Live
THURSDAY 5/4
700 CLUB -- Horns & Vinyl
AUBURN'S BEST ANNEX -- Benefit for Keri, Everything Went Black, Contingent, Life Long War, $5
BAD ALBERT'S -- Annieville Blues, free
BAIT-HOUSE -- Mason Darnall Trio, free
BALLARD FIREHOUSE -- Theolo, $5
BOHEMIAN CAFE -- Breadren, $5
BOHEMIAN BACKSTAGE -- Kanda Bongo Man, $10
CENTRAL SALOON -- Tim Casey, $5
CENTURY BALLROOM -- Battlefield Band, $16.50
COFFEE MESSIAH -- Charlotte Vanderwolf & Folk Friends, free
CONTOUR -- The Furious Skills, $4
*CROCODILE -- The Makers, the Gimmicks, the Vultures, $6
FLYING LEMON LOUNGE -- Open mic/jam session, free
*FOXES LOUNGE & CABARET -- Phó Bang: Hostess Ursula Android, $5
GALWAY ARMS -- Owl 'n' Thistle Band
GIBSON'S -- Gonk Rilla, My Crazy Life
GORDON BIERSCH -- The Unrelentless (Sean Nelson and Mike Squires), free
*GRACELAND -- Bugs in Amber, Drive, Dora Flood, $6
J&M CAFE -- Rockin' Blues with J. R. Boogie, free
JAZZ ALLEY -- Joyce with Dori Caymmi
LARRY'S GREENFRONT -- The Little Kings, $5
LEO MELINA -- Classical piano with Violetta
LITTLE RED HEN -- Boxcar Tramps
NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT -- Ham Carson Quintet, free
OLD TIMER'S CAFE -- Seattle Slim, $5
OWL 'N' THISTLE -- Dan Heck Trio
PARAGON -- H. B. Radke & the Jet City Swingers
PINK DOOR -- Lonnie Williams Jazz Trio, free
PLANET HOT ROD -- Giant Harley Gathering (early); the Bullet Boys, Drunk as Usual, PH70, Saqqara, $12.50
RAINBOW BAR & GRILL -- Emmanuel Louis
SERAFINA -- Alex Guilbert
*SHOWBOX -- Sleater-Kinney, Gene Defcon, the Need (6 pm, all ages), $8
SORRENTO HOTEL FIRESIDE ROOM -- Overton Berry Jazz Piano, free
TRACTOR TAVERN -- Jerry Joseph & the Jackmormons, the Musemeant, $6
TROLLEYMAN PUB -- One Two Three, free
FRIDAY 5/5
700 CLUB -- Jumbalaya
AUBURN'S BEST ANNEX -- Fly Molo, Subminute: Radio, Peter Parker, $5
BAIT-HOUSE -- Mason Darnall Trio, free
BALLARD FIREHOUSE -- Bullet Boys, Cow-Hammer, Last Call Romeos, Sea Jayne Trip, $15
BALTIC ROOM -- Monty Banks, $5
*BEDAZZLED DISCS -- The Makers (6 pm), free
BIGFOOT INN TAVERN -- The Heaters, $5
BITTERS CO. -- Zhaoui, free
BLUE MOON TAVERN -- The Shmoes, free
BOHEMIAN CAFE -- Dreamband with Alex D & JB, $10
BOHEMIAN BACKSTAGE -- Yoka Enzenze, $10
BREAKROOM -- Local 808, Blyss, Gravity Check, $5
CARINA BAR & GRILL -- Sabrosura 2000, $10
CENTRAL SALOON -- Nine Volt Mile, $10
CENTURY BALLROOM -- Keola Beamer, $17.50
CHEF WANG -- Brian Nova Trio, free
CONTOUR -- Cojunto de la Gente featuring Hadley Caliman
CROCODILE -- Seattle Poetry Festival: Grand Slam with Marc Smith, DJ Vitamin D, Josh Wilson, Erik Bergoff, $8
DOC MAYNARD'S -- Dr. Funkenstein, $8
FENIX UNDERGROUND -- The Retros, $10
GALWAY ARMS -- Isla Ross
GIBSON'S -- Ward A, Crash Virus, Flame Thrower
*GRACELAND -- House of Large Sizes, Ruston Mire, the Fongs, $7
HIGHLINER -- Owl, free
HI*SCORE -- The Orientals, The Backstabbers, free
HOKUM HALL -- Musica Curiosa 2, $12
I-SPY -- Hotbox
JAZZ ALLEY -- Joyce with Dori Caymmi
*KING CAT THEATER -- Jonathan Richman, $14.50
LAKEPOINTE BAR & GRILL -- Harry Canyon, Tyler Tullock, Big Hippy Love Buckle, $5
LARRY'S GREENFRONT -- Roger Rogers with the Divas of Rhythm & Blues, $10
LATONA PUB -- Henry Cooper, $2
LEO MELINA -- Classical piano with Povilas Stravinsky
LITTLE RED HEN -- Led Stetson
MADISON'S CAFE -- Jill Cohn, $6
MELTING POT RESTAURANT -- The Glynn Brothers Quartet
MOORE THEATER -- Violent Femmes, El Destroyo, $19.50
MR. SPOT'S CHAI HOUSE -- Noxious Weed Inspector
NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT -- Studebaker John, $10
NIKO'S PLACE -- Bead, free
*OK HOTEL -- Sex Mob, $8
OLD TIMER'S CAFE -- Marlinramazzini, $10
OWL 'N' THISTLE -- Owl 'n' Thistle Band
*PARADOX THEATER -- Carissa's Weird, Nod and Smile, Straudhaughton Echo, $6
PINK DOOR -- Tony Yazzolino on accordion, free
PLANET HOT ROD -- Attacko, Sitiva, Idefy, Abadox, $5
RAIN DANCER -- Herbivores, the Sister Guitar Band, $6
RC'S SPORTS BAR & GRILL -- Lift & Dhammapada
RENDEZVOUS -- Day by Day, $3
SCARLET TREE -- Elite, $6
SEATTLE CATCH -- Edmonia Jarrett
SERAFINA -- Milo Petersen and Valerie Illman
SHARK CLUB -- Afrodisiacs
*SHOWBOX -- Sleater-Kinney, Gene Defcon, No. 2, $8
SIT & SPIN -- Willis, Sweet Tea, $6
SORRENTO HOTEL FIRESIDE ROOM -- Overton Berry Jazz Piano, free
THIRD PLACE BOOKS -- Dobra Zuby
TRACTOR TAVERN -- Richmond Fontaine, the Band That Made Milwaukee Famous, the Ex-Husbands, $6
TROLLEYMAN PUB -- Furious Skills, free
SATURDAY 5/6
700 CLUB -- Digable
AUBURN'S BEST ANNEX -- The Roulettes, Soilent Green, Don't Panic, All in All, $5
BAD ALBERT'S -- Bill Rhoades and Allan Hager, $2
BALLARD FIREHOUSE -- Slim Pickens, Nude Guitars, Subtle, Swift Albro, Vel Valux, Jacob Jess, Frogwater, Lord Barfly, $7
BALTIC ROOM -- Hana, $7
BIG FOOT INN TAVERN -- The Slackers
BLUE MOON TAVERN -- Mind over Water, free
BOHEMIAN CAFE -- Boom Shaka, $10
BOHEMIAN BACKSTAGE -- Shaggy, $20
BREAKROOM -- Valentine Killers, Hellbenders, the Spits, $5
CARINA BAR & GRILL -- Sabrosura 2000, $10
CELLOPHANE SQUARE, U-DISTRICT -- Radio Nationals (2 pm), free
CENTRAL SALOON -- Issac Scott, $10
COLUMBIA CITY THEATER -- Boogie Brown Band, $10
CONTOUR -- Casbah: Foxglove
CROCODILE -- Seattle Poetry Festival: The Last Poets, Source of Labor, Slip of the Tongue, Charles Potts, Marty Campbell, Sea Vixen Fire, $10
DOC MAYNARD'S -- The Beatniks, $8
EASY STREET PUB -- Three Martini Lunch
ELLIOTT BAY BREWING -- Heather Banker, free
ELYSIAN -- Soloplexus: An evening of small acts, $5
EMERALD QUEEN CASINO -- Eric Burdon, $20
GALWAY ARMS -- Rod Cook and Max Schwennsen
GIBSON'S -- Eternal 13, Tot Finder, Alta May
GLOBE ALE HOUSE -- The Long Faces, Late Night Stories, the Klondike Five, free
GRACELAND -- The Vogue, Vue, Selby Tigers, Cougar, $7
HOKUM HALL -- Musica Curiosa 2, $12
ICON GRILL -- Scot Ranney
JAZZ ALLEY -- Joyce with Dori Caymmi
LAKEPOINTE BAR & GRILL -- Men From Mars, Man in a Boat, Porchdog, $5
LARRY'S GREENFRONT -- Roger Rogers with the Divas of Rhythm & Blues, $10
LATONA PUB -- Reggie Miles, $2
LEO MELINA -- Classical piano with Povilas Stravinsky
LITTLE RED HEN -- Led Stetson
MADISON'S CAFE -- Kevin Jones, $7
MONKEY PUB -- Going South, Soul Miners Daughter, $3
MOORE THEATER -- Violent Femmes, El Destroyo, $19.50
MR. SPOT'S CHAI HOUSE -- Terran Spiral
NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT -- Studebaker John, $10
NIKO'S PLACE -- Live Bouzuki "Grecian Sounds" and bellydancing by Zaphara, free
OK HOTEL -- The American Girls, Shinola, the Alan Charing Controversy, $6
OLD TIMER'S CAFE -- Marlinramazzini, $10
OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE -- Les Femmes d'Enfer, $5
OUR HOUSE -- Steve Korn Quartet
OWL 'N' THISTLE -- Owl 'n' Thistle Band
PARADOX THEATER -- Automaton Adventure Series, Ten in the Swear Jar, Polecat, Only Connect, Grand Rapids, $6
PINK DOOR -- Tony Yazzolino on accordion, free
PLANET HOT ROD -- Moderately Desperate, Painted Widow, Surreal, Sutra, Knucklehead, $5
RAIN DANCER -- The Fighting Machinists, the Jones, Gray Daisy, $8
RAINBOW BAR & GRILL -- Third World County
RC'S SPORTS BAR & GRILL -- Tim Turner Band
ROCKSPORT -- The Heats, $8
SCARLET TREE -- Elite, $6
SEATTLE CATCH -- Miles Corbin
SERAFINA -- Bonnie Birch and Nick Heiting
SHARK CLUB -- 2000 Degrees
SHOWBOX -- Wire, Hovercraft, $15
SIT & SPIN -- Dub Narcotic Sound System, Maktub, the Subdebs (3 pm, all ages, $7); Floater, Blyss (9:30 pm, 21+, $6)
SORRENTO HOTEL FIRESIDE ROOM -- Overton Berry Jazz Piano, free
THIRD PLACE BOOKS -- Kings of Swing, free
TRACTOR TAVERN -- Greg Brown, Garnet Rogers (2 shows: 7:30, 10), $6
TROLLEYMAN PUB -- Mark Dufresne, free
TWO BELLS TAVERN -- Tiger Zane, free
ZOKA'S COFFEE HOUSE -- Antolin/Smason Quintet
SUNDAY 5/7
700 CLUB -- Suite 7
BELLTOWN BILLIARDS -- The Martin Ross Band
BIGFOOT INN TAVERN -- The Lazy J's
CENTRAL SALOON -- Bambaji, $5
CONOR BYRNE'S -- Irish Session
CROCODILE -- Cat Power, Sue Garner and Rick Brown (5:30 pm, all ages; 9 pm, 21+), $12
EASY STREET PUB -- Open Mic with Ricky
HABITAT CAFE -- Adrienne Alexander and James Davis, free
ICON GRILL -- Scot Ranney
JAZZ ALLEY -- Jessica Williams
LARRY'S GREENFRONT -- Roger Rogers' Invitational Jam, $5
LEO MELINA -- Classical piano with Violetta
LITTLE RED HEN -- Jam Night with Big Daddy Fred
MADISON'S CAFE -- Open mic
OLD TIMER'S CAFE -- Early Evening Blues, $5
OWL 'N' THISTLE -- Four Out of Five Doctors
PROCTOR BAR & GRILL -- T-Town Blues Band
SHOWBOX -- Carrie Akre, Braden Blake, Jen Wood, Sam Knutson, $5
SIT & SPIN -- Sureshot Sunday (3 pm, all ages, $5); Darkside Hiphop (9:30 pm, 21+, $6)
SPEAKEASY -- Poppy Moody, free
THE VILLAGE INN PUB -- Open mic, free
TINI BIGS LOUNGE -- Soul Finger, free
TRACTOR TAVERN -- Sinforosa, Coal, Auburn, $5
WILD SPIRITS BAR -- Open Jam
MONDAY 5/8
700 CLUB -- 1-2-3 Jazz
AGUA VERDE CAFE -- Zhaoui: Flamenco & Gypsy Swing, free
ART BAR -- Bare Knuckle Boxers
BALLARD FIREHOUSE -- Project Mayhem, Dark Lighter, Sunday Fix
BALTIC ROOM -- Jazz Jam with John Wicks, Geoff Harper, and Ryan Burns, $3
BELLTOWN BILLIARDS -- Brian Nova & Funk 69
BOHEMIAN CAFE -- Reggae Jam with Straight Ahead, $5
CENTRAL SALOON -- Jamie Sheets & the Sheetrockers, $5
FIDDLER'S INN -- Open mic
GRACELAND -- Grasshopper Takeover, Sick Girl, $6
ICON GRILL -- Scot Ranney
J&M CAFE -- Henry Cooper All-Star Blues Jam, free
JAZZ ALLEY -- Washington Middle School Senior Jazz Band
KELLS -- Liam Gallagher, free
LARRY'S GREENFRONT -- Tim Turner, free
LIZZARD LOUNGE -- The Jim Basnight Thing
NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT -- The New Orleans Quintet, free
OLD TIMER'S CAFE -- Dr. Sax, free
OWL 'N' THISTLE -- Dave Conant & the D-Rangers
RAINBOW BAR & GRILL -- Oxygen Ensemble
SHOWBOX -- Rollins Band, $16
SIT & SPIN -- El Guzano, $6
TUESDAY 5/9
700 CLUB -- Jive Turkey
AVENUE ONE RESTAURANT -- Woody Woodhouse, free
BALLARD FIREHOUSE -- Shit Bastard, Traz, Jeff & the Orfs, $5
BIG FOOT INN TAVERN -- The Lazy J's Jam
CROCODILE -- Fairgrove, Wolf Colonel, $6
GALWAY ARMS -- Mike Cameron
GORDON BIERSCH -- Greg Collinsworth, free
*GRACELAND -- Vice Squad, Mad Parade, Poxy (7 pm, all ages), $7
*I-SPY -- Ex-Girl, Raft of Dead Monkeys, $7
ICON GRILL -- Scot Ranney
J&M CAFE -- Doug Lynn Band, free
JAZZ ALLEY -- Joey DeFrancesco with Jack McDuff
KELLS -- Liam Gallagher, free
LARRY'S GREENFRONT -- Scott Harris Band
LOCK AND KEEL -- Bushwhack Tuesday: Open mic with Evan Duke
NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT -- File Gumbo Zydeco Band, free
OLD TIMER'S CAFE -- Barfly, $5
OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE -- John Bishop Combo, $2
OWL 'N' THISTLE -- Bebop & Destruction
PARAGON -- Phil Carrillo
PARAMOUNT -- Third Eye Blind, $25
PINK DOOR -- The Julie Cascioppo Experience, free
PROCTOR BAR & GRILL -- Nicole Fournier
RAINBOW BAR & GRILL -- Rumba Abierta, $5
SCARLET TREE -- Anneville Blues Jam, free
SHOWBOX -- The Diablotones, Discohesive, $5
SIT & SPIN -- Elemental: Electronic & subsonic grooves, $5
TRACTOR TAVERN -- Lunasa, $13
TRAVELER'S PUB -- Open mic, with Phil Parsons, free
WEDNESDAY 5/10
6TH & PROCTOR BAR & GRILL -- Karaoke
700 CLUB -- King of Clubs
ART BAR -- Dan Heck Trio, Joe Doria
BLUE MOON TAVERN -- Open mic, free
CENTRAL SALOON -- Credo's Hat, Haley, Odessa, $5
CROCODILE -- Mighty Mighty Bosstones, free
EL NINO -- Andre Feriante, free
GALWAY ARMS -- David Rhea
GORDON BIERSCH -- Marc Olsen, free
GRACELAND -- Flamethrower, $5
HOPVINE -- Open mic
*I-SPY -- Sil2K Showcase: The Herb Levies, Seattle Guitar Circle, Carl Farrow's "Concord," $5
ICON GRILL -- Scott Ranney
JAZZ ALLEY -- Joey DeFrancesco with Jack McDuff
KELLS -- Oliver Mulholland, free
LARRY'S GREENFRONT -- Charles White All-Star Blues Jam, $5
LEO MELINA -- Woody Woodhouse
LIZZARD LOUNGE -- Smooth Jazz
NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT -- Floyd Standifer, $8
OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE -- Oggmung, $2
OWL 'N' THISTLE -- Danny Barnes
RAINBOW BAR & GRILL -- Zion's Gate
SCARLET TREE -- Emmanuel Louis, $5
SIX DEGREES -- The Rainy City Jazz, free
SLIDERS -- Alien Crime Syndicate, Modern All-Star, $5
SWINGSIDE CAFE -- Mike Bristow, free
TRACTOR TAVERN -- Casey Neill Trio, $8
ZEITGEIST -- Resonant/Circuit: Bhob Rainey, Jack Wright, free