THURSDAY 11/9

700 CLUB--Soul Power: Al Rowe Project

BAD ALBERT'S--Annieville Blues, free

BAIT-HOUSE--Jimmy Vegas, free

BALTIC ROOM--La Movida

BOHEMIAN CAFE--Dream Band w/ Sister Love & J. B., $5

*BREAKROOM--Samiam, Divit, Polecat (7 pm, all ages), $7

CENTRAL SALOON--First Time Tomorrow, Fake, Slink, $5

CONOR BYRNE'S--The Simpletones, free

*CROCODILE--Elf Power, the Minders, the Places, $7

FIRESIDE ROOM--Overton Berry, free

*FOXES--Phó Bang: Hostess Ursula Android w/ DJ Baby J, $5

GALWAY ARMS--Owl 'n' Thistle Band

GORDON BIERSCH--Braden Blake, free

*GRACELAND--International Noise Conspiracy, Blue Tip, World Inferno Friendship Society (7 pm, all ages), $8

HIGHLINER--Bigfoot Zoo, free

*I-SPY/NATION--Dodi, $7

J&M CAFE--J. R. Boogie, free

JAZZ ALLEY--Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, $17.50

LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Groovestock, $5

LEGENDS--Alice Stuart

LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP--Phil Hurley & Gavin Guss, free

LOCK AND KEEL--Dave Conant & the D-Rangers, $2

OK HOTEL--Zony Mash, $6

OLD TIMER'S CAFE--Seattle Slim, $5

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Open mic with Tom Bennett, free

OWL 'N' THISTLE--Emanuel Lewis

PALOMINO--Bob Heinemann Trio, free

PARADOX--Kellee Bradley, Lesli Wood, Holly Figueroa, Tiger Zane, $6

PARAGON--H. B. Radke & the Jet City Swingers

PATTI SUMMERS'--Patti Summers

PEACE CAFE--Open mic, free

PINK DOOR--Lonnie Williams Trio, free

*PLANET HOT ROD--Giant Harley Gathering (4 pm)

RAINBOW--Four out of Five Doctors, $5

SCARLET TREE--The Root w/ Reggie Watts & P. K., $5

SHOWBOX--Bebel Gilberto & Thievery Corporation, $18/$20

SIT & SPIN--The Tremens, The Dirtybirds

ST. CLOUDS--Marc Smason Trio

*SUNSET TAVERN--Marc Olsen, Nick Poison & Friends, $5

*TRACTOR TAVERN--Rex Hobart & the Misery Boys, Deanna Varagona, $6

TROLLEYMAN PUB--Java Trio, free

TULA'S--Tess Guerzon & Circadian Rhythm, $5

ZAK'S--Old Man Smithers, Jelly Mound

FRIDAY 11/10

700 CLUB--Seraphonic

BACCANO--Brian Nova Trio

BAIT-HOUSE--Phil Brooks Trio, free

BALTIC ROOM--Jumbalaya

BITTERS--Katya Chorover, Zak Borden, & Casey Neill, $5

BLUE MOON TAVERN--Sophie Tucker, free

BOHEMIAN BACKSTAGE--Eek-A-Mouse, $10

BREAKROOM--"Felonious" Karaoke Bash, $3

CATWALK--Delta Sonic, One Eye Jack, Cabrini Green, $5

*CENTRAL SALOON--Honey Tongue, Carmine, Sodajerk, $10

CENTURY BALLROOM--Sarah Harmer, Teddy Thompson, $10/$12

CONOR BYRNE'S--Dark Molly, $3

*CROCODILE--J. Mascis & the Fog, Caustic Resin, Beachwood Sparks, $12

DOC MAYNARD'S--The Retros, $10

FENIX--Dudley Manlove Quartet, $10

FIRESIDE ROOM--Overton Berry, free

GALWAY ARMS--Danny Godinez Band

*GIBSON'S--The A-Frames, the Pulses, Ian & the Barnetts, $7

GRACELAND--Souls of Mischief, X-Ecutioners, Pep Love (6 pm, all ages, $20); the Fartz, the Razor Babes, Droo Church (10:30 pm, 21+, $6)

GRATEFUL BREAD--Kathryn Mostow, $8

HIGHLINER--Heather Banker, free

*I-SPY/NATION--The Violated Ball w/ Hell's Belles, the Gun St. Girls Burlesque Show, $10

JAZZ ALLEY--Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, $17.50

LAKEPOINTE--Symptom, MTF, DXD, $5

LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Charles White Band, $10

LATONA PUB--Hugh Sutton & Damien Aitken, $2

LEGENDS--Jive Bombers

LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP--Alice Stuart, free

LOCK & KEEL--Two Week Notice, $2

MELTING POT RESTAURANT--Glynn Brothers Quartet

NEO BISTRO--Bill Chism Trio, free

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Mark Hummel, $10

OK HOTEL--Zony Mash, $6

OLD TIMER'S CAFE--Nueva Era, $10

*PARADOX--Juno, Karate, Padre, Verona, $8

PARAMOUNT--Paul Simon, $50

PLANET HOT ROD--Made in the Shade, Quistaday, Upper, Wonderland, $5

RAIN DANCER--Hill People, Patio Kings, $5

RAINBOW--Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Jackhammer Trio, Highrize, $7

SCARLET TREE--Little Kings, $7

SERAFINA--Jenna Mammina

SHOBOAT (TACOMA)--Fantastic Four, Sea Jayne Trip, Bottles and Skulls

SHOWBOX--Super Diamond, the Diablotones, $15

*SIT & SPIN--Source of Labor, Live Human, Candid, DJ Quest, $7

SPIRIT--Murder of Crows (18+), $5

ST. CLOUDS--Stainless Steele

SUNSET TAVERN--Los Pantalones, Infernal Contraption, $5

THIRD PLACE BOOKS--Pearl Django, free

TRACTOR TAVERN--Dave Alvin & Friends, Rick Shea, $20

TROLLEYMAN PUB--Hudson Blues Band, free

TULA'S--Don Lanphere Quartet, $10

ZAK'S--Milhous, Load Levelers, Razor Babes, Undisputed Heavyweight Champions, Hot Rod Lunatics

SATURDAY 11/11

700 CLUB--Digable All-Stars

ARROWSPACE (OLYMPIA)--Raft of Dead Monkeys, the Pattern, Jeannie Gateau, Black Man White Man Dead Man (8 pm, all ages), $4

BAD ALBERT'S--Eric Madis, $2

BAIT-HOUSE--Phil Brooks Trio, free

BLUE MOON TAVERN--Los Bollitos, free

BOHEMIAN BACKSTAGE--Eek-A-Mouse, $10

BREAKROOM--Home Grown, Diffuser, Limbeck (6:30 pm, all ages), $5

CENTRAL SALOON--Get off the Stage, $10

CONOR BYRNE'S--The Raybone Experience, $3

*CROCODILE--Death Cab for Cutie, Pedro the Lion (w/ Kind of Like Spitting, 6 pm, all ages; w/ Seldom, 9 pm, 21+), $8/$12

DOC MAYNARD'S--Coolade, $10

ELYSIAN--Going South (CD release), Susan Robkin, $6

*EMP--Built to Spill, Caustic Resin, $5

FENIX--Kry, $10

FIRESIDE ROOM--Overton Berry, free

GALWAY ARMS--Harmonica Dan & Geordie

GIBSON'S--The Last of the Juanitas, Zulu as Kono, Cruel & Unusual, the Exbestfriends, $7

GRACELAND--No Use for a Name, Pulley, One Man Army, Dynamite Boy (5:30 pm, all ages, $10); the Manatees, the Dirty Birds (10:30 pm, 21+, $6)

GRATEFUL BREAD--Finest Kind, $12

HIGHLINER--Redeker-Stephan Band, free

ICON GRILL--Scot Ranney

JAZZ ALLEY--Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, $17.50

KING CAT THEATER--November Project, $20

LAKEPOINTE--Quickie, the Agents of Change, A.K.A., $5

LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Charles White Band, $10

LATONA PUB--Jim Page, $2

LEGENDS--Ted Bellusci Band

LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP--Alice Stuart, free

LOCK AND KEEL--M. J. Bishop Band, $2

MR. SPOT'S CHAI HOUSE--Jelina & Peter, $3

NEO BISTRO--Bill Chism Trio, free

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Mark Hummel, $10

O'SHEA'S EASY STREET PUB--Jim Hinde

OLD TIMER'S CAFE--Nueva Era, $10

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Round House Bluegrass Blowout, $5

PARADOX--Buried Alive, By a Thread, Death Threat, Harkonen, $7

PARAGON--Lady A & the Baby Blues Band

*PARAMOUNT--Paul Simon, $50

PLANET HOT ROD--Weight of the World, Suffergauge

RAIN DANCER--Stranger Neighbor, Kerosene Dream, $7

RAINBOW--Swamp Mama Johnson, Electric Ottoman, $8

ROCKSPORT--Hit Explosion, $10

SCARLET TREE--Something Real, $7

SEATTLE CATCH--Vira Lata, free

SECOND AVENUE PIZZA--Nick Vroman & Friends

SERAFINA--Andrea Dupree Trio

*SHOBOAT (TACOMA)--All-Day Metal Fest w/ Hatefist, Built, Suicide Culture, Refuse, Aggression Core, Fevered Pitch, SBI, Catalyst (5 pm)

SHOWBOX--Ritual Expo w/ Kid Koala & P. Love, Jazzanova, Slum Village, Bahamadia, DJ Dusk, Spontaneous, Jon Lee, Brett Laurence (noon), $10

SIT & SPIN--70 Proof, Shinola, $7

ST. CLOUDS--Dadisi Trio

SUNSET TAVERN--Fragile Jack, $5

THIRD PLACE BOOKS--The Cutters, free

TRACTOR TAVERN--Wylie & the Wild West, Dallas Wayne & the Dimlights, $12

TROLLEYMAN PUB--Reptet, free

TULA'S--Adrienne Wilson Quartet, $10

WIT'S END--Anthony Malvestuto, Mile 40, the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players, West of Here

ZAK'S--Mortimer Ford, Fat Sally, Adam's Eve, Nothin' Sacred

SUNDAY 11/12

700 CLUB--Slow Ride

ARISTOCRAT'S--Clockwork (trance, house), $10

BELLTOWN BILLIARDS--Martin Ross Band

*BREAKROOM--The Vogue, Sean Na Na, the Slaves (3 pm, all ages), $6

CATWALK--Benefit for NW Harvest w/ John Hodgkins Band, $10 or 15 cans of food

CENTRAL SALOON--Frank Jordan, Left to Roam, $5

CHINA JADE--Dennis Shadduck & Pete Carrabba, free

CONOR BYRNE'S--Irish Session, free

*EMP--Built to Spill, Sick Bees, Welcome (6 pm, all ages), $5

I-SPY/NATION--Ota Prota, $6

ICON GRILL--Scot Ranney

JAZZ ALLEY--Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, $17.50

LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Roger Rogers' Jam, $5

*MOORE THEATRE--Elliott Smith, Grandaddy, $15

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Ocho Pics, $5

O'SHEA'S EASY STREET PUB--Open mic

OLD TIMER'S CAFE--Banda, $5

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Evergreen Jazz Band, $6

OWL 'N' THISTLE--Jelly Rollers

*SHOWBOX--Yousssou N'Dour, $26

*SIT & SPIN--Sureshot Sunday (3 pm, all ages), $5

ST. CLOUDS--Glenn Morrissey

TINI BIGS LOUNGE--Lincoln Briney Trio, free

TOMMY'S--Open mic

TRACTOR TAVERN--John Reischman, Rainy Pass, $12

TULA'S--Marc Seals' Jam Session, $5

VILLAGE INN PUB--Open mic, free

MONDAY 11/13

700 CLUB--Norm Balles Project

AGUA VERDE CAFE--Zhaoui, free

ART BAR--Open mic, free

BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Biznatics, Kindra 2059, Un, $5

BELLTOWN BILLIARDS--Brian Nova & Funk 69

BOHEMIAN CAFE--Sixth Shakra, DJ Diskyze, $5

CENTRAL SALOON--Nine Below Zero Blues Jam, $5

*CROCODILE--Badly Drawn Boy, $10

FIDDLER'S INN--Open mic

GALWAY ARMS--Rick Usleton

GRACELAND--Symptom, Family, Skeptik, $5

*I-SPY/NATION--SIL2K: soulBOIL, Barg'n Surgical, Metal Men, $5

ICON GRILL--Scot Ranney

J&M CAFE--Henry Cooper All-Star Blues Jam, free

JAZZ ALLEY--Mel Brown (CD release)

LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Tim Turner, free

LIZZARD LOUNGE--The Jim Basnight Thing

MR. SPOT'S CHAI HOUSE--Neon Brown, free

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--New Orleans Quintet, free

OK HOTEL--Deformation, Fake

OLD TIMER'S CAFE--Dr. Sax, free

OWL 'N' THISTLE--Lew Jones

*SHOWBOX--Shane MacGowan & the Popes, the Real McKenzies, $20/$22

ST. CLOUDS--R. B. & Friends

SUNSET TAVERN--David Brewer & the Intimidators, $3

TRACTOR TAVERN--Paddy Keenan & Junji Shirota, $12

TULA'S--Vocal Jam w/ DJ Kat, $5

TUESDAY 11/14

*700 CLUB--Bassackwards

AVENUE ONE--Woody Woodhouse, free

BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Tyler Tullock Band, Zunga, $5

BIG FOOT INN TAVERN--The Lazy J's Jam

BOHEMIAN CAFE--Circa, DJ Top Cat, $5

CENTURY BALLROOM--Allisson Moorer, $12

*CROCODILE--Melt Banana, Vaz, Biography of Ferns, $8

DUBLINER--Open mic, free

EL NI--O--Andre Feriante, free

GALWAY ARMS--Danny Godinez Band

GORDON BIERSCH--Jacob London, free

GRACELAND--Alabama 3, $15/$17

ICON GRILL--Scot Ranney

J&M CAFE--Doug Lynn Band, free

JAZZ ALLEY--Jessica Williams Trio, $12.50/$14.50

LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Scott Harris Band, free

LITTLE RED HEN--Rockin' Country Piano Bar, free

MUDSHARK BAR--Smooth Groove

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--File Gumbo Zydeco Band, free

OLD TIMER'S CAFE--Barfly, $5

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--John Bishop Combo, $2

OWL 'N' THISTLE--Bebop & Destruction

PARAGON--Robert Stewart

PINK DOOR--Julie Cascioppo, free

RAINBOW--Legion, Fear of Dolls, $5

SCARLET TREE--Annieville Blues, free

*SHOWBOX--Murder City Devils, At the Drive-In, Eastern Youth (6 pm, all ages), $10

*SIT & SPIN--Gaza Strippers, the Catheters, RC5, $7

SUNSET TAVERN--C. A. Sinatra, Tom Bennett, $3

TRAVELERS--Open mic, free

TULA'S--Emerald City Jazz Orchestra, $5

ZAK'S--Load Levelers, Hemicuda, Bottles & Skulls

WEDNESDAY 11/15

700 CLUB--Get Back Play'az

ART BAR--Diversity: DJ Grahm, Saime Thinnes (house)

BOHEMIAN CAFE--Dream Band w/ Alex D & J. B., $5

BREAKROOM--Very Special Forces, Mystick Krewe of Clearlight, Golden Pig Electric Blues Band, $6

CENTRAL SALOON--International, ATF, Whileaway, $5

*CROCODILE--The Del Gados, Carissa's Wierd, $10

FIESTA MEXICANA--Immaculate Flave Hiphop Showcase

FLOYD'S PLACE--Open mic, free

GALWAY ARMS--Rick Brooks

GLOBE ALE HOUSE--Jake Thompson, free

GORDON BIERSCH--Phil Hurley, free

*GRACELAND--Sunshine, Billy Shook, $6

HOPVINE--Open mic

ICON GRILL--Scot Ranney

JAZZ ALLEY--Jessica Williams Trio, $12.50/$14.50

LA SPIGA--Jovino Santos Neto

LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Charles White's All-Star Jam, $5

LEGENDS--The Trouble Boys

LIZZARD LOUNGE--Smooth jazz

MUDSHARK BAR--Smooth Groove

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Floyd Standifer, free

NO WAY CAFE--Marc Smason, free

OLD TIMER'S CAFE--Songwriter Showcase, $5

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Little Big Band, free

OWL 'N' THISTLE--Aaron Donahue

PARAGON--Little Bill & the Bluenotes

PATTI SUMMERS'--Patti Summers

PINK DOOR--Marco de Carvalho, free

PIONEER SQUARE SALOON --Open mic

RAINBOW--Transmutations, $5

SCARLET TREE--Ernest Humphrey, Thaddius Turner, Gerald Turner, & Davy C, $5

SERAFINA--Alex Guilbert

SHOWBOX--2000 Seattle Salsa Contest Finals, $10/$15

TRACTOR TAVERN--Caroline Aiken, Jim Page, $8

TULA'S--Reginald Pinckney Quartet, $7

ZAK'S--Quick 66, TC 5, Hudson's Falcon