[HARD ROCK] + FRI, FEB. 28

This week the entire bill rules. I wish I had room to dive into the history these bands have, how deep their ties to the music scene run, how stellar their dynamic is, like the patterns of a mandala, reaching into the organisms of time and space and stitching elements of sound right into the rock existence of all. Instead, I will let Meg Cunningham of Survival Knife give her view. "I am beyond excited to play this show," she says. "It's a perfect trifecta with The Narrows, gracing us with their heavy, epic, mind blowing self as always. Survival Knife, well ... I'm in this band so all I'll say about us is, we'll bring the noise and won't disappoint. Then of course, C Average. If you don't know Cave rage, well ... that's sad. Riffage from the valleys of beyond. Come one and all." {NIKKI MCCOY}

C AVERAGE, SURVIVAL KNIFE, THE NARROWS, 9:30 p.m., McCoy's Tavern, 418 Fourth Ave., Olympia, $6, 360.352.0696

[ROCK] + SAT, MARCH 1

"Come out and get some Hugs" stated Big Wheel Stunt Show's Facebook, just above the link to the band's event page, "Last Ride of the Big Wheel. ..." Yup, the beloved trio announced it would disband earlier this month, and they're making good on their promise Saturday. But this is no time for hankies. Anyone who knows what these guys can do live won't be crying, but rather headbanging and singing along with merry glee. Guitarist and frontman Evan Nagle and drummer Justin Gimse bid bassist Jake Melius a fond farewell. Melius found a great job in Arizona, so the five-year relationship ends, with three albums on the mantle and a Bob Rivers Show interview Friday morning. Few bands have rocked, I mean flat-out rocked this area harder than BWSS. They will be missed. So, with one peace sign in the air pumping along to the music - and the other hand flipping Melius the bird (just kidding) - let's help BWSS go out with a bang and celebrate one last time. {RON SWARNER}

BIG WHEEL STUNT SHOW, the Hardcount, Gold Records, Brotherhood of the Black Squirrel, 9 p.m. sharp, The New Frontier Lounge, 301 E. 25th St., Tacoma, no cover, 253.572.4020

[ART-ROCK] + MON, MARCH 3

Seagull Invasion list their music as "funk slip slop slurp," and that's as good a place to start as anywhere. From the rubbery first beats of their song, "Oop," it's clear that Seagull Invasion are approaching everything from a skewed angle. Drum machine clatter is engulfed in elastic guitars and synthesizers, creating a manic energy that flirts with dance and funk, but somehow comes out the other side as weirdo pop. Elsewhere, Seagull Invasion temper their mania and approach ambient electronica, but they're never far away from some glitchy detour. The bill they're on is packed with art-rock provocateurs, from the industrial surge of Doctor Sleep to the queer freakout of Hot Fruit and the performance art freak folk of Mary Ocher. It'll be a show where leaving preconceptions at the door will be a necessity. {REV. ADAM MCKINNEY}

SEAGULL INVASION, w/ Mary Ocher, Doctor Sleep, Hot Fruit, 8 p.m., Le Voyeur, 404 E. Fourth Ave., Olympia, $5, 360.943.5710

[FOLK-ROCK] + MARCH 3, 4, 6

Look, at this point the Pacific Northwest - not to mention the current pop landscape in general - is choked with folk-rock revivalists. Bands like Mumford & Sons, the Lumineers and even American Idol winners (good lord, Phillip Phillips) have taken to appropriating folk and bluegrass and imbuing with a palatable sheen. While I'm not enough of a scold to say that there's something inherently wrong with this (appropriation is almost synonymous with pop music by this point), but it can get somewhat tiring. Joshua Powell and the Great Train Robbery aren't reinventing the wheel, in this regard, but there is something to be said for a band that sounds as vibrant as they are capable of sounding, even in this tsunami of banjo-ified pop music. You know what you're getting with Joshua Powell, but that's not always a bad thing. {REV. AM}

JOSHUA POWELL AND THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY; w/ Anna Gordon, 7 p.m., Monday, March 3, Le Voyeur, 404 E. 4th Ave, Olympia, no cover, 360.943.5710; 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 4, Metronome Coffee, 3518 Sixth Ave., Tacoma, 253.301.2375; 8 p.m., Thursday, March 6, The Swiss, 1904 S. Jefferson Ave, Tacoma, 253.572.2821