Around the mid-'00s, a cavalcade of bands arrived on the scene as blissed-out purveyors of art-pop - off-kilter melodies and shifting time signatures giving nods to progressive rock, without going so far as to approach the uncommercial. Groups such as Animal Collective, Grizzly Bear and Local Natives are on the frontline of this movement of musical geeks, and Talk of Shamans fit right in with that new wave. The San Francisco trio bounces back and forth from bouncy, yelping indie rock and world music-indebted pitter-patter. Without becoming exhausting, Talk of Shamans' songs tend to come off like mini journeys, taking you down winding paths before arriving at the other end, no idea how you got there. Unlike some of their contemporaries, there's a refreshing lack of pretentious airs to be found with Talk of Shamans (despite their name, admittedly).

TALK OF SHAMANS, w/ Globelamp, Union Pacific, 10 p.m., Le Voyeur, 404 E. 4th Ave., Olympia, no cover, 360.943.5710