October Shows in Chicago

Wed 10/1
The Heartless Bastards, Langhorne Slim @ Abbey Pub 8pm

The Wedding Present, Dirty on Purpose @ Empty Bottle 10pm

Rachael Yamagata, Kevin Devine @ Lakeshore Theater 7pm, 10pm

Lacona @ Beat Kitchen 8:30pm

The Bug, Ghislain Poirier @ Subterranean 9pm

Thurs 10/2
Beck, MGMT @ Aragon Ballroom 7:30pm

Weezer, Angels and Airwaves, Tokyo Police Club @ Allstate Arena 7pm

Gomez (performing Bring It On) @ Vic Theater 6:30pm

Saviours, Raise the Red Lantern, Slow Horse @ Beat Kitchen 9pm

Takka Takka, Grammar, Elephant Gun @ darkroom 8pm

Thee Oh Sees, Mother of Tears, Paul Cary @ Cobra Lounge 10pm

Truckstop Honeymoon @ Hideout 5:30pm

Deaf Center, Zelienople, Odawas @ Hideout 9:30pm

Joe Pug, The Blueheels @ Hideout 10pm

Liam Finn, The Veils @ Lakeshore Theater 10pm

Thee Oh Sees, Intelligence @ Permanent Records 5pm

Rahim, Darren Keen, Heligoats @ Ronny's 9pm

Fri 10/3
Beck, MGMT @ Aragon Ballroom 7:30pm

Headlights, Helicopters, World's First Flying Machine @ Schubas 10:30pm

The Dials, Mathematicians, The Ettes, The Deccas @ Empty Bottle 9pm

Brazilian Girls @ House of Blues 6pm

Sat 10/4
Sunset Rubdown, Vacations @ Empty Bottle 7:30pm, 10pm

First Friday, Lasers and Fast and Shit @ Double Door 8pm

My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult @ Metro 8:30pm

Dead Confederate @ Schubas 10pm

Sun 10/5
Slim Cessna's Auto Club @ Bottom Lounge 9pm

Band of Annuals, Judson Claiborn @ Hideout 9pm

Mon 10/6
Black Kids, The Virgins, Team Band @ Abbey Pub 6pm

Black Kids, The Virgins, Magic Wands @ Metro 7pm

Office, Bob Nanna, Ed Laurie @ Schubas 9pm

Autumn Defense, Bart Davenport, Canasta @ Bottom Lounge 8pm

Robert Pollards' Boston Spaceships, High Strung @ Double Door 8pm

Chinese Stars, Brilliant Pebbles, Dead Gods @ Empty Bottle 9:30pm

Sweet Cobra, Trap Them, Furnace @ Subterranean 8:30pm

Tues 10/7
Peter Hammill (of Van der Graafe Generator), Cheer Accident @ Abbey Pub 7pm

Daniel Francis Doyle, Yellow Fever, Mittens on Strings, Darren Keen @ Empty Bottle 9pm

MSTRKRFT, Felix Cartal @ Metro 8pm

Talkdemonic @ Schubas 9pm

Wed 10/8
Jamie Lidell, Janelle Monae @ Metro 8pm

The Dodos, Au, Light Pollution @ Bottom Lounge 8pm

Jeff Hanson, Chris Koza @ Schubas 9pm

Thurs 10/9
My Morning Jacket @ Chicago Theatre 7:30pm

Broken Social Scene, Land of Talk @ Vic Theatre 6:30pm

Tegan & Sara, City and Colour, Girl in a Coma @ Riviera Theatre 5:30pm

Fri 10/10
My Morning Jacket @ Chicago Theatre 7:30pm

Silver Jews, The Mattoid @ Metro 9pm

Stereolab, Le Loup, Monade w/ Laetitia Sadier of Stereolab @ Vic Theater 8pm

Statehood, Kid, You'll Move Mountains, The Fake Fictions @ Bottom Lounge 8pm

Ben Folds, Missy Higgins @ Congress Theatre 8pm

S. Joel Norman, Dylan Kloska @ Elbo Room 8:30pm

Prisonshake, This Moment in Black History, Pale Gallery @ Empty Bottle 10pm

Beach House, Jana Hunter, Santa Dads, Lexie Mountain Boys, Lesser Gonzalez Alvarez, Teeth Mountain, Nautical Almanac, Lizz King, Creepers, WZT Hearts, Ed Schrader, Sandcats @ Epiphany 6pm

Shelley Short, Alexis Gideon, Machineshop @ Hideout 7:30pm

Sat 10/11
The Kooks @ Riviera Theatre 6:30pm

Cold War Kids @ Vic Theatre 7pm

Matt Bauer, Judson Claiborn @ Av-aerie 8pm

Throw Me the Statue, Locksley, Hymns @ Beat Kitchen 7pm

Valient Thorr, Black President, Black Tusk @ Cobra Lounge 9pm

Pierced Arrows, Lover!, Big Knife @ Empty Bottle 10pm

Dan Deacon, The Death Set, Adventure, Videohippos, Future Islands, Nuclear Power Pants, Dj Dog Dick, Blood Baby, Height, Cex, Smartgrowth, Double Dagger @ Epiphany 6pm

Justin Townes Earle, Ben Weaver @ Hideout 9pm

Catfish Haven, Brighton, MA @ Metro 8pm

Sonya Kitchell, The Slip, Brad Barr (The Slip) @ Schubas 10pm

Oh My God, Baby Teeth, My My My @ Subterranean 9:30pm

Sun 10/12
Pinback, Make Believe @ Bottom Lounge 8pm

Fleet Foxes, Frank Fairfield @ Metro 8pm

Jay Reatard, Cola Freaks, The Frankl Project @ Double Door 9pm

The Bronx, Haymarket Riot, Vicelords @ Reggie's Rock Club 8pm

Mighty Mighty Bosstones, ALL, Jay Reatard, Horrorpops, The Casualties, Leftover Crack, TSOL, DOA, Big Drill Car, Mustard Plug, Municipal Waste, Paint it Black, Teenage Bottlerocket, Valient Thorr, Black President, The Methadones, The Ergs @ Congress Theatre 11am

Mon 10/13
Shearwater, Hospital Ships @ Lakeshore Theater 10pm

The Mountain Goats, Kaki King @ Park West 7:30pm

Office, Big Science, Thin Hymns, Gold @ Schubas 9pm

USAISAMONSTER @ Empty Bottle 9pm

Tues 10/14
Okkervil River, Crooked Fingers, Black Joe Lewis and the Honey Bears @ Metro 8pm

Ben Kweller, Whitley @ Bottom Lounge 7pm

Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, Ill Ease, sBACH @ Empty Bottle 9:30pm

Digable Planets @ Park West 8pm

Matt Hales, KaiserCartel @ Schubas 9pm

Wed 10/15
Crooked Fingers, The Uglysuit @ Schubas 9pm

LadyHawke, Bumblebeez @ Av-aerie 8pm

Thomas Function, Mother of Tears @ Empty Bottle 9:30pm

Mirah, No Kids @ Epiphany 8pm

The Residents @ Lakeshore Theater 8pm

Thurs 10/16
Mr. Gnome, An Aesthetic Anaesthetic @ Bottom Lounge 8pm

Crystal Antlers, The New Ghosts, White / Light @ Empty Bottle 9:30pm

Citay, The Horse's Ha @ Hideout 9pm

The Residents @ Lakeshore Theater 8pm

The Silent Years, Envy Corps, Northpilot @ Schubas 9pm

Fri 10/17
Against Me!, Ted Leo & the Pharmacists, Future Of The Left @ Riviera Theatre 7pm

DMBQ, Pit Er Pat, An Albatross, Plastic Crimewave Sound @ Abbey Pub 8pm

The Everybodyfields, Katie Herzig, Samantha Crain, McCarthy Trenching @ Double Door 8pm

The New Year, Jennifer O'Connor, Sonoi @ Empty Bottle 10pm

Ian Moore, Loquat, Greycoats @ Hideout 9:30pm

Deerhoof, Experimental Dental School, Flying @ Metro 6pm

Hercules and Love Affair @ Metro 11:30pm

Chuck Ragan (of Hot Water Music), Ben Nichols, Tim Barry (of Avail), Sundowner @ Reggie's Rock Club 8pm

Matthew Dear's Big Hands @ Sonotheque 9pm

Vast Aire, Qwal, Seel Fresh, Phero @ Subterranean 10pm

Minus the Bear, Annuals, Themes @ Vic Theater 6pm

Sat 10/18
Wire @ Metro 8pm

Man Man, Tim Fite @ Bottom Lounge 5pm, 9pm

Genghis Tron, Teith, Yip Yip, Black Cobra @ Beat Kitchen 9pm

The Handcuffs, Killing The Enemy, Javelinas, Kelroy @ Double Door 8pm

The Red Eyed Legends, Mountain High @ Hideout 9pm

Old Crow Medicine Show @ Riviera Theatre 6:30pm

Horse in the Sea, Scattered Trees, Cheyenne @ Schubas 10pm

Sun 10/19
Crooks and Children, Michael Zapruder, Steve Dawson @ Double Door 8pm

The Dead C, Wolf Eyes @ Empty Bottle 10pm

Musee Mecanique @ Hideout 9pm

Toadies, People in Planes @ Metro 8pm

Matisyahu @ Riviera Theatre 8pm

Canasta, Bearsuit, Pale Young Gentleman @ Schubas 8pm

Mon 10/20
Office, Birthmark, Netherfriends @ Schubas 9pm

Mount Eerie, Julie Doiron (ex-Eric's Trip), Calm Down, It's Monday @ Av-aerie 8pm

Duffy @ Riviera 6pm

Tues 10/21
Elephant Six Holiday Surprise Tour @ Bottom Lounge 8pm

Murs, Kidz in the Hall, Aristacats, Astonish, Seel Fresh @ Abbey Pub 8pm

Yelle, Funeral Party @ Logan Square Auditorium 8pm

The Little Ones, Other Lives, Hey Champ @ Schubas 8pm

Wed 10/22
TV on the Radio, The Dirtbombs @ Riviera Theatre 8pm

Asobi Seksu, Blackstrap @ Empty Bottle 9:30pm

Wovenhand @ Bottom Lounge 8pm

Thurs 10/23
Diplo, Abe Vigoda, Boy 8 Bit, Telepathe @ Abbey Pub 9pm

Electric Six, The Golden Dogs @ Double Door 9pm

Titus Andronicus @ Empty Bottle 9:30pm

Pillars and Tongues, Reminder @ Hideout 10:30pm

The Spinto Band, Frightened Rabbit, The Laureates @ Metro 8pm

Fucked Up @ Reggie's Rock Club 6:30pm

Friendly Foes (members of Thunderbirds Are Now! @ Ronny's 9pm

Darker My Love @ Schubas 9pm

Fri 10/24
Secret Machines, The Dears @ Metro 6:30pm

The Rumble Strips, Birdmonster, Time Bomb Symphony @ Abbey Pub 8pm

Apollo Sunshine, Wax Fang @ Beat Kitchen 10pm

Backyard Tire Fire @ Double Door 9pm

The Legendary Pink Dots @ Empty Bottle 10pm

Sat 10/25
Fujiya & Miyagi, Prototypes @ Bottom Lounge 9pm

Lykke Li, Friendly Fires @ Empty Bottle 10pm

Crystal Castles, Lymbyc System @ Metro 6pm

Lotus @ Park West 9pm

Sun 10/26
David Byrne @ Civic Opera House 8pm

Magnetic Morning, The Life & Times, Head of Skulls @ Empty Bottle 9:30pm

Mon 10/27
Jolie Holland @ Congress Theatre 10pm

Of Montreal, Sinkane @ Riviera Theatre 8pm

Starfucker, Mother Mother @ Hideout 9pm

Office, The Living Blue, Hardy Mums @ Schubas 9pm

Tues 10/28
Yeasayer, Chairlift @ Bottom Lounge 9pm

White Lies, Japanese Motors @ Empty Bottle 9:30pm
Coheed & Cambria @ Riviera Theater 6:30pm

Jedi Mind Tricks @ Subterranean 9pm

Wed 10/29
Quatre Tete, Dropsonic, Bear Claw @ Double Door 8pm

Akimbo, Sweet Cobra, Millions @ Empty Bottle 9:30pm

Coheed & Cambria @ Riviera Theatre 7:30pm

Thurs 10/30
Copeland, Lovedrug, Lydia, Lights @ Bottom Lounge 6pm

Donavon Frankenreiter, Sara Watkins (of Nickel Creek) @ Double Door 8pm

Joan of Arc, I Kong Kult @ Hideout 9pm

Coheed & Cambria @ Riviera Theatre 7pm

Fri 10/31
Kings of Leon @ Aragon Ballroom 7:30pm

King Khan & BBQ Show @ Bottom Lounge 9pm

Detholz!, Aleks & the Drummer, The Hood Internet @ Empty Bottle 10pm

Indian, Rabid Rabbit @ Hideout 10pm

Conor Oberst & the Mystic Valley Band @ Vic Theater 6:30pm

--Alex