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Winter may be setting in, but the challenges of going out in the face of the harsh weather only make for more enthusiastic crowds inside Chicago’s clubs, and there are plenty of reasons to venture forth iin the coming days, starting with the release party for the second full-length by the loca

It's a busy weekend on the club scene, but my best bet from the bounty of offerings is the reversed-roles, new-millennial update on that legendary pairing of Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood: Belle and Sebastian ork-pop veteran Isobel Campbell (who steers and controls the project) an

Here’s our regular look at the best live music happening this weekend.There’s no denying that Austin’s psychedelic/electronic combo the Octopus Project boasts the coolest theremin (and the coolest theremin player) in rock today, but it would be no more than an in

Film SchoolThe punk-rock chaos of Riot Fest continues to dominate the club calendar this weekend, but there's plenty of other energetic happenings as well, starting with long-running indie-rock favorites Film School tonight. Touring in support of the rece

Zoë Jakes of Beats Antique Though Riot Fest is the most exciting show looming on the horizon at the moment, there's plenty of fine noise in the clubs this weekend before that punk-rock smorgasbord gets underway in the middle of next week.First up, the Abbey Pub is hosting

Janelle MonaeThe most exciting artist performing in town this weekend isn't even headlining, but if the annual conference of Public Radio Program Directors wasn't taking me out of town -- there ain't no party like a public radio programmers party and the public radio programmers party don't

Peter Stampfel, godfather of freak-folk Ah, Fall is in the air and things are cooling down climactically and heating up artistically as the music moves back into the clubs.