Tacoma's homegrown crooner Rocky Sandoval is the definition of an artist on the verge of stardom. After graduating from the Musicians Institute in L.A., he was featured on MTV's Score, then made top 15 on Making the Band. His greatest national exposure to date has probably been season 1 of American Idol, but Sandoval is no also-ran: in the last five years, he's opened for Ginuwine, Dru Hill, Boys II Men, and Brian McKnight. His own debut album Throwback dropped in 2014. He's a smooth R&B operator whose latest single, "Throwback Sex," is a certified panty-dropper. If Valentine's Day was a bust, fellas, Sandoval knows how to heat things up again. Don't believe me? Check out his propositional slow jam "All Over Your Body" - or better yet, add it to your next date-night mix CD.

ROCKY SANDOVAL, 9 p.m. The Swiss Restaurant and Pub, 1904 S. Jefferson Ave., Tacoma, $10, 253.572.2821