THURSDAY 7/26

ARROWSPACE (OLYMPIA)--Neurocide Messiah (9 pm, all ages) $5.

AVENUE ONE--Lisa de Costa

BAD ALBERT'S--Annieville Blues, free

BALTIC ROOM--La Movida, Omar Torres, DJ Darek Mazzone, $8

BOHEMIAN CAFE--Cultivators, $5

CATWALK--The Manatees

CENTRAL SALOON--Flowmotion, McGnarley's Rant, $5

* CROCODILE CAFE--Mates of State, the Minders, Yam, $7

* EMP--Billy Bragg, Laura Veirs (8 pm, all ages), $20

FIRESIDE ROOM--Overton Berry, free

GALWAY ARMS--Robert Elliot

GIBSON'S--Awkward Star, Anansi, Greg Sinibaldi Trio, $5

GORGE--Creation Festival

GRACELAND--Sound Tribe Sector 9, Systemwide, $10

HENRY ART GALLERY--Doug Theriault, Dennis Rea, Bill Horist (7 pm, all ages), $8/$10

HIGHLINER--Scott Law, free

HOPVINE--Kareem Kandi Trio, free

* I-SPY--The Bangs, Gene Defcon, DJ Cherry Canoe, $7

IRISH EMIGRANT--Oliver Mulholland

JAZZ ALLEY--Stanley Jordan, $14.50/$18.50

LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP--Nicole Campbell, free

LOCK AND KEEL--Dave Conant & the D-Rangers, $2

MONA'S--The Momentum Quartet, free

MOTION LOUNGE--Rockaraoke

MR. SPOT'S CHAI HOUSE--Open mic, free

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Ham Carson Quintet, free

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Open mic, free

OWL 'N' THISTLE--Kennedy Brothers, free

* PARADOX THEATER--Taken, This Day Forward, the Last of the Juanitas, Tourettes Lautrec (8 pm, all ages), $6

PARAGON--H. B. Radke & the Jet City Swingers

PEACE CAFE--Open mic, free

PINK DOOR--Lonnie Williams, free

RAIN DANCER--Forrest Kyle, Bandersnatch, Johnny Ross, Laguna, Paradym, free

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

* SEATTLE ART MUSEUM--The Sweet Science (5:30 pm, all ages), $7

SHARK CLUB (KIRKLAND)--The Retros, $6

* SHOWBOX--Home Alive Benefit w/ DJ Leslie $, the Gun Street Girls, She-Zam, $7/$10

* SIT & SPIN--Faux Bang!, $6

SLIDERS (RENTON)--Afrodisiacs, $6

ST. CLOUDS--The Electrodes

* SUNSET TAVERN--The Cannanes, the Prom, the Snakes, $5

THOMPSON'S--Blue Gypsies, free

* TRACTOR TAVERN--Brother, Omadhuan, $10

TRAVELERS--Open mic, free

TROLLEYMAN PUB--1,2,3, free

TULA'S--James Dejoie Quartet, $7

VOGUE--Audra, Legion, Fear of Dolls

ZAK'S--Carnival of 8, Camel Toe, $5


FRIDAY 7/27

ADOBO LOUNGE--Edible Decibels: DJE (eclectic), free

* ARROWSPACE (OLYMPIA)--Mates of State, the Minders, Space Ballerinas, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone (9 pm, all ages), $5

ARTSWEST--Dave Conant & the Crossroads Band, $10

BACCANO--Brian Nova Trio, free

BAIT-HOUSE--The Hep Tets, $3

BALTIC ROOM--Jumbalaya

BIT SALOON--David Brewer & the Intimidators, $2

BITTERS--Marco de Carvalho (8 pm), $5

BLACK LAB GALLERY--Open mic, free

BLUE MOON TAVERN--PH Factor, free

BOHEMIAN BACKSTAGE--Inner Circle & Alex Duncan, $10

* BREAKROOM--Last of the Juanitas, Tourette's Lautrec, Ex-Models, Black Noise Cannon, $6

CAFF: BRAZIL--Kiko Freitas (7pm, all ages), free

CENTRAL SALOON--Tanks of Zen, Jack the Hotrod, $10

CONTOUR--Peepshow

CROCODILE CAFE--Shinola, Red Neck Girlfriend, the Donetts, Joshua James & the Runaway Trains

DOC MAYNARD'S--The Beatnik's, $10

FIRESIDE ROOM--Overton Berry, free

GALWAY ARMS--Kimball & the Fugitives

GIBSON'S--The Undisputed Heavyweight Champions, Lopez, Slit Liquor, GutBomb, $5

GORGE--Creation Festival

GRACELAND--Rorschach Test, Underride, Sludgeplow, $8

IRISH EMIGRANT--Irish Sing-a-Long w/ Oliver & Neil

JAZZ ALLEY--Stanley Jordan, $14.50/$18.50

LAKEPOINTE--Healer, Fame in Failure, Drop Six

LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--The Aaron Black Band, $10

LATONA PUB--Akedeniz

LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP--John Stephan Band, free

LITTLE RED HEN--Northwest Stampede, free

* MARYMOOR PARK--WOMAD USA, $25

MOLLY McGUIRE'S--The Carolines

MOTION LOUNGE--Coolade

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Junkyard Jane, $10

OLD FIRE HOUSE (REDMOND)--Billy Finds a Hero, Kill Helen Keller, Weak Link, Vay (8 pm, all ages), $5

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Combustion Collective, free

OWL 'N' THISTLE--Owl 'N' Thistle Band, $3

PARADOX--Vigilantes of Love, Suffering & the Hideous Thieves (8 pm, all ages), $12

PINK DOOR--Tony Yazzolino, free

PLANET HOT ROD--Shunt, Cripple, Seatown Manglers, Structure, $5

RAIN DANCER--Dana Osborn, $5

SCARLET TREE--Shades w/ Gloria, $7

SHOBOAT (TACOMA)--Room Zero, Feast of Friends, Subject

* SHOWBOX--Sir Mix-A-Lot, Outtasite, E-Dawg, $10

ST. CLOUDS--Paula Maya

* SUNSET TAVERN--Aveo, Alta May, Tot Finder, $5

THERMO'S--Emerald City Abortions, the Guzzlers

* TRACTOR TAVERN--Deep Banana Blackout, $10

TROLLEYMAN PUB--Mark Dufresne, free

TULA'S--Janis Mann Quartet, $10

ZAK'S--The Octabites, Blood Baby, Life Without Sun, Tarantulada, $5


SATURDAY 7/28

* ADOBE PLAZA--The Turn-Ons, Graig Markel & Verses on Venus (6 pm, all ages), free

ARROWSPACE (OLYMPIA)--Modus, Power Castle (9 pm, all ages), $5

BAIT-HOUSE--The Hep Tets, $3

BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Red Star Five, the Switch, Royal Flush, Heijera, Tut (3 pm, all ages), $7

BLUE MOON TAVERN--Uncle Leuscner & the Chris Complex, free

BOHEMIAN BACKSTAGE--Bongo Muffin, $10

* BOP STREET RECORDS--Millhouse, the Load Levelers, the Fucking Chachi's (noon, all ages), free

* BREAKROOM--Ruston Mire, Gardener, Dear John Letters, $6

* CAFE VENUS--Saeta, Roxy, free

CAFF: BRAZIL--Paula Maya (7pm, all ages), free

CAPITOL THEATER (OLYMPIA)--Nevermore, Rorschach Test, Bile, Floater, Sludgeplow, The Braindead, Chief (8 pm, all ages), $10/$12

CENTRAL SALOON--Aaron Donahue's Jam on White Bread, $10

CENTURY BALLROOM--DJ Jesse (swing)

CROCODILE--Spoon, John Vanderslice, Those Peabody's, $8

DOC MAYNARD'S--The Afrodesiacs, $10

* ELYSIAN--Sinforosa, Alex Woodard, Sheryl Wiser, $7

EMP--Rod Price, Jim Wallace & the Lucky Devils (8 pm, all ages), $10

FIRESIDE ROOM--Overton Berry, free

GALWAY ARMS--K.W. Miller

* GIBSON'S--Texas Funeral, the Boss Martians, the BackStabbers, CobraJets, $5

GORGE--Creation Festival

GRACELAND--Fear Factory, Puya, Prima 55, Dry Kill Logic (7 pm, all ages), $18/$20

HANA'S--Open mic, free

HIGHLINER--The Tommies, free

IRISH EMIGRANT--Irish Sing-a-Long w/ Oliver & Neil

JAZZ ALLEY--Stanley Jordan, $14.50/$18.50

* KING CAT THEATER--Warren Zevon, $27.50

LAKEPOINTE--Patient Zero, Pyro Class Flow, the Want

LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Dr. Funk, $10

LATONA PUB--Kevin Jones

LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP--John Stephan Band, free

LITTLE RED HEN--Northwest Stampede, free

LOCAL 46--Count Me Out, Time Flies, State of Grace, Staygold (8 pm, all ages), $5

* MARYMOOR PARK--WOMAD USA, $25

* MIDNIGHT SUN (OLYMPIA)--The Briefs, the Plath, OneStepShift (9 pm, all ages), $5

MOLLY McGUIRE'S--Going South

MONA'S--The Circadian Rhythms, $2

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Two Scoops Moore, $10

O'SHEA'S--Skip Peri, Mark Kanning

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Peter Tammetta, $5

OWL 'N' THISTLE--Owl 'N' Thistle Band, $3

PARADOX--Spoon, Carissa's Wierd, Those Peabodies (2 pm, all ages), $7

* PARADOX--Typical Cats, the Pacifics, DJ Scene 1, Abyssinian Knights (9 pm, all ages), $5/$8

* PIER 62/63--David Byrne, Ex-Centric Sound System, Les Yeux Noirs, Arthur Hull, $40

PINK DOOR--Tony Yazzolino, free

PLANET HOT ROD--Depth Charge Revolt, Painted Window, Slink, $5

RAIN DANCER--RAI, Happy Savage, $6

SCARLET TREE--Shades w/ Gloria, $7

SHOBOAT (TACOMA)--The Gar Hooker Project, Doctor Detroit

SLIDERS (RENTON)--Those Guys, $5

ST. CLOUDS--Zyah Ahmonuel, Carrie Clark, free

SUNSET TAVERN--Stumpy Joe, $10

THERMO'S--Intent, Fear Signal

TOMMY'S--Anger Management, Surreal Sutra, Room Zero, $5

* TRACTOR TAVERN--Six-String Eric & His Lazy Ranch Hands (CD release), the Knocked-Outs, Tex Watson's Swingers Convention, $5

TROLLEYMAN PUB--Mark Whitman Band, free

TULA'S--Larry Fuller Trio, $10

ZAK'S--Undercurrent, $5


SUNDAY 7/29

BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Los Romers, Super Fandengo, $10

* BALTIC ROOM--Smack: Giles Peterson

BELLTOWN BILLIARDS--Martin Ross Band

CENTRAL SALOON--Silkroot, Gina Graziano & the Grappa Brothers, $5

CENTURY BALLROOM--DJ Jesse (swing)

CONOR BYRNE'S--Irish Session w/ Barry Foy, free

* GORGE--Depeche Mode, $50/$70

IRISH EMIGRANT--Folk Ballads w/ Oliver

JAZZ ALLEY--Stanley Jordan, $14.50/$18.50

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

LITTLE RED HEN--Pickin' Bones Trio, free

* MARYMOOR PARK--WOMAD USA, $25

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Woody Woodhouse, $5

O'SHEA'S--Open mic

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Lou Watter's Special Dixieland, $6

OWL 'N' THISTLE--Double Stop, free

* PIER 62/63--WAR, Super Rail Band, Tower of Power, Arthur Hull, $33

SAND POINT NAVAL BASE--West Seattle Big Band (2 pm, all ages)

SHOWBOX--Phil Vassar, $16/$18

SONIC BOOM RECORDS--The Lucksmiths (5 pm, all ages), free

ST. CLOUDS--Trevor Wheatman

SUNSET TAVERN--Hammer of the Gods, $5

TRACTOR TAVERN--Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys, $12

TULA'S--Quitevis Kirk (3 pm, $5); Marc Seales' Jam Session (8 pm, $5)


MONDAY 7/30

ART BAR--Open mic, $1

BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Straight Ahead, free

BELLTOWN BILLIARDS--Brian Nova & Funk 69

BOHEMIAN CAFE--Trolls Cottage, $5

CENTRAL SALOON--Danny Godinez Band, $5

FIDDLER'S INN--Open mic

GALWAY ARMS--Open mic

* I-SPY--SIL2K: Entropic Advance, Nequaquam, SIL2K Ensemble, $6

LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Scott Lynd, Eric Rice & Friends, free

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--New Orleans Quintet, free

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--The Todd SquadSlow Groove, free

ST. CLOUDS--Tom Bennett & the Rolling Blackouts

SUNSET TAVERN--Joe Doria & John Wicks, $5

THERMO'S--Open mic

TULA'S--Nudennudge Independent Guerilla Jazz, $5


TUESDAY 7/31

AVENUE ONE--Greta Matassa, free

BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Zero Signal, Manna, $5

BOHEMIAN CAFE--Straight Ahead, $5

COFFEE MESSIAH--Cognitive Dissidents: Hat and Beard, Outland (8 pm, all ages), free

CONOR BYRNE'S--Open mic w/ Linda Lee, free

* CROCODILE CAFE--Jonathan Richman, Pernice Brothers, $10

EL NI--O--Andre Feriante, free

GALWAY ARMS--Kimball & the Fugitives

* GIBSON'S--Benefit for Ben McMillan w/ the Gloryholes

* GRACELAND--Vision of Disorder, Nothingface, SP Unlimited, Himsa (7 pm, all ages), $10

* I-SPY--eXBeSTFRIeNDS, Pretty Girls Make Graves, $6

* JAZZ ALLEY--Willie and Lobo, $14.50/$18.50

LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Tim Turner Band w/ Danny Hull, $5

LITTLE RED HEN--Tommy Westley, free

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--File Gumbo Zydeco Band, free

OWL 'N' THISTLE--BeeBop & Destruction, free

PARADOX--Good Clean Fun, No Return, To See You Broken, Cervisoris (8 pm, all ages), $6

PINK DOOR--Offshore Bookies, free

RAIN DANCER--Singer/Songwriter Showcase, free

SUNSET TAVERN--Garth Reeves, the Brothers Friel, Rock Tim, $5

TULA'S--Magnolia Big Band, $5


WEDNESDAY 8/1

BIT SALOON--Ramblin' Roberts Jam, free

* BOHEMIAN BACKSTAGE--Thomas Mapfumo, $20

BOHEMIAN CAFE--Pue Water, $5

CENTRAL SALOON--Pataha, Kingpin Hayes, Luna Park, $5

COFFEE MESSIAH--Open mic, free

* CROCODILE--Jonathan Richman, Pernice Brothers, $10

* GRACELAND--The Business, Agnostic Front, the Nerve Agents, F-Minus, $12

* I-SPY--Post-Stardom Depression, Vendetta Red, the Lashes, Sons of Celebrity, $6

IRISH EMIGRANT--Irish Session

* JAZZ ALLEY--Willie and Lobo, $14.50/$18.50

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

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Floyd Standifer, free

OLD TIMER'S CAFE--Dr. Sax

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Tight, Pop Duo, free

PARADOX--The Icarus Line, Kill Sadie, Playing Enemy (8pm, all ages), $9

PARAMOUNT--Green Day, the Living End

PINK DOOR--Julie Cascioppo, free

PIONEER SQUARE SALOON--Open mic, free

RAIN DANCER--Open mic, free

RAINBOW--Siamese, DJ Richmedic, $3

SCARLET TREE--Ernest Humphry, Thaddius Turner, Gerald Turner & Davy C, $3

SERAFINA--Guilbert

* ST. CLOUDS--Barry Ingle

* SUNSET TAVERN--Rockaraoke w/ the Legendary Red Lesters, $5

* TRACTOR TAVERN--Rex Hobart & the Misery Boys, Rural Pictures, $5

UGLY MUG CAFE--Open mic

WIT'S END--Open mic, $2

* WOODLAND PARK ZOO--Leo Kottke, Kelly Joe Phelps, $12