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Acoustic: Seattle's diminutive Jesy Fortino (Tiny Vipers) will surprise you. When people see a solitary girl with an acoustic guitar they think folk music. What is folk music but telling a story? With ghostly melodies over seemingly disparate guitar work, Fortino isn't trying to get you to understand her story. She takes you on a somewhat uncomfortable journey where you're left without a discernable ending - just more road. I am so impressed with her integrity and indifference to pop music. She's traveling inward instead of out. It's brave, and it's a little scary. No refrain? No hooks? No hand claps? Ahhhhh! With Kusika, Takhoma, and Mega Bog, Sunday, June 13, 6 p.m., all ages, $8, The Squawk Box, 745 St. Helens Ave., Tacoma, myspace.com/squeakandsquawkfestival - Heather Thomas Loepp
Folk Rock: Do you like things that appear to be epic? Are you into feeling swept away? Were you ever in drama club in junior high? Did it make you cry when you beat Final Fantasy? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then Grand Hallway is for you. With eight handsome members who are seriously skilled instrumentalists, the sound delivery is really something - I'm sorry - GRAND. How can you help but believe that everything is going to turn out all right when there are violins coaxing optimism in such a shrill manner? The Grinch would hate this music. With Trevor Dickson and The Kilcid Band, Sunday, June 13, 9 p.m., $7, The New Frontier Lounge, 301 E. 25th St., Tacoma, www.myspace.com/squeakandsquawkfestival - HTL
The Spar in Old Town Tacoma hosts the Blues Redemption at 7 p.m.
Oly Experimental Music Festival Day Three featuring The Dead White, Tetrotoxin, Forrest Friends, Mangled Bohemians, Electric Oracle, Danishta Rivero, and Pykrete beginning at 6 p.m. inside Northern.
West Dakota, The Devils Of Loudon, From Murder To Genocide, Athena, and Games Of Slaughter play a 7 p.m. show at The Viaduct.
The Swiss hosts a Sunday show with The Disclaimers at 4 p.m.