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Vince Staples, Anderson .Paak, Taking Back Sunday, Julien Baker, and more are also playing the free concert series.

House of Vans Chicago also includes Vic Mensa, Princess Nokia, and UMO. The final Brooklyn lineup was also announced.

The National will play House of Vans on Monday (10/30)! It's a free show and tickets will be given away via a lottery. You'll need to submit your entry before midnight tonight (10/26). The band's tour will be back in Chicago for two sold-out shows at Civic Opera House...

When the 2017 lineup for LA's FYF Fest was announced, one of its most surprising and exciting inclusions was another reunion of Cap'n Jazz, the influential emo band whose members went on to form American Football, Owen, Owls, Joan of Arc, The Promise Ring, Maritime, and more...

Like they do every spring/summer, Brooklyn's House of Vans is throwing a series of free shows and the 2017 lineup has been announced. This year, there's a series in Chicago as well...

Friend, collaborator, and past tourmate of American Primitivism guitarist Daniel Bachman, Chicago's Riley Walker crafts excellent psych-folk indebted to the cult heroes of the late '60s and early '70s, whose impact took decades to hit and is still being felt today...

Attention Hüsker Dü fans, Grant Hart is playing a pair of Chicago shows this week. The first of two is TONIGHT (Monday, 9/9) at Danny's with Chris Connelly; there isn't a cover...

UPDATE: Full details announced! The Thermals @ BVSXSW (more by Kevin Figueroa) Check BV Chicago again on Monday for more details on this BrooklynVegan/BV Chicago presented FREE, post-Lollapalooza CHICAGO SHOW with The Thermals, and for more information on the Russian Circles one happening one day later...

UPDATE: Full details announced! Russian Circles @ Saint Vitus (more by Caroline Harrison) Check BV Chicago again on Monday for more details on this BrooklynVegan/BV Chicago/Invisible Oranges presented FREE, post-Lollapalooza CHICAGO SHOW with Russian Circles, and for more information on the Thermals one happening one day earlier...

Sailor Jerry's annual free Cobrafest is returning to Chicago's Cobra Lounge (235 N. Ashland Ave) this year from July 19-21, the same weekend that Pitchfork Festival goes down in Union P...