THURSDAY 8/23

BAD ALBERT'S--Annieville Blues, free

BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Faster Pussycat & Liquor Box, $15

* BALTIC ROOM--Marc Olsen, Treasure State, Popstar Assassin

BIT SALOON--Peaches & the Boyz

BOHEMIAN CAFE--Alex D & Rude Boy, $5

BREAKROOM--Acacia, $6

CENTRAL SALOON--Big Foot Zoo, $5

* CROCODILE CAFE--Carolyn Mark & Her Room-mates, Jon Hyde, Upsoyo, $6

FIRESIDE ROOM--Overton Berry, free

GRACELAND--Cuthroats 9, Himsa, Harkonen, the Lure of the Animal, $7

GREENLAKE BAR & GRILL--Bill Chism

HOPVINE--Kareem Kandi, Julian MacDonough, Will Blair, free

* JAZZ ALLEY--Mose Allison, $15.50/$19.50

KELLS--Pat Buckley

LARRY'S--Mark Whitman Big Band, Sweet Talkin' Jones, $5

LITTLE RED HEN--The Shiners, free

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

MONA'S--The Reptet Quartet

MOTION LOUNGE--Rockaraoke

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

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Alberta Adams, $10

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Open mic, free

OWL 'N' THISTLE--Silk Root

PARAGON--HB Radke & the Jet City Swingers

PEACE CAFE--Open mic, free

* PIER 62/63--Los Lobos, Maceo Parker w/ DJ Logic & Project Logic, $35

PINK DOOR--Lonnie Williams, free

RAIN DANCER--Hundred Thousand Down, Poison Ivy League, Skip Peri, Burbanks, free

REDHOOK BREWERY--Furious Skills, free

ROCK BOTTOM--San Pedro Circus (5 pm, all ages)

* SCARLET TREE--Das Root w/ Reggie Watts, P.K., $5

SEATTLE ART MUSEUM--Reuben Radding (5:30 pm, all ages)

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

SIT & SPIN--Carmine, Lila, Fear of Little Men, $6

SLIDERS (RENTON)--Afrodisiacs, $6

ST. CLOUDS--Barry Ingle

STILL LIFE COFFEEHOUSE--Jeff Johnson Trio, free

* SUNSET TAVERN--The Lawnmowers, $5

THOMPSON'S--Blue Gypsies, free

TRACTOR TAVERN--The Iguanas, $10

TRAVELERS--Open mic, free

VOGUE--Entropic Advance, Logic Probe, DJ Fountainhead, $6


FRIDAY 8/24

BACCANO--Brian Nova Trio, free

BAIT-HOUSE--Phil Brooks Trio, $3

* BALTIC ROOM--Jumbalaya

BIT SALOON--David Brewer & the Intimidators

BITTERS--Akideniz, $5

BLACK LAB GALLERY--Open mic, free

BOHEMIAN BACKSTAGE--Apple Gabriel, $10

* BREAKROOM--Pleasure Forever, the Prom, the Lost Kids (9 pm, all ages), $6

CAFF: BRAZIL--Marco de Carvalho, Nilza Lessa, free

CENTRAL SALOON--Gravity Check, Hell Monkey's Pyro Cass Flow, $8/$10

CONOR BYRNE'S--The PH Factor Jug Band

* CONTOUR--Bored Stiff

CORNER INN--Kimball Conant & the Fugitive Combo

CROCODILE CAFE--The Delusions, Visqueen, Vendetta Red, $7

DOC MAYNARD'S--Dr. Funk, $10

DOWNTOWN YMCA--Daddy's Girl Productions hiphop & spoken word (8pm, all ages), $5

* EMERALD QUEEN CASINO--Willie Nelson, $42

FIRESIDE ROOM--Overton Berry, free

GALWAY ARMS--Mummery

GORGE--Dave Matthews Band, $40.50/$52.50

* GRACELAND--Conflict, Against All Authority, the Fartz, Resist and Exist (8 pm, all ages), $10

HOPVINE--Kellee Bradley

I-SPY--Adema (7 pm, all ages)

* I-SPY--Naked Music 2001: Miguel Migs, Lisa Shaw, Mauricio Aviles, Joaquin Garcia, $12

* JAZZ ALLEY--Mose Allison, $15.50/$19.50

KELLS--Grafton Street

LAKEPOINTE--The Merchants, Room XIII, Slink

LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Tim Turner, Danny Hull, $10

LATONA PUB--Ramales

LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP--Subconscious, free

LITTLE RED HEN--Latigo Lace, free

MOTION LOUNGE--Coolade

MULLEADY'S PUB--Knox, free

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--The Vipers, $10

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Combustion Collective, free

OWL 'N' THISTLE--Jazzberry Ram

* PARADOX--Raft of Dead Monkeys, Polecat, New Brutalism, Hit Self-Destruct (8 pm, all ages), $7

PINK DOOR--Tony Yazzolino, free

* PLANET HOT ROD--Faster Pussycat, Black Halos, Drunk as Usual, $15

RAGING RIVER SALOON (FALL CITY)--Powerhouse Blues Band

RAIN DANCER--Delbert, $5

RAINBOW--Pigpen, $10

REDHOOK BREWERY--Dangerous Brain Clinic, free

RENDEZVOUS--Tarantulada, the Capitals, the Divorce

SAFFRON COW--Holly Figueroa

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

SERAFINA--Milo Peterson, Val Illman

SIT & SPIN--Easy Big Fella

ST. CLOUDS--Zhaoui

SUNSET TAVERN--Starfish Petting Zoo, the Lashes, DJ Tony T, $5

TOMMY'S--Fighting Machinists, Windowpane, Better Dean, $5

TRACTOR TAVERN--Hanuman (10 pm), $10

TRACTOR TAVERN--Andy Sheldon (7 pm), $8/$10

UNIVERSITY LIBRARY--The Glory Holes, Right On!, the Bad Girls, Bangover, Flipstick (8 pm, all ages)

ZAK'S--Vandemonium, Freeverse, Amazombies, Liquor Box, $5


SATURDAY 8/25

BAD ALBERT'S--Cooke & Green, $2

BAIT-HOUSE--Phil Brooks Trio, $3

BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Hailiye

BIT SALOON--Reason for Ruin

BLUE MOON TAVERN--Rock Star Crush, free

BOHEMIAN BACKSTAGE--Apple Gabriel, $10

* BREAKROOM--Girl Trouble, the Manatees, Crack, $8

CENTRAL SALOON--Rubberneck, $8/$10

CONOR BYRNE'S--Setana

CORNER INN--Kimball Conant & the Fugitive Combo

* CROCODILE CAFE--Kultur Shock (CD release), Hana, $10

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

ELYSIAN--Mango Son, Smoke Shack Okiestra, $6

FIRESIDE ROOM--Overton Berry, free

GALWAY ARMS--Mayfly

GORGE--Dave Matthews Band, $40.50/$52.50

GRACELAND--FCS North, Him, Dave Pavkovic's Exciting Trio, $8

HANA'S--Open mic, free

HOPVINE--Karma Sutra

* I-SPY--NW Reggaefest w/ Norris Man, Jah Mason, Ras Shiloh (2:30 pm, all ages), $8

* JAZZ ALLEY--Mose Allison, $15.5/$19.5

* KBS SKATEPARK (BREMERTON)--Caught Red Handed, Rewind, Bilbo, and 9 other bands (12 pm, all ages), $5

KELLS--Grafton Street

LAKEPOINTE--M-Set, Clay Daddey, Steven Dark

LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Charles White Band, $10

LATONA PUB--Vira Lata

LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP--Paul Whistler Band & Miss Nora Michaels, free

LITTLE RED HEN--Latigo Lace, free

* LOCAL 46--Spectra Music Conference w/ The Lashes, Jen Wood, Schoolyard Heros (6 pm, all ages), $1/$5

* MURAL AMPHITHEATER--Superchunk, the Promise Ring, Love as Laughter (1 pm, all ages), free

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--The Vipers, $10

O'SHEA'S--Sunday Drivers

OWL 'N' THISTLE--The Clintons

PARADOX--Pleasure Forever, Suffering and the Hideous Thieves, the Lost Kids (2 pm, all ages), $6

* PARADOX THEATER--Nomad da Nomadic, the Outfitaz, Livio, Funk Daddy; DJs Kutfather, Pryme Tyme (8 pm, all ages), $9

PARAGON--The Tim Turner Band

PINK DOOR--Tony Yazzolino, free

* PLANET HOT ROD--Seattle Metal Online Festival w/ 15 bands (noon, all ages), free

RAIN DANCER--Nickie Duncan, $7

* RAINBOW--Suicide Jack, Danny Barnes & Mike Stone, $7

REDHOOK BREWERY--Mark Dufresne, free

* Rendezvous--the Lost Sounds, 10-4 Backdoor, the Girls

ROCKSPORT--Cool-Ade, $6

SCARLET TREE--In Black & White, $7

SEACREST BOATHOUSE--Silhouettes

SEATTLE CENTER MURAL AMPHITHEATER--Swamp Guise

SERAFINA--Andrea Dupree

SHOWBOX--Fenix TX, Lefty, Ten Times a Day (6 pm, all ages) $12/14

SIT & SPIN--Room XIII, Underride, Ivan, $6

SLIDERS (RENTON)--Afrodesiacs, $7

ST. CLOUDS--Blue Gypsy

SUNSET TAVERN--Samo: Kid Hops, Diskyze (CD release), $5

TOMMY'S--Flowmotion, Aaron Donohue's Jam on White Bread, $5

TRACTOR TAVERN--Preston Mill, $6

ZAK'S--Load Levelers, Old Man Smithers, 6 Beer Bladder, Schmidtaholics, $5


SUNDAY 8/26

BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Bongo & the Wise Men (all ages), $5

* BALTIC ROOM--Smack: Reggie Watts, Davis Martin, Thaddeus Turner, Kevin Goldman

BELLTOWN BILLIARDS--Martin Ross Band

BIT SALOON--Doug Lynn Band

CENTRAL SALOON--Otis P & the Jive Funk, 3 Legged Cat, $5

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

* CROCODILE CAFE--Jack Johnson, Ben Lee, $15

EMP--Del Rey

GORGE--Dave Matthews Band, $40.50/$52.50

GRACELAND--Bent, Stay Mad, Alkai Diggins, $5

HOPVINE--Marc Olsen

* JAZZ ALLEY--Mose Allison, $21.50/$19.50

KELLS--Liam Gallagher

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

LITTLE RED HEN--Pickin Bones Country Trio, free

* LOCAL 46--Spectra Music Conference w/ Scared of Chaka, Shiloh (6 pm, all ages), $5/$1

MOLLY MCGUIRE'S--Samina Memorial Foundation Benefit w/ Zak Murphy, Sid St. Ange, Janet Ashman, Inthedrink, $10

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Rene Strange, $5

O'SHEA'S--Open mic

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--The Duwamish, $6

PARAGON--Phil Carrillo

RAINBOW--Carolyn Wonderland, Melissa Reaves, Holly Figueroa, $6

* SIT & SPIN--Barbara Manning, Sarah Dougher, price TBA

SUNSET TAVERN--Hammer of the Gods, $5

THE OFFBEAT (TACOMA)--Jazz Jam

TRACTOR TAVERN--Solas, $20

TULA'S--Nicholas Quitevis/Chris Fagan Ensemble (3 pm), $5

VOLUNTEER PARK--Seattle Peace Concert (6 pm, all ages), free


MONDAY 8/27

BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Advocates, Ricky Rebel Band, Full On, Pervert Hero, $5

BELLTOWN BILLIARDS--Brian Nova & Funk 69

BOHEMIAN CAFE--Nabi, $5

CONTOUR--Urban Tongue

FIDDLER'S INN--Open mic

GRACELAND--Black Powder Pinups, No. 266, Touched, $5

I-SPY--SIL2K: Byron Au Young, Hat & Beard, SIL2K Ensemble, $6

KELLS--Liam Gallagher

LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Scott Lynd, Eric Rice & Friends, $5

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--New Orleans Quintet, free

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--The Todd Squad, free

PARADOX THEATER--Michael John Serpe, Greg Markel, Jesse Boggs (8 pm, all ages), $8

SHOWBOX--Red Eye to Tokyo, Ben Gibbard, I, Clone, the Family Circus, Herbert Matthews Goes to the Sierra, $5

ST. CLOUDS--Tom Bennett & the Rolling Blackouts

SUNSET TAVERN--Joe Doria, John Wicks, DJ AMS, Dan Heck, $5

THERMO'S--Open mic

TRACTOR TAVERN--Split Lip Rayfield, Bocephus King, $8


TUESDAY 8/28

AVENUE ONE--Lisa de Costa, free

BOHEMIAN CAFE--Trolls Cottage, $5

COFFEE MESSIAH--Cognitive Dissidents: Michael Riccardi & Ffej, Greyhound Kenny Is Dead (8 pm, all ages), free

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

* CROCODILE CAFE--Rebecca Gates, Barry Ingle, $8

EL NI--O--Andre Feriante, free

GALWAY ARMS--Open Mic

GRACELAND--Nervous Ticks, Evil Robots, Blood Bunny, $6

* JAZZ ALLEY--Red Holloway Sextet, $15.50/$19.50

KELLS--Liam Gallagher

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

LITTLE RED HEN--Tommy Westley Duo, free

MULLEADY'S PUB--Open Mic, free

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Phillip Walker, $5

OWL 'N' THISTLE--BeeBop & Destruction

PARAGON--Robert Stewart

RAIN DANCER--Singer/Songwriter Showcase, free

* SHOWBOX--Gillian Welch, David Rawlings

SIT & SPIN--Blue Glove Club, $4

SLIDERS (RENTON)--Rockaraoke, $3

SONIC BOOM RECORDS--Rebecca Gates (7 pm, all ages), free

SUNSET TAVERN--Blue Spark, Cyclone Killers, $5

TRACTOR TAVERN--Reckless Kelly, Alex Woodard, $7


WEDNESDAY 8/29

BIT SALOON--Rambling Roberts

BOHEMIAN CAFE--Straight Ahead, $5

CENTRAL SALOON--Mystic Pop, Roark, Ripley, $5

COFFEE MESSIAH--Open mic, free

* CROCODILE--Saeta, Hyapatia Lake, Mines, $6

GRACELAND--Fairgrove, Polecat, All About Lupo, $6

GREENLAKE BAR & GRILL--Melvin Peterson

IRISH EMIGRANT--Irish Session

* JAZZ ALLEY--Red Holloway Sextet, $15.50/$19.50

KELLS--Liam Gallagher

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

* LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP--DJs Topspin, Vitamin D; MC Narcotik, free

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Floyd Standifer, free

OLD TIMER'S CAFE--Dr. Sax

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--The P.H. Factor, free

OWL 'N' THISTLE--Lea Krueger

* PARADOX--Endless Struggle, Clip 45, Rabid Dogs (8 pm, all ages), $8

PARAGON--Frank Roberts Quartet

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--Alex Guilbert

SHOBOAT (TACOMA)--Woody Russell & Summer Mayne

SHOWBOX--Velvet: DJ XTC (10 pm, all ages), $10/$15

SLIDERS (RENTON)--Right in the Face, $3

ST. CLOUDS--Barry Igle

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

THE OFFBEAT (TACOMA)--Money Maintain N, $3

TRACTOR TAVERN--Aiko Shimada, Willow, Paula bn Maya, Jennifer Terran, Lesliwood, $8

UGLY MUG CAFE--Open mic

WIT'S END--Open mic, $2