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This Week in Shows

gunnlaugormstungu — Fri, 25 May 2012 18:45:56 +0000

The summer festivals and street fests are coming into focus. Some very interesting acts playing for free (or small donation) have been added, along with everything else new, to the SHOWcal. Here’s what’s on tap this week:

Fri May 25	8:30pm – 10:30pm	Waco Brothers @ Beat Kitchen
Sat May 26	All day	Randolph St. Market Festival
Sat May 26	All day	Belmont/Sheffield Music Festival
Sun May 27	All day	Randolph St. Market Festival
Sun May 27	All day	Belmont/Sheffield Music Festival
Mon May 28	All day	Memorial Day
	6:30pm – 10:30pm	Kelly Hogan @ Millennium Park
	8:00pm – 11:00pm	Apparat @ Lincoln Hall
	9:00pm – 12:00am	Netherfriends @ Empty Bottle
Tue May 29	All day	John F. Kennedy’s Birthday
Thu May 31	All day	Chicago Mayfest @ Lincoln Square
	9:00pm – 12:00am	The Dig @ Schubas
	9:00pm – 12:00am	Langhorne Slim @ Lincoln Hall
	9:30pm – 11:30pm	Black Belles @ Empty Bottle

Record Releases 5/22/12

gunnlaugormstungu — Tue, 22 May 2012 16:00:19 +0000

Here’s what drops this week. Nothing looks hopeful.

May-22-12	Cold Specks – I Predict a Graceful Expulsion	Arts & Crafts
May-22-12	Exitmusic – Passage	Secretly Canadian
May-22-12	Gossip – A Joyful Noise	Columbia
May-22-12	Joey Ramone – …Ya Know?	BMG Rights Management
May-22-12	Mount Eerie – Clear Moon	P.W. Elverum and Sun.
May-22-12	Riverboat Gamblers – The Wolf You Feed	Volcom
May-22-12	Still Flyin’ – On a Bedroom Wall	Ernest Jenning
May-22-12	Teen Daze – All of Us, Together	Lefse
May-22-12	Young Man – Vol. 1	Frenchkiss

This Week in Shows

gunnlaugormstungu — Fri, 18 May 2012 15:12:36 +0000

Remember the 1990s? Remember Garbage (the band)? Well, you can see them at Metro at the startling price of $38! That, and a bunch of other garbage, added to the SHOWcal today. Here’s the agenda for this week:

Fri May 18	10:00pm – 1:00am	Kele (Bloc Party DJ Set) @ The Mid
	8:30am – 12:30pm	Elsinore @ Ace Bar
	5:00pm – 1:00am	HoZac Blackout Fest @ Empty Bottle
	10:00pm – 12:00am	Joe Pug @ Lincoln Hall
Sat May 19	5:00pm – 1:00am	HoZac Blackout Fest @ Empty Bottle
	5:00pm – 1:00am	HoZac Blackout Fest @ Empty Bottle
	9:00pm – 12:00am	Braid @ Rockit Bar
	10:00pm – 12:00am	Joe Pug @ Lincoln Hall
Sun May 20	5:00pm – 1:00am	HoZac Blackout Fest @ Empty Bottle
	7:00pm – 1:00am	HoZac Blackout Fest @ Empty Bottle
	8:00pm – 11:00pm	Kurt Vile @ Lincoln Hall
Mon May 21	7:00pm – 1:00am	HoZac Blackout Fest @ Empty Bottle
	8:00pm – 11:00pm	Lee Scratch Perry @ Lincoln Hall
	8:00pm – 11:00pm	Beach Boys @ Chicago Theatre
Tue May 22	7:30pm – 10:30pm	M. Ward @ Vic
Tue May 22	8:00pm – 11:00pm	Beach Boys @ Chicago Theatre
Wed May 23	8:00pm – 11:00pm	Alejandro Escovedo @ Lincoln Hall
Wed May 23	9:00pm – 12:00am	PS I Love You @ Schubas

Thu May 24		7:30pm – 10:30pm	Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros @ Riviera

Record Releases 5/15/12

gunnlaugormstungu — Tue, 15 May 2012 16:00:16 +0000

Here’s what drops this week. Stuff marked * should be good:

May-15-12	*Beach House – Bloom	Sub Pop
May-15-12	*Best Coast – The Only Place	Mexican Summer
May-15-12	Craft Spells – Gallery EP	Captured Tracks
May-15-12	Garbage – Not Your Kind of People	Stunvolume
May-15-12	Hands – Massive Context	Small Plates
May-15-12	Hot Water Music – Exister	Rise
May-15-12	Matthew Dear – Her Fantasy 12″	Ghostly International
May-15-12	MV & EE – Space Homestead	Woodsist
May-15-12	Simian Mobile Disco – Unpatterns	Wichita Recordings
May-15-12	Squarepusher – Ufabulum	Warp
May-15-12	The Cribs – In The Belly Of The Brazen Bull	Wichita
May-15-12	Violens – TRUE	Slumberland
May-15-12	White Fence – Family Perfume Vol. 2	Woodsist

Pygmalion Festival Annouces Lineup

gunnlaugormstungu — Wed, 09 May 2012 14:11:40 +0000

Champaign-Urbana’s annual multi-day, multi-venue music festival recently announced a portion of its lineup. This year’s festival (September 27-29) will feature Grizzly Bear, Dinosaur Jr., Tennis, Lotus Plaza, Cloud Nothings, Frankie Rose, Zeus, Big Freedia, Craft Spells, Julia Holter, Willis Earl Beal, Hospitality and a number of smaller local and touring acts. More acts are scheduled to be announced in the coming weeks. Tickets go on sale today ($65 early-bird discount) at http://pygmalionmusicfestival.com/

Record Releases May 8, 2012

gunnlaugormstungu — Tue, 08 May 2012 16:00:53 +0000

Here’s what drops this week, all y’all. Stuff marked * should be good:

May-08-12	CFCF – Exercises	Paper Bag records
May-08-12	*Here We Go Magic – A Different Ship	Secretly Canadian
May-08-12	Led Er Est – The Diver	Sacred Bones
May-08-12	*M83 – Reunion EP	Mute
May-08-12	Moss Icon – Complete Discography	Temporary Residence
May-08-12	*OFF! – OFF!	Vice
May-08-12	*PS I Love You – Death Dreams	Paper Bag records
May-08-12	S. Carey – Hoyas	Jagjaguwar
May-08-12	*Silversun Pickups – Neck of the Woods	Dangerbird
May-08-12	Sleep Party People – We Were Drifting on a Sad Song	Brine and Barnacles
May-08-12	Turing Machine – What is the Meaning of What	Temporary Residence
May-08-12	Wax Idols – Schadenfreude 7″	Suicide Squeeze

This Week in Shows

gunnlaugormstungu — Fri, 04 May 2012 16:00:40 +0000

New stuff added to SHOWcal this week include a My Morning Jacket/Band of Horses show at Millennium Park and Explosions in the Sky at Chicago Theatre. Here’s what’s goin’ down this week:

Thu May 3	7:00pm – 10:00pm	A$AP ROCKY @ HOB
	7:00pm – 10:00pm	Spiritualized @ Metro
	10:00pm – 1:00am	Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs @ Berlin
Fri May 4	10:00pm – 1:00am	Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs @ Berlin
	7:00pm – 11:00pm	M83 @ Vic
	8:00pm – 11:00pm	Rusko @ Congress
	10:00pm – 1:00am	Boxer Rebellion @ Lincoln Hall
Sat May 5	10:00pm – 1:00am	Boxer Rebellion @ Lincoln Hall
	All day	Cinco de Mayo
	8:00pm – 11:00pm	Local H @ Double Door
	8:00pm – 11:00pm	Rusko @ Congress
	9:00pm – 11:00pm	The Weeknd @ Lincoln Hall
Mon May 7	8:00pm – 11:00pm	Black Dice @ Bottom Lounge
Tue May 8	9:30pm – 12:30am	Sea and Cake @ Empty Bottle
Wed May 9	9:30pm – 12:30am	Sea and Cake @ Empty Bottle
Thu May 10	7:30pm – 10:30pm	Justin Townes Earle @ Park West
	8:00pm – 10:00pm	Ty Segall @ Lincoln Hall
	9:00pm – 11:00pm	Saturday Looks Good to Me @ Schubas
	9:00pm – 11:00pm	Royal Bangs @ Township
	9:00pm – 12:00am	Royal Bangs @ Township

Record Releases 5/1/12

gunnlaugormstungu — Tue, 01 May 2012 16:00:44 +0000

Here’s what drops this week. Stuff marked * should be good:

May-01-12	*Father John Misty – Fear Fun	Sub Pop
May-01-12	Light Asylum – Light Asylum	Mexican Summer
May-01-12	*Lower Dens – Nootropics	Ribbon Music
May-01-12	Rufus Wainwright – Out of the Game	Decca Records
May-01-12	*Santigold – Master of My Make Believe	Downtown/Atlantic
May-01-12	The Brian Jonestown Massacre – Aufheben	a’ Records
May-01-12	The Lumineers – The Lumineers	Dualtone Music

This Week In Shows

gunnlaugormstungu — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:00:33 +0000

New shit added to SHOWcal, blah blah blah. Here’s what’s happening this week:

Fri Apr 27	4:00pm – 12:00am	Riot Fest @ Bottom Lounge
	8:00pm – 11:00pm	Fountains of Wayne @ Double Door
	10:00pm – 1:00am	Felix Da Housecat @ The Mid
Sat Apr 28	10:00pm – 1:00am	Felix Da Housecat @ The Mid
	12:00pm – 11:30am	Riot Fest @ Bottom Lounge
	7:00pm – 10:00pm	Ezra Furman @ Schubas
	7:00pm – 10:00pm	Tortoise @ Empty Bottle
	9:00pm – 12:00am	Fanfarlo @ Lincoln Hall
	10:00pm – 12:00am	Tortiose @ Empty Bottle
	10:00pm – 12:00am	School of Seven Bells @ Lincoln Hall
	10:00pm – 12:00am	Ezra Furman @ Schubas
Sun Apr 29	12:00pm – 11:30am	Riot Fest @ Bottom Lounge
	7:00pm – 9:00pm	The Drums @ Sub-T
	9:00pm – 12:00am	Gauntlet Hair @ Schubas
	9:30pm – 11:30pm	Rabid Rabbit @ Empty Bottle
Mon Apr 30	9:00pm – 12:00am	Frankie Rose @ Township
Mon Apr 30	9:30pm – 11:30pm	Rabble Rabble @ Empty Bottl

Tue May 1	8:00pm – 11:00pm	Great Lake Swimmers @ Lincoln Hall
Tue May 1	8:00pm – 11:00pm	Eleanor Friedberger/Hospitality @ Schubas
Wed May 2	8:00pm – 11:00pm	Eleanor Friedberger @ Evanston SPACE
Thu May 3	7:00pm – 10:00pm	A$AP ROCKY @ HOB
	7:00pm – 10:00pm	Spiritualized @ Metro
	10:00pm – 1:00am	Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs @ Berlin

Do Division Lineup Announced

gunnlaugormstungu — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:25:50 +0000

The music portion of the annual kickoff to summer street festival (this year running 3 days beginning June 1) was recently announced. Some pretty good bands here. See the schedule below:

Leavitt Stage (Subterranean)
Friday, June 1
JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound 8:30pm
Todd Hembrook & The Hemispheres 7:15pm
The O’ My’s 6:15pm

Saturday, June 2
Le Butcherettes 9:00pm
O’ Death 7:45 pm
White Mystery 6:45pm
Brown Bird 5:45pm

Sunday, June 3
Murder By Death 8:00pm

Damen Stage (Empty Bottle)
Friday, June 1
Black Belles 8:30pm
BBU 7:15pm
Moon Furies 6:00pm
Hosted by Peter O’Connell [Wham City Comedy] 4:45pm

Saturday, June 2
Peanut Butter Wolf 8:30pm
Besnard Lakes 7:00pm
Craig Finn 5:30pm
Mannequin Men 4:00pm
Peter O’Connell 3:50 / intro
In Tall Buildings 2:30pm
Chris Connelly 1:00pm

Sunday, June 3
The Antlers 8:30pm
Pinebender 7:00pm
Cory Chisel & The Wandering Sons 5:30pm
Teengirl Fantasy 4:00pm
People’s Temple 2:30pm
Eiren Caffall 1:00pm