THURSDAY 10/9
* Aladdin-Alejandro Escovedo benefit: Ian Moore, Icanlickanysobinthehouse, Richmond Fontaine, Spigot, Mark Lemhouse, 8 pm, $7, All Ages
Alberta Arts Pavilion-Rob Scheps & Salon De Refuses w/Laura Welland, 9:30 pm, $10-12, All Ages
Alberta St Pub-Monty Green's Blugrass Invite
anna bannana's-Anson Wright & Friends, 8 pm, free,
Arnada-Dug's Rock Haven, Experimental Earth, 7 pm
Ash St. -Dutch Flat, Rizzudo, Plans vs The Sea
* Berbati's Pan-Electric Eel Shock, Dressy Bessy, Arlo
Biddy McGraw's-Noah Peterson
Billy Reed's-Boogie Cat Jam w/Norman Sylvester, 7:30 pm
Bitter End-Acoustic Minds, 6 pm, free; Buds Of May, 9 pm
Blue Monk-The Wayward Trio, 8 pm, $5
Bookies-Mutha' Funk Jam
Buffalo Gap-Seven Year Tango, 8 pm
Candlelight-Black Notes, free
Conan's-Ezra Holbrook 6 pm; Scotty Loco & The Spoonbenders; Clever Girl, The Satellite Kings, 9 pm, $5
* Crystal-Queens Of The Stone Age, Millionaire, The Distillers, All Ages
Dante's-J.R. Pella's "Cry In Your Beer" w/Ritah Parrish, Wendy Haynes, Shauna Shad, 10 pm, $3
Duff's Garage-Duffy Bishop, 7:30 pm, $5
DV8-Buckskins, One Day War, No Red Flag
Goodfoot-Triclops
Greek Cusina-Aguamiel, 10 pm
Green Room-Rocks Off w/Brian Berg, 8 pm
Holocene-Timonium, Mars Accelerator, Wow And Flutter
Hoppers-Blues Jam w/Jeff Barnes
Jimmy's-Lew Jones, free
Kennedy School-Sketchy Ted
Laurelthirst-James Low, 6 pm; The Musements, $2
Longhorn-Jim Mesi
Meow Meow-Plain White T's, Jamison Parker, 7 pm, $7
* Million-Lightning Bolt, Get Hustle, Japanese Karaoke Afterlife Experiment, Lazy Magnet, 9 pm, $7, All Ages
Mississippi Pizza-Rachel Taylor Brown, 7 pm, All Ages
Mock Crest-Lee Blake's Open Mic Jam, 8:30 pm
Mt Tabor-Coyote Moon, Wembley/Kane Trio
New Hope Community Church-Skillet, 7 pm
Oak Grove-Open Mic w/Jug-O-Tang
Produce Row-Myshkin's Ruby Warblers, 8:30 pm
PSU Lincoln Performance Hall-Arohi Ensemble, noon, free
Rabbit Hole-Dennis Hitchcox, 5 pm; The Branches, 7 pm; Jaycob Van Auken, 9 pm, free
Red & Black-Continental, The Plastic Age, Shelley Short
* Red Sea-Reparations Thursdays w/DJ Chill, 9 pm, $5
Roseland Grill-Fireball Ministry, Puny Human feat. Iann Robinson, 9 pm, $10-12
Steinhaus-Kinzel & Hyde
Tillicum-Lloyd Jones, 9:30 pm
Tonic-Killaways, Atom Sane
Twilight Cafe-Angree Amputees, Load Levelers, Pornstore Janitor, 9:30 pm, free
Wallbangers-Dueling Pianos, 8 pm
White Eagle-Watsonville Patio, $3
Wine Down-Alexander Green, 7:30 pm
FRIDAY 10/10
Aladdin-Some Girls w/Freda Love, Heidi Gluck & Juliana Hatfield, The Pieces, Jake Brennan, 8 pm, $12-14, All Ages
Alberta St Pub-Elizabob, 7 pm; Beglan's Irish jam, 9 pm
Arnada-Tallboy Shotgun, Psilocybin, Hot Box
Ash St. -Junior Private Detective, The Forth, System and Station
Babalu-Oro Verde, 9 pm
* Berbati's Pan-The Epoxies, Green Circles, The Little Killers, The Minds, 9:30 pm, $6-7
Biddy McGraw's-Funk Shui
Billy Reed's-Bobby Torres Ensemble, 8:30 pm
Bitter End-Freewillinsoul, 6 pm, free; Nicole Campbell Band, Rachel Taylor Brown, 9 pm, $5
Blue Monk-Renato Caranto
Bookies-Ocean 503
Buffalo Gap-John Shipe, 9 pm
Candlelight-Ennis Theory, free
Cañita-Cana Son, 10 pm
Conan's-Deke Dickerson & The Ecco Fonics, The Roy Kay Trio, Lisa & Her Kin, Roy Kay Trio, 9 pm, $8
Corner Saloon-Network
Crab Bowl-Minister of Defense, Consolidated, Ill Champ, J-Mack
Crystal-Relient K, Anberlin, Don't Look Down, Number One Gun, 7 pm, $13.50-15, All Ages
Dante's-Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, The Kingsbury Manx, Viva Voce, 9:30 pm, $10-12
Duff's Garage-Shawn Hawkins, Lowdown Sophisticates
DV8-Gudgen, Leadface, Lavish Green
Gemini-The Strangetones
Gotham-Hush Night, 7 pm, $3
Green Room-Stevi Spaulding & Port Authority
Haven-Allyn Roberts, 8 pm, free, All Ages
Hoppers-Papa Salty
Interstate Bar & Grill-Blacknotes
Jimmy's-Lindsy Scott, free
Kelly's Olympian-Girls On Film
Laurelthirst-Prairie Dogs, 6 pm; Hillstomp, I Can Lick Any SOB In The House, $3
Medicine Hat-Shakabuku
* Meow Meow-Jedi Mind Tricks, Outerspace, Onry Ozzborn, Evil Hands, DJ Wicked, $5, All Ages
Mississippi Pizza-Sister Caravan, 7 pm; Flying Bokhara Orkestrah, 8:30 pm, All Ages
Mock Crest-Gothic Outhouse w/Heidi Hellbender, 9 pm
Monteaux's-Galloway & Luckett
Mt Tabor-Freewillin Soul, Oracle, Joy Wilson
Music Millennium NW-Mr. Airplane Man, 6 pm, free
* Nocturnal-Woke Up Falling, Oliver, Desert City Soundtrack, Kissing Tigers, 8 pm, $5, All Ages
Oak Grove-Trash Heap
Paris-36 Drive, Tracer, EPD, In Public View, Photo Finish
Porky's-Earl & The Reggae Allstars, free
Produce Row-Mark Lemhouse
* Reed College-Nudge, Bobby Birdman, Yacht, Rabbit Blanket, 8 pm, free, All Ages
Reed College-Chamber Music NW: Bach and Beyond, All Ages
River Roadhouse-Wolfgang
Rogue-The Miller Brothers Blues Band
Stumptown Downtown-Tracker, Thong, Roger Dean Young, All Ages
Longhorn-Jim Mesi
Tillicum-The Cannon Balls, 9:30 pm
Tonic-Everyday Victory, The Cinema, Clevergirl
Touchstone-Dude Edwards, 7 pm, free
Twilight Cafe-The Mexican Blackbirds, Eastside Suicides, The Triggers, free
Vertigo Gallery-The Mediam, The Muddy River Nightmare Band, Five Good Reasons, A Fellow Betrayed, 8 pm, $5
Vine Leaves-Mia Nickelson Quartet
Wallbangers-Dueling Pianos, 8 pm
White Eagle-Trash Art, Dan Jones and the Squids, Brent Williams, 8:30 pm, $6
SATURDAY 10/11
Aladdin-Poi Dog Pondering, Abra Moore, 8 pm, $12-14
Arnada-Red Shift, The Hell Candidates, Caustic
Artichoke-Song Circle w/Kate Power, 2 pm, free, All Ages
Ash St. -The Belligerents, Hellside Stranglers, Statch & The Rapes, Shipwreck City, 10 pm
Beulahland-Miss 45, The Crones
Biddy McGraw's-Pete Krebs
Billy Reed's-Cool Breeze, 8:30 pm
Bitter End-Bachelors Of Science, 6 pm, free; Higher Ground, 9pm, $5
Blue Monk-Original Cats
Bookies-Ocean 503
Buffalo Gap-Steve Bradley, 9 pm
Candlelight-Rose City Kings, free
Cañita-Cana Son, 10 pm
Charlie White-Dan Crothers, 6 pm
Conan's-Upright Dub Orchestra, Full, DJ Magneto, 9 pm, $6
Corner Saloon-Network
Crystal-Galactic, 9 pm, $20, All Ages; Turin Brakes, Matthew Ryan, 7:30 pm, $11-13 (Lola's)
* Dante's-Quasi, Hella, Note Notas, 9 pm, $10
Duff's Garage-Joshua James, Banfield 4
DV8-Hawthorne, Fusion Ball, Atom Sane
* Fez-Herbie Hancock and the Headhunters Tribute
Gemini-Linda Hornbuckle
Goodfoot-Josh Cole, Jackstraw, Little Joe, 9 pm, $7
Green Room-Funk Shui, Nanosarus
Grolla-Eric Skye
Haven-Andrew Lynch, 7:30 pm, free, All Ages
* Holocene-Coresample w/The Portland Vampires, The Sensualists, DJ Zac Love, Catch 22
Hoppers-Hudson Rocket Band
Interstate Bar & Grill-Blacknotes
Jasmine Tree-Crystin Byrd Band, At Dusk, 9:30 pm, free
Jimmy's-Aniversary Party w/Sweet Thursday, free
Kelly's Olympian-Crack City Rockers, Lovely, DJ Collin Sic
Laurelthirst-Plumb Bob, 6 pm; Buds Of May, $3
Liberty hall-Bands Against Bush Starring Sarah Dougher, Desert Rat, Shed, Inc., Pepto Dizmal, BrewZirkus, EPD, more, 2 pm, free
Longhorn-Jim Mesi, $2
* Melody Ballroom-Disco For Choice w/DJ Gregarious, 7 pm
Meow Meow-My Chemical Romance, A Static Lullaby, Vaux, Christiansen, 7 pm, $10, All Ages
Mississippi Pizza-Dumond, 7 pm; The Smokes, 9:30 pm
Mock Crest-Blueprints, 9 pm
Monteaux's-Mirage
Mt Tabor-Hanuman Collective, Wind Up Bird
Music Millennium NW-Galactic, 3 pm, free, All Ages
New Old Lompoc-Off-Key Bluegrass Jam (open acoustic) starring Banjos! w/Justin Auld, Rachel Gold, 2-5 pm
* Nocturnal-Vagabond Opera, 8 pm, $6, All Ages
O'Conners-David Friesen
Ohm-Mana Tasi, $5 (donation)
Old Church-DePriest Family Jazz, 8 pm, $18
Paris-Lavish Green, Enter The Race, Ever We Fall, Blue Turns White, All Ages
Porky's-Sketchy Ted, The Film, 10 pm, free
Produce Row-Jim Boyer Trio
Rabbit Hole-Jacob Elliot, 7 pm; Jelly Head, 9 pm; Steve Lockwood, 10:30 pm; Smoochknob Acoustic, 11:30
Reed-Kaul-Chamber Music Northwest w/David Finkel & Wu Han, 8 pm, $10-38, All Ages
River Roadhouse-Wolfgang
Rogue-The Rogue Bluegrass Band
* Roseland-Art Of Noise 2: NILE, Kreator, Vader, Amon Amarth, Goatwhore, 9 pm
Mt Tabor Acoustic-Tracy Klas Songwriter's Circle
Three Friends Coffeehouse-Anandi, All Ages
Tillicum-The Cannon Balls, 9:30 pm
Tonic-Burning In Water, Railer, Racine
Touchstone-Catherine Moston
* Twilight Cafe-Carol's Chump, Demoralizer, The Del Toros, free
Vine Leaves-Berry Glick Band
Wallbangers-Dueling Pianos, 8 pm
White Eagle-Baseboard Heaters, Moonshine Hangover, $6
SUNDAY 10/12
* 5815 NE 11th-Pom Pom Meltdown, 11 am, $4, All Ages
Aladdin-Capercaillie, 8 pm, $16.50-19, All Ages
Ash St. -Starseed, Full
Babalu-Border Patrol, 7:30 pm
Berbati's Pan-Longwave, Calla, Mu Meson, 9:30 pm, $10
* Beulahland-Stella Marie
Buffalo Gap-Los Cowtones, 6 pm
Candlelight-Andy Stokes Band, free
Crystal-Gillian Welch, 8 pm, $20-22, All Ages
Dante's-Debris, Miss Anne Thrope, 9 pm, $6; Sinferno Cabaret, 11 pm $6
DV8-Meteors, Antiworld, Blackout Radio, Altar Boys
Hoppers-The Yanks
Hutch-Terry Robb
Kennedy School-Back To School Blues: Mel Brown, Linda Hornbuckle, Nancy King, Mary Kadderly, Valerie Day, Paul Delay, Duffy Bishop, Chris Mayther, Jon Koonce & The Gas Hogs, 4 pm, $15 (free for under age 15), All Ages
Laurelthirst-Freak Mtn Ramblers, 6 pm; Neil Gilpin's Belmont St. Octet, $3
Longhorn-Epic
Meow Meow-Shadows Fall, Himsa, These Arms Are Snakes, This Day Forward, 7 pm, $13.50, All Ages
Mississippi Pizza-Mbtra Nzuzu, 5 pm; Myshkin, 7 pm
Mt Tabor-Drum Circle
O'Conners-The Tone Sharks, 5 pm, $3
Ohm-ERS1, Noah D, Rukkus, $4 (ladies free before 11 pm)
Paris-Battle of the Bands Sugarlight presents, 6 pm, $8
Rabbit Hole-Subterranean Beat Revival, 9 pm
River Roadhouse-Sinners Club Open Jam, 8:30 pm
Tillicum-Dennis Costi, 6 pm
Twilight Cafe-Eux Autres, The Nightmares, The Get Me Downs, 9 pm, free
Vine Leaves-Ron Steen Jazz Jam
MONDAY 10/13
Biddy McGraw's-Alexander Green
Bitter End-Nicole Campbell
Candlelight-DK Stewart, free
Dante's-Storytellers, 6 pm; Karaoke From Hell, 10 pm, $2
Gemini-Morrison Bridge Music Jam
Green Room-Open Mic w/Mississippi Mud, 8 pm
Laurelthirst-Kung Pao Chickens, 7 pm, free
Mississippi Pizza-Lowels Last Open Mic, All Ages
Mt Tabor-Reggae Jam w/The Ambassadors
Music Millennium NW-Jim James, 7 pm, free, All Ages
Produce Row-Ron Steen Jazz Jam
Rogue-The Rogue Bluegrass Band Jam
Mt Tabor Acoustic-Judith Owen, Harry Shearer, Lyle Ford
White Eagle-Little Sue & Lynn Conover
TUESDAY 10/14
Alberta St Pub-Irish Dance Lesson, 7:30 pm; Irish Jam, 9 pm, $8
anna bannana's-Tree Age, guests, 8 pm, All Ages
Arnada-Open Mic w/Jordan
Babalu-Blues/Funk Open Mic, 9 pm; House Of Refuge Band
Berbati's Pan-Edward Ka-Spel, Coven Of One, 9:30 pm, $12
Biddy McGraw's-Dylan Vance, Griff Bear
Bitter End-Luminous Fog, 8 pm, free
Blue Monk-Ramsey's Groove Trio
Buffalo Gap-True Music Tuesday w/Jack McMahon, 8 pm
Candlelight-Linda Hornbuckle
Duff's Garage-K.C. Murphy's Open Mic
Green Room-Stephen Ashbrook, 9:30 pm
Holocene-Trespassers William
Hoppers-Terry Robb Band
Laurelthirst-Jackstraw, 6 pm; Sean Nowland's Open Mic/Screen, free
Mississippi Pizza-Beth Hammon, 5 pm, All Ages
Monteaux's-Open Mic w/Mike Soto
Ohm-Dahlia, Sucka Punch, Ben & Ravi, $5
Produce Row-Bluegrass Jam, 9 pm, free
PSU Lincoln Performance Hall-David Haney Trio, noon
Rabbit Hole-Songwriters Open Mic, 7 pm; The Experiment Presents Hootenanny, 9 pm
Roseland-Sick Of It All, The Unseen, Avenged Sevenfold, Western Waste, Glasseater, 8 pm, $13-15, All Ages
Sewickly's-Lyle Ford's Singer/Songwriter Show-Off, 6:30 pm
Steinhaus-Alexander Green
Tillicum-Norman Sylvester, 9:30 pm
Twilight Cafe-Clorox Girls, Holy Ghost Revival, The Minds
Wallbangers-Dueling Pianos, 8 pm
White Eagle-Lewi Longmire & Friends, $3
WEDNESDAY 10/15
Alberta St Pub-Zydeco Dance , 7:15 pm
Arnada-Singer Songwriter Night
Ash St. -Ned, Cushion Theory, 10 pm, $5
* Berbati's Pan-Desert City Soundtrack, Science Of Yabra, The Forth, 9:30 pm, $6
Biddy McGraw's-Eliza Bob
Bitter End-Life After Liftoff Duo, free; Skye Pixton Band, 9 pm, free
Blue Monk-Satori Organ Trio
Bridgeport-Tango Pacifico, 6 pm, $12
Buffalo Gap-TOCA, 8:30 pm
Candlelight-Ocean 503, free
Cañita-Cana Son Ensayo, 8 pm, free
Conan's-Carl Arden & Emily Alexander, 6 pm, free; Mean Peeps, Buddah's Belly, Nimbus, 9 pm, $5
Crystal-Saves The Day, Taking Back Sunday, Moneen, 7 pm, $18.50, All Ages
Dante's-Cougars; Storm & The Balls, 10 pm, $5
Duff's Garage-Suburban Slim's Blue Jam
Goodfoot-Youngblood Brass Band, 9 pm, $5
Green Room-Hillstomp
Gresham Inn-Jam Session, 8 pm
* Holocene-Schematic Showcase: Phoenecia, Richard Devine, Otto Von Schirach, Nick Forte, DJ Aura
Hoppers-Avalanche Band
Laurelthirst-Little Sue, 6 pm; Pete Krebs, free
Liberty Hall-The Triggers, Clorox Girls, Andy Cigarettes, Holy Ghost Revival, 7 pm, All Ages
Longhorn-Hudson Rocket
Medicine Hat-The Drum: Salsa In The Hood, $5
Mt Tabor-Lyle Ford's Singer/Songwriter Show-Off, 6:30 pm; Funk Night w/Seven Year Tango, Enchanted Wizards Of Rhythm, DJ AfroQban
Ohm-Luv Jonz, 8 pm, $7
Old Church-Janet Hackett & Richard Bower, free, noon
Produce Row-June Bunton's Open Mic, 9 pm, free
Rabbit Hole-Me And My Brother feat. Mike Naylor, 7 pm
Tillicum-Jim Mesi, 9:30 pm
Tonic-Manta
Wallbangers-Dueling Pianos, 8 pm
White Eagle-Lea Krueger Band, $3