If Tyler Fortier is one thing, it's an up-and-coming, present-tense folk rocker - in a complimentary sense of the notion - based out of lush (read: stony) Eugene, Ore. If Fortier is two things, it's all of the above and a damn entertaining blogger. I know, I know - blogging is a debatable art form, but there's no debating Fortier does it well. In addition to playing a whole slew of shows over the next two months in Oregon, Idaho and Washington - in support of his just released This Love Is Fleeting record, which "dropped" April 15 - Fortier will also be doling out witty lines like this on tylerfortier.wordpress.com: "I played first, tickling some ivory (and by ivory, I mean a plastic keyed digital piano).  I should have prefaced this section by stating the night was billed as "danceable, funky, pop music."  My music ... Not danceable. Not funky.  Not pop.  In fact, my music just wants to make people fucking cry." Awesome. Fortier plays all over this week - starting in Olympia on Thursday then working his way to Tacoma by Saturday.

[Rocket Records, Saturday, May 1, 3 p.m., all ages, no cover, 3843 Sixth Ave., Tacoma, 253.756.5186]

[Mandolin Café, Saturday, May 1, 8:30 p.m., all ages, no cover, 3923 S. 12th St., Tacoma, 253.761.3482]