April Shows in Chicago

I was kind enough to pen a quick listing of shows in Chicago for this month and I don't even live here anymore. You're welcome. I think concert season has officially begun again; see below for yourself. April will not be a letdown, unlike Juno (I finally just saw that movie. What a disappointing, overrated piece of crap that turned out to be.) Listings for the other cities coming soon.

Tues 4/01

Explosions in the Sky @ Congress Theatre 8pm

(Lone) Wolf an d Cub, The Jefferson Plane Crash, The Wayward @ People Projects 6pm

Today is the Day, Lair of the Minotaur, Mouth of the Architect, Complete Failure @ The Note 9pm

Wed 4/02

Born Ruffians, Cadence Weapon @ Empty Bottle 9pm

Thurs 4/03

Brighton, MA, Cameron McGill, Needers & Givers, The Shackeltons @ Darkroom 8pm

Plants and Animals, Essex Chanel, Barcelona @ Schubas 8pm

Dirty Projectors, No Kids @ Sbuterranean 8:30pm

Fri 4/04

The Record Low, Moxie Motive, Our Friends Electric, Ten Speed @ Double Door 8pm

Yakuza, Rabid Rabbit, Kommandant @ Hideout 10pm

Nada Surf, The Jealous Girlfriends @ Metro 7:30pm

Spoon, The Walkmen, White Rabbits @ Vic Theater 7pm

Sat 4/05

Converge, The Red Chord, Baroness, Genghis Tron @ Reggie’s Rock Club 7pm

Sun 4/06

Vampire Weekend, Yacht @ Metro 8pm

Eels @ Park West 8pm

Converge, The Red Chord, Baroness, Genghis Tron @ Reggie’s Rock Club 5pm

Blitzen Trapper, Fleet Foxes, Blueblood @ Schubas 9pm

Mon 4/07

Scotland Yard Gospel Choir @ Schubas 9pm

Tues 4/08

Grand Buffet, Yea Big, Kid Static @ Empty Bottle 9pm

Thurs 4/10

Bon Iver, Josh Scott @ Lakeshore Theater 7pm

Bon Iver, Collection of Colonies of Bees @ Lakeshore Theater 10pm

The Minus Story, Tre Orsi, Dreamend, The Coke Dares @ The Note 9pm

Fri 4/11

Autechre, Massonix (Graham Massey of 808 State), Rob Hall, DJ Parson @ Abbey Pub 8pm

Unwed Sailor, Ryan Lindsey, Sleeper Car @ Beat Kitchen 10pm

Caribou, Fuck Buttons @ Empty Bottle 10pm

JT & The Clouds, Adam Fitz @ Hideout 9:30pm

Tapes ‘n Tapes, White Denim @ Metro 9pm

Head of Femur, Kid Dakota @ Schubas 10pm

Elf Power, Big Buildings, Michael Columbia @ Subterranean 9:30pm

Sat 4/12

The Black Keys, Jay Reatard @ Riviera Theatre @ 8pm

American Music Club, Canasta @ Schubas 10:30pm

New Model Army @ The Note 9pm

Sun 4/13

Athlete @ Schubas 7pm (second show at 10pm)

Mon 4/14

Scotland Yard Gospel Choir @ Schubas 9pm

Kimya Dawson, Angelo Spencer, L’Orchidee D’Hawai @ The Mansion 8pm

Wed 4/16

David Danero, Tim Kinsella @ Beat Kitchen 8:30pm

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, Via Audio, The Silent Years @ Empty Bottle 9pm

Minus the Bear @ House of Blues 7pm

Man Man, Yeasayer @ Logan Square Auditorium 9pm

A-Trak, Sinden, Steve Aoki, Sammy Bananas @ Metro 8pm

Thurs 4/17

Destroyer, Colassal Yes @ Logan Square Auditorium 9pm

Hot Chip, Free Blood @ Vic Theater 6:30pm

The Dodos, Wovenhand, Brendan Losch @ The Note

My Chemical Romance @ Congress Theater 7pm

Fri 4/18

Rogue Wave, Grand Ole Party @ Schubas 10:30pm

RJD2, Dalek, Happy Chichester @ Abbey Pub 8pm

The Death Set, The Fake Fictions, Coltrane Motion @ Empty Bottle 10pm

Saul Williams @ Martyr’s 10pm

Reverend Horton Heat @ Metro 9pm

My Chemical Romance @ Congress Theater 6pm

Sat 4/19

Rogue Wave, Grand Ole Party @ Schubas 10:30pm

Meat Beat Manifesto @ Abbey Pub 9pm

The Fiery Furnaces @ Lakeshore Theater 10pm

The Bravery, Fiction Plane, Your Vegas @ Metro 5:30pm

The Slackers, Bomb the Music Industry, Todd Hembrook & The Hemispheres @ Reggie’s Rock Club 8pm

Century Rocket Building, III Ease, Sad Horse @ Ronny’s 9pm

Bound Stems, So Many Dynamos @ Subterranean 9pm

Quatre Tete, Dropsonic, Miracle Condition, With A Gun @ The Note 9pm

Sun 4/20

The New Pornographers, Okkervil River @ Riviera Theatre 8pm

The Mars Volta @ Aragon Ballroom 5:30pm

The Epochs, District Somnium @ Beat Kitchen 8:30pm

Trevor Keith, Say Vinyl @ Schubas 9pm

Mon 4/21

Kelley Stoltz, Sharks and Seals @ Empty Bottle 9pm

Colin Meloy, Laura Gibson @ Park West 6pm

Scotland Yard Gospel Choir @ Schubas 9pm

Iron and Wine @ Vic Theater 8pm

Tues 4/22

Iron and Wine @ Vic Theater 8pm

Atmosphere, Abstract Rude @ Metro 6:30pm

Casiotone for the Painfully Alone @ Beat Kitchen 7pm

Disfear, Sweet Cobra, Yakuza, Trap Them @ Subterranean 8:30pm

Wed 4/23

Musee Mecanique, Via Tania, Who Cares How Long You Sink @ Empty Bottle 9pm

Atmosphere, Abstract Rude @ Metro 8pm

Thurs 4/24

Constantines, Oakley Hall, The Fall Collection @ Empty Bottle 9pm

Fri 4/25

The Acorn @ Empty Bottle 10pm

Cloud Cult, Mason Proper @ Schubas 7pm

Cloud Cult, The Forms @ Schubas 10:30pm

Sat 4/26

Enon, Love Story in Blood Red, Dark Meat @ Empty Bottle 10pm

Stars of the Lid, Christopher Willits @ Lakeshore Theater 9pm

The Effigies @ Reggie’s Rock Club 9pm

Foals @ Subterranean 9:30pm

Sun 4/27

The Cave Singer @ Schubas 9pm

Mon 4/28

Scotland Yard Gospel Choir @ Schubas 9pm

When Dinosaurs Rules the Earth, Head of Skulls @ Empty Bottle 9pm

Tues 4/29

Northern State @ Schubas 9pm

The Teenagers, Team Robespierre @ Abbey Pub 8pm

Elbow @ Park West 8pm

The Rosebuds @ Subterranean 8pm

Yelle @ The Mansion 8pm

Wed 4/30

The Cops @ Empty Bottle 9pm

--Alex