March Shows In...

Chicago

I just know I'm going to get stuck standing behind the Fridge at the Jens Lekman show. I just know it.

We all know the month of March belongs to Austin but there are plenty of goings on around the Midwest as well. Chicago is jam packed (and just wait until you see April, oh boy) and the good news is even if you won't be able to make any of these shows, Maxim has already reviewed half of them for your reading pleasure. The Magnetic Fields are doing a three-day residence at the Old Town School of Folk Music, Malkmus and those Jicks will be at the Vic on the 21st, Jens Lekman at Hickory High on the 31st, and last but not least, our good friend Totally Michael will roll into town on the 29th. It will be nice having him back in town, won't it?

Sat 3/01
The Black Lips, Quintron & Miss Pussycat @ Logan Square Auditorium 8:30pm

Atlas Sound, White Rainbow, Valet, Disappears @ Empty bottle 10pm

Canasta, Scotland Yard Gospel Choir @ Beat Kitchen 9pm

Lightspeed Champion, Never Enough Hope @ AV-aerie 9pm

Sun 3/02
Smoking Popes @ Schubas 10pm

Villians @ Sonotheque 8pm

Mon 3/03
Catfish Haven @ Empty Bottle 9pm

Tues 3/04
Gogol Bordello @ Riviera Theatre 6pm

Bowerbirds, Phosporescent, Brendan Losch @ Schubas 9pm

Wed 3/05
The Pogues @ Riviera Theatre 7:30pm

Working For a Nuclear Free City, Coltrane Motion, Unique Chique @ Schubas 9pm

Earth Crisis, Terror, Sworn Enemy, Shai Hulud, Down to Nothing, Recon @ Logan Square Auditorium 5pm

Thurs 3/06
The Pogues @ Riviera Theatre 7:30pm

The Most Serene Republic, My Were They @ Schubas 9pm

Kingdom of Sorrow, The Killer @ Reggie’s Rock Club 8pm

Fri 3/07
Bob Mould @ Metro 7pm

The Gutter Twins @ Metro 11pm

Headlights, Evangelicals, Audrye @ Schubas 10pm

Kid Dakota, Chris Connelly, Dreamend, Lesser Birds of Paradise @ Abbey Pub 8pm

Sat 3/08
Maps and Atlases, Detholz!, Wax Fang, Black Ladies @ Subterranean 7:30pm

Sian Alice Group, Locrian @ Empty Bottle 10pm

Grand Archives @ Schubas 10pm

Great Lakes Myth Society @ The Note 9pm

Sun 3/09
Look Mexico, Band Marino @ Schubas 9pm

Travis Morrison Hellfighters @ Subterranean 8pm

Mon 3/10
Eagle Seagull, Otter Petter, Hospital Bombers @ Schubas 8pm

Weedeater, Black Tusk @ Empty Bottle 9pm

Samara Lubelski, The Singleman Affair DRMWPN @ AV-aerie 9pm

Saviors @ The Note 9pm

Tues 3/11
Shining @ Empty Bottle 9pm

Wed 3/12
Jonathan Richman, Vic Chesnutt @ Abbey Pub 8pm

Fu Manchu, Burning Brides, ASG @ Double Door 8pm

Thurs 3/13
Chinese Stars, Cougars, KK Rampage @ AV-aerie 9pm

The Whole Fantastic World, Dark Horse Project, Vamplifier @ Darkroom 8pm

Fri 3/14
The Magnetic Fields @ Old Town School of Folk Music 7pm & 10:30pm

Sat 3/15
The Magnetic Fields @ Old Town School of Folk Music 7pm & 10:30pm

Xiu Xiu, Thao Nguyen, Bird Names @ Reggie’s Rock Club 8pm

Sun 3/16
The Magnetic Fields @ Old Town School of Folk Music 6:30pm & 10pm

Mon 3/17
Jose Gonzalez @ Lakeshore Theater 7pm & 10pm

Hanne Hukkelberg, Haley Bonar @ Schubas 8pm

Tues 3/18
The Raveonettes, Black Acid @ Double Door 8pm

The Glorytellers (ex-Karate), Who Shot Hollywood @ Schubas 9pm

Digitalism @ Subterranean 9:30pm

Minmae, The Laureates, The Great Perhaps, Salt & Samovar @ The Note 9pm

Wed 3/19
X @ Metro 7pm

Parts and Labor, The Big Sleep, Pterodactyl, Teith @ AV-aerie 9pm

Bell X1 @ Schubas 9pm

The Slits, Old Time Relijun, Shellshag, Post Honeymoon @ Subterranean 8:30pm

Thurs 3/20
Justice, Diplo, Fancy @ Riviera Theatre 6:30pm

An Albatross, The Apes, Birthday Suits, Mt. St. Helens @ Beat Kitchen 6:30pm

The Spinto Band, Tally Hall, The Moneynotes @ Schubas 9pm

Fri 3/21
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks @ Vic Theater 7pm

Cameron McGill & The Quartet Offensive, Great Lakes Myth Society @ Beat Kitchen 9pm

Sightings, The Emeralds @ Empty Bottle 10pm

Tally Hall, The Spinto Band @ Schubas 9pm

Sat 3/22
Black Mountain, Birds of Avalon, Nordic Nomadic @ Empty Bottle 10pm

The Swimmers, May Or May Not @ Hideout 9pm

Statehood, Kid, You’ll Move Mountains @ Reggie’s Rock Club 10pm

Louis XIV, What Made Milwaukee Famous, Carolina Liar, Holiday and the Adventure Pop Collective @ Metro 6pm

Mon 3/24
British Sea Power, The 1900’s @ Empty Bottle 8pm & 11pm

Langhorne Slim 2 @ Hideout 9pm

Tues 3/25
The Cribs, Ra Ra Riot, Jeffrey Lewis @ Double Door 7pm

The Mekons @ Schubas 7pm & 10pm

Wed 3/26
Boredoms, Soft Circle Human Bell @ Congress Theatre 8:30pm

Beach House, Papercuts, Night Owl Choir 2 Schubas 9pm

Thurs 3/27
De Novo Dahl @ Double Door 8pm

Panther, Detholz!, US Girls, Slow Gun Shogun, Slow Gun Shogun @ Abbey Pub 8pm

Howlin’ Rain @ Empty Bottle 9pm

Fri 3/28
The Paper Chase, Reds and Blue, iflHadAHiFi @ Beat Kitchen 8:30pm

Monotonix, AIDS Wolf, Bottomless Pit, Eyes @ Empty Bottle 10pm

OFFICE, Ultra Sonic Edukators, Unicycle Loves You, SND on SND @ Reggie’s Rock Club 8pm

Le Loup, The Ruby Sons, Throw Me the Statue @ Schubas 10pm

Aloha, Anathallo @ Subterranean 9:30pm

Sat 3/29
Electric Six @ Double Door 8pm

Murder By Death, Dr. Manhattan, O’Death, Kiss Kiss @ Abbey Pub 8pm

Black Moth Super Rainbow, Brilliant Pebbles, Magical Beautiful @ Empty Bottle 10pm

Totally Michael, Zibra Zibra, Sass Dragons @ Peoples Projects 7pm

Citay, Cryptacize, Rock Falls @ Hideout 9pm

Plush, Dragon & Jones @ Lakeshore Theater 9pm

Jason Collett @ Schubas 8pm

We Are Wolves @ Sonotheque 10pm

Sun 3/30
Teith, Nadja, MRDR, Velnias @ Empty Bottle 9pm

Jason Collett @ Schubas 8pm

Mon 3/31
Jens Lekman, Honeydrips, Marla Hansen @ Logan Square Auditorium 8:30pm

Carbon Silicon, Matt Pond PA @ Double Door 8pm

Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. Danava @ Empty Bottle 9pm

--Alex

Louisville

Take note of the glue being held by Angels.

Sat 3/01
Drive-By Truckers, Felice Brothers @ Headliners 9pm

Fri 3/07
Black Mountain, Bon Iver, Phantom Family Halo @ Headliners 9pm

Fri 3/14
Built To Spill, Meat Puppets, Helvetia @ Headliners 9pm^

Sat 3/15
Pelican, Your Black Star, Black Cobra @ Headliners 8pm

Thurs 3/20
Man Man, The Extraordinaires, Lucky Pineapple @ Headliners 9pm

Pere Ubu, The Web @ The Pour Haus 9pm

Mon 3/24
N.E.R.D., w/ special guest @ Coyote’s 8pm*

Wed 3/26
Stars @ Bomhard Theater 8pm


^Thank you Doug Martsch.
*First time N.E.R.D. has played at a venue named Coyote’s. Although, this is just an assumption.

--Matt Farra


Bloomington

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Sat 3/01
Pelican, Black Cobra, Unearthly Trance @ Rhino’s 6pm

Mon 3/03
Bowerbirds, Phosphorescent, Ruben and Vanessa @ Waldron 8pm

Tues 3/04
Evangelicals, Headlights, Prayer Breakfast @ Waldron 9pm

Wed 3/05
Broken Letters, Sticky and the Bees @ Bear’s Place 10pm

Thurs 3/06
Balmorhea, CJ Boyd Sexxxtet, Alex Dupree, Drekka @ Art Hospital 8pm

Fri 3/07
Arrah and the Ferns, Folklore @ Art Hospital 8pm

The Payton Brothers @ Bear’s Place 9pm

Tues 3/11
Samara Lubelski, Justin Vollmar, Basia Bulat @ Waldron 10:30pm

Wed 3/12
Bear's Place: Debate @ Bear’s Place 10pm

Mon 3/17
School of Language @ Waldron 8pm

Tues 3/18
Old Time Relijun, Prizzy Prizzy Please, The Big Sleep @ Bluebird 9pm

Thurs 3/20
Islands, Supreeme, Good Luck @ Rhino’s 8pm

Fri 3/21
The Dirtbombs, Kelley Stoltz, Shake, The Coke Dares @ Jake’s 8pm

Glorytellers, Sticky and the Bees, Morrow @ Bear’s Place 10pm

Thurs 3/27
Le Loup, Ruby Suns @ Waldron 8pm

Sat 3/29
Throw Me the Statue, Kentucky Nightmare, Alexander the Great @ Art Hospital 8pm

In other news: Friday, February 29, My House: Bear's Place v. Art Hospital for March 7; Saturday, March 15, Upland: Jake's v. Bear's Place for March 21. Bear's can totally take Jake's, but Art Hospital is scrappy and fights dirty.

--Brian Herrmann