It's a new week, which means it's time for a new installment of Bobble Tiki's South Sound music news and notes column. Without further ado, let's get rolling. ...

Bobble Tiki has been called many things in his life - a scrub, a scab, a waste of space - but never has Bobble Tiki been referred to as the "Queen of Blues."

While it may be a bit premature, and she'd probably be the first person to point that out, Shemekia Copeland - who will play the Capitol Theater in Olympia Friday (8 p.m., $15-$20) - doesn't have that problem. She HAS been called the Queen of Blues, along with plenty of other complimentary adjectives.

The daughter of Texas blues guitar legend Johnny Clyde Copeland, Shemekia Copeland, though only 31-years-old, has already crafted a storied career. She's opened for the Stones, and taken the stage at the famed Chicago Blues Festival. She's been heralded on both sides of the globe, by the New York Times and the Times of London. She's released critically acclaimed records for famed labels like Alligator Records and Telarc.

And that's just a start.

This week Copeland will be in Olympia - and it's a show you shouldn't miss. While she made her name on the blues, and she'll ALWAYS be blues singer, Copeland's most recent work displays a musical dexterity rarely seen, and certainly worth gravitating toward.

"I want to keep growing. My main goal when I started this was that I was going to do something different with this music, so that this music could evolve and grow," says Copeland on her website. "I got that idea from my father. He didn't do the typical one-four-five blues. He went to Africa and worked with musicians there. He was one of the first blues artists to do that. I want to be the same way. I want to be innovative with the blues.

"I've had success in my career, and I'm happy with that," she says. "But that doesn't mean I don't want to continue to grow. In order for an artist to grow - and for a genre to grow - you have to do new things. I'm extremely proud to say I'm a blues singer, but that doesn't mean that's the only thing I'm capable of singing, or that's the only style of music I'm capable of making."

Staying firmly planted in Oly - the endearing Angelo Spencer has a show Thursday. Aug. 12 (8 p.m., all ages, $6) at Northern, which is coming up quick (or already over, depending on when you read this), and very much worth penciling in on your calendar.

Of course, many recognize Spencer for his soundtrack-esque, K Records perfect musical meanderings, sonic representations of his cultured upbringing and comfort in a full beard. Still others recognize Spencer as Kimya Dawson's husband. However, while Spencer's name is well known in these parts, many may not have heard of the band sharing the bill at Northern with him, British Columbia's Madonna Bangers.

A punk/art experience waiting to be had, and also one of the most humorously named bands out there, the Madonna Bangers seem destined - based on nothing but hearsay and Googling - to tear the muthafuckin' house down (metaphorically speaking, of course).

The band also has a sense of humor, at least based on some hype posted to their MySpace page:

"No bands are fun all the time. We're pushing a 4/5 ratio. Thinking about releasing a 80mm cd, encased in a mason jar of shine... the logistics are being worked on."

Solid.

See you next week.