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This Week in Great Music: 1/3 – 1/9

Sarah — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 17:08:34 +0000

Looks like the music scene is still recovering from NYE celebrations, too.

I’ll be seeing Charlotte Martin on Sunday. I missed her the last time she was in town, so I’m glad to be able to finally see her live.

Monday, January 3
Robbie Fulks, Don Stiernberg; Hideout. 7 pm, $10 suggested donation

Tuesday, January 4
Meh

Wednesday, January 5
Kevin O’Donnell’s Epiphany Spectacular; Martyrs. 8 pm, $8

Thursday, January 6
Buddy Guy, Guy King; Buddy Guy’s Legends. 9 pm, $50

Friday, January 7
Weezer, the Aragon; 7:30 pm, sold out
The Flat Five, ft. Nora O’Connor, Kelly Hogan, Scott Ligon, KC McDonough, and Alex Hall; SPACE. 8 pm, $12-20
Buddy Guy, Lubriphonic; Buddy Guy’s Legends. 9 pm, sold out
Amel Larrieux; The Shrine (2109 S Wabash). 9 pm, $30

Saturday, January 8
Weezer, the Aragon; 7:30 pm, sold out
Pieta Brown, Musikanto; SPACE. 8 pm, $12-20
Jeffrey David, Ashley Martin, Sunfallen, Tangle Wood; Double Door. 9 pm, $5-8
Buddy Guy, Billy Branch and the Sons of Blues; Buddy Guy’s Legends. 9:30 pm, sold out

Sunday, January 9
Buddy Guy, John Primer; Buddy Guy’s Legends. 7:30 pm, $50
Charlotte Martin; Schubas. 8 pm, $17-20

This Week in Great Music: 1/25 – 1/31

Sarah — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:17:36 +0000

Happy Monday, all! I had great plans for getting some album reviews written up over the weekend, but instead I spent my time feeling miserable and sick and sleeping on the couch while watching Dirty Jobs reruns. What a life.

It’s a pretty low-key week for music here. If you’ve got the time on Sunday, go check out Chris O’Brien and David Berkeley at Uncommon Ground. I’m not too familar with O’Brien’s music, but I’m a fan of David Berkeley, who reminds me of Damien Rice vocally. If I can ever string together useful sentences again (thanks, cold medications), I’ll have a review of Berkeley’s latest album, Strange Light, up this week.

Monday, January 25
Nothing

Tuesday, January 26
Nothing

Wednesday, January 27
Buddy Guy, Buddy Guy’s Legends. 9 pm, sold out

Thursday, January 28
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, One For the Team, Schubas. 7 pm, $10-12
Bully in the Hallway, Double Door. 8 pm, free
Buddy Guy, Buddy Guy’s Legends. 9 pm, sold out

Friday, January 29
Roseanne Cash, Harris Theater. 8 pm, $45
Buddy Guy, Buddy Guy’s Legends. 9 pm, sold out
Nouvelle Vague, Lincoln Hall. 10 pm, $27

Saturday, January 30
Cold War Kids, Alec Ounsworth, the Vic. 7:30 pm, sold out
Canadian Brass, Wentz Concert Hall (171 E Chicago, Naperville). 8 pm, $40-50
Howie Day, Serena Ryder, House of Blues. 8:30 pm, $18-21
Buddy Guy, Buddy Guy’s Legends. 9:30 pm, sold out

Sunday, January 31
Occidental Brothers Dance Band International, Lincoln Hall. 6 pm, $20
Movits!, Schubas. 8 pm, $12-14
Chris O’Brien, David Berkeley, Uncommon Ground. 8 pm, $10 suggested donation

This Week in Great Music: 1/18 – 1/24

Sarah — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:34:24 +0000

A bit of a late post today; not going in to work has made my day all sorts of screwy. This week has a lot of good local shows, with the Gapers Block sponsored show at Metro on Friday, and then the CD release party for The Felix Culpa on Saturday. I’m thinking of checking out the Hideout on Saturday, as I like what I’ve heard of Jane Baxter Miller.

And if you’ve got time tonight, head out to the Hideout; tonight’s show featuring the Waco Brothers benefits relief efforts in Haiti.

Monday, January 18
The Ike Reilly Assassination, Schubas. 8 pm, $10
The Waco Brothers, Hideout. 8 pm, $20

Tuesday, January 19
Nothing

Wednesday, January 20
Trio Los Primos, Old Town School of Folk Music. 8:30 pm, $5 suggested donation

Thursday, January 21
Cavashawn, Lincoln Hall. 7 pm, $8-10
Buddy Guy, Buddy Guy’s Legends. 9 pm, $40
Decibully, A Lull, Schubas. 9 pm, $8-10

Friday, January 22
Sons of the Never Wrong, Davenport’s. 7:30 pm, $10 (two drink minimum)
Pet Lions, Post Honeymoon, White Mystery, The Dirty Diamonds, Metro. 9 pm, $6-9 (free before 9 with flyer from Gapers Block)
Buddy Guy, Buddy Guy’s Legends. 9 pm, sold out
Brighton, MA, Schubas. 10 pm, $10

Saturday, January 23
The Felix Culpa, Metro. 6:30 pm, $11
Robin Thicke, the Vic. 7:30 pm, $38.50
Baby Alright and Jane Baxter Miller, Hideout. 9 pm, $10
Buddy Guy, Buddy Guy’s Legends. 9:30 pm, sold out
Brighton, MA, Schubas. 10 pm, $10

Sunday, January 24
Buddy Guy, Buddy Guy’s Legends. 7:30 pm, sold out
The Spares and Chris Staples, Schubas. 8 pm, $8

This Week in Great Music: 1/11 – 1/17

Sarah — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:45:35 +0000

The beginning half of this week has apparently decided to take a vacation. I’d sure like to do the same, but that’s not going to be happening any time soon.

The big attraction this week is the Tomorrow Never Knows festival, hosted at Schubas and Lincoln Hall. There are a lot of great bands performing, and many shows are already sold out. I’ll be at the Owen Pallett (Final Fantasy) show on Saturday. Perhaps this time, I will plan better so that I don’t have to hold my coat the entire time (hello, no coat check) like I did at the Butch Walker show.

Monday, January 11
Nothing.

Tuesday, January 12
Nothing!

Wednesday, January 13
Nothing!1!

Thursday, January 14
The Powwows, Martyrs. 8 pm, $7
G. Love and Special Sauce, House of Blues. 8 pm, $25.50-28
Buddy Guy, Buddy Guy’s Legends. 9 pm, $40
Surfer Blood and Freelance Whales, Schubas. 9 pm, sold out
Voxtrot, Lincoln Hall. 9 pm, $15

Friday, January 15
City and Colour and Lissie, Metro. 7:30 pm, $21-25
Sons of the Never Wrong, Davenport’s Piano Bar and Cabaret (1383 N Milwaukee). 7:30 pm, $10 (two drink minimum)
Buddy Guy, Buddy Guy’s Legends. 9 pm, sold out
Neon Indian and The Hood Internet, Schubas. 9 pm, sold out
Atlas Sound, Lincoln Hall. 10 pm, $15

Saturday, January 16
Too Hot To Handel: The Jazz Gospel Messiah, Auditorium Theatre. 7:30 pm, $30-65
Buddy Guy, Buddy Guy’s Legends. 9:30 pm, sold out
Owen Pallett (Final Fantasy), Sharon Van Etten, and Peter Wolf Crier, Schubas. 10 pm, sold out
Bowerbirds, The Rural Alberta Advantage, and Julie Doiron, Lincoln Hall. 10 pm, $15

Sunday, January 17
Too Hot To Handel: The Jazz Gospel Messiah, Auditorium Theatre. 3 pm, $30-65
Buddy Guy, Buddy Guy’s Legends. 7:30 pm, sold out.
Clues, Skybox, Pomegranates, and Netherfriends, Schubas. 9 pm, $15
Lee Fields and the Expressions, Lincoln Hall. 9 pm, $15

This Week in Great Music: 1/4 – 1/10

Sarah — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:00:17 +0000

“This Week in Great Music” might as well just be renamed “This Week in Chicago Residencies That I Couldn’t Get Tickets To”, with series of shows by Butch Walker and Lady Gaga both selling out before I could even get around to clicking the purchase button. (Bet you never thought you’d see those two names in a sentence together!) Not that I’m bitter that all of the new seats that opened up for the Gaga concert sold out in apparently negative time or something. Whatever.

And if you’re looking for something to do on Thursday, and you didn’t want to suffer through the low quality Vampire Weekend leak that appeared on their MySpace page, head out to the Four Treys (3333 N Damen) for a Contra listening party.

Monday, January 4
Nothing. Seriously.

Tuesday, January 5
Butch Walker, Schubas. 9 pm, sold out.

Wednesday, January 6
Kevin O’Donnell’s 2nd Annual Epiphany Spectacular, Martyrs’. 8 pm, $8.
Butch Walker, Schubas. 9 pm, sold out.

Thursday, January 7
Butch Walker, Schubas. 9 pm, sold out.
Buddy Guy, Buddy Guy’s Legends. 9 pm, $40

Friday, January 8
Lady Gaga, Rosemont Theatre (5400 N River, Rosemont). 7:30 pm, sold out.
Alejandro Escovedo, FitzGeralds (6615 Roosevelt, Berwyn). 9 pm, $20.
Buddy Guy, Buddy Guy’s Legends. 9 pm, sold out.
Butch Walker, Schubas. 10 pm, sold out.
Mucca Pazza, Empty Bottle. 10 pm, $12.

Saturday, January 9
Lady Gaga, Rosemont Theatre (5400 N River, Rosemont). 7:30 pm, sold out.
O Canada! Tribute to Canadian Musicians, Old Town School of Folk Music. 7:30 pm, $15.
Alejandro Escovedo, FitzGeralds (6615 Roosevelt, Berwyn). 9 pm, $20.
The Damnwells, Double Door. 9 pm, $12-14.
Buddy Guy, Buddy Guy’s Legends. 9:30 pm, sold out.

Sunday, January 10
Lady Gaga, Rosemont Theatre (5400 N River, Rosemont). 7:30 pm, sold out.
Buddy Guy, Buddy Guy’s Legends. 7:30 pm, $40.