October Shows In Chicago

Welcome to the greatest month in rock and roll history. And that's no exaggeration. Look no further than the great Spoon/Ted Leo face-off of October 12 not to mention the month culminating with Art Brut and The Hold Steady at the Metro on Halloween. Costume suggestions are now being accepted. Also, if I missed anyone anywhere or if any info is incorrect please let me know. And now I present to you.....the candy lineup:

Mon 10/1
The Blow, Video Hippos, High Places @ Empty Bottle 9pm

Tues 10/2
Bat For Lashes, Lewis & Clarke @ Empty Bottle 10pm

Matt & Kim, Totally Michael, Dan Deacon @ Logan Square Auditorium @ Logan Square Auditorium 6:30pm*

The Pipettes @ Park West 6pm

Oakley Hall, Tight Phantomz, Box of Baby Birds @ Schubas 9pm^

Wed 10/3
Black Mountain, Cave Singers @ Empty Bottle 8:30pm

Earlimart, Office @ Schubas 9pm

Health, Yea Big/Kid Static, Crime Novels @ Reggie's Rock Club 8pm

Thurs 10/4
Voxtrot, The Little Ones, Sleeping States @ Metro 9pm

Twilight Sad, Thin Hymns @ Empty Bottle 9pm

Jose Gonzalez, James Blackshaw @ Park West 7:30pm

Beirut, Colleen, Alaska In Winter @ Portage Theater 8pm

Magik Markers, Number None @ Schubas 9pm

Hot Hot Heat, Bedouin Soundclash, De Novo Dahl @ Vic Theatre 6pm

Berto Ramon @ Victory Liquors 8pm

Fri 10/5
Electric Six, The Gore Gore Girls, We Are The Fury @ Double Door 8pm

Fujiya & Miyagi, Dirty on Purpose @ Empty Bottle 10pm*

Plastic Crimewave Sound, Tight Phantomz, Fast Product, Sybris, The Thin Man, Grimble Grumble, Titmice, Vibe Central @ Hideout 9:30pm$

The Sea and Cake, Meg Baird @ Metro 8pm

Nina Nastasia, Jim White @ Schubas 10pm

Sat 10/6
The White Stripes, Cold War Kids @ Aragon Ballroom 7:30pm#

John Vanderslice, Bishop Allen @ Empty Bottle 10pm

Of Montreal, Grand Buffet, Mgmt @ Metro 6:30pm*

Howe Gelb, Eleni Mandell @ Old Town School of Folk Music 7:30pm

Murder By Death, Old Canes, Light Pollution @ Reggie's Rock Club 7pm

Dillinger Escape Plan, behold the arctopus, Genghis Tron, A Life Once Lost @ Subterranean 7pm

Klaxons, Shit Disco @ Vic Theatre 7pm

Sun 10/7
The White Stripes, Cold War Kids @ Aragon Ballroom @ Aragon Ballroom 7:30pm&

Matt Pond PA, Jesca Hoop @ Double Door 7pm

The Watson Twins, Ben Weaver, Twilight Revival @ Empty Bottle 9pm!!

Elvis Perkins @ Lakeshore Theater 9pm

Of Montreal, Grand Buffet, Mgmt @ Metro 6:30pm

Califone, The 1900's, Flosstradamus, The Eternals (ex-Trench Mouth), Poster Children, Headache City @ Museum of Contemporary Art 1pm

Tokyo Police Club, White Rabbits, The Virgins @ Schubas 7pm

Elvis Perkins in Dearland, Brighton, MA @ Schubas 9pm*

Saves The Day, Dr. Manhattan, Single File @ Subterranean 7pm

Mon 10/8
The Besnard Lakes, White Williams, Birds and Batteries @ Empty Bottle 9pm

Tokyo Police Club, White Denim, The Virgins @ Schubas 9pm*

Tues 10/9
Dr. Dog, Apollo Sunshine, High Strung @ Empty Bottle 9pm

Patrick Wolf @ Metro 6pm

Bob Mould @ Schubas 9pm

Unique Chique, Division Day, Bailiff @ Subterranean 8pm

Wed 10/10
Grizzly Bear, Beach House @ Park West 6pm

The Draft, Dead To Me, The Gaslight Anthem, The Brokedowns, Off With Their Heads @ Reggie's Rock Club 5pm

Thurs 10/11
Interpol, Liars @ Aragon Ballroom 7:30pm*

The Freewheelin' Yo La Tengo @ Lakeshore Theater 7pm & 10:30 pm (two shows)

Fri 10/12
Spoon @ Riviera Theatre 8pm

Ted Leo & the Pharmacists, The A-Sides, The Eternals (ex-Trench Mouth) @ Metro 6pm

Catfish Haven, Wax Fang @ Double Door 8pm

Final Fantasy, Basia Bulat @ Schubas 10pm

Shannon Wright, Judson Claiborn (of Low Skies) @ Hideout 9:30pm

Sat 10/13
The Go! Team, The Cool Kids @ Double Door 8pm

Shout Out Out Out Out, San Serac, Prairie Cartel @ Empty Bottle 9pm

Superdrag @ Metro 8pm

Saturday Looks Good To Me, Mason Proper @ Hideout 8:30pm

The Plastic Constellations, Building Better Bombs @ Reggie's Rock Club 10pm

Sea Wolf, Retribution Gospel Choir feat. Alan Sparhawk, The Shaky Hands @ Schubas 10pm

Sun 10/14
Pinback @ Metro 9pm*

Damo Suzuki (of Can), Robert AA Lowe, Ben Vida @ Empty Bottle 9pm

The Forecast, Blackpool Lights, Dialogue @ Reggie's Rock Club 5pm

Saturday Looks Good To Me, Mason Proper, Great Lakes Myth Society @ Schubas 7pm

Mon 10/15
Frightened Rabbit, A Tundra, The Sharks @ Empty Bottle 9pm

Tues 10/16
Architecture in Helsinki @ Metro 6pm

Wed 10/17
Justice, Midnight Juggernauts @ Metro 8pm

The Polyphonic Spree, Rooney, The Redwalls @ Vic Theatre 6:30pm

Eleventh Dream Day, Canasta, Lesser Birds of Paradise @ Subterranean 8:30pm

Thurs 10/18

The New Pornographers, Emma Pollock (from The Delgados) @ Metro 8pm

The Mother Hips, Probably Vampires, Pink Nasty @ Schubas 8pm

Mad Happy, Lord of the Yum Yum, Fox Paws, Moon Patrol, We Will Eat Rats To Survive @ Reggie's Rock Club 8pm

ALO @ Double Door 8pm

Adam Franklin (From Swervedriver), Airiel, Apteka @ Empty Bottle 9pm

Fri 10/19

Bright Eyes, Andrew Bird @ Chicago Theater 7:30pm

The New Pornographers, Emma Pollock (from The Delgados) @ Metro 9pm!

Shout Out Louds, Johnossi, Nico Vega @ Logan Square Auditorium 8:30pm

The Raveonettes, Nicole Atkins & The Sea, Gliss @ Empty Bottle 10pm

High on Fire, Mono, Panthers, Coliseum @ Double Door 8pm

Nada Surf @ Schubas 8pm

The Mother Hips, Pink Nasty @ Schubas 10:30pm

Sat 10/20

Ween @ Aragon Ballroom 6:30pm*

Stars of Track & Field, Scout Niblett, Eskimo Joe @ Empty Bottle 10pm

Nada Surf, Sea Wolf @ Schubas 10:30pm

Unkle @ Metro 9pm

Mon 10/22

Drive By Truckers @ Park West 6pm

Atmosphere, Mac Lethal, Grayskul, Luckyiam, Legends @ Metro 6pm

Tues 10/23

We Will Eat Rats To Survive, Perry H Matthews @ Beat Kitchen 6pm

IAMX, Comasoft, Hourly Radio @ Double Door 8pm

Wed 10/24

The Thermals, Chin Up Chin Up, Reporter @ Logan Square Auditorium 8:30pm*

Rogue Wave, Port O'Brien @ Double Door 8pm

Pigeon John, Longshot, Aristacats, Blended Babies @ Abbey Pub 8pm

HelloGoodbye, Say Anything @ Congress Theatre 5pm

Figurines, Dappled Cities, The Dead Trees @ Schubas 9pm

Thurs 10/25

Queens of the Stone Age, The Black Angels, Biffy Clyro @ Riviera Theatre 6:30pm

Josh Rouse @ Park West 6:30pm

Little Brother, Evidence (of Dilated Peoples), Black Milk @ Abbey Pub 8pm

Karl Blau, Your Heart Breaks @ Hideout 11:30pm

The Weakerthans, The Last Town Chorus @ Metro 6:30pm

His Name is Alive, Mira Mira, The Black Swans @ Schubas 9pm

Tiger Army, The Static Age, Street Dogs @ Vic Theatre 7:30pm

Fri 10/26

Minus the Bear, The Helio Sequence, Grand Archives @ Metro 8pm

The Appleseed Cast, Enon, The Octopus Project, Dreamend @ Abbey Pub 8pm

Sat 10/27

Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello @ Chicago Theater 7pm

The Appleseed Cast, Enon, The Octopus Project, Dreamend @ Abbey Pub 8pm

Jesu, Torche, Fog @ Empty Bottle 10pm

Lyrics Born, Del tha Funkee Homosapien, Devin the Dude, The Coughee Brothaz, Bukue One, Junk Science @ Metro 8pm

Rodrigo y Gabriela @ Riviera Theatre 7:30pm

Chuck Prophet, Luke Temple @ Schubas 10pm

Sun 10/28

Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello @ Chicago Theater 7pm

The Decemberists, Laura Veirs & The Saltbreakers @ Vic Theatre 7pm

Great Lake Swimmers, Tiny Vipers @ Schubas 9pm

Mon 10/29

Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello @ Chicago Theater 7pm

The Decemberists, Laura Veirs & The Saltbreakers @ Vic Theatre 7pm

Tunng, Castanets, Deer Tick @ Empty Bottle 9pm

Tues 10/30

The Hold Steady, Art Brut, Federale @ Metro 7pm

Mobius Band, Tigercity @ Empty Bottle 9pm

Wed 10/31

The Hold Steady, Art Brut, Federale @ Metro 7pm!

The Fiery Furnaces, Pit Er Pat @ Logan Square Auditorium 8:30pm

Mucca Pazza, Detholz!, Lord of the Yum Yum @ Empty Bottle 9pm

Film School, Land of Talk, Eulogies @ Schubas 9pm

*Hooray!

!Hooray! I say HOORAY!

^Drop it Yoni, no one is going.

$Is anyone as happy as I am that there's a band named Titmice running around?

#Cancelled because of the fake Meg White sex tape.

& Cancelled because Phil Spector might get away with murder.

!!Unfortunately, looks like Jenny Lewis won't be there. The good news is neither will Blake Sennett.