Live
THURSDAY 12/7
700 CLUB--Soul Power: Al Rowe Project
BAD ALBERT'S--Annieville Blues, free
BOHEMIAN CAFE--Everton Blender, $10
*BREAKROOM--The Computer Impossible, Wonderful, Red Planet, $6
CENTRAL SALOON--Black Powder Pinups, Agent 86, Supernot, $5
FIRESIDE ROOM--Overton Berry, free
*FOXES--Phó Bang: Ursula Android w/ DJ Baby J, $5
GALWAY ARMS--Owl 'n' Thistle Band
GRACELAND--In Flames, Shadows Fall, Burn It Down, Himsa (7 pm, all ages), $12
J&M CAFE--J. R. Boogie, free
JAZZ ALLEY--Ray Brown Trio, $18.50/$22.50
LEGENDS--Alice Stuart
MONA'S--Fred Hoadley Quartet, free
NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Ham Carson Quintet, $5
OK HOTEL--Blue Arts featuring the Rollvulvas, Combo Craig, $12
OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Open mic, free
OWL 'N' THISTLE--Emanuel Lewis
PALOMINO--Bob Heinemann Trio, free
PARADOX--Bangover, Sourpuss, Storm Inc. (8 pm, all ages), $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--Ponticello, Clyde's Ride, $5
SCARLET TREE--The Root w/ Reggie Watts & P. K., $5
*SIT & SPIN--Loveless Records One-Year Anniversary/My Bloody Valentine tribute w/ the Sophies, Kaleid, High Violets, Man of the Year, Voyager One, Kinski, Bering Sea, Graig Markel, Hypatia Lake, Seymourglass, Mockingbirds, $7
SLIDERS (RENTON)--Afrodisiacs, $6
ST. CLOUDS--Marc Smason Trio
*SUNSET TAVERN--Ruston Mire, the Band That Made Milwaukee Famous, the Fongs, 100th Monkey, $5
TRACTOR TAVERN--Tom Rush (7 pm, $18); Tony Furtado (10 pm, $10)
TROLLEYMAN PUB--Joe's Scratch Trio, free
ZAK'S--Benefit for Studio X and Microradio.net
FRIDAY 12/8
700 CLUB--Seraphonic
BACCANO--Brian Nova Trio
BAIT-HOUSE--Lien Menendez Quartet, free
BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Shifter, Five Foot Thick, Family, Hollis, Symptom, Radio Sinkhole, $6
*BALTIC ROOM--Jumbalaya
*BARGE INN--Eddie Spaghetti & Ron Heathman, free
BITTERS--Jaeger & Vassili (8 pm), $5
BLUE MOON TAVERN--Charlie Spring, free
BOHEMIAN BACKSTAGE--The Wailing Souls, $10
*BREAKROOM--No. 13 Baby, Two Ton Boa, Tracie & the Plastics, $7
CATWALK--Cinematics, Sweet Tea, Pris, Odessa, $7
CENTRAL SALOON--Scream Radio, Men From Mars (CD release), Madison, $10
CONSOLIDATED WORKS--Reuben Radding's String Trio, $7
*CROCODILE--The Minus 5, John Wesley Harding & the Radical Gentlemen, Julian & Friends, $8
DOC MAYNARD'S--The Retros, $10
FIRESIDE ROOM--Overton Berry, free
*FOURTH AVE TAVERN (OLYMPIA)--Hell's Belles, the Axidentals, Geezer, $5
GALWAY ARMS--Max Schwennsen, Rod Cook
*GRACELAND--Blonde Redhead, the Need, Automaton, $10
HIGHLINER--Owl, free
HOPVINE--Bristol Sisters, $2
*HUB BALLROOM--Aimee Mann, Damien Jurado, Crooked Fingers (8 pm), $16
JAZZ ALLEY--Ray Brown Trio, $18.50/$22.50
LAKEPOINTE--Ashland, Room XIII, Stella 7, $5
LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Tim Casey & the Bluescats, DJ Skye Lova, $10
LATONA PUB--Lost in the Fog, $2
LEGENDS--Jive Bombers
MELTING POT RESTAURANT--Glynn Brothers Quartet
NEO BISTRO--Little Bill & Mark Riley, free
NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Chris Stevens Band, $10
OK HOTEL--Blue Arts featuring the Rollvulvas, Combo Craig, $12
*OLD FIRE HOUSE (REDMOND)--Polecat, the Prom, Dolour (8 pm, all ages), $5
OLD TIMER'S CAFE--Orchestra Dimension, $10
OWL 'N' THISTLE--Aaron Donahue
*PARADOX--764-HERO, Kill Sadie, Sharks Keep Moving (7 pm, all ages), $7
PLANET HOT ROD--Drunk As Usual, $5
RAIN DANCER--100th Monkey, Radio Star, Travis Shredd & the Good Ol' Boys, $5
RAINBOW--Hillpeople, Magna Flux, $5
ROYAL CASINO--The Penguins, free
SCARLET TREE--In Black & White, Romalis, $7
SEATTLE CATCH--Marc Smason, free
SERAFINA--Vira Lata
SHOWBOX--Leftover Salmon, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, $22
*SIT & SPIN--Voyager One, Orbiter, Man of the Year, Tuffy, $7
SLIDERS (RENTON)--Those Guys!, $5
ST. CLOUDS--Vic 'n' Nick
STEVENS PASS--Mamafest Breast Cancer Research Benefit w/ Cookie, Bent, Stamad (10 am-4 pm)
SUNSET TAVERN--Jon Hyde Band, Her Last Arrow, Special K, $5
*TRACTOR TAVERN--Marshall Crenshaw (7 pm, $16); NW Harvest benefit w/ Scott Law Band, Hanuman (10 pm, $10)
TROLLEYMAN PUB--Urban Oasis, free
SATURDAY 12/9
700 CLUB--Digable All-Stars
BAD ALBERT'S--Eric Madis, $2
BAIT-HOUSE--Kevin McCarthy Trio, free
BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Sister Guitar Band, $10
BARGE INN--Jacques Willis Combo, free
BLUE MOON TAVERN--Ether, free
BOHEMIAN BACKSTAGE--Winston Jarrett, Sister Luv, J.B., $10
*BREAKROOM--Two Ton Boa, Tracie & the Plastics (6:30 pm, all ages, $6); Gimmicks, Boss Martians, God Damn Gentlemen (9:30 pm, 21+, $6)
CATWALK--Deathline Int'l, Thee High Counsel w/ DJs Peter, Slowdive, Mistress Cathrina, $5
CENTRAL SALOON--Diablotones, Sodajerk, $10
*CROCODILE--Supersuckers, Shuggie, the Glory Holes
CROSSWALK TAVERN--Sour Dan, free
DEXTER & HAYES--Kimball & the Fugitive Combo, free
DOC MAYNARD'S--Coolade, $10
ELYSIAN--Phat Sidy Smokehouse, StingShark, $10
EMERALD QUEEN CASINO--Marshall Tucker Band
FENIX--Kry, $10
FIRESIDE ROOM--Overton Berry, free
GALWAY ARMS--Lew Jones
*GRACELAND--Wheatus, OPM (6 pm, all ages, $10); Acid Mother Temple, Kinski, Jackie-O-Motherfucker (10 pm, 21+, $7)
*GROUND ZERO (BELLEVUE)--Pedro the Lion, Mars Accelerator, Seldon (8 pm, all ages), $5
HIGHLINER--Kuli Loach, free
HOPVINE--Debra Bartley, $2
ICON GRILL--Scot Ranney
JAZZ ALLEY--Ray Brown Trio, $18.50/$22.50
JIMMY Z'S (EVERETT)--Quiet Riot
KISMET--Heather Banks, free
LAKEPOINTE--Custom Hustler, $5
LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Tim Casey & the Bluescats, $10
LATONA PUB--Scott Law & Paul Benoit, $2
LEGENDS--The Trouble Boys
MONA'S--Reptet, $2
MONKEY PUB--Valentine Killers, the Blow Up
NEO BISTRO--Johnny Lewis Duo, free
NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Chris Stevens Band, $10
NIKO'S PLACE--Grecian Sounds Bouzouki Trio w/ bellydancer Zaphara, free
OLD TIMER'S CAFE--Orchestra Dimension, $10
OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Usual Suspects, $5
OWL 'N' THISTLE--K. W. Miller
PARADOX--Aaron Sprinkle, Jesse Smith, Jesse Boggs (8 pm, all ages), $6
PARAGON--The Imagineers
PINK DOOR--Ensemble Sub Masa, free
PLANET HOT ROD--Below Zero, Sex Philes, $5
RAIN DANCER--John Shipe Band, Kerosene Dream, $7
RAINBOW--Organica, Sunday Morning Music, Four Out of Five Doctors, $6
RENDEZVOUS--D.O.H., Lodi, Parodyme, $5
ROCKSPORT--The Shreds, $5
ROYAL CASINO--The Penguins, free
SCARLET TREE--In Black & White, Romalis, $7
SEATTLE CATCH--Vira Lata, free
SERAFINA--Alma Villegas
*SIT & SPIN--Radio Nationals, Diamond Fist Werny, the Drop, $7
SLIDERS (RENTON)--Version 2.0, $5
*SUNSET TAVERN--Dodi, Intelligence, Droo Church, $7
*THEKLA (OLYMPIA)--Michael Franti & Spearhead (7 pm, all ages), $8/$10
THERMO'S--The Stuck-Ups
TOMMY'S--80 Something
TRACTOR TAVERN--Greg Brown (7 and 10 pm), $18
TROLLEYMAN PUB--Mark Dufresne, free
SUNDAY 12/10
700 CLUB--Slow Ride
ARISTOCRAT'S--Clockwork (trance, house), $10
BARGE INN--Kimball Conant, free
BELLTOWN BILLIARDS--Martin Ross Band
CAFE VENUS--Christopher Blue, free
CENTRAL LIBRARY--Seattle Mandolin Orchestra (3 pm, all ages), free
CENTRAL SALOON--Sure Thing, Ether, $5
CHINA JADE--Dennis Shadduck & Pete Carrabba, free
CONOR BYRNE'S--Irish Session, free
CROCODILE--Pat McGee (7 pm, all ages), $7
HOPVINE--Marc Olsen, $1
I-SPY/NATION--The Congos, $10
ICON GRILL--Scot Ranney
JAZZ ALLEY--Ray Brown Trio, $18.50/$22.50
LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Roger Rogers' Jam, $5
NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Ramsey Collins Band, Joe Baque, $5
O'SHEA'S EASY STREET PUB--Open mic
OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Evergreen Classic Jazz Band, $6
OWL 'N' THISTLE--Gar Hooker Project
SHOWBOX--Shawn Mulllins, $20/$22
*SHOWOFF GALLERY (BELLINGHAM)--Pleaseeasaur, Neil Hamburger, Canned Hamm (8 pm, all ages), $5
*SIT & SPIN--Sureshot Sunday (3 pm, all ages), $5
ST. CLOUDS--Glenn Morrissey
TINI BIGS LOUNGE--Lincoln Briney Trio, free
TRACTOR TAVERN--Folk Alliance Benefit CD Release w/ 29 Toes, Katya Chorover, Nancy Colton, Marguerite Conti, Joe Crookston, Val D'Alessio, and a dozen others (7:30 pm), $10
TULA'S--Marc Seals' Jam Session, $5
VILLAGE INN PUB--Open mic, free
MONDAY 12/11
700 CLUB--Norm Balles Project
AGUA VERDE CAFE--Zhaoui, free
ART BAR--Open mic, free
BARGE INN--Open mic, free
BELLTOWN BILLIARDS--Brian Nova & Funk 69
BOHEMIAN CAFE--Access: Oggmung, DJ Diskyze, $5
CENTRAL SALOON--Nine Below Zero Blues Jam, $5
FIDDLER'S INN--Open mic
GALWAY ARMS--Rick Usleton
HOPVINE--Songwriters Showcase, free
*I-SPY/NATION--SIL2K: Music Computers, Solenoid, J-Lab, 2-Up Technologies, $5
ICON GRILL--Scot Ranney
J&M CAFE--Henry Cooper All-Star Blues Jam, free
LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Tim Turner, free
LIZZARD LOUNGE--The Jim Basnight Thing
NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--New Orleans Quintet, free
OK HOTEL--Dr. Heavy, $3
OLD TIMER'S CAFE--Dr. Sax, free
OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Eric Eslow Trio, free
OWL 'N' THISTLE--K. W. Miller
*PARAMOUNT--Luther Vandross, $49/$54
SLIDERS (RENTON)--Fastball, $10/$12
ST. CLOUDS--R. B. & Friends
SUNSET TAVERN--Vince Converse, David Brewer & the Intimidators, $5
TUESDAY 12/12
*700 CLUB--Bassackwards
AVENUE ONE--Woody Woodhouse, free
BALLARD FIREHOUSE--K Through 6, $5
BARGE INN--The Blue Healers, free
BIG FOOT INN TAVERN--The Lazy J's Jam
*BREAKROOM--Blue Meanies, Wunder Years, Pinehurst Kids (8:30 pm, all ages), $7
*CROCODILE--Sick Bees, Selby Tigers, the Last Great Liar, $6
DUBLINER--Open mic, free
EL NI--O--Andre Feriante, free
GALWAY ARMS--Danny Godinez Band
GRACELAND--San Pedro Circus, $5
ICON GRILL--Scot Ranney
J&M CAFE--Doug Lynn Band, free
JAZZ ALLEY--Pat Martino Trio, $15.50/$17.50
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
*PARADOX--Kind of Like Spitting, Transmarine, Acceptance (8 pm, all ages), $6
PARAGON--Park Olsen
PINK DOOR--Black Cat Duo, free
RAINBOW--Hammer of the Gods, $5
SCARLET TREE--Annieville Blues, free
SLIDERS (RENTON)--Ragamuffin, $2
SONIC BOOM RECORDS--Starlight Mints (6 pm, all ages), free
*SUNSET TAVERN--John Ramber, Jake London, $3
TRACTOR TAVERN--Charlotte Vanderwolf (CD release), Dakota (7 pm), $5
TRAVELERS--Open mic, free
WEDNESDAY 12/13
700 CLUB--Get Back Play'az
ART BAR--Diversity (house)
BARGE INN--The Carvalho Brothers, free
CENTRAL SALOON--Satori, Shifter, Yellow Second, $5
*CROCODILE--Starlight Mints, the Turn-Ons, the Blessed Light, $7
DV8--Bloodhound Gang, Goldfinger, A, Simon Stinger (6:30 pm, all ages), $20
FIESTA MEXICANA--Immaculate Flave Hiphop Showcase
FLOYD'S PLACE--Open mic, free
*GRACELAND--Dead Moon, the Briefs, free
HOPVINE--Open mic, free
ICON GRILL--Scot Ranney
JAZZ ALLEY--Pat Martino Trio, $15.50/$17.50
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
OLD TIMER'S CAFE--Seattle Slim, $5
OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Seattle Womens' Jazz Orchestra, $5
OWL 'N' THISTLE--A Bird of Passage
PARAGON--Melvin Petersen Quartet
PARAMOUNT--Trans-Siberian Orchestra, $27.50/$37.50
PATTI SUMMERS'--Patti Summers
PINK DOOR--Marco de Carvalho, free
PIONEER SQUARE SALOON --Open mic w/ C. A. Sinatra
RAIN DANCER--Open mic, free
RAINBOW--Transmutations, $5
SCARLET TREE--Ernest Humphrey, Thaddius Turner, Gerald Turner, & Davy C, $5
SERAFINA--Alex Guilbert
SUNSET TAVERN--Nick Poison, $5
TRACTOR TAVERN--Hank Williams Wednesdays w/ Ron Bailey & the Honky Tonk All-Stars, the Sprague Brothers, $6
VALDI'S BALLARD BISTRO--Open mic, $3