MATT DRISCOLL: THE CRAZINESS STARTS TODAY >>>

At a point in history when absolutely nothing seems certain and normally dependable things are disappearing every day, the Olympia Experimental Music Festival is an anomaly. This weekend’s influx of strange sound â€" bleeps, bloops, crashes, tinkers, squeals and hisses â€" in Olympia will mark the 15th year the Oly Experimental Music Festival has wrapped its unorthodox arms around Washington’s most liberal bastion and embraced the city in audio bizarreness â€" in such a good way. Utilizing the newly christened northern all-ages venue this year, performers at the 15th annual Olympia Experimental Music Festival will include Tacoma’s LA Lungs and Lapuda, Portland’s Pulse Emitter and Death Worth Living, and Oly’s KnotPineBox, Cymtrymanx and Big Tom the Lithuanian. Seattle is also represented heavily in a weekend lineup that’s over 20 strong. If you feel comfortable outside the genre box, take a trip south this weekend.

[northern, 6 p.m., all ages, 321 Fourth Ave, downtown Olympia, www.myspace.com/olystrange music]