Tonight! Tonight? Well tonight a band called the Flaming Lips is playing at a place called the Paramount.

Photo by J. Michelle Martn-Coyne

In case you haven’t noticed, the entire music section has been taken over by the Flaming Lips this week—there’s a conversation between Wayne Coyne and Adam Goldberg (you can listen to it here), an interview with the 22-year-old guy in charge of making their shows magical, and CD reviews of a few of their records. They’re everywhere.

But, if you’re like Eric Grandy, who’s not really that into the band, you have a few other options for the evening:

*The Decibel Festival starts tonight and both Grandy and Donte Parks are stoked about that.

Decibel Festival
(Music) Seattle’s fourth annual Decibel Festival offers four days of world-class electronic music at various venues, but tonight’s Death of the Party showcase is a definite highlight, featuring Diplo’s polyglot party jams, Switch’s twitchy house, Simian Mobile Disco’s raucous electro, and the DJ skills of Seattle’s Fourcolorzack and Pretty Titty. It’s going to be a hell of a party, but it’s also going to be an ecstatic and exhausting weekend, so try to pace yourself. (Neumo’s, 925 E Pike St, www.dbfestival.com. 8 pm, $15 adv/$17 DOS, 21+.) Eric Grandy

*Peter Bjorn and John play the Showbox at the Market after guest cashiering at Sonic Boom’s General Store.

PETER BJORN AND JOHN, THE CLIENTELE, MARISSA NADLER
(Showbox at the Market) What is it about Sweden? The socialized health care? Liberal funding for the arts? Good genes? Constitutional monarchy? Herring? Whatever it is, the country seems preternaturally gifted at churning out ace pop music, from ABBA to the Knife to the (International) Noise Conspiracy. Peter Bjorn and John are no exception. The eponymous trio’s most recent album, Writer’s Block, continues to burn itself into my brain and dominate my MP3 rotation a full year after its international release (and six months after its official stateside debut). Every song is gorgeous and catchy—the anthemic graffiti of “Objects of My Affection,” the whistling romance of “Young Folks,” the stoned drag of “Amsterdam,” the cagey dance of “Up Against the Wall,” the cool kiss-off “Let’s Call It Off”—and the band is pitch-perfect and fun live. ERIC GRANDY

*And Low plays their second night at the Triple Door.

LOW, SIR RICHARD BISHOP
(The Triple Door) For me, Low have always been about the slow, gray days of late autumn, when rain-slick leaves stick to your windows and the heavy sun barely climbs past the horizon. That’s when the rich, complicated harmonies of Alan Sparhawk and his wife Mimi Parker (two-thirds of the Duluth band, with Matt Livingston on bass) strike just the right balance between hope and despair. The veteran band produce complex, textured soundtracks perfect for chilly afternoons when the streetlamps flicker on at four o’clock. The literate, precise vocals of Sparhawk and Parker dance like rain in the feeble light. For those sick of summer, this is your show. CHRIS McCANN

Need more? Go over to Get Out, and find your own damn fun.