THURSDAY 4/4
AURAFICE--Multimedia open mic (8 pm, all ages), free
BAD ALBERT'S--Maxine Smith, free
CENTRAL SALOON--Luna Park, Fry, Phokus, $5
CONOR BYRNE'S--Jeremy Fisher, free
* CROCODILE CAFE--Mother Hips, Actual Tigers, the Bend, $8/$10
DUBLINER--Andrew Norsworthy, free
FLOYD'S PLACE--Combo Craig
GALWAY ARMS--Charlie Spring
* GRACELAND--Hellacopters, Gaza Strippers, the Midnight Thunder Express, $12
HOPVINE--Kareem Kandi w/ Will Blair & Jacques Willis, free
* I-SPY--Coolout 2GX 10th Anniversary w/ Rockaphella, Onry Ozzborn & Surge Spitable, Donald Glaude & MC Cutty Calico, $5/$8
INDUSTRIAL COFFEE--Fylo, Lance Hofstad, Liquid Voodoo, $5
J&M CAFE--Herding Cats, $3
JAZZ ALLEY--David Benoit, $20.50/$24.50
KELLS--Liam Gallagher
LARRY'S--Liquid Foundation, Cavity Search, the Highsiders, 3 Duces, $5
LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP--The Prom, Lightheavyweight, free
LOCK AND KEEL--Orange & Tilted Blue, $2
MONA'S--Marco de Cavalho Trio
NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--The Ham Carson Quintet, free
OLD TIMER'S CAFE--Kingpin Hayes
OWL 'N' THISTLE--Six Foot Savage
PARADOX THEATER--The St Louis Smiles, Daniel G. Harmann, the Cyclone Killers, the Scene (8 pm, all ages), $5
PARAGON--HB Radke & the Jet City Swingers, free
PEACE CAFE--Open mic, free
PEARL COFFEEHOUSE--Floss (9 pm, all ages)
PINK DOOR--Lonnie Williams Trio, free
RAINBOW--Liquid Messiah, Saint Sophia, $5
* RE-BAR--Pho Bang! w/ Best Revenge, IAMLOVED, $6
ROX BROILER (KENMORE)--Liquid
SCARLET TREE--Das Root w/ Reggie Watts, P.K., $6
* SEATTLE ASIAN ART MUSEUM--Robin Holcomb, Aiko Shimada, $8
SHOWBOX--Dark Star Orchestra, $16/$18
* SIT & SPIN--Elanie Mandell, Carrie Biell, Out Brief Candle, $6
SUNSET TAVERN--Tribute to Ween w/ Captain Fantasy & the Stallions, $5
THOMPSON'S--Blue Gypsies, free
TOI--Moodswings: Danya w/ DJ Killabee, free
TOST--Paul Bellows, Sheryl Wiser, Amy Roberts, $6
* TRACTOR TAVERN--Tri-Factor, $12
TRAVELERS--Open mic, free
ZAK'S--Mindshaker, guests, $4
FRIDAY 4/5
BACCANO--Brian Nova Trio, free
BAIT-HOUSE--Flora McGill
BALLARD FIREHOUSE--The Apocolypsticks, Black Jack Betty, Lunasphere, the Stuckups, $7
BALTIC ROOM--Jumbalaya
BAREFOOT, USA--Columbia City Beat Walk: Jovino Santos Neto Quarteto, $5
BENAROYA HALL--Starbucks presents: Hot Java, Cool Jazz, $8/$15
BLUE MOON TAVERN--Liquid Foundation, free
* BOHEMIAN BACKSTAGE--The Itals, $10
BRECHEMIN AUDITORIUM--Mallet Head: Emil Richards, $8/$10
CENTRAL SALOON--Subdwellers, Drop 6, DFive9, $8/$10
* CHOP SUEY--Gas Huffer (CD release), Federation X, New Luck Toy, $7
COFFEE MESSIAH--Alexis of the Aelix (8 pm, all ages)
COLUMBIA CITY ALE HOUSE--Columbia City Beat Walk: Eric Madis Duo, $5
CONOR BYRNE'S--Going South, $3
CONTOUR--Liquid Voodoo
CORNER INN--J.R. Boogie, free
* CROCODILE CAFE--Eels, guests, $15/$18
DEUX TAMALES--Columbia City Beat Walk: Zhaoui, $5
DOWNTOWN YMCA--Crystal Radio, Common Heroes, Spitlicks (8 pm, all ages), $5
FASICA--Columbia City Beat Walk: Clinton Fearon & the Boogie Brown Band, $5
FIDDLER'S INN--Danny Godinez Band, $2
FLOYD'S PLACE--K.W. Miller
FORECASTERS (WOODINVILLE)--Mary McPage, free
* GALWAY ARMS--Bread Line Blues
* GRACELAND--Hell's Belles, Loaded, Vandemonium, $10
HOKUM HALL--Gene Nichols, Glen Jenks, $10/$12
HOPVINE--Single Wide
* I-SPY--Princess Superstar, Onry Ozzborn, $10
INDUSTRIAL COFFEE--Magic Cordoba, the Racket, Daffodil 11, $5
JAZZ ALLEY--David Benoit, $20.50/$24.50
KELLS--Celtic Renaissance
LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Andy Stokes, $10
LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP--Henry Cooper Band, free
LOCK & KEEL--Orange & Tilted Blue, $2
LOTTIE MOTTS--Columbia City Beat Walk: 3 Legged Cat, $5
MEANY THEATER--Burhan Ocal, $28
MOLLY McGUIRE'S--The Raybone Experience, free
MURPHY'S PUB--Chris Stevens Group, $2
MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND INDUSTRY--Cheryl Wheeler (8 pm, all ages), $15/$17
NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Lonnie Williams, $10
OWL 'N' THISTLE--Owl & Thistle Band
PARADOX THEATER--Brodie, All Wound Up, Glasshead, Duckies Dilemma, the Mulligan Men (8 pm, all ages), $7
RAINBOW--Zony Mash, $12
REDHOOK BREWERY--Sean McGinn, free
SALUMERIA ON HUDSON--Columbia City Beat Walk: Marco Carvalho Trio, $5
SCARLET TREE--Kool Aid, $7
SECOND AVENUE PIZZA--Planet Pop: DJs Super
Jew, Eazy Action (8 pm, all ages), free
* SHOWBOX--Jonathan Richman, Norfolk, Western, the Goblin Market, $10/$12
SIT & SPIN--Dear John Letters, Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players, Poeina, $7
SUNSET TAVERN--Deer Whistle, Memphis Radio Kings, Deadwood, $6
TOMMY'S--Slink, Counterfist, $5
* TRACTOR TAVERN--Shuggie, Model Rockets, Pure Joy, $7
ZAK'S--Midnight Thunder Express, All American Playboys, $5
ZASU--Musician's Lounge, $10
SATURDAY 4/6
BAD ALBERT'S--Bill Chism, $2
BAIT-HOUSE--Rachel Contorer
BALLARD FIREHOUSE--African Roots, Village Drum, Masquerade, $10
BLACKTHORNE VILLAGE PUB--Blues Therapy, $3
BLUE MOON TAVERN--Mindless Thuggs, Cavity Creeps, Dancing Bear, free
BOHEMIAN BACKSTAGE--Alex Duncan, $10
CENTRAL SALOON--Point 1, Surreal Sutra, DC & the Washingtons, $8/$10
* CHOP SUEY--Dead Low Tide, the Holy Ghost, Automaton, $10/$12
COMET TAVERN--The Gloryholes, the Stuck Ups, $3
CONOR BYRNE'S--Cor Mulobhe, $3
CORNER INN--J.R. Boogie, free
* CROCODILE CAFE--The New Pornographers, Visqueen, the Gay, guests, $12
EASY STREET RECORDS (WEST SEATTLE)--The Drop (5 pm, all ages), free
EUROPEAN KITCHEN--Grey Beairde, free
FIDDLER'S INN--Johnny & the Tritones, $2
FLAME--Dope Smoothie, $5
GALWAY ARMS--Mummery
* GRACELAND--Hell's Belles, Cookie, Mos Generator, $10
HIGHLINE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER--Seattle Banjo Festival w/ Johnny Baier (2 pm, all ages), $12
HOKUM HALL--Gene Nichols, Glen Jenks (2 shows, 3 & 8 pm), $10/$12
HOPVINE--Pearl Django
* I-SPY--Carla Bozulich, Nels Cline, Jon Auer, $19
INDUSTRIAL COFFEE--The Insults, the Isms, Por Libra, $5
JAZZ ALLEY--David Benoit, $20.50/$24.50
KELLS--Celtic Renaissance
* KING CAT THEATER--The Flower Kings, $25
LAKEPOINTE--Underride
LARRY'S--Girl's Night Out, $10
LATONA PUB--Urban Oasis
LOBO INN--Jimmy Flame & the Sexy Boys, Fuckin' Chachi's, River Bottom Nightmare Band
LOCK & KEEL--Orange & Tilted Blue, $2
MEANY HALL--Israel In Egypt: Seattle Chamber Singers w/ Orchestra Seattle
MOLLY McGUIRE'S--Eight Hands, free
MONA'S--Leif Totuschek, Freestlye Candela
MONKEY PUB--Daytime Heroes
MR. SPOT'S CHAI HOUSE--Sheryl M. Wiser (8 pm, all ages)
MULLEADY'S PUB--The Raybone Experience, free
MURPHY'S PUB--Lew Jones, free
* NAF STUDIOS--Sir Mix-A-Lot, Q-Bert, Deepsky w/ B-Boy Competition, $25
NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Lonnie Williams & the Jim Beatty Jazz Band, $10
OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Thornton Creek & MJ Bishop, $5
OWL 'N' THISTLE--Owl & Thistle Band
* PARADOX THEATER--One Man Army, Qwazaar, Boom Bap Project, Cool Nutz (8 pm, all ages), $8/$10
PARAGON--Blues Orbitors, free
PATTI SUMMERS'--The Lonesome Teardrops, the Sultannas, Roy Kay Trio, $3
PINK DOOR--Miles and Karina, free
RAINBOW--Clinton Fearon & the Boogie Brown Band, $10
REDHOOK BREWERY--Creeping Time, free
ROCKSPORT--Rockaroake, $5
SCARLET TREE--Elite, $7
SEATTLE GUITAR CIRCLE BUILDING--Fretless Guitarists: Ned Evett, Tom Baker, Franck Vigroux
SECOND AVENUE PIZZA--Aggrokrag, Orguss the FoE Hammer F.Y.E., BruZed, Blackhumor (8 pm, all ages)
SERAFINA--Raymundo Jazz Trio
SHARK CLUB (KIRKLAND)--The Retros, $10
* SHOWBOX--Drowning Pool, Coal Chamber, Ill Nino (6 pm, all ages), $20
* SIT & SPIN--No. 13 Baby, the Divorce, guests
STELLA PIZZA--8 Ft. Tender, Bast, Muddy River Nightmare Band
SUNSET TAVERN--Liquor Box, Camero Smith, Whores of Babylon, $5
THE FLOPHAUS--Vermilion, Building Press, Eyes of Autumn, Holding Pattern, Get Get Go (7:30 pm, all ages), $3
* THEATER OFF JACKSON--Teen Cthulhu, High Priests of Panic, Tion (8 pm, all ages), $7
TOMMY'S--Shum, Cephield, Ponderosa, $5
TOST--Das Rut (Jr.), $5
TRACTOR TAVERN--Paul Galaxy & the Galactix, the Bellfuries, Little Ray & the Uppercuts, $7
VICTROLA COFFEE & ART--Roy Kay Trio (8 pm, all ages), free
ZAK'S--Anasabin, Jodie Watts, Burbanks, $5
SUNDAY 4/7
ACORN--Andrea Dupree, David Pascal, Greg Fulton
BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Brody, Capacity 3, Chasing Tomorrow, Green 13 (4 pm, all ages), $7
BALTIC ROOM--Smack
BELLTOWN BILLIARDS--Martin Ross Band
BLUE MOON TAVERN--Seattle Peace Concerts benefit w/ Don Glenn & Friends, Agelia Sterling Forest (2 pm)
CENTURY BALLROOM--Greta Matassa (7 pm, all ages), $10
CHINA JADE--Dennis Shadduck, free
CONOR BYRNE'S--Set Dancing, free
CROCODILE CAFE--Art Alexakis, guests
FIDDLER'S INN--Steve Lalor, $1
FLOYD'S PLACE--Jennifer Savage, free
GRACELAND--Last Great Liar, Neb, guests, $6
HABANA'S RESTAURANT--Quasi Nada
HOPVINE--PK & Friends
INDUSTRIAL COFFEE--Flesh Loom, John Wu Project, Plain White Trash, $5
JAZZ ALLEY--David Benoit, $20.50/$24.50
KELLS--Liam Gallagher
LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Rogers Roger's Invitational Jam, $5
LE PICHET--Andre Feriante, Paulo Cesar (2:30 pm), free
LITTLE RED HEN--Jerry & the Philbillys, free
* MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND INDUSTRY--The Flower Kings, Living Daylights, (7:30 pm, all ages), $20/$25
OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--The Jazz Strings, $6
OWL 'N' THISTLE--Danny Godinez
RAINBOW--Schfvikus, Sister Monk Harem, $5
* SONIC BOOM RECORDS (BALLARD)--Supersuckers (4 pm, all ages), free
SUNSET TAVERN--Jive Turkey w/ Ty Willman, Ron Weinstein, Mike Stone, Craig Flory, $5
TOST--Urban Oasis, $5
TOWN HALL--Philharmonia Northwest, $10/$14
* TRACTOR TAVERN--The Supersuckers, Jesse Dayton, $12
ZAK'S--The Sunrise Edition, $4
MONDAY 4/8
BALLARD FIREHOUSE--The Ricola, Forest Fire, Rawhide, $5
* BALTIC ROOM--Nu Patterns: Waldeck, Nasir
BELLTOWN BILLIARDS--Brian Nova & Funk 69
CONTOUR--Urban Tongue, DJ Rockaphella
* GRACELAND--Monday Funday: Get Down Syndrome, the Cripples, DJ Lil' Ozzy, $3
HOPVINE--Charlie Post, Jared Haneg, the Tangents, $2
I-SPY--Cober, Jody Hates the World, Tableland, $6
INDUSTRIAL COFFEE--The Word, Rock 'n' Roll Soldiers, $5
J&M CAFE--The Rubberband, free
KELLS--Liam Gallagher
LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--The Enders Brothers Band, free
LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP--The Pot Luck Orchestra, free
MR. SPOT'S CHAI HOUSE--The Red Telephone (8 pm, all ages)
NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--The New Orleans Quintet, free
OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Brazilian Jazz Collective, $3
PARADOX THEATER--Lovelife, the Prids, Turn Pale, Entrance, the Actual (8 pm, all ages), $7
RAINBOW--Oxygen Lounge: Arc Libre Trio, Axolotl, Animal Collective, $5
SORRY CHARLIE'S--Scot Lee
ST. CLOUDS--Tom Bennett & the Rolling Blackouts
SUNSET TAVERN--78 Nova w/ John Wicks, Steve Scalfati, Michael Stegner, Joe Doria, DJs AMS, Mug Frosty, $5
TRACTOR TAVERN--Bitch & Animal, Myshkin, $10
ZIG ZAG CAFE--Living Spirit Trio
TUESDAY 4/9
CHINA HARBOR--Radio Rhythm Orchestra, DJ Nosey Joe, $5
CROCODILE CAFE--Convoy, Rural Pictures, the Unsmashable Riffbrokers, $7
GRACELAND--Style Wars: DJs D20, Syze & Nore, Red Leather Chapstick, $5
* I-SPY--Sage Francis, Edan the Humble Magnificent, Grand Buffet, DJ Shalem, $8
IRISH EMIGRANT--Jam on White Bread
JAZZ ALLEY--Marian McPartland, $24.50/$26.50
KELLS--Liam Gallagher
LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--The Tim Turner Band, free
LITTLE RED HEN--Tommy Westley & Don Kellogg, free
LULU'S--Tim Friedlander Quartet
MEANY HALL--Murray Perahia, $55
* MOORE THEATRE--John Mayer, Norah Jones, $18.50
NATION--Futomaru (live triphop), $5
NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Acoustic All-Star Tuesday w/ Marlee Walker, Nick Vigarino, Chris Leighton
OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--John Bishop, $3
OWL 'N' THISTLE--B-Bop & Destruction
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: The Virgo Grace, Blue Star Creeper, Loveless and the Goodnight Trail, $5
SCARLET TREE--Jam on White Bread, $3
TEMPERO DO BRASIL--Marco de Carvalho
* TRACTOR TAVERN--MusicCares benefit: Phil Ochs Tribute, $10
VICTROLA COFFEE & ART--The Yes Yes Boys (8 pm, all ages), free
VOGUE--The Viscious Dolls
WEDNESDAY 4/10
BAD ALBERT'S--Steve Bailey, free
BIT SALOON--Rambling Roberts
BOHEMIAN CAFE--15 Minutes of Fame Talent Search
CENTRAL SALOON--Duckies Dilemma, Acacia, Ed Wang, $5
* CROCODILE--Hrvatski, Greg Davis, Erock, Lamplighter, $7
* GRACELAND--Thrones, Pink & Brown, Crictor, $6
I-SPY--Wayne Krantz Trio, $8
INDUSTRIAL COFFEE--The Nightsticks, $5
JAZZ ALLEY--Marian McPartland, $24.50/$26.50
KELLS--Pat Buckely
LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Chris White All Star Jam, $5
NATION--AM/FM: Roman w/ DJ Colin, Jeremiah Green
NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Floyd Standifer, free
OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Joy, free
OWL 'N' THISTLE--Little Friend
* PARADOX THEATER--Ultimate Fake Book, Duval, the Plus Ones, Super Magnificent Action Trio (8 pm, all ages), $8
PARAGON--The Jelly Rollers, free
PINK DOOR--The Julie Cascioppo Experience, free
RAINBOW--White Rhino, $5
ROX BROILER (KENMORE)--E-Dub (old school)
SCARLET TREE--Expanse w/ Paul Kemmish, $5
SUNSET TAVERN--Rockaraoke w/ the Legendary George Jefferson Starship, $5
TOI--Buckshot Jazz Trio, free
* TRACTOR TAVERN--Ballard Skate Park benefit w/ the Gloryholes, the Authorities, Mea Culpa, Popular Shapes, $7
VICTROLA COFFEE & ART--Rachael Garlin, free