Sound check: I Fight Dragons release show at Lincoln Hall; Stubhy hosts MS benefit at Bottom Lounge
Welcome, Player Two Ah, the good old days sitting in front of flickering video games,
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Sound check: Four nights of Wilco; Holiday Hang with Sister Hazel; and more
Welcome, Wilco Illinois native Jeff Tweedy has a soft spot in his heart for Chicago.
Sound check: JC Brooks at Sleeping Village; Chris Isaak’s rockabilly Christmas
Soul at Sleeping Village The Chicago neo-soul rockers of the JC Brooks Band are bound
Sound check: Rylan Wilder benefit show at Martyrs’; Todd Kessler’s Songwriters in the Round at Hey Nonny
Editor’s note: The Mohawk Ball at Sugar Skull on Saturday, Nov. 30, has been canceled.
Sound check: Elvis Costello in Chicago; 10 years with Fletcher Rockwell
Elvis Costello in town British new wave artist Elvis Costello brings a set of his punk-influenced songs
Sound check: Jeffrey Gaines brings smoldering soul to Elbo Room
‘There’s got to be some hero in me’ Pennsylvania-born musician Jeffrey Gaines took listeners on a foray
Sound check: BaseCamp’s haunted house, Birthdayy Partyy’s Costume Party, and other creepifying ways to celebrate Halloween
Haunted Lisle BaseCamp Pub transforms into your haunted home away from home this Halloween season
Sound check: Conway, Jillian Somera play Elbo Room; Jefferson Starship at Arcada
#craftbeergirl’s throwing a party McLeod Media Company presents the #craftbeergirl Birthday Bash, a night of
Sound check: Punk Rock Bazaar at BrauerHouse; seven nights of Madonna
BrauerHouse bazaar Lombard’s BrauerHouse throws open the doors for Sunday’s Punk Rock Bazaar, a flea
Sound check: Better Love, Late Nights, Commonweather and Weighted play Evolution; Sum 41 hits the Vic
Evolution showcase Evolution Music in Downers Grove hosts a celebration of some of the Chicago
Sound check: Badflower kicks off ‘Sick’ tour at Chicago’s Bottom Lounge; Scissors, Punting Baxter release shows and more
Badflower at Bottom Lounge Badflower is a band on the rise. After cruising the country supporting
Sound check: Jonfin’s new single, Beat Kitchen show; Mumford & Sons, Twenty One Pilots on WKQX Christmas bill
Jonfin’s new ‘Old Ways’ With its fresh spin on garage rock, the indie-alternative band Jonfin
Sound check: Cardinal Harbor release show; Villains at Bottom Lounge; Glen Hansard at Chicago Theatre
Cardinal Harbor release When Cardinal Harbor drops “Vulture Hottub” this week, the six-piece indie-rock band,
Sound check: Better Than Ezra, Vertical Horizon headline Last Fling; Chicago talent packs Bears Block Party
Last Fling Naperville shuts the door on summer with the Jaycees’ annual Last Fling carnival,
Sound check: Haley Reinhart, Lee DeWyze return home for Ravinia, SPACE gigs
‘Idol’ homecomings Two former suburban “American Idol” contestants who earned high honors and national attention
Sound check: Iconic Dionne Warwick plays RiverEdge; 90s Palooza in Lisle
‘What’s it all about, Alfie?’ International icon and smooth-voiced musical legend Dionne Warwick makes an
Sound check: John Mayer ditches the Company for solo Chicago shows
John Mayer and more at the United Center When John Mayer first hit commercial acclaim
Sound Check: Like Language, Eric Vorel play Hey Nonny; funk at Penny Road
Local Language Elmhurst pop-rock band Like Language won new fans and made new friends at
Sound check: Michael McDermott, Heather Horton play Mercy Home benefit at BrauerHouse
Mercy Home benefit show The musical pair Michael McDermott and Heather Horton headline a concert
Sound check: Sleep On It, Like Pacific make tour stop in Chicago
Sleep on It tour stop While fans are eagerly anticipating the follow-up to 2017’s “Overexposed”