As of press time, I'm not even sure if I like the Cosmopolites, but they do, blessedly, give me pause. What I know for sure is that they're compelling. There's something at once cheesy and subversive about the music they make. Blending a syrupy mixture of light jazz and provocative experimentalism, the duo arrives at something akin to progressive rock (which can essentially be synonymous with the more divisive "jazz fusion" label), but with a giddier, geekier bent.

Read Rev. Adam McKinney's interview with the Cosmopolites in the Music & Culture section.

COSMOPOLITES, w/ Skrill Meadow, 10 p.m., Friday, April 11, Le Voyeur, 404 E. Fourth Ave., Olympia, no cover, 360.943.5710