PULP ENSEMBLE: Thurs July 25, Polestar Music Gallery, 8 pm, $6
WHATISSOUND?--REGGIE WATTS, MICHAEL MANAHAN, D-TOX, SPAZE CRAFTE ONE, SPACEBOAT.TV: Fri July 26, EMP, 8 pm, $12/$14
THE BRIEFS, RUCKUS, THE SPITS: Fri July 26, Hell's Kitchen (Tacoma), 5 pm, $7
JOHN WU PROJECT: Fri July 26, Mr. Spot's Chai House, 8 pm, free
POORSPORT, NOBODY WINS, K THROUGH SIX, GUESTS: Fri July 26, Old Fire House (Redmond), 8 pm, $5
JEFFREY MORGAN, MICHAEL BISIO: Fri July 26, Polestar Music Gallery, 8 pm, $8
SERGIO MONTOYA: Sat July 27, Mr. Spot's Chai House, 8 pm, free
JESSE CANTERBURY: Sat July 27, Polestar Music Gallery, 8 pm, $6
INSTANT WINNER, STRAIGHT*LINE, 10 MINUTES DOWN, BRODIE, NOBODY WINS: Sat July 27, Club Impact, 8 pm, $6
SLENDER MEANS SOCIETY--ONNO, OLD TIME RELIJUN, PRION, THEE SWAMP, SLEETMUTE, THE SCIENCE: Sat July 27, Secluded Alley Works, 6 pm, $5
BENT KACTIS, THE ADVOCATES: Sat July 27, 2nd Avenue Pizza, 8 pm, free
JOHN VANDERSLICE: Sat July 27, Sonic Boom Records (Ballard), 6 pm, free
WORMWOOD, FREE VERSE, GODS AMONG MEN, QUARTER HORSE: Sun July 28, Ballard Firehouse, 5 pm, $7
KAUWA, UTTERANCE, MYSTIC POP: Sun July 28, Showbox, 6 pm, $10/$12
ONELINEDRAWING, JUPITER SUNRISE, FLYING OR FALLING, NEVER AGAIN: Mon July 29, Paradox, 8 pm, $6
COGNITIVE DISSIDENTS--ARNOUX, JAMES DAVIS: Tues July 30, Coffee Messiah, 8 pm, free
TELEVISION, MARC OLSEN: Tues July 30, EMP, 8 pm, $18/$20
BEN KWELLER, MY MORNING JACKET, PONY LEAGUE: Tues July 30, Graceland, 7 pm, $10
NO RETURN, ONE OF THESE DAYS, GOODBYE EVERYTHING, DECONDITIONED, BLASTFO-ME: Tues July 30, Paradox, 7:30 pm, $7
A LIFE ONCE LOST, THE RED CHORD, DEAD TO FALL, GRIEVING THE DAYS TO COME: Wed July 31, Paradox, 8 pm, $7