Chicago Concert Calendar, Fall 2008

The next two months are quite simply ridiculous when it comes to live music options for fans in the City of Wind. Helped out by the fact that the 30-day post-Lollapalooza prohibition period has passed, every single week (practically every day) sees major artists and Next Big Things peddling their wares all over Chicago. Some highlights, with interesting links:

9/06: Sons and Daughters - Double Door
9/07: GZA (reprising his 2007 Pitchfork Music Festival performance of Liquid Swords) - House of Blues
9/08: Spiritualized - Metro
9/10: The Dutchess & The Duke - Schubas
9/11: Ra Ra Riot - Subterranean
9/12: The Walkmen - Metro
9/17: Cut Copy - Metro
9/19: French Kicks, The M's - Double Door
9/20: The Felice Brothers - Abbey Pub
9/20 & 9/21: The Hideout Block Party, featuring Neko Case (solo on 9/20), The New Pornographers (with Ms. Case on 9/21), Hercules and Love Affair, and Ratatat
9/23: High Places, Aleks & the Drummer - AV-aerie
9/24: Sigur Ros - Chicago Theatre
9/27: My Bloody Valentine - Aragon Ballroom
9/28 & 9/29: Hot Chip - Metro
9/28 & 9/29: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Riviera Theatre
10/1: Langhorne Slim - Abbey Pub
10/2 & 10/3: Beck, MGMT - Aragon Ballroom
10/8: The Dodos - Bottom Lounge
10/9: Broken Social Scene - Vic Theatre
10/9 & 10/10: My Morning Jacket - Chicago Theatre
10/10: Stereolab - Vic Theatre
10/12: Fleet Foxes - Metro
10/14: Okkervil River - Metro
10/17: Deerhoof - Metro
10/18: Man Man - Bottom Lounge
10/22: TV on the Radio - Riviera Theatre
10/25: Lykke Li - Empty Bottle
10/28: Yeasayer - Bottom Lounge
10/31: Kings of Leon - Aragon Ballroom

See. We told you: Quite simply ridiculous. So save some gas money by riding your bike and go see some shows. See you there.

Venues:

Abbey Pub
Aragon Ballroom
AV-aerie
Bottom Lounge
Chicago Theatre
Double Door
Empty Bottle
The Hideout
House of Blues
Metro
Riviera Theatre
Schubas
Subterranean
Vic Theatre

-J2