THE ANNIVERSARY QUARTET: Thurs Dec 4, Polestar Music Gallery, 8 pm, $7
MARCUS DAILY MANSION, HOLLYWOOD LIGHTWEIGHTS: Fri Dec 5, 2nd Avenue Pizza, 9 pm, free
ANDREA MAXAND: Fri Dec 5, Borders Books & Music, 7 pm, free
THESE ARMS ARE SNAKES, SUFFERING AND THE HIDEOUS THIEVES, THE FALL OF TROY, YOUR T.O.L.L. : Fri Dec 5, Old Fire House (Redmond), 8 pm, $6
BILL HORIST: Fri Dec 5, Polestar Music Gallery, 8 pm, $6
GROOVIE GHOULIES, THE EPOXIES, ANTS INVASION: Fri Dec 5, Vera Project, 8 pm, $7 with club card, $8 without
MURDEROUS COPULATION OF BIRDS: Sat Dec 6, Coffee Messiah, 8:30 pm, free
MONDO GENERATOR, LIKE HELL: Sat Dec 6, Graceland, 10 pm, $12
EMERY, ONE CARPER GREEN, BRODIE: Sat Dec 6, Ground Zero (Bellevue), 8 pm, $5
THEE CURSES, THE BAD DATES, THE SHACKLES, THE LOVE-ME-NOTS: Sat Dec 6, 2nd Avenue Pizza, 7 pm, free
SEVERUS, WATCH THEM DIE, LAHAR, ONLY HUMAN, LEFT ALIVE: Sat Dec 6, Hell's Kitchen (Tacoma), 7 pm, $7
SOLTERO, BRITTAIN ASHFORD: Sat Dec 6, Sure Shot Cafe, 8 pm, free
CLOCKWORK, MACKLEMORE, CANCER RISING, MISTA OCK, SOUL MERCHANTS, DJ B-MELLO: Sat Dec 6, Vera Project, 8 pm, $7 with club card, $8 without
ALCHEMY, 5 STAR FINALE, THE CONSEQUENCES, MOONCHILD: Sun Dec 7, Ballard Firehouse, 6 pm, $8
STRETCH ARM STRONG, THIS DAY FORWARD, THE BLED, THE AKA'S: Sun Dec 7, Graceland, 8 pm, $10
CRADLE OF FILTH, TYPE O NEGATIVE, MOONSPELL: Sun Dec 7, Showbox, 7 pm, $26/$28
KORN, GUESTS: Mon Dec 8, Moore Theatre, 6 pm, $28.50
AESOP ROCK, MR. LIF, AKROBATIK, SA SMASH, DJ FAKTS ONE: Mon Dec 8, Showbox, 8 pm, $15/$18
THE NIGHT INDIE WENT NEW WAVE--A BENEFIT FOR THE VERA PROJECT FEATURING THE DIVORCE, THE TURN-ONS, THE LASHES, BLACK NITE CRASH, THE CATCH, SUSHIROBO, TENNIS PRO, GUESTS: Wed Dec 10, Chop Suey, 8 pm, $7
CHIMAIRA, SOILWORK, BLEEDING THROUGH, AS I LAY DYING: Wed Dec 10, Graceland, 8 pm, $13
MARIAH CAREY: Wed Dec 10, McCaw Hall (Seattle Center), 8 pm, $49.50/$79.50
THE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA, MAVIS STAPLES, JOHN MEDESKI: Wed Dec 10, Moore Theatre, 8 pm, $35.50