THURSDAY 2/14
BAD ALBERT’S–Mark Dufresne, free
BALLARD FIREHOUSE–3D, $5
CENTRAL SALOON–Nuffsed, $5
CONOR BYRNE’S–The Raybone Experience, free
* CROCODILE CAFE–Indie Rock Valentine II: The Metal Years w/ the Ruby Doe, the Bronze, Bearskin Rugburn, the New Mexicans, $6
DEUX TAMALES–Cantalma, free
FIRESIDE ROOM–Mike Strickland, free
FLAME–Ediadio, $4
FLOYD’S PLACE–Combo Craig
GALWAY ARMS–Acoustic Blues Review
GRACELAND–Tiger Army, Nekromantix, Graveyard Shift, Mea Culpa (7 pm, all ages), $10
HOKUM HALL–Funny Valentine Recital: Dennis James, Hokum W. Jeebs, Connie Corrick, $14
HOPVINE–Kareem Kandi w/ Will Blair & Julian MacDonough, free
HURRICANE CAFE–Electric Orchid, $5
* I-SPY–Minus the Bear, Light Heavyweight, $5
INDUSTRIAL COFFEE–Brandy Carlile, Age of Reason, $5
IRISH EMIGRANT–Tom Cregan
J&M CAFE–Herding Cats, free
JAZZ ALLEY–Marcus Miller, $19.50/$26.50
KELLS–Pat Buckely
* LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP–Danny Barnes & Laura Veirs, free
LITTLE RED HEN–Al Foul & the Shakes, free
LOCK AND KEEL–Ivon Craig & Mike Dumovich, $10
MEANY THEATER–Love Notes, $5/$8
NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT–The Ham Carson Quintet, free
OWL ‘N’ THISTLE–Susan Robkin, Big Spoon
* PARADOX THEATER–Dolour, Wonderful, Hidari Mae (8 pm, all ages), $7
PARAGON–HB Radke & the Jet City Swingers, free
PARAMOUNT THEATRE–Down From The Mountain: Alison Krauss & Union Station, Emmylou Harris, Patty Loveless, $47/$77
PEARL COFFEEHOUSE–Floss (9 pm, all ages)
PINK DOOR–Lonnie Williams Trio, free
PRIVATE SCREENING VINTAGE CLOTHING— Lady Krishna’s Peppermint Lounge
RAIN DANCER–Changes Daily, the Janeways, Absolute Everywhere, Rob Crotty Band, free
RAINBOW–Crack Sabbath, $8
* RE-BAR–Pho Bang! w/ Tracy + the Plastics, Ursula & the Androids, Jackie & the Control Tops, $6
SCARLET TREE–Das Root w/ Reggie Watts, P.K., $6
SEATTLE ART MUSEUM–Floyd Standifer, Bill Wallace Quartet (5:30 pm, all ages), $7
* SIT & SPIN–Boss Martians, Throwrag, Catahoula Hounds, $7
* SONIC BOOM RECORDS (BALLARD)–Blue States (6 pm, all ages), free
ST. CLOUDS–Luna Nueva
* SUNSET TAVERN–Bizarre Love Bazaar: Stagger Lee, the Lasts of the V8s, the High Beams, $3/$5
THOMPSON’S–Blue Gypsies, free
TOI–Moodswings: Danya w/ DJ Killabee, free
* TRACTOR TAVERN–Teenage Pregnancy & Parenting Program benefit w/ Jo Miller & the Burly Roughnecks, the Donnettes, MSW Band, Roy Kay Trio, $7/$20
ZAK’S–Bicycle, the Octabites, Painting Daisies, Degraded, $5
FRIDAY 2/15
AURAFICE–Phoebe Kreutz (9 pm, all ages), free
BACCANO–Brian Nova Trio, free
BAIT-HOUSE–Ty Bailie Trio, $3
BALTIC ROOM–Jumbalaya
BLUE MOON TAVERN–Daddy Treetops, Blue Healers BOHEMIAN BACKSTAGE–Big Youth, $10
CADDYSHACK–Chester Alley Blues Band
* CAFE VENUS–Love & Lust Ball w/ the Cyclone Killers, Corrine Rose, Johnny Mercury Quintet
CENTRAL SALOON–Jaded Mary, Surreal Sutra, Slink, $8/$10
COFFEE MESSIAH–Aaron Mannino, Little LuAnn, In Collision (8 pm, all ages), $2
* COMET TAVERN–The Stuck Ups, the Last of the V8s, $3
CONOR BYRNE’S–Skip ‘n’ Finn, $3
CONTOUR–Tommy Martin, Tor Dietrichson, Trick Deck
* CROCODILE CAFE–Dudley Manlove Quartet, $10
DOC MAYNARD’S–The Beatniks, $10
* EMP–Festival Sundiata NW hiphop showcase: Candidt, Spinnovaters, Cool Nutz, Byrdie, Central Intelligence (8:30 pm, all ages), $10/$12
FADO–Them Blokes
FIRESIDE ROOM–Mike Strickland, free
FLOYD’S PLACE–K.W. Miller
FORECASTERS (WOODINVILLE)–Little Bill & the Bluenotes, free
FREMONT UNCONVENTIONAL CENTER–LOVE: The Flood, Elevated Elements, North African Dancing, Dirty Devin, Open mic, $7/$10
GALWAY ARMS–KW Miller
* GRACELAND–Dick Dale, guests (10 pm), $13
GRACELAND–Hatebreed, Himsa, Champion, Diecast (6 pm, all ages), $10
GRATEFUL BREAD–Les Barker, Jon Pfaff
HOPVINE–Johnny Ross
* HURRICANE CAFE–Ripley, Boy Next Door, $5
* I-SPY–Moth, Alien Crime Syndicate (6 pm, all ages), $1.07
* I-SPY–Guardian Alien, Crystal Radio, Weary (10 pm), $7
INDUSTRIAL COFFEE–Single Wide, Rural Pictures, Unsmashable Riff Brokers, $5
J&M CAFE–Cool Ade, $8
JAZZ ALLEY–Marcus Miller, $19.50/$26.50
KELLS–Grafton Street
KIRKLAND PERFORMANCE CENTER–Street Sounds (8 pm, all ages)
KISMET–Paula B. N. Maya, free
LAKEPOINTE–Clintch, Room Zero, $5
LARRY’S BLUES CAFE–From Underneath, $10
LATONA PUB–Eric Madis
LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP–Tony Coleman Band, free
LITTLE RED HEN–Buckaroo Blues, free
* LOCK & KEEL–Firstname Lastname, Static Cling
LOTTIE MOTTS–Greg Spence Wolf
MARINA CANTINA–The Believers
* MOORE THEATRE–Laurie Anderson, $26/$46
* MONKEY PUB–Neb, Totfinder
NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT–The Mac Pack, $10
* OLD FIRE HOUSE (REDMOND)–Waxwing, Minus the Bear, Smokers Die Younger (8 pm, all ages), $6
OWL ‘N’ THISTLE–Kennedy Brothers
PARADOX THEATER–Acceptance, Gatsbys American Dream, the Home Team (7 pm, all ages), free
* PARAMOUNT THEATRE–Down From The Mountain: Alison Krauss & Union Station, Emmylou Harris, Patty Loveless, $47/$77
PINK DOOR–Zazou, free
RAGING RIVER SALOON–Tube Kings
RAIN DANCER–Subdwellers, Every Last One, Bendt, Undercurrent, $5
RAINBOW–Crack Sabbath, $8
REDHOOK BREWERY–BeeCraft, free
SCARLET TREE–Elite, $7
SECOND AVENUE PIZZA–The Villians (9 pm, all ages), free
SERAFINA–Andrea Dupree
SHARK CLUB (KIRKLAND)–Afrodisiacs, $8
SHOWBOX–Star 101.50 Singles Party: Hit Explosion, the Retros, $14/$16
SIT & SPIN–Fighting Machinists, M-Set, Fame in Failure, $7
ST. CLOUDS–Alice Stuart
* SUNSET TAVERN–The Catheters, the Dark Places, the Hunches, $6
TOMMY’S–Ivan, Victim By Design, Monotone Pictures, $5
* TRACTOR TAVERN–Actual Tigers, the Lawnmowers, the Binge, $8
* VICTROLA COFFEE & ART–The Trachtenberg Family Slideshow Players (8 pm, all ages), free
* WALDO’S–The Heaters (CD release), One Eyed Jack
ZAK’S–NW Breeders, Hot Rod Lunatics, Load Levelers, Insults, $5
SATURDAY 2/16
ARTEMIS GALLERY–Kathrin Shorr & Tim Burlingame
BAD ALBERT’S–Little Bill & the Bluenotes, $2
BAIT-HOUSE–Bob Early Trio, $3
BALLARD FIREHOUSE–Nail Soup Blues Band, Leanne Wilkins, Aaron Semer, $7
BENAROYA HALL–Jewish & Sufi Chants w/ Neshama Carlebach & Taneen, $20/$30
BIT SALOON–The Jersey Sweep, free
BLACKTHORNE VILLAGE PUB–The Lizard Kings, Rant ‘n’ Raven, $3
BLUE MOON TAVERN–No Soap Radio, free
BOHEMIAN BACKSTAGE–Big Youth, $10
CADDYSHACK–Stickshift Annie & the Overdrive
CAFE SOLSTICE–Susan Harper, Sheryl Diane, Greg Dember, Stephan Moody, Arlette Speller, MC Moody (8 pm, all ages), free
* CAFE VENUS–Ill Lit, Alison Wonderland
CENTRAL SALOON–Michael Dickes Situation, 3 Shades of Gray, $8/$10
CENTURY BALLROOM–Cambalache, $10
CONOR BYRNE’S–Ravensreel, $4
* CROCODILE CAFE–The Turn-Ons, Voyager One, the Stratford 4, $7
DOC MAYNARD’S–The Black Vinyl Allstars, $10
EAST WEST BOOKS–SisterMonk, $12/$15
* EASY STREET RECORDS (BALLARD)— The Heaters (7 pm, all ages), free
* ELYSIAN–Robb Benson & Johnny Sangster, free
* EMP–Sound Off!: Steve Koozer, Orizon, Sub-Motive (8:30 pm, all ages), $5/$7
EUROPEAN KITCHEN–Grey Beairde, free
FIRESIDE ROOM–Mike Strickland, free
FORECASTERS (WOODINVILLE)–Toast, free
GALWAY ARMS–The Owl ‘n’ Thistle Band
* GRACELAND–Post-Valentine’s Ball w/ Pretty Girls Make Graves, Visqueen, the Red Light Sting, DJ Dann Gallucci, $8
HIGHLINER–The Jelly Rollers, free
HOPVINE–Cantalama
HURRICANE CAF:–Southern Justice, Second Hand Casket, $5
* I-SPY–Loaded, Lloyd’s Rocket, the Bronze, the Stuck Ups, $8
INDUSTRIAL COFFEE–The Purrs, Radio Unfriendly, Jodie Watts, $5
JAZZ ALLEY–Marcus Miller, $19.50/$26.50
KELLS–Grafton Street
LAKEPOINTE–Feast of Friends, Face Plant, Enkrya, $5
LARRY’S–Korla Wygal, $10
LATONA PUB–1,2,3
LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP–Tony Coleman Band, free
LITTLE RED HEN–Buckaroo Blues, free
LOCK AND KEEL–Suretoss, the Malinks
* MOORE THEATRE–Laurie Anderson, $26/$46
MR. SPOT’S CHAI HOUSE–Hand to Mouth (8:30 pm, all ages), $5
NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT–The Rent Collectors, $10
O’SHEA’S–The Bradbury Press
OLD PEQULIAR–Tiny Giants
OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE–Whiskey & The Devil, $5
OWL ‘N’ THISTLE–Jam on White Bread
* PARADOX THEATER–Terror Sheets, Shoes for December, Jesse Boggs, Amy Blashke (8 pm, all ages), $7
PARAGON–Lady A & the Baby Blues Band, free
PINK DOOR–Shoehorn, free
RAGING RIVER SALOON (FALL CITY)–Hudson Blues Band
RAIN DANCER–Stolen Ogre, $5
RAINBOW–Hot Pony, Happy Savage, $8
REDHOOK BREWERY–PK, free
ROCKSPORT–Kim Virant, Bathtub Gin, Shinola, $7
SCARLET TREE–Elite, $7
SECOND AVENUE PIZZA–Drowning in Lethe, Carmenzito, Gods Among Men, Meh (8 pm, all ages), free
SERAFINA–Ruthie Dornfeld, John Miller
SHARK CLUB (KIRKLAND)–2000 Degrees (’80s dance hits), $8
* SIT & SPIN–Heather Duby, Orbiter, Neo, $7
ST. CLOUDS–Black Velvet
* STELLA PIZZA–Moral Crux, the Glory Holes, St. Louis Smiles
SUNSET TAVERN–Deer Whistle, $5
* THEATER OFF JACKSON–Cookie, Visqueen, the Lashes (8 pm, all ages), $6
TOMMY’S–Nyce, Custom Hustler, Stella 7, $5
TRACTOR TAVERN–NW Irish Pipers Club Tionol, $10
TROLLEYMAN PUB–Seattle Rhythm Quartet, free
ZAK’S–Firecrotch, Mindshaker, Sod Hauler, Burbanks, $5
SUNDAY 2/17
ACORN–Andrea Dupree, David Pascal, Greg Fulton
BALTIC ROOM–Smack
BELLTOWN BILLIARDS–Martin Ross Band
BENAROYA HALL–Jewish & Sufi Chants w/ Neshama Carlebach & Taneen, $20/$30
CENTRAL SALOON–Little Big Man, $5
CHINA JADE–Dennis Shadduck, free
CONOR BYRNE’S–Irish Piper’s Club Tionol, free
EMP–Marcia Ball, Alice Stuart (8 pm, all ages), $15/$17
FADO–Traditional Irish Session
FIDDLER’S INN–Eric Eshleman, $1
FLOYD’S PLACE–Jennifer Savage
GRACELAND–Drunk Horse, Federation X, Shake City, Party Time, $7
HABANA’S RESTAURANT–Quasi Nada
HOKUM HALL–Musique de Salon: Dannis James, Robert Korda, $14
HOPVINE–Marc Olsen
INDUSTRIAL COFFEE–James Whiton & the Jazz Rednecks, $5
JAZZ ALLEY–Marcus Miller, $19.50/$26.50
KELLS–Liam Gallagher
LARRY’S BLUES CAFE–Carolyn Wonderland, $5
LITTLE RED HEN–Jerry & the Philbillys, free
OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE–The Duwamish, $6
OWL ‘N’ THISTLE–Danny Godinez
PARAGON–Park Olsen, free
PINK DOOR–Shoehorn, free
RAIN DANCER–Run For Cover, $2
RAINBOW–Paul Benoit y las Senoritas, $5
SHOWBOX–Funk Night, $15
SHOWBOX GREEN ROOM–David Garza, Shawn Smith, $5
SONIC BOOM RECORDS (BALLARD)— Chris McFarland (4 pm, all ages), free
ST. CLOUDS–Trevor Wheetman
SUNSET TAVERN–Jive Turkey, $5
TEMPERO DO BRASIL–Marco de Carvalho
* TRACTOR TAVERN–Neil Halstead, Sid Hillman, $10/$12
MONDAY 2/18
BELLTOWN BILLIARDS–Brian Nova & Funk 69
BLUWATER BISTRO–Bluspin: LSDJ (downtempo), free
CONTOUR–Urban Tongue, DJ Rockafella
* GRACELAND–Tracey & the Plastics, Neon Panda, DJ Franki Chan, $3
I-SPY–K Through Six, Every Last One, Nobody Wins, $6
INDUSTRIAL COFFEE–Full Frontal, $5
KELLS–Liam Gallagher
LARRY’S BLUES CAFE–The Enders Brothers Band, free
MONKEY PUB–Artists to Icon
NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT–The New Orleans Quintet, free
OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE–Amizade, free
* PARADOX THEATER–Juno, Desaparecidos, the Prom (8 pm, all ages), $8
RAIN DANCER–Tribaliscious, free
RAINBOW–Oxygen Lounge: Reuben Radding’s Sun Ra Tribute, $5
ST. CLOUDS–Tom Bennett & the Rolling Blackouts
SUNSET TAVERN–Knitting Factory: Joe Doria, John Wicks, Stuart MacDonald, $5
TosT–The Cumbustion Collective
TRACTOR TAVERN–Chris McFarland, the Men of Science, Memphis Radio Kings, $5
TUESDAY 2/19
AVENUE ONE–Edmonia Jarrett, free
COFFEE MESSIAH–Cognitive Dissidents: Special Ops, Calling Horses Gypsies (8 pm, all ages), free
CONOR BYRNE’S–Open mic, free
* CROCODILE CAFE–Woke Up Falling, Volta Do Mar, Yeek Yak Air Force, $6
EL NI–O–Andre Feriante, free
GRACELAND–Chris McFarland, Amy Blaschke, guests, $6
* I-SPY–Antibalas, DJ Darek Mazzone, $10
J&M CAFE–Rockaraoke, free
JAZZ ALLEY–Mark Elf Trio, $14.50/$16.50
KELLS–Liam Gallagher
LARRY’S BLUES CAFE–The Tim Turner Band, free
LITTLE RED HEN–Tommy Westley & Don Kellogg, free
NATION–The Haze Brothers, $5
NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT–File Gumbo Zydeco Band, free
OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE–John Bishop, $3
OWL ‘N’ THISTLE–The Balloons
PARADOX THEATER–Willwaven, Oddman, Hardesty, Only Human, the Martyr Index (8 pm, all ages), $8
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: Slop Shot, Enkrya, $5
SCARLET TREE–Laura, $3
* SONIC BOOM RECORDS (BALLARD)–Woke Up Falling (6 pm, all ages), free
SUNSET TAVERN–The Romales, Blood Bunny, $5
TRACTOR TAVERN–Theo Bleckmann & John Hollenbeck, $8
VOGUE–The Vicious Dolls
WEDNESDAY 2/20
1516 2ND AVE–DownStroke
AGUA VERDE CAFE–Zhaoui
BAD ALBERT’S–Dick Powell, free
BIT SALOON–Rambling Roberts
CENTRAL SALOON–Hailee, Riffbrokers, the Small change, $5
CONOR BYRNE’S–Jeremy Fisher, free
* CROCODILE–Portrait of Poverty, Cookie, Lopez, free
FIDDLER’S INN–Scott Law & Orville Johnson, $2
* GRACELAND–Terror Sheets, Shoes For December, the Loveless & Goodnight Trail, Jodie Hates The World, $6
HURRICANE CAFE–Frank Roberts Plus, free
* I-SPY–The Cripples, $6
JAZZ ALLEY–Mark Elf Trio, $14.50/$16.50
KELLS–St. James Gate
LARRY’S BLUES CAFE–Chris White All Star Jam, $5
* LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP–Soulsonic Wednesdays: Vitamin D, Felicia Loud + The Soul, free
MARINA CANTINA–One Eyed Jack
MOORE THEATRE–Tricia Yearwood, Elise Coakley, $29/$52.50
NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT–Floyd Standifer, free
OLD TIMER’S CAFE–Dr. Sax
OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE–Green Tea, free
OWL ‘N’ THISTLE–Big Stick
PARAGON–Rumba Abierta, free
PATTI SUMMERS’–Victor Noriega Trio
PINK DOOR–The Julie Cascioppo Experience, free
RAINBOW–Siamese, DJ Diskyze, $5
SERAFINA–Alex Guilbert
* SHOWBOX–Busta Rhymes, Boom Bap Project, $30
* SUNSET TAVERN–Rockaraoke w/ the Legendary Golden Earache, $5
TOI–Buckshot Jazz Trio, free
* TRACTOR TAVERN–Hank Williams Wednesday, $6