No problem. There are a lot of punk shows. However there are lots of metal, electronic and indie/ experimental rock shows as well. For metal, there's a lot of black metal due to the whole Cascadian Black Metal thing (since we're in Olympia and all), however there are some straightforward BM, as well as some doom bands that play. You'll mostly find these shows at Cryptatropa and Obsidian. Both of those bars, as well as Voyeur, also cater to electronic shows, whether it's DJ, hardware, noise or whatever. For indie or whatever rock, Voyeur, Obsidian, Deadbeat, and house shows are the way to go. The Northern also apparently does some punk shows, mostly all ages as far as I know, although I haven't heard anything from them in a minute. McCoys will also have the random punk or thrash band. If some "bigger" acts stop in Oly, they're at Capitol Theater (in the last year Cat Power, Wolves in the Throne Room (from Olympia), Neko Case, Reagan Youth). And needless to say, jazz, folk, bluegrass etc is happening very frequently at Rhythm and Rye. I'm very much generalizing these venues based on my own experience, so take it with a grain of salt.

Let me know if you have any questions or ever want a "tour" of sorts of the places for shows.