Louie’s has been making a solid effort to put on an array of sounds, creating a venue where if you just wait, there’s bound to be something that grabs your attention and gets your toes a-tapping, your heart thumping, your mind wheeling, or your lungs singing.

This Thursday, one can enjoy a packed evening of danceable oddities, a fun treat that’ll appeal to Kalamazoo’s sense of the experimental, coupled with Kalamazoo’s need to groove.

SILENT LIONS, traveling from Toledo, OH, are a heavy fuzzed out dance rock onslaught. Their pairing of heavy distorted bass with echoed,  distant vocal stylings creates a compelling, cool sound for all two of your ears.

PINK LIGHTING made their first Kalamazoo appearance back in April at Milhouse’s drag party, and if you weren’t there, now is your chance to catch one hell of a live performance. Disco beats meet warped garage punk – all surrounding everyone’s favorite oddball instrument, the accordion.

Finally, Grand Rapids group FILMLOOM will be there with lush, percussion filled tunes to titillate the senses.

This show stats at 9 and has a 5 dollar suggested donation. All artists are from out of town so I double that suggestion.

If none of these things are up your alley, and you prefer the more rough, tough, gruff, gritty, yelly, riotious types, local basement acoustic duo Lincoln County War will be making an appearance this same night at Bell’s with Grand Rapids irish rock band The Waxies. This show is also 5 dollars.