[INDIE FOLK] + SAT, NOV. 30

Beneath the beauty and pageantry of Seattle six-piece Day Laborers and Petty Intellectuals, there runs a streak of wryly winking satire. These are people who know what it looks like to be some folk-slinging hipsters in the Pacific Northwest, and they find humor in appearances. In this way, they're reminiscent of other dryly-funny locals such as Shotgun Kitchen, Pillow Army, and the Foghorns. Their song, "Irene, Goodnight," is about being 27-years-old, drinking Pabst Blue Ribbon and Old Fashioned cocktails, riding fixed gear bicycles, raising urban livestock, thinking yourself a sensitive intellectual and reveling in how wonderful it is to not be a cliché. All of this spot-on observation is bolstered by beatific instrumentation - flutes and violins trill in the background, as winsome guitars and drums drive the song along. {REV. ADAM MCKINNEY}

DAY LABORERS AND PRETTY INTELLECTUALS, w/ Cloud Person, the Owl Parliament, the Cedars, 8 p.m., Bob's Java Jive, 2102 South Tacoma Way, Tacoma, cover tba, 253.475.9843

[SYNTH ROCK] + SAT, NOV. 30

Here we are, Thanksgiving weekend. You know it's going to be poppin' off in Olympia with all the kids in town for the holiday. School's out, weather is cold as a turkey's tit and people are looking for fun. Well how about Thanks Groovin? Dance off the stuffing and gravy with great bands at a cool house venue, which also serves as a bed and breakfast. Headliner Elbow Coulee has a great following with their dance/synth/rock style, prompting dancing, hollering and straight-up partying. I like the Rev. Adam McKinney's description: "Flourishes of lite prog rock guitar noodling, mixing with dips into '90s emo and tight spiky early ‘00s dance punk." Awesome. Plus, all the boys in the band are cute. {NIKKI MCCOY}

THANKS GROOVIN, w/Elbow Coulee, Wildlife Indoors, Get Mom, Noodlebird, 8:30 p.m., Metcalf Manor, 2110 Amhurst St. SE, Olympia, $2 suggested donation, 360.870.4096

[COMEDY] + SAT, NOV. 30

For the fourth year in a row, the entrepreneur and hilariously funny and talented Nate Jackson will treat the Puget Sound to a holiday event chock full of fun, class and comedy. Nate Jackson's 4th Annual Thanksgiving Weekend Super Funny Comedy show will consume the Temple Theater Plaza Ballroom Saturday featuring a live comedy show followed by an after party. Shang Forbes, whose socio-political views graced CBS's The Late Show and BET's Comic View, will join Jamie Foxx 2011 NBA All Star Comedy vet Lil Rel and fellow Comic View funnyman Ronnie Jordan and Tacoma's own Mr. Mookie on the Temple stage. Afterward, The D1 Experience Band and DJ TuMuch rock the party. Jackson's events are always full of fun, good-looking people and mo' fun. {JOSE GUTIERREZ JR}

NATE JACKSON'S 4TH ANNUAL SUPER FUNNY COMEDY SHOW, 8:30 p.m., The Temple Theater, 47 St. Helen's St., Tacoma, $20-$30, brownpapertickets.com

[FREE JAZZ] + SUN, DEC. 1

JLK is a band from Montreal. Babysitter is a band from Victoria, B.C. Together, they have joined forces to become: JLK & Babysitter. Well, OK, so their combined moniker may be somewhat lacking, but the sheer inventiveness of their music is liable to blindside you. Sounding at once timeless and utterly original, JLK & Babysitter reach back and draw from both the sparse blues of the 1910s and the sound experiments and free jazz that burst out of the '60s and '70s. The result of this mash-up is frequently disquieting while remaining strangely hypnotic. At times, the build-up of tension and chaos can become overwhelming, as on their 13-minute slow burn, "Wanderings." Songs such as "Don't Drop It" have a way of burrowing themselves into your earholes, with creepily whispered lyrics that only become weirder the clearer they get. {REV. AM}

JLK & BABYSITTER, w/ Happy Noose, Clayface, 10 p.m., Le Voyeur, 404 E. 4th Ave, Olympia, $5, 360.943.0710

See Also

South Sound Holiday Command Center

Calendar: Arts and Entertainment

Calendar: Music and Nightlife