Metro

"...as evinced by Spiritualized's latest release "Sweet Heart Sweet Light," Pierce has yet to come close to hitting the bottom of this particularly deep well, and as the group ably showed at a sold out Metro Thursday night, Spiritualized has also found a comfortable place balancing bombast with its more subtle moments...

Still-reunited 90's Brooklyn hip hop crew Company Flow, aka El-P, Bigg Jus and Mr. Len stopped by Metro last Thursday to play their first Chicago show ever, on their way to Coachella (they played Sunday)...

Youth Lagoon returned to Chicago on Wednesday (4/4). Here are some pictures from their headlining set at Metro. More below...

Friday's sold-out show at Metro began with San Francisco band WATERS playing a set that can only be (positively) described as a show in your closest friend's living room on a rainy day (where is this weather coming from anyhow, Chicago...

Devotchka headlined a show at Metro back on 1/28. Here are some pics. They continue, with a list of more upcoming tour dates, below...

Mogwai at Metro in 2011 (more by Grant MacAllister) As discussed on Brooklynvegan, Mogwai will head out for a batch of North American dates in May/June...

Stephen Malkmus @ Other Music in NYC (more by Dana (Distortion) Yavin) NYC and Chicago are getting more intimate shows...The New York show is being moved from Terminal 5 to Webster Hall, and will now take place on Sunday, September 25 instead of Monday, September 26...

Jane's Addiction @ Terminal 5 in July (more by Dana (Distortion) Yavin) Jane's Addiction has announced "a one-of-a-kind series of two-night stands" starting in Chicago...

The night before Lollapalooza 2011 (Thursday, 8/4) kicked off, Death From Above 1979 played an exceptionally intimate and sold out show at Metro...

Mates of State @ ACL in 2008 (more by Kyle Dean Reinford) Mates of State are set to release their new LP, Mountaintops on September 13th via Barsuk Records...