This Week in Great Music: 8/29 – 9/4

Hello, last days of August.

I won’t be around, but I highly recommend seeing In Tall Buildings on Thursday, The Square Affair on Friday, and Save the Clocktower on Saturday.  Three days of solid shows by local bands.  What isn’t to love?

Also, don’t forget that the North Coast Music Festival is going on . . . → Read More: This Week in Great Music: 8/29 – 9/4

This Week in Great Music: 8/22 – 8/28

The post-Lollapalooza slump is over, because there are tons of shows this week that I think are worth going to.

If you’re not going to see Braid (blast from the past) or Lost in the Trees (new and trippy chamber pop) on Saturday, and feel like a road trip, you should . . . → Read More: This Week in Great Music: 8/22 – 8/28

This Week in Great Music: 8/8 – 8/14

Lollapalooza’s over, and now the city as a whole collapses into a post-Lolla nap. For the whole week. I mean, really. Is it just me, or is there really very little of note going on this week?

Monday, August 8 My Brightest Diamond with Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras; Millennium Park. 6:30 pm, free Robbie . . . → Read More: This Week in Great Music: 8/8 – 8/14

This Week in Great Music: 6/20 – 6/26

Monday, June 20 Robbie Fulks, Kelly Hogan; Hideout. 7 pm, $10 suggested donation

Tuesday, June 21 The Lonely Forest; Hideout. 9 pm, $8

Wednesday, June 22 Jason Webley, Destroy Nate Allen, The Gunshy; Panchos. 6 pm, $8 Matt Duke, Matthew Mayfield; SPACE. 8 pm, $12-20

Thursday, June 23 Peter Wolf Crier, Yellow Ostrich; Schubas. . . . → Read More: This Week in Great Music: 6/20 – 6/26

This Week in Great Music: 6/13 – 6/19

I don’t know what you’re doing this weekend, but I’m taking a road trip into Ann Arbor to see Andrew Bird. Big surprise.

Monday, June 13 Keren Ann, Chris Garneau; Lincoln Hall. 8 pm, $12-14 Horse Feathers, Hello Mtn.; SPACE. 8 pm, $12-22

Tuesday, June 14 The Shams Band, Johnny Rumble, Antony Ablan and . . . → Read More: This Week in Great Music: 6/13 – 6/19

This Week in Great Music: 8/23 – 8/29

Monday, August 23 Clare and the Reasons, Millennium Park.  6:30 pm, free Robbie Fulks, Hideout.  7 pm, $10 suggested donation Brandon Flowers, Park West.  8 pm, sold out

Tuesday, August 24 The Wooden Birds, Dan Mangan, Hospital Ships; Schubas.  9 pm, $10

Wednesday, August 25 David Gray, Ray LaMontagne, Serena Ryer; Millennium Park.  6:15 . . . → Read More: This Week in Great Music: 8/23 – 8/29