If you’re any­thing like us, you might be look­ing for­ward to see­ing 2009 go away. But we’re not going to sit at home idly while Dick Clark sends it off either — we’re going to ring in 2010 in the wildest, most fun way we can find. So here are some of your choices for mak­ing the most of say­ing good­bye to 2009.

We’d like to pre­tend that we’re going to be really amped to get out the night after Christ­mas, but more than likely we’re going to be look­ing to lay low. But, the Tap­house has you cov­ered with Octo­pus — a mel­low, jam-type band from right here in Hamp­ton Roads.

Scotland’s Cam­era Obscura will be mak­ing a stop at the Attucks The­atre this Fri­day fresh from some Euro­pean and South­ern United States tour dates. Fans of soft, folksy pop will really enjoy their beau­ti­fully fem­i­nine sound.

We’re always going to cham­pion the idea that weirder is bet­ter. How I Became the Bomb isn’t the weird­est act you’ll ever see, not by a long shot, but they’ve got just the right amount of quirk­i­ness to be really entertaining.