This Week in Shows

Posted on April 13, 2012 by

New stuff added to SHOWcal this week includes the lineup for the Do Division festival, Battles, Fiona Apple and lots more. Here’s what’s going down this week:

Fri Apr 13 7:00pm – 10:00pm
Mastodon/Opeth/Ghost @ Riviera This event has reminders.
7:00pm – 11:00pm
Behemoth @ Bottom Lounge (FFF beer event) This event has reminders.
9:00pm – 11:00pm
Fang Island @ Beat Kitchen
10:00pm – 12:00am
Disappears @ Lincoln Hall This event has reminders.
10:00pm – 12:00am
Big Freedia @ Empty Bottle
Sat Apr 14 6:30pm – 9:00pm
Get Up With the Get Downs @ Empty Bottle
7:00pm – 10:00pm
fun. @ Vic
8:00pm – 11:00pm
Secret Colours/Go Long Mule @ Sub-T
Sun Apr 15 All day
Tax Day
Mon Apr 16 7:30pm – 10:30pm
Death Cab for Cutie @ Chicago Theatre This event has reminders.
Tue Apr 17 All day
Death Cab for Cutie/Low @ Chicago Theater This event has reminders.
7:30pm – 10:30pm
The Fray @ Riviera This event has reminders.
9:30pm – 11:30pm
Trust @ Empty Bottle This event has reminders.
Wed Apr 18 7:00pm – 10:00pm
Bear in Heaven @ Schubas This event has reminders.
9:00pm – 11:00pm
RJD2 @ Lincoln Hall
Thu Apr 19 7:30pm – 9:30pm
Kaiser Chiefs @ HOB This event has reminders.
9:00pm – 12:00am
Bear in Heaven @ Schubas This event has reminders.
9:00pm – 12:00am
White Denim @ Lincoln Hall This event has reminders.
9:30pm – 11:30pm
Tanlines @ Empty Bottle This event has reminders.
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Record Releases 4/10/12

Posted on April 10, 2012 by

Not a big new release week, but some decent choices here:

Apr-10-12 Alabama Shakes – Boys and Girls ATO Records
Apr-10-12 Bassnectar – VAVA VOOM Om
Apr-10-12 Black Dice – Mr. Impossible Ribbon Music
Apr-10-12 Dinosaur Feathers – Whistle Tips Ernest Jenning
Apr-10-12 Eternal Summers – The Dawn of Eternal Summers Kanine
Apr-10-12 M. Ward – A Wasteland Companion Merge
Apr-10-12 Main Attrakionz – 808s & Dark Grapes II Type
Apr-10-12 oOoOO – Our Loving is Hurting Us Tri Angle
Apr-10-12 Zambri – House of Baasa Kanine
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This Week In Shows

Posted on April 6, 2012 by

Not much new added to the SHOWcal this week, which means the summer music festivals are right around the corner. Here’s what’s on tap in the coming week:

Fri Apr 6 8:00pm – 11:00pm
Neon Indian @ Metro This event has reminders.
9:00pm – 11:00pm
Cloud Nothings @ Schubas This event has reminders.
10:00pm – 11:00pm
First Aid Kit @ Lincoln Hall This event has reminders.
Sat Apr 7 4:00pm – 7:00pm
Maps @ Atlases/Carbon Tigers @ Saki This event has reminders.
9:00pm – 12:00am
SBTRKT @ HOB This event has reminders.
10:00pm – 12:00am
Outer Minds/Mannequin Men @ Empty Bottle
Sun Apr 8 All day
Easter
7:00pm – 10:00pm
White Rabbits @ Metro – Metro
Mon Apr 9 6:00pm – 9:00pm
All American Rejects @ Metro
7:00pm – 10:00pm
Fucked Up @ Lincoln Hall
8:00pm – 11:00pm
The Cribs @ Schubas
Tue Apr 10 8:00pm – 11:00pm
Perfume Genius @ Schubas – Schubas
Thu Apr 12 7:30pm – 10:30pm
Rodrigo y Gabriela @ Chicago Theatre
8:00pm – 11:00pm
Company Flow @ Metro
8:30pm – 11:30pm
Screaming Females @ Sub-T
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Record Releases 4/3/12

Posted on April 3, 2012 by

Here’s what drops to kick off Spring. Stuff marked * should be good:

Apr-02-12 First Aid Kit – The Big Black & The Blue (reissue) Wichita Recordings
Apr-02-12 Lightships – Electric Cables Domino
Apr-02-12 Lotus Plaza – Spooky Action at a Distance Kranky
Apr-02-12 Madonna – MDNA Interscope Records
Apr-03-12 AU – Both Lights Hometapes
Apr-03-12 *Bear in Heaven – I Love You, It’s Cool Dead Oceans
Apr-03-12 *Black Mountain – Year Zero: The Original Soundtrack Jagjaguwar
Apr-03-12 Breton – Other People’s Problems Fat Cat
Apr-03-12 Candlebox – Love Stories and other Musings Audio Nest
Apr-03-12 Evans The Death – Evans The Death Slumberland
Apr-03-12 Great Lake Swimmers – New Wild Everywhere Nettwerk
Apr-03-12 King Tuff – Wild Desire 7″ Suicide Squeeze
Apr-03-12 Lux – We Are Not The Same Self-Released
Apr-03-12 Ringo Starr – Ringo 2012 Hip-O
Apr-03-12 *Screaming Females – Ugly Don Giovanni Records
Apr-03-12 Tycho – Dive 12″ Ghostly International
Apr-03-12 UV Pop – No Songs Tomorrow Sacred Bones
Apr-03-12 White Fence – Family Perfume Vol. 1 Woodsist
Apr-03-12 Zammuto – Zammuto Temporary Residence
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This Week in Shows

Posted on March 30, 2012 by

Need plans for Father’s Day and for Mother’s Day? Why not take ol’ Dad to Soldier Field to see the Skrillex Festival, or whatever it’s called. And ol’ Mom would just love to be dragged to the shitty Vic to see Sinead O’Connor, wouldn’t she? WTF? Anyway, those and all other recently announced shows (including the first few of the weekly free Millennium Park new music shows) have been added to the SHOWcal. Here’s what’s happening in the coming week:

Fri Mar 30 7:30pm – 9:30pm
Childish Gambino @ Riviera This event has reminders.
8:00pm – 11:00pm
Miniature Tigers @ Schubas This event has reminders.
8:00pm – 11:00pm
Jeff Tweedy @ Vic
8:00pm – 11:00pm
J. Roddy Walston @ Double Door This event has reminders.
10:00pm – 12:00am
Chairlift @ Empty Bottle This event has reminders.
Sat Mar 31 8:00pm – 11:00pm
Jeff Tweedy @ Vic
10:00pm – 12:00am
Hood Internet @ Empty Bottle This event has reminders.
Sun Apr 1 All day
April Fool’s Day
6:00pm – 9:00pm
An Horse @ Saki This event has reminders.
7:30pm – 10:30pm
Noel Gallagher @ Riviera This event has reminders.
Mon Apr 2 6:00pm – 7:00pm
Kasabian @ Apple Sotre
7:30pm – 10:30pm
Kasabian @ Vic Theater This event has reminders.
9:00pm – 11:00pm
Nada Surf @ Metro This event has reminders.
Tue Apr 3 7:00pm – 10:00pm
Swervedriver @ Bottom Lounge This event has reminders.
7:30pm – 11:30pm
Ting Tings @ Metro – Metro
Thu Apr 5 8:00pm – 11:00pm
Wild Flag @ Metro This event has reminders.
9:00pm – 12:00am
Shabazz Palaces @ Lincoln Hall This event has reminders.
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Record Releases 3/27/12

Posted on March 27, 2012 by

Here’s what drops to end this unusually warm month of March. Stuff marked * should be good:

Mar-26-12 Madonna – MDNA Interscope Records
Mar-27-12 Civil Twilight – Holy Weather Wind-Up
Mar-27-12 Justin Townes Earle – Nothing’s Gonna Change the Way You Feel About Me Now Bloodshot Records
Mar-27-12 La Sera – Sees the Light Hardly Art
Mar-27-12 *Lower Dens – Brains 10″ Ribbon
Mar-27-12 Mac Demarco – Rock and Roll Nightclub Captured Tracks
Mar-27-12 Miike Snow – Happy to You Downtown/Universal Republic
Mar-27-12 Neon Trees – Picture Show Mercury
Mar-27-12 Oberhofer – Time Capsules II Glassnote Records
Mar-27-12 Paul Weller – Sonik Kicks Yep Roc
Mar-27-12 Poor Moon – Illusion EP Sub Pop
Mar-27-12 RACES – Year of the Witch Frenchkiss
Mar-27-12 Rusko – Songs Mad Decent
Mar-27-12 The Mars Volta – Noctourniquet Warner Bros.
Mar-27-12 THEESatisfaction – awE naturalE Sub Pop
Mar-27-12 Young Prisms – In Between Kanine
Mar-27-12 Zeus – Busting Visions Arts & Crafts
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This Week in Shows

Posted on March 23, 2012 by

Newly added to SHOWcal this week include a stop by my #2 Live Show of 2011 performers ‘Peelander-Z’ at Reggie’s. DO NOT MISS THIS. Also added, plenty of other bands not nearly as interesting as Peelander-Z. Here’s what you’re seeing in the coming week:

Fri Mar 23 8:00pm – 11:00pm
Reverend Horton Heat @ Metro This event has reminders.
8:00pm – 11:00pm
We Were Promised Jetpacks @ Bottom Lounge This event has reminders.
8:00pm – 11:00pm
Delta Spirit/Waters @ Metro – Metro
10:00pm – 1:00am
James Murphy @ The Mid This event has reminders.
Sat Mar 24 10:00pm – 1:00am
James Murphy @ The Mid This event has reminders.
Sun Mar 25 3:00pm – 5:00pm
Cymbals Eat Guitars @ Saki This event has reminders.
6:30pm – 9:30pm
Andrew W.K. @ Metro This event has reminders.
7:00pm – 10:00pm
Kimya Dawson @ Old Town School
9:00pm – 11:00pm
Lasers and Fast and Shit @ Burlington
Thu Mar 29 8:00pm – 11:00pm
Hunx & His Punx @ Double Door This event has reminders.
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