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