BAD ALBERT'S--Annieville Blues, free

BALTIC ROOM--Sofcon w/ DJs Naha, Aaron B.

CATWALK--Metallennium: Six Feet Under, Dimmu Borgir, Napalm Death, Witchery, Lamb of God, Soilent Green, God Forbid, Darkest Hour

CENTRAL SALOON--The Malinks, Ravenna, Tart, $5

CONOR BYRNE'S--Charlie Post

CROCODILE CAFE--Unsmashable Riffbrokers, Juke, Number 5 Orange, $6

EL GAUCHO--Daniel Davidson

FIRESIDE ROOM--Overton Berry, free

FLOYD'S PLACE--Combo Craig

GALWAY ARMS--Owl 'n' Thistle Band

GRACELAND--Starlight Mints, the Incredible Moses Leroy, the Mines, Light Heavyweight, $7

GREENLAKE BAR & GRILL--Scotty Harris Trio

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

INDUSTRIAL COFFEE--New Luck Toy, the Bad Girls, $5

JAZZ ALLEY--Acoustic Alchemy, $15.50/$19.50

KELLS--Liam Gallager

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

LITTLE RED HEN--Jerry & the Philbillys, free

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

MONA'S--One. Two. Three.

MOORE THEATRE--Tesla, $25

MOTION LOUNGE--Rockaraoke

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

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--The Ham Carson Quintet, free

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Open mic

OWL 'N' THISTLE--Sweet Juice

PARAGON--HB Radke & the Jet City Swingers

PEACE CAFE--Open mic, free

PINK DOOR--Lonnie Williams, free

RAIN DANCER--By Product, First Dream, free

RAINBOW--High Profile, Colville Melody, $5

REDHOOK BREWERY--Brian Kent Quartet, free

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

* SEATTLE ART MUSEUM--Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players (5:30 pm, all ages), $7

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

SHOWBOX GREEN ROOM--RadioStar, Six Foot Savage, Phokus

* SIT & SPIN--Verona, Terror Sheets, Shoes for December, $6

SLIDERS (RENTON)--Afrodisiacs, $6

ST. CLOUDS--The Electrodes

* SUNSET TAVERN--The Red Elvises, $10

THOMPSON'S--Blue Gypsies, free

TRACTOR TAVERN--The Derailers, the Lazy Boys, $15

TRAVELERS--Open mic, free

* TULA'S--Odessa Brown Children's Clinic benefit w/ Reginald Pinckney Quartet, $35

WASABI BISTRO--Altered States, free

FRIDAY 10/19

BACCANO--Brian Nova Trio, free

* BALTIC ROOM--Jumbalaya

BIT SALOON--Jeff & the Jet City Fliers

BITTERS--Machete, $5

BLACK LAB GALLERY--Open mic, free

BOHEMIAN BACKSTAGE--Frankie Paul, $10

* BREAKROOM--The Spitfires, Red Planet, Once for Kicks, Slender, $7

CAFE VENUS--Johnny Mercury Quintet, Corrine Rose

CENTRAL SALOON--The Dragonflies, M-Set, Custom Hustler, $8/$10

CENTURY BALLROOM--Mambo 9

CONOR BYRNE'S--Li'l Puddin'

* CONTOUR--Quasi Nada

* CROCODILE CAFE--Track Star, No. 2, True Love Always, $7

DOC MAYNARD'S--Coolade, $10

DOWNTOWN YMCA--Pris, Nod & Smile, Yellow Second, the Divorce (8pm, all ages), $5

EL GAUCHO--Billy Wallace Quartet

EMP--Groundwork 2001: Shawn Smith, the Gents, Ann & Nancy Wilson, $25

FIRESIDE ROOM--Overton Berry, free

FLOYD'S PLACE--K.W. Miller

FORECASTERS (WOODINVILLE)--This May Sting, free

GALLAGER'S (KENT)--Sweet Root, Damaged, the Burbanks, Dead But Dreaming, Mind Shaker, $5

GALWAY ARMS--Karl Haug

* GRACELAND--Visqueen, Hypatia Lake, the Goodnight and the Loveless Trail, $7

GRATEFUL BREAD--Straw Into Gold, $8/$10

HIGHLINER--Heather Banker, free

HURRICANE CAFE--Enkrya, $5

* I-SPY--Jon Auer, Spyglass, Sushi Robo, Sanford Arms, $7

JAZZ ALLEY--Acoustic Alchemy, $15.50/$19.50

KELLS--Liam Gallager

LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Hudson Blues Band, $10

LITTLE RED HEN--Buckaroo Blues, free

LOCK & KEEL--RadioStar, $2

MOTION LOUNGE--Coolade

MULLEADY'S PUB--Danny Godinez Band, free

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--John Hodgkins Band, $10

NOVA HIGH SCHOOL GIRL'S BATHROOM--Cunt Rags (8 pm, all ages), free

OLD FIRE HOUSE (REDMOND)--Lip Sych Contest (8 pm, all ages), free

OLD PEQULIAR--Knox

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--The Combustion Collective, free

OWL 'N' THISTLE--Owl 'n' Thistle Band

PARADOX THEATER--DJ Boss Royal (8 pm, all ages), $7

PINK DOOR--Tony Yazzolino, free

PLANET HOT ROD--Chiaroscuro, Morella Ropella, Gift, $5

RAIN DANCER--Millers Lane, Zen Driver, Loser, $6

RAINBOW--Clinton Fearon & the Boogie Brown Band, $8

REDHOOK BREWERY--BeeCraft, free

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

SERAFINA--Ruthie Dornfeld & John Miller

SHOWBOX--Left Hand Smoke, Evangeline, Bijou, $10/$12

* SIT & SPIN--Orbiter, the Lawnmowers, Ravenna

ST. CLOUDS--Sheryl Wiser

TOMMY'S--Batter Dean, Jack the Hotrod, Kingpin Hayes, $5

TRACTOR TAVERN--The Derailers, the Lazy Boys, $15

ZAK'S--Hot Rod Lunatics, Flamethrower, Short Fuse, Cruel & Unusual, $5

SATURDAY 10/20

* BALLARD FIREHOUSE--The Bradbury Press, Ellen Says No, Halftrack, Mindome, $7

BALTIC ROOM--Truby Trio

BIT SALOON--Blue Meadows

BOHEMIAN BACKSTAGE--Frankie Paul, $10

* BREAKROOM--Porch Ghouls, Big John Bates, the Midnite Choir, $7

CAFE VENUS--The Cho Show, Entopic Advance, Gary Reynolds

CAFF: BRAZIL--Eduardo Mendonca's Trio String, free

CENTRAL SALOON--Bicycle, RadioStar, Touched, $8/$10

CENTURY BALLROOM--Loudon Wainwright III, $17.50/$20

CONOR BYRNE'S--Midlife Chrysler

* CROCODILE CAFE--Richard Buckner, Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter, Rose Thomas, $10

DOC MAYNARD'S--Beyond the Fringe, $10

EL GAUCHO--Billy Wallace Quartet

* ELYSIAN--Lesliwood, Vandemonium, Ripley, $5

* EMP--Chocolate Genius, Joe Henry, Michael Franti & Spearhead, $25

FIRESIDE ROOM--Overton Berry, free

FORECASTERS (WOODINVILLE)--Johnny Ross, free

GALWAY ARMS--Mayfly

* GRACELAND--Ruston Mire, Poseur, Terror Sheets, Suitcase, $7

HANA'S--Open mic, free

HIGHLINER--Hutson-Powell Blues Band, free

HURRICANE CAF:--Soft Core, Amazombies, Petty Wage, Third Rail Delivery, $5

* I-SPY--Blackalicious, Lifesavas, Boom Bap Project, DJ Tre, $13

JAZZ ALLEY--Acoustic Alchemy, $15.50/$19.50

KELLS--Liam Gallager

LAKEPOINTE--Ashland, $5

LITTLE RED HEN--Buckaroo Blues, free

* LOCAL 46--Mudhoney, the Catheters, Blood Brothers (8 pm, all ages), $10/$12

LOCK AND KEEL--Memphis Radio Kings, the Chiggers

MONA'S--The Circadian Rhythms Quartet, $2

MULLEADY'S PUB--M-Set, free

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--John Hodgkins Band, $10

O'SHEA'S--Colville Melody

OLD PEQULIAR--Podunk Monks

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Thorton Creek & MJ Bishop Band, free

OWL 'N' THISTLE--Owl 'n' Thistle Band

* PARADOX THEATER--Waxwing, the Dutch Flat, Nod and Smile, Super Magnificent Action Trio (8 pm, all ages), $8

PARAGON--Lady A & the Baby Blues Band

PARK PUB--Nora Michaels & Paul Whistler, free

PINK DOOR--Tony Yazzolino, free

PLANET HOT ROD--Five Point, Seatown Mangler, Drunk as Usual, $5

RAIN DANCER--Shunpike Follies benefit w/ Maximum Coherence During Flying, Social Studies, $5

RAINBOW--William Hooker & Eyvind Kang, Bill Horist, Climax Golden Twins, Charlie Gocher & Pint-Size Sparticus, $8

RED ONION TAVERN--Jessica Lurie

REDHOOK BREWERY--Blues Orbiters, free

RENDEZVOUS--Recidivist, Deception Pass, the Stockton Syndrome, free

ROCKSPORT--Randy Linder Band, $8

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

SERAFINA--Toby Schneider

* SIT & SPIN--Jenny Toomey, guests, $8

ST. CLOUDS--Luna Nueva

SUNSET HILL COMMUNITY CLUB--Kathleen Tracy & Linda Severt (CD release), $10

* SUNSET TAVERN--Cat Box Night: Rock Fight of the Century, $5

TOMMY'S--Ivan (CD release), Windowpane, Fame in Failure, $5

TRACTOR TAVERN--The Red Elvises, the Donettes (9:30 pm), $10

TRACTOR TAVERN--Omar Torrez (7 pm)

ZAK'S--Quick 66, 6 Beer Bladder, the Insults, Ward A, $5

SUNDAY 10/21

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

BELLTOWN BILLIARDS--Martin Ross Band

CATWALK--Nocturnal Rage

CENTRAL SALOON--Pillsplitter (CD release), Nyce, $5

CENTURY BALLROOM--Swing: DJ Tonya (8:30 pm, all ages), $5

CHINA JADE--Dennis Shadduck, free

FLOYD'S PLACE--Jennifer Savage

* GRACELAND--Building Press, Richmond Sluts, Trail Vs. Russia, Inner, $6

* HABANA'S RESTAURANT--Quasi Nada

I-SPY--Ms. America's Trash, Counterfist, Lure of the Animal, $6

JAZZ ALLEY--Acoustic Alchemy, $15.50/$19.50

KELLS--Grafton Street

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

LITTLE RED HEN--Jerry and the PhilBillys, free

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Balloons, $5

O'SHEA'S--Open mic

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Evergreen Classic Dixieland Band, $6

OWL 'N' THISTLE--Danny Godinez

PARAGON--Phil Carrillo

PARAMOUNT THEATER--Oysterhead, North Mississippi All Stars, $28

PINK DOOR--The Itinerant Locals

* SIT & SPIN--The Moetet, $8

ST. CLOUDS--Trevor Wheetman

SUNSET TAVERN--William Hooker, Eyvind Kang, the Wally Shoup Trio, $7

TRACTOR TAVERN--Johnny B. Connolly & Aidan Brennan, Casey Neill Trio (CD release), $10

WATERTOWN--Prescription

MONDAY 10/22

BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Late Summer Purple, Josh Williams Band, By Product, Tri-Nation, $5

BELLTOWN BILLIARDS--Brian Nova & Funk 69

CENTRAL SALOON--Sid Law's Cirque De Pop, $5

CONTOUR--Urban Tongue w/ Tiffany Wilson, Bill Yuns

EL GAUCHO--Daniel Davidson

* GRACELAND--Embryo Concept, Softcore, Tight, $5

I-SPY--SIL2K: Dennis Rea & Pete Comley, Motorbison, Michael Manring & Evan Schiller, $6

KELLS--Grafton Street

* KEYARENA--Groundwork 2001: Femi Kuti, Mana, Alanis Morissette, Pearl Jam, R.E.M.

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

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--New Orleans Quintet, free

PARADOX THEATER--Sweep the Leg Johnny, Raft of Dead Monkeys, Ted Leo & the Pharmacists, Lure of the Animal (8 pm, all ages)

RAINBOW--The Berry Bros, $3

ST. CLOUDS--Tom Bennett & the Rolling Blackouts

SUNSET TAVERN--Knitting Factory: Joe Doria, Ryan Taylor, DJ AMS, Brian Kent, $5

THERMO'S--Open mic

ZIG ZAG CAFE--Living Spirit Trio

TUESDAY 10/23

AVENUE ONE--Lisa de Costa, free

BALLARD FIREHOUSE--N.P.W.A. Wrestling (7 pm, all ages), $5

CAFE VENUS--Weird Science

COFFEE MESSIAH--Cognitive Dissidents: Greg Sinibaldi (8 pm, all ages), free

CONOR BYRNE'S--Open mic

DUBLINER--Open mic, free

EL GAUCHO--Daniel Davidson

EL NI--O--Andre Feriante, free

GALWAY ARMS--Open mic

GRACELAND--The Abodox, Lure of the Animal, $6

HURRICANE CAFE--Steel Band, free

I-SPY--Zeke (CD release), $6

JAZZ ALLEY--Illinois Jacquet & His Big Band, $22.50/$26.50

KELLS--Liam Gallagher

LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Tim Turner Band, $5

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

NATION--Hammer of the Gods, $5

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--File Gumbo Zydeco Band, free

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--John Bishop, $3

PARAGON--Robert Stewart

PINK DOOR--Brendan Wires, free

RAIN DANCER--Singer/Songwriter Showcase, free

SCARLET TREE--The Drift, $3

SHOWBOX--American Red Cross Liberty Fund benefit w/ the Retros, the Bicycles, DJ Herrera, $40

SIT & SPIN--High Violets, Tagging Satellites, Man of the Year, $6

SLIDERS (RENTON)--Rockaraoke, $3

* SUNSET TAVERN--Bill Wolford's Head, the Penningtones, $5

TRACTOR TAVERN--The Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen, $10/$12

VOGUE--Vicious Dolls, $5

WASABI BISTRO--Altered States, free

WEDNESDAY 10/24

BIT SALOON--Rambling Roberts

CAFF: BRAZIL--Jovino Santos Neto

CENTRAL SALOON--Tut, the Merchants, Travis Shredd & the Good Ol' Homeboys, $5

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

* CROCODILE--Smog, Neil Michael Hagerty, Dave Bazan, $10

EL GAUCHO--Daniel Davidson

* GRACELAND--American Hi-Fi, Phantom Planet (8 pm, all ages), $11.50

GREENLAKE BAR & GRILL--Green Tea

HURRICANE CAFE--Frank Roberts Plus, $5

I-SPY--Halou, Heather Duby, Velvet Space String Quartet, DJ Stephan, $8

IRISH EMIGRANT--Irish Session

JAZZ ALLEY--Illinois Jacquet & His Big Band, $22.50/$26.50

KELLS--Liam Gallagher

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

LAST SUPPER CLUB--King of Clubs, $5

LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP--Insult2Injury, free

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Floyd Standifer, free

OLD TIMER'S CAFE--Dr. Sax

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--The Chris Gregonis Group

OWL 'N' THISTLE--The Balloons

PARAGON--Chris Stromquist Trio

PARAMOUNT THEATRE--Brian McKnight, Tyrese, $28/$48

PINK DOOR--Julie Cascioppo, free

RAIN DANCER--Open mic, free

SCARLET TREE--206 Ribshack: Ernest Humphry, Thaddius Turner, Gerald Turner, Davy C, $3

SERAFINA--Alex Guilbert

SIT & SPIN--Poetry Slam w/ Blue Glove Club, $4

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

SUNSET TAVERN--Rockaraoke w/ the Legendary Rod Lavers, $5

TRACTOR TAVERN--Steve Forbert, $12

UGLY MUG CAFE--Open mic

WIT'S END--Open mic, $2