Weekend, The National, Blitzen Trapper, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, Lightning Bolt and more.

It reads like the lineup of any of the biggest indie music festivals in the world.

Obviously, it’s been a few years since Vampire Weekend and The National have shaken the cat photographs hanging on the walls, but the point is this: Opolis scores top-notch indie acts. This coming weekend is no different from any other time of the year.

Along with the Blackwatch Stage, Opolis is playing host to the best local musicians in town, as well as a few out-of-towners.

You’ll be remiss to miss out on all the high-energy indie rock pumping out there this weekend, so here are a few acts that aren’t to be missed.

The Neighborhood (12:30 p.m. Thursday)
Once heralded as one of Norman’s most exciting live bands, The Neighborhood is getting back together to play a one-off show Thursday night at Opolis that’s sure to stick with people all weekend long. The Neighborhood is not the first band to reunite solely to play festival — ’90s glam rockers Chainsaw Kittens did the same for the first edition of the festival — but it’s one of the best. Drummer Matt Duckworth’s talents are now with Stardeath And White Dwarfs and Chrome Pony, singer and guitarist Phil Rice and guitarist Blake Studdard play in Visions of Choruses with their wives and bassist Eric Mai is visiting from California. It’s a formula that’s sure to equal only one thing: mass rock ‘n’ roll pandemonium.

Deerpeople (8:15 p.m. Friday)
After delivering an exciting and offbeat performance at the Buffalo Lounge in Austin for this year’s South By Southwest, Stillwater’s up-and-coming Deerpeople are ready to bring its big-band dynamic and catchy but haunting songs to Norman. The band plays a fervent synthesis of tunes, combining the compulsive movement of electronic rhythms with folk’s endearing lyrical tendencies. The result is a live show worthy of any venue at Norman Music Festival, including the Main Stage.

Stardeath (9:45 p.m. Friday)
Playing Opolis is small potatoes for the band that’s opened for the Flaming Lips and shared New York’s infamous Bowery Ballroom with Australian psych act Tame Impala, but the guys in Stardeath and White Dwarfs love it all the same. The guys have been cooped up in Trent Bell’s studio for a while now, so one wonders if they’ll brandish a new track or two, but nobody’s going to complain if the band sticks with material from its 2009 record, “The Birth.” Either way, Opolis is going to ooze with late-’60s British psychedelia and quite possibly the Flaming Lips’ posse Friday night.

White Denim (10:30 p.m. Friday)
Austin’s White Denim plays indie rock that skews close to airy pop, ideal for the beautiful weather in store for this weekend. It is loose, progressive and fun — close enough to pure jam music to preserve its sense of improvisation but structured well enough to prevent the band from veering off into the unknown. White Denim’s self-released 2010 album “Last Day of Summer” feels that way, with tracks like “Tony Fatti” boasting straightforward punk lyrics (“feel like an outlaw without a past”, “I don’t wanna be so careful, I wanna hold your hand”) prodded along by uptempo guitar riffing. It’ll be the perfect complement to Stardeath’s louder, heavier psychedelia just a set earlier.

Rainbows Are Free (4 p.m. Saturday)
Heavy rock and metal are sorely lacking at this year’s festival, especially after The Sword’s Main Stage set last year. It’s a good thing Norman’s Rainbows Are Free are playing Opolis’s outdoor stage instead of inside, otherwise that roof may just be in danger of getting blown off. Lead guitarist Richie Tarver is one of the state’s best at classic rock riffs and solos, pushing between playful and terrifying all within the same set. It’ll be a sight to behold.

— Matt Carney, professional writing senior