Tonight's Roustabout! can't get any more all-American than this -- pop music and good old rock 'n' roll.

Okay Paddy and Black Tie Revue, which have each put on numerous performances in State College, will appear at The Darkhorse Tavern at 10 tonight.

Matthew Hanzes, bass player of Black Tie Revue, said he enjoys playing at Roustabout!

"It's one of the few places on tour where we can always have a good time and good crowd, and we're always treated well," Hanzes said.

This poppy five-member band from Pittsburgh said they have been influenced by straight-pop music, including bands such as the Beach Boys, the Ramones and The Cars.

"It's the kind of music we were all weaned on," Hanzes said.

Hanzes said these influences are evident on the band's debut album, Code Run, released April 17.

Produced by Gearhead Records, the album is much like the band's live show, Hanzes said.

"It's just as fast and just as punchy," Hanzes said.

Although the album was just released, it was recorded almost two years ago in Brooklyn, N.Y.

"We paid for the recordings ourselves, and we definitely didn't want to self-release another record," Hanzes said. "So we were shopping around for a good record label for about a year and a half until we found Gearhead Records."

Okay Paddy, who are distinguished as having an American rock 'n' roll sound, is also putting out an EP toward the end of May.

Guitar player John Parise said the band's "straight rock 'n' roll" sound comes from influences such as The Velvet Underground and Steely Dan.

Its five-song EP is being produced by Nick Krill of The Spinto Band, which is another name familiar to the State College music scene.

The EP, titled Where You Went, will be Okay Paddy's band's third official album release.

"We have a more raw sound on this album," Parise said. "We've tracked the songs as a live band instead of tracking them individually, so we have more of a live sound ... Plus, we're all super psyched about it."

Parise said the band members have tried to make this album much like their live performances.

"We've had people tell us that our performances are more bombastic than our recordings," Parise said. "So we wanted to keep this album raw and fun and spontaneous, like when we play live."