THURSDAY 1/24
BAD ALBERT'S--Annieville Blues, free
BAIT HOUSE--Open mic, $3
BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Down Sound, Happy Savage, Electric Orchid, Wojack, $5
CENTRAL SALOON--Ultrafind, the Janeways, Storm Inc., $5
CONOR BYRNE'S--Charlie Post, free
* CROCODILE CAFE--Rosie Thomas (CD release), Rocky Votolato, $7
DUBLINER--Heather Banker, free
FIRESIDE ROOM--Mike Strickland, free
FLAME--San Pedro Circus, $3
FLOYD'S PLACE--Combo Craig
GALWAY ARMS--Acoustic Blues
* GRACELAND--The Standard, Helio Sequence, Vendetta Red, the Drop, $7
* I-SPY--Woke Up Falling, Lila, Tart, $8
INDUSTRIAL COFFEE--Eaton Hog, Full Frontal, $5
IRISH EMIGRANT--The Kennedy Brothers
J&M CAFE--Herding Cats, free
JAZZ ALLEY--Nancy Wilson Trio, $25.50/$29.50
LARRY'S--Mark Whitman Big Band w/ Sweet Talkin' Jones, $5
LITTLE RED HEN--The Souvenirs
LOCK AND KEEL--Tom and Karl, $10
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--Sweet Juice
PARAGON--HB Radke & the Jet City Swingers
PEACE CAFE--Open mic, free
PEARL COFFEEHOUSE--Floss (9 pm, all ages)
PINK DOOR--Lonnie Williams, free
RAINBOW--Discohesive, Ripley, $5
ROCK BOTTOM--San Pedro Circus (5:30 pm, all ages), free
SCARLET TREE--Das Root w/ Reggie Watts, P.K., $6
SEATTLE ART MUSEUM--Samba Combo (5:30 pm, all ages), $7
SIT & SPIN--Peepshow, Susan Robkin, Mayfly, $6
ST. CLOUDS--The Ptarmigans
SUNSET TAVERN--Cracked Corner Variety Show, DJ Lyle Dillard, $2
TEMPERO DO BRASIL--Urban Oasis
THOMPSON'S--Blue Gypsies, free
TOI--Moodswings: Danya w/ DJ Killabee, free
TRACTOR TAVERN--Hicky, Load Levelers, Hartwood, $5
TRAVELERS--Open mic, free
WASABI BISTRO--Altered States, free
ZAK'S--Meaculpa, guests, $3
FRIDAY 1/25
BACCANO--Brian Nova Trio, free
BAIT-HOUSE--Bait House All-Stars, $3
BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Warrant, $10/$15
BALTIC ROOM--Jumbalaya
* BENAROYA HALL--Seattle Composers Salon w/ Amy Denio, David Mesler, Josh Feit (8 pm, all ages), $5
BENAROYA HALL--Seattle Lesbian & Gay Chorus
BIT SALOON--Alice Stewart
BLACK LAB GALLERY--Open mic, free
BLUE MOON TAVERN--Uncle Luschner & the Chris Complex, free
BOHEMIAN BACKSTAGE--Sugar Minott, $10
BOHEMIAN CAFE--DJ D (R&B), $10
CAFE SOLSTICE--Dolly Ranchers (8 pm, all ages)
CENTRAL SALOON--Stolen Ogre, Ashbury Park, $8/$10
COFFEE MESSIAH--All Lotus Nightmares (8 pm, all ages), free
CONOR BYRNE'S--Brenda Weiler, guests, $5
CONTOUR--Tommy Martin, Tor Dietrichson, Tiffany Wilson
CORNISH COLLEGE--Gamelan Pacifica (8 pm, all ages), $6/$12
* CROCODILE CAFE--Kultur Shock, Omar Torres, $10
FADO--Them Blokes
FIDDLER'S INN--Acoustic Bigfoot Zoo, Sigrid Lee & Friends, $2
FIRESIDE ROOM--Mike Strickland, free
FLOYD'S PLACE--K.W. Miller
FORECASTERS (WOODINVILLE)--Morris Can Fly, free
GALWAY ARMS--Mummery
* GRACELAND--764-HERO, Carissa's Wierd, the Terror Sheets, $8
HIGHLINER--Carolyn Cruso, free
HURRICANE CAFE--Exploding Hearts, the Spits, $5
* I-SPY--Eyes Adrift (6 pm, all ages) $10
* INDUSTRIAL COFFEE--The Boss Martians, the Bad Girls, the Instants, $5
IRISH EMIGRANT--The Kennedy Brothers
JAZZ ALLEY--Nancy Wilson Trio, $25.50/$29.50
KELLS--St. James Gate
LAKEPOINTE--Windowpane, Stella 7, Men From Mars
LAKEWOOD COMMUNITY CLUBHOUSE--Square Dance: Queen City Bulldogs, Laura Me Smith, $6
LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--The Tim Casey Blues Cats, $10
LAST SUPPER CLUB--Plush: Tommy Martin & Tor, $10
LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP--Paul Whistler & Nora Michaels, free
LITTLE RED HEN--Buckaroo Blues
LOCK & KEEL--Sean Philbin, Creeping Time
MR. SPOT'S CHAI HOUSE--Tripnosis w/ Bill Wolford & His Q Ensemble (8 pm, all ages)
NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Tim Sherman Band, $10
* OLD FIRE HOUSE (REDMOND)--Peter Parker, the Hit, Super Magnificent Action Trio, the Cripples (8 pm, all ages), $5
OWL 'N' THISTLE--Bare Knuckle Boxers
PARADOX THEATER--Waxwing, Bugs in Amber, Gatsbys American Dream, Double Bluff (8 pm, all ages), $8
RAGING RIVER SALOON--Little Bill & the Blue Notes
RAINBOW--Flowmotion, Serotonin, $5
REDHOOK BREWERY--Triple J, free
SALTY'S ON ALKI--Korla Wygal
SCARLET TREE--3D, $7
* SECOND AVENUE PIZZA--Cowboy Cockfight, Beat Reduction, Donutz (8 pm, all ages), free
SERAFINA--Milo Peterson & Valerie Illman
SHABBAZZ CAFE--Open mic, $5
SHARK CLUB (KIRKLAND)--Afrodisiacs, $8
SIT & SPIN--Guardian Alien, Mallaka, $7
* ST. CLOUDS--Jo Miller & Her Burly Roughnecks
SUNSET TAVERN--James Mathus & His Knockdown Society, $7
TOMMY'S--Pataha, Mulligan Men, Moc Moc, $5
TOWN HALL--Chanticleer, $18/$29
TRACTOR TAVERN--The Paladins, Cave Catt Sammy, $10/$12
ZAK'S--Catholic School Girls, the Fire Ants, the Full Ons, $5
SATURDAY 1/26
BAD ALBERT'S--Chris Stevens, Greg Roberts, $2
BAIT-HOUSE--Jon Krueger's Fairly Honest Jazz Band, $5
BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Switch, Half-Track, Knockout, Shick Shadel, Static Bloom, Jelly Neck, Hatefist, Little Big Man (4 pm, all ages), $7
BIT SALOON--Blumeadows
BLARNEY'S INN--SubDwellers, Slop Shot, Enkrya, $5
BLUE MOON TAVERN--Maneaters, free
BOB'S WORLD FAMOUS JAVA JIVE--Pops Spoiler & His Deadbeats, the Plastards, Cheeky White Devils
BOHEMIAN BACKSTAGE--Sugar Minott, $10
BOHEMIAN CAFE--DJ D (R&B), $10
CENTRAL SALOON--Too Slim & the Taildraggers, $8/$10
CENTURY BALLROOM--Salsa Band
CONOR BYRNE'S--Spindrift, $3
CORNISH COLLEGE--Gamelan Pacifica (8 pm, all ages), $6/$12
CROCODILE CAFE--Red Neck Girlfriend, the Donnetts, Los Chingalos, $8
DEUX TAMALES--Cantalma
DOC MAYNARD'S--The Retros, $10
DUBLINER--Brandi Carlile
* EASY STREET RECORDS (BALLARD)--Fabulous Wailers (1 pm, all ages)
ELYSIAN--Deanna Knudsen, Garth Reeves, free
EMP--Young Jazz Composers Program Showcase (8:30 pm, all ages), $3/$5
* ETHNIC CULTURAL THEATRE--Buckshot, Smif N Wessun, DJ Logic, Central Intelligence, DJ Scene (6 pm, all ages), $12.50
FADO--Kennedy Brothers
FIDDLER'S INN--Segrid Lee & Friends, Acoustic Bigfoot Zoo, $2
FIRESIDE ROOM--Mike Strickland, free
FORECASTERS (WOODINVILLE)--The High Rollers, free
GALWAY ARMS--KW Miller
* GRACELAND--New Bomb Turks, Zeke, Flamethrower, the Catahoulha Hounds
HANA'S--Open mic, free
HOPVINE--Reggie Garrett & Gary Wescott (CD release)
HURRICANE CAF:--Scorched Earth, $5
* I-SPY--The Trey Gunn Band, CA Guitar Trio, $15
INDUSTRIAL COFFEE--The Zombie IV, Lonesome Teardrops, the Sultannas, $5
IRISH EMIGRANT--Miller Lane
JAZZ ALLEY--Nancy Wilson Trio, $25.50/$29.50
KELLS--St. James Gate
KIRKLAND TEEN CENTER--Music of Rememberance w/ Gary Karr, Erich Parce (8pm, all ages), $10/$17
LAKEPOINTE--M.T.F., the Braindead, Agony of Deceit
LARRY'S--Smokin' Gun, $10
LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP--Paul Whistler & Nora Michaels, free
LITTLE RED HEN--Buckaroo Blues
* LOCAL 46--Dolour, Hourglass Lake, Tart (8 pm, all ages), $1/$6
LOCK AND KEEL--Zeus Storage, Boy Next Door
MONKEY PUB--Going South, Brundlefly
MR. SPOT'S CHAI HOUSE--Mary Lofstrom's Jazz Improv Showcase
NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Seattle Women in Rythm Blues, $10
O'SHEA'S--Joy Mills & Kindred
OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Bradbury Press, $5
OUR HOUSE--Megabopolis
OWL 'N' THISTLE--Perusa
* PARADOX THEATER--The Sweet Science, Xiu Xiu, the Intima, Hypatia Lake (8 pm, all ages), $7
PARAGON--Imaginaires
RAGING RIVER SALOON (FALL CITY)--Hutson & Powell
RAIN DANCER--Bandersnatch, 3 Story Head, Allen, $6
RAINBOW--Clinton Fearon & the Boogie Brown Band, $8
REDHOOK BREWERY--Gypsy Bluehands, free
ROCKSPORT--Dudley Manlove Quartet, $7
SCARLET TREE--Korla Wygal & Her Private Reserve, $7
SECOND AVENUE PIZZA--MISC Magazine party w/ Laguna, DJs Superjew, E-Z Action (6 pm, all ages), $5
SERAFINA--Andrea Dupree
* SIT & SPIN--Kim Virant, Caleb Klauder, Bathtub Gin
ST. CLOUDS--Dina Blade
* STELLA PIZZA--The Droo Church, Hello, Amazombies, $5
SUNSET TAVERN--Glory Holes, the Swinos, the Popular Shapes, $5
TOMMY'S--Bambaji, Who's Your Daddy, $5
TOWN HALL--Chanticleer, $18/$29
TRACTOR TAVERN--Dear John Letters, Peter Parker, Rockstar Crush (10 pm), $10
* TRACTOR TAVERN--Chris Smither, Louise Taylor (7 pm), $15
ZAK'S--Ample, Platonic Bondage, the Chiefs, $5
SUNDAY 1/27
ACORN--Andrea Dupree, David Pascal, Greg Fulton
BALTIC ROOM--Smack
BELLTOWN BILLIARDS--Martin Ross Band
CENTRAL SALOON--Sea Jayne Trip, Upper, 6fg, $5
CHINA JADE--Dennis Shadduck, free
CONOR BYRNE'S--Broadside Songwriters Gathering
FADO--Traditional Irish Session
FIDDLER'S INN--Michael Hill & Nancy K. Dillon, $1
FLOYD'S PLACE--Jennifer Savage
* GRACELAND--The Divorce, the Downsound, $6
HABANA'S RESTAURANT--Quasi Nada
INDUSTRIAL COFFEE--A Midnight Choir, the Pine Hill Haints, Buck Dagger, $5
IRISH EMIGRANT--Oliver
JAZZ ALLEY--Nancy Wilson Trio, $25.50/$29.50
LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Roger Rogers Band, $5
MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND INDUSTRY--Garfield High School Jazz Ensembles (7 pm, all ages), $10
O'SHEA'S--Open mic
OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--The Dwamish, Dixieland Bash, $6
OWL 'N' THISTLE--Danny Godinez Band
PARAGON--Brandi Carlisle & Keith Wright
RAINBOW--The Berry Brothers, $3
SIT & SPIN--Jasiri Media's Sureshot Sunday (3 pm, all ages), $5
ST. CLOUDS--Trevor Wheetman
SUNSET TAVERN--Ty Willman, Ron Weinstein, Mike Stone, Rob Lyans, $5
TRACTOR TAVERN--Frankie Gavin, $12
MONDAY 1/28
* BALLARD FIREHOUSE--2-0-$ickness Showcase w/ Baby C, SubLymminal, Metasin, Isolated M-Pyre, Rebelz, T-Macn, $5
BELLTOWN BILLIARDS--Brian Nova & Funk 69
BLUWATER BISTRO--Killabee & Danya, free
CONTOUR--Urban Tongue, DJ Rockafella
FIDDLER'S INN--Open Mic, free
HOPVINE--Allette Brooks
LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--The Enders Brothers Band, $5
NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--The New Orleans Quintet, free
OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Rumba Abierta, free
OWL 'N' THISTLE--Karl Haug
PARADOX THEATER--RX Bandits, Tsunami Bomb, the Exit, Empathy for Arms (8 pm, all ages), $8
RAIN DANCER--Chris Stanley Band, free
RAINBOW--Oxygen Lounge: Tony Grasso, (r), Terminal IF, Bill Horist, $5
ST. CLOUDS--Tom Bennett & the Rolling Blackouts
SUNSET TAVERN--Knitting Factory: Joe Doria, John Wicks, Dan Blunck, $5
THERMO'S--Open mic
TUESDAY 1/29
AVENUE ONE--Stephanie Porter, free
COFFEE MESSIAH--Cognitive Dissidents: (r), Terminal I.F. (8 pm, all ages), free
CONOR BYRNE'S--Open mic, free
* CROCODILE CAFE--Chromatics, Fagatron, Madame Morte, Amy Blaschke, $6
DUBLINER--Open mic
EL NI--O--Andre Feriante, free
FREMONT UNCONVENTIONAL CENTER--The Shunpike Follies: Siamese, the Social Studies, $5
GALWAY ARMS--Open mic
HURRICANE CAFE--Open mic, free
* I-SPY--Stradhoughton Echo, the Mines, $6
IRISH EMIGRANT--Jam on White Bread
JAZZ ALLEY--Masters of Groove, $15.50/$17.50
LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Tim Turner Band, $5
LITTLE RED HEN--Tommy Westley & Don Kellogg
MR. SPOT'S CHAI HOUSE--Nervous Neptune (8 pm, all ages)
* MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND INDUSTRY--Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Festival w/ Keola Beamer, Ozzie Kotani, George Kahumoku Jr.
NATION--Hammer of the Gods, $5
NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--File Gumbo Zydeco Band, free
OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--John Bishop, $3
OWL 'N' THISTLE--The Balloons
PARADOX THEATER--Bane, Striking Distance, Stay Gold, Champion (8 pm, all ages), $8
PARAGON--Robert Stewart & Cameron Williams
PARAMOUNT THEATRE--Sum 41, Unwritten Law, GOB, $15.50
PINK DOOR--Tony Yazzolino, Steve Kemke, free
RAIN DANCER--Singer/Songwriter Showcase, free
RAINBOW--Hair of the Dog, $5
RE-BAR--Local 101: Psychotropics, Muckneck, $5
* SHOWBOX--Jay Farrar, Brian Henneman, $15
SUNSET TAVERN--Garth Reeves, Deanna Knudson, Brian Kenney, Lee Rude, Jill Cunningham, $5
TEMPERO DO BRASIL--Marco de Carvalho
TRACTOR TAVERN--Bruce Molsky, $10
VOGUE--Anomaly3 (CD release), Jodie Watts, the Vicious Dolls
WASABI BISTRO--Altered States, free
WEDNESDAY 1/30
AGUA VERDE CAFE--Zhaoui
BIT SALOON--Rambling Roberts
CENTRAL SALOON--Sorry, Swingline, Ladyslipper, $5
COFFEE MESSIAH--Open mic (8 pm, all ages), free
CONOR BYRNE'S--Charlie Spring, free
CORNISH COLLEGE--Odeon String Quartet (8 pm, all ages), $6/$12
CROCODILE--Shooga Car, the Fakes, $6
* GRACELAND--Slaughter & the Dogs, the Bell Tones, the Riffs (5:30 pm, all ages), $8
HURRICANE CAFE--Frank Roberts Plus, free
* I-SPY--SIL2K: Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Degenerate Art Ensemble, Pleaseeasaur, $8
JAZZ ALLEY--Masters of Groove, $15.50/$17.50
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--Jane 11 (8 pm, all ages)
NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Floyd Standifer, free
OLD TIMER'S CAFE--Dr. Sax
OWL 'N' THISTLE--The Splinters
PARAGON--Woody Woodhouse & Jet City Swingers
PARAMOUNT THEATRE--Nelly Furtado, Citizen Cope (8 pm, all ages), $20
PATTI SUMMERS'--Victor Noriega Trio
PINK DOOR--Julie Cascioppo, free
RAIN DANCER--Open mic, free
RAINBOW--Siamese, White Rhino, $5
SCARLET TREE--206 Ribshack: Ernest Humphry, Thaddius Turner, Gerald Turner, Davy C, Mark Cardenas, $3
SERAFINA--Alex Guilbert
* SHOWBOX--Concrete Blonde, Mojacar, $16.50
SIT & SPIN--Poetry Slam w/ Blue Glove Club, $4
* SUNSET TAVERN--Rockaraoke w/ the Legendary Golden Earache, $5
TOI--Buckshot Jazz Trio, free
* TRACTOR TAVERN--Hank Williams Wednesday, $6
UGLY MUG CAFE--Open mic
WIT'S END--Open mic, $2
