THURSDAY 10/12

700 CLUB--Soul Power: Al Rowe Project

BAD ALBERT'S--Annieville Blues, free

BAIT-HOUSE--Bait House Band, free

BALTIC ROOM--La Movida, $5

BREAKROOM--Breakfest: Los Mex Pistols, Barnyard Playboys, the Lloyds, $6

CATWALK--Global: DJ Peter, $5

CENTRAL SALOON--Civilized Animal, Bambaji, $5

CONOR BYRNE'S--Hanz Araki, free

CROCODILE--John Hyde, Junk Train, the Penningtones, $6

FIRESIDE ROOM--Overton Berry, free

*FOXES--Phó Bang: Hostess Ursula Android, $5

GALWAY ARMS--Owl 'n' Thistle Band

*GORDON BIERSCH--Ken Stringfellow, free

GRACELAND--Polecat, Pris, Lesliwood, the Cinematics

HIGHLINER--Bigfoot Zoo, free

J&M CAFE--J. R. Boogie, free

JAZZ ALLEY--Chuck Mangione, $17.50/$21.50

KISMET--Heather Banks, free

LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Tim Casey, $5

LITTLE RED HEN--The Shiners, free

MADISON'S--Brad Warren, Val D'Alessio, Kathleen Tracy

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Winard Harper Sextet, $5

*OK HOTEL--Hana, Elaine de Falco's Fabric, Lost Dog, $6

OLD TIMER'S CAFE--Seattle Slim, $5

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Open mic with Tom Bennett, free

OWL 'N' THISTLE--Crystal Radio

PALOMINO--Bob Heinemann Trio, free

*PARADOX--North American Bison, the Barfeeders, Civic Minded Five, the Trots, $6

PARAGON--H. B. Radke & the Jet City Swingers

PATTI SUMMERS'--Patti Summers

PINK DOOR--Amy X Neuburg & Men, free

*PLANET HOT ROD--Giant Harley Gathering

RAINBOW--Thamusemeant, $5

RENDEZVOUS--Mighty Shiny, the Torbin Studley, Pinebox, free

*SCARLET TREE--The Roots w/ Reggie Watts & P. K., $5

SEATTLE ART MUSEUM--Three-Leg Torso (5:30 pm, all ages), $7

*SHOWBOX--The Prom, Light Heavyweight, $6

*SIT & SPIN--Love as Laughter, Stagger Lee, Pleaseeasaur

SLIDERS (RENTON)--Afrodisiacs, $6

ST. CLOUDS--Marc Smason Trio

SUNSET TAVERN--Jeff Taylor, Erik Richards, Nick Poison & Friends, $3

TRACTOR TAVERN--RAI, Aaron Donahue, $5

UNIVERSITY FRIENDS CENTER--Leon Rosselson & Rebel Voices, $10/$12

VOGUE--Murder of Crows

ZAK'S--Noxious Weed Inspector

FRIDAY 10/13

700 CLUB--Seraphonic

ARISTOCRAT'S--"Kamikaze," a benefit for Home Alive w/ Ota Prota, Logic Probe, Oggmung, Sientific American, Evil Twin, Jerry Abstract, $10

BACCANO--Brian Nova Trio

BAIT-HOUSE--Grahm Hitchcock Band, free

BALTIC ROOM--Jumbalaya

BITTERS--Balkanarama, $5

BREAKROOM--Breakfest: Portrait of Poverty, Barfeeders, Civic Minded Five, $6

CENTRAL SALOON--Windowpane, Dr. Unknown, Dead Letters, $10

CENTURY BALLROOM--DJ Leslie (disco), $7

CONOR BYRNE'S--Mad Pudding, $5

*CROCODILE--Supersuckers, Amazing Crowns, Streetwalkin' Cheetahs, $10

DOC MAYNARD'S--The Cheeseballs, $10

EMP--Mark Lanegan, $5

FENIX--The Retros, $10

FIDDLER'S INN--Lonesome Steve Mitchell

FIRESIDE ROOM--Overton Berry, free

GALWAY ARMS--Max Schwennsen

*GIBSON'S--Valentine Killers, the Gloryholes, the Recordbreakers

GRACELAND--Hit Explosion, $10

HABANA'S (TACOMA)--Mark Taylor Quartet, free

HIGHLINER--Heather Banker, free

JAZZ ALLEY--Chuck Mangione, $17.50/$21.50

KEYARENA--Barenaked Ladies, Guster, $26.50/$31.50

KISMET--Caryn Simmons, free

LAKEPOINTE--Room XIII, Ton, Drunk as Usual, $5

LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Dr. Funk, $10

LATONA PUB--Fletch & Friends, $2

LEGENDS--Alice Stewart Band

LITTLE RED HEN--Bodacious, free

MELTING POT RESTAURANT--Glynn Brothers Quartet

MERCER ARENA--Deftones, Incubus, Taproot, $25

NEO BISTRO--Henry Cooper, free

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Winard Harper Sextet, $10

*OK HOTEL--Robin Holcomb & Wayne Horvitz, Aiko Shimada, $10

OLD TIMER'S CAFE--Nueva Era, $10

OWL 'N' THISTLE--K. W. Miller

*PARADOX--Crimany, the Blue Knights, Orange Peeler, Sure Thing, $8

PINK DOOR--Amy X Neuburg & Men, free

PLANET HOT ROD--Last Nerve, Aggression Core, Church of Hate, Catch 22, $5

RAIN DANCER--Bigfoot Zoo, Woody Russel, Big Kids' Book, $5

RAINBOW--Billy Joe Winghead, $5

RC'S SPORTS BAR--HD Productions Showcase, $3

SCARLET TREE--Little Kings, $6

SEATTLE CATCH--Vira Lata, free

SHARK CLUB--Afrodisiacs, $8

*SHOBOAT (TACOMA)--Polecat, the Ruby Doe, the Accidentals, Dry County

SHORELINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE--Dehner Franks

SHOWBOX--Left Hand Smoke, Shuggie, $10

SIT & SPIN--Kultur Shock, Guardian Alien, $7

ST. CLOUDS--Kassa Overall Trio

*SUNSET TAVERN--Alta May, Tot Finder, Mia Boyle, $5

*THEKLA (OLYMPIA)--Asylum Street Spankers, $8

TRACTOR TAVERN--Big Wu, Organica, $9

TUGBOAT ANNIE'S (OLYMPIA)--Towering Inferno Orchestra

ZAK'S--The Daryls, the Jimmies, Jimmy Flame & the Sexy Boyz

ZOKA COFFEE HOUSE--Antolin/Smason Quintet

SATURDAY 10/14

700 CLUB--Digable All-Stars

BAD ALBERT'S--Bill Chism, $2

BAIT-HOUSE--Grahm Hitchcock Band, free

BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Robby Krieger, Velvalux, Mr. Nobody, $18

BALTIC ROOM--King of Hawaii, $5

BLUE MOON TAVERN--Hiram Figg, free

*BREAKROOM--Breakfest: JAMPAC benefit w/ Floater, Blyss, TV 616, $6

CENTRAL SALOON--Aaron Donahue Band, $10

CENTURY BALLROOM--Yerba Buena, $10

CONOR BYRNE'S--The Suffering Gaels, $5

*CROCODILE--The Minus 5, New Strychnines CD release, $7

DOC MAYNARD'S--Jumbalassy, $10

ELYSIAN--Soloplexus, $5

FENIX--Hit Explosion, $10

FIDDLER'S INN--Hank Bradley & Cathy Whitesides

FIRESIDE ROOM--Overton Berry, free

FOURTH AVE TAVERN (OLYMPIA)--Towering Inferno Orchestra

GALWAY ARMS--Harmonica Dan & Geordie

GIBSON'S--Beauty Mark & the Button Push, Noggin', Popo

*GRACELAND--hed (Planet Earth), Spineshank, Cold (6 pm, all ages, $1.07); Fighting Machinists, the Fakes, the Glory Holes (10 pm, 21+, $7)

GRATEFUL BREAD--Steve Kaufman, $12

HABANA'S (TACOMA)--Sommer Stockinger, free

HIGHLINER--Larry & the Lizards, free

HONEY BEAR BAKERY--Barbara Hubers-Drake Trio, free

ICON GRILL--Scot Ranney

JAZZ ALLEY--Chuck Mangione, $17.50/$21.50

LAKEPOINTE--The Agents of Change, Harry Canyon, Radio Sinkhole, $5

LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Dr. Funk, $10

LATONA PUB--Don Goodwin Quartet, $2

LEGENDS--Funkin' Groovin'

LEIF ERIKSON BALLROOM--The Lost Vuarnets, $10

LITTLE RED HEN--Bodacious, free

LOTTIE MOTTS--Open mic

MADISON'S CAFE--Tart, Meg Hutchingson, $7

MEANY THEATER--Bulgarian Women's Choir

MR. SPOT'S CHAI HOUSE--The Drews, free

NEO BISTRO--Henry Cooper, free

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Winard Harper Sextet, $10

NIKO'S PLACE--Live Bouzuki "Grecian Sounds" and bellydancing by Zaphara, free

O'SHEA'S EASY STREET PUB--Jake Thompson & Andrew McKaige

OLD TIMER'S CAFE--Nueva Era, $10

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Seattle Songwriters' Collective w/ Rhonda Pelikan, $5

OWL 'N' THISTLE--Third World County

*PARADOX--Narkotic, Sinsemilla, Ghetto Children, Vitamin D, DJ Topspin, $8

PARAGON--The Starlighters

PINK DOOR--Amy X Neuburg & Men, free

PLANET HOT ROD--Jaded Mary, Sex Philes, $5

*RAIN DANCER--Flowmotion, Kerosene Dream, Mayfly, $8

*RAINBOW--Green Party benefit w/ HighRize, Two Loons for Tea, Amy Denio, $10

SCARLET TREE--Something Real, $6

SEATTLE ART MUSEUM--Talvin Singh, Tubla Set

SEATTLE CATCH--Joanne Klein, free

SEATTLE UNITY CHURCH--Lisa Thiel (7 pm), $14

SHOBOAT (TACOMA)--Left of the Dial

SHOWBOX--2000 Seattle Salsa Contest Amateur Finals w/ Nueva Era, Melcochita, $10/$15

*SIT & SPIN--Radio Nationals, Carmine, the Pinehurst Kids, $7

ST. CLOUDS--Dadisi Trio

*SUNSET TAVERN--Droo Church CD release, the Band That Made Milwaukee Famous, the Fongs, $5

TRACTOR TAVERN--78 RPM, Jack Straw, Marc Graham & Orville Johnson, $8

WIT'S END--Larry Murante & Kathryn Mostow

ZAK'S--Ward A, Bacchus, Sethbin, Stunt Dick

SUNDAY 10/15

700 CLUB--Slow Ride

BELLTOWN BILLIARDS--Martin Ross Band

*BREAKROOM--Breakfest: the Gimmicks, the Catheters (7 pm, all ages), $6

CENTRAL SALOON--Thaelo, Forty Save One, Good Boy Bren, $5

CHINA JADE--Dennis Shadduck & Pete Carrabba, free

CONOR BYRNE'S--Irish Session, free

CROCODILE--Doughty, Plastiq Phantom, $12

GALWAY ARMS--Rick Usleton & Cameron

GRACELAND--The Ruby Doe, Lynx, $6

HOPVINE--The Katatonics

ICON GRILL--Scot Ranney

JAZZ ALLEY--Chuck Mangione, $17.50/$21.50

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

MADISON'S CAFE--Open mic, free

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Melvin Peterson Quartet, $5

O'SHEA'S EASY STREET PUB--Open mic

OLD TIMER'S CAFE--Banda, $5

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

OWL 'N' THISTLE--Jelly Rollers

RAINBOW--Carolyn Wonderland, Michael Williams, $5

SIT & SPIN--Sole, AWOL One, Circus, Pedestrian, Jel, Oldominion, Josh Martinez, $7

ST. CLOUDS--Glenn Morrissey

SUNSET TAVERN--Jack Lukeman

TINI BIGS LOUNGE--Lincoln Briney Trio, free

*TRACTOR TAVERN--Asylum Street Spankers, $10

VILLAGE INN PUB--Open mic, free

MONDAY 10/16

700 CLUB--Norm Balles Project

AGUA VERDE CAFE--Zhaoui, free

ART BAR--Open mic, free

BELLTOWN BILLIARDS--Brian Nova & Funk 69

CENTRAL SALOON--Steve Yonk Blues Jam w/ John Marshall, $5

*CROCODILE--Pinback, Welcome, $7

FIDDLER'S INN--Open mic

GALWAY ARMS--Lew Jones

*I-SPY/NATION--SIL2K: Electrochakra, Zahir, the SIL2K Ensemble, $10

ICON GRILL--Scot Ranney

J&M CAFE--Henry Cooper All-Star Blues Jam, free

LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Tim Turner, free

LIZZARD LOUNGE--The Jim Basnight Thing

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--New Orleans Quintet, free

OLD TIMER'S CAFE--Dr. Sax, free

OWL 'N' THISTLE--Aaron Donahue

ST. CLOUDS--R. B. & Friends

SUNSET TAVERN--David Brewer & the Intimidators, Chris Layton, $3

ZIG ZAG CAFE--Darrius Willrich

TUESDAY 10/17

*700 CLUB--Bassackwards

ALIBI ROOM--Blue Glove Club, free

AVENUE ONE--Edmonia Jarrett, free

BIG FOOT INN TAVERN--The Lazy J's Jam

CENTURY BALLROOM--Tannahill Weavers, $16/$19

CROCODILE--The Disco Biscuits, $8

DUBLINER--Open mic, free

EL NI--O--Andre Feriante, free

GALWAY ARMS--Dan Godinez Band

GORDON BIERSCH--Phil Hurley, free

ICON GRILL--Scot Ranney

J&M CAFE--Doug Lynn Band, free

JAZZ ALLEY--Ron Escheté Trio, $12.50/$14.50

LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Scott Harris Band

LITTLE RED HEN--Rockin' Country Piano Bar, free

LOCK AND KEEL--Open mic

MUDSHARK BAR--Smooth Groove

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--File Gumbo Zydeco Band, free

OLD TIMER'S CAFE--Barfly, $5

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--John Bishop Combo, $2

OWL 'N' THISTLE--Bebop & Destruction

PARAGON--Phil Carrillo

RAINBOW--Grenouville Trois, $4

SCARLET TREE--Annieville Blues, free

SHOWBOX--Little LuAnn, Hiram Figg, Cabrini Green, $5

SLIDERS (RENTON)--Ragamuffin, $2

SUNSET TAVERN--Mark Notermann, Clay Bartlett, Peter Blackstock, free

TRAVELERS--Open mic, free

WEDNESDAY 10/18

700 CLUB--Nitty Gritty

ART BAR--Diversity: Terry Ja'sinto, Phillip Eno (house)

BLUE MOON TAVERN--Open mic, free

CENTRAL SALOON--Lazy Plain, Jacob Jess, $5

CROCODILE--Stumblebum, Screaming Devilles, Liquid Dropouts, $6

FLOYD'S PLACE--Monty Banks Ultra Rock Lounge, free

GALWAY ARMS--Mare Wakefield

GORDON BIERSCH--Warren Pash, free

GRACELAND--Joan of Arc, Oval, Sunday, $5

HOPVINE--Open mic

ICON GRILL--Scot Ranney

JAZZ ALLEY--Ron Escheté Trio, $12.50/$14.50

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

MUDSHARK BAR--Smooth Groove

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Floyd Standifer, free

OLD TIMER'S CAFE--Songwriter Showcase, $5

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Joel Pritsch Combo, free

OWL 'N' THISTLE--Danny Godinez

PARAGON--Woody Woodhouse & Groove Alley

PATTI SUMMERS'--Patti Summers

PINK DOOR--Amy X Neuburg & Men, free

PIONEER SQUARE SALOON --Open mic

RAINBOW--Mikael Stavostrand, Moljebka Pulse, Brent Gutzeit, Rebreather, $7

SIT & SPIN--Eclectica: the Smilin' Scandanavians, Two Loons for Tea, Jeremy Moss, $5

TRACTOR TAVERN--No. 226, Oh Susanna, $5