THURSDAY 3/7
BAD ALBERT'S--Maxine Smith, free
CENTRAL SALOON--Sugartown, Kellee Bradley, Storm, Inc, $5
CONOR BYRNE'S--McSorley's Reeks, free
* CROCODILE CAFE--My Morning Jacket, Swearing at Motorists, Tennessee Valley Authority, $7
DUBLINER--Don't Tell Eva, Christopher Blue, free
FLOYD'S PLACE--Combo Craig
GALWAY ARMS--Charlie Post
* GRACELAND--Mushroomhead, Lamb of God, Eighteen Visions, Five Pointe O (6:30pm, all ages), $6
HOPVINE--Kareem Kandi w/ Will Blair & Julian MacDonough, free
I-SPY--Skylobby, Ota Prota, DJ Jerry Abstract, $7
INDUSTRIAL COFFEE--Count the Stars, Jupiter Sunrise, Frayed Edge, $7
JAZZ ALLEY--Spyro Gyra, $21.50/$25.50
LARRY'S--Athena Ez, China Davis, the Lights, $5
LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP--Chris & Carla, free
LITTLE RED HEN--Grovestock, free
LOCK AND KEEL--Tom & Karl, free
MONA'S--The Momentum Quartet
MOORE THEATRE--Ryan Adams, $20
NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--The Ham Carson Quintet, free
OWL 'N' THISTLE--Emanuel Lewis
PARADOX THEATER--One Line Drawing, Woke Up Falling, Division Day, Slackjaw (8 pm, all ages), $8
PARAGON--HB Radke & the Jet City Swingers, free
PINK DOOR--Lonnie Williams Trio, free
RAINBOW--White Rhino, Ediadio, $5
* RE-BAR--Pho Bang!, $6
SAFFRON COW--Pine Ridge Native American Reservation benefit w/ Pearl Django
SCARLET TREE--Das Root w/ Reggie Watts, P.K., $6
SECOND AVENUE PIZZA--Phalanx (7 pm, all ages)
* SHOWBOX--Modest Mouse, VLLFS.JMG (7 pm, all ages), $17
SIT & SPIN--International Women's Day w/ Paula Maya, Amy Denio & Las Machas, Aiko Shimada, $7
TEMPERO DO BRASIL--Urban Oasis
THOMPSON'S--Blue Gypsies, free
TOI--Moodswings: Danya w/ DJ Killabee, free
TOST--Holly Figueroa, Ellen Reed, Sheryl Wiser, $6
TRACTOR TAVERN--Jon Dee Graham
ZAK'S--The African Knights, $4
FRIDAY 3/8
BAIT-HOUSE--Pre-Bop All Stars, $3
BALLARD FIREHOUSE--P.K.E. Meter, Mystic Pop, Sound of Sleep, Lunasphere, Complex Numbers, $7
BALTIC ROOM--Jumbalaya
BENAROYA HALL--Seattle Pops: John Pizzarelli Trio w/ Bucky Pizzarelli, $18
BLUE MOON TAVERN--Coleman Brown & the Drivebys, free
BOHEMIAN BACKSTAGE--Max Romeo, $10
CAFE VENUS--Liquid Voodoo
CATWALK--SMP, Omnibox, rising!man!incinerator, $7
* CENTRAL SALOON--The Heaters, All American Playboys, $8/$10
CENTURY BALLROOM--Ryan Adams, $20
COFFEE MESSIAH--The Psychotic Erotic Cabaret: Special Olympics Edition (8 pm, all ages), $4
CONOR BYRNE'S--Zak Borden Trio, $3
CONTOUR--Tommy Martin, Tor Dietrichson
CORNER INN--Bourbon Kings, free
* CROCODILE CAFE--Deadly Snakes, Catheters (CD release), the Nerves, $8
DOC MAYNARD'S--The Beatniks, $10
DOWNTOWN YMCA--International Women's Day: Paxil Rose, Tart, Lesliwood (8pm, all ages), $5
FIDDLER'S INN--Rod Cook, $2
FLOYD'S PLACE--K.W. Miller
FREMONT UNCONVENTIONAL CENTER--Freezer Burn: Pyrosutra, Ota Prota, Miss Kick, DJs Vital, Advent, $10
GALWAY ARMS--KW Miller
GRACELAND--Dead Kennedys, Portrait of Poverty, $14
GROUND ZERO (BELLEVUE)--Carrie Akre, Amy Stolzenbach, Mike Turpen, Amy Mahardy (8 pm, all ages), $5
HOKUM HALL--A Bite of Vaudeville: Toby Wessel, Lori Egers, Brothers From Different Mothers, $12/$14
INDUSTRIAL COFFEE--The Reckless Bastards, the Fucking Chachis, Gluttons for Punishment, $5
JAZZ ALLEY--Spyro Gyra, $21.50/$25.50
LAKEPOINTE--The Merchants, Ivan, Reason
LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--The Burbanks, Gift, the Highsiders, Who Cares?, $10
LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP--Alice Stuart, free
LITTLE RED HEN--8 Second Rule, free
LOCK & KEEL--Nature Boy Saints, Luna Park, $2
MR. SPOT'S CHAI HOUSE--Bill Wolford's Head (8 pm, all ages)
MULLEADY'S PUB--Hathead, free
MURPHY'S PUB--Finn, Tom, Hans, $2
NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--The Yes Yes Boys, $10
OLD FIRE HOUSE (REDMOND)--No Outlet, Youth At Risk, Bent Kactis, Add (8 pm, all ages), $5
OLD PEQULIAR--The Combustion Collective
OWL 'N' THISTLE--Kennedy Brothers
* PARAMOUNT THEATRE--Wu-Tang Clan, Lifesavas, $29.50
RAINBOW--Project/Object: Ike Willis, Napoleon Murphy Brock, $15
SCARLET TREE--Kool Aid, $7
SECOND AVENUE PIZZA--Tion, Deconditioned (8 pm, all ages), free
* SHOWBOX--Modest Mouse, FCS North, $17
* SIT & SPIN--Peter Parker, Dorkweed, the Tremens, $6
STEEL SKY--Rachel Leigh, Christopher, Drew Victor
* SUNSET TAVERN--Neo, the Drop, Pris, $5
THEATER OFF JACKSON--S.A.V.E. benefit w/ the Flood, Isangmahal, Vermilion, Gods Among Men (8 pm, all ages), $5/$7
TOMMY'S--Subdwellers, Nu Balance, $5
TRACTOR TAVERN--Deke Dickerson & the Ecco-Fonics, Marshall Scott Warner Band, Dave Bunker, $10
TULA'S--Tim Armacost/Chris Fagan Quintet
* ZAK'S--GloryHoles, Meaculpa, Amazombies, All Out, $5
SATURDAY 3/9
BAD ALBERT'S--Bill Chism, $2
BAIT-HOUSE--The Hep Tets, $3
BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Yoka Ensenze, Yeke Yeke, $10
BIT SALOON--Les Thangud Trio w/ Muddy, free
BLUE MOON TAVERN--Uncle Leuschner & the Chris Complex, the Government, free
BOHEMIAN BACKSTAGE--Max Romeo, $10
BROADWAY PERFORMANCE HALL--Seattle Rainbow City Band, Portland Rose City Gay Freedom Band, Vancouver, BC Rainbow Concert Band, $10/$12
CAFE VENUS--Spider Music Orchestra
CENTRAL SALOON--Flowmotion, Jam On White Bread, $8/$10
CENTURY BALLROOM--Celtic Fiddle Festival, $20
CONOR BYRNE'S--Araki, Mac Ginto, Creegan, $3
CORNER INN--Bourbon Kings, free
* CROCODILE CAFE--Lennon, $20/$22
DOC MAYNARD'S--The Retros, $10
ELYSIAN--Chris Eckman & Carla Torgeson, free
FIDDLER'S INN--Karl Haug & Tom Parker, $2
FLAME--Roosevelt, $5
GALWAY ARMS--Bog Rockets
* GRACELAND--Acid Mothers Temple, Kinski, $8
GRATEFUL BREAD--Steve Gillette, Cindy Mangsen, $10/$12
HIGHLINER--Kevin Jones Band, free
HOKUM HALL--A Bite of Vaudeville: Toby Wessel, Lori Egers, Brothers From Different Mothers, $12/$14
* I-SPY--Mr. Len, Mr. Complex, El Fudge, Kice, Steady Roc, Surge Spitable (7 pm, all ages), $10
I-SPY--Das Rut, Siamese, Kooken & Hoomen, DJs Diskyze, Tarek (10 pm), $10
* INDUSTRIAL COFFEE--Right On!, the Hospitals, the Sultanas, Party of Eight, $5
JAZZ ALLEY--Spyro Gyra, $21.50/$25.50
* KIRKLAND TEEN CENTER--Akimbo, Drowning in Lethe, Vats of Blood (8 pm, all ages), $5
LARRY'S--Walter Wolfman Washington & the Roadmast, $10
LITTLE RED HEN--8 Second Rule, free
LOBO INN--SlopShot, Counterfist, the Whores, $3
LOCK AND KEEL--The Gar Hook Project, $2
MONA'S--The Tor Dietricson Trio, free
MR. SPOT'S CHAI HOUSE--Machete (8 pm, all ages), $6
MULLEADY'S PUB--The Bradbury Press, free
MURPHY'S PUB--Clay Pipe Band, $2
NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Kenny Neal Band, $10
O'SHEA'S--Lost Call
OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Braburn, $5
OWL 'N' THISTLE--Owl & Thistle Band
PARAGON--Edmonia Jarrett, free
PARAMOUNT THEATRE--Diana Krall, $29.50/$69.50
PINK DOOR--Shoehorn, free
RAIN DANCER--Atma, $5
RAINBOW--Happy Savage, Little Big Man, $6
ROCKSPORT--Afrodisiacs, $10
SCARLET TREE--Korla Wygal & Her Private Reserve, $7
* SECLUDED ALLEY WORKS--Something New: Arrington De Dionyso, White Targets, M Evan Burden, Y.K.K., Serena Tideman, Display, Static! (4 pm, all ages), $5
SECOND AVENUE PIZZA--Mark Barth & Friends (8 pm, all ages), free
SERAFINA--Alex Guilbert
SIT & SPIN--Liquor Box, Underride, the Merchants, $5
STEEL SKY--Ultra Find, the Dandelion Method
* STELLA PIZZA--The Triggers, Popular Shapes, the Dark Places
* SUNSET TAVERN--The Delusions, 6 Minute Mile, Graig Markel, $5
* THEATER OFF JACKSON--The Gossip, Bangs, Chromatics (8 pm, all ages), $7
TOMMY'S--Bambaji, Peto-go-go, $5
TOST--Randy Neil & Company, $5
TOWN HALL--Recorder Superstars: Marion Verbruggen, Clea Galhano, $13/$23
TRACTOR TAVERN--Roger Clyne & the Peacemakers, Deer Whistle, $8
VICTROLA COFFEE & ART--Al's Novelty Syncopators (8 pm, all ages), free
ZAK'S--Hung Dice, Sexually Active Corpse, Chief, Platonic Bondage, $5
SUNDAY 3/10
BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Type X Cast, Eminenece, Damaged, Formula X (4 pm, all ages), $7
BALTIC ROOM--Smack
BELLTOWN BILLIARDS--Martin Ross Band
CENTRAL SALOON--Heavier than Jupiter, 3 Deuces, Hundred Thousand Down, Firecrotch, $5
CHINA JADE--Dennis Shadduck, free
CONOR BYRNE'S--Bra Show breast cancer treatment benefit w/ Happy Savage, $10
FIDDLER'S INN--Lew Jones, $1
FLOYD'S PLACE--Jennifer Savage
* GRACELAND--Thrones, V is for Vendetta, Crictor, the Chromatics, $7
HABANA'S RESTAURANT--Quasi Nada
INDUSTRIAL COFFEE--Jim Knodle, Anasi, Blue Star Creeper, $5
JAZZ ALLEY--Spyro Gyra, $21.50/$25.50
LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Rogers Rogers Band, $5
LITTLE RED HEN--Jerry & the Philbillys, free
OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Ain't No Heaven 7, $6
PARAGON--Park Olson, free
PARAMOUNT THEATRE--Diana Krall, $29.50/$69.50
PINK DOOR--Shoehorn, free
RAIN DANCER--Run For Cover, $2
* SHOWBOX--The Posies, the Long Winters (CD release), Urban Legends, $8
SUNSET TAVERN--Tennessee Twin, the Yes Yes Boys, $5
TOST--Children of the Revolution, $5
TRACTOR TAVERN--Jim Hurst, Missy Raines, Bill Evans, Steve Smith (2 pm), $12
TRACTOR TAVERN--Tempest (8 pm), $10
MONDAY 3/11
BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Potty Mouth Society, Number 9, Havona Bent, Still, $5
BELLTOWN BILLIARDS--Brian Nova & Funk 69
CONTOUR--Urban Tongue w/ Tiffany Wilson, DJ Rockaphella
GRACELAND--The Big Wu, Strange Folk, $14
I-SPY--The James Cotton Band, Jelly Rollers, $17
INDUSTRIAL COFFEE--Por Libra, Reflective MF, Mulligan Men, $5
JAZZ ALLEY--Janis Mann & Greta Matassa, $12.50/$14.50
LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--The Enders Brothers Band, free
NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--The New Orleans Quintet, free
OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Brazilian Jazz Collective, $3
RAIN DANCER--Chris Stanley Band, free
RAINBOW--Oxygen Lounge: Argonaut, Slaymobil, Ghidra, $5
* SORRY CHARLIE'S--Scot Lee
SUNSET TAVERN--Knitting Factory: Joe Doria, John Wicks, Greg Sinibaldi, $5
ZIG ZAG CAFE--Zia Washington w/ Blue Gypsies
TUESDAY 3/12
BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Lifee Hollaback Tour, $5
CENTURY BALLROOM--Acoustic Hot Tuna, $10
CHINA HARBOR--John Holte & the Radio Rhythm Orchestra, DJ Nosey Joe, $5
COFFEE MESSIAH--Cognitive Dissidents: Wounded Infidel, Nth (8 pm, all ages), free
* COMET TAVERN--Midnight Thunder Express, the Mexican Blackbirds, $3
* CROCODILE CAFE--Bardo Pond, 31 Knots, Fursaxa, $7
GRACELAND--Style Wars: DJs Syze, Redheadone, nore, D2O, Red Leather Chapstick, $5
* I-SPY--The Lyricists: Hiphop open mic w/ DJs B-Mello, Mr. Supreme, $7
IRISH EMIGRANT--Jam on White Bread
JAZZ ALLEY--Dr. John, $23.50/$27.50
LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--The Tim Turner Band, free
LITTLE RED HEN--Tommy Westley & Don Kellogg, free
LULU'S--Tim Friedlander Quartet
MR. SPOT'S CHAI HOUSE--Undercurrent (8 pm, all ages)
NATION--Futomaru (live triphop), $6
NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--File Gumbo Zydeco Band, free
OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--John Bishop, $3
OWL 'N' THISTLE--The Balloons
PARAGON--Robert Stewart & Cameron Williams, free
PINK DOOR--Tony Yazzolino & Steve Kemke, free
RAIN DANCER--Singer/Songwriter Showcase, free
RAINBOW--Hair of the Dog, $5
* RE-BAR--Local 101: Bearskin Rugburn, Lloyd's Rocket, $5
SCARLET TREE--Momo, $3
SUNSET TAVERN--Colville Melody, Memphis Radio Kings, Grantley, $5
TRACTOR TAVERN--Karan Casey, Robbie Overson, Niall Vallely, $13/$15
VOGUE--The Vicious Dolls
WEDNESDAY 3/13
1516--Downstroke
BAD ALBERT'S--Scotty Harris, free
BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Echko, Ryle, Federal, Jay the Mover, Feisty, Flave, Jimmy Hoffa, $5
BIT SALOON--Rambling Roberts
BOHEMIAN CAFE--15 Minutes of Fame Talent Search
CENTRAL SALOON--Sorry, Hypnoray, Track 9, $5
* CROCODILE--Lambchop, David Kilgour, $10
FIDDLER'S INN--Tamaras, $2
* GRACELAND--Holly Rollers, Little Luanne, guests, $6
HURRICANE CAFE--Frank Roberts Plus, free
I-SPY--Hourglass Lake, Saeta, Andrea, Mexand, $6
JACK STRAW PRODUCTIONS--Rik Wright
JAZZ ALLEY--Dr. John, $23.50/$27.50
LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Chris White All Star Jam, $5
MARINA CANTINA--Marc Login Band
MEANY THEATER--Adras Shiff, $40
* MOORE THEATRE--Rufus Wainwright, $19.50
MR. SPOT'S CHAI HOUSE--Bob DiNardo (8 pm, all ages)
NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Floyd Standifer, free
OLD TIMER'S CAFE--Dr. Sax
OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Crazy Go Toy, free
OWL 'N' THISTLE--Billy Moon
PARAGON--Little Bill & the Bluenotes, free
PINK DOOR--The Julie Cascioppo Experience, free
RAINBOW--Pappys, $5
SCARLET TREE--Funk Fusion, $5
SERAFINA--Andrea Dupree
* SUNSET TAVERN--Rockaraoke w/ the Legendary George Jefferson Starship, $5
* TEMPLE BALLROOM (TACOMA)--George Thorogood & the Destroyers, $26.50
TOI--Buckshot Jazz Trio, free
TRACTOR TAVERN--The Motet, $8
TULA'S--Tim Armacost/Chris Fagan Quintet