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Wedding Dress @ the Empty Bottle in April (more by Zach Pollack) Chicago outfit Wedding Dress -- featuring Erin Elders (Maps & Atlases), Mike Russell & Matt Lemke (Suns), Bobby Burg (Love of Everything, Joan of Arc, etc...

Tickets to see Damien Rice at the Athenaeum Theatre go on sale today (9/19) at 10AM CST. Tickets to see The Atlas Moth at Beat Kitchen are on sale now...

Alt rock heavyweight Mark Lanegan is slated to release his new album, titled Phantom Radio, on October 21 via Flooded Soil/Vagrant. The LP's lead single "Floor Of The Ocean" is a moody, synth-heavy number complete with Lanegan's signature dusky vocals...

Weatherbox @ Saint Vitus in July (more by Amanda Hatfield) Weatherbox have announced that they'll be pulling out of their tour with Finch and Maps & Atlases due to main man Brian Warren's mental health issues...

Scott w/ Frightened Rabbit @ Osheaga 2013 (more by Toby Tenenbaum) Frightened Rabbit singer Scott Hutchison recently welcomed a solo album under the name Owl John...

In addition to a bunch of great, previously announced Riot Fest Chicago aftershows -- including Bad Religion with Anti-Flag at Double Door, The Hot Snakes with Plague Vendor at the Empty Bottle, Mineral with Into It...

Ab-Soul @ Williamsburg Park in 2013 (more by Amanda Hatfield) Ab-Soul has announced that he'll be embarking on a fall North American tour in support of his recently released LP These Days...

Tickets to see She Keeps Bees at Beat Kitchen are on sale now. Tickets to see Buke and Gase at The Empty Bottle are on sale now. Tickets to see Screaming Females and Pujol at Logan Square Auditorium are on sale now...

Primus @ the Riv, June 2013 (more by James Richards IV) Riot Fest Chicago have announced a slew of official festival aftershows, including Mineral with Into It...

Weatherbox @ Saint Vitus in July (more by Amanda Hatfield) In expert pairings, Chicago staples Maps & Atlases and San Diego-based project Weatherbox will be embarking on a fall North American tour together...