While some might peg the typical Jazzbones crowd as, shall we say, aging, in reality the hordes that routinely engulf the club run the gamut. It really just depends on what's booked on any given night. Sure, Randy Oxford, a Heart tribute band or the Sunday jazz jam session may bring out the baby boomers, but other, less expected offerings bring out an entirely different, younger crowd (to say nothing of the Monday night booze fest known as Rockaraoke or the every Thursday KRY orgies). This Friday, Bloomington, Indiana's Murder By Death will take the Jazzbones stage, dispensing multi-faceted indie rock to the masses and paying homage to the 1976 Robert Moore film in name. Led by guitarist Adam Turla, over the course of a 10-plus year career (the band originally went by the name Little Joe Gould) Murder By Death has made a career on brainy, well-written alt-country tinged tunes that rely on storytelling and keen musicianship, not to mention the electric cello styling of founding member Sarah Balliet. This show should be memorable for plenty of reasons.

[Jazzbones, with Tumbledown, Xylophones, 7 p.m., $10-$13, 2803 Sixth Ave., Tacoma, 253.396.9169]