The New Frontier is where to be Thursday after you fill your pie hole with turkey and all the trimmings. The Thanksgiving show features Apricot & The Beginners and Si Si Si and will help you forget all about that smart-ass comment your brother made, the soggy green beans with not enough crunch and the well-meaning, fall-apart organic gluten-free tasteless apple pie your sister made. Apricot & The Beginners spin little tales with the singer's lullaby voice, her nuances touching each word, flowing in and out of the keyboard scales and plucky guitar riffs, making an easy listen for a full-bellied audience. The seven-piece Tacoma band likes to let listeners peek into their surroundings, with lyrics about drinking beer, sneaking into shows, BLTs at 2 a.m., taking naps with friends and being in love. Banjos, xylophones, and synthesizers make their way through the music, guiding each other hand in hand over the crossroads of mellow percussion, weaving through the lanes of sleepy sexy singing and parking in the heart of guitar and good intention. - Nikki McCoy

THE NEW FRONTIER LOUNGE, 9 P.M., NO COVER, 301 E. 25^TH ST., TACOMA, 253.572.4020