ROMANTEEK

>>> Thursday, Feb. 24

Romanteek’s stated mission is to “bring the love, to help people get in touch with their feelings, and to induce a dance attack.” When singer Ruby Valentine started Romanteek as a one-woman vision in 2001, these are the lines she was plotting along. When then-drummer Le Matt joined her shortly thereafter, the band’s drive only intensified — and the duo created some of the most ass-shaking and contagious tunes Olympia had to offer — and considering the ass-shaking that goes down in Oly, that’s saying something.

Today, Romanteek is a three-piece with Valentine on keys, Le Matt on guitar and Emerson Kwo on drums.

“When people are dancing, something special happens. They are sweating, getting more in touch with their bodies, getting out of their heads. Their hearts open up a bit, hence they become more in touch with their feelings and more open to ideas — other feelings other vibrations, our vibrations, vibrations of love,” Valentine told Weekly Volcano editor Matt Driscoll in 2008. – Weekly Volcano

[Le Voyeur, with Painted Face, Thursday, Feb. 24, 10 p.m., no cover,404 Fourth Ave. E., Olympia, 360.943.571

JEFFREY BROUSSARD & THE CREAOLE COWBOYS

>>> Friday, Feb. 25

Zydeco is the dance music of the Creole population of southwest Louisiana. The Creoles are French speakers of African or mixed African and European descent who have been in Louisiana since the 18th century. Their culture is entwined with but separate from their fellow Francophones, the Acadians (Cajuns).

Michael Tisserand, in his book The Kingdom of Zydeco, says that before he heard zydeco he associated the accordion and the rubboard, the signature instruments of this music, with Lawrence Welk and washing clothes. Like Tisserand, when you hear zydeco you are going to forget about both. Hearing Jeffrey Broussard play the accordion will remind you of the first time you saw someone pick up a violin and found out why they call it a fiddle.

In a brilliant move, the Broadway Center will transform its Theatre on the Square into an old-fashioned social hall Friday night setting up Broussard and his Creole Cowboys on the stage above a cleared-out dance floor. Yup, the seats will be replaced with sweaty, happy dancers. To make the dancers even happier, the Barefoot Collective pros will provide free zydeco dance lessons an hour before the show.

Expect the music to be an infectious rhythm that will be more rubbery syncopation than predictable stomp.

Gumbo and authentic drink specials at the no-host cash bar complete the experience. – Michael Swan

[Theatre on the Square, Friday, Feb. 25, 7:30 p.m., 6:30 p.m. dance lessons, $39, 915 Broadway, Tacoma,253.591.5894]

C.F.A.

>>> Saturday, Feb. 26

A band like Cody Foster Army doesn't come along every day - a dynamic and powerful three-piece with a heavy old school hardcore attitude and an uncompromising DIY approach. Consisting of members of an assortment of legendary Tacoma bands from the last two decades, these guys are no strangers to local rock. Foster plays bass and sings, Dave Takata is the crazy guitarist, and "Reno" David Marseillan is the thundering drummer. Together they are making a name for themselves with a fierce set of raging tunes. – WV

[Louie G's Pizzeria, with Suburban Vermin, Agodamnation, Dead Peasants, Saturday, Feb. 26, 8 p.m., all ages, $5, 4802 Pacific Hwy. E., Fife, 253.926.9700]

BIG WHEEL STUNT SHOW

>>> Saturday, Feb. 26

There are far too many people who would be ashamed to say they like something as fundamentally shallow and conventional as AC/DC, but I'm not one of them. I think this is part of why I've grown to love Big Wheel Stunt Show. They don't sound like AC/DC, per se. They have a little more energy than the Aussies' relentless groove and a little more of a punk rock, grungy tinge. But on some level they occupy the same headspace within the dark bowels of my musically eccentric brainpan. – Joe Izenman

[The New Frontier Lounge, NW Convergence Zone Showcase with Big Wheel Stunt Show, The Hardcount, Brotherhood of The Black Squirrel, Trees Without Leaves, Saturday, Feb. 26, 9 p.m., 301 E. 25th St., Tacoma, 253.572.4020]

LYNCH MOB

>>> Tuesday, March 1

Even during the heyday of '80s metal, Dokken (very little connection with rockin') sucked - even with a hellacious guitar shredder like George Lynch. His 1990 solo debut with his own Lynch Mob, Wicked Sensation, remains one of the hottest hard-rock discs of the era; today's Mob walks the stylistic line between nu metal and old-school guitar rock. Lynch Mob marks the 6800-square-foot rock club's big-show debut. Expect rock memorabilia and dancing girls when you walk through its doors. – MS

[Backstage Bar & Grill, with Atomic Outlaws, Sin Circus, Tuesday, March 1, 9 p.m., $10 at brownpapertickets.com, 6409 Sixth Ave., Tacoma, backstagetacoma.com]