THURSDAY 4/4

AURAFICE--Multimedia open mic (8 pm, all ages), free

BAD ALBERT'S--Maxine Smith, free

CENTRAL SALOON--Luna Park, Fry, Phokus, $5

CONOR BYRNE'S--Jeremy Fisher, free

* CROCODILE CAFE--Mother Hips, Actual Tigers, the Bend, $8/$10

DUBLINER--Andrew Norsworthy, free

FLOYD'S PLACE--Combo Craig

GALWAY ARMS--Charlie Spring

* GRACELAND--Hellacopters, Gaza Strippers, the Midnight Thunder Express, $12

HOPVINE--Kareem Kandi w/ Will Blair & Jacques Willis, free

* I-SPY--Coolout 2GX 10th Anniversary w/ Rockaphella, Onry Ozzborn & Surge Spitable, Donald Glaude & MC Cutty Calico, $5/$8

INDUSTRIAL COFFEE--Fylo, Lance Hofstad, Liquid Voodoo, $5

J&M CAFE--Herding Cats, $3

JAZZ ALLEY--David Benoit, $20.50/$24.50

KELLS--Liam Gallagher

LARRY'S--Liquid Foundation, Cavity Search, the Highsiders, 3 Duces, $5

LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP--The Prom, Lightheavyweight, free

LOCK AND KEEL--Orange & Tilted Blue, $2

MONA'S--Marco de Cavalho Trio

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--The Ham Carson Quintet, free

OLD TIMER'S CAFE--Kingpin Hayes

OWL 'N' THISTLE--Six Foot Savage

PARADOX THEATER--The St Louis Smiles, Daniel G. Harmann, the Cyclone Killers, the Scene (8 pm, all ages), $5

PARAGON--HB Radke & the Jet City Swingers, free

PEACE CAFE--Open mic, free

PEARL COFFEEHOUSE--Floss (9 pm, all ages)

PINK DOOR--Lonnie Williams Trio, free

RAINBOW--Liquid Messiah, Saint Sophia, $5

* RE-BAR--Pho Bang! w/ Best Revenge, IAMLOVED, $6

ROX BROILER (KENMORE)--Liquid

SCARLET TREE--Das Root w/ Reggie Watts, P.K., $6

* SEATTLE ASIAN ART MUSEUM--Robin Holcomb, Aiko Shimada, $8

SHOWBOX--Dark Star Orchestra, $16/$18

* SIT & SPIN--Elanie Mandell, Carrie Biell, Out Brief Candle, $6

SUNSET TAVERN--Tribute to Ween w/ Captain Fantasy & the Stallions, $5

THOMPSON'S--Blue Gypsies, free

TOI--Moodswings: Danya w/ DJ Killabee, free

TOST--Paul Bellows, Sheryl Wiser, Amy Roberts, $6

* TRACTOR TAVERN--Tri-Factor, $12

TRAVELERS--Open mic, free

ZAK'S--Mindshaker, guests, $4


FRIDAY 4/5

BACCANO--Brian Nova Trio, free

BAIT-HOUSE--Flora McGill

BALLARD FIREHOUSE--The Apocolypsticks, Black Jack Betty, Lunasphere, the Stuckups, $7

BALTIC ROOM--Jumbalaya

BAREFOOT, USA--Columbia City Beat Walk: Jovino Santos Neto Quarteto, $5

BENAROYA HALL--Starbucks presents: Hot Java, Cool Jazz, $8/$15

BLUE MOON TAVERN--Liquid Foundation, free

* BOHEMIAN BACKSTAGE--The Itals, $10

BRECHEMIN AUDITORIUM--Mallet Head: Emil Richards, $8/$10

CENTRAL SALOON--Subdwellers, Drop 6, DFive9, $8/$10

* CHOP SUEY--Gas Huffer (CD release), Federation X, New Luck Toy, $7

COFFEE MESSIAH--Alexis of the Aelix (8 pm, all ages)

COLUMBIA CITY ALE HOUSE--Columbia City Beat Walk: Eric Madis Duo, $5

CONOR BYRNE'S--Going South, $3

CONTOUR--Liquid Voodoo

CORNER INN--J.R. Boogie, free

* CROCODILE CAFE--Eels, guests, $15/$18

DEUX TAMALES--Columbia City Beat Walk: Zhaoui, $5

DOWNTOWN YMCA--Crystal Radio, Common Heroes, Spitlicks (8 pm, all ages), $5

FASICA--Columbia City Beat Walk: Clinton Fearon & the Boogie Brown Band, $5

FIDDLER'S INN--Danny Godinez Band, $2

FLOYD'S PLACE--K.W. Miller

FORECASTERS (WOODINVILLE)--Mary McPage, free

* GALWAY ARMS--Bread Line Blues

* GRACELAND--Hell's Belles, Loaded, Vandemonium, $10

HOKUM HALL--Gene Nichols, Glen Jenks, $10/$12

HOPVINE--Single Wide

* I-SPY--Princess Superstar, Onry Ozzborn, $10

INDUSTRIAL COFFEE--Magic Cordoba, the Racket, Daffodil 11, $5

JAZZ ALLEY--David Benoit, $20.50/$24.50

KELLS--Celtic Renaissance

LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Andy Stokes, $10

LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP--Henry Cooper Band, free

LOCK & KEEL--Orange & Tilted Blue, $2

LOTTIE MOTTS--Columbia City Beat Walk: 3 Legged Cat, $5

MEANY THEATER--Burhan Ocal, $28

MOLLY McGUIRE'S--The Raybone Experience, free

MURPHY'S PUB--Chris Stevens Group, $2

MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND INDUSTRY--Cheryl Wheeler (8 pm, all ages), $15/$17

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Lonnie Williams, $10

OWL 'N' THISTLE--Owl & Thistle Band

PARADOX THEATER--Brodie, All Wound Up, Glasshead, Duckies Dilemma, the Mulligan Men (8 pm, all ages), $7

RAINBOW--Zony Mash, $12

REDHOOK BREWERY--Sean McGinn, free

SALUMERIA ON HUDSON--Columbia City Beat Walk: Marco Carvalho Trio, $5

SCARLET TREE--Kool Aid, $7

SECOND AVENUE PIZZA--Planet Pop: DJs Super

Jew, Eazy Action (8 pm, all ages), free

* SHOWBOX--Jonathan Richman, Norfolk, Western, the Goblin Market, $10/$12

SIT & SPIN--Dear John Letters, Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players, Poeina, $7

SUNSET TAVERN--Deer Whistle, Memphis Radio Kings, Deadwood, $6

TOMMY'S--Slink, Counterfist, $5

* TRACTOR TAVERN--Shuggie, Model Rockets, Pure Joy, $7

ZAK'S--Midnight Thunder Express, All American Playboys, $5

ZASU--Musician's Lounge, $10


SATURDAY 4/6

BAD ALBERT'S--Bill Chism, $2

BAIT-HOUSE--Rachel Contorer

BALLARD FIREHOUSE--African Roots, Village Drum, Masquerade, $10

BLACKTHORNE VILLAGE PUB--Blues Therapy, $3

BLUE MOON TAVERN--Mindless Thuggs, Cavity Creeps, Dancing Bear, free

BOHEMIAN BACKSTAGE--Alex Duncan, $10

CENTRAL SALOON--Point 1, Surreal Sutra, DC & the Washingtons, $8/$10

* CHOP SUEY--Dead Low Tide, the Holy Ghost, Automaton, $10/$12

COMET TAVERN--The Gloryholes, the Stuck Ups, $3

CONOR BYRNE'S--Cor Mulobhe, $3

CORNER INN--J.R. Boogie, free

* CROCODILE CAFE--The New Pornographers, Visqueen, the Gay, guests, $12

EASY STREET RECORDS (WEST SEATTLE)--The Drop (5 pm, all ages), free

EUROPEAN KITCHEN--Grey Beairde, free

FIDDLER'S INN--Johnny & the Tritones, $2

FLAME--Dope Smoothie, $5

GALWAY ARMS--Mummery

* GRACELAND--Hell's Belles, Cookie, Mos Generator, $10

HIGHLINE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER--Seattle Banjo Festival w/ Johnny Baier (2 pm, all ages), $12

HOKUM HALL--Gene Nichols, Glen Jenks (2 shows, 3 & 8 pm), $10/$12

HOPVINE--Pearl Django

* I-SPY--Carla Bozulich, Nels Cline, Jon Auer, $19

INDUSTRIAL COFFEE--The Insults, the Isms, Por Libra, $5

JAZZ ALLEY--David Benoit, $20.50/$24.50

KELLS--Celtic Renaissance

* KING CAT THEATER--The Flower Kings, $25

LAKEPOINTE--Underride

LARRY'S--Girl's Night Out, $10

LATONA PUB--Urban Oasis

LOBO INN--Jimmy Flame & the Sexy Boys, Fuckin' Chachi's, River Bottom Nightmare Band

LOCK & KEEL--Orange & Tilted Blue, $2

MEANY HALL--Israel In Egypt: Seattle Chamber Singers w/ Orchestra Seattle

MOLLY McGUIRE'S--Eight Hands, free

MONA'S--Leif Totuschek, Freestlye Candela

MONKEY PUB--Daytime Heroes

MR. SPOT'S CHAI HOUSE--Sheryl M. Wiser (8 pm, all ages)

MULLEADY'S PUB--The Raybone Experience, free

MURPHY'S PUB--Lew Jones, free

* NAF STUDIOS--Sir Mix-A-Lot, Q-Bert, Deepsky w/ B-Boy Competition, $25

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Lonnie Williams & the Jim Beatty Jazz Band, $10

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Thornton Creek & MJ Bishop, $5

OWL 'N' THISTLE--Owl & Thistle Band

* PARADOX THEATER--One Man Army, Qwazaar, Boom Bap Project, Cool Nutz (8 pm, all ages), $8/$10

PARAGON--Blues Orbitors, free

PATTI SUMMERS'--The Lonesome Teardrops, the Sultannas, Roy Kay Trio, $3

PINK DOOR--Miles and Karina, free

RAINBOW--Clinton Fearon & the Boogie Brown Band, $10

REDHOOK BREWERY--Creeping Time, free

ROCKSPORT--Rockaroake, $5

SCARLET TREE--Elite, $7

SEATTLE GUITAR CIRCLE BUILDING--Fretless Guitarists: Ned Evett, Tom Baker, Franck Vigroux

SECOND AVENUE PIZZA--Aggrokrag, Orguss the FoE Hammer F.Y.E., BruZed, Blackhumor (8 pm, all ages)

SERAFINA--Raymundo Jazz Trio

SHARK CLUB (KIRKLAND)--The Retros, $10

* SHOWBOX--Drowning Pool, Coal Chamber, Ill Nino (6 pm, all ages), $20

* SIT & SPIN--No. 13 Baby, the Divorce, guests

STELLA PIZZA--8 Ft. Tender, Bast, Muddy River Nightmare Band

SUNSET TAVERN--Liquor Box, Camero Smith, Whores of Babylon, $5

THE FLOPHAUS--Vermilion, Building Press, Eyes of Autumn, Holding Pattern, Get Get Go (7:30 pm, all ages), $3

* THEATER OFF JACKSON--Teen Cthulhu, High Priests of Panic, Tion (8 pm, all ages), $7

TOMMY'S--Shum, Cephield, Ponderosa, $5

TOST--Das Rut (Jr.), $5

TRACTOR TAVERN--Paul Galaxy & the Galactix, the Bellfuries, Little Ray & the Uppercuts, $7

VICTROLA COFFEE & ART--Roy Kay Trio (8 pm, all ages), free

ZAK'S--Anasabin, Jodie Watts, Burbanks, $5


SUNDAY 4/7

ACORN--Andrea Dupree, David Pascal, Greg Fulton

BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Brody, Capacity 3, Chasing Tomorrow, Green 13 (4 pm, all ages), $7

BALTIC ROOM--Smack

BELLTOWN BILLIARDS--Martin Ross Band

BLUE MOON TAVERN--Seattle Peace Concerts benefit w/ Don Glenn & Friends, Agelia Sterling Forest (2 pm)

CENTURY BALLROOM--Greta Matassa (7 pm, all ages), $10

CHINA JADE--Dennis Shadduck, free

CONOR BYRNE'S--Set Dancing, free

CROCODILE CAFE--Art Alexakis, guests

FIDDLER'S INN--Steve Lalor, $1

FLOYD'S PLACE--Jennifer Savage, free

GRACELAND--Last Great Liar, Neb, guests, $6

HABANA'S RESTAURANT--Quasi Nada

HOPVINE--PK & Friends

INDUSTRIAL COFFEE--Flesh Loom, John Wu Project, Plain White Trash, $5

JAZZ ALLEY--David Benoit, $20.50/$24.50

KELLS--Liam Gallagher

LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Rogers Roger's Invitational Jam, $5

LE PICHET--Andre Feriante, Paulo Cesar (2:30 pm), free

LITTLE RED HEN--Jerry & the Philbillys, free

* MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND INDUSTRY--The Flower Kings, Living Daylights, (7:30 pm, all ages), $20/$25

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--The Jazz Strings, $6

OWL 'N' THISTLE--Danny Godinez

RAINBOW--Schfvikus, Sister Monk Harem, $5

* SONIC BOOM RECORDS (BALLARD)--Supersuckers (4 pm, all ages), free

SUNSET TAVERN--Jive Turkey w/ Ty Willman, Ron Weinstein, Mike Stone, Craig Flory, $5

TOST--Urban Oasis, $5

TOWN HALL--Philharmonia Northwest, $10/$14

* TRACTOR TAVERN--The Supersuckers, Jesse Dayton, $12

ZAK'S--The Sunrise Edition, $4


MONDAY 4/8

BALLARD FIREHOUSE--The Ricola, Forest Fire, Rawhide, $5

* BALTIC ROOM--Nu Patterns: Waldeck, Nasir

BELLTOWN BILLIARDS--Brian Nova & Funk 69

CONTOUR--Urban Tongue, DJ Rockaphella

* GRACELAND--Monday Funday: Get Down Syndrome, the Cripples, DJ Lil' Ozzy, $3

HOPVINE--Charlie Post, Jared Haneg, the Tangents, $2

I-SPY--Cober, Jody Hates the World, Tableland, $6

INDUSTRIAL COFFEE--The Word, Rock 'n' Roll Soldiers, $5

J&M CAFE--The Rubberband, free

KELLS--Liam Gallagher

LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--The Enders Brothers Band, free

LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP--The Pot Luck Orchestra, free

MR. SPOT'S CHAI HOUSE--The Red Telephone (8 pm, all ages)

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--The New Orleans Quintet, free

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Brazilian Jazz Collective, $3

PARADOX THEATER--Lovelife, the Prids, Turn Pale, Entrance, the Actual (8 pm, all ages), $7

RAINBOW--Oxygen Lounge: Arc Libre Trio, Axolotl, Animal Collective, $5

SORRY CHARLIE'S--Scot Lee

ST. CLOUDS--Tom Bennett & the Rolling Blackouts

SUNSET TAVERN--78 Nova w/ John Wicks, Steve Scalfati, Michael Stegner, Joe Doria, DJs AMS, Mug Frosty, $5

TRACTOR TAVERN--Bitch & Animal, Myshkin, $10

ZIG ZAG CAFE--Living Spirit Trio


TUESDAY 4/9

CHINA HARBOR--Radio Rhythm Orchestra, DJ Nosey Joe, $5

CROCODILE CAFE--Convoy, Rural Pictures, the Unsmashable Riffbrokers, $7

GRACELAND--Style Wars: DJs D20, Syze & Nore, Red Leather Chapstick, $5

* I-SPY--Sage Francis, Edan the Humble Magnificent, Grand Buffet, DJ Shalem, $8

IRISH EMIGRANT--Jam on White Bread

JAZZ ALLEY--Marian McPartland, $24.50/$26.50

KELLS--Liam Gallagher

LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--The Tim Turner Band, free

LITTLE RED HEN--Tommy Westley & Don Kellogg, free

LULU'S--Tim Friedlander Quartet

MEANY HALL--Murray Perahia, $55

* MOORE THEATRE--John Mayer, Norah Jones, $18.50

NATION--Futomaru (live triphop), $5

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Acoustic All-Star Tuesday w/ Marlee Walker, Nick Vigarino, Chris Leighton

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--John Bishop, $3

OWL 'N' THISTLE--B-Bop & Destruction

PARAGON--Robert Stewart & Cameron Williams, free

PINK DOOR--Tony Yazzolino & Steve Kemke, free

RAIN DANCER--Singer/Songwriter Showcase, free

RAINBOW--Hair of the Dog, $5

RE-BAR--Local 101: The Virgo Grace, Blue Star Creeper, Loveless and the Goodnight Trail, $5

SCARLET TREE--Jam on White Bread, $3

TEMPERO DO BRASIL--Marco de Carvalho

* TRACTOR TAVERN--MusicCares benefit: Phil Ochs Tribute, $10

VICTROLA COFFEE & ART--The Yes Yes Boys (8 pm, all ages), free

VOGUE--The Viscious Dolls


WEDNESDAY 4/10

BAD ALBERT'S--Steve Bailey, free

BIT SALOON--Rambling Roberts

BOHEMIAN CAFE--15 Minutes of Fame Talent Search

CENTRAL SALOON--Duckies Dilemma, Acacia, Ed Wang, $5

* CROCODILE--Hrvatski, Greg Davis, Erock, Lamplighter, $7

* GRACELAND--Thrones, Pink & Brown, Crictor, $6

I-SPY--Wayne Krantz Trio, $8

INDUSTRIAL COFFEE--The Nightsticks, $5

JAZZ ALLEY--Marian McPartland, $24.50/$26.50

KELLS--Pat Buckely

LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Chris White All Star Jam, $5

NATION--AM/FM: Roman w/ DJ Colin, Jeremiah Green

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Floyd Standifer, free

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Joy, free

OWL 'N' THISTLE--Little Friend

* PARADOX THEATER--Ultimate Fake Book, Duval, the Plus Ones, Super Magnificent Action Trio (8 pm, all ages), $8

PARAGON--The Jelly Rollers, free

PINK DOOR--The Julie Cascioppo Experience, free

RAINBOW--White Rhino, $5

ROX BROILER (KENMORE)--E-Dub (old school)

SCARLET TREE--Expanse w/ Paul Kemmish, $5

SUNSET TAVERN--Rockaraoke w/ the Legendary George Jefferson Starship, $5

TOI--Buckshot Jazz Trio, free

* TRACTOR TAVERN--Ballard Skate Park benefit w/ the Gloryholes, the Authorities, Mea Culpa, Popular Shapes, $7

VICTROLA COFFEE & ART--Rachael Garlin, free