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U-District Jazz Walk Various locations	Sat., November 7, 11:00am	Downtown	Music
Over the past year, David Pierre-Lewis has managed to achieve what few club owners even attempt: He’s gotten the kids into jazz. His LUCID Jazz Lounge on the Ave. has become a regular hang for twenty-somethings drinking in the retro bohemian atmosphere and soaking up local jazz acts like... More >>

Bishop Allen Chop Suey	Sat., November 7, 9:00pm	Capitol Hill	Music
Justin Rice and Christian Rudder of Brooklyn’s Bishop Allen both moonlight as actors in their spare time – most notably, both appeared in last year’s otherwise-awful Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist. It follows appropriately, then, that the duo’s ultrahip music is... More >>

Verellen Amp Night Jewelbox/Rendezvous	Sat., November 7, 10:00pm	Belltown	Music
Verellen amps are the custom-built, low-end loving beauties designed and manufactured locally by Helms Alee frontman Ben Verellen. I really can’t say enough good things about Verellen himself; he’s a mad scientist/Viking with a huge heart and an even bigger brain. His handiwork is... More >>

Headlights Sunset Tavern	Sun., November 8, 9:00pm	Ballard	Music
Ethereal and deeply emotional, Headlights’ new album Wildlife is not so much a departure for the band as it is a fuller realization of its ultimate intentions. While much of Headlights’ work to date has been noticeably poppier and more upbeat, it has always carried an undercurrent... More >>

Devo Moore Theatre	Sun., November 8, 7:30pm more dates/times	Downtown	Music
When Devo was at its peak nearly 30 years ago, founding members Gerry Casale and Mark Mothersbaugh sublimated their political ire into biting social commentary. At the time, the band’s ironic restraint and knack for humorously-tinged performance art worked in favor of the furious... More >>

These United States High Dive	Mon., November 9, 8:00pm	Fremont	Music
It’s been a good handful of years for honest-to-goodness American rock music. Among the many bands who have gained notoriety eschewing sub-genre-isms and arty sonic excess, These United States stands out as the most unrelentingly positive of the bunch with its latest album, Everything... More >>

The Mountain Goats Showbox at the Market	Tue., November 10, 8:00pm	Downtown	Music
Mountain Goats mainstay John Darnielle has a recurring, if uneasy, relationship with Christianity. After the death and illness in recent years of several people close to him, he turned to hymns, niche Christian artists, and of course, the Bible. The latter’s impact on the Mountain... More >>

Bass Drum of Death Funhouse	Tue., November 10, 9:30pm	Eastlake & South Lake Union	Music
If you like tawdry combinations of raw sexual energy and cheeky, off the meter smarts, meet your sweet new faves, John Barrett’s Bass Drum of Death. Mississippi bred and Fat Possum approved, this duo gloriously pillages the likes of White Stripes and Nirvana, all while reverently... More >>

Explode Into Colors Crocodile	Wed., November 11, 8:00pm	Belltown	Music
The Portland trio Explode Into Colors turns pop songwriting on its ear by reducing vocals to a mere background layer and throwing away the melody altogether. In its place are clattery drums and cymbals from duel drummers, a chugging, baritone guitar, and woozy, reverb-heavy vocals. In this way,... More >>

Black Heart Procession Chop Suey	Wed., November 11, 8:00pm	Capitol Hill	Music
Funny, but not too long ago, indie rock scribes were debating over Black Heart Procession's “goth-ness”. Of course, that was the late ‘90s, the height of the pre-commodity indie rock (remember how mind-blowing it was to see The Flaming Lips on the cover of Magnet?) But indie... More >>

Seattle Symphony Benaroya Hall	Thu., November 12, 7:30pm more dates/times	Downtown	Music Opera
Carl Orff: a hapless German Shostakovich, muddling through as best he could under a psychotic tyranny? Or a musical Riefenstahl, lending his labor and reputation to the Nazi cause, then denying it all later? It doesn’t help that his 1937 cantata Carmina burana—settings of medieval... More >>

Space Cowboy Showbox SoDo	Thu., November 12, 7:00pm	SoDo	Music
French DJ and producer Space Cowboy (Nicolas Dresti) is best known these days for being wingman to pop superstar Lady GaGa during her live performances. But he's actually been active in the club scene for over a decade, remixing hits by Paul McCartney, Marilyn Manson, and the Darkness into... More >>

Batrider Comet Tavern	Thu., November 12, 9:00pm	Capitol Hill	Music
Itinerant by nature, New Zealand’s Batrider has steadily acquired and shed members as mainstay Sarah Chadwick has traversed the globe over the years. Following an initial stint in its native country, the band set up shop in Australia until a move to London presented Europe within clear... More >>

The Pixies Paramount Theatre	Thu., November 12, 7:30pm more dates/times	Downtown	Music
Since I was four years old when Doolittle came out (the Pixies second album, which the band will play in its entirety on this tour), I, like so many other twenty-somethings who discovered Doolittle approximately ten years too late, didn’t have an opportunity to see the band live until the... More >>

Venus Karaoke Venus Karaoke	Daily, 2:30pm-2:00am	International District	Food & Drink Music
Private karaoke rooms should always be dark and dirty—stained cushions and rickety tables make screaming off-key into a microphone seem perfectly natural. Which is why Venus Karaoke in the International District is the perfect setting for your next songfest. Sure, their equipment crashes... More >>

Century Salsa Nights Century Ballroom and Cafe	Every week Thursday, Saturday, 9:30pm	Capitol Hill	Dance Music
Ladies, are you looking to be swept off your feet by a suave Latino man? Look no further than Century Ballroom. The venue’s Thursday and Saturday salsa nights typically draw more men than women, so it’s not uncommon to have guys fighting to be your dance partner. Those who want to... More >>

Michael Lavine Neumos	Fri., November 13, 8:00pm more dates/times	Capitol Hill	Books Events Music
Fresh out of Evergreen State College in the early ’80s, photographer Michael Lavine shot documentary portraits of U District proto-punks, some barely able to shave, who haunted the Ave. It’s no insult to say those photos didn’t make him famous, because it was as a studio... More >>

Mudhoney Neumos	Fri., November 13, 8:00pm	Capitol Hill	Music
In case you haven’t been paying attention, right now is a great time to be a Mudhoney fan. Not only did they recently release one of their most hard-hitting albums, The Lucky Ones (2008), but their lives shows have been raucous, incendiary affairs in which frontman Mark Arm has found his... More >>

Ozzie's Karaoke Ozzie's Restaurant and Lounge	Daily, 11:00am-2:00am	Queen Anne	Music
The appeal of Lower Queen Anne is the idea of something for everyone. It doesn't matter if you're a barely legal frat brother or a 70-year-old karaoke nut, you're either going home with someone's digits, a beautiful stranger, or, at the very least, a good story. Karaoke enthusiasts flock every... More >>

Selena's Salsa Night Selena's Guadalajara	Every week Friday, Saturday, 10:00pm-2:00am	Wallingford	Dance Music
Selena's Guadalajara is a small Mexican restaurant that’s easy to overlook as you're driving past on 45th Street. If you haven’t eaten there, you’re not really missing much. But if you like salsa dancing and you haven’t been there, you should remedy the situation... More >>

Slender Means (CD release) Sunset Tavern	Sat., November 14, 9:00pm	Ballard	Music
Of the local Votolato brothers, Rocky went folk and took a solo gig with Barsuk. Sonny went pop. With his band Slender Means, Sonny's putting out the sparkliest stuff the city has to offer, with equal parts aggression reminiscent of the early-2000s "The" bands blitz, and the tight-fitting indie... More >>

The Dead Trees Tractor Tavern	Sat., November 14, 9:00pm	Ballard	Music
I could take the easy way out and say that the Dead Trees sound just like Pavement, and leave it at that. But that wouldn’t be entirely fair to the scruffy Portland-via-Boston quartet. Yes, they’ve borrowed a fair amount of shambolic guitars, disheveled rhythms, languid vocals, and... More >>

Buddha Belltown Buddha Belltown	Every week Saturday, 12:00pm-2:00am	Belltown	Music
I celebrated my 23rd birthday by getting plastered, flailing about to Billy Idol, and then dumping my boyfriend of two years via text message. I woke up the next morning hungover, single, and thoroughly ashamed of myself. But that unpleasant experience hasn’t deterred me from frequenting... More >>

Electric Six Neumos	Sun., November 15, 8:00pm	Capitol Hill	Music
Listening to an Electric Six album is a bit like turning your iPod on shuffle – take the band’s sixth record, Kill. The songs nonchalantly jump from wailing grunge to the organ-riffing “My Idea of Fun” to the disco flavor of “Body Shot.” But what cements Electric... More >>

Music of Africa Hidmo Eritrean Cuisine	Every week Sunday, 8:00pm	Central District	Music
Every Sunday night at Hidmo Eritrean Cuisine, a rotating roster of artists perform music from a different part of the African continent. The first time I went, four drummers pounded out Taranga rhythms, a Senegalese drumming style executed on tall Sabar drums. The four drummers played sitting... More >>