Pearl Jam covered Bowie's "Rebel Rebel" and brought out Dennis Rodman, Chicago Cubs co-owner Tom Ricketts, and the World Series trophy at the first of two Wrigley Field "Away Shows."
today in Chicago
* The Boulevard (Day 2)
* Bash On Wabash (Day 1)
* Barber Greene @ Quenchers
* BoomBox @ Concord Music Hall
* Radkey, The Party Downers @ Township
* Evidence of Dilated Peoples @ Schubas
* The Sidekicks, Hop Along @ Beat Kitchen
* The Burlington Six Year Anniversary Party
* Psalm One, Bassel, Falldown @ Lincoln Hall
* Redlight King, Icon for Hire @ Bottom Lounge
* Fallen Rivers, Left on Carroll @ Subterranean
* The Cell Phones, Drose, Mooner, The Maharishi @ Martyrs
* Depeche Mode, Bat For Lashes @ First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
* MOLOTOV, Resistol 5000, Descartes a Kant @ The Congress Theater
* Glass Lux, Taught Abroad, Grandkids, Le Fonz, Psalm One @ Hideout
* Howl, Chicago Thrash Ensemble, Get Off The Cross, Beak @ Cobra Lounge
* Bad Bad Meow, Rocketboat, The Vare, Pet Peeve, Blue Bird @ Double Door
* Born Of Osiris, I Killed Everyone, Burn The Remains, This City Falls @ Reggie's
Psalm One plays an early show at Lincoln Hall (8PM) and then will be DJing at the Hideout (11PM)...
"For a while it seemed like the clouds would be chased away for Night 2 in Chicago... but first drops came during "Shackled," and it just kept coming down harder from "Waitin' on a Sunny Day" on...
Cut Copy @ Prospect Park in August (more by Jessica Amaya)
today in Chicago
* Movits! @ Hideout
* David Shrigley @ Quimby's
* Dastardly @ Uncommon Ground
* Bone & Bell, The Bird Day @ Empty Bottle
* Bomba Estreo, Luisa Maita @ Lincoln Hall
* The Watson Twins, Aunt Martha @ Schubas
* World Music Festival @ Various Venues (Day 6)
* Killer Moon, The Lepers, The Clams @ Panchos
* Cut Copy, Washed Out, Midnight Magic @ the Riv
* Abigail Washburn, Mar Caribe, Alana Amran @ Martyrs
* Tristen, Ten Of Swords, Derek Nelson @ Subterranean
* Bee Mask, Drainolith, PANDAVA, Forever Overhead @ Enemy
* Boxsledder, The Nesmins, This Is A Movement, Prepare to Die, The Big Leagues @ Memories
Both David Shrigley & Common are making book-related appearances in town today...
Ganglians @ Market Hotel in 2009 (more by Leia Jospe)
today in Chicago
* Zoso @ Park West
* Janis Ian @ SPACE
* Geddes, Nick Bassett @ Smart Bar
* Straight Arrows @ Crown Tap Room
* Ganglians, Soft Speaker @ Beat Kitchen
* Kevin Devine, The Features @ Bottom Lounge
* Bloodshot Records 15th Anniversary @ Hideout
* Plague, MisMatch, Pipe, Iron Finger @ Memories
* Ganglians @ Permanent Records (Free; In-store)
* Alison Krauss & Union Station @ Chicago Theatre
* Tom Schraeder, The Clones, Vortis @ Subterranean
* Brendan Kelly, Swayback, Ratasucia @ Double Door
* Cloudbirds, The Glory Singers @ Schubas (Early Show)
* Motopony, Tiny Fireflies, Prussia @ Schubas (Late Show)
* This is My Fist,, Holy Shit...