THURSDAY 9/20

BAD ALBERT'S--Annieville Blues, free

* BALTIC ROOM--Jon Auer, Graig Markel, Hello from Waveland

BOHEMIAN CAFE--Club Kiss: DJs Alex D, Rude Boy, $5

BREAKROOM--Acacia, $6

CENTRAL SALOON--Otis P. & the Jive Funk, Soul Sychadelics, $5

CONOR BYRNE'S--Finn MacGinty

* CROCODILE CAFE--Explosions in the Sky, the Standard, Stradhoughton Echo, $6

El Gaucho--Daniel Davidson

FIRESIDE ROOM--Overton Berry, free

FLOYD'S PLACE--Combo Craig

GALWAY ARMS--KW Miller

HOPVINE--Kareem Kandi, Julian MacDonough, Will Blair, free

JAZZ ALLEY--Pucho & his Latin Soul Brothers, $17.50/$21.50

LARRY'S--The Mark Whitman Big Band w/ Sweet Talkin' Jones, $5

* LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP--Willie Vlautin, free

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

MOTION LOUNGE--Rockaraoke

MR. SPOT'S CHAI HOUSE--Open mic, free

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--The Ham Carson Quintet, free

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Open mic, free

OWL 'N' THISTLE--Emmanuel Lewis

PARAGON--HB Radke & the Jet City Swingers

PEACE CAFE--Open mic, free

PINK DOOR--Lonnie Williams, free

RAINBOW--Troll's Cottage, Subconscious Population, $5

* SCARLET TREE--Das Root w/ Reggie Watts, P.K., $5

SHARK CLUB (KIRKLAND)--The Retros, $6

* SHOWBOX--Burning Spear, $20

SLIDERS (RENTON)--Afrodisiacs, $6

ST. CLOUDS--The Electrodes

* SUNSET TAVERN--Peep Show, Fighting Machinists, $5

THOMPSON'S--Blue Gypsies, free

TRAVELERS--Open mic, free

VICTROLA COFFEE & ART--The Crazy Ray

ZAK'S--Vehicle, Cheeps, $3


FRIDAY 9/21

BACCANO--Brian Nova Trio, free

BAIT-HOUSE--The Hep Tets, $3

* BALTIC ROOM--Jumbalaya

BITTERS--La Luciérnaga, $5

BLACK LAB GALLERY--Open mic, free

BOHEMIAN BACKSTAGE--Anthony B, $10

* BREAKROOM--Toilet Boys, Cookie, Hellfire Choir, RC5, $7

CATWALK--Girl4Girl: DJ Stacy, $10/$15

CENTRAL SALOON--Honey Tongue, Kim Virant Band, Going South, $8/$10

CONOR BYRNE'S--Clay Pipe

CORNISH COLLEGE--The Cornish Jazz All-Stars, $6/$12

* CROCODILE CAFE--Zen Guerrilla, the Glory Holes, Vendetta Red, $8

DOC MAYNARD'S--2000 Degrees, $10

DOWNTOWN YMCA--The Victims (8pm, all ages), $5

El Gaucho--Billy Wallace Quartet

EMP--Maktub, Heather Duby, $6/$8

FADO--Dark Molly

FIRESIDE ROOM--Overton Berry, free

FLOYD'S PLACE--K.W. Miller

FORECASTERS (WOODINVILLE)--The Lizard Kings, free

GALLAGER'S (KENT)--1-Away, Magic Cordoba, Sofa King, Ramona's Ghost, Mayday, Gray Daisy, $6

GALWAY ARMS--Kimball & the Fugitives

* GORGE--Crosby, Stills & Nash, $45/$79

* GRACELAND--Brassy, DJ Suspense, $10

* GROUND ZERO (BELLEVUE)--The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players, Herbert Matthews Goes to the Sierra, Sgt. Rigsby & his Amazing Siluhuettes (7 pm, all ages), $5

HIGHLINER--Dick Powell & Friends, free

HURRICANE CAFE--Beefkurten, Liquor Box, Camel Toe

* I-SPY--United Way benefit w/ Marques Wyatt, DJ Moses, Quazar, Joaquin Garcia, $15

JAZZ ALLEY--Pucho & his Latin Soul Brothers, $17.50/$21.50

KING CAT THEATER--Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, $20

LAKEPOINTE--M.T.F, DXD, Suffergauge

LAKEWOOD COMMUNITY CLUBHOUSE--Square Dance: Foghorn Leghorn, the Dickel Brothers, $6

LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Korla Wygal & Her Private Reserve, $10

LATONA PUB--Double Stop

* LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP--Jasiri Media Group: Beyond Reality, Candidt, Piece of Soul, Vitamin D, free

LITTLE RED HEN--Buckaroo Blues, free

MOLLY McGUIRE'S--Robert Stewart, free

MOTION LOUNGE--Coolade

MULLEADY'S PUB--Knox, free

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Cash McCall, $10

* OLD FIRE HOUSE (REDMOND)--Tracy & the Plastics, Panama, Schoolyard Heroes, Graceful Chaos (8 pm, all ages), $5

OLD PEQULIAR--Kimball Conant

OWL 'N' THISTLE--The Clintons

PINK DOOR--Tony Yazzolino, free

PLANET HOT ROD--Point Defiance, Eris & SP Unlimited, $5

PUYALLUP FAIR--JT Taylor, $10

RAGING RIVER SALOON--Chester Alley Blues Band

RAIN DANCER--Wilderness Children, $5

RAINBOW--Bee-Bop & Destruction, Chromatic Jones, Jason Seed Trio, $8

SCARLET TREE--Society's Child, $7

SERAFINA--Samia Panni

* SHOWBOX--Quasi, the Gossip, Magic Magicians, $10

* SIT & SPIN--The Turn-Ons, the Charming Snakes, $6

ST. CLOUDS--Blu Meadows

SUNSET HILL COMMUNITY CLUB--Radost, $25

SUNSET TAVERN--Carmine, the Tremens, Wake (CD release), $5

THERMO'S--The Cheeps, Thunderfist, Unlucky Boys

TOMMY'S--The Diablotones, Bambaji, $5

ZAK'S--Sludgeplow, Northwest Royale, Gluttons for Punishment, Chief, $5


SATURDAY 9/22

BAD ALBERT'S--Henry Cooper, $2

BAIT-HOUSE--The Hep Tets, $3

BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Brodie, Glass Head, Capacity 3, Jaded 52, Mystic Pop (4 pm, all ages), $7

BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Fiiva, Rebulshun, Mystic Pop (9 pm), $7

BLACK LAB GALLERY--Steve Ball

BLUE MOON TAVERN--Laguna, free

BOHEMIAN BACKSTAGE--Anthony B, $10

* BREAKROOM--The Bellrays, Fireballs of Freedom, Soledad Brothers, $8

CENTRAL SALOON--Surreal Sutra, Windowpane, Men From Mars, $8/$10

CONOR BYRNE'S--The Suffering Gaels

* CROCODILE CAFE--The Living Daylights, the Flava Crystals, $8/$10

DOC MAYNARD'S--The Afrodesiacs, $10

El Gaucho--Billy Wallace Quartet

ELYSIAN--The Squirrels, Henry Boy, $6

EMP--John Stephan Band, Paul Green & Straightshot, $3/$5

FADO--The Kennedy Brothers

FIRESIDE ROOM--Overton Berry, free

GALWAY ARMS--Mayfly

GORGE--Matchbox Twenty, Train, $40.50

GROUND ZERO (BELLEVUE)--Formula One, Middle Dexter, the November Group (8 pm, all ages), $5

HANA'S--Open mic, free

HIGHLINER--Lew Jones, free

HURRICANE CAF:--Ward A, Hot Rod Lunatics

* I-SPY--Death Cab for Cutie, Dan Gallucci, $13

JAZZ ALLEY--Pucho & his Latin Soul Brothers, $17.50/$21.50

LAKEPOINTE--Zen Driver, International Pop Overthrow

LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Smokin' Gun, $10

LATONA PUB--Don Goodwin Trio

LITTLE RED HEN--Buckaroo Blues, free

MOLLY MCGUIRE'S--Eight Hands, free

MULLEADY'S PUB--Memphis Radio Kings, free

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Cash McCall, $10

O'SHEA'S--Joy Mills & Tom Parker

OLD PEQULIAR--The Imagineers

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Little Ray & the Uppercuts, $5

OWL 'N' THISTLE--The Clintons

PARAGON--Lady A & the Baby Blues Band

PINK DOOR--Tony Yazzolino, free

PLANET HOT ROD--Zero Signal, Fury 161, Agony of Deceit, D Five Nine, $5

PUYALLUP FAIR--Travis Fox

PUYALLUP FAIR--Alabama, $32.50/$37.50

RAGING RIVER SALOON (FALL CITY)--Bad Alibi

RAIN DANCER--Optymus Rhyme, Reason For Ruin, $5

RAINBOW--Clinton Fearon & the Boogie Brown Band, Heavyweight Sound System w/ DJs Z, Ziggy, $8

RED ONION TAVERN--Alazingara

ROCKSPORT--No Quarter, Tinn Lizzy, $7

SCARLET TREE--Black & White, $7

SERAFINA--Andrea Dupree

* SHOWBOX--The Damned, Swingin' Utters, Pleasure Forever (5:30 pm, all ages), $15

* SIT & SPIN--The Melody Unit, Poseur, Wonderful, $8

ST. CLOUDS--Jo Miller & Her Burly Roughnecks

SUNSET TAVERN--DJs Greg Vandy, Taco, $2

THERMO'S--Ragamuffin

TOMMY'S--Tempered Cast, Trigger Point Therapy, Alkai Diggins, $5

TRACTOR TAVERN--The Clumsy Lovers, Janet Robin, $10

WIT'S END--Los Serranos, $6

ZAK'S--Jimmy Flame & the Sexy Boys, Big John Bates, Thunderfist, Unlucky Boys, $5


SUNDAY 9/23

BALLARD FIREHOUSE--First Dream, End of the Car, Anti-Punk, Graceful Chaos, Crash Avenue, Tribune, Tut, White Rabbit, Intent (4 pm, all ages), $5

* BALTIC ROOM--Smack: Reggie Watts, Davis Martin, Thaddeus Turner, Kevin Goldman

BELLTOWN BILLIARDS--Martin Ross Band

CATWALK--Dowg House: DJs Funkdaddy, Rockaphella

CENTRAL SALOON--3 Deuces, Common Heroes, Ragamuffin, $5

CHINA JADE--Dennis Shadduck, free

CONOR BYRNE'S--Irish Session w/ Barry Foy, free

FADO--Traditional Irish Session

FLAME--Unlucky Boys, Cowboy Cockfight, $2

FLOYD'S PLACE--Jennifer Savage

GASWORKS PARK--Peace Concert w/ Randy Hansen, Honey Tongue, GreenFlash, Jeff & the Jet City Fliers

GRACELAND--Hopeline Benefit: Hot Water Music, Matt Skiba, Selby Tigers, Thrice, Mike Park, the Eyeliners, $6

* HABANA'S RESTAURANT--Quasi Nada

JAZZ ALLEY--Pucho & his Latin Soul Brothers, $17.50/$21.50

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

LITTLE RED HEN--Pickin Bones Country Trio, free

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Marc Smason & Joanne Klein, $5

O'SHEA'S--Open mic

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--The Jazz Strings, $6

OWL 'N' THISTLE--Tim Moyer

PARAGON--Phil Carrillo

* PUYALLUP FAIR--Paul Revere & the Raiders w/ the Kingsmen, $10

RAINBOW--Liquid Quartet, Shane Saznow, $5

ST. CLOUDS--Trevor Wheetman

SUNSET TAVERN--Hammer of the Gods, $5

TRACTOR TAVERN--Asylum Street Spankers, $10


MONDAY 9/24

BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Mind Shaker, Austin America, Enkrya, $5

BELLTOWN BILLIARDS--Brian Nova & Funk 69

CONTOUR--Urban Tongue

EL GAUCHO--Daniel Davidson

FIDDLER'S INN--Open mic

* I-SPY--SIL2K: Ovo, Rollerball, Voltage Regulator, Foster, Jenins, Eubanks Trio, $7

LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Scott Lynd, Eric Rice & Friends, $5

MULLEADY'S PUB--Rockaraoke, $2

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--New Orleans Quintet, free

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Mark Taylor Quintet w/ Jim Knapp, free

RAINBOW--The Barry Bros, $3

* SHOWBOX GREEN ROOM--All Things To All People: John Roderick, Ben Gibbard, David Schmader, Herbert Matthews Goes to the Sierra, Chris Von Sneidern, $5

ST. CLOUDS--Tom Bennett & the Rolling Blackouts

SUNSET TAVERN--Knitting Factory: Joe Doria, Cliff Colon, DJ AMS, $5

THERMO'S--Open mic


TUESDAY 9/25

AVENUE ONE--Lisa de Costa, free

BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Fish Head, Beef Curtin, $5

BLUE MOON TAVERN--Open Mic, free

BOHEMIAN CAFE--Trolls Cottage, $5

COFFEE MESSIAH--Cognitive Dissidents: Laundryroom Lulluby Unit, Wesley Davis (8 pm, all ages), free

CONOR BYRNE'S--Open mic w/ Linda Lee, free

* CROCODILE CAFE--Lake Trout, Money Mark w/ Kid Koala, Ping Pong Bitches w/ DJ Swamp, $14.50

EL GAUCHO--Daniel Davidson

EL NI--O--Andre Feriante, free

GALWAY ARMS--Open Mic

JAZZ ALLEY--Clayton Brothers Quintet w/ Jane Monheit, $17.50/$21.50

LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Tim Turner Band, $5

LITTLE RED HEN--Tommy Westley Duo, free

MR. SPOT'S CHAI HOUSE--Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players, free

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--File Gumbo Zydeco Band, free

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--John Bishop, $3

OPERA HOUSE--Melissa Etheridge, $55/$75

OWL 'N' THISTLE--Bee-Bop & Destruction

PARAGON--Robert Stewart

PINK DOOR--Miles & Karina, free

RAIN DANCER--Singer/Songwriter Showcase, free

RAINBOW--Toxic Funk

SCARLET TREE--The Drift, $3

* SHOWBOX GREEN ROOM--All Things To All People: John Roderick, Ben Gibbard, David Schmader, Herbert Matthews Goes to the Sierra, Chris Von Sneidern, $5

SLIDERS (RENTON)--Rockaraoke, $3

* SUNSET TAVERN--Grant Cogswell for City Council benefit w/ the Honkey Meters, Marc Olsen, Phil Hurley, Mia Boyle, DJ Tony T, $5

TRACTOR TAVERN--Dick Gaughan, $13


WEDNESDAY 9/26

BOHEMIAN BACKSTAGE--Culture, $15

BOHEMIAN CAFE--Straight Ahead, $5

CENTRAL SALOON--Touched, Aerial View, This Perfect Life (CD release), $5

COFFEE MESSIAH--Open mic (8 pm, all ages), free

* CROCODILE--Steve Wynn & the Miracle 3, $6

EL GAUCHO--Daniel Davidson

FORECASTERS (WOODINVILLE)--Morris Can Fly

* GRACELAND--Dutch Flat, Vermilion, Yek Yak Airforce, the Darlings

HURRICANE CAFE--Scapegoat

* I-SPY--Love as Laughter, Visqueen, Ursula and the Androids, $8

IRISH EMIGRANT--Irish Session

JAZZ ALLEY--Clayton Brothers Quintet w/ Jane Monheit, $17.50/$21.50

* KEYARENA--Earth, Wind, & Fire, Rufus w/ Chaka Khan, Sommore, $25/$49.50

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

LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP--Whispering Johnson, free

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Floyd Standifer, free

OLD TIMER'S CAFE--Dr. Sax

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Josh Buckley, $2

OPERA HOUSE--Melissa Etheridge, $55/$75

OWL 'N' THISTLE--Scott Law

PARAGON--Urban Improv

PINK DOOR--Julie Cascioppo, free

RAIN DANCER--Open mic, free

RAINBOW--Siamese, $4

* RE-BAR--Ukelooza: Rain City Projects Benefit w/ Na Hilahila Boys, Adam Ende, Ben Laurance, $10

SCARLET TREE--Ernest Humphry, Thaddius Turner, Gerald Turner, Davy C, $3

SERAFINA--Alex Guilbert

SLIDERS (RENTON)--Right in the Face, $3

* ST. CLOUDS--Barry Ingle

* SUNSET TAVERN--Rockaraoke w/ the Legendary Red Lesters, $5

* TACOMA DOME--Slipknot, System of a Down, Rammstein, Mudvayne

TRACTOR TAVERN--Jesse Sykes, Danny Barnes, Laura Veirs, $6

TULA'S--Lynn Bush, $8

UGLY MUG CAFE--Open mic

WIT'S END--Open mic, $2