Another solid week of shows coming up in Chicago this week. Sadly, though, most of the best shows are bunched up at the start of the week, meaning there aren’t too many interesting shows I can take my younger brother to when he’s in town this weekend. I’m sure we’ll find something to do, though – this ain’t DC. (Snap!)

As always, my picks in bold.

Sunday, 10/25
Beat Kitchen (early – 12pm): Shana Sings (special Halloween show)
Beat Kitchen (7pm): The Emergency Room, The Sidekicks, Mike Park
Double Door: Girl Activity, The Ropes, Halfwaynorth, Fifth Story
Empty Bottle: Six Finger Satellite, Chinese Stars, Sensitive Hearts
Hideout: Little Shop of Horrors
Lincoln Hall: Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, The Jai-Alai Savant
Metro: The Raveonettes, The Black Angels, Violent Soho
Reggie’s Rock Club: Chuck Ragan, Jim Ward, Austin & Bob Lucas, Haywood Yards, Audra Mae
Ronny’s: Giants, Beware of Safety, An Aesthetic Anaesthetic, Into It. Over It.
Schubas: Hawksley Workman, Jenn Grant
Subterranean: Ben Keeler and the 500 Club, The O’ My’s, Modern Conversation, Hey Rabbit

Monday, 10/26
Beat Kitchen: Pat McCurdy
Bottom Lounge: Atlas Sound, Broadcast, The Selmanaires
Double Door: A Place to Bury Strangers, Dead Confederate, All The Saints
Empty Bottle: Dysrhythmia, Lord Mantis, STATS
House of Blues: Brand New Heavies
Lincoln Hall: Jar Farrar & Ben Gibbard, John Roderick (of the Long Winters)
Park West: Ingrid Michaelson
Schubas: Choir of Young Believers, MoMo, Chris Bathgate
Subterranean: The Egg, Mos Scocious

Tuesday, 10/27
Abbey Pub: Sound of Urchin
Double Door: Saul Williams, Hollywood Holt, Krak Attack
Empty Bottle: Tim Kinsella, Postcards, 1894, Ian Hatcher
Hideout: Blue Line Riders, more
House of Blues (5:30pm): The Gaslight Anthem, Murder by Death, The Loved Ones
Lincoln Hall: Neon Indian, Smith Westerns, Prairie Cartel, Midnight Conspiracy
Reggie’s Rock Club: Moustachette The Movie, Danger Is My Middle Name, Counterpunch, Coventry
Schubas: Still Flyin’, Magical Beautiful, We Were Lovers

Wednesday, 10/28
Abbey Pub: The Handsome Devilz
Beat Kitchen: Death Before Dishonor, Steel Nation, Run With The Hunted, Doomhammer, Man Made Hell
Bottom Lounge: Flosstradamus, Witches Ain’t Shit #4, Thunder Horse, Black Holes, Capcom
Darkroom: Sissy Wish, Algernon, Into Arcadia, Hot Panda
Double Door: The Gaslight Anthem, Murder By Death, The Loved Ones, The Measure
Empty Bottle: Factums, BLOODYMINDED, Zola Jesus, Radar Eyes, Is & Vertonen
House of Blues: Taking Back Sunday, Anberlin
Logan Square Auditorium: Mum, Sin Fang Bous, Hildur Guonadottir
Hideout: Fred Lonberg-Holm, Lightbox Orchestra
Lincoln Hall: Great Lake Swimmers, The Wooden Birds
Martyr’s: Steak House Mints, Rich Pagano & the Sugarcane Cups, Scale Model
Reggie’s Rock Club: Mae, Deas Vail, Jenny Owen Youngs, Facing Forward
Ronny’s: Hanalei, Ghost in the Graveyard, Gordon Robertson
Schubas: OSSO & Sufjan Stevens’ BQE screening, DM Stith
Subterranean: Lights, Stars of Track and Field, Deanna Devore

Thursday, 10/29
Aragon: Bob Dylan
Beat Kitchen: Wiley & The Checkmates
Bottom Lounge: The Very Best, Violetness, The New Collisions
Double Door: Kazy, 9MM Solution, Mechina, Chainwax
Empty Bottle: Nunslaughter, Lair of the Minotaur, Christ Beheaded
Hideout: Pete and J, Alison Breitman, more
House of Blues: Foreigner
House of Blues (Back Porch): Derek Webb, Marc Scibilia
Lakeshore Theatre: Noah & The Whale, Robert Francis
Lincoln Hall: Herman Dune & Julie Doiron, Wye Oak
Martyr’s: Joe Firstman, James Mitchell
Reggie’s Rock Club: The Ghost, Mt. St. Helens, Burn Tibet, Johnny Bodacious and the Bad Attitudes, Oceans
Ronny’s: Hospital Garden, Wild Peaks
Schubas: Gringo Star, The Uglysuit, Pet Lions
Subterranean: Blah Blah Blah, The Primeridian, Kid Static, Ill Legit, The Flamethrowers
The Vic: Richard Thompson & Loudon Wainwright III

Friday, 10/30
Aragon: Bob Dylan
Auditorium Theatre: Monsters of Folk
Beat Kitchen: Super 8 Bit Brothers, Ideamen, Screaming Mechanical Brain, Downtown Brown
Bottom Lounge: Poster Children, Ifihadahifi, Droids Attack
Congress Theatre: Chromeo, Crystal Castles, Boys Noize
Darkroom: Mark Mallman
Double Door: Black Angus, The Midnight Shows, Viceroy, Blackbox, Hobo and Boxcar, DJ Erik
Empty Bottle: Thao & Get Down Stay Down, Portland Cello Project, David Schultz & The Skyline
Hideout: Johnny and the Limelites, Rutherford B. Bloodbath
House of Blues (7pm): Mason Jennings, Anni Rossi
House of Blues (10pm): Sasha & Hernan Cattaneo, Wahi, Chris Walsh
Logan Square Auditorium: Dan Deacon, Nuclear Power Pants
Lincoln Hall: NEEDTOBREATHE, Serena Ryder, The Alternate Routes
Martyr’s: Anne Harris, Ernie Hendrickson, Steve Dawson
Metro: Type O Negative, Destrophy, Seventh Void
Reggie’s Rock Club (5pm): Locksley, Civil Twilight, The New Diet, Otter Petter
Reggie’s Rock Club (10pm): Hanzel und Gretyl, Green Jello, Sheriff Scabs
Ronny’s: The Pharmacy
Schubas: Dead Stock Audio, The Innocent, Family of the Year
Subterranean: Silent Sirens, The High Life, Love Me Electric, The Delivery Boys
The Vic: Railroad Earth, Great American Taxi

Saturday, 10/31
Aragon: Bob Dylan
Auditorium Theatre: Disco Biscuits, The Glitch Mob, Holy Fuck
Beat Kitchen: Electric Frankenstein, The Wanderers, The Geezers
Bottom Lounge: Roky Erickson, Land of Lincoln, The Great Society Mind Destroyers
Double Door: Fu Manchu, ASG, Its Casual, DJ Timebomb
Empty Bottle: The Ponys, France Has The Bomb, A/V Murder, The Get Drunk DJs
Hideout: Arriver, Rabid Rabbit, Den of Vipers
House of Blues (5pm): Forever the Sickest Kids, The Rocket Summer, more
Lincoln Hall: Dethholz!, Bobby Conn, Loto Ball Show, Only Children (DJ sets)
Martyr’s: Spare Parts, Macpodz, Snuckafoo
Metro (early): Love Me Electric, Color Radio, Plunket
Metro (late): DJ Scary Lady Sarah, Read My Hips Belly Dance Troupe & Friends
Reggie’s Rock Club (5pm): Teenage Bottlerocket, Cobra Skulls, The Hallow, The Scissors, The Kobanes
Reggie’s Rock Club (10pm): Cinegasm 2009, The Lifeline, Diagon Alley, Seven Day Sonnet
Schubas (3pm): Matt Haimovitz
Schubas (10pm): Federico Aubele, DePedro
Subterranean: BBU, New Duncan Imperials, Canasta, Kevin Flynn and the Avondale Ramblers