YOB

Ty Segall @ MHoW last weekend (more by PSquared Photography) today in Chicago * YOB, Indian @ The Flat Iron * Retribution Gospel Choir, Stagnant Pools * Brian Posehn, Jeremy Essig @ Abbey Pub * Ty Segall, Ex-Cult, Zath @ Empty Bottle (Late Show) * The Maccabees, Reputante, Gambles @ Lincoln Hall * Ty Segall, Ex-Cult, Trin Tran @ Empty Bottle (Early Show) * Lasers and Fast and Shit, Speck Mountain, Weatherman @ Hideout * Wally Dogger, The Flowers, Husband & Wife @ Cole's Bar (Free Show) * Geoff Rickly, Vinnie Caruana, A Loss For Words, Koji, Brian Marquis @ Beat Kitchen * Coheed & Cambria, Between the Buried and Me, Russian Circles @ Congress Theater * Randy Tuesday and the Two Two Tuesdays, RC Pro Am, Jovontaes, The Hecks @ Township YOB and Indian play an anti-Valentine's Day party at The Flat Iron...

Heavy metal and foodie haven Kuma's Corner are set to open a second Chicago location in Lincoln Park. While the Woodfield Mall and/or Naperville joint is still rumored, Kuma's Too will be setting up shop at 666 W...

Yob and Norska (with Aaron from Yob) played Beat Kitchen on 9/12 joined by a supporting appearance from Beak. The show, part of a string of dates for Yob/Norska, was partly a coming-out party for Norska, who recently dropped a re-release of their LP via Brutal Panda...

Aaron Rieseberg w/ Yob @ Bell House in May (more by Fred Pessaro // BBG) Doom metal lords Yob are slated to hit the road in the US in September, with direct support from Norska...

Mike Scheidt of thundering doom gods YOB attempted to show off the fact that his musical prowess goes beyond glowing tubes at The Empty Bottle on January 25th...

Chicago-based independent record label Thrill Jockey are celebrating their 20th anniversary with a bunch of reissues from seminal artists, plus some new releases too...

Yob at Le Poisson Rouge in NYC (more by Markus Shaffer) As discussed, the mighty Yob, who released one of my fave albums of 2011, will occupy Empty Bottle on January 25th (a few days before they head out on tour with Tool)...

As the band points out, though the Empty Bottle haven't announced it yet, Anatomy of Habit are in fact opening for Yob and Mike Scheidt (solo) on January 25th...

Reggie Watts @ the Eugene Mirman Comdey Fest in 2010 (more by David Andrako) today in Chicago * Vaz, Pygmy Shrews @ Panchos * Steely Dan, Sam Yahel @ Ravina Park * Mad Decent Block Party @ Wicker Park * Reggie Watts @ Mayne Stage (Late Show) * Reggie Watts @ Mayne Stage (Early Show) * Gridlink, Phobia, Maruta @ Reggie's (Free Show w/ RSVP) * Dillon Francis, Lunice, Kito, Reptar, Willy Joy @ Double Door (Mad Decent Afterparty) Stream YOB's new LP Atma in its entirety via NPR...

Archers of Loaf @ Webster Hall (more by Chris Gersbeck) today in Chicago * Chip Tha Ripper @ Metro * Mark Kozelek @ Lincoln Hall * Dave Matthews Band 'Caravan' (Day 1) * YOB, Dark Castle, Indian @ Subterranean * The Wooden Birds, Roommate @ Hideout * Local H, No Joy, Planetsexploder @ Empty Bottle * Archers of Loaf, Blank Banker @ Bottom Lounge (Night 1) * The Flaming Lips, Marnie Stern @ Aragon Ballroom (Night 2) * The Lonliest Monk, Stephen Paul Smoker, Flying Cars @ Reggie's What else...