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This Week in Great Music: 5/30 – 6/5

Sarah — Mon, 30 May 2011 16:14:31 +0000

Monday, May 30
Justin Townes Earle, Andre Williams and the Goldstars; Millennium Park. 6:30 pm, free
Robbie Fulks, Kathleen Keane; Hideout. 7 pm, $10 suggested donation

Tuesday, May 31
Friendly Fires, Wise Blood; Lincoln Hall. 9 pm, sold out

Wednesday, June 1
Meh.

Thursday, June 2
Teddy Thompson, Melissa McClelland, Luke Doucet; Schubas. 9 pm, $15

Friday, June 3
Brett Dennen, Dawes; the Vic. 7:30 pm, $22
Raphael Saadiq; Park West. 8 pm, $30
Band Called Catch, Jackpot Donnie, Mike Mangione and the Union, The Damn Choir, The Lakeshore Band; Cubby Bear Wrigleyville. 8 pm, $5-7
Ozomatli, Making Movies; Congress Theater. 8:30 pm, $20
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Chamberlin; House of Blues. 9 pm, $25-35
Teddy Thompson; SPACE. 10 pm, $15-28
Thao and Mirah, Bobby, Led to Sea; Empty Bottle. 10 pm, $13
Jerome Holloway, Lauren Frost, simplesinger; Schubas. 10 pm, $10

Saturday, June 4
Las Guitarras de Espana; Mayne Stage. 7:30 pm, $25
Leo Kottke; Old TOwn School of Folk Music. 8 pm, sold out
Bailiff, Secret Colours, Box Jellyfish; Lincoln Hall. 10 pm, $8-10
Kopecky Family Band, Stolen Silver, Wildlife; Schubas. 10 pm, $8-10

Sunday, June 5
Kris Delmhorst; SPACE. 8 pm, $15-25

June in Review

Sarah — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 15:25:34 +0000

Look what’s up in a timely fashion, my friends. I did a lot of non-blog related writing this past month, and almost all of it was completed to a soundtrack consisting of Mumford & Sons, Peter Wolf Crier, and Joe Pug. But there was other stuff, too. Check it out.

This Week in Great Music: 12/7 – 12/13

Sarah — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:04:59 +0000

Good morning to everyone from snowy Chicago. I got to test out my new winter boots this morning, so I guess I can’t lie to myself anymore; it really is winter now.

It’s a pretty small concert list this week, although there are tons and tons of classical and holiday shows going on this week. Every day this week at noon at the Harold Washington Library, and 12:30 at the Art Institute, there are free holiday concerts from local choirs, if that’s your thing. And with Dashboard, New Found Glory, and Rooney all doing shows this week, I feel like it’s the 90s all over again. Win? I’m not sure. This weekend has some epic shows: XRT’s holiday show out at the Allstate Arena with The Flaming Lips, Phoenix, and Pete Yorn; The Flat Five at the Hideout (Kelly Hogan and Nora O’Connor in the same place? Yes please.); the Chicago Bluegrass and Blues Festival at the Congress on Saturday (with Bela Fleck headlining); and a day of free opera on Sunday at the Cultural Center downtown.

Monday, December 7
Sloan, Lincoln Hall. 7 pm, $20
Dashboard Confessional and New Found Glory, Subterranean. 7:30 pm, $25
Rosi Golan, Luke Brindley, and Peter Bradley Adams, SPACE. 8 pm, $10-18

Tuesday, December 8
Rooney, House of Blues. 6:30 pm, $13-16

Wednesday, December 9
Elizabeth and the Catapult, SPACE. 8 pm, $8-18

Thursday, December 10
Nothing; enjoy your day off in the cold.

Friday, December 11
The Flaming Lips, Phoenix, and Pete Yorn, Allstate Arena (6920 Mannheim, Rosemont). 7 pm, $40-50
The Flat Five (Gerald Dowd, Kelly Hogan, Scott Ligon, K.C. McDonough and Nora O’Connor), Hideout. 9 pm, $10

Saturday, December 12
Chicago Bluegrass and Blues Festival, Congress Theater. 11 am, $35
Over the Rhine and Lucy Wainwright Roche, Old Town School of Folk Music. 7 pm and 10 pm, $21-25 (7 pm show sold out)

Sunday, December 13
Day of Opera, Chicago Cultural Center. 1 pm, frees
Kris Delmhorst and Hayward Williams, Schubas. 8 pm, $14