THE ROOTS OF ORCHIS, OMA YANG: Thurs Oct 10, Bedazzled Discs, 6 pm, free

JOY MILLS: Thurs Oct 10, Saffron Cow, 7:30 pm, free

HSUAN LEE STRING TRIO: Thurs Oct 10, Seattle Art Museum, 5:30 pm, free

FAMILY DONUT, THE ADVOCATES, COURTING DISASTER: Thurs Oct 10, 2nd Avenue Pizza, 7 pm, free

TONY HAWK'S BOOM BOOM HUCKJAM W/THE OFFSPRING: Thurs Oct 10, Tacoma Dome, 8 pm, $25/$40/$75

EUGENE CONRAD, DYPAK, THE QUARTERHORSE: Fri Oct 11, 2nd Avenue Pizza, 8 pm, free

INDEPENDENTS DAY--MICHAEL JOHN SERPE, SETH HOWARD: Fri Oct 11, Aurafice, 8 pm, free

PAXIL ROSE: Fri Oct 11, Borders Books & Music, 7 pm, free

JIMMY EAT WORLD, THE DONNAS, NO KNIFE: Fri Oct 11, EMP, 9 pm, $22/$24

LANCE HOFSTAD: Fri Oct 11, Mr. Spot's Chai House, 8 pm, free

STARFLYER 59, DENNISON MARS, ROOTS OF ORCHIS, OMA YANG: Fri Oct 11, Paradox, 8 pm, $9

THE CATHETERS, FITZ OF DEPRESSION, AKIMBO: Fri Oct 11, Vera Project, 8 pm, $6

SUPER FURRY ANIMALS, FOUR TET: Sat Oct 12, EMP, 9 pm, $13/$15

DUSTHORSES: Sat Oct 12, Mr. Spot's Chai House, 8 pm, free

K THROUGH SIX, THE JET CITY FIX, THE AGE OF GIANTS: Sat Oct 12, Golden Gardens Teen Center, 6:30 pm, free

GODS AMONG MEN, SCIENCE VICTIM, GUESTS: Sat Oct 12, the Substation (Bellevue), 7 pm, $5

THE FATZ, EDDIE HASKELLS, LOW ROLLERS, RABID DOGS: Sat Oct 12, Paradox Theater, 2 pm, $6

LADYFEST BENEFIT--THE BANGS, TAMI HART, DELTA DART, AMY BLASHKE: Sat Oct 12, Paradox Theater, 7 pm, $7

CAPILLARIES: Sat Oct 12, 2nd Avenue Pizza, 8 pm, free

BETTER THAN EZRA, COWBOY MOUTH: Sat Oct 12, Showbox, 6 pm, $20

TEN GRAND, THE AGE OF GIANTS, GODS AMONG MEN, MARCH 15TH: Sun Oct 13, the Flophaus, 6 pm, free

NEW FOUND GLORY, FINCH, SOMETHING CORPORATE, FURTHER SEEMS FOREVER: Sun-Mon Oct 13-14, Showbox, $15/$17

LISA MARSHALL: Mon Oct 14, Mr. Spot's Chai House, 8 pm, free

TEN GRAND, NEVER AGAIN, PROBLEM WITH HEROES, MIDDLE DEXTER: Mon Oct 14, Paradox Theater, 8 pm, $5

SKARP, GARUDA, THE ABODOX, UNHALLOWED: Mon Oct 14, 2nd Avenue Pizza, 6 pm, $3

COGNITIVE DISSIDENTS--THE DARTH MAUL CHALLENGE, EVELINE MULLER-GRAF, BOB REES: Tues Oct 15, Coffee Messiah, 8 pm, free

THE LOCAL SHOW--LOOM, MERCURY BELL, SCARBERRY, ZERO TO 6: Tues Oct 15, Paradox Theater, 8 pm, $7

KARNEY: Wed Oct 16, Mr. Spot's Chai House, 8 pm, free

JAZZ STRINGS: Wed Oct 16, Saffron Cow, 7:30 pm, free