PAUL RUCKER ENSEMBLE: Thurs Jan 30, Seattle Art Museum, 5:30 pm, free
OPHELIA & THE GREAT IDEA, BLOOD ALLEY, THE NEW MEXICANS: Fri Jan 31, 2nd Avenue Pizza, 8 pm, free
INDEPENDENTS DAY--JIM ROTH, DAVE KEPPEL, THE GRAZE: Fri Jan 31, Aurafice, 8 pm, free
NNENNA FREELON: Fri Jan 31, Experience Music Project, 8 pm, $23/$25
THE RAD DYKE PLUMBER AND GUESTS: Fri Jan 31, Mr. Spot's Chai House, 8 pm, free
THE PRANKS, THE SWINEHOLES, YOUR T.O.L.L.: Fri Jan 31, Old Fire House (Redmond), 8 pm, $5
DAMIEN JURADO AND GATHERED IN SONG, THE PROM, DEAR DARLING, EUCLID, THE BEN KENNEDYS: Fri Jan 31, Paradox Theatre, 8 pm, $12
JUNO, AVEO, ASAHI: Fri Jan 31, Vera Project, 8 pm, $8
THE PALE, LO-FI FICTION, DAYTIME HERO, CIVILIZED ANIMALS, TOUCHDOWN, PRIS: Fri Jan 31, Secluded Alley Works, 6 pm, $6
DOLOUR, PRIS, DORKWEED, PAXIL ROSE: Sat Feb 1, UW's HUB (in the North Husky Den), 7:30 pm, $4 w/student ID, $7 w/o
SOUND OFF!--BENCH GRINDER, ROYALE, THE SPIT LICKS: Sat Feb 1, Experience Music Project, 8 pm, $7/$10
VIVA L'AMERICAN DEATH RAY MUSIC: Sat Feb 1, Fallout Records, 3 pm, free
G.B.H., TOXIC NARCOTIC, THE AMAZOMBIES: Sat Feb 1, Graceland, 5 pm, $13
TRAGEDY, THE NOVEMBER GROUP, DIVINITY OF TRUTH, MARCH 15: Sat Feb 1, Ground Zero (Bellevue), 8 pm, $5
SUB-MOTIVE, I DEFY, VERON PORTER, ABIDENT: Sat Feb 1, Hell's Kitchen (Tacoma), 5 pm, $7
WILLOW, PERSEPHONE CIRCLE: Sat Feb 1, Mr. Spot's Chai House, 8 pm, free
GATSBY'S AMERICAN DREAM, ROCKY VOTOLATO, SUFFERING & THE HIDEOUS THIEVES, 14 DAYS OF TERROR, THE SWEET SCIENCE: Sat Feb 1, Paradox Theatre, 7 pm, $10
SWITCH, THIS UNCOMMON LIGHT BEARS A HOST OF PALE FORMS: Sat Feb 1, Polestar Music Gallery, 8 pm, $6
54543, GIFT, PRO BONO: Sun Feb 2, Ballard Firehouse, 6 pm, $8
KYLESA, ARTIMUS PYLE, GUYANA PUNCHLINE, TEEN CTHULHU, IRON LUNG: Sun Feb 2, Vera Project, 8 pm, $6
COGNITIVE DISSIDENTS--ROSE FOR BOHDAN, BOOKS ON TAPE: Wed Feb 5, Coffee Messiah, 8 pm, free