This Week in Shows

Lots (and I mean lots) added to SHOWcal this week. A second Wild Flag @ Empty Bottle show, Beirut (for $30?!), Fleet Foxes/Walkmen at Chicago Theatre, etc. Here's what's going on this week, including all the Lollapalooza pre-shows:

Heartless Bastards @ Schubas

scheduled July 29, 2011 from 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM

$15

21+

Handsome Furs @ Bottom Lounge

scheduled July 29, 2011 from 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM

$15

17+

James Murphy (DJ) @ The Mid

scheduled July 29, 2011 from 10:00 PM to 11:00 PM

$20

21+

White Mystery/Arrivals/Hollows @ Milwaukee Ave Arts Fest

scheduled July 30, 2011 from 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM

FREE

Ike Reilly Assassination @ Bottom Lounge

scheduled July 30, 2011 from 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM

$20

17+

Hood Internet @ Milwaukee Ave Arts Fest

scheduled July 31, 2011 from 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM

FREE

Netherfriends @ Milwaukee Ave Arts Fest

scheduled July 31, 2011 from 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM

FREE

Smoking Popes/Alkaline Trio @ Metro

scheduled August 1, 2011 from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM

$27/30

18+

Smoking Popes/Alkaline Trio @ Metro

scheduled August 2, 2011 from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM

$27/30

18+

Cold War Kids @ Metro

scheduled August 3, 2011 from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM

Yuck @ Double Door

scheduled August 3, 2011 from 8:00 PM to 11:00 PM

$15

21+

Death From Above 1979 @ Metro

scheduled August 4, 2011 from 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Smith Westerns @ Schubas

scheduled August 4, 2011 from 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM

18+

Delta Spirit @ Lincoln Hall

scheduled August 4, 2011 from 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM

18+

Cults @ Empty Bottle

scheduled August 4, 2011 from 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM

21+

Crystal Castles @ House of Blues

scheduled August 4, 2011 from 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM

17+

Joy Formidable/Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr @ Double Door

scheduled August 4, 2011 from 8:00 PM to 11:00 PM

FREE

21+

Record Releases - July 26, 2011

How about that kick ass Ted Leo show at Millennium Park last night? What a way to end the New Music Monday series. Anyway, here's what drops this week. Stuff marked * should be good:

Jul-26-11	Aficionado - Aficionado	No Sleep
Jul-26-11	Andres - Andres III EP	Mohogani Music
Jul-26-11	Arrange - Plantation	Self-Released
Jul-26-11	*Atari Teenage Riot - Is This Hyperreal?	Downtown Records
Jul-26-11	Big Business - Quadruple Single	Gold Metal Records
Jul-26-11	Bohren And Der Club of Gore - Beileid	Ipecac
Jul-26-11	Cerebral Ballzy - Cerebral Ballzy	Williams Street
Jul-26-11	Chromeo - When the Night Falls EP	Big Beat / Atlantic
Jul-26-11	Craig Richards - Fabric 58: The Nothing Special	Fabric
Jul-26-11	Dead Can Dance - Aion	Vinyl 180
Jul-26-11	Dex Romweber Duo - Is That You In The Blue?	Bloodshot
Jul-26-11	Digitalism - I Love You, Dude	Cooperative Music
Jul-26-11	Don Gere - Werewolves on Wheels	B-Music
Jul-26-11	Fair Ohs - Everything Is Dancing	Lefse
Jul-26-11	Fever Tree - Live 1969	Sundazed
Jul-26-11	Frank Ocean - Nostalgia, Lite	Def Jam
Jul-26-11	Graffiti6 - Annie You Save Me Remixes	Capitol
Jul-26-11	Helmet - Strap It On	Original Recordings Group
Jul-26-11	Inc. - 3 EP	4AD
Jul-26-11	Kouhei Matsunaga | Asmus Tietchens - Split	Important
Jul-26-11	Little Dragon - Ritual Union	Peacefrog
Jul-26-11	Metronomy - The English Riviera	NBB/Big Beat
Jul-26-11	Miminokoto - Hitoyogiri	Important
Jul-26-11	Mr. Lewis and The Funeral 5 - Delirium Tremondous	Chicken Ranch
Jul-26-11	Neightb'rhood Childr'n - Neighb'rhood Childr'n	Sundazed
Jul-26-11	Oscar And The Majestics - Baby Under My Skin/ I Can't Explain	Sundazed
Jul-26-11	Oscar And The Majestics - No Chance Baby!	Sundazed
Jul-26-11	Polvo - Heavy Detour	Merge
Jul-26-11	Release the Sunbird - Come Back To Us	Brushfire
Jul-26-11	The Band - Stage Fright	Mobile Fidelity
Jul-26-11	The Breakers - The Breakers	Wicked Cool
Jul-26-11	The Guess Who - The Best of The Guess Who	Friday Music
Jul-26-11	The Horrors - Skying	XL Recordings
Jul-26-11	The Network - Money Money 2020	Adeline
Jul-26-11	The Remains - Let Me Through (Live)/ Why Do I Cry	Sundazed
Jul-26-11	Turntables on the Hudson - Reflecting Cielo	ESL Music
Jul-26-11	Various Artists` - Beat L.A.	Narnack/Greatminds

SHOWcal on Google Calendar

For the last 2+ years, this lame blog has been automatically updating our SHOWcal concert calendar via Apple's Mobile Me suite, which won't be around much longer. I haven't really spent any time trying to figure out how the impending move to iCloud will affect things around here, so in the meantime I've set up a dummy repeater at Google Calendars (which you might prefer anyway). I'll eventually get around to changing the pointer on showcowgo.com, but for now you can link to it here and subscribe via your favorite calendar program here. I'll also throw a link on the permanent SHOWblog page. WOOT

This Weekend In Shows (TWIS) & New Shows

This week adds Tune-Yards, Toro y Moi, Ra Ra Riot, Thermals, Tokyo Police Club and lots more to the SHOWcal. Here's what you're seeing in the coming week, and it's jam-packed full of awesome:

Sia @ Metro

scheduled July 22, 2011 from 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM

$25

18+

Wicker Park Summerfest

scheduled July 23, 2011 from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM

$5

AA

Wicker Park Fest takes place Saturday-Sunday, July 23-24 on Milwaukee Ave between North and Wood, noon-10:00 p.m. both days, $5 suggested donation

Wicker Park Fest 2011 Lineup

North Stage - Saturday

WILD FLAG - 9:00 pm

Off With Their Heads! - 7:45 pm

Dead To Me - 6:30 pm

Riverboat Gamblers - 5:15 pm

Ha Ha Tonka - 4:00 pm

Chaperone - 2:45 pm

Brent Puls - 1:30 pm

South Stage - Saturday

MiMOSA - 8:45 pm

El Ten Eleven - 7:15 pm

NiT GRiT - 6:00 pm

Ana Sia - 5:00 pm

AraabMUZIK - 4:00 pm

Break Science - 3:00 pm

Lynx - 2:00 pm

Loyal Divide - 1:00 pm

Center Stage - Saturday

Flosstradamus - 8:45 pm

Porn N Chicken DJs - 8:00 pm

Company of Thieves - 7:00 pm

Chaotic Good - 4:45 pm

California Wives - 4:00 pm

Napalm - 3:00 pm

Purple Apple - 2:00 pm

North Stage - Sunday

Wavves - 9:00 pm

Murder By Death - 7:45 pm

Everest - 6:30 pm

Ezra Furman & the Harpoons - 5:15 pm

Jesse Malin & The St. Marks Social - 4:00 pm

An Aesthetic Anesthetic - 2:45 pm

Biters - 1:30 pm

South Stage - Sunday

Blitzen Trapper - 9:00 pm

Joe Pug & The Hundred Mile Band - 7:30 pm

Van Ghost - 6:15 pm

Pimps of Joytime - 5:15 pm

Big Light - 4:15 pm

Netherfriends - 3:15 pm

Dastardly - 2:15 pm

Docs’ Delorean - 1:15 pm

Anna Solstys - 12:15 pm

Center Stage - Sunday

Digital Tape Machine - 8:45 pm

ZEBO vs. Marco Morales - 8:00 pm

Midnight Conspiracy - 6:15 pm

Filligar - 5:30 pm

Kid Color - 4:45 pm

Ishi - 4:00 pm

Hiroki - 3:00 pm 

Wavves @ Sub-T

scheduled July 23, 2011 from 9:30 PM to 10:30 PM

$12

17+

Three Oh Sees @ Illinois Centennial Monument at Logan Square

scheduled July 24, 2011 from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM

FREE

B1WC!

Bon Iver @ Chicago Theatre

scheduled July 24, 2011 from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM

$35

AA

Ted Leo @ Millennium Park

scheduled July 25, 2011 from 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM

FREE

Decemberists @ Aragon

scheduled July 25, 2011 from 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM

$tba

AA

Cass McCombs @ Schubas

scheduled July 25, 2011 from 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM

$15

21+

Anvil @ Sub-T

scheduled July 26, 2011 from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM

$tba

17+

Ted Leo @ Fireside Bowl

scheduled July 26, 2011 from 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM

$10

AA

New York Dolls @ Double Door

scheduled July 27, 2011 from 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM

$25

21+

Torche @ Bottom Lounge

scheduled July 28, 2011 from 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM

$13

17+

Hideout Block Party Announces Lineup, Presale

The excellent Hideout Block Party not only makes its long-awaited return, but recently announced its typically-eclectic/awesome lineup. Playing Sept. 24th are Andrew Bird, Mavis Staples, White Mystery, Big Freedia, John Langford, Booker Jones, The Eternals, Opera-Matic and Kids These Days. Tix are $25 and go on sale Friday, or via a presale here (password: hideout15).

Record Releases - July 19, 2011

Here's what drops today. Stuff marked * should be good:

	*Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Worn Copy (Reissue)	Paw Tracks
	Autre Ne Veut - Body	Hippos In Tanks
	Avichi - The Devil's Fractal	Profound Lore
	Ben Folds Five - Ben Fold Five	Plain
	Big Talk - Big Talk	Epitaph
	Carol Kleyn - Love Has Made Me Stronger	Drag City
	Crystal Antlers - Two-Way Mirror	Recreation LTD
	De La Soul - Buhloone Mindstate	4 Men With Beards
	De La Soul - Stakes Is High	4 Men With Beards
	Dutch Uncles - Cadenza	Memphis Industries
	Future Islands - Before the Bridge	Thrill Jockey
	*Grandaddy - Under the Western Freeway	The Control Group
	*Heatmiser - Mic City Sons (reissue)	Plain
	Hole - Pretty On the Inside (reissue)	Plain
	*How To Dress Well - Just Once EP	Love Letters Ink
	Imelda May - Mayhem	Decca
	Kid Creole & The Coconuts - I Do Believe	!K7
	Kuedo - Videowave	Planet Mu
	Lost Sounds - Blac Static	Fat Possum
	Lostboy! (AKA Jim Kerr) - Lostboy!	Rocket Science
	Low - Long Division (reissue)	Plain
	Pictureplane - Thee Physical	Lovepump United
	Portugal. The Man - In the Mountain In the Cloud	Equal Vision
	Prurient - Bermuda Drain	Hydra Head
	Richard Youngs - Amplifying Host	Jagjaguwar
	Serengeti - Family and Friends	Anticon
	Serge Gainsbourg - Gainsbourg Percussions	4 Men With Beards
	Starfuckers - Metallic Diseases	Holy Mountain
	*Sun Airway - Wild Palms b/w Symphony in White, No. 2	Dead Oceans
	The Dangerous Summer - War Paint	Hopeless
	The Ramones - Leave Home (Reissue)	Rhino | Warner Bros.
	The Ramones - Ramones (Reissue)	Rhino | Warner Bros.
	The Ramones - Road to Ruin (Reissue)	Rhino | Warner Bros.
	The Ramones - Rocket to Russia (Reissue)	Rhino | Warner Bros.
	The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band - Peyton on Patton	Side One Dummy
	Theophilus London - Timez Are Weird These Days	Reprise
	They Might Be Giants - Join Us	Idlewild/Rounder
	Various Artists - Horse Meat Disco III	!K7
	*Woods - Find Them Empty 7"	Sacred Bones
	Yma Sumac - Miracles	Omni

This Weekend In Shows (TWIS) & New Shows

Well it's Pitchfork weekend. Surprisingly for summer festival season, lots of good new stuff added to the SHOWcal. Here's what's going on this week:

Pitchfork

scheduled for July 15, 2011 to July 17, 2011

Friday, July 15 (gates at 3 p.m.):

8:30 Animal Collective (GREEN)

7:30 James Blake (BLUE)

7:20 Neko Case (RED)

6:30 Das Racist (BLUE)

6:25 Guided By Voices (GREEN)

5:30 Curren$y (BLUE)

5:30 Thurston Moore (RED)

4:35 Battles (GREEN)

4:30 tUnE-yArDs (BLUE)

3:30 EMA (RED)

3:20 Gatekeeper (BLUE)

Saturday, July 16 (gates at 12 p.m.):

8:30 Fleet Foxes (GREEN)

7:40 Zola Jesus (BLUE)

7:25 DJ Shadow (RED)

6:45 Twin Shadow (BLUE)

6:15 The Dismemberment Plan (GREEN)

5:45 The Radio Dept. (BLUE)

5:15 Destroyer (RED)

4:45 OFF! (BLUE)

4:15 No Age (GREEN)

3:45 Wild Nothing (BLUE)

3:20 Gang Gang Dance (RED)

2:50 G-Side (BLUE)

2:30 Cold Cave (GREEN)

1:55 Sun Airway (BLUE)

1:45 Woods (RED)

1:00 Chrissy Murderbot ft. MC Zulu (BLUE)

1:00 Julianna Barwick (GREEN)

Sunday, July 17 (gates at 12 p.m.):

8:30 TV on the Radio (GREEN)

7:40 HEALTH (BLUE)

7:25 Cut Copy (RED)

6:45 Toro Y Moi (BLUE)

6:15 Deerhunter (GREEN)

5:45 Kylesa (BLUE)

5:15 Superchunk (RED)

4:45 Baths (BLUE)

4:15 Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti (GREEN)

3:45 Shabazz Palaces (BLUE)

3:20 OFWGKTA (RED)

2:50 Twin Sister (BLUE)

2:30 Kurt Vile & the Violators (GREEN)

1:55 How to Dress Well (BLUE)

1:45 Yuck (RED)

1:00 Darkstar (BLUE)

1:00 The Fresh & Onlys (GREEN)

Friday 6/15 - Thursday 6/21:

Gang Gang Dance @ Empty Bottle

scheduled July 15, 2011 from 9:00 PM to 10:00 PM

$15

21+

Wild Nothings/Ducktails @ Sub-T

scheduled July 15, 2011 from 9:30 PM to 10:30 PM

17+

$15

Sun Airway/PS I Love You @ Schubas

scheduled July 15, 2011 from 10:30 PM to 11:30 PM

$12

18+

Sound System Block Party @ Milwaukee/Evergreen

scheduled July 16, 2011 from 12:00 PM to 10:00 PM

$5

Soundgarden/Mars Volta @ UIC Pavilion

scheduled July 16, 2011 from 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM

$48

AA

Kurt Vile/Woods @ Sub-T

scheduled July 16, 2011 from 9:30 PM to 10:30 PM

17+

$15

Twin Sister @ Schubas

scheduled for July 16, 2011 at 11:00 PM to July 17, 2011 at 12:00 AM

$14

18+

Yuck @ Schubas

scheduled July 17, 2011 from 10:30 PM to 11:30 PM

$14

18+

Real Estate @ Sub-T

scheduled July 17, 2011 from 9:30 PM to 10:30 PM

$12

17+

Fresh & Onlys @ Empty Bottle

scheduled July 17, 2011 from 9:30 PM to 10:30 PM

$10

21+

Old 97s @ Lincoln Hall

scheduled July 18, 2011 from 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM

$25

21+

Blonde Redhead @ Millennium Park

scheduled July 18, 2011 from 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM

FREE

Nachtmystium/others @ Empty Bottle

scheduled July 19, 2011 from 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM

$10/12

Blonde Redhead @ Bottom Lounge

scheduled July 19, 2011 from 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM

$22

17+

Old 97s @ Lincoln Hall

scheduled July 19, 2011 from 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM

$25

21+

James Murphy DJ Set Announced

When he dissolved LCD Soundsystem, Mr. Murphy said he wasn't done making music. Does playing a DJ set at The Mid count as making music? Anyway, if you want 'em, tix are on sale now for $18. The show is Friday, July 29. I imagine it will sell out quickly. Buy the tix here.

Record Releases - July 5, 2011

I was on vacation, so I missed last week's record releases. Here it is now, ya bastards:

Jul-05-11	AR - Wolf Notes	Type
Jul-05-11	Andrew Liles - Where The Long Shadows Fall	Dirter Promotions
Jul-05-11	*Brian Eno - Drums Between the Bells	Warp
Jul-05-11	Clams Casino - Rainforest	Tri Angle
Jul-05-11	Com Truise - Galactic Melt	Ghostly International
Jul-05-11	*Deadmou5 - Live at Earl's Court	Ultra
Jul-05-11	EDM - Night People	Western Vinyl
Jul-05-11	Fennesz - Seven Stars	Touch
Jul-05-11	Fire! With Jim O'Rourke - Unreleased?	Rune Grammofon
Jul-05-11	Gardens & Villa - Gardens & Villa	Secretly Canadian
Jul-05-11	Gardens and Villa - Gardens and Villa	Secretly Canadian
Jul-05-11	Jarse - Alas 7"	Fonal
Jul-05-11	Julia Stone - The Memory Machine	Nettwerk
Jul-05-11	Memory Tapes - Player Piano	Carpark
Jul-05-11	Motor City Drum Ensemble - DJ-Kicks	!K7
Jul-05-11	Nurse With Wound - Salt: Music From the Horse Hospital	Dirter Promotions
Jul-05-11	Oren Ambarchi & Jim O'Rourke - Indeed	Editions Meego
Jul-05-11	Pure X - Pleasure	Acephale / Light Lodge
Jul-05-11	*Radiohead - Little By Little (Caribou Remix) b/w Lotus Flower (Jaques Greene Remix) 12"	XL
Jul-05-11	Siriusmo - Pearls & Embarassments: 2000-2010	Monkeytown
Jul-05-11	Teddybears - Devil's Music	NBB / Big Beat Records
Jul-05-11	The Deer Tracks - The Archer Trilogy Pt. 2	The Control Group
Jul-05-11	TUUSANUUSKAT - Nääksää Nää Mun Kyyneleet	Fonal
Jul-05-11	Various Artists - Horse Meat Disco III	!K7

This Weekend In Shows (TWIS) & New Shows

Ted Leo at Fireside Bowl?! It's true. Then again, you can see them for free the night before at Millennium Park, so, not sure the old-school allure of Fireside Bowl is worth the (admittedly cheap) $10. Anyway, that and everything else just announced has been added to the SHOWcal. Here's what's going down in the coming week:

Saturday, July 2, 8:00pm

Fucked Up @ Lincoln Hall

Monday, July 4, 6:30pm

Seefeel/CAVE @ Millennium Park

Thursday, July 7, 7:30pm

Flaming Lips @ Aragon