BOBBLE TIKI: LOVES THIS BAND'S GROOVE >>>

Bobble Tiki loves Steely Dan and Jamiroquai. What can he say? Call him left handed if you must, but Bobble Tiki has no shame. Bobble Tiki loves to groove â€" and for this reason he loves Portland’s Intervision. Singer Paul Creighton, guitarist Tony Stovin, keyboardist Kit Taylor, bassist Mike Glidden, saxophonist Joshua Cliburn and drummer Jon Barber met at Clackamas Community College, located south of Portland in Oregon City. At the time, it was 2004, the six friends probably didn’t realize that within a few years they’d be playing Portland’s massive, Willamette Week sponsored MusicFEST NW or opening for the Neville Brothers â€" or, for that matter, being awarded the “Best R&B Song of the Year” at the 2008 Independent Music Awards. What the six friends probably did realize is they shared a passion for challenging compositions with ferocious pop sensibility. They probably also realized they had a chance to put the “sex” back in sextet, which they’ve effectively done. Check Intervision out at Doyle’s and the Taste of Tacoma this weekend.

[Doyle’s, June 27, 9:30 p.m., no cover, 208 St. Helens Avenue, Tacoma, 253.272.7468]
[Taste of Tacoma’s BECU/KJR FM Meadow Stage, June 28, 12:40 p.m., no cover, Point Defiance Park, 5400 N. Pearl, Tacoma, www.tasteoftacoma.com]