November Shows In Chicago

Things are cooling down both literally and figuratively in Chicago. Towards the end there isn't that much to look forward to but that's not say it's a bad month. I, for one, am looking forward to the Menomena/Illinois show at the Metro on the 15th. Battles and Caribou should be fun, too. Bad Brains will even be making an appearance. Hold Steady and Art Brut pictures and article from Halloween night coming soon.

Thurs 11/01
Film School, Land of Talk, Eulogies @ Schubas 8pm

Mum, Tom Brosseau @ Logan Square Auditorium 8pm

Cameron McGill & the Quartet Offensive, Moxie Motive, For All the Sweet Children @ Subterranean 8:30pm

Tim Kensella, Cryptacize, Box of Baby Birds @ Empty Bottle 9pm

Kelly Clarkson, Jon McLaughlin @ Chicago Theatre 7:30pm

Fri 11/02
Mudhoney, Thunderwig, Plastic Crimewave Sound @ Double Door 8pm

Jens Lekman, Dave Fischoff @ Logan Square Auditorium 8pm*

Stars @ Vic Theater 6:30 pm

Kinski, Mung, Black Ladies @ Empty Bottle 10pm

Hot Club De Paris, Head of Skulls @ Hideout 8pm

Sia @ Metro 6:30pm

Coheed & Cambria, Clutch, Fall of Troy @ Riviera Theatre 7pm

Sat 11/03
Sunset Rubdown, We Will Eat Rats To Survive @ Empty Bottle 10pm

Broken Social Scene plays Kevin Drew’s “Spirit If” @ Metro 9pm*

Brighton, MA, The Forms, Brad Peterson @ Beat Kitchen 8pm

Mon 11/05
Frisbie, Fever Marlene, Hey Champ @ Schubas 9pm

Tues 11/06
The Giraffes, Goes Cube, The Lusties @ Beat Kitchen 8pm

Annuals, Manchester Orchestra, The Never @ Subterranean 7pm

Wed 11/07
Meat Puppets, Ha Ha Tonka @ Double Door 8pm

Thursday, Portugal the Man, Circle Takes the Square @ Metro 6pm

Thurs 11/08
Meat Puppets, Ha Ha Tonka @ Double Door 8pm

1900s, Headlights, Sleep Out @ Empty Bottle 9pm

Battles, Caribou, Born Ruffians, White Williams @ Metro 8:30pm*

Fri 11/09
Malajube, The Jai Alai Savant, Light Pollution @ Empty Bottle 10pm

Lucero, Bobby Bare Jr., Whiskey & Co. @ Metro 9pm

Say Hi, The Velvet Teen, The A-Sides @ Subterranean 9:30pm

Sat 11/10
Backyard Tire Fire, Phonograph @ Double Door 8pm

Athlete, The Changes @ Empty Bottle 10pm

Do Make Say Think, Apostle of Hustle @ Metro 9pm

They Might Be Giants @ Vic Theater 6:30pm

Sun 11/11
Band of Horses, The Drones, Tyler Ramsey @ Metro 7pm*

My Brightest Diamond, Tim Fite @ Lakeshore Theater 9pm

Aqueduct, Georgie James, May Or May Not @ Schubas 9pm

Mon 11/12
Band of Horses, The Drones, Tyler Ramsey @ Metro 6pm

Frisbie, Modern Skirts, Team Band @ Schubas 9pm

Zelienople, Morning Recordings, Speck Mountain @ Empty Bottle 9pm

Tues 11/13
Ben Lee, Cary Brothers @ Double Door 7pm

Razorlight, The Von Bondies, Gran Ronde @ Metro 6:30pm


Wed 11/14
Blue Cheer, Lions, Valient Thorr, Year Long Disaster @ Double Door 8pm

Ravens & Chimes, The Notes and Scratches @ Empty Bottle 9pm

Thurs 11/15
The Mountain Goats, Bowerbirds @ Empty Bottle^

Mannequin Men, Grave Blankets, Shopping, Wolfden @ Cobra Lounge 10pm

Menomena, Illinois @ Metro 8pm*

Jimmy Eat World @ Riviera Theatre

Fri 11/16
Mission of Burma, Helicopters, Comasoft, Fun Club @ Abbey Pub 8pm

Busdriver, Daedelus, Antimc @ Empty Bottle 10pm

Rx Bandits, Maps and Atlases @ Metro 6pm

Sat 11/17
Feist @ Riviera Theatre 7:30pm*

Naked Raygun, Stiff little Fingers, 7Seconds, Nekromantix, The Queers, Lower Class Brats, The Methadones, Shot Baker, The Heart Attacks @ Congress Theatre 2pm

The Life and Times, Sweet Cobra, Sleep Comes Down @ Empty Bottle 10pm

Bald Eagle, STV SLV, Bronze @ Schubas 10:30pm

Sun 11/18
Bad Brains, The Casualties, Dillinger Four, The Bollweevils, Youth Brigade, Zero To Sixty, Flatfoot 56, Deals Gone Bad, The Frantic @ Congress Theatre 2pm

Le Concorde, The Its, The Handcuffs @ Empty Bottle 9pm

Robbers on High Street, Great Northern, Happy Salmon @ Schubas 9pm

Mon 11/19
Arks, sally, Paper Mice @ Empty Bottle 9pm

Frisbie, Stereo Deluxe, The Melismatics 9pm

Tues 11/20
The Cribs @ Double Door 8pm

Sondre Lerche @ Park West 6:30pm

Office (acoustic set) @ Schubas 9:30pm

Wed 11/21
Chin Up Chin Up, Catfish Haven @ Double Door 9pm*

The Pipettes @ Double Door 7pm

Against Me! @ House of Blues 5:30pm

M.I.A. @ House of Blues 11pm

Walter Meego @ Logan Square Auditorium 9pm

Hollywood Holt, Prairie Cartel, Matt Roan, Aleks & the Drummer @ Schubas 9pm

Thurs 11/22
Against Me! (acoustic), Sage Francis, World/Inferno Friendship Society, Cobra Skulls 6:30pm%

Fri 11/23
VHS or BETA, Moving Units @ Abbey Pub 8pm

Celebratioin, Kill Me Tomorrow, Aleks & the Drummer @ Empty Bottle 10pm

Rue Royale, Horse in the Sea, Kyle Andrews, ,Brooke Wagonner @ Schubas 9pm

M.I.A. @ Vic Theater 7pm

Sat 11/24
Witchcraft, The Rebel Angels @ Double Door 8pm

The Academy Is…, Armor for Sleep, Sherwood @ Riviera Theatre 7pm

High Strung, The Teet, Dusty Rhodes & The River Band @ Schubas 10pm

The Swell Season (Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova and Martha Wainwright) @ Vic Theater 6:30pm

Sun 11/25
The Swell Season (Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova and Martha Wainwright) @ Vic Theater 6:30pm

Mon 11/26
Frisbie, Howie Statland @ Schubas 9pm

Wed 11/28
A Northern Chorus, Odawas, Rock Falls @ Empty Bottle 9pm

Thurs 11/29
Dandi Wind, Japanther, Brilliant Pebbles @ Abbey Pub 8pm

Tegan & Sara, Northern State @ Portage Theater 8pm

Fri 11/30
Robert Pollard, Death of Fashion, Party Downers @ Metro 8:30pm

Unwed Sailor, The Big Sleep, Kid, You’ll Move Mountains @ Beat Kitchen 9pm


*Hooray!
^Cubs in Five....It's My Birthday! (Not actually my birthday, but last time I saw the Mountain Goats some idiot yelled this out incessantly the entire show. Cubs in Five was not played.)
%What better way to spend a relaxing Thanksgiving night after having consumed turkey and pie all day than standing around at the Metro for 5 hours.