Can't Miss It: Wednesday

NONCONFORMIST INDIE ROCK GOD: That's right, Destroyer (aka Dan Bejar aka the "unofficial" wine-swilling member of the New Pornographers) is in town tonight, ready to baptize the new Crocodile with...frankly, you never quite know with Dan. One recent album, Destroyer's Rubies, opened with an over-nine-minute track, with Bejar announcing portentously, "Cast myself towards infinity, trust me, I had my reasons." Trouble in Dreams was summed up as "shitfaced" by Pitchfork, who also called Bejar an "untouchable wizard." What a character! If you haven't had a chance to visit the new Croc yet, this show is as good a reason as any.

8 p.m. doors // the Crocodile, 2200 2nd Avenue // Tickets: $12 adv

PAUL NEWMAN FILM FESTIVAL: The Seattle Art Museum is in the middle of its Paul Newman retrospective. Tonight is 1966's Harper, with Lauren Bacall and Shelley Winters. (Still to come are Cool Hand Luke, Rachel, Rachel, The Sting, The Verdict, and Nobody's Fool.) Newman plays a private investigator, Bogey-style, with Bogey's best girl, Bacall, hiring him to find her missing husband.

7:30 p.m. // Plestcheeff Auditorium, SAM, // Tickets: $7 (cash, at the door)

ELECTRONICA NEEDS YOU!: The Decibel Festival is holding a fundraiser at the Triple Door for its next four-day music and arts extravaganza. Helios, Rena Jones, Lusine, and Kelly Wyse are on the bill, with "visual accompaniment" courtesy of Scott Sunn and Rafael Anton Irisarri. Everything kicks off at 7 p.m. with a special guest introduction and brief overview of the festival. Your admission includes dinner from the Wild Ginger Kitchen, which hopefully means lamb satay.

5 p.m. doors, 7 p.m. show // the Triple Door, 216 Union Street // Admission: $50