May Shows in Chicago

Thurs 5/01
The Lemonheads, Bound Stems, David Singer @ Abbey Pub 8pm

Mahjongg, Mute Era, Tirra Lirra @ Empty Bottle 9pm

The Little Ones, Ladyhawk, Neva Divona @ Schubas 9pm

Fri 5/02
The Lemonheads, The Ladies and Gentlemen, Canasta @ Abbey Pub 9pm

Urge Overkill, Suffrajett, The Life And Crimes Of... @ Bottom Lounge 9pm

Midnight Juggernauts, Shy Child @ Double Door 8pm

Mannequin Men, Tyvek, Sic Alps @ Empty Bottle 10pm

Lacona, Mystery Palace, These Modern Socks @ Hideout 10pm

Ghostland Observatory @ Metro 6pm

The Nothingheads, Elephant Gun, Twin Tigers, We Will Eat Rats To Survive @ Ronny's 6pm

Supernova @ The Note 9pm

Kate Nash @ Vic Theater 7:30pm

Sat 5/03
Dead Meadow, Velcro Lewis & His 100 Proof Band, Plastic Crimewave Sound, Nudity @ Abbey Pub 8pm

Haywood Yards, The Thin Man, Pistols at Dawn @ Bottom Lounge 9pm

Bob Schneider @ Double Door 8pm

The Narrator (last Chicago show!), Joan of Arc, Tight Phantomz, Mannequin Men (DJ Set) @ Empty Bottle 10pm

Indian Jewelry, Warhammer 48k @ Hideout 9pm

Apollo Heights, Papillon @ The Note 9pm

Sun 5/04
The Night Marchers, The Red Eyed Legends, The Muslims @ Schubas 8:30pm

Mon 5/05
South, Silver State, Ki:Theory, Johnny Lloyd Rollins @ Abbey Pub 8pm

Her Space Holiday, Lymbyc System, Over the Atlantic @ Empty Bottle 9pm

Tokyo Police Club, Smoosh, Maps and Atlases @ Metro 8pm

Wed 5/07
Cut Copy, Black Kids, Mobius Band @ Abbey Pub 8pm

Local H, Fig Dish @ Beat Kitchen 6pm

The Black Hollies @ Empty Bottle 9pm

Robyn @ Park West 6:30pm

Film School, Airiel, Urbanites @ Schubas 9pm

Rue Royale, Cedarwell, JP05, Like the Birds @ Subterranean 8pm

Thurs 5/07
Local H, Ultra Sonic Edukators @ Beat Kitchen 6pm

The Black Ghosts, Thunderheist, Lazer Crystal, E-Six & ROAN @ Hideout 9pm

Ministry, Meshugga, Hemlock @ House of Blues 9pm

Lords, Millions @ Subterranean 9pm

Fri 5/08
Presidents of the United States of America @ Abbey Pub 9pm

M.I.A. @ Aragon Ballroom 7:30pm

Fun Club, Local H @ Beat Kitchen 6:30pm

The Heavy, Rocktapussy, w/ the new DJ/electro project from LDW's DJ Mother Hubbard and Jessica Gonyea of OFFICE @ Darkroom 9pm

Singer, Detholz!, Cloudland Canyon @ Empty Bottle 10pm

Le Concorde, Sleep Out, Horse in the Sea @ Hideout 10pm

Ministry, Meshugga, Hemlock @ House of Blues 7pm

The Kills, Telepathe @ Metro 9pm

New Monsoon, The Mother Hips, Glass Trees @ Schubas 9:30pm

Sybris, The Bon Savants, Apteka @ Subterranean 9:30pm

Devotchka, Basia Bulat @ Vic Theater 6:30pm

Sat 5/10
Local H, The Tossers @ Beat Kitchen 6pm

VHS or BETA, Tigercity @ Empty Bottle 10pm

New Monsoon, The Mother Hips @ Schubas 10pm

Jason Anderson, Kid, You'll Move Mountains, Strand of Oaks @ South Union Arts 9pm

Russian Circles, Tight Phantomz, Call Me Lightning @ Subterranean 9pm

Sun 5/11
Local H, Josh Caterer (of Smoking Popes) @ Beat Kitchen 6pm

Megafaun, Jon Mueller, Jim Becker (Califone) @ Hideout 9:30pm

Madball, M.O.D., Shai Hulud, Bitter End @ Reggie's Rock Club 5pm

Mon 5/12
Local H, Pegboy @ Beat Kitchen 6pm

Clinic, Shearwater @ Empty Bottle 9pm

El Perro Del Mar, Lykke Li, Anna Ternheim @ Schubas 8pm

Tues 5/13
Local H, Mannequin Men @ Beat Kitchen 6pm

Liars, SSION @ Reggie's Rock Club 8pm

Coliseum, Victims, Trash Talk, (Lone) Wolf and Cub @ Ronny's 6pm

Yo Majesty, Does It Offend You, Yeah? @ The Mansion 8pm

Wed 5/14
Flight of the Conchords @ Chicago Theatre 7:30pm

The Big Sleep @ Empty Bottle 9pm

Thurs 5/15
EL-P, Dizzee Rascal, Busdriver @ Abbey Pub 9pm

Bryan Scary & The Shredding Tears, The Mary Onettes @ Beat Kitchen 9pm

The Helio Sequence, Bronze, Yourself & The Air @ Empty Bottle 9pm

The Singleman Affair, Roma Di Luna @ Hideout 9pm

Laura Veirs, Liam Finn @ Schubas 7pm & 10pm

The Von Bondies, Die! Die! Die! @ Subterranean 7pm

Fri 5/16
CPC Gangbangs, CoCoComa, Mother of Tears @ Beat Kitchen 10pm

The Rosewood Thieves, Dragon & Jones, Cairo Gang @ Hideout 10pm

Thrice, Circa Survive, Pelican @ Metro 6pm

Pillars and Tongues, Talibam!, The Binges @ Ronny's 9pm

The Heavenly States, Head of Femur, The Poison Control Center @ Schubas 10pm

Sat 5/17
The Cure @ Allstate Arena 7pm

Subtle, Pit Er Pat, Locks @ Empty Bottle 10pm

Anti-Crew, AM/FM, Color Radio, H20 Soul @ Reggie's Rock Club 10pm

Brighton, MA, Heypenny, Moxie Motive, These Modern Socks @ Schubas 9pm

65daysofstatic, The Felix Culpa, The Glide @ Subterranean 9:30pm

Sun 5/18
Air Traffic @ Bottom Lounge 8pm

Joe Lally (of Fugazi), Michael Columbia, MRDR @ Schubas 9pm

Mon 5/19
KTL, Nemeth @ Empty Bottle 9pm

Tues 5/20
Old Time Relijun, B1g T1me, Spires That in the Sunset Rise, Mayor Daley @ Abbey Pub 8pm

White Rabbits, Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson, Morning State @ Schubas 9pm

Wed 5/21
The Old Haunts, The Red Eyed Legends, Stanley Ross @ Empty Bottle 9pm

Pela, Minipop @ Schubas 9pm

Nightmare of You, The Graduate, Paper Rival, Edison Glass @ Subterranean 6:30pm

Thurs 5/22
Shipping News, Poison Arrows @ Hideout 8pm

Headlights, The Submarines @ Schubas 8pm

Fri 5/23
Panic! at the Disco @ Congress Theatre 6pm

Blood on the Wall, War on Drugs @ Empty Bottle 10pm

Tiger Army, War Tapes @ Metro 6:30pm

Blueblood, Teenage Prayers @ Schubas 10pm

Snowden, Colour Revolt @ Subterranean 9:30pm

Sat 5/24
Dark Meat, Quiet Hooves @ Av-aerie 9pm

Panic! at the Disco @ Congress Theatre 6pm

The Long Blondes, Drug Rug @ Logan Square Auditorium 8:30pm

The Queers, Lemuria, Bomb the Music Industry, Andrew Jackson, Jihad, Kepi @ Reggie's Rock Club 7pm

Rilo Kiley @ Riviera Theatre 8pm

Sun 5/25
Camera, Star, Maradona, Panda Riot @ Abbey Pub 8pm

Maritime, Make Believe, Mannequin Men, White Savage @ Double Door 8pm

Ben Weasel and His Carnegie Bandsmen, Shot Baker, The Leftovers, The Guts @ Reggie's Rock Club 6pm

Mon 5/26
Thrones, Mr. Russia, Rabid Rabbit @ Bottom Lounge 8pm

Los Campesinos!, Jeffrey Lewis & The Jitters @ Empty Bottle 9pm

Howling Hex @ Hideout 9pm

Thrones, Mr. Russia, Rabid Rabbit @ The Note 9pm

Tues 5/27
Los Campesinos!, Jeffrey Lewis & The Jitters @ Empty Bottle 9pm

Wed 5/28
Jeremy Enigk, Damien Jurado @ Bottom Lounge 8pm

The Ocean, Kylesa, Lair of the Minotaur, Withered @ Reggie's Rock Club 8pm

Langhorne Slim, The Builders & The Butchers @ Schubas 9pm

Thurs 5/29
Airiel, Dragged By Horses, Walking Bicycles @ Darkroom 8pm

French Kicks, Frightened Rabbit @ Double Door 8pm

M83, The Berg Sans Nipple @ Empty Bottle 7pm & 9pm

Langhorne Slim @ Hideout 9pm

Bottomless Pit, The Buddy Revelles @ Schubas 9pm

Dosh, Anathallo @ Subterranean 9:30pm

Fri 5/30
The Presets, Walter Meego @ Abbey Pub 8pm

Mudhoney, Easy Action, The Fake Fictions @ Bottom Lounge 9pm

Firewater @ Empty Bottle 10pm

Sat 5/31
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra, Tra-La-La Band, Josh Abrams, The Dead Science @ Logan Square Auditorium 8:30pm

Javelins, Bob Nanna (ex-Braid), The Silent Years, Nouns @ Beat Kitchen 10pm

Dave Fischoff @ Bottom Lounge 9pm

The Eternals (ex-Trench Mouth), The Jai Alai Savant, Reds and Blue @ Empty Bottle 10pm

The Breeders, The Montana Boys @ Metro 8pm

Slings & Arrows, SND on SND @ Schubas 10pm

Daughters @ Subterranean 10pm

--Alex