Shows Of 2010 That I Recommend Archive

Here's a compiled list of Chicago shows that I highly recommend checking out in 2010.



01.01.10 at The Riv
The Black Keys + Kurt Vile
8pm | 18+ | $26


01.01.10 at Empty Bottle
Jens Lekman
10pm | 21+ | $20


01.02.10 at Metro
Kid, You'll Move Mountains + Picture Books + Venna
9pm | 18+ | $9


01.02.10 at Empty Bottle
Jens Lekman
10pm | 21+ | $20


01.08.10 at Hideout
Horse In The Sea
9:30pm | 21+ | $8


01.09.10 at Double Door
The Damnwells
9pm | 21+ | $12 ($14 Door)


01.14.10 at Schubas
Surfer Blood + Bear In Heaven + Freelance Whales
9pm | 18+ | $15


01.15.10 at Lincoln Hall
Atlas Sound
10pm | 18+ | $15


01.16.10 at Lincoln Hall
Bowerbirds + Julie Doiron + The Rural Alberta Advantage
10pm | 18+ | $15


01.16.10 at Schubas
Sharon Van Etten + Owen Pallett + Peter Wolf Crier
10pm | 18+ | $15


01.17.10 at Hideout
Califone
9pm | 21+ | $10


01.19.10 at Double Door
Hey Rabbit + Yawn
9pm | 21+ | Free


01.22.10 at Hideout
The Great Society Mind Destroyers + Plastic Crimewave Sound
9pm | 21+ | $10


01.23.10 at Metro
Suns + Loyal Divide
6:30pm | AA | $11


01.23.10 at Schubas
Andrew Belle + Brighton, MA
10pm | 21+ | $10


01.29.10 at Lincoln Hall
Clare & The Reasons + Nouvelle Vague
10pm | 21+ | $27


01.30.10 at The Vic
Cold War Kids + Flashy Python
7:30pm | AA | $21


02.03.10 at Space
Greg Laswell + Rosi Golan
8pm | AA | $12 ($15 Door)


02.03.10 at Schubas
Asobi Seksu
9pm | 18+ | $14


02.05.10 at The Union
Andrew Kettering + Company Of Thieves + Kevin Andrew Prchal
7pm | 18+ | $10


02.05.10 at Lincoln Hall
Bishop Allen
10pm | 18+ | $14


02.09.10 at Beat Kitchen
Dawn Landes
9pm | 17+ | $10


02.10.10 at Tonic Room
Brendan Losch + Nathan Xander + Buffalo Heart
9pm | 21+ | $5


02.13.10 at Empty Bottle
Fucked Up + Kurt Vile
10pm | 21+ | $12


02.15.10 at The Vic
The Antlers + Editors
7:30pm | AA | $22.50


02.16.10 at Double Door
Jason Boesel + Dawes + Cory Chisel
8pm | 21+ | $10 ($12 Door)


02.17.10 at Space
Greg Laswell + Rachele Eve
8pm | AA | $12 ($15 Door)


02.18.10 at Metro
St. Vincent + Wildbirds and Peacedrums
9pm | 18+ | $16 ($18 Door)


02.19.10 at Empty Bottle
Four Tet
10pm | 21+ | $15


02.19.10 at Lincoln Hall
Sondre Lerche + JBM
10pm | 18+ | $15 ($18 Door)


02.20.10 at Metro
Kings Of Convenience
7pm | AA | $30


02.22.10 at Lincoln Hall
El Perro Del Mar + Taken By Trees
8pm | 12+ | $15


02.23.10 at Schubas
Basia Bulat
9pm | 21+ | $10


02.25.10 at Schubas
Alec Ounsworth
9pm | 21+ | $15


02.26.10 at Schubas
Rocky Votolato
10pm | 18+ | $15


02.26.10 at Lincoln Hall
Portugal. The Man + Port O'Brien
10pm | 18+ | $14


02.27.10 at Schubas
Laura Veirs
10pm | 21+ | $14


03.04.10 at The Vic
Gomez
7:30pm | 18+ | $26.50


03.04.10 at Space
Sara Watkins
8pm | AA | $15 ($20 Door)


03.05.10 at Empty Bottle
Foreign Born + Free Energy
9pm | 21+ | $5 ($10 Door)


03.07.10 at Old Town School of Folk Music
Punch Brothers
5pm | AA | $22


03.07.10 at Old Town School of Folk Music
Punch Brothers
8pm | AA | $22


03.07.10 at House Of Blues
The Avett Brothers + The Low Anthem
9pm | 21+ | $26 ($28 Door)


03.09.10 at Lincoln Hall
Califone
9pm | 21+ | $15 ($18 Door)


03.10.10 at Lincoln Hall
Califone
9pm | 21+ | $15 ($18 Door)


03.10.10 at Schubas
Surfer Blood
9pm | 18+ | $10 ($12 Door)


03.10.10 at Double Door
Letting Up Despite Great Faults + Loyal Divide
9pm | 21+ | $7


03.10.10 at Empty Bottle
Vetiver
9:30pm | 21+ | $12


03.12.10 at The Vic
Jeff Tweedy
8pm | AA | $100-$250


03.12.10 at Subterranean
Vivian Girls + Male Bonding
9:30pm | 17+ | $12


03.13.10 at The Vic
Jeff Tweedy
8pm | AA | $100-$250


03.15.10 at Lincoln Hall
Real Estate + Woods
9pm | 18+ | $12


03.17.10 at Lincoln Hall
The Clientele + Field Music
9pm | 21+ | $15


03.19.10 at Bottom Lounge
The Appleseed Cast
8pm | 17+ | $15


03.20.10 at Chicago Theatre
Norah Jones
7:30pm | AA | $45-$60


03.24.10 at The Riv
Air
8pm | 18+ | $31


03.25.10 at The Riv
Vampire Weekend
7pm | AA | $27.50


03.26.10 at The Riv
Vampire Weekend
7pm | AA | $27.50


03.26.10 at Aragon Ballroom
Tegan And Sara
8pm | AA | $30


03.27.10 at Empty Bottle
The Cave Singers
10pm | 21+ | $12


03.31.10 at Schubas
The Ruby Suns + Toro Y Moi
9pm | 21+ | $10


04.01.10 at Aragon Ballroom
Spoon + Deerhunter + Micachu & the Shapes
6pm | AA | $27.50


04.02.10 at The Riv
Ingrid Michaelson + Mat Kearney
7:30pm | AA | $29


04.02.10 at Congress Theater
Passion Pit
8pm | AA | $20 ($25 Door)


04.02.10 at Metro
Beach House + Bachelorette
9pm | 18+ | $14 ($16 Door)


04.03.10 at The Vic
Joanna Newsom
7:30pm | AA | $25


04.03.10 at Lincoln Hall
Xiu Xiu + TuNe-yArDs
9pm | 18+ | $12


04.03.10 at Schubas
High Places
10pm | 18+ | $10


04.04.10 at Schubas
Cymbals Eat Guitars + Freelance Whales
6pm | AA | $12


04.04.10 at Lincoln Hall
Shearwater + Wye Oak
9pm | 21+ | $12


04.04.10 at Schubas
Cymbals Eat Guitars + Bear In Heaven
9pm | 21+ | $12


04.05.10 at Lincoln Hall
Camera Obscura
8pm | 18+ | $20


04.05.10 at Schubas
Hey Rabbit + Arthi Meera
8pm | 18+ | $10


04.05.10 at Empty Bottle
Washed Out
9:30pm | 21+ | $8


04.06.10 at The Vic
Julian Casablancas
7:30pm | AA | $25


04.06.10 at Lincoln Hall
The Low Anthem
9pm | 21+ | $14


04.06.10 at Empty Bottle
Love Is All
9:30pm | 21+ | $10 ($12 Door)


04.07.10 at Schubas
Bahamas + Zeus
8pm | 21+ | $7


04.07.10 at Lincoln Hall
Fanfarlo
9pm | 18+ | $12 ($14 Door)


04.08.10 at Lincoln Hall
The xx
6pm | AA | $18


04.08.10 at Bottom Lounge
Deer Tick + Those Darlins
8pm | 17+ | $13


04.08.10 at Ronny's
The Great Society Mind Destroyers
8pm | 21+ | $5


04.08.10 at Lincoln Hall
The xx + jj
9pm | 18+ | $18


04.08.10 at Empty Bottle
Megafaun
9:30pm | 21+ | $10


04.09.10 at Lincoln Hall
Japandroids
10pm | 18+ | $14


04.09.10 at Empty Bottle
The Soft Pack + Male Bonding + Beaters
10pm | 21+ | $10 ($12 Door)


04.10.10 at Hideout
Bill Callahan
7pm | 21+ | $20


04.10.10 at Aragon Ballroom
Atoms For Peace + Flying Lotus
8pm | AA | $47.25


04.10.10 at Lincoln Hall
Owen Pallett
10pm | 18+ | $15


04.10.10 at Hideout
Bill Callahan
10pm | 21+ | $20


04.11.10 at Aragon Ballroom
Atoms For Peace + Flying Lotus
7pm | AA | $47.25


04.11.10 at Lincoln Hall
Nathan Xander
8pm | 18+ | $7


04.12.10 at Lincoln Hall
The Morning Benders
8pm | 21+ | $12


04.14.10 at The Mopery
Dana Falconberry
10pm | 21+ | $5


04.15.10 at Lincoln Hall
Cloud Cult
9pm | 18+ | $14


04.15.10 at Empty Bottle
Dosh + White Hinterland
9:30pm | 21+ | $10


04.16.10 at Metro
Dr. Dog
9pm | 18+ | $18


04.16.10 at Lincoln Hall
Brooke Waggoner + Owen + Rocky Votolato
10pm | 18+ | $15


04.16.10 at Schubas
Best Coast
10:30pm | 21+ | $10 ($12 Door)


04.17.10 at Lincoln Hall
Rogue Wave + Man/Miracle
7pm | AA | $15


04.17.10 at Lincoln Hall
Rogue Wave + Man/Miracle
10:30pm | 18+ | $15


04.19.10 at The Vic
Ben Folds
7:30pm | AA | $34


04.19.10 at The Riv
Hot Chip
8pm | 18+ | $29


04.20.10 at The Vic
Ben Folds
7:30pm | AA | $34


04.21.10 at The Vic
Ben Folds
7:30pm | AA | $34


04.21.10 at Park West
Charlotte Gainsbourg
8pm | AA | $30


04.21.10 at Lincoln Hall
Fang Island
9pm | 21+ | $12


04.22.10 at The Vic
Corinne Bailey Rae
8pm | 18+ | $25


04.22.10 at Congress Theater
Passion Pit
8pm | AA | $20 ($25 Door)


04.22.10 at Lincoln Hall
The Antlers + Phantogram
9pm | 18+ | $13 ($15 Door)


04.22.10 at Schubas
Horse Feathers
9pm | 21+ | $8 ($10 Door)


04.23.10 at Bottom Lounge
The Whigs
8pm | 17+ | $15


04.25.10 at Lincoln Hall
The Album Leaf + Sea Wolf
9pm | 18+ | $14


04.25.10 at Metro
White Rabbits + Here We Go Magic
9pm | 18+ | $13 ($15 Door)


04.25.10 at Empty Bottle
The Great Society Mind Destroyers
9:30pm | 21+ | $3


04.26.10 at Lincoln Hall
Amos Lee + Tift Merritt
8pm | 21+ | $25


04.27.10 at The Vic
Jónsi
8pm | AA | $34


04.28.10 at The Vic
Jónsi
8pm | AA | $34


04.29.10 at Metro
Yeasayer
9pm | 18+ | $16 ($19 Door)


04.29.10 at Schubas
Jason Collett + Bahamas + Zeus
9pm | 21+ | $15


05.07.10 at Subterranean
Horse In The Sea + Gia Margaret & Paperplant + Kyle Andrews
9pm | 17+ | $8


05.07.10 at Empty Bottle
The Most Serene Republic + Annuals
10pm | 21+ | $10


05.08.10 at Metro
Frightened Rabbit
9pm | 18+ | $15 ($18 Door)


05.10.10 at Lincoln Hall
Shout Out Louds
8pm | 21+ | $15


05.11.10 at Schubas
Ferraby Lionheart + Kevin Andrew Prchal
8pm | 21+ | $8 ($10 Door)


05.15.10 at The Vic
Josh Ritter
7:30pm | AA | $24


05.15.10 at Lincoln Hall
Plants And Animals
10pm | 21+ | $12 ($14 Door)


05.15.10 at Empty Bottle
Greg Laswell
10pm | 21+ | $15


05.17.10 at Schubas
Patrick Watson
8pm | 21+ | $15


05.20.10 at The Vic
Metric + Bear In Heaven
7:30pm | AA | $23


05.21.10 at The Vic
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings
8pm | 18+ | $22


05.22.10 at Marquardt Trucking Company‎
The Dead Weather
8pm | AA | Free


05.22.10 at Lincoln Hall
The Twilight Sad + MONO
10pm | 21+ | $14


05.23.10 at The Riv
Imogen Heap
7:30pm | AA | $24


05.23.10 at Lincoln Hall
Midlake + Jason Lytle + John Grant
8pm | 21+ | $12 ($14 Door)


05.24.10 at Pritzker Pavilion
The Besnard Lakes
7pm | AA | Free


05.24.10 at Schubas
Eluvium
9pm | 21+ | $10 ($12 Door)


05.24.10 at Lincoln Hall
Mumford & Sons + The Middle East
9pm | 21+ | $15


05.26.10 at Metro
LCD Soundsystem
9pm | 18+ | $25


05.27.10 at Lincoln Hall
Josh Rouse
8pm | 21+ | $20


05.28.10 at Lincoln Hall
The Tallest Man On Earth + Nathaniel Rateliff
10pm | 21+ | $14


05.31.10 at The Vic
Broken Bells + The Morning Benders
7:30pm | AA | $34


06.05.10 at Do Division Street Fest
Headlights
12pm | AA | $5


06.05.10 at Empty Bottle
Toro Y Moi
10pm | 21+ | $12


06.07.10 at Pritzker Pavilion
She & Him
7pm | AA | Free


06.07.10 at Empty Bottle
Judson Claiborne + The Mynabirds
9:30pm | 21+ | Free


06.09.10 at Schubas
Damien Jurado + Kay Kay And His Weathered Underground
7pm | AA | $14


06.09.10 at Lincoln Hall
Stars
7:30pm | AA | $20


06.10.10 at Metro
Kings Of Convenience
7pm | AA | $30


06.11.10 at Lincoln Hall
Gold Motel
6pm | AA | $10


06.11.10 at Empty Bottle
Mazes
10pm | 21+ | $12


06.11.10 at Schubas
Peter Wolf Crier + Freelance Whales
10:30pm | 18+ | $12


06.12.10 at Metronome Celebration
Margot & The Nuclear So and So's
7pm | AA | $5


06.13.10 at Metronome Celebration
Akron/Family
8:30pm | AA | $5


06.14.10 at Pritzker Pavilion
Great Lake Swimmers
7pm | AA | Free


06.16.10 at Lincoln Hall
Born Ruffians
9pm | 21+ | $12


06.17.10 at Lincoln Hall
The Autumn Defense
9pm | 21+ | $15


06.18.10 at Empty Bottle
The Fiery Furnaces
10pm | 21+ | $12 ($15 Door)


06.20.10 at Taste Of Randolph
The Love Language + Califone + Headlights
4pm | AA | $10


06.21.10 at Pritzker Pavilion
The Books
7pm | AA | Free


06.22.10 at Andrew Rafacz Gallery
DM Stith
7pm | AA | $10


06.22.10 at Lincoln Hall
Mates Of State + Free Energy
9pm | 18+ | $20


06.25.10 at Lincoln Hall
Mason Jennings
8pm | 21+ | $20


06.26.10 at Lincoln Hall
Mason Jennings + Musikanto
8pm | 21+ | $20


06.26.10 at Subterranean
Fang Island + Maps & Atlases
10pm | 17+ | $12


06.27.10 at Chicago Green Music Fest
David Bazan + Fang Island + Maps & Atlases + Cloud Cult
12pm | AA | $5


06.30.10 at Lincoln Hall
Eisley
7pm | AA | $15


07.01.10 at Lincoln Hall
Black Mountain + David Vandervelde
9pm | 21+ | $15


07.03.10 at Schubas
Brooke Waggoner
10pm | 18+ | $10


07.05.10 at Pritzker Pavilion
The Thermals + Disappears
7pm | AA | Free


07.09.10 at Schubas
Young Man
10pm | 18+ | $8


07.10.10 at Empty Bottle
Beach Fossils
10pm | 21+ | $8


07.12.10 at Pritzker Pavilion
Caribou
7pm | AA | Free


07.12.10 at Schubas
El Guincho
9pm | 18+ | $12


07.14.10 at Ravinia
The Swell Season
8pm | AA | $22-$50


07.16.10 at Pitchfork Fest
Broken Social Scene + Modest Mouse + more
4pm | AA | $40


07.16.10 at Bottom Lounge
Liars
10pm | 18+ | $15


07.17.10 at Pitchfork Fest
LCD Soundsystem + Panda Bear + Bear In Heaven + more
1pm | AA | $40


07.17.10 at Empty Bottle
Best Coast
10pm | 21+ | $12


07.17.10 at Lincoln Hall
Bear In Heaven + Mountain Man
10:30pm | 18+ | $14


07.17.10 at Schubas
Sharon Van Etten + Here We Go Magic
10:30pm | 18+ | $12


07.17.10 at Subterranean
Kurt Vile
10:30pm | 17+ | $12


07.18.10 at Pitchfork Fest
Pavement + St. Vincent + Here We Go Magic + more
1pm | AA | $40


07.18.10 at Lincoln Hall
Local Natives + Yawn
10:30pm | 18+ | $15


07.18.10 at Subterranean
Real Estate
10:30pm | 17+ | $12


07.20.10 at Schubas
Patrick Park
8pm | 21+ | $10


07.21.10 at Schubas
Nathaniel Rateliff + JBM
9pm | 18+ | $10


07.22.10 at Lincoln Hall
Tapes 'n Tapes
9pm | 21+ | $15


07.23.10 at Old Town School Of Folk Music
Juana Molina
8pm | AA | $22


07.23.10 at Lincoln Hall
Langhorne Slim + Young Man
10pm | 21+ | $14


07.24.10 at Bottom Lounge
Heartless Bastards + Peter Wolf Crier
8pm | 17+ | $16


07.24.10 at Old Town School Of Folk Music
Mark Kozelek
8pm | AA | $22


07.30.10 at Congress Theater
The Dead Weather
8pm | AA | $40


07.30.10 at Lincoln Hall
Dawn Landes
9pm | 21+ | $18


07.31.10 at Schubas
Cotton Jones + The Parson Red Heads
10pm | 21+ | $10


08.01.10 at Wicker Park Festival
Plants And Animals + Fun.
7:30pm | AA | $5


08.05.10 at Congress Theater
Dirty Projectors + DEVO
8pm | AA | $40


08.05.10 at Metro
The New Pornographers + The Dodos
9pm | 18+ | $31


08.05.10 at Empty Bottle
Phosphorescent + J. Tillman
9:30pm | 21+ | $12


08.06.10 at Lollapalooza
The Black Keys + The Walkmen + Dirty Projectors + more
12pm | AA | $175-$215


08.06.10 at Empty Bottle
The Kissaway Trail + Wild Beasts
10pm | 21+ | $15


08.06.10 at Double Door
The Walkmen + Warpaint
11pm | 21+ | $22-$25


08.06.10 at Lincoln Hall
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros + Freelance Whales
11pm | 18+ | $20


08.06.10 at Metro
Cut Copy
11pm | 18+ | $26


08.06.10 at Schubas
Rogue Wave
11pm | 18+ | $20


08.07.10 at Lollapalooza
Spoon + Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros + Grizzly Bear + more
12pm | AA | $175-$215


08.07.10 at House Of Blues
The National + The Antlers
11pm | 17+ | $33


08.07.10 at Lincoln Hall
Blitzen Trapper + Avi Buffalo
11pm | 18+ | $20


08.07.10 at Metro
The Black Keys + The Morning Benders
11pm | 18+ | $36


08.07.10 at Schubas
The Soft Pack
11pm | 18+ | $15


08.08.10 at Lollapalooza
Arcade Fire + The National + Yeasayer + more
12pm | AA | $175-$215


08.08.10 at House Of Blues
Phoenix + Toro Y Moi
11pm | 17+ | $37.50


08.12.10 at Lincoln Hall
The Swell Season
8pm | 18+ | $14


08.12.10 at Schubas
Judson Claiborne
9pm | 18+ | $8


08.14.10 at Hideout
Lower Dens
9pm | 21+ | $8


08.14.10 at Schubas
Andrew Belle + Katie Herzig
9pm | 18+ | $12 ($15 Door)


08.15.10 at Lincoln Hall
Gia Margaret
3pm | 18+ | $25


08.15.10 at The Vic
Interpol + Twin Tigers
7:30pm | AA | $31.50


08.16.10 at The Vic
Interpol + Twin Tigers
7:30pm | AA | $31.50


08.17.10 at Charter One Pavilion
My Morning Jacket
8pm | AA | $46


08.18.10 at Charter One Pavilion
Tegan And Sara
6:30pm | AA | $36


08.19.10 at Schubas
William Fitzsimmons + Rosi Golan
7pm | AA | $15 ($17 Door)


08.19.10 at Space
Ferraby Lionheart + The Watson Twins
8pm | AA | $12 ($15 Door)


08.19.10 at Schubas
William Fitzsimmons + Rosi Golan
10pm | 21+ | $15 ($17 Door)


08.20.10 at Metro
Tokyo Police Club
9pm | 18+ | $18 ($20 Door)


08.25.10 at Pritzker Pavilion
Ray LaMontagne + David Gray
6:15pm | AA | $20-$75


08.26.10 at Schubas
Wye Oak + Young Man
9pm | 21+ | $14


08.27.10 at Lincoln Park Zoo
Guster + Griffin House
7pm | AA | $23 ($28 Door)


08.27.10 at Metro
Cameron McGill & What Army + Horse In The Sea + Kevin Andrew Prchal + Rachele Eve
9pm | 18+ | $11


08.27.10 at Lincoln Hall
The 1900s
10pm | 21+ | $10


08.28.10 at Schubas
The Rural Alberta Advantage
9pm | 18+ | $14


09.05.10 at North Coast Music Festival
Phantogram + Loyal Divide
12pm | AA | $35


09.05.10 at Aragon Ballroom
Vampire Weekend + Beach House + Dum Dum Girls
7pm | AA | $35.25


09.11.10 at Empty Bottle
High Places + Wooden Shjips
9pm | 21+ | $12


09.13.10 at Lincoln Hall
Jenny And Johnny
8pm | 18+ | $20


09.16.10 at Lincoln Hall
David Bazan + The Mynabirds
9pm | 18+ | $15


09.17.10 at Schubas
Mark Olsen + Cory Chisel
7pm | 21+ | $15


09.17.10 at Metro
Dirty Projectors + Happy Birthday
9pm | 18+ | $21


09.17.10 at Lincoln Hall
School Of Seven Bells
10pm | 18+ | $12 ($14 Door)


09.17.10 at Schubas
Colour Revolt + Pomegranates
10pm | 18+ | $12


09.18.10 at Metro
Best Coast + Titus Andronicus + Free Energy + Male Bonding
9pm | 18+ | $17 ($19 Door)


09.19.10 at Lincoln Hall
Margot & The Nuclear So And So's + Cameron McGill
8pm | AA | $12 ($15 Door)


09.21.10 at Lincoln Hall
Land Of Talk
9pm | 21+ | $12 ($14 Door)


09.22.10 at Park West
The Tallest Man On Earth + S. Carey
8pm | 18+ | $17


09.24.10 at Lincoln Hall
Foals
10pm | 18+ | $15


09.25.10 at Lincoln Hall
Dosh
7pm | AA | $12


09.25.10 at The Riv
Of Montreal + Janelle Monáe
7pm | AA | $22


09.25.10 at Metro
Menomena + Suckers + Tu Fawning
9pm | 18+ | $17


09.26.10 at The Riv
The National + Owen Pallett
7:30pm | AA | $29


09.26.10 at Schubas
Clare & The Reasons
8pm | 21+ | $25


09.26.10 at Metro
Caribou
9pm | 18+ | $19


09.27.10 at Lincoln Hall
Laura Veirs + The Watson Twins
8pm | 21+ | $14 ($16 Door)


09.27.10 at Schubas
Women
8pm | 18+ | $10 ($12 Door)


09.27.10 at Empty Bottle
Mice Parade
9:30pm | 21+ | Free


09.28.10 at Lincoln Hall
Serena Maneesh
8pm | 21+ | $12 ($14 Door)


09.29.10 at The Vic
M.I.A. + Rye Rye
8pm | 18+ | $34


09.29.10 at Bottom Lounge
!!!
9pm | 17+ | $18


09.30.10 at The Vic
M.I.A. + Rye Rye
8pm | 18+ | $34


09.30.10 at Metro
Gayngs
9pm | 18+ | $19 ($21 Door)


09.30.10 at Schubas
The Acorn + Basia Bulat
9pm | 21+ | $10


10.01.10 at The Vic
The Hold Steady + Wintersleep
7:30pm | AA | $24


10.02.10 at The Riv
Broken Social Scene + The Sea And Cake
7:30pm | AA | $25


10.02.10 at Congress Theater
Portugal. The Man
8pm | AA | $45


10.02.10 at Lincoln Hall
Sara Watkins
8pm | 18+ | $20


10.02.10 at Metro
Local Natives + The Love Language
9pm | 18+ | $17


10.03.10 at Beat Kitchen
Field Music
8pm | 17+ | $12


10.03.10 at Logan Square Auditorium
The Thermals
8pm | AA | $15


10.05.10 at Schubas
Perfume Genius + Mazes
8pm | 21+ | $10


10.05.10 at Metro
Ra Ra Riot
9pm | 18+ | $19


10.07.10 at Lincoln Hall
Dungen
9pm | 21+ | $15


10.07.10 at The Vic
Stars
8pm | 18+ | $21.50


10.09.10 at Schubas
Carl Broemel + Haley Bonar
7pm | 21+ | $10


10.09.10 at Bottom Lounge
Jamie Lidell + Zeus
8pm | 17+ | $20


10.09.10 at Schubas
Rue Royale + Gia Margaret
10pm | 18+ | $8


10.11.10 at Schubas
AA Bondy
8pm | 21+ | $12 ($14 Door)


10.11.10 at Empty Bottle
The Great Society Mind Destroyers + Rabble Rabble
9pm | 21+ | Free


10.12.10 at Schubas
Young Man
8pm | 18+ | $8 ($10 Door)


10.13.10 at The Riv
Guided By Voices + Times New Viking
8pm | 21+ | $30


10.13.10 at Lincoln Hall
Ferraby Lionheart + Tennis + First Aid Kit
9pm | 18+ | $15


10.13.10 at Metro
The Walkmen + Japandroids
9pm | 18+ | $19


10.14.10 at Lincoln Hall
Surfer Blood + The Drums
7pm | AA | $15


10.14.10 at The Riv
The New Pornographers + Tokyo Police Club
8pm | 18+ | $29


10.14.10 at Metro
Four Tet
9pm | 18+ | $18


10.15.10 at Chicago Theatre
Sufjan Stevens
8pm | AA | $35


10.15.10 at Lincoln Hall
Angus & Julia Stone
8:30pm | 18+ | $25


10.15.10 at Beat Kitchen
Rocky Votolato
9:30pm | 17+ | $12 ($14 Door)


10.15.10 at Hideout
Califone
10pm | 21+ | $12


10.16.10 at UIC Pavilion
Gorillaz
7pm | AA | $


10.16.10 at Lincoln Hall
Angus & Julia Stone
8:30pm | 18+ | $25


10.16.10 at Double Door
Langhorne Slim + Jason Isbell
9pm | 21+ | $15 ($18 Door)


10.16.10 at Schubas
Nathan Xander
10pm | 18+ | $8 ($10 Door)


10.17.10 at Lincoln Hall
Dylan LeBlanc + Lissie
8pm | 18+ | $14


10.19.10 at The Riv
Band Of Horses + The Besnard Lakes
7pm | 21+ | $31


10.20.10 at The Vic
Ingrid Michaelson
7pm | AA | $19


10.20.10 at Schubas
Avi Buffalo
9pm | 18+ | $12


10.22.10 at Space
Andrew Belle + Tyrone Wells
8pm | AA | $15 ($18 Door)


10.22.10 at The Vic
Blonde Redhead + Pantha du Prince
8:30pm | 18+ | $21.50


10.22.10 at Metro
Deerhunter + Real Estate
9pm | 18+ | $19


10.22.10 at Lincoln Hall
Willy Mason + Isobel Campbell
10pm | 21+ | $17


10.24.10 at Schubas
Andrew Belle + Tyrone Wells
7pm | AA | $16 ($18 Door)


10.24.10 at Lincoln Hall
Phantogram + Josiah Wolf
9pm | 18+ | $13


10.25.10 at Aragon Ballroom
LCD Soundsystem + Hot Chip
8pm | 18+ | $42.88


10.26.10 at The Riv
LCD Soundsystem + Hot Chip
7:30pm | 18+ | $34


10.27.10 at Double Door
Matt Costa
8pm | 21+ | $15 ($17 Door)


10.28.10 at Metro
The Black Angels + Black Mountain
9pm | 18+ | $19


10.29.10 at The Vic
The Books
7:30pm | AA | $25


10.29.10 at Empty Bottle
Born Ruffians
10pm | 21+ | $12


10.29.10 at Lincoln Hall
Bear In Heaven + Lower Dens
10pm | 18+ | $15


10.30.10 at Space
The Weepies
7pm | AA | $


10.30.10 at Bottom Lounge
Deer Tick
9pm | 17+ | $13


10.30.10 at Schubas
JBM
9pm | 18+ | $15


10.30.10 at Empty Bottle
Kurt Vile + The Soft Pack
10pm | 21+ | $13 ($15 Door)


10.30.10 at Space
The Weepies
10pm | AA | $


10.31.10 at Empty Bottle
Kurt Vile + The Soft Pack
7pm | 21+ | $13 ($15 Door)


10.31.10 at The Riv
Mumford & Sons
7:30pm | AA | $


10.31.10 at Lincoln Hall
The Morning Benders + Oberhofer
8pm | 18+ | $15


11.03.10 at The Vic
Jónsi + Mountain Man
7:30pm | AA | $34


11.03.10 at Lincoln Hall
Greg Laswell
8pm | 21+ | $15


11.04.10 at Schubas
Horse Feathers + Anais Mitchell
7pm | AA | $10


11.04.10 at Lincoln Hall
Jenny Owen Youngs
8pm | 18+ | $12 ($14 Door)


11.04.10 at House Of Blues
Frightened Rabbit + Plants And Animals
8:30pm | 17+ | $16.50 ($18 Door)


11.04.10 at Schubas
Horse Feathers + Anais Mitchell
10pm | 21+ | $10


11.05.10 at The Riv
Ben Folds
7:30pm | AA | $34


11.05.10 at Double Door
Tyler James + Griffin House
9pm | 21+ | $15


11.06.10 at Bottom Lounge
Brendan Benson + The Posies
8pm | 17+ | $20


11.06.10 at Lincoln Hall
Sharon Van Etten + Junip
10pm | 21+ | $15


11.06.10 at Schubas
Azure Ray
10pm | 18+ | $15


11.10.10 at Lincoln Hall
Peter Wolf Crier + Vetiver + Dawes
9pm | 21+ | $15


11.10.10 at Empty Bottle
Marnie Stern
9:30pm | 21+ | $12


11.12.10 at Lincoln Hall
Fang Island
7pm | AA | $12


11.12.10 at Cafe Mustache
Brendan Losch + Little Light + Jeff Harms
8pm | AA | Free


11.16.10 at Lincoln Hall
Shearwater + Damien Jurado
9pm | 18+ | $14


11.20.10 at Lincoln Hall
The Autumn Defense
10pm | 21+ | $15


11.23.10 at House Of Blues
Wolf Parade
8pm | 17+ | $20.50 ($23 Door)


11.24.10 at Lincoln Hall
Brooke Fraser
9pm | 18+ | $15


11.27.10 at Park West
Mavis Staples
7pm | 18+ | $40.75


11.27.10 at Lincoln Hall
The Sea And Cake + Brighton, MA
10pm | 21+ | $18 ($20 Door)


11.28.10 at Empty Bottle
Brendan Losch + Little Light + Kevin Andrew Prchal
7pm | 21+ | $3


12.02.10 at Lincoln Hall
Freelance Whales + Miniature Tigers
9pm | 18+ | $15


12.03.10 at Empty Bottle
The 1900s
10pm | 21+ | $10


12.05.10 at The Vic
Broken Bells
7:30pm | AA | $40.25


12.07.10 at Empty Bottle
White Hinterland
9:30pm | 21+ | $8


12.11.10 at Lincoln Hall
Punch Brothers
9pm | 21+ | $22 ($25 Door)


12.12.10 at Lincoln Hall
Punch Brothers
7pm | AA | $22 ($25 Door)


12.14.10 at Fourth Presbyterian Church
Andrew Bird
8pm | AA | $35-$40


12.15.10 at Fourth Presbyterian Church
Andrew Bird
8pm | AA | $35-$40


12.16.10 at Fourth Presbyterian Church
Andrew Bird
8pm | AA | $35-$40


12.17.10 at Fourth Presbyterian Church
Andrew Bird
8pm | AA | $35-$40


12.30.10 at Aragon Ballroom
The Black Keys
7pm | AA | $42.88


12.30.10 at Lincoln Hall
The Hold Steady
9pm | 18+ | $20


12.31.10 at Aragon Ballroom
The Black Keys
10pm | 18+ | $57.88


12.31.10 at Metro
Yeasayer + Health
10pm | 18+ | $56 ($66 Door)


12.31.10 at Schubas
Japandroids
10pm | 21+ | $30

Albums Coming Out In 2010

Here's a compiled list of albums coming out in 2010 that I definitely look forward to hearing.



January

Bullets In Madison - We Became Your Family When You Died (1/12 Self-Released)
Jason Boesel - Hustler's Son (1/12 via Team Love)
Laura Veirs - July Flame (1/12 via Raven Marching Band)
Owen Pallett - Heartland (1/12 via Domino)
Vampire Weekend - Contra (1/12 via XL)

Cold War Kids - Behave Yourself [EP] (1/19 via Downtown)
Dawn Landes - Sweet Heart Rodeo (1/19 via Cooking Vinyl)
Spoon - Transference (1/19 via Merge)
Surfer Blood - Astro Coast (1/19 via Kanine)

Basia Bulat - Heart Of My Own (1/26 via Rough Trade)
Beach House - Teen Dream (1/26 via Sub Pop)
Charlotte Gainsbourg - IRM (1/26 via Because/Elektra)
Citay - Dream Get Together (1/26 via Dead Oceans)
Corinne Bailey Rae - The Sea (1/26 via Capitol)
Four Tet - There Is Love In You (1/26 via Domino)
Magnetic Fields - Realism (1/26 via Nonesuch)



February

The Album Leaf - A Chorus Of Storytellers (2/2 via Sub Pop)
The Brunettes - Paper Dolls (2/2 via Lil' Chief)
Midlake - The Courage Of Others (2/2 via Bella Union)
The Soft Pack - The Soft Pack (2/2 via Kemado)
Toro Y Moi - Causers Of This (2/2 via Carpark)

Fionn Regan - The Shadows Of An Empire (2/9 via Heavenly)
Hot Chip - One Life Stand (2/9 via Astralwerks)
Phantogram - Eyelid Movies (2/9 via Barsuk)
The Watson Twins - Talking To You Talking To Me (2/9 via Vanguard)
Yeasayer - Odd Blood (2/9 via Secretly Canadian)

Field Music - Measure (2/16 via Memphis Industries)
Lightspeed Champion - Life Is Sweet, Nice To Meet You (2/16 via Domino)
Local Natives - Gorilla Manor (2/16 via Frenchkiss)

Andrew Belle - The Ladder (2/23 via Self-Released)
Eluvium - Similes (2/23 via Temporary Residence)
Fang Island - Fang Island (2/23 via Sargent House)
Holly Miranda - The Magician's Private Library (2/23 via XL)
Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me (2/23 via Drag City)
Rocky Votolato - True Devotion (2/23 via Barsuk)
Shearwater - The Golden Archipelago (2/23 via Matador)
Shout Out Louds - Work (2/23 via Merge)



March

Clogs - The Creatures In The Garden Of Lady Walton (3/2 via Brassland)
Rogue Wave - Permalight (3/2 via Brushfire)
The Ruby Suns - Fight Softly (3/2 via Sub Pop)
Seabear - We Built A Fire (3/2 via Moor Music)
Sean Hayes - Run Wolves Run (3/2 via Self-Released)
Tyler James - It Took The Fire (3/2 via Son Of Geert)

The Besnard Lakes - The Besnard Lakes Are The Roaring Night (3/9 via Jagjaguwar)
Broken Bells - Broken Bells (3/9 via Columbia)
Frightened Rabbit - The Winter Of Mixed Drinks (3/9 via Fat Cat)
Gorillaz - Plastic Beach (3/9 via Virgin)
jj - n° 3 (3/9 via Secretly Canadian)
Jason Collett - Rat A Tat Tat (3/9 via Arts & Crafts)
Jason Collett - To Wit To Woo [EP] (3/9 via Arts & Crafts)
Josh Rouse - El Turista (3/9 via Yep Roc)
The Knife - Tomorrow, In A Year (3/9 via Mute)
Liars - Sisterworld (3/9 via Mute)
Miles Kurosky - The Desert Of Shallow Effects (3/9 via Majordomo)
The Morning Benders - Big Echo (3/9 via Rough Trade)
Titus Andronicus - The Monitor (3/9 via XL)
White Hinterland - Kairos (3/9 via Dead Oceans)

The Whigs - In The Dark (3/16 via ATO)

Bill Callahan - Rough Travel For A Rare Thing (3/23 via Drag City)
Goldfrapp - Head First (3/23 via Mute)
High Places - High Places vs. Mankind (3/23 via Thrill Jockey)
Serena Maneesh - No 2: Abyss In B Minor (3/23 via 4AD)
She & Him - Volume Two (3/23 via Merge)

Angus & Julia Stone - Down The Way (3/30 via Nettwerk)
Annuals - Sweet Sister [EP] (3/30 via Banter)
Dum Dum Girls - I Will Be (3/30 via Sup Pop)



April

Dr. Dog - Shame, Shame (4/6 via Anti-)
Harlem - Hippies (4/6 via Matador)
Jónsi - Go (4/6 via XL)
Judson Claiborne - Time And Temperature (4/6 via La Société Expéditionnaire)
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - I Learned The Hard Way (4/6 via Daptone)
We Have Band - WHB (4/6 via Naïve)

Dosh - Tommy (4/13 via Anticon)
Freelance Whales - Weathervanes (4/13 via Frenchkiss/Mom + Pop)
The Tallest Man On Earth - The Wild Hunt (4/13 via Dead Oceans)

Caribou - Swim (4/20 via Merge)
Gotan Project - Tango 3.0 (4/20 via XL)
Horse Feathers - Thistled Spring (4/20 via Kill Rock Stars)
Plants And Animals - La La Land (4/20 via Secret City)



May

Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record (5/4 via Arts & Crafts)
Greg Laswell - Take A Bow (5/4 via Vanguard)
The Hold Steady - Heaven Is Whenever (5/4 via Vagrant)
Josh Ritter - So Runs The World Away (5/4 via Pytheas Recordings)
The New Pornographers - Together (5/4 via Matador)

The Dead Weather - Sea Of Cowards (5/11 via Warner Bros/Third Man)
Keane - Night Train [EP] (5/11 via Universal)
The National - High Violet (5/11 via 4AD)
Phosphorescent - Here's To Taking It Easy (5/11 via Dead Oceans)
Woods - At Echo Lake (5/11 via Woodsist)

Band Of Horses - Infinite Arms (5/18 via Fat Possum/Columbia/Brown)
The Black Keys - Brothers (5/18 via Nonesuch)
Jamie Lidell - Compass (5/18 via Warp)
LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening (5/18 via DFA/Virgin)

Damien Jurado - Saint Bartlett (5/25 via Secretly Canadian)
DM Stith - Heavy Ghost Appendices (5/25 via Asthmatic Kitty)
Kurt Vile - Square Shells [EP] (5/25 via Matador)
Peter Wolf Crier - Inter-Be (5/25 via Jagjaguwar)



June

Born Ruffians - Say It (6/1 via Warp)
Gold Motel - Summer House (6/1 Self-Released)

Blitzen Trapper - Destroyer Of The Void (6/8 via Sub Pop)
Deer Tick - The Black Dirt Sessions (6/8 via Partisan)
Here We Go Magic - Pigeons (6/8 via Secretly Canadian)
Tokyo Police Club - Champ (6/8 via Mom + Pop)
Wye Oak - My Neighbor / My Creator [EP] (6/8 via Merge)

Foals - Total Life Forever (6/15 via Sup Pop)

Stars - The Five Ghosts (6/22 via Soft Revolution/Vagrant)

Wolf Parade - Expo 86 (6/29 via Sub Pop)



July

Anni Rossi - Heavy Meadow (7/13 via 4AD)
The Love Language - Libraries (7/13 via Merge)
M.I.A. - /\/\/\Y/\ (7/13 via N.E.E.T./Interscope)
School Of Seven Bells - Disconnect From Desire (7/13 via Vagrant/Ghostly Intl.)
Sun Kil Moon - Admiral Fell Promises (7/13 via Caldo Verde)

The Books - The Way Out (7/20 via Temporary Residence)
Department Of Eagles - Archive 2003-2006 (7/20 via American Dust/Bella Union)
Lower Dens - Twin-Hand Movement (7/20 via Gnomonsong)

Best Coast - Crazy For You (7/27 via Mexican Summer)
JBM - Not Even In July (7/27 via Partisan)
Menomena - Mines (7/27 via Barsuk/City Slang)



August

Arcade Fire - The Suburbs (8/3 via Merge)
Ferraby Lionheart - The Jack Of Hearts (8/3 via Lights and Buttons)

Colour Revolt - The Cradle (8/10 via Dualtone)

David Gray - Foundling (8/17 via Mercer Street/Downtown)
Ray LaMontagne - God Willin' & The Creek Don't Rise (8/17 via RCA)

!!! - Strange Weather Isn’t It? (8/24 via Warp)
Cotton Jones - Tall Hours In The Glowstream (8/24 via Suicide Squeeze)
Dylan LeBlanc - Paupers Field (8/24 via Rough Trade)
Land Of Talk - Cloak And Cipher (8/24 via Saddle Creek)
Ra Ra Riot - The Orchard (8/24 via Barsuk)
S. Carey - All We Grow (8/24 via Jagjaguwar)

The Clientele - Minotaur (8/31 via Merge)
Jenny And Johnny - I'm Having Fun Now (8/31 via Warner Bros.)
Philip Selway - Familial (8/31 via Bella Union/Nonesuch)
The Weepies - Be My Thrill (8/31 via Nettwerk)



September

The Acorn - No Ghost (9/7 via Bella Union/Paper Bag)
Interpol - Interpol (9/7 via Matador)
The Thermals - Personal Life (9/7 via Kill Rock Stars)

Azure Ray - Drawing Down The Moon (9/14 via Saddle Creek)
The Black Angels - Phosphene Dream (9/14 via Blue Horizon)
Blonde Redhead - Penny Sparkle (9/14 via 4AD)
DM Stith - Spirit Ditch [EP] (9/14 via Asthmatic Kitty)
Dungen - Skit I Allt (9/14 via Mexican Summer)
El Guincho - Pop Negro (9/14 via XL/Young Turks)
J. Tillman - Singing Ax (9/14 via Western Vinyl)
Junip - Fields (9/14 via Mute)
Of Montreal - False Priest (9/14 via Polyvinyl)
Teengirl Fantasy - 7AM (9/14 via True Panther)
The Walkmen - Lisbon (9/14 via Fat Possum)

Margot & The Nuclear So And So's - Buzzard (9/21 via Mariel Recordings)
Matt Costa - Mobile Chateau (9/21 via Brushfire)
Sharon Van Etten - Epic (9/21 via Ba Da Bing)

Ben Folds & Nick Hornby - Lonely Avenue (9/28 via Nonesuch)
Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest (9/28 via 4AD)
Figurines - Figurines (9/28 via Morningside)
Women - Public Strain (9/28 via Jagjaguwar)



October

Guster - Easy Wonderful (10/5 via Aware/Universal Republic)
Marnie Stern - Marnie Stern (10/5 via Kill Rock Stars)

Belle And Sebastian - Write About Love (10/12 via Matador)
Silje Nes - Opticks (10/12 via Fat Cat)
Sufjan Stevens - The Age Of Adz (10/12 via Asthmatic Kitty)
Young Man - Boy (10/12 via Frenchkiss)

Bob Dylan - The Bootleg Series Vol. 9: The Witmark Demos 1962-1964 (10/19 via Columbia)

Avey Tare - Down There (10/26 via Paw Tracks)



November

The 1900s - Return Of The Century (11/2 via Parasol)
The Autumn Defense - Once Around (11/2 via Yep Roc)

The Tallest Man On Earth - Sometimes The Blues Is Just A Passing Bird [EP] (11/9 via Dead Oceans)



Rumored

Cat Power - TBA
Feist - TBA
Fleet Foxes - TBA
Horse In The Sea - Grieve (August)
Jason Lytle - TBA
Marissa Nadler - TBA
Panda Bear - Tomboy (via Paw Tracks)
Radiohead - TBA
Wilco - TBA