THURSDAY 1/17

BAD ALBERT'S--Annieville Blues, free

BAIT HOUSE--Open mic, $3

BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Quiet Riot, Liquor Box, $16/$20

CENTRAL SALOON--Kingpin Hayes, Cober, Victim by Design, $5

CONOR BYRNE'S--Charlie Post, free

*CROCODILE CAFE--Faith & Disease, Todd Werny, Ladyslipper, $6

DUBLINER--Ty Willman, Wayne Roller, Eva Tree, free

FIRESIDE ROOM--Mike Strickland, free

FLOYD'S PLACE--Combo Craig

GALWAY ARMS--Acoustic Blues

GRACELAND--Point One, Subject, guests, $6

INDUSTRIAL COFFEE--Christopher Blue, Elysian, $5

IRISH EMIGRANT--The Kennedy Brothers

J&M CAFE--Herding Cats, free

*JAZZ ALLEY--McCoy Tyner, $18.50/$22.50

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

LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP--Roger Fisher, free

LITTLE RED HEN--Little Ray & the Uppercuts

MR. SPOT'S CHAI HOUSE--Open mic (8 pm, all ages)

MULLEADY'S PUB--Open mic, free

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--The Ham Carson Quintet, free

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Open mic

OWL 'N' THISTLE--Mr Fister

PARADOX THEATER--Himsa, Left with Nothing, the Cause, Divinity of Truth (8 pm, all ages), $7

PEACE CAFE--Open mic, free

PINK DOOR--Lonnie Williams, free

RAIN DANCER--Changes Daily, free

RAINBOW--The Lott Potato Trio, $5

ROCK BOTTOM--San Pedro Circus (5:30 pm, all ages)

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

*SHOWBOX--Charlatans UK, Starsailor, $15

*SIT & SPIN--The Lashes, the Droo Church, Bearskin Rugburn, $6

ST. CLOUDS--The Electrodes

SUNSET TAVERN--Cool-Ade, the Red Lesters, the Golden Earache, Max & All-Star Jam, $5

THOMPSON'S--Blue Gypsies, free

TOI--Moodswings: Danya w/ DJ Killabee, free

TRACTOR TAVERN--Tom Bennett & the Rolling Blackouts, the Nancyboys, $5

TRAVELERS--Open mic, free

TULA'S--Marc Seales, Doug Miller, John Bishop, $8

WASABI BISTRO--Altered States, free


FRIDAY 1/18

BACCANO--Brian Nova Trio, free

BAIT-HOUSE--Bob Early, $3

BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Downsound, Happy Savage, Brass Lux, $10

BALTIC ROOM--Jumbalaya

BIT SALOON--Blumeadows

BLACK LAB GALLERY--Open mic, free

BOHEMIAN BACKSTAGE--Eek-A-Mouse, $10

BOHEMIAN CAFE--DJ D (R&B), $10

CAFE VENUS--Zeus Storage

CENTRAL SALOON--M-Set, Smoochknob, Six Foot Savage, $8/$10

CONOR BYRNE'S--The Raybone Experience, $3

CONTOUR--Tommy Martin, Tor Dietrichson

*CROCODILE CAFE--The Makers, Epoxies, Ronson Family Switchblade, $8

DOC MAYNARD'S--The Beatniks, $10

FADO--Mayfly

FIDDLER'S INN--Toad Jam, $2

FIRESIDE ROOM--Mike Strickland, free

FLOYD'S PLACE--K.W. Miller

FORECASTERS (WOODINVILLE)--Mark DuFresne, free

GALWAY ARMS--Mummery

*GRACELAND--Minus the Bear, Magic Magicians, Seldom, Suffering & the Hideous Theives, $8

HIGHLINER--Enders Brothers, free

HURRICANE CAFE--Gudgen, $5

*I-SPY--Wonderful, Dolour, Friends for Heroes (10 pm), $7

*I-SPY--Medusa & the Feline Science, Abstract Rude, 2 Mex, DJ Drez, Children of the Thorn, Syndel, DJ Wicked (7pm, all ages), $12.50

INDUSTRIAL COFFEE--Wadsworth, Dypak, Radio Unfriendly, Gudgen, $5

IRISH EMIGRANT--The Kennedy Brothers

*JAZZ ALLEY--McCoy Tyner, $18.50/$22.50

LAKEPOINTE--TUT, Trigger Point, Alkai Diggins

LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--The Tim Turner Band w/ Danny Hull, $10

LAST SUPPER CLUB--Plush: Tommy Martin & Tor, $10

LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP--Michael Williams Band, free

LITTLE RED HEN--Lee Anderson & 90 Proof

LOCK & KEEL--Colin Spring & the Band That Murdered Silence, the Gar Hooker Project

MONKEY PUB--Artists to Icon

MULLEADY'S PUB--The Bradbury Press, free

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Steve Baily Band, $10

OLD FIRE HOUSE (REDMOND)--Brodie, Acceptance, K Through Six, Gatsby's American Dream (8 pm, all ages), $5

OLD PEQULIAR--Sunday Morning Music

OWL 'N' THISTLE--Jam on White Bread

PARAMOUNT THEATRE--Bobby Womack, Rose Royce, $45/$55

RAGING RIVER SALOON--Mud Sharks

RAINBOW--Cambalache, $10

REDHOOK BREWERY--Hutson & Powell, free

SALTY'S ON ALKI--Korla Wygal

SCARLET TREE--Lady A & The Funk, $7

SERAFINA--Ann Reynolds

SHABBAZZ CAFE--Open mic, $5

SHARK CLUB (KIRKLAND)--Afrodisiacs, $8

*SHOWBOX--The Word, Chocolate Genius, $17

*SIT & SPIN--C Average, Biography of Ferns, the Bronze, $6

ST. CLOUDS--Looking For Sailors

ST. MARK'S CATHEDRAL--Virgil Fox Retrospective w/ J. Melvin Butler, $15/$20

SUNSET TAVERN--The Bell Furies, Marshall Scott Warner, $7

TOMMY'S--Batter Dean, the Merchants, Northern Souls, $5

TRACTOR TAVERN--Clumsy Lovers, Jazzberry Jam, $10

ZAK'S--Jodie Watts, the High & Mighty, Enkrya, $5


SATURDAY 1/19

ARTEMIS GALLERY--Bill Mize

BAD ALBERT'S--Miles from Chicago, $2

BAIT-HOUSE--Ty Bailie Trio, $3

BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Jaded 52, the Greedies, Chump Change, Capacity 3, Formula 1 (4 pm, all ages), $7

BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Yoka Enzenze (9:30), $10

BIT SALOON--Tim Hall Band

BLACKTHORNE VILLAGE PUB--Sister Guitar, $3

BOHEMIAN BACKSTAGE--Eek-A-Mouse, $10

BOHEMIAN CAFE--DJ D (R&B), $10

*CAFE VENUS--The Cyclone Killers, Chris Kowanko, Wayne Flower, $5

CENTRAL SALOON--Flowmotion, Jazzberry Ram, $8/$10

CENTURY BALLROOM--Salsa Band

CONOR BYRNE'S--Jelly Rollers, $3

*CROCODILE CAFE--KEXP benefit w/ Juno, Kinski, Halou, John Richards, Pedro the Lion, DJ Riz, $10

DOC MAYNARD'S--Black Vinyl All-Stars, $10

*EMP--"Birds of a Feather" Charlie Parker Tribute w/ Roy Haynes, Christian McBride (8:30 pm, all ages), $20/$22

FADO--Kennedy Brothers

FIDDLER'S INN--Skandia Kapell, $2

FIRESIDE ROOM--Mike Strickland, free

FLAME--Treble Lift, No Complaints, $5

FORECASTERS (WOODINVILLE)--Harmonica Playboy & the Midnight Movers, free

GALWAY ARMS--Bread Line Blues

*GRACELAND--Idaho, Actual Tigers, Seth Howard, $8

GRATEFUL BREAD--Joe Crookston, Kathryn Mostow, Brad Warren, $10

HANA'S--Open mic, free

HIGHLINER--Caroly Cruso, free

HURRICANE CAF:--No Evil, NW Breeders, Agony of Deceit, $5

*I-SPY--Aesop Rock, Cannibal Ox, Sleep (7 pm, all ages), $12

I-SPY--Apes of Wrath, Red Cap, Last Empire (10 pm), $7

INDUSTRIAL COFFEE--Stuckups, Goddam Gentlemen Reckless Bastards, the Wannbes, $5

IRISH EMIGRANT--Danny Godinez Band

*JAZZ ALLEY--McCoy Tyner, $18.50/$22.50

*KIRKLAND TEEN CENTER--Dub Narcotic Sound System, Pleaseasaur, the Super Magnificent Action Trio (8pm, all ages), $5

LAKEPOINTE--Face Plant, Room Zero, TON

LARRY'S--The Little Kings, $10

LITTLE RED HEN--Lee Anderson & 90 Proof

*LOCAL 46--Youth at Risk, Schoolyard Heroes, Johnny No Good (8 pm, all ages), $1/$6

LOCK AND KEEL--Single Wide, Big Hat No Cattle

MONKEY PUB--Sunday Driver, Duckling

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Nick Vigarino, Mean Town Blues, $10

O'SHEA'S--Dr. Richard Kimball & the Fugitive Combo

OLD PEQULIAR--The Shiners

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Kindred, $5

OWL 'N' THISTLE--Kerosene Dream

PANTAGES THEATER--Ben E. King, $20/$70

*PARADOX THEATER--Aaron Sprinkle, Dolour, the Carolines, the Dear Darlings (8 pm, all ages), $8

PARAMOUNT THEATRE--The Chieftains, Natalie MacMaster, $28.50/$40.50

RAGING RIVER SALOON (FALL CITY)--Nick Vigarino

RAIN DANCER--Little Big Men, Tyler Allen, $5

RAINBOW--McNarly's Rant, Ellen Says No, Firstname Lastname, $6

REDHOOK BREWERY--Atomic Players, free

ROCKSPORT--Los Orchids, $5

SCARLET TREE--Black & White, $7

SERAFINA--Urban Oasis

*SIT & SPIN--Silent Lambs Project, $9

*SONIC BOOM RECORDS (BALLARD)--Idaho (4 pm, all ages), free

ST. CLOUDS--Blu Meadows

*SUNSET TAVERN--Catbox w/ Stagger Lee, Midnight Thunder Express, Popular Shapes, $5

TOMMY'S--3 Story Head, One Eyed Jack, Moses Dole, $5

TRACTOR TAVERN--Clumsy Lovers, Bijou, $10

*YAK ROOM--Damien Jurado, Rocky Votolato, Rose Thomas (8 pm, all ages), $6

ZAK'S--Braindead, Dorgan Owner, Gudgen, Immortal Intent, $5


SUNDAY 1/20

ACORN--Andrea Dupree, David Pascal, Greg Fulton

BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Bent Richard (4 pm, all ages), $7

BALTIC ROOM--Smack

BELLTOWN BILLIARDS--Martin Ross Band

CENTRAL SALOON--Soup of the Day, Ethos, $5

CHINA JADE--Dennis Shadduck, free

EMP--Jazz Children's Songs w/ Greta Matassa (12:30 pm, all ages), free

EMP--The Kelly Joe Phelps Trio, Paul Curreri (8 pm, all ages), $16/$18

FADO--Traditional Irish Session

FIDDLER'S INN--Country Dave Harmonson, $1

FLOYD'S PLACE--Jennifer Savage

HABANA'S RESTAURANT--Quasi Nada

I-SPY--Nature Boy Saints, Laguna, Christmas Island, $6

INDUSTRIAL COFFEE--James Whiton & the Jazz Rednecks, $5

IRISH EMIGRANT--Oliver

JAZZ ALLEY--McCoy Tyner, $18.50/$22.50

LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Roger Rogers Band, $5

LOCAL 46--Abyssinian Knights, Elevated Elements, CRC (8 pm, all ages), $1/$6

O'SHEA'S--Open mic

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Evergreen, $6

OWL 'N' THISTLE--Danny Godinez Band

RAINBOW--Lev'vela, Fiva, $5

ST. CLOUDS--Trevor Wheetman

SUNSET TAVERN--Candy Kane w/ Little Ray & the Uppercuts (7 pm), $7

SUNSET TAVERN--The Yes Yes Boys (10:30 pm), $7

TRACTOR TAVERN--Sandra Layman & Yankl Falk (CD release), $10


MONDAY 1/21

BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Broak, Apriori, Chaser, $5

BELLTOWN BILLIARDS--Brian Nova & Funk 69

*CINERAMA--Blind Boys of Alabama, Total Experience Gospel Choir (8 pm, all ages), $20/$22

CONTOUR--Urban Tongue, DJ Rockafella

FIDDLER'S INN--Open Mic, free

*GRACELAND--The Light Heavyweights, the Loveless & Goodnight Trail, DJ Frankie Chan, $3

I-SPY--Whores of Babylon, Electric Orchid, $6

JAZZ ALLEY--Earshot Golden Ear Awards w/ Don Lanphere Quartet, $5/$10

LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--The Enders Brothers Band, $5

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--The New Orleans Quintet, free

NORTHGATE MALL--Tony La Stella (2, 4 pm, all ages)

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Rumba Abierta, free

OWL 'N' THISTLE--Karl Haug

RAIN DANCER--Tribaliscous, free

RAINBOW--Oxygen Ensemble, Reuben Radding Quartet, $3

ST. CLOUDS--Tom Bennett & the Rolling Blackouts

SUNSET TAVERN--Knitting Factory: Joe Doria, John Wicks, Skerik, Craig Flory, $5

THERMO'S--Open mic

TOMMY'S--Dub: DJ Engage, free


TUESDAY 1/22

AVENUE ONE--Lisa de Costa, free

BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Batter Dean, All About Loophole, Cordenas, $5

COFFEE MESSIAH--Cognitive Dissidents: Tokyo Sex Whale, Jason Young (8 pm, all ages), free

CONOR BYRNE'S--Open mic, free

*CROCODILE CAFE--Mates of State, Track Star, Poseur, $7

DUBLINER--Open mic

EL NI--O--Andre Feriante, free

GALWAY ARMS--Open mic

GRACELAND--Kottonmouth Kings (6 pm, all ages), $13

HURRICANE CAFE--Open mic, free

*I-SPY--Sylvain Sylvain, Red Planet, $8

IRISH EMIGRANT--Jam on White Bread

JAZZ ALLEY--Nancy Wilson Trio, $25.50/$29.50

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

LITTLE RED HEN--Tommy Westley & Don Kellogg

MR. SPOT'S CHAI HOUSE--Tyler Allen (8 pm, all ages)

NATION--Mambo 9, $5

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--File Gumbo Zydeco Band, free

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--John Bishop, $3

OWL 'N' THISTLE--B-Bop & Destruction

PARADOX THEATER--A Punk Rock Story (8 pm, all ages), free

PINK DOOR--Tony Yazzolino, Steve Kemke, free

RAIN DANCER--Singer/Songwriter Showcase, free

RAINBOW--Hair of the Dog, $5

RE-BAR--Local 101: Sludgeplow, Agent 86, $5

SUNSET TAVERN--Jen Wood, Vanessa, Amy Stolzenbach, the AM Disasters, $5

TRACTOR TAVERN--Geoff Muldaur, Paul deLay, $12

VOGUE--Viscious Dolls

WASABI BISTRO--Altered States, free


WEDNESDAY 1/23

AGUA VERDE CAFE--Zhaoui

BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Otis P. & the Jive Funk, Silkroot & Organica, $5

BIT SALOON--Rambling Roberts

BLACKTHORNE VILLAGE PUB--Sister Guitar, $3

CENTRAL SALOON--Radio Free, World 7, Brother Justice, $5

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

CONOR BYRNE'S--Jeremy Fisher, free

*CROCODILE--New Luck Toy, the Stuck Ups, Andromeda Project, $6

GRACELAND--Miracle Chosuke, guests, $6

HURRICANE CAFE--Frank Roberts Plus, free

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

LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP--Cornish College of the Arts Jazz Combo, free

MR. SPOT'S CHAI HOUSE--Waterfall (8 pm, all ages)

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Floyd Standifer, free

OLD TIMER'S CAFE--Dr. Sax

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Green Tea, free

OWL 'N' THISTLE--Big Stick

*PARADOX THEATER--Milemarker, Get Hustle, Chromatics (8 pm, all ages), $8

PINK DOOR--Julie Cascioppo, free

RAIN DANCER--Open mic, free

RAINBOW--Siamese, Ordinary K, $5

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

SERAFINA--Alex Guilbert

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

*SUNSET TAVERN--Rockaraoke w/ the Legendary Jefferson Airplane, $5

TOI--Buckshot Jazz Trio, free

*TRACTOR TAVERN--Hank Williams Wednesday, $6

TULA'S--Charlie Smith Circle, $5

UGLY MUG CAFE--Open mic

WIT'S END--Open mic, $2