MUSIC—After the release of her 2008 breakout debut album, Youth Novels, Swedish musician Lykke Li went underground to lick her wounds after a bad breakup. She resurfaced to release Wounded Rhymes in 2011 and has since followed that up with this year’s I Never Learn, continuing her run of bruised and tender pop, full of melodic hooks and a beautiful, varied voice. COURTNEY FERGUSON
w/Mapei; Crystal Ballroom, 1332 W Burnside, 9 pm, $36-37, all ages
COMEDY—Pete Holmes is a barely functioning yet inspirational neurotic: He might be a mess, but he’s a tall, genial, joyful mess, as heard on his must-listen podcast, You Made It Weird. Ripping off Marc Maron’s WTF and making it better might seem like an impossibility, but Holmes has been doing it for years now. BOBBY ROBERTS
Helium Comedy Club, 1510 SE 9th, 7:30 & 10 pm, $22-32