First things first: get thee to Decibel. Even if you think that electronic music's not your thing, there are plenty of acts on the lineup that are easily accessible to even the biggest electro-phobe (see: Sunday's schedule).

Tonight, Blitzen Trapper kicks things off early (6 p.m.), performing a free, all-ages in-store at Easy Street Queen Anne. The Portland experimental alt-country six-piece aren't hitting Seattle on their current tour (they were just here for Bumbershoot, after all), so for the foreseeable future, this is your only chance to hear them perform their new album Furr.

Also tonight, less alt and more country by way of Tex Mex from Calexico at the Moore.

Friday night also offers a chance to get psychedelic and shoegazey with Hypatia Lake at the Comet.

or take in the understated theatricality of London's The Veils at the High Dive.

Saturday night, local hardcore legends Akimbo celebrate their big ten-year anniversary at King Cobra. Bring a birthday present and your earplugs.

There's also Hot Buttered Rum plucking their banjos at the Triple Door, the delightfully named Danbert Nobacon at The Mix, wherever that is (6004 12th Ave S.), and once again, Tea for Julie is in town, this time at the High Dive.

Also on Saturday, The Girls and Monotonix play the Comet. It's already sold out, so if you don't already have a ticket, you might want to hit up Monotonix's Sunday all-ages matinee (2 p.m.) at the Sunset. But before that fateful day when the Sunset burns to the ground, the New Year play the night before.

As if that's not enough, We are Wolves and New Faces rock Nectar on Sunday night.

And finally, also on Sunday, Seattlest Kim highly recommends Richard Shindell and Meg Hutchinson at the Tractor: "OMG! Shindell is one of the best songwriters of the last 10 years, and Hutchinson is the next big thing out of the Boston-area songwriter circle, which has given us Dar Williams, Kris Delmhorst, Erin McKeown, and others. Meg's already well-known and respected back East, so it's a matter of time before our local hippies catch on."