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This Week in Great Music: 1/23 – 1/29

Sarah — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:37:38 +0000

I’ll be at Schubas on Wednesday for Cheyenne Marie Mize, and Lincoln Hall the next day for Kathleen Edwards. I’ll be the lady with a camera, looking very tired and surly. Say hi if you see me.

Monday, January 23
Meh.

Tuesday, January 24
Kevin Hearn & Thinbuckle; Schubas. 8 pm, $10-12
Kevin O’Donnell Quartet; Hideout. 9 pm, $5 suggested donation

Wednesday, January 25
Cheyenne Marie Mize; Schubas. 8 pm, $10-12

Thursday, January 26
Kathleen Edwards, Hannah Georgas; Lincoln Hall. 8 pm, $20
Gringo Starr; Empty Bottle. 9:30 pm, $8

Friday, January 27
Joe Henry, Unloved; Old Town School of Folk Music (West; 4544 N Lincoln). 7:30 pm, $21-25
Los Campesinos!, Parenthetical Girls; Metro. 7:30 pm, $20
Strange Arrangement, Greensky Bluegrass; Park West. 8 pm, $15

Saturday, January 28
Chicago Bluegrass and Blues Festival, ft. Drive-By Truckers, Dawes, Joe Pug, Bailiff, Van Ghost, Jaik Willis, The Shams Band, Great Divide, Jon Drake and The Shakes, Ben Ripani Music Co., Go Long Mule, The Future Laureates, Band Called Catch, Paper Thick Walls and Michele McGuire; Congress Theater. 1 pm, $35
Christine Lavin; Old Town School of Folk Music (East; 4545 N Lincoln). 7 pm, $21-25
Devotchka, Elephant Revival, Danny Black & Nora O’Connor; Metro. 8:30 pm, $21
Mucca Pazza, Lasers and Fast and Shit, DJ Roma Soul; Double Door. 9 pm, $13-15

Sunday, January 29
Cass McCombs, Frank Fairfield; Lincoln Hall. 8 pm, $15

This Week in Great Music: 7/19 – 7/25

Sarah — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:03:10 +0000

As usual for the summer, there are a ton of great shows going on which also happen to be free. Trek on down to Millennium Park or Navy Pier to check out some cost-free tunes.

As for me, I’m hoping to make it to the Hideout tonight, and then on Friday I’ll be at the Langhorne Slim/Ha Ha Tonka show, and Saturday is Heartless Bastards/Peter Wolf Crier.

Monday, July 19
Kid Sister, Konono No. 1; Millennium Park. 6:30 pm, free
Robbie Fulks, Nora O’Connor; Hideout. 7 pm, $10 suggested donation

Tuesday, July 20
Patrick Park, Heather Styka; Schubas. 8 pm, $10

Wednesday, July 21
Nathaniel Rateliff, JBM; Schubas. 9 pm, $10

Thursday, July 22
Josh and the Empty Pockets, Juniper Mays; Park Grill. 4 pm, free
Natalie Merchant, Chicago Theatre. 8 pm, $38.50-48.50
Nick Tremulis, Deanna Devore; SPACE. 8 pm, $12-15
Derek Nelson and the Musicians, Ceiling Stars, Zach Pietrini and the Broken Bones; Martyrs. 9 pm, $7
Scott H. Biram, Lasers and Fast and Shit, Roses Pawn Shop; Double Door. 9 pm, $10

Friday, July 23
Juana Molina, Jim Elkington; Old Town School of Folk Music. 8 pm, $18-22
Langhorne Slim, Ha Ha Tonka, Young Man; Lincoln Hall. 10 pm, $14

Saturday, July 24
The Right Now; Navy Pier. 5 pm, free
Heartless Bastards, The Builders and the Butchers, Peter Wolf Crier; Bottom Lounge. 8 pm, $16
Jane and The Steadfast Acrobats, The Future Laureates, Mike Mangione and The Union, Sarah Holtschlag and The Crosscuts, The Sunken Ship; Lincoln Hall. 8:30 pm, $7
Danny Chaimson, Facing Winter; Schubas. 10 pm, $10

Sunday, July 25
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, Millennium Park. 12 pm, free

This Week in Great Music: 5/17 – 5/23

Sarah — Mon, 17 May 2010 14:54:28 +0000

Why hello there, quiet week.

No concert activity going on for me, unless I wind up feeling adventurous later in the week. Wednesday and Thursday, Conan O’Brien stops by the Chicago Theater for some futimes. Maybe if you sell a kidney on Craigslist, you can get a ticket.

Monday, May 17
Robbie Fulks, Jim DeWan; Hideout. 7 pm, $10 suggested donation
Patrick Watson, McKensie Toma; Schubas. 8 pm, $15

Tuesday, May 18
Them Crooked Vultures; the Aragon. 7 pm, sold out

Wednesday, May 19
Alexisonfire; Lincoln Hall. 6:30 pm, $15
Alberta Cross, 22-20s; Schubas. 7 pm, $14
Mike Mangione and the Union; Todd Kessler and the New Folk; SPACE. 8 pm, $12-18

Thursday, May 20
Metric, Bear in Heaven; the Vic. 7:30 pm, $24
Suzy Bogguss, Heather Lynne Horton; SPACE. 8 pm, $20-32.50
Dan Bern, Musikanto; Martyrs. 8 pm, $20
Jessica Lea Mayfield, Dexateens, Futurebirds; Schubas. 8 pm, $12

Friday, May 21
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, The Heavy; the Vic. 8 pm, $23-25
Willy Porter, Justin Roth; SPACE. 8 pm, $22-35
JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound, Blah Blah Blah, Hollows, Lasers and Fast and Shit; Metro. 9 pm, $10
Helen Money, Susan Voelz, Peg Simone; Hideout. 9:30 pm, $8
Voxtrot; Lincoln Hall. 10 pm, $14

Saturday, May 22
Diane Birch; Park West. 8 pm, $20
Paul Van Dyk, Paul Oakenfold; Congress Theater. 8 pm, $32.50
Chicago Clarinet Conglomerate; the Velvet Lounge (67 E Cermak). 9:30 pm, cover varies
Mono, the Twilight Sad; Lincoln Hall. 10 pm, $14

Sunday, May 23
Five for Fighting; SPACE. 2 pm, sold out
Imogen Heap, Geese; the Riviera. 7:30 pm, $25

This Week in Great Music: 4/5 – 4/11

Sarah — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 15:42:29 +0000

Let’s hope that this week is better than last, where I had a moment of complete brilliance and proceeded to forget all about the show I was supposed to go to on Saturday night. Sigh.

I’ll be at Lincoln Hall on Wednesday (Fanfarlo) and Thursday (The xx), provided that I don’t forget about those shows, too.

Monday, April 5
Robbie Fulks, The Hoyle Brothers; Hideout. 7 pm, $10 suggested donation
Prohibition Orchestra of Chicago; SPACE. 7:30 pm, $5
Camera Obscura, Princeton; Lincoln Hall. 8 pm, $20
Miike Snow, Light Pollution; Metro. 9 pm, sold out

Tuesday, April 6
Dashboard Confessional, Corey Chisel & the Wandering Sons; House of Blues. 6 pm, $24-27
Julian Casablancas, Funeral Party; the Vic. 7:30 pm, $26
As Tall as Lions, Bad Veins, A Lull; Bottom Lounge. 8 pm, $13
The Low Anthem, Nathaniel Rateliff; Lincoln Hall. 9 pm, $14

Wednesday, April 7
Motion City Soundtrack, Fun, A Rocket To The Moon, Sing It Loud; House of Blues. 5:30 pm, $20.50-22
Titus Andronicus, The Saps, Bully in the Hallway; Bottom Lounge. 8 pm, $10-12
Fanfarlo, Lawrence Arabia, Robert Francis; Lincoln Hall. 9 pm, $12-14
Har Mar Superstar, My Gold Mask, Violetness; Double Door. 9 pm, $10

Thursday, April 8
The xx, Nosaj Thing; Lincoln Hall. 6 pm, sold out
The Horse’s Ha, Ronnie Malley, Wanees Zazour; Chicago Cultural center. 6:30 pm, free
Deer Tick, Those Darlins, Elephant Gun; Bottom Lounge. 8 pm, $13
The xx, jj; Lincoln Hall. 9:30 pm, sold out

Friday, April 9
Drive By Truckers, Langhorne Slim; the Vic. 8 pm, $26
Shawn Mullins, Daphne Willis; SPACE. 8 pm, sold out
The Giving Tree, Todd Kessler and the New Folk, The Shams Band, The Future Laureates; Double Door. 9 pm, $10-15
Edwin McCain Band; Cubby Bear Wrigleyville. 9 pm, $20-25
Japandroids, Avi Buffalo, Lasers and Fast and Shit; Lincoln Hall. 10 pm, $14
The Soft Pack, Male Bonding, Beaters; Empty Bottle. 10 pm, $10-12
Dan Black, Moneypenny, Midnight Conspiracy, DJ SR-71; Schubas. 10:30 pm, $10

Saturday, April 10
Madeleine Peyroux, Nora O’Connor; Old Town School of Folk Music. 7 pm and 10 pm, $34-38
Bill Callahan, Hideout. 7 pm and 10 pm, $20
John Mayer, Michael Franti and Spearhead; United Center. 8 pm, $35-78
Mason Jennings, SPACE. 8 pm, sold out
Owen Pallett, Snowblink; Lincoln Hall. 10 pm, $15
The Smith Westerns, Acrylics, Nurses; Schubas. 10 pm, $8-10

Sunday, April 11
Lang Lang, Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra; Harris Theater. 3 pm, $45-95
Straight No Chaser, Chicago Theatre. 7:30 pm, $25-45
K’Naan, Wale; Metro. 7:30 pm, $20-22