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UPCOMING SHOWS
June 22 Seu Jorge, Neumo's
June 22 James Lavelle, Chop Suey
June 24 Kenny Chesney, Qwest Field
June 25 Melissa Etheridge, Paramount
June 28 Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Moore Theatre
June 28 West Indian Girl, Chop Suey
July 1 Neko Case, Moore Theatre
July 6 Social Distortion, Moore Theatre
July 6 LL Cool J, Showbox
July 10 Dashboard Confessional + Say Anything + Ben Lee, Paramount
July 15 Warped Tour, Gorge Amphitheatre
July 18 Jurassic 5, Showbox
July 18 Thievery Corporation, Moore Theatre
July 20 Digable Planets + Lifesavas, Neumo's
July 21 Suzanne Westenhoefer, Triple Door
July 24 The Rentals, Neumo's
July 25 Grant Lee Phillips, Crocodile Cafe
July 28 Pete Yorn, Crocodile Cafe
Aug 5 Diplo, Neumo's
Aug 9 Tim McGraw + Faith Hill, KeyArena
Aug 10 World Party, Showbox
Aug 16 Ani DiFranco, the Met (Spokane)
Aug 18 Comets on Fire + Kinski, Neumo's
Aug 25 The Kingsmen, Triple Door
Sep 1-3 Dave Matthews Band, Gorge Amphitheatre
Sep 22 Elton John, KeyArena
Oct 13-14 Queensrÿche, Moore Theatre
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Diane Schuur
The three-and-a-half-octave singing, Grammy-winning vocalist continues her six-night run at Dimitriou's with the Latin rhythms of Caribbean Jazz Project and Dave Samuels. Dimitriou's Jazz Alley, 7:30 p.m. $24.50-$26.50 Also Thursday, June 15-Saturday, June 16 at 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. and Sunday, June 18 at 7:30 p.m.
Tom Verlaine
On his latest Thrill Jockey effort, Songs and Other Things, the Television founder/guitarist/icon returns, at long last, to singing. After 16 years of largely improvisational instrumental records, Verlaine's voice is a pleasure to hear again. Though age has made it rougher, a little deeper, and less nervous, something about the sounds jumping from his throat still makes your neck hairs bristle. Neumo's, 8 p.m. $18.50 adv./$22
Thursday, June 15
Chix With Stix: the Snakebites + Crown Aruba + Diosa + Baby Gecko + Red Dress Pres
This eclectic bill of punk and pop is the re-emergence of the Sunset's Chix With Stix series, showcasing Seattle's most talented female drummers. Sunset Tavern, 9 p.m. $5
Face the Music Rock Party
In addition to the other awesomeness SIFF's Face the Music has given us this year, they've managed to wrangle some of our finer local pop bands to celebrate the music of Devo, the Pixies, Harry Nilsson, and more. Carrie Akre will collaborate with the Presidents' Dave Dederer; Sean Nelson and Awesome will collaborate on a nine-song medley. But the highlight of the evening will easily be the special reunion of shamelessly self-assured glam-punks, the Girls. Neumo's, 8 p.m. $6
Marky Ramone
APB for Ramones devotees and young punks: This may or may not be your final chance to catch one of the last living Ramones in action, as drummer Marky will play a reported 30 of the tunes that made his band a legend. Colin & Rob Femur, Jett City Fix, and Dateless join him. Studio Seven, 7:30 p.m. $13 adv./$15
Snow Patrol
The Reindeer Section, a side-project of the Scottish band, made two discs of tender pop that rang with relationship truths and just the right amount of sentiment—these strengths carry over to Snow Patrol's latest, Eyes Open (A & M). With Augustana. Paramount Theatre, 8 p.m., $23-$27.50 Also at Easy Street Records, 20 Mercer St., 5 p.m. NC
Walton's Belshazzar's Feast
Composer William Walton started out avant-garde, collaborating with those weird bohemian Sitwells on the irreverent chanted-poetry piece Façade, and ended up a grand British pooh-bah, writing Queen Elizabeth's coronation march (not that there's anything wrong with that). The lurid, decadent oratorio Belshazzar's Feast (1931), played this weekend by the Seattle Symphony, comes from his earlier days. Benaroya Hall, 200 University St., 7:30 p.m. $15-$87 Also Friday, June 16-Sunday, June 18
Hank Williams III + Assjack + the Murder Junkies
Despite his wild ways, Williams has outlived his granddaddy by five years, thriving on the rebellious "hellbilly" 'tude that twists the knickers of Nashville's old-timers. This year's Straight to Hell double disc will likely be represented, as well as songs played with his hardcore combo Assjack. The Murder Junkies open. El Corazon, 8 p.m. $18 adv./$20
Ari Zucker and Friends
A talented guitarist who has been playing the Seattle circuit for years, this will be a chill show to catch. Zucker's Influences range from jam bands to grunge, from jazz to world music—no matter which route he chooses, it will be upbeat and tasteful. Triple Door Musicquarium, 9 p.m. NC
Friday, June 16
Akimbo + Green Milk from the Planet Orange + Sean + Bill Horist
Funhouse, 9:30 p.m. $7
Aqueduct
Aqueduct is a local dude, David Terry, whose 2005 debut I Sold Gold upped his street cred ten-fold after a decent-but-lacking 2004 EP. Terry's electronic indie-pop act is signed with Barsuk Records, but Aqueduct is originally from Oklahoma, which happens to be the same state as the Flaming Lips—and it shows. With Slender Means, and Siberian. Crocodile Cafe, 9 p.m. $8
Grandmaster Flash
Bathroom stall police be warned: Grandmaster Flash's "White Lines," while billed as an anti-cocaine rap track, has actually endured over the years as a pro-snoot anthem of sorts for those who like to ride the white horse well into the night. Anyhoo, the seminal rapper's upcoming appearance at Last Supper Club is rivaled in weirdness only by Too Short's recent gig at Chop Suey, so don't miss this. Last Supper Club, 10 p.m.
Sunset Tavern Eight-Year Anniversary
The Ballard institution celebrates its eighth year of ale-soaked existence this weekend with a lineup that's typical of its brilliant booking, which routinely offers national and local gems in crowd-pleasing combinations. The festivities begin tonight with Shawn Smith and Moonshiner; Saturday features the Weary Boys, Grownup Trouble, Spare Rib the Bluegrass Sauce; and Sunday concludes with Mudhoney, the Fallouts, and Melba Toast. Come Monday? As the Sunset's calendar predicts, "Ooh, my head." Sunset Tavern, 9 p.m. $8 Also Saturday, June 17 at 9 p.m. and Sunday, June 18 at 4 p.m.
The Unknown with Portastatic
Tod Browning's 1927 silent film The Unknown is shown with a live score by Portastatic, in what is destined to be one of this year's most interesting pan-SIFF offerings. Browning's (of Dracula and Freaks fame) tale of a fugitive carnival knife thrower and the beauty he's after, matched with Mac McCaughan's music should be very interesting indeed. Moore Theatre, 9 p.m. $20
