LIVE MUSIC TONIGHT IN THE SOUTH SOUND >>>

B Sharp Coffee House Tacoma - Opera Alley Downtown. Barleywine Revue. 8 pm. NC.

Bob's Java Jive Tacoma - Central. La Luz, Pony Time, The Fucking Eagles, The Tom Price Desert Club. 8 pm. $5. 

Doyle's Public House Tacoma - Stadium District. Naive Melodies (Talking Heads tribute). 9:30 pm. NC.

Eagle's Hall Olympia - Downtown. Illuminated Ball with Pumphouse and guests. A benefit for the Community Art Studio and the Procession of the Species Celebration. Dress in your best to illuminate. 8 pm. $65-$75.

Fircrest Presbyterian Church Fircrest. John Denver tribute concert. 7 pm. NC. 

Fish Take Brewpub Olympia - Downtown. Fight On! Benefit for Jill Hammond, with The Oly Mountain Boys, Rock Candy Burlesque, TUSH! Burlesque. 5:30 pm. $15-$25. 

Jazzbones Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Walking Papers, Vaudeville Etiquette. 8 pm. $15.

Le Voyeur Café and Lounge Olympia - Downtown. Nudity, Wizard Hits. All Ages. 7 pm. Fruit Juice, The Balms. 9 pm.

• San Francisco trio Balms do shoegaze right. Their songs are positively drenched with murk - the sort of cloudy texture that'd make you just a little more buoyant if you found yourself swimming in the stuff. The vocals trail off and bleed into one another, punctuated by the occasional angular guitar squeal that cuts through the noise. This dreaminess adorns the majority of their music, lending a certain melancholy feeling while avoiding becoming maudlin. At times, Balms resemble the Flaming Lips at their quaalude-iest. Shoegaze at its finest was always a little reminiscent of arena rock for people that couldn't be bothered to pump their fists. This wall of sound is anthemic, but Balms aren't up for crowd-surfing. If you desire the feeling of being alone in a crowd, Balms could be your soundtrack. - Rev. Adam McKinney

Louie G's Pizza Fife. The Tenants, Champagne Sunday. All Ages. 8 pm.

Maxwell's Restaurant + Lounge Tacoma - Downtown. The Kareem Kandi Band. All Ages. 8 pm. NC.

Metronome Coffee Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Redrick Sultan. 8 pm. NC.

The New Frontier Lounge Tacoma - Dome District. CFA, Mos Generator, Antihero. 9 pm.

The Olympia Ballroom Olympia - Downtown. Dead Winter Carpenters, Danny Barnes & The Barnyard Electronics. 8:30 pm. $10.

Red Bicycle Bistro and Sushi Bar Vashon. Clinton Fearon & The Boogie Brown Band. 9 pm. $10.

Rock N Roll Lodge Tacoma - South. Black Top Demon, Butch & The Other White Meats with Shake It Off. 9 pm. $5.

Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Randal Bays, Suzanne Taylor. All Ages. 8 pm. $10-$15.

Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Hambone Blues Band. 9 pm. NC.

LINK: More live music Saturday, Feb. 8 in the greater Tacoma and Olympia area