LIVE MUSIC TONIGHT IN THE SOUTH SOUND >>>

502 Downtown Tacoma - Downtown. Pete Kirkland hosts Sunday night jazz. 8 pm.

Charlie's Restaurant Puyallup. Acoustic Jam Night open mic format with Pam Carter from Classic Case as the host. 6-9 pm. NC.

Le Voyeur Café and Lounge Olympia - Downtown. Steel Cranes, Full Moon Radio, The Redwood Plan, All Ages, 7 pm; Bogg, Aubrey Debauchery, Human Jukebox, 21+, 9 pm.

• The style of dance-rock perpetuated by The Redwood Plan tends to defer to the sort of pulsing synths that you imagine might have scored a speedboat chase on Miami Vice. Everything is forward motion, punctuated by surprisingly lovely melodies, as on the appropriately titled "The Scenery and the Melody," which hums with the kind of chiming synth lines that you might see in the climax of a John Hughes movie. Read Rev. Adam McKinney's full feature on The Redwood Plan in the Music and Culture section

• Finding local music is a process. You might stumble across a show, maybe it's recommended by a friend, or perhaps you read it in the Volcano. However you discover your music; whichever bands stick in your memory, whose songs you'll actually download, whose shows you'll really go see, whose music should get you fucking excited and happy - that's the beauty of hunting for music. For me, and hopefully for you, Full Moon Radio is one of those bands. Their grunge/pop/punk rock with crystal clear lyrics that are moving and edgy are executed with the feminism and integrity of three superbly powerful women. Before they head back into the studio and take a few months off from playing shows, make sure you catch Full Moon Radio at an all-ages show at Le Voyeur in Olympia Sunday. - Nikki McCoy

The Spar Tacoma - Old Town. The Mark Dufresne Band. 7 pm. NC.

The Swiss Tacoma - Downtown. Back To Beale Street Blues 2014 Fundraiser, with The Rafael Tranquilino Band, Blues County Sheriff, Blenis/Ehly Band with Thai Barker, Mark Riley Trio, Arthur Migliazza, Randy Oxford Band. 4 pm. $8-$12.

Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Sylvia Herold, Chuck Ervin. All Ages. 7 pm. $10-$15.

Top of Tacoma Bar and Cafe Tacoma - Eastside. Blanco Bronco. Part of the Aww Shucks oyster barbecue. 5 pm. NC.

LINK: More live music tonight in the greater Tacoma and Olympia area