BAD ALBERT'S--Tim Sherman, free

BEDAZZLED DISCS--The Roots of Orchis, Oma Yang (6 pm, all ages), free

BENAROYA HALL--Mary Stallings

CATWALK--Stromkern & Seabound, Babyland-SMP, $10

CENTRAL SALOON--Stereo Crush, Jasper the Cat, American School of Warsaw, $5

CHOP SUEY--Rosey, $10

CONOR BYRNE'S--Mark Fitzsimons, free

DUBLINER--Carl Funk, free

FADO--Mother

GALWAY ARMS--Jen Savage

GRACELAND--The New Mexicans, the Ruby Doe, Vermilion, $6

INDUSTRIAL COFFEE--Daytime Hero, Mercury Bell, $5

J&M CAFE--Herding Cats, $3

JAZZ ALLEY--Bill Frisell Quintet (8 and 10 pm, all ages), $16.50/$22.50

LARRY'S--The Flood, the Humidiflyers

* LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP--The Fireballs of Freedom, Federation X, the Dt's, free

LITTLE RED HEN--Groovestock, free

MR. SPOT'S CHAI HOUSE--Open mic (8 pm, all ages)

MULLEADY'S PUB--Open mic, free

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--The Ham Carson Quintet, $10

OLD TIMER'S CAFE--Al Rowe

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Open mic, free

OWL 'N' THISTLE--Jive Turkey

PARAGON--HB Radke & the Jet City Swingers

PEACE CAFE--Open mic, free

PINK DOOR--Lonnie Williams Jazz Trio, free

RAINBOW--Ph Balance, Mister Holmes, $6

* RE-BAR--Pho Bang!, $6

RENDEZVOUS--Matt Jorgensen + 451 (10:30 pm)

ROX BROILER (KENMORE)--Tim Turner

SAFFRON COW--Joy Mills (7:30 pm, all ages), free

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

SEATTLE ART MUSEUM--Hsuan Lee String Trio (5:30 pm, all ages), free

SERAFINA--Woody Woodhouse

* SIT & SPIN--The Clintons, Bijou, Sweet Lou, $6

SUNSET TAVERN--Steve Fisk, the Voodoo Organist, $6

* TACOMA DOME--Tony Hawk's Boom Boom Huckjam: the Offspring (8 pm, all ages), $25/$40/$75

TEMPERO DO BRASIL--Urban Oasis, free

THOMPSON'S--Blue Gypsies, free

TOST--Zulu, $5

TRACTOR TAVERN--The Swains, Tom Bennet & the Rolling Blackouts, St. Christopher & the Jet City Angels, $6

TRAVELERS--Open mic, free

ZAK'S--Jimmy Stuarts, One Carper Green, Paramour, $5FRIDAY 10/11
* 2nd AVENUE PIZZA--Eugene Conrad, Dypak, the Quarterhorse (8 pm, all ages), free

AURAFICE--Independents Day: Michael John Serpe, Seth Howard (8 pm, all ages), free

BAIT-HOUSE--Rep Tet, $5

* BALTIC ROOM--Jumbalaya, DJ Topspin, $10

BLACK LAB GALLERY--Open mic, free

* BORDERS--Paxil Rose (7 pm, all ages), free

CAFE VENUS--The Harmonica Pocket, Luke Janela, $5

CAMPAGNE--Anna Witte, free

CENTRAL SALOON--Low End, Surreal Sutra, Liquorbox, $8/$10

CENTURY BALLROOM--Susana Baca, $20/$22

* CHOP SUEY--Supreme Beings of Leisure, the Baldwin Brothers, Ben Neill, $15

CLOUD CITY COFFEE--Open mic, free

CONOR BYRNE'S--Hudson Phantoms, $3

CORNER INN--Rod Cook & Toast, free

* CROCODILE CAFE--Imperial Teen, Visqueen, the Divorce, $10

* EMP--Jimmy Eat World, the Donnas, No Knife (9 pm, all ages), $22/$24

EN SEATTLE--Kareem & Friends

FADO--The Weatherheads

FIDDLER'S INN--Toadjam, $2

GALWAY ARMS--Eyelevel

* GRACELAND--Ants Invasion, the Thermals, the Peels, $7

HOKUM HALL--The Hokum Show: Impresario Prof. Hokum W. Jeebs, $12/$15

HOPVINE--Ethnic Underground, $2

INDUSTRIAL COFFEE--Guitar League Deformation, Reactors, Kled, $5

JAZZ ALLEY--Bill Frisell Quintet (8 and 10 pm, all ages), $16.50/$22.50

KOLBEH--Hejira w/ belly dancers

LAKEPOINTE--Kingpin Hayes, Brodie, Three Inch Max

LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Jam on White Bread, Fireside Syndicate, $10

LATONA PUB--Eric Madis, $2

LEGENDS--Roger Rogers Band, free

LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP--John Stephan Band, free

LITTLE RED HEN--Jet City Strangers, free

LOCK & KEEL--Dandelion Method, Gypsy Cab

MARINA CANTINA--Right in the Face, $7

MARINA PARK GRILL (KIRKLAND)--Victor Janusz

MOLLY MAGUIRE'S--Ian McFeron, free

MR. SPOT'S CHAI HOUSE--Lance Hofstad (8 pm, all ages)

MULLEADY'S PUB--The Raybone Experience, free

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Etouffee Zydeco Band, $10

OWL 'N' THISTLE--Black Vinyl All-Stars

* PARADOX THEATER--Starflyer 59, Dennison Mars, Roots of Orchis, Oma Yang (8 pm, all ages), $9

PARAGON--Phil Carrillo & Jim Schmidt

PINK DOOR--Patrizia and Gabriella, free

RAINBOW--Bandersnatch, Discohesive, Otis P & the Jivefunk, $6

* RENDEZVOUS--Blood Bunny (10:30 pm)

SAFFRON COW--Steve Hale (7:30 pm, all ages), free

SALTY'S ON ALKI--Korla Wygal

SCARLET TREE--Lady in the Funk, $7

SERAFINA--Cezanne

SHABBAZZ CAFE--Open mic, $5

SHARK CLUB (KIRKLAND)--Poplife, $8

* SHOWBOX--Southern Culture on the Skids, the Forty Fives, Throwrag, $13/$15

* SIT & SPIN--The Shitkickers, Steve Okimoto & the Big O Gang (CD release), $7

SUNSET TAVERN--The New Town Animals, the Gloryholes, the Stuck-Ups, $6

TOMMY'S--Killing Faith

TRACTOR TAVERN--Rockin' Teenage Combo, Drizzle, $8

UNCOMMON GROUNDS--Bass-ic

* VERA PROJECT--The Catheters, Fitz of Depression, Akimbo (8 pm, all ages), $6

WAZOBIA--Downpipe, Cell Flight, $7

* ZAK'S--Sleep Capsule, Dypak, A.S.R., $5

SATURDAY 10/12
2ND AVENUE PIZZA--The Capillaries (8 pm, all ages), free

BAD ALBERT'S--Bill Chism, $2

BAIT-HOUSE--Rep Tet, $5

BLACKTHORNE VILLAGE PUB--Soul Fish, $3

BLUE MOON TAVERN--Million Dollar Kitten, Cavity Creeps, free

CAFE VENUS--The Swains

CATWALK--Fantasy Fashion Show: Dominion, $10/$12

CENTRAL SALOON--Redneck Girlfriend, Jack the Hotrod, Dollar Store Cowboys, $8/$10

* CHOP SUEY--FCS North, the Vells, Cobra High, $7

CONOR BYRNE'S--Shannon Saunders, the Splinters, $3

CORNER INN--The Al Rowe Project, free

* CROCODILE CAFE--Sing-Sing, Venus Hum, Diamonds are Forever, $10/$12

DUBLINER--Creeping Time, free

ELYSIAN--Bfx Band, Dorkweed

* EMP--Super Furry Animals, Four Tet (9 pm, all ages), $13/$15

EN SEATTLE--Sasha & Vocalist

EUROPEAN KITCHEN--Grey Beairde, free

FADO--The Kennedy Brothers

FIDDLER'S INN--Daryl Redeker & Red Pearl, $2

GALWAY ARMS--Dave Hillman

GRACELAND--Load Levelers, Jimmy Flame & the Sexxy Boys, Milhous, the Ones, $6

HANA'S--Open mic, free

* I-SPY--The Beatnuts, Non Phixion, Candidt, $16

JAZZ ALLEY--Bill Frisell Quintet (8 and 10 pm, all ages), $16.50/$22.50

KING CAT THEATER--Art of Change Benefit Concert: Children of the Revolution

LAKEPOINTE--Grunge, Underride

LARRY'S--Gruvbox, DJ Ronnell, $10

LATONA PUB--Urban Oasis, $2

LEGENDS--Enders Brothers Band, free

LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP--John Stephan Band, free

LITTLE RED HEN--Jet City Strangers, free

LOBO SALOON--Milhous, Jimmy Flame & the Sexxy Boys, guests, $5

LOCK & KEEL--Big Hat No Cattle

MARINA CANTINA--The Dusty 45s, $6

MARINA PARK GRILL (KIRKLAND)--Victor Janusz

MOLLY MAGUIRE'S--Klondike 5, free

* MOORE THEATRE--Violent Femmes, $22/$25

MR. SPOT'S CHAI HOUSE--Dusthorses (8 pm, all ages)

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Locals Only, Etouffee Zydeco Band, $10

O'SHEA'S--Cat Kinsey

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--MJ Bishop Band, Joy Mills

OWL 'N' THISTLE--Black Vinyl All-Stars

PARADOX THEATER--The Fatz, Eddie Haskells, Low Rollers, Rabid Dogs (2 pm, all ages), $6

* PARADOX THEATER--Ladyfest Benefit: the Bangs, Tami Hart, Delta Dart, Amy Blashke (7 pm, all ages), $7

PINK DOOR--Finalmente, free

PORTA GREEK TAVERNA--Liz Proios (Greek music)

RAINBOW--Scott Law Band, $7

RENDEZVOUS--Cat From Dog Mountain (10:30 pm)

ROCKSPORT--Peep Show, Black Laquer Tigers, the Bella Fayes, $7

SAFFRON COW--Bobcat Bob & Frisko Charlie (8 pm, all ages), free

SCARLET TREE--Korla Wygal & Her Private Reserve, $7

SEATTLE UNITY CHURCH--Seattle Women's Jazz Orchestra (7:30 pm), $15/$18

SERAFINA--Seattle Express

SHARK CLUB (KIRKLAND)--Retros, $10

* SHOWBOX--Better Than Ezra, Cowboy Mouth (6 pm, all ages), $20

* SIT & SPIN--The Briefs, RC5, the Spitfires, $8

SUNSET TAVERN--Tullycraft, the Mines, Rob Alleson, $6

TRACTOR TAVERN--Eric Bogle (7 pm), $13/$15

TRACTOR TAVERN--Omar Torrez & Orpheus (10 pm), $10

UNCOMMON GROUNDS--Eva Tree Trio

ZAK'S--Jumbos Kill Crane, Eddie Haskells, Audio Infidels, $5

SUNDAY 10/13
ACORN--Andrea Dupree, David Pascal, Greg Fulton

BALTIC ROOM--Smack, $6

BELLTOWN BILLIARDS--Martin Ross Band

CENTRAL SALOON--Victory Gin, Leghorn, Edisyn, $5

CHINA JADE--Dennis Shadduck, free

ELYSIAN--Dave Ellis, the Low Grounders, guests

FIDDLER'S INN--Frisko Charlie, $1

FLOYD'S PLACE--Jennifer Savage, free

* GRACELAND--Kind of Like Spitting, Yeek Yak Airforce, $6

JAZZ ALLEY--Bill Frisell Quintet (6:30 and 8:30 pm, all ages), $16.50/$22.50

LE PICHET--The Outskirts (2:30 pm), free

LITTLE RED HEN--Jerry & the PhilBillys, free

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Yes Yes Boys

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Jazz Strings Dixieland Band, $6

PARAGON--Brandi Carlile & Co.

PINK DOOR--Alison Wonderland Bacich

RENDEZVOUS--Transmissionary Six

* SHOWBOX--New Found Glory, Finch, Something Corporate, Further Seems Forever (7 pm, all ages), $15/$17

* SIT & SPIN--Cavity: International Playboy's, $4

SUNSET TAVERN--Will Wakefield, Pat Burtis, Deborah Bartley, $5

TEMPERO DO BRASIL--Marco de Carvalho Trio

THE FLOPHAUS--Ten Grand, the Age of Giants, Gods Among Men, March 15th (6 pm, all ages), free

TRACTOR TAVERN--Jeff Witzman & the Jealous Housewives, Morris Can Fly, Juke, $5

MONDAY 10/14
* 2ND AVENUE PIZZA--Skarp, Garuda, the Abodox, Unhallowed (6 pm, all ages), $3

BADA LOUNGE--The Hypnotic: Open mic

BELLTOWN BILLIARDS--Brian Nova & Funk 69

CENTRAL SALOON--Metal Monday: Enkrya, the Shorter Bus, Thaw, $5

* CHOP SUEY--Kind of Like Spitting, guests, $6

ELEPHANT AND CASTLE--Open mic

FADO--Chris Stanley Acoustic

FIDDLER'S INN--Open mic, free

* GRACELAND--Enon, Helio Sequence, U.S.E., $8

HOPVINE--John Nelson, Max Schwennsen, Pat Reardon, free

J&M CAFE--The Rubberband, free

JAZZ ALLEY--KWJZ CD Release Party featuring Craig Chaquico (7 pm, all ages), $35

MOLLY MAGUIRE'S--Open mic

MR. SPOT'S CHAI HOUSE--Lisa Marshall (8 pm, all ages)

PARADOX THEATER--Ten Grand, Never Again, Problem with Hereos, Middle Dexter (8 pm, all ages), $5

PORTA GREEK TAVERNA--Andy Coe Trio

SCARLET TREE--Sol!, $5

* SHOWBOX--New Found Glory, Finch, Something Corporate, Further Seems Forever (7 pm, all ages), $15/$17

SORRY CHARLIE'S--Scot Lee Jazz Duo

THE PENNY CAFE--Trio Viejo (7 pm, all ages)

TYPHOON RESTAURANT--Reggie Goings Group, free

TUESDAY 10/15
CHINA HARBOR--John Holte's Radio Rhythm Orchestra, $5

CHOP SUEY--Loop Loop: Byron Vannoy, John Silverman, Jay Roulston, DJs Mark E Quark, Brian Lyons, Ken Wallace, J Justice, $5

COFFEE MESSIAH--Cognitive Dissidents: the Darth Maul Challenge, Eveline Muller-Graf, Bob Rees (8 pm, all ages), free

CONOR BYRNE'S--Open mic, free

* CROCODILE CAFE--Rilo Kiley, French Kicks, Arlo, $8

FADO--Cooter Stew

GALWAY ARMS--Open mic

JAZZ ALLEY--Masters of Groove, James "Blood" Ulmer (8 pm, all ages), $17.50/$21.50

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

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

MR. SPOT'S CHAI HOUSE--Spirit Tuck (8 pm, all ages)

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Ham Carson & Friends, free

NOC NOC--Live Tuesdays: Live hiphop, neo-soul, $5

OLD TIMER'S CAFE--Barfly

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--John Bishop, $3

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

PARADOX THEATER--The Local Show: Loom, Mercury Bell, Scarberry, Zero to 6 (8 pm, all ages), $7

PARAGON--Robert Stewart & Cameron Williams

PINK DOOR--Offshore Bookies, free

RAINBOW--The Electrodes, $5

* RE-BAR--Local 101, $5

SCARLET TREE--Jam on White Bread, $3

* SHOWBOX--The Chameleons, the Long Winters, Spyglass, $15

SUNSET TAVERN--Ala Zingara, the French Tornado, guests, $5

TEMPERO DO BRASIL--Marco de Carvalho

TOST--The Skylounge: Entropic Advance, DJ Colussus, Skylobby, $3

WEDNESDAY 10/16
AGUA VERDE CAFE--Zhaoui

BAD ALBERT'S--Rod Cook, free

BIT SALOON--Rambling Roberts

BOHEMIAN CAFE--DJ N8

CENTRAL SALOON--Jaded 52, Blurred Fixation, Mercury Bell, $5

COFFEE MESSIAH--Open mic (8 pm, all ages), free

* CROCODILE CAFE--Lou Barlow, Earlimart, $10

GRACELAND--The Merazine Heartbeat Clock, Before Brazil, guests, $5

HOPVINE--Open mic

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

MR. SPOT'S CHAI HOUSE--Karney (8 pm, all ages)

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Floyd Standifer, free

OLD TIMER'S CAFE--Little Big Man, free

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Rhumba Abieta, $3

OWL 'N' THISTLE--Big Spoon

PARAGON--Brandi Carlile Band

SAFFRON COW--Jazz Strings (7:30 pm, all ages), free

SCARLET TREE--Downstroke, $5

TACOMA DOME--Creed, Sevendust, $38.50/$48.50

TRACTOR TAVERN--Alasdair Fraser, Paul Machlis, $16

UGLY MUG CAFE--Open mic

ZAK'S--C. Gibbs & the Cardia Brothers, Why Make Clocks, guests, $5