THURSDAY 4/18
BAD ALBERT'S--Kim Field, free
CAFE VITA--Fluffy Kittens (8 pm, all ages), free
CENTRAL SALOON--Reason for Ruin, Loom, Liquid Mesiah, $5
CONOR BYRNE'S--Raybone Experience, free
* CROCODILE CAFE--Glen Tilbrook, guests, $16
GALWAY ARMS--Charlie Post
GRACELAND--Cannibal Corpse, Dark Funeral, Pissing Razors, Incantation (6 pm, all ages), $16
HOPVINE--Kareem Kandi w/ Will Blair & Jacques Willis
* I-SPY--Biography of Ferns, the Divorce, the Downsound, Kurt Rambis, $6
JAZZ ALLEY--Gato Barbieri, $20.50/$24.50
LARRY'S--Liquorbox, Los Chingolas, IDFY, the Sickness, $5
* LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP--The Boss Martians, the Repeat Offenders, free
LITTLE RED HEN--The Penningtones, free
LOCK AND KEEL--Jeanlizabeth & Lowgrounders
MONA'S--Fred Hoadley Trio
OWL 'N' THISTLE--Sweet Juice
PEARL COFFEEHOUSE--Floss (9 pm, all ages)
PINK DOOR--Lonnie Williams Trio, free
RAINBOW--Ediadio, Tongue and Groove, $5
* RE-BAR--Pho Bang! w/ the Popular Shapes, $5
ROX BROILER (KENMORE)--Charles White, $5
* SIT & SPIN--Phat Sidy Smokehouse, Discohesive, $6
SUNSET TAVERN--Breast cancer benefit Bra Show w/ the Legendary George Jefferson Starship, $10
TRACTOR TAVERN--Christopher Williams, $12
WAZOBIA--Downpipe, Lazy Comet, Ed Wang, Epigene, $5
ZAK'S--Cool Jerks, Intent, $3
FRIDAY 4/19
BAIT-HOUSE--Dan Sales
BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Battle of the Bands w/ special guests (7 pm), $7/$12
BALTIC ROOM--Jumbalaya
BOHEMIAN BACKSTAGE--Katt, $10
CAFE VENUS--Eric Apoe, Zazou
CAFF: BRAZIL--Eduardo Mendonça & Jovino Santos Neto, free
* CAPITOL THEATER (OLYMPIA)--United Noise Toys w/ Anne La Berge, Gert Jan Prins, Cor Fuhler, free
CATWALK--Middle Man Bob, $5
CENTRAL SALOON--Guardian Alien, Repeater, $8/$10
CENTURY BALLROOM--Tony Levin Band, $20/$22
* CHOP SUEY--Ming+FS, Suspence, KO, $10/$12
COFFEE MESSIAH--Adam Brodski (8 pm, all ages), $2
CONOR BYRNE'S--Hudson Brother's Blues Band, $4
CORNER INN--JR Boogie, free
* CROCODILE CAFE--Young Fresh Fellows, the Model Rockets, Roy Loney & the Longshots, $8
DOWNTOWN YMCA--Turnabout, the Scene, Deception Pass, Josh Ottum (8 pm, all ages), $5
FADO--Monotone Pictures
FIDDLER'S INN--Acoustic Bigfoot Zoo, $2
FREMONT UNCONVENTIONAL CENTER--Elements: Digital Space Monkey, Pyrosutra, DJ Vital, Mopho, BRONZE FM, Hip Hop Ziker, $8/$10
GALWAY ARMS--Trictor Beam
* GRACELAND--The Business, Strife, Pistol Grip, Left With Nothing (6:30 pm, all ages), $12
* GRACELAND--Aveo, Magic Magicians, S (10:30 pm), $7
HIGHLINER--Heather Banker, free
HOPVINE--Little Big Man
* HUB BALLROOM--Ken Stringfellow, Sanford Arms, Beautiful Soup (8 pm, all ages), $4
* I-SPY--Radar Brothers, Rosie Thomas, Jen Wood, $8
* INDUSTRIAL COFFEE--Jodie Watts, Mulligan Men, Crash Avenue, $5
JAZZ ALLEY--Gato Barbieri, $20.50/$24.50
KISMET--Paula B. N. Maya, free
LAKEPOINTE--Relic, Peepshow, Dope Factor, $5
LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--No Quarter, Orange, $10
LATONA PUB--Bobcat Bob and Frisko Charlie
LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP--Nick Vigarino's Meantown Blues, free
LITTLE RED HEN--Latigo Lace, free
LOCK & KEEL--Slip Kids & the Burbanks
MARINA CANTINA--Rim Rockers
MOLLY McGUIRE'S--The Raybone Experience, free
* MR. SPOT'S CHAI HOUSE--Leah Davidson & Friends w/ Corbin Keep (8 pm, all ages)
MULLEADY'S PUB--The Liquid Quartet, free
* OLD FIRE HOUSE (REDMOND)--Left With Nothing, Embrace the End, Spaceboy, Playing Enemy, 240 (7 pm, all ages), $7
OLD TIMER'S CAFE--Liquid Voodoo, Skyler Blake, free
OWL 'N' THISTLE--Dark Mollys
PARADOX THEATER--Nuffsed, Clinton Fearon (8 pm, all ages), $8
RAINBOW--Porterhouse, Freestyle Candela, $6
SCARLET TREE--3D, $7
* SECOND AVENUE PIZZA--Dave Keppel, Gravity & Henry, Utah Anvil (8 pm, all ages), free
* SHOWBOX--Maktub (CD release), Orbiter, the Helio Sequence, $10/$12
* SIT & SPIN--The Drop (CD release), Voyager One, Woke Up Falling, $6
* SONIC BOOM RECORDS (BALLARD)--Jesse Sykes (6 pm, all ages), free
STEEL SKY--Jaycob Van Auken, Erika Luckett, Skyler Blake (7 pm, all ages), $5
* SUNSET TAVERN--Six String Eric, Roy Kay Trio, DJs James and Kevin, $5
THEATER OFF JACKSON--Battle Reflex Crew vs. Fraggle Rock, Central Intelligence, Prospect Champions, Clockwork, DJ Ecko (8 pm, all ages), $6
TOMMY'S--Room Zero, Stella 7, Batter Dean
* TRACTOR TAVERN--Marc Olsen, Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter (CD release), Larry Barrett, $6
WAZOBIA--Half-Track, Lumburg, Richard Avalos, Brett & Michael, $7
ZAK'S--Liquor Box, O-1, Reactors, Midriffs, $5
SATURDAY 4/20
BAD ALBERT'S--Miles from Chicago, $2
BAIT-HOUSE--Victor Noriega
BALLARD FIREHOUSE--World/Inferno Friendship Society, Midnight Choir, Whiskey & the Devil, $8
BLACKTHORNE VILLAGE PUB--Fairly Honest Jazz Band, $3
BLUE MOON TAVERN--Zombie IV, free
BOHEMIAN BACKSTAGE--Beres Hammond, $10
CAFE VENUS--J.R., Banjovi
* CENTRAL SALOON--Pyro Class Flow, Ethyl (CD release), Cober, $8/$10
* CHOP SUEY--Fireballs of Freedom, Lost Goat, guests, $12.50
COFFEE MESSIAH--Little LuAnn, J. Hiran Boggs & the Satisfaction Crew (8 pm, all ages), $2
CONOR BYRNE'S--Suffering Gaels, $4
CORNER INN--Nick Vigarino, free
* CROCODILE CAFE--Fridge, Kinski, Explosions in the Sky, $10
* DOWNTOWN YMCA--The Drop, the Drama, the Lashes, 6fg (8 pm, all ages), $5
DUBLINER--The Combustion Collective, free
* EMP--Rory Block, Danny Barnes & Thee Old Codgers (8 pm, all ages), $15/$17
FADO--Kennedy Brothers
FIDDLER'S INN--Zazou, $2
FLAME--Roosevelt, Shot, $5
GALWAY ARMS--Mummery
* GRACELAND--Les Savy Fav, Pleasure Forever, the Apes, $10
HOPVINE--Green Tea
INDUSTRIAL COFFEE--Hoovercain, Abigail Grush, Elysian, $5
JAZZ ALLEY--Gato Barbieri, $20.50/$24.50
LAKEPOINTE--Skeptic, Shaftgasket, Grind Ring, $5
LARRY'S--Dr. Funk, $10
LATONA PUB--Chris Stevens
* LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP--Janie Cribbs Band, free
LITTLE RED HEN--Latigo Lace, free
LOBO INN--Nigel Memorial Quartet, Los Kakadots
LOCK & KEEL--Granite Point & Downpipe
MOLLY McGUIRE'S--Eight Hands, free
MONA'S--The Circadian Rhythms Quartet
MONKEY PUB--Latter Day Sinner, guests, $3
MR. SPOT'S CHAI HOUSE--Resin (6 pm, all ages)
MR. SPOT'S CHAI HOUSE--Lazer Cow (8 pm, all ages)
MULLEADY'S PUB--Silk Root, free
O'SHEA'S--Karl Haug
OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--The Springs, $5
OWL 'N' THISTLE--Higher Ground
* PARADOX THEATER--Laymens Terms, Crystal Radio, the Pale (8 pm, all ages), $7
PARAGON--Lady A & the Baby Blues Band
PINK DOOR--Miles and Karina, free
RAINBOW--Rai, Souljonz, $6
REDHOOK BREWERY--Freestyle Candela, free
SCARLET TREE--3D, $7
* SECLUDED ALLEY WORKS--Transmissions From the Forest of Make Believe: Calvin Johnson, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, C.O.C.O., Price Pearlman and the Friendly Fire (6 pm, all ages), $5
SHOWBOX--Robben Ford and Derek Trucks (6 pm), $19.50/$12
SIT & SPIN--Suitcase, Neo, Tart, Saeta, $7
ST. CLOUDS--BluMeadows
STEEL SKY--Sarah Severson (CD release), Lis Harvey, Rural Pictures, $5
* SUNSET TAVERN--The Radio Reelers, Midnight Thunder Express, Right On, $6
TOMMY'S--Subdwellers, Ragamuffin, Bauju
TRACTOR TAVERN--Los Straitjackets Rock & Roll Party, the B-Hives, $10
ZAK'S--Not in the Face, Pathos, Rutha, Skarp, $5
SUNDAY 4/21
ACORN--Andrea Dupree, David Pascal, Greg Fulton
BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Type Cast, Cellflight, Severed Head, Switch, Decypher, Eminence, Section 34, Himsa (4 pm, all ages), $7
BALTIC ROOM--Smack
BELLTOWN BILLIARDS--Martin Ross Band
CENTRAL SALOON--Instant Guru, Mayday, Evil Little Men, $5
* CENTURY BALLROOM--The Jayhawks, the Cash Brothers, $20
* CROCODILE CAFE--Robyn Hitchcock, Mike Viola, $14/$16
FIDDLER'S INN--Val D'Alessio & Jim Nasons, $1
FLOYD'S PLACE--Jennifer Savage, free
* GRACELAND--Les Savy Fav, Pleasure Forever, the Apes (3:30 pm, all-ages), $10
* GRACELAND--Pinetop Seven, the Mines, No. 226 (9:30 pm), $7
HOPVINE--Elizabeth Carpenter Quartet
INDUSTRIAL COFFEE--Jaycob VanAuken, Lucky Penny, $5
LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Rogers Roger's Invitational Jam, $5
LITTLE RED HEN--Jerry & the Philbillys, free
OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Evergreen Classic, Dixieland Band (6 pm), $6
PARAGON--Park Olson
RAINBOW--Orange, Angela LeCompte, $5
* SHOWBOX--Saves the Day, Audio Learning Center (6 pm, all ages), $15
SUNSET TAVERN--This, $5
* ZAK'S--Blöödhag, Nigel Pepcock, guests, $4
MONDAY 4/22
BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Broken Butter, $5
BELLTOWN BILLIARDS--Brian Nova & Funk 69
* CENTURY BALLROOM--The Jayhawks, the Cash Brothers, $20
CONOR BYRNE'S--Russ McRee, free
CONTOUR--Urban Tongue, DJ Rockaphella
* CROCODILE CAFE--Daniel Ash, Suffering and the Hideous Thieves, $20/$22
* Easy Street (Queen Anne)--Paul Westerberg, free
* GRACELAND--Monday-Funday!: Poseur, On Alaska (CD release), DJ WP2K, $3
HOPVINE--Lorna Hunt, Carlos Lantz, Daren Gallagher, $2
I-SPY--Erik Truffaz Ladyland Quartet, Siamese, $10/$12
LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--The Enders Brothers Band, free
OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Brazilian Jazz Collective, $3
PARAMOUNT--Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
RAINBOW--Oxygen Lounge: Acoustic Reign, Rod Johnson, $5
* SHOWBOX--Saves the Day, Audio Learning Center (6 pm, all-ages), $15
ST. CLOUDS--Tom Bennett & the Rolling Blackouts
SUNSET TAVERN--78 Nova: John Wicks, Steve Scalfati, Joe Doria, DJs Ams, Mug Frosty (d&b), $5
TRACTOR TAVERN--Arty McGlynn & Nollaig Casey, the Watercarvers Guild, $13/$15
TUESDAY 4/23
CHINA HARBOR--Radio Rhythm Orchestra, DJ Nosey Joe, $5
* CHOP SUEY--Light Heavyweight, Suffering & the Hideous Thieves (gospel set), On Alaska
COFFEE MESSIAH--Cognitive Dissidents: Steve Barsotti, Jon Tulchin (8 pm, all ages), free
GRACELAND--Fleshies, New Luck Toy, Swearing at Motorists, Iowaska
I-SPY--Mother's Milk, Bandersnatch, Electrokitty, Colvilled Melody, $5
JAZZ ALLEY--Roy Haynes Group, $15.50/$17.50
LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--The Tim Turner Band, free
LITTLE RED HEN--Tommy Westley & Don Kellogg, free
LULU'S--Tim Friedlander Quartet
NATION--Futomaru (live triphop), $5
OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--John Bishop, $3
OWL 'N' THISTLE--B-Bop & Destruction
PARAGON--Robert Stewart & Cameron Williams
PINK DOOR--Tony Yazzolino & Steve Kemke, free
RAINBOW--Hair of the Dog, $5
SCARLET TREE--Jam on White Bread, $3
SHOWBOX--Five for Fighting, Shannon McNally (6 pm, all ages), $17.50/$20
STEEL SKY--Reptet, $5
SUNSET TAVERN--Jean Mann Trio, Charlie Spring, Holly Figuero, Kym Tuvim, $5
TRACTOR TAVERN--M. Ward, Chan Marshall, $7
VOGUE--The Viscious Dolls
ZAK'S--Laundry Room Squelchers, Xela Said, Plutonium Pie, $4
WEDNESDAY 4/24
AGUA VERDE CAFE--Zhaoui
BAD ALBERT'S--Sue Orefield, free
BIT SALOON--Rambling Roberts
BOHEMIAN CAFE--15 Minutes of Fame Talent Search
CENTRAL SALOON--Static Bloom, Relic, Alkai Diggins, $5
CONOR BYRNE'S--Failure to Disperse, free
* CROCODILE--The Lashes, Bitesize, guests, $6
* EMP--Billy Bragg and the Blokes, Black 47, $24/$27
I-SPY--The Fakes, Whores of Babylon, Beat Senseles, Chief, $6
INDUSTRIAL COFFEE--Colonel & Doubleshot w/ Pauli O'Keary, $5
JAZZ ALLEY--Roy Haynes Group, $15.50/$17.50
LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Charles White All Star Jam, $5
MARINA CANTINA--Butterbean
* NATION--AM/FM: Roman w/ DJ Colin, Jeremiah Green
OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Eric Verindi Jazz Trio, $3
PARAGON--The Imaginaires
PATTI SUMMERS'--Beck Henderer, $3
PINK DOOR--The Julie Cascioppo Experience, free
RAINBOW--Naranja, Global Heat, $5
SCARLET TREE--Expanse w/ P.K. Thaddeus Turner, Kevin Sawka, Dave Z, $5
SHOWBOX--Great Big Sea, Ashleigh Flynn (6 pm), $15/$18
SHOWBOX--Pete Tong, Liquid Todd, DJ Eva (10:30 pm), $10/$12
SUNSET TAVERN--Rockaraoke w/ the Legendary George Jefferson Starship, $5
TRACTOR TAVERN--Das Booty, $5
WAZOBIA--Fiva, Fiction Moon, $5