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This Week in Great Music: 11/28 – 12/4

Sarah — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:45:07 +0000

How is it almost December? This is uncalled for.

If anyone can hook a girl up with tickets to the Brandi Carlile show at Park West, or the M. Ward show at Schubas, you’d be my hero. Just sayin’.

Monday, November 28
Meh

Tuesday, November 29
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah; Lincoln Hall. 9 pm, $20

Wednesday, November 30
Watch the Throne: Jay-Z and Kanye West; United Center. 7:30 pm, $59.50-250
Edie Carey, Dave Sills; SPACE. 8 pm, $12-20
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah; Lincoln Hall. 9 pm, $20
Lydia Loveless, Tim Larson & the Owner/Operators; Schubas. 9 pm, $10

Thursday, December 1
Warm, Safe & Sound, The Steepwater Band, Blane Fonda, The Kickback, Hawley Shoffner; Lincoln Hall. 7 pm, $10 ($5 with donation of coat or sweater)
Watch the Throne: Jay-Z and Kanye West; United Center. 7:30 pm, $59.50-250
Brandi Carlile; Park West. 8 pm, sold out

Friday, December 2
The Fray, Kelly Clarkson, Christina Perri; Chicago Theatre. 7:30 pm, $55-75
Brandi Carlile, The Secret Sisters; SPACE. 8 pm, sold out
Poi Dog Pondering; Metro. 9 pm, $26
Brian Setzer’s Rockabilly Riot; House of Blues. 9 pm, $42.50-52.50
S. Carey; Schubas. 10 pm, $12

Saturday, December 3
Poi Dog Pondering; Metro. 9 pm, $26

Sunday, December 4
Shawn Colvin, Jake Armerding; Old Town School of Folk Music. 7 pm, $36-40
Florence & the Machine, Laura Marling; Chicago Theatre. 7:30 pm, $50
M. Ward, Carlos Forster, Mike Coykendall; Schubas. 8 pm, $22

This Week in Great Music: 11/8 – 11/14

Sarah — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 16:32:00 +0000

A bit of a quiet week overall, and yet I still will be finding myself at two, maybe three, shows. I’ll be at Dawes on Wednesday and Johnny Flynn on Friday, and thinking about catching the Heavy on Saturday. Busy week. If you see me, say hi!

Monday, November 8
Candy Town, Tim Seisser Quintet, Hood Smoke; Martyrs. 8 pm, $7
Ezra Furman, Rambos; Schubas. 8 pm, $6

Tuesday, November 9
Kate Nash, Peggy Sue; Park West. 7:30 pm, $20

Wednesday, November 10
Green River Ordinance, Miggs; SPACE. 8 pm, $12
Dawes, Vetiver, Peter Wolf Crier; Lincoln Hall. 9 pm, $15

Thursday, November 11
Johnny Flynn, Owen; Mayne Stage. 8 pm, $15
Derek Nelson and the Musicians, Rachele Eve, Jessica Robbins; Schubas. 9 pm, $8

Friday, November 12
Mindy Smith; SPACE. 8 pm, $18-30

Saturday, November 13
Robyn, Maruka, Natalia Kills; Metro. 6:30 pm, sold out
The Fab Faux; the Vic. 7:30 pm, $45-125
The Heavy, Wallpaper; Double Door. 9 pm, $15
My Gold Mask, Unicycle Loves You, Blane Fonda; Schubas. 10 pm, $10

Sunday, November 14
Janis Ian, Natalia Zuckerman; Old Town School of Folk Music. 7 pm, $24-28
The Chapin Sisters, The Pines; SPACE. 8 pm, $10-18

This Week in Great Music: 3/8 – 3/14

Sarah — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:22:50 +0000

The entire world is gearing up for SXSW. I’m gearing up for reading tons of great blog posts about SXSW.

This week, I’ll definitely be at the Hockey show at Lincoln Hall. Hopefully, the power won’t go out on them like it did at Lollapalooza. I’m debating going to see Sonos tomorrow night; they’re an a cappella group and I’m a sucker for stuff like that. And that SXSW Send-off party at the Hideout looks too good to pass up. There’s a free show by JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound tonight at the Empty Bottle, but I also think that and they’re als playing at the Tonic Room on Wednesday, though I can’t confirm that since the only place I remember reading about it was on MySpace, which I can’t call up here at work.

Also, I don’t know what’s so magical about that Jeff Tweedy show at the Vic, because that’s one steep price tag.

Monday, March 8
The Magnetic Fields, Harris Theater. 7:30 pm, $30-35
Efterklang, volcano!; Lincoln Hall. 9 pm, $12
JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound, Empty Bottle. 9:30 pm, free

Tuesday, March 9
Howie Day, House of Blues. 7 pm, $18-21
Sonos, SPACE. 8 pm, $10-18
Via Audio, Pattern is Movement, Blane Fonda; Schubas. 8 pm, $10
Califone, Lincoln Hall. 9 pm, $15-18

Wednesday, March 10
Califone, Lincoln Hall. 9 pm, $15-18
Vetiver, Empty Bottle. 9:30 pm, $12

Thursday, March 11
We Were Promised Jetpacks, Lincoln Hall. 9 pm, $12-14

Friday, March 12
Muse, Silversun Pickups; United Center. 7:30 pm, $49.50-59.50
Jeff Tweedy, the Vic. 8 pm, $100-250
Gaelic Storm, House of Blues. 9 pm, $32.50-35
Ben Sollee and Daniel Martin Moore, SPACE. 10:30 pm, $10-18
Hockey, The Constellations; Lincoln Hall. 11 pm, sold out

Saturday, March 13
SXSW Send-off Party: Via Tania, The Hood Internet, Mickey, Hollows, Tom Schraeder, Love Of Everything, Tyler Jon Tyler, Mittens On Strings, Plastic Crimewave Sound, Waco Brothers and the Life During Wartime DJs; Hideout. 3 pm, $10
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Bottom Lounge. 7 pm, $15
Jeff Tweedy, the Vic. 8 pm, $100-250
Gaelic Storm, House of Blues. 9 pm, $32.50-35
Zola Jesus, Beat Kitchen. 10 pm, $8
Ben Sollee and Daniel Martin Moore, Schubas. 10 pm, $12

Sunday, March 14
Copeland, Metro. 6 pm, $16