Decent week of music in Chicago given the fact that it’s a holiday. Having already seen The Jesus Lizard twice this year, the show of the week for me – by far – is The Sadies and Chris Mills at the Hideout on Saturday. I also strongly recommend my former DC-compatriots Vandaveer at Schuba’s on Monday.

As always, my picks are in bold. You’ll see that I’ve added links to some videos and MP3s for some of the more interesting shows (in my opinion, at least). If I’ve left off any shows that you think should be included, leave it as a comment.

Oh, and please note that clicking on videos below will not navigate you to a different page — all videos now simply open up in a box on this blog. Fun, eh?

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Monday, November 23
Beat Kitchen: Pat McCurdy
Darkroom: Anders Parker, John Roeser Avenue, Rhombus, Ian Mellencamp
Double Door: Tara Macri, Peter Calo
Empty Bottle: Fuck Knights, Dumpster Babies, The Runnies
House of Blues: All Time Low, We The Kings, Hey Monday, The Friday Night Boys
Schubas: Cameron McGill & What Army, Vandaveer, A Lull

Anders Parker: “72nd Street Horses”
Vandaveer: “A Mighty Leviathan of Old” (video)

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Tuesday, November 24
Double Door: Sure Fire Groove, Common Shiner, Moses Cleveland
Empty Bottle: The Tinycakes, I Luv Luv Birds, The Wood Knots, Kramer versus Kramer
Hideout: Sanctified Grumblers, more
House of Blues: All Time Low, We The Kings, Hey Monday, The Friday Night Boys
Lincoln Hall: Ari Hest, Declan O’Rourke
Metro (6pm): Less Than Jake, The Casualties, The Swellers
Museum of Contemporary Art: David Daniell
Reggie’s Rock Club: Cage, Qwel & Maker, Lamon Manuel, Tha Basix
Schubas: Todd Kessler & The New Folk, Calvin Marty & The Sunken Ship, Strange Arrangement
The Vic: Imogen Heap, Tim Exile, Back Ted N-Ted

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Wednesday, November 25
Aragon: Aragon Rock Fest 2009
Beat Kitchen: The Safes, The Differents, No Enemy, Kim Schaefer
Bottom Lounge: The Sleepers, Indignant, Evil Beaver, Lollipop Factory
Empty Bottle: Tight Phantomz, The Che Arthur Three, Follows
Fitzgerald’s (Berwyn): The Waco Brothers, Steepwater Band
Hideout: Immediate Sound Series (Rempis/Ward/McBride/Reed)
House of Blues: Kid Sister, Flosstradamus, Rob Threezy, Green Velvet
Lincoln Hall: Blind Pilot, Laura Veirs & The Hall of Flames, Mimicking Birds
Martyr’s: District 9, Information Superhighway, Megitza Quartet
Metro: Kaskade, Greenskeepers, Santiago & Bushido, Blake Jarrells & Milo Wahi
Reggie’s Rock Club: Baroness, Earthless, U.S. Christmas
Riviera: The Cranberries, Griffin House
Ronny’s: Grooms Crayolala, Caw! Caw!
Schubas: Haley Bonar, Daniel Knox, Sin Ropas
Subterranean: Nershi-Law Duo, Van Ghost

Baroness, “A Horse Called Golgotha” (video)
Blind Pilot, “Go On Say It” (video)

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Thursday, November 26 – HAPPY THANKSGIVING
House of Blues: Chris Brown, Rihanna

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Friday, November 27
Beat Kitchen: The Ataris, The Hallow, Love & Squalor
Bottom Lounge: The Twilight and the Sound, The Playoff, Coventry, Devon Kay & The Solutions
Double Door: Ezra Furman and The Harpoons, The Sleeptalkers
Empty Bottle (5:30pm): The Hoyle Brothers
Empty Bottle (10pm): The Big Pink, Crystal Antlers, White Car
Fitzgerald’s (Berwyn): Bottle Rockets, Giving Tree Band
Hideout: Old Fake, Blasted Diplomats, Prichard, more
House of Blues: Bruce in the USA
Lincoln Hall: Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Fool’s Gold, Local Natives
Martyr’s: The Hue, Crawl, NovaRoma
Metro: The Jesus Lizard, Model/Actress [sold out]
Park West: Freddy Jones Band, Stellar Road, Troubled Identity
Reggie’s Rock Club: Hawthorne Heights, Just Surrender, Monty Are I, The Story Changes, The Nightbeast
Schubas: Nomo, Alla
Subterranean: Sam Roberts Band, Jonny Rumble
The Vic: Lotus, The Hood Internet

The Jesus Lizard, “Nub” (video)

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Saturday, November 28
Beat Kitchen (5pm): State & Madison, Urbanites, Windsor Drive, Koo Koo Kangaroo
Beat Kitchen (10pm): Days Off
Bottom Lounge: Tomorrow The Moon, Airlines-X, Damp Hay, Killer Moon
Double Door: Nitzer Ebb, Kill Memory Crash, The Glide, Polyfuse (DJ set), DJ Tacopunch
Empty Bottle: Them Jeans, Willy Joy, Million $ Mano, Moneypenny, Kid Color, Gemini Club
Hideout: The Sadies, Chris Mills, more
House of Blues (12pm): The White Tie Affair
House of Blues (7:30pm): Brett Dennen, Grace Potter & The Nocturnals
House of Blues (11:30pm): Robbie Rivera, Mixin Marc, Ryan B
Lincoln Hall: Flobots, Kinetix, Kidd Russell
Logan Square Auditorium: Company of Thieves, Annuals, Big Science, Mike Maimone
Martyr’s: City at Large, The Outbreaks, Dean Welch
Metro: The Jesus Lizard, Triclops! [sold out]
Reggie’s Rock Club: Psychostick, Audiobon, Oui Si Only You
Schubas: The Blakes, Team Band
Subterranean: Filligar, Brice Woodall, Evan Holmes and Exit Ghost
The Vic: Cornmeal, Trampled By Turtles

The Sadies, “Flash” (video)
Chris Mills, “Atom Smashers”

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Sunday, November 29
Beat Kitchen: Agent Ribbons, Rabbit Children
Empty Bottle: Suzy Brack & The New Jack Lords, Pick Noerr, Baby Magic, Bambi Raptor
Hideout: Life During Wartime (DJs Bald E. and Mother Hubbard, Sparkletone)
Logan Square Auditorium: Ensiferum, Hypocrisy, Ex Deo, Blackguard
Reggie’s Rock Club (3pm): Hot For Skippy, Fysem, Hessler, Leading Eternity After Death + 4 more
Ronny’s: The New Diet, We Are The Willows, An Aesthetic Anaesthetic
Subterranean: The Sometimes Family, Steven Gilpin, Mia Leblon