Pretty good week of music this week. My apologies for not adding any videos, but I got lazy, and it takes forever. If you want videos, here’s my suggestion: click here.

Shows in bold are recommended shows, while shows in larger bold red are shows that I plan on going to and/or shows that I really, really think you should be going to.

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Monday, April 5
Beat Kitchen: Pat McCurdy
Double Door: Cohagen, Shooter Grey Sueda, Kerretta, more [FREE]
Empty Bottle: Small Black, Washed Out, Pictureplane
Hideout: Robbie Fulks w/ The Hoyle Brothers
Lincoln Hall: Camera Obscura, Princeton [SOLD OUT]
Martyr’s: John Lefler (of Dashboard Confessional)
Metro: Miike Snow, Delorean [SOLD OUT]
Metro/SmartBar: Miike Snow (DJ set), DJ Madrid
Ronny’s: Bitch, The State Of
Schubas: New York Songwriters Circle ft. Hey Rabbit, Matt Shaw, more

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Tuesday, April 6
Beat Kitchen: Chicago Underground Comedy
Bottom Lounge: As Tall As Lions, Bad Veins, A Lull
Double Door: Jucifer, Spits-A-Radio, Birth
Empty Bottle: Love is All, Tyvek, Nodzzz
Hideout: Sanctified Grumblers
House of Blues: Dashboard Confessional, Corey Chisel & The Wandering Sons
Lincoln Hall: The Low Anthem. Nathaniel Rateliff
Martyr’s: Wabash Cannonballs and Friends
Metro/SmartBar: John Simmons, Striz [FREE]
Reggie’s Rock Club: Creepin Cadavers, Johnny Murder and the 25 to Life, The Krank Daddies
Ronny’s: Death Valley, Edhochuli
Schubas: Killola, Sick of Sarah, Glittermouse
Subterranean: Cormega, V.I.R.U., Mic Terror, more
The Vic: Julian Casablancas, The Funeral Party

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Wednesday, April 7
Bottom Lounge: Titus Andronicus, The Saps, Bully in the Hallway
Double Door: Har Mar Superstar, My Gold Mask, Violetness
Empty Bottle: Epstein, Julianna Barwick, Helado Negro, Jonathan Dueck
Hideout: Immediate Sound Series ft. Apiary, Little Women
House of Blues: Motion City Soundtrack, Fun, A Rocket to the Moon, Sing It Loud
Lincoln Hall: Fanfarlo, Lawrence Arabia, Robert Francis
Martyr’s: No Exit, Channel Four
Metro/SmartBar: Gene Farris, Diz, Just Joey [FREE]
Ronny’s: Public Hair, Melanie Anderson, CT Ballentine, White Jazz, more
Schubas: Kiss Kiss, Zeus, Bahamas, Ghastly Menace
Subterranean: Crime in Stereo, Renae, Robbers
The Vic: Henry Rollins [spoken word]

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Thursday, April 8
Abbey Pub: Marbin, Art Garden, Andi Crist
Beat Kitchen: Lowtalker, Chicago Thrash Ensemble, No Enemy!, Tension Generation
Bottom Lounge: Deer Tick, Those Darlins, Elephant Gun
Double Door: Trampled By Turtles, Devil Makes Three
Empty Bottle: Megafaun, Charlie Parr, Josh Scott
Hideout: The Singleman Affair, Dark Dark Dark, Angel Olsen
Lincoln Hall (6pm): The xx, Nosaj Thing [SOLD OUT]
Lincoln Hall (9:30pm): The xx, jj [SOLD OUT]
Martyr’s: Flatbed Orange, Citizen Smile, Andrea Amos
Metro/SmartBar: Danny The Wildchild, Phil Freeart, more [FREE]
Reggie’s Rock Club: Jaguar Love, Boots With Spurs, Cars for Miles, Pisces at the Animal Fair
Ronny’s: Dark Fog, The Great Society Mind Destroyers, Manic Lost Chaos & The Ghost Amoeba
Schubas: Joe Jack Talcum (of the Dead Milkmen), more
Subterranean: wiLd peAKs, Sissy Mena, The (Glorious) Teaparty

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Friday, April 9
Abbey Pub: Goober and the Peas, The Handcuffs, The Blisters
Aragon: Adiktos Al Metal
Beat Kitchen: Unique Chique, House of Normandie, Hospital Garden, Secondary Modern
Bottom Lounge: Mark Rose, The Daymakers, Freedom, Prom Band
Congress Theater: Zoe, Hong Kong Blood Opera
Double Door: The Giving Tree Band, Todd Kessler & The New Folk, more
Empty Bottle: The Soft Pack, Male Bonding, Beaters
Hideout: Mi Ami, RUNNING, DJ Forest Juziuk
House of Blues: HIM, special guests
Lincoln Hall: Japandroids, Avi Buffalo, Lasers and Fast and Shit
Martyr’s: City at Large, Six Gallery, Stereo Disconnect
Metro: Overkill, Vader, God Dethroned, Warbringer, Evil, Woe of Tyrants
Metro/SmartBar: JPLS (live), Skoozbot, Dela
Old Town School of Music: Baaba Maal, Daane Lenol
Reggie’s Rock Club: Mr. Blotto, ekoostik hookah
Ronny’s: People Sometimes, The Bootheel, The Heavy Bombers
Schubas: Dan Black, Moneypenny, Midnight Conspiracy, DJ SR-71
Subterranean: The Fall of Troy, Envy on the Coast, Twin Atlantic
The Vic: Drive-By Truckers, Langhorne Slim

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Saturday, April 10
Abbey Pub (7pm): Hugh Cornwell, Norwood PArk All-Stars
Abbey Pub (11pm): Pnuma Trio
Aragon: Atoms for Peace (ft. Thom Yorke, Flea), Flying Lotus
Beat Kitchen: Foxy Shazam, The Young Veins, Bad Rabbits
Bottom Lounge: Kid A, Rough Cut, Bakelite Army, The Attic
Double Door: Mission of Burma, Prichard
Empty Bottle: Blank Dogs, Wetdog, Radar Eyes
Hideout: Bill Callahan (of Smog), axis:sova
House of Blues: Never Shout Never, Hey Monday, The Cab, more
House of Blues (Back Porch): Walter Trout
Lincoln Hall: Owen Pallett, Snowblink
Martyr’s: Great American Taxi ft. Vince Herman, Rhombus
Metro: Major Lazer, Rusko
Metro/SmartBar: Derrick Carter, Luke Solomon
Old Town School of Music: Madeleine Peyroux, Nora O’Connor
Reggie’s Rock Club: Flatfoot 56, The Green Room Rockers, more
Ronny’s: I Am Lorax, Hey Zeus, The Keys, Jonah Malarsky
Schubas (11am): The Verve Pipe [kid show]
Schubas (10pm): The Smith Westerns, Acrylics, Nurses
The Vic: Galactic, Cyril Neville and Corey Henry

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Sunday, April 11
Aragon: Atoms for Peace (ft. Thom Yorke, Flea), Flying Lotus
Beat Kitchen: Lullabye Arkestra, Post Honeymoon
Bottom Lounge: The Linden Method, Quite a Mob, Prettyoungraves
Congress Theater: Lucha Libre Mexicana
Double Door: Ben Keeler, Dreams of the Sea, Abbi Rajasekhar, more
Empty Bottle: Sao Paulo Underground ft. John Herndon
Lincoln Hall: Clifton Roy & Folk Stringer, Nathan Xander & Witchhouse, more
Metro: K’naan, Wale, John Forte, Tabi Bonney
Metro/SmartBar: Michael Serafini, Kid Color, OCD Automatic, Le Principle
Old Town School of Music: Patty Larkin, Cheryl Wheeler
Reggie’s Rock Club: Hacknwheez, Stone and Hallman, more
Ronny’s: Unwed Sailor, Early Day Miners, Common Loon, An Aesthetic Anaesthetic, Bill Tucker
Schubas: The Show Is The Rainbow, The Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt, more
Subterranean: Shelly Miller, Starina, Patrick Gemkow, Steve Gilpin