This week is incredibly quiet for music in Chicago. Maybe everyone is turning Columbus Day into a whole week of holiday, I don’t know. Â Lucinda Williams has her three-night residency at Park West, where she’s covering material from throughout her career on each night. Â Lincoln Hall opens this Friday, with Mike Doughty kicking things off. Â And Wilco hits Chicago again, with a sold out show at the UIC Pavillion.
Not on the list (because they’re not Chicago shows) but explaining where I’ll be instead of at any of the interesting Chicago shows this weekend, are Andrew Bird’s shows on Friday and Saturday at Milwaukee’s Pabst Theatre. Â Friday is Bird with his full band, and Dosh opening, and Saturday will be a solo show, with St. Vincent opening. Â Both nights are being filmed, so they should be two very special nights. Â I’ll be sure to make myself look very pretty for the cameras.
Monday, October 12
Nothing, unless you like Hanson…
Tuesday, October 13
Lucinda Williams, Park West. 7:30 pm, $35
Wednesday, October 14
Lucinda Williams, Park West. 7:30 pm, $35
Thursday, October 15
Lucinda Williams, Park West. 7:30 pm, $35
Dinosaur Jr., The Vic. 7:30 pm, $25
Friday, October 16
Rodrigo y Gabriela, The Riviera. 7:30 pm, $33.50-35
Gossip, Metro. 9 pm, $18-20
Mike Doughty, Lincoln Hall. 9 pm, sold out.
Philip Glass, Museum of Contemporary Art (220 E. Chicago). 7pm, $40
Rhett Miller, Park West. 8pm, $20
Amy Millan, Empty Bottle. 10 pm, $12
Saturday, October 17
Blackmore’s Night, House of Blues. 7:30 pm, $24.50-37
Liam Finn, Lincoln Hall. 10:30 pm, $15
Sunday, October 18
Wilco, UIC Pavillion. 7:30, sold out
Mutemath, House of Blues, 7pm, $21-23
and of course it’s ‘quiet’ as i’ll roll back through. damn. will you be seeing lucinda? is that a nice venue? sure would have been nice to catch the Bird shows but i have to get back home.
I won’t be at the Lucind a shows… wanted to check them out, but I already blew the concert budget on my trip to Milwaukee for Andrew Bird. 😉 Park West is a decent venue. Not my favorite in the city, but definitely not bad. It’s a nice mid-sized place, different options for seating/standing, and they usually attract a pretty good range of performers. Drink prices are a little high, but that’s pretty much how it is at every concert venue in the city.
Alright I balked and decided to make my way to Cincinnati for the Bird show.
Fabulous choice! 🙂 It’ll be a stop well worth it on your trip back east.
Awesome! Worth the sleep deprivation.
From what I can remember…
You woke me up!-> Nyatiti
Fiery Crash
Masterswarm
Opposite Day
Oh no
Effigy
Not a Robot, But a Ghost
Headsoak
Anonanimal
Tenuousness
Imitosis
Cataracts (with different beat)
Skin Is, My
Fake Palindromes
Why?
Scythian Empires
Tables and Chairs
let’s see how well I did
!!! That is an AWESOME setlist. Now I am extra excited for the show tomorrow…
I thought you would be. By the way, he started Anonanimal super-fast haha. When I first heard it way back in Nov 07 they were still working on it and I don’t remember it being like that. It also didn’t have the break-down/ bridge part. Anyway, you should be set for a great weekend.