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This Week in Great Music: 10/10 – 10/16

Sarah — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:59:52 +0000

Let’s keep it simple. Do yourself a favor and go see Dessa on Tuesday. She is pretty much totally amazing.

Monday, October 10
Lisa Hannigan, John Smith; Double Door. 8 pm, $15
SIMS, Lazerbeak, Cecil Otter; Bottom Lounge. 9 pm, $10

Tuesday, October 11
Sara Bareilles, Ben Lee, Elizabeth and the Catapult; the Riviera. 7 pm, $26-29
Minus the Bear, The Velvet Teen; Metro. 7:30 pm, $23.50-26
Dessa, Hindi Zahra; Lincoln Hall. 8 pm, $12

Wednesday, October 12
Portishead, Thought Forms; the Aragon. 7:30 pm, sold out

Thursday, October 13
Las Guitarras de Espana, El Payo, Mehran; Martyrs. 8 pm, $20
Ben Rector, Graham Colton; Lincoln Hall. 9 pm, $12
Butch Walker and the Black Widows; Double Door. 9 pm, $20-22

Friday, October 14
Neon Indian, Com Truise, Purity Ring; Lincoln Hall. 10 pm, $15

Saturday, October 15
Portugal. The Man, Alberta Cross; Metro. 9 pm, $20

Sunday, October 16
Meh

This Week in Great Music: 9/19 – 9/25

Sarah — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:05:24 +0000

Everything about this week is just a lead-up to the Hideout Block Party. I’ve missed you, Andrew Bird.

Monday, September 19
Robbie Fulks; Hideout. 7 pm, $10 suggested donation

Tuesday, September 20
Cut Copy, Washed Out, Midnight Magic, Only Children; the Riviera. 8 pm, $27
Abigail Washburn, Mar Caribe, Alana Amran; Martyrs. 8 pm, $15
Bomba Estereo, Luisa Malta; Lincoln Hall. 8 pm, $15
The Watson Twins, Aunt Martha; Schubas. 8 pm, $10
Movits!; Hideout. 9 pm, $10

Wednesday, September 21
Ani DiFranco, Anais Mitchell; the Vic. 7:30 pm, $41
Kaki King; SPACE. 7 pm and 10 pm; $20-34
Jill Andrews, Kevin Andrew Prchal; Schubas. 9 pm, $12

Thursday, September 22
Okkervil River, The Felice Brothers; the Vic. 7:30 pm, $25-27
An Horse; Beat Kitchen. 8:30 pm, $10-12
Laura Marling, Alessi’s Ark; Lincoln Hall. 9 pm, sold out

Friday, September 23
They Might Be Giants, Jonathan Coulton; the Vic. 7:30 pm, $25
Liam Finn, Marques Toliver; Lincoln Hall. 10 pm, $15

Saturday, September 24
Hideout Block Party, ft. White Mystery, Jon Langford, Mavis Staples, Dosh, Andrew Bird, and more; Hideout. 12 pm, $25
Pinto and the Bean, Hemmingbirds, Bad Bad Meow; house party at 4326 N. Ashland. 6 pm, free
Las Guitarras de Espana; Mayne Stage. 7:30 pm, $25
Peter Wolf Crier, Baliff; Schubas. 10 pm, $12

Sunday, September 25
Meh.

This Week in Great Music: 7/18 – 7/24

Sarah — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:26:11 +0000

I’ll be at Lincoln Hall to catch the Old 97′s tonight. They’re one of those bands who I always seem to miss when they come into town. No more!

And while I probably won’t be able to make it, everyone else should go to the Timber Timbre/Marissa Nadler show on Thursday. I don’t know much about Timber Timbre, but I like what I’ve heard, and Marissa Nadler’s new album is beautiful.

Monday, July 18
Blonde Redhead, My Gold Mask; Millennium Park. 6:30 pm, free
Robbie Fulks, Beau Sample, Robbie Gjersoe; Hideout. 7 pm, $10 suggested donation
Old 97s, Robert Ellis; Lincoln Hall. 8 pm, $25

Tuesday, July 19
Steve Earle and the Dukes, Allison Moorer; the Vic. 7:30 pm, $32-35
Uncommon Ground Employee Talent Night, ft. Algebro, Steve Leaf, The Drummond Bros., Rachele Eve and Chris Tobias; Uncommon Ground on Clark. 7:30 pm, $5 suggested donation
Old 97s, Robert Ellis; Lincoln Hall. 8 pm, $25
King Creosote and Jon Hopkins, Briar Rabbit; Schubas. 8 pm, $12-14

Wednesday, July 20
Balkan Beat Box, Black Bear Combo, DJ RomaSoul; Lincoln Hall. 8 pm, $20
Justin Jones and the Driving Rain, Derek Nelson and the Musicians; SPACE. 8 pm, $12-18

Thursday, July 21
Yemen Blues, Etran Finatawa; Millennium Park. 6:30 pm, free
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones; the Vic. 8 pm, $35-40
Mana; Allstate Arena. 8 pm, $38-95
Timber Timbre, Marissa Nadler, Faces on Film; Schubas. 9 pm, $14

Friday, July 22
Gillian Welch; the Vic. 7:30 pm, $30
Sia, Oh Land, Ximena Sarinana; Metro. 8 pm, $25
Mana; Allstate Arena. 8 pm, $38-95
Other Lives, Thomas Dybdahl; Schubas. 10 pm, $10
Wild Flag, Mickey, Radar Eyes; Subterranean. 10:30 pm, sold out

Saturday, July 23
Las Guitarras de Espana, Chiara Mangiameli; Mayne Stage. 7:30 pm, $25

Sunday, July 24
Bon Iver, The Rosebuds; Chicago Theatre. 7:30 pm, sold out

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

This Week in Great Music: 4/4 – 4/10

Sarah — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 16:17:12 +0000

This week’s got a lot of great shows on the calendar, and I’ll be at a couple of them. Come find me and say hi at Tuesday’s Mountain Goats show (the Vic), or Friday’s Over the Rhine show (Lincoln Hall). I’m hoping to make it to Lincoln Hall on Saturday for Sharon Van Etten, but my own band, Jungle of Cities, is doing a show that night at US Beer Company (1801 N Clybourn). If you’re not enticed by any of the other shows on Saturday night, come out and see us — I think we go on around 10.

Monday, April 4
Robbie Fulks, Steve Frisbie; Hideout. 7 pm, $10 suggested donation
Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue, The Opposition Party, DJRC; Lincoln Hall. 8 pm, sold out

Tuesday, April 5
The Mountain Goats, Megafaun; the Vic. 7:30 pm, $20
Joe Firstman, Marianne Keith; Martyrs. 8 pm, $10

Wednesday, April 6
The Raveonettes, Tamaryn; Lincoln Hall. 9 pm, $18

Thursday, April 7
David Choi, Drew Dawson; Subterranean. 7 pm, $12
The Cave Singers, Lia Ices; Lincoln Hall. 9 pm, $14
Wye Oak, Callers; Schubas. 9 pm, sold out

Friday, April 8
Andrew Belle, Haroula Rose; Schubas. 7:30 pm, sold out
Cut Copy, Holy Ghost, Kid Color; the Riviera. 8 pm, sold out
Over the Rhine, Lucy Wainwright Roche; Lincoln Hall. 8 pm, $22
Bone and Bell, Cloudbirds, Steve Dawson and Ellen Cherry; Uncommon Ground (1401 W Devon). 9 pm, $5
Movits!, Reds and Blue, Boutros; Beat Kitchen. 9:30 pm, $10

Saturday, April 9
Robert Plant and the Band of Joy, North Mississippi Allstars; Auditorium Theatre. 8 pm, sold out
Sharon Van Etten, Little Scream, In Tall Buildings; Lincoln Hall. 9 pm, $14
O’Death, Grandchildren, Chaperone; Beat Kitchen. 9:30 pm, $10
Las Guitarras de Espana, Uncommon Ground (1401 W Devon). 9:30 pm, $15

Sunday, April 10
Meh.

This Week in Great Music: 3/21 – 3/27

Sarah — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:30:20 +0000

In my haze of being back to work after a couple of sick days and the weekend, I forgot to put this up earlier. Here it is now. I’m not sure what I’m doing with my music time this week, although I feel like I should try to make it out to something — I haven’t made it out to a single show this month!

Monday, March 21
Kelly Hogan, Scott Ligon; Hideout. 7 pm, $10 sugged donation
Sam Amidon, Angel Olsen; Schubas. 8 pm, $10

Tuesday, March 22
JJ Grey, Shannon McNally; SPACE. 7 pm, $18-30
Ron Sexsmith, Caitlin Rose; Schubas. 8 pm, $15

Wednesday, March 23
Eli Paperboy Reed and the True Loves, Delmar and the Dedications; Subterranean. 8 pm, $12
Jill Sobule, John Doe; Lincoln Hall. 9 pm, $20

Thursday, March 24
Warpaint, PVT, Family Band; Lincoln Hall. 9 pm, sold out

Friday, March 25
John McCutcheon, Tracy Grammer; Old Town School of Folk Music. 8 pm, $18-22
Kaki King, Washington; SPACE. 8 pm, $20-34
Mucca Pazza; Mayne Stage. 9 pm, $12-14
Rocky Votolato, Matt Pond; Subterranean. 10 pm, $13-15

Saturday, March 26
Tim O’Brien, Bryan Sutton, Chris Smither; Old Town School of Folk Music. 7 pm & 10 pm, $24-28
Sons of the Never Wrong, Bruce Roper; SPACE. 7 pm, $17-30
Amos Lee, The Secret Sisters; the Vic. 7:30 pm, sold out
Las Guitarras de Espana; Mayne Stage. 7:30 pm, $25
The Rural Alberta Advantage, James Vincent McMorrow; Lincoln Hall. 10 pm, $15

Sunday, March 27
British Sea Power, A Classic Education; Lincoln Hall. 8 pm, $14

This Week in Great Music: 12/6 – 12/12

Sarah — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 16:25:28 +0000

A little bit of a slow week for music that catches my eye (and/or ear). There are plenty of shows going on, but these are the ones I’d recommend.

I’ll be at the Over the Rhine shows on Saturday, and am thinking about heading out to the Hideout on Friday night. Maybe.

Monday, December 6
Robbie Fulks; Hideout. 7 pm, $10 suggested donation

Tuesday, December 7
Indigo Girls, Shawn Mullins, Chely Wright; House of Blues. 8 pm, $33-38

Wednesday, December 8
Jeffrey Foucault, Hayward Williams; SPACE. 8 pm, $12-22

Thursday, December 9
Lucy Kaplansky, Seth Glier; SPACE. 8 pm, $17-28

Friday, December 10
The Flat Five, Featuring Kelly Hogan, Gerald Dowd, Scott Ligon, KC McDonough and Nora O’Connor; Hideout. 7:30 pm and 10:30 pm, $12
Las Guitarras de Espana, Avanti Guitar Trio; SPACE. 8 pm, $20-25
Badly Drawn Boy, Justin Jones; Lincoln Hall. 9 pm, sold out
Jay Brannan, Derek Nelson; Subterranean. 9:30 pm, $15

Saturday, December 11
Over the Rhine, Sarah Siskind; Old Town School of Folk Music. 7 pm and 10 pm, $24-28
Punch Brothers; Lincoln Hall. 9 pm, $22-25
Chris and Heather’s 2011 Country Calender Show, ft. Nora O’Connor, Robbie and Donna Fulks, Jon Langford, Kelly Hogan, Jane Baxter Miller, The Sanctified Grumblers, and others; FitzGerald’s (6615 Roosevelt Rd.., Berwyn). 9 pm, $20

Sunday, December 12
Punch Brothers; Lincoln Hall. 7 pm, $22-25

This Week in Great Music: 4/19 – 4/25

Sarah — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:51:57 +0000

So my last week was a little bit absurdly busy, to the point where I just couldn’t make it to a show I’d planned to go to on Sunday, and just slept instead. I felt bad about it, because I’ve been looking forward to having a chance to see Eliza Gilkyson for a long time, but I figured that falling asleep mid-show (or, more likely, falling asleep on the Brown line and not actually even making it to the Old Town School) would be more rude than just not using the ticket.

But it looks like I’ve got a chance to make up for that, as Eliza is playing at the Hideout tonight along with Robbie Fulks for his Monday night residency. So looks like I’ll (finally!) be heading out to the Hideout for a show! (It’s only taken four years of living here for me to make it out there…) I’ll also be checking out the Antlers at Lincoln Hall on Thursday, and Gogol Bordello at the Congress on Friday. I’m actually going to that one more to see Devotchka than anything else, but oh well. It will be an adventure.

Monday, April 19
Robbie Fulks, Eliza Gilkyson; Hideout. 7 pm, $10 suggested donation
Ben Folds, Kate Miler-Heidke; The Vic. 7:30 pm, sold out
Hot Chip, The xx; the Riviera. 8 pm, sold out

Tuesday, April 20
Ben Folds, Kate Miler-Heidke; The Vic. 7:30 pm, $35
JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound; Lincoln Hall. 8 pm, $5 (DVD release party for Fish Out of Water)
Blue October; House of Blues. 9 pm, $28-30

Wednesday, April 21
Ben Folds, Kate Miler-Heidke; The Vic. 7:30 pm, sold out
Charlotte Gainsbourg, AM; Park West. 8 pm, $30

Thursday, April 22
Corinne Bailey Rae; The Vic. 8 pm, $26
Passion Pit; Congress Theater. 8 pm, $25
The Raveonettes; Cubby Bear Wrigleyville. 9 pm, free with RSVP to RedEyeEvents@tribune.com
The Antlers, Phantogram; Lincoln Hall. 9 pm, $13-15
Horse Feathers, Caroline Smith and the Good Night Sleeps; Schubas. 9 pm, $8-10

Friday, April 23
Gogol Bordello, Devotchka, Jessie Malin, St. Mark’s Social; Congress Theater. 7 pm, $27.50-29
Marie Digby, Jessica Robbins; Schubas. 7 pm, $12
Las Guitarras de Espana, SPACE. 8 pm, $20-32
Martin Sexton, Ryan Montbleau Band; Park West. 8 pm, $27
Semi Precious Weapons, Subterranean. 8 pm, $10-12
Carbon Leaf, Alex Band; Lincoln Hall. 9 pm, $15

Saturday, April 24
Natalie Merchant; Art Institute of Chicago (Rubloff Auditorium). 7 pm, $45
Yonder Mountain Duo; Old Town School of Folk Music. 7:30 pm, $18-22
BB King, Rachel Cantu; House of Blues. 8 pm, $76-78
Umphrey’s McGee; Lincoln Hall. 8 pm, sold out
The Polkaholics; Atlantic Bar & Grill (5062 N Lincoln). 9 pm, free
Melissa Auf Der Mar; Beat Kitchen. 9:30 pm, $12 Cancelled due to volcano.
The Infamous String Dusters; Martyrs. 10 pm, $15

Sunday, April 25
Sia, Girl in a Coma; The Vic. 7:30 pm, $22.50
BB King, Rachel Cantu; House of Blues. 8 pm, $76-78
The Album Leaf, Sea Wolf; Lincoln Hall. 9 pm, $14

This Week in Great Music: 11/23 – 11/29

Sarah — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:32:57 +0000

A bit of a late post for this week’s concert run-down. Between preparing a couple of other posts for the site, and doing the job that I actually get paid for, there wasn’t a whole lot of spare time this morning to pull things together.

Tuesday is a night of competing artists-who-had-songs-on-popular-television, with Imogen Heap’s (“Hide and Seek” on The O.C., among others) sold out show at the Vic and Kate Havnevik’s (“Unlike Me” on Grey’s Anatomy) more intimate show at SPACE in Evanston. I’m still debating making a trip to the Blind Pilot show, mostly for a chance to check out Lincoln Hall’s acoustics from a spot that isn’t right up against the stage.

Monday, November 23
Cameron McGill and What Army, with Vandaveer and A Lull, Schubas. 8 pm, $8

Tuesday, November 24
Imogen Heap, the Vic. 7 pm, sold out
Kate Havnevik, SPACE. 8 pm, $8-18
Ari Hest with Declan O’Rourke, Lincoln Hall. 9 pm, $15

Wednesday, November 25
Haley Bonar with Daniel Knox and Sin Ropas, Schubas. 8 pm, $10
Blind Pilot with Laura Veirs and the Hall of Flames and Mimicking Birds, Lincoln Hall. 9 pm, $14

Thursday, November 26
Nothing; apparently you’re supposed to spend this day with loved ones?

Friday, November 27
Joseph Arthur with The Horse’s Ha, Old Town School of Folk Music. 8 pm, $18-22
Hawthorne Heights, Reggie’s Rock Club (2109 S. State). 6 pm, $13-15

Saturday, November 28
Vienna Boys Choir, Symphony Center. 3 pm, $22-83
Brett Dennen with Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, House of Blues. 7:30 pm, $20-23
Antje Duvekot, with Anne Heaton, Meg Hutchinson, and Natalia Zukerman, SPACE. 8 pm, $24-28
The Sadies, with Chris Mills, Hideout. 9 pm, $10
Las Guitarras de Espana, Uncommon Ground (1401 W Devon). 9:30 pm, $20 suggested donation

Sunday, November 29
And I’ve got nothing.