February Shows In Chicago

For all you Wilco fans, February is the month of their five day residency at the Riviera. Apparently they are going to touch upon everything in their entire catalog. Also, Liars will be in town on the 5th. Take earplugs.

Fri 2/01
VEE DEE, Terrible Twos, Gold @ Beat Kitchen 9pm

Prairie Cartel, Fun Club, Star @ Hideout 10pm

Hot Water Music @ Metro 8pm

DJ Shadow, Cut Chemist @ Park West 9pm

Ra Ra Riot, The Virgins, Essex Chanel @ Schubas 10pm

Sat 2/02

An Evening With John Hammond @ Schubas 7:30pm

Plaid, Eliot Lipp (Live PA Set), The Opus, DJ Warp @ Abbey Pub 9pm

G. Love & Special Sauce @ Riviera Theatre 8pm

Del Rey, Tight Phantomz, Minsk, Conifer @ Empty Bottle 10pm

Hot Water Music @ Metro 6:30pm

Sun 2/03

Gallows, This is Hell, Cancer Bats @ Metro 6:30pm*

Mon 2/04

Singer, fFlashlights @ Hideout 9:30pm

Tues 2/05

Liars, No Age @ Metro 8pm

Poison The Well, The Chariot, Dance Gavin Dance, Crime in Stereo @ Logan Square Auditorium 6pm

Mika @ House of Blues 6pm

Smallwire @ Museum of Contemporary Art (Presented by Schubas) 6:30pm

Wed 2/06

Daniel Johnston, OFFICE @ Metro 8pm

Thurs 2/07

Baby Dee, Mucca Pazza @ Empty Bottle 9pm

Basia Bulat, Pepi Ginsberg, Deanna Devore @ Schubas 9pm

Fri 2/08

Six Organs of Admittance, Mick Turner @ Empty Bottle 10pm

Will Hoge, Jason Isbell, Dawn Landes @ Double Door 7:30pm

MGMT, Yeasayer @ Schubas 7pm

Yeasayer, MGMT @ Schubas 10pm

Sat 2/09

Drug Rug @ Hideout 9pm

Jim Ward (of Sparta), Joe Pug, Secret Life of Sparrow @ Schubas 7pm

The Whigs, Tulsa, the Rikters @ Schubas 10pm

Sun 2/10

Cat Power, Dirty Delta Blues @ Vic Theater 6:30pm

Indian, Quatre Tete, Poison Arrows, Qualms @ Beat Kitchen 8:30pm

Soft, Unique Chique, Darling @ Empty Bottle 9pm

Keren Ann, Dean & Britta @ Lakeshore Theater 9pm

Kate Voegele, The Whitest Light @ Schubas 7pm

Mon 2/11

Nina Nastasia, Bitter Tears @ Hideout 8pm

Wed 2/13

Cameron McGill & What Army, The Bon Mots, Tennis Courts @ Schubas 9pm

Thurs 2/14

Flosstradamus @ Abbey Pub 10:30pm

Kevin Devine, AA Bondy, The Jealous Girlfriends @ Beat Kitchen 6:30pm

Kinectic Stereokids @ Empty Bottle 9pm

Fri 2/15

Wilco @ Riviera Theatre 8:30pm

Howie Day, Jay Clifford @ Schubas 7pm

Sat 2/16

Wilco @ Riviera Theatre 8:30pm

Super Furry Animals, Times New Viking, Jeffrey Lewis @ Metro 9pm

Loto Ball Show, Shooting Spires, A Tundra, We Will Eat Rats To Survive @ Empty Bottle 10pm

Solid Gold, LMNOP @ Hideout 7pm

Carrie Rodriguez, Barton Carroll @ Schubas 10pm

Sun 2/17

Holy Fuck, A Place to Bury Strangers, Airiel @ Schubas 9pm

The Loved Ones, The Arrivals, The Gaslight Anthem, Hifi Handgrenades @ Reggie’s Rock Club 6pm

Mon 2/18

Wilco @ Riviera Theatre 8:30pm

Wild Sweet Orange, Tom Schraeder & His Ego, Absentstar @ Schubas 8pm

Tues 2/19

Wilco @ Riviera Theatre 8:30pm

Russian Circles, Dalek @ Subterranean 9pm

Wed 2/20

Wilco @ Riviera Theatre 8:30pm

Dax Riggs (formerly Deadboy & The Elephantmen) @ Double Door 8pm

These Are Powers, Bird Names, Adam Griffin @ Av-aerie 9pm

Barcelona, The Silent Years, Tofer Brown @ Schubas 9pm

Thurs 2/21

Limebeck, John Ralston @ Schubas 7pm

The Dirtbombs, Lee Marvin’s Computer Arm @ Double Door 8pm

Plastic Crimewave Vision Celestial Guitarkestra, Spires That in the Sunset Rise @ Empty Bottle 9pm

Nicole Atkins & The Sea, Ryan Lyndsey (of Starlight Mints), Beat Union @ Subterranean 9:30pm

Fri 2/22

Say Hi (aka Say Hi To Your Mom) @ Beat Kitchen 7pm

Matt Costa, Johnathan Rice, Delta Spirit @ Double Door 8pm

Sole, The Apes, Telephone Jim Jesus @ Abbey Pub 8pm

Haymarket Riot, tornavalanche, Hitch, Balloons @ Beat Kitchen 9pm

The Chamber Strings, Sonoi @ Hideout 10pm

Jay Reatard, Submarine Races, Daily Void @ Reggie’s Rock Club 10:30pm

Shannon Wright, King’s Daughters and Sons @ Schubas 10:30pm

Make Believe @ Subterranean 7:30pm

Sat 2/23

St. Vincent, Foreign Born @ Schubas 7:30pm (2^nd show at 10:30pm)

New York Dolls, We Are The Fury @ Double Door 8pm

Pit Er Pat, Mi Ami, Scalpels, Mayor Asprin @ Av-aerie 9pm

Wolf Eyes, Rubber O Cement @ Empty Bottle 10pm

Citizen Cope @ Vic Theater 8pm

RTX (Royal Trux), LA Kings @ Beat Kitchen 9:30pm

Mannequin Men, The Coathangers @ Ronny’s 9pm

The A-Sides, Division Day @ Subterranean 9:30pm

Sun 2/24

Angels and Airwaves (Tom from Blink 182), Meg & Dia, The Color Fred, Ace Enders @ Riviera Theatre 6pm

The XYZ Affair, Tell Your Friends, Chatty Cathy @ Beat Kitchen 7pm

Darkest Hour, Cephalic Carnage, Emmure, White Chapel @ Reggie’s Rock Club 5pm

Tues 2/26

Clutch, Murder By Death, Maylene & The Sons of Disaster, Hex Machine @ Metro 7pm

Wed 2/27

Crystal Castles, Health @ Abbey Pub 8pm

Gil Mantera’s Party Dream @ AV-aerie 9pm

Dengue Fever @ Empty Bottle 9pm

Thurs 2/28

Foo Fighters @ Allstate Arena 7:30pm

Pelican, Black Cobra, Unearthly Trance @ Empty Bottle 9pm

Brooke Wagonner, Jim Bianco, Jeremy Fisher @ Schubas 9pm

Men, Hey Willpower @ Sonotheque 10pm

Fri 2/29

The Hives @ Riviera Theatre 6pm

Sia @ Park West 6:30pm

Bang Camaro @ Double Door 8pm

Pela, Liam Finn @ Schubas 10pm

*As much as I hate the prospect of missing a legendary Cancer Bats show, I think I'm going to opt for the football game.