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Updated Chicago concert list

My wallet hates this city.

5/6 - Crystal Antlers, Vivian Girls @ Empty Bottle
5/6 - Adam Freeland (Live) @ Sonotheque
5/7 - Dan Deacon, Future Islands, Teeth Mountain @ Metro
5/7 - Eve 6 @ Durty Nellie's [Palatine]
5/7 - The Sounds, Hey Champ @ Double Door
5/7 - The Berg Sans Nipple @ Empty Bottle
5/7 - Queensryche @ House of Blues
5/7 - Deerhoof, Maps and Atlases @ Bottom Lounge
5/7 - Joe Nice @ Smart Bar
5/8 - Queensryche @ House of Blues
5/8 - Del the Funky Homosapien @ Reggie's Rock Club
5/8 - Mogwai, The Twilight Sad @ Congress
5/8 - John Brown's Body @ Double Door
5/8 - Manchester Orchestra @ Subterranean
5/8 - Plain White T's @ Metro
5/8 - Black Strobe (DJ Set) @ Sonotheque
5/8 - Devlin and Darko @ Debonair Social Club
5/8 - Signal Path @ Beat Kitchen
5/9 - Signal Path @ Beat Kitchen
5/9 - Fall Out Boy @ Allstate Arena
5/9 - Diplo @ Smart Bar
5/9 - The Kills, The Horrors @ Metro
5/9 - Bryan Adams @ Ford Center for the Performing Arts
5/9 - Loney, Dear @ Schubas
5/9 - Cursive, P.O.S., The Berg Sans Nipple @ Bottom Lounge
5/11 - Thrones @ Empty Bottle
5/12 - Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band @ United Center
5/12 - Vetiver @ Chopin Theater
5/12 - Bob Log III @ Empty Bottle
5/12 - Iron & Wine @ Lakeshore Theater
5/13 - Iron & Wine @ Schubas
5/13 - Napalm Death @ House of Blues
5/13 - The Dears @ Lakeshore Theater
5/13 - Ben Lee, Low vs Diamond @ Bottom Lounge
5/14 - Lady Sovereign @ Metro
5/14 - Mike Watt & The Missingmen @ Schubas
5/14 - Maps and Atlases @ Reggie's Rock Club
5/15 - King Khan & The Shrines, Mark Sultan @ Bottom Lounge
5/15 - Mr. Scruff @ Smart Bar
5/15 - Pegboy, The Bollweevils @ Metro
5/15 - Chin Up Chin Up, Tight Phantomz @ Empty Bottle
5/15 - Testament @ House of Blues
5/15 - Steven Wright @ Vic
5/16 - Keane, The Helio Sequence @ Aragon
5/16 - Wolves in the Throne Room, Krallice, Indian @ Bottom Lounge
5/16 - Disturbed, Killswitch Engage, Lacuna Coil, Chimaira @ Charter One Pavilion
5/16 - The Vaselines @ Metro
5/16 - Ben Harper & Relentless7 @ Vic
5/17 - Big Business @ Bottom Lounge
5/17 - Destroyer (solo) @ Empty Bottle
5/18 - Melvins (performing "Houdini" in it's entirety with original drummer) @ Double Door
5/18 - Harlem Shakes @ Empty Bottle
5/19 - Death Vessel @ Schubas
5/20 - Black Moth Super Rainbow, School of Seven Bells @ Bottom Lounge
5/20 - Toadies @ Metro
5/20 - Black Dice, Wolf Eyes @ Empty Bottle
5/21 - Mae, Barcelona @ Reggie's Rock Club
5/21 - Pennywise, Pepper @ House of Blues
5/21 - Local H @ Double Door
5/21 - People in Planes @ Subterranean
5/22 - Peaches @ Metro
5/22 - Peaches (DJ Set) @ Smart Bar
5/22 - Empires, Company of Thieves @ Bottom Lounge
5/22 - Clues @ Schubas
5/22 - The Flashbulb @ Empty Bottle
5/22 - Chickenfoot (Joe Satriani, Chad Smith, Michael Anthony, Sammy Hagar) @ Park West
5/23 - The Prodigy, Tiga @ Congress
5/23 - Shpongle (DJ Set) @ Abbey Pub
5/24 - Lucky Boys Confusion @ Double Door
5/26 - The Tragically Hip @ Vic
5/27 - The Tragically Hip @ Vic
5/27 - Modeselektor, Apparat, Moderat @ Bottom Lounge
5/27 - Ellen Allien @ Sonotheque
5/29 - Nine Inch Nails @ Charter One Pavilion
5/29 - Kill Hannah @ Double Door
5/29 - Doves @ Vic
5/29 - The New Deal @ Park West
5/29 - Camera Obscura @ Metro
5/29 - Third Eye Blind @ Riviera
5/29 - Viva Voce, Cut Off Your Hands @ Empty Bottle
5/30 - Fischerspooner @ Metro
5/30 - Christopher Guest, Michael McKean & Harry Shearer (acoustic) @ Chicago Theatre
5/30 - Holy Fuck @ Empty Bottle
5/30 - Graham Walsh of Holy Fuck (DJ Set) @ Empty Bottle
5/30 - Har Mar Superstar @ Bottom Lounge
5/30 - Do Division Street Fest (Flosstradamus, Handsome Furs, etc.)
5/30 - Meat Puppets, Retribution Gospel Choir @ Schubas
5/31 - Meat Puppets, Retribution Gospel Choir @ Schubas
5/31 - Do Division Street Fest (Menomena, White Rabbits, Hollywood Holt, etc.)
5/31 - Gogol Bordello, Man Man @ Congress
5/31 - Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band @ Empty Bottle

6/1 - Menomena @ Empty Bottle
6/2 - Straylight Run @ Subterranean
6/3 - No Use For A Name @ Abbey Pub
6/3 - A Camp @ Double Door
6/4 - Dillinger Four, Japanther @ Bottom Lounge
6/4 - Freedy Johnston @ Schubas
6/5 - 1990s @ Schubas
6/5 - Smoking Popes @ Double Door
6/5 - Jenny Lewis @ Park West
6/5 - Telepathe @ Empty Bottle
6/6 - The New Mastersounds @ Double Door
6/6 - John Vanderslice @ Empty Bottle
6/7 - St. Vincent @ Epiphany
6/8 - The Crystal Method (Live) @ House of Blues
6/8 - Strung Out @ Reggie's Rock Club
6/8 - Art Brut @ Schubas
6/9 - Mr. Lif @ Abbey Pub
6/9 - Art Brut @ Schubas
6/10 - Art Brut @ Schubas
6/11 - Art Brut @ Schubas
6/11 - Starlight Mints, Evangelicals @ Bottom Lounge
6/12 - Art Brut @ Schubas
6/12 - Isis, Pelican @ Bottom Lounge
6/12 - Ozric Tentacles @ Abbey Pub
6/12 - VHS or Beta Dee Jays @ Debonair Social Club
6/13 - Phoenix @ Park West
6/14 - Dane Cook @ United Center
6/14 - 311, Ziggy Marley @ Charter One Pavilion
6/14 - Passion Pit @ Empty Bottle
6/14 - Metric @ Metro
6/15 - Twista @ House of Blues
6/15 - Indian @ Empty Bottle
6/17 - Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood @ United Center
6/17 - Ellen DeGeneres @ Chicago Theatre
6/17 - Michael Ian Black & Michael Showalter @ Lakeshore Theater (late)
6/18 - Propagandhi @ Bottom Lounge
6/18 - O.A.R., Robert Randolph & The Family Band @ Charter One Pavilion
6/18 - George Lopez @ Rosemont Theatre [Rosemont]
6/18 - Louis CK @ Vic
6/18 - Michael Ian Black & Michael Showalter @ Lakeshore Theater (early)
6/18 - Andy Dick @ Lakeshore Theater (late)
6/18 - X @ Double Door
6/19 - X @ Double Door
6/19 - Michelle Shocked @ Space [Evanston]
6/19 - Louis CK @ Vic
6/19 - Jim Breuer and Danny Bhoy @ Lakeshore Theater (early)
6/19 - George Lopez @ Rosemont Theatre [Rosemont]
6/20 - George Lopez @ Rosemont Theatre [Rosemont]
6/20 - X @ Double Door
6/20 - The Offspring, Dropkick Murphys @ Charter One Pavilion
6/20 - Paul Van Dyk @ Congress
6/20 - Bill Engvall @ Vic (early)
6/20 - Jimmy Fallon @ Vic (late)
6/20 - Pansy Division @ Subterranean
6/20 - Tiny Vipers, Balmorhea @ Empty Bottle
6/20 - Jim Breuer and Danny Bhoy @ Lakeshore Theater (early)
6/20 - Bob & David & Friends @ Lakeshore Theater (late)
6/20-21 - BAM! Fest
6/24 - The Orb @ Bottom Lounge
6/25 - Sir Richard Bishop @ Empty Bottle
6/25 - Au Revoir Simone @ Logan Square Auditorium
6/26 - Earth, Wind & Fire, Chicago @ Allstate Arena
6/26 - Jay Reatard @ Bottom Lounge
6/26 - ABC, Berlin, Wang Chung, Cutting Crew @ Rosemont Theatre
6/26-7/5 - Taste of Chicago @ Grant Park
6/27 - Kings X @ Double Door
6/27 - Thunderheist @ Schubas
6/27 - Better Than Ezra @ House of Blues
6/27 - Shellac @ Bottom Lounge
6/28 - Shellac @ Bottom Lounge
6/28 - The Fray, Jack's Mannequin @ First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]
6/28 - Bottomless Pit @ Schubas

7/2 - Explosions in the Sky @ Congress
7/5 - mewithoutYou @ Metro
7/10 - REO Speedwagon, Styx, .38 Special @ Charter One Pavilion
7/10 - The Jonas Brothers @ Allstate Arena
7/10 - Cryptacize, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone @ Hideout
7/10 - Fountains of Wayne (Acoustic) @ Park West
7/10 - Arj Barker @ Lakeshore Theater (2 shows)
7/11 - Arj Barker @ Lakeshore Theater (2 shows)
7/11 - No Doubt, Paramore @ First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]
7/12 - Kid Rock, Lynyrd Skynyrd @ First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]
7/16 - Elton John, Billy Joel @ Wrigley Field
7/17 - Def Leppard, Poison, Cheap Trick @ First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]
7/17 - Pitchfork Music Fest @ Union Park (The Jesus Lizard, Tortoise, Built to Spill, Yo La Tengo)
7/18 - Pitchfork Music Fest @ Union Park (The National, Fucked Up, Matt and Kim, Wavves, etc.)
7/19 - Pitchfork Music Fest @ Union Park (The Flaming Lips, Grizzly Bear, M83, The Walkmen, Black Lips, Vivian Girls, etc.)
7/21 - Elton John, Billy Joel @ Wrigley Field
7/21 - Incubus, The Duke Spirit @ Charter One Pavilion
7/22 - Crue Fest @ First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]
7/23 - Lymbyc Systym @ Schubas
7/24 - The Wrens @ Schubas
7/25 - The Wrens @ Schubas
7/25 - The Dodos @ Subterranean
7/25-26 - Wicker Park Fest @ Damen North and South Stages
7/30 - Ekoostik Hookah @ House of Blues

8/7-9 - Lollapalooza @ Grant Park (Beastie Boys, Jane's Addiction, Depeche Mode, Kings of Leon, Kaiser Chiefs, Atmosphere, Friendly Fires, The Raveonettes, Delta Spirit, etc.)
8/10 - Daedelus @ Empty Bottle
8/11 - Phish @ Toyota Park [Bridgeview]
8/21 - Nickelback, Hinder, Papa Roach @ First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]
8/21 - The B-52's @ House of Blues
8/21 - Apocalypse Hoboken @ Bottom Lounge

9/2 - The Allman Brothers Band, Widespread Panic @ Charter One Pavilion
9/3 - The Allman Brothers Band, Widespread Panic @ Charter One Pavilion
9/12 - U2 @ Soldier Field
9/13 - U2 @ Soldier Field
9/24 - Killdozer, The Urinals @ Abbey Pub
9/26 - Dave Matthews Band @ First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]

10/9 - Venetian Snares, Wisp @ Reggie's Rock Club
10/16 - UFO @ House of Blues

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Andy Angelos

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Updated Chicago concert list.

This list is good for my soul. This list is not good for my wallet.

11/14 - The Hold Steady, Drive-By Truckers @ Riviera
11/14 - Subtle @ Empty Bottle
11/14 - Drop the Lime @ Sonotheque
11/14 - Kraak and Smaak, Orchard Lounge @ Subterranean
11/14 - Ben Weasel @ Reggie's Rock Club
11/15 - Ben Weasel @ Reggie's Rock Club
11/15 - Deerhunter, Times New Viking @ Metro
11/15 - The Sea and Cake @ Empty Bottle (2 shows)
11/15 - Pegboy @ Beat Kitchen
11/16 - Atmosphere @ Vic
11/16 - Cloud Cult @ Double Door
11/17 - Bishop Allen @ Subterranean
11/18 - No Age @ Reggie's Rock Club
11/18 - Hawthorne Heights @ Metro
11/18 - Smashing Pumpkins @ Chicago Theatre
11/19 - Smashing Pumpkins @ Chicago Theatre
11/19 - Pelican @ Subterranean
11/19 - Ingrid Michaelson @ Park West
11/20 - Melvins, Big Business @ Reggie's Rock Club
11/20 - Aziz Ansari @ Lakeshore Theatre
11/20 - Low vs Diamond, Barcelona @ Subterranean
11/20 - Rise Against, Alkaline Trio, Thrice @ Congress
11/21 - Rise Against, Alkaline Trio, Thrice @ Congress
11/21 - m83 @ Bottom Lounge
11/21 - Calexico, Bowerbirds @ Metro
11/21 - Dub Trio @ Subterranean
11/21 - Bane, H2O @ Reggie's Rock Club
11/21 - VHS or Beta DJs @ Debonair Social Club
11/21 - Camper Van Beethoven @ Abbey Pub
11/21 - Smashing Pumpkins @ Auditorium Theatre
11/22 - Smashing Pumpkins @ Auditorium Theatre
11/22 - Camper Van Beethoven @ Abbey Pub
11/22 - Brightblack Morning Light @ Hideout
11/22 - The Aquabats @ Metro
11/22 - Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains, Friendly Foes @ Beat Kitchen
11/22 - Margot & The Nuclear So & So's @ Bottom Lounge
11/22 - DJ? Acucrack, Acumen Nation @ Reggie's Rock Club
11/22 - Fishbone @ Subterranean
11/22 - 2020 Soundsystem @ Martyrs'
11/24 - "100 Songs" featuring Trevor de Brauw (Pelican) @ Sonotheque
11/24 - Clique Talk @ Empty Bottle
11/25 - El Guincho @ Empty Bottle
11/26 - Kid Sister, Flosstradamus @ Metro
11/26 - Derrick Carter @ Smart Bar
11/29 - Nada Surf @ Metro
11/29 - Boris @ Empty Bottle
11/29 - The Verve Pipe @ Martyrs'
12/2 - El Ten Eleven @ Schubas
12/2 - Mudvayne @ Congress
12/2 - Akron/Family @ AV-aerie
12/2 - Juliana Hatfield @ Double Door
12/3 - Amanda Palmer @ Metro
12/3 - Jeremy Enigk @ Bottom Lounge
12/3 - Yes @ Chicago Theatre
12/5 - Venetian Snares, The Flashbulb (DJ set) @ Reggie's Rock Club
12/5 - The Black Crowes, Vetiver @ Riviera
12/6 - Bound Stems @ Empty Bottle
12/6 - Matthew Dear @ Vision
12/7 - Lovely Little Girls @ Beat Kitchen
12/7 - Emeralds @ Empty Bottle
12/9 - Reverend Horton Heat @ Metro
12/9 - Neil Young @ Allstate Arena
12/10 - Suicidal Tendencies @ House of Blues
12/10 - Ted Leo, Tim Kinsella @ AV-aerie
12/11 - Mercury Rev @ Metro
12/11 - The War on Drugs @ Schubas
12/12 - Noah & The Whale @ Empty Bottle
12/12 - Jeff Mills @ Smart Bar
12/12 - Oasis @ Allstate Arena
12/14 - CSS @ Metro
12/14 - Wu-Tang Clan @ House of Blues
12/17 - Longwave @ Double Door
12/18 - Bon Iver @ Vic
12/18 - Twisted 15 @ House of Blues (Eagles of Death Metal, Cold War Kids, Scott Weiland)
12/26 - Lucky Boys Confusion @ Metro
12/27 - Lucky Boys Confusion @ Metro
12/27 - My Morning Jacket @ Chicago Theatre
12/27 - Rusted Root, Backyard Tire Fire @ House of Blues
12/28 - Rusted Root, Backyard Tire Fire @ House of Blues
12/28 - My Morning Jacket @ Chicago Theatre
12/29 - Umphrey's McGee @ Auditorium Theatre
12/30 - Umphrey's McGee @ Auditorium Theatre
12/31 - Umphrey's McGee @ Auditorium Theatre
12/31 - Justice DJ Set @ Congress
12/31 - Hum @ Double Door
12/31 - Future Rock, Daedelus, Dark Party, Ben Silver @ Abbey Pub
12/31 - Local H, Sybris, Office @ Bottom Lounge
12/31 - The Lawrence Arms @ Reggie's Rock Club
1/12 - Reel Big Fish @ House of Blues
1/20 - The Killers @ UIC Pavilion
1/24 - Victorian Halls @ Beat Kitchen
1/24 - Frightened Rabbit @ Empty Bottle
1/26 - Metallica, Machinehead, The Sword @ Allstate Arena
1/27 - Metallica, Machinehead, The Sword @ Allstate Arena
1/29 - Vic Chesnutt, Elf Power @ Empty Bottle
1/30 - Lindstrøm @ Smart Bar
3/7 - Tapes 'n Tapes @ Metro

The Notwist - Neon Golden

Just came across this the other day and am loving it so far. Tons of awesome sounds and textures going on throughout this album. Almost has the feel of the Postal Service but with better production value.

The Notwist - Neon Golden

In honor of the RNC.

Sorry...but I couldn't resist. I will get back to posting albums shortly. This is too good to not share. Thanks for the heads up, Jordan.

Random skate video shot at 120 fps

skate - shot on red - 120 fps from opus magnum prod. on Vimeo.