Critics' Choices and other notable shows: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Best Coast, Finntroll, Hot Chip, the Amir ElSaffar & Hafez Modirzadeh Quartet, and more
by Miles Raymer, Peter Margasak, Steve Langendorf, Bill Meyer, Monica Kendrick, and David Whiteis
Critics' Choices and other notable shows: Xiu Xiu, High on Fire, Small Black, Orquestra Contemporanea de Olinda, Little Women, Titus Andronicus, and more
by Brian Costello, Peter Margasak, Kevin Warwick, Monica Kendrick, Miles Raymer, Ann Sterzinger, and Jessica Hopper
An all-beer edition, including a chili cook-off with Dogfish Head, New Beer's Eve, and lots of events in honor of the Craft Brewers Conference and Stone Brewing Company's arrival in Chicago.
This week's Early Warnings include Cannibal Corpse, Cap'n Jazz, Converge, Coheed & Cambria, Deer Tick, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, K'naan, Jeff Tweedy, and the Very Best.
Critic's Choices and other notable concerts: Four Tet, the Chicago Underground Duo, Patti Smith, Bela Fleck: The Africa Project, Merle Haggard & Kris Kristofferson, Masters of Persian Music, and more
by Peter Margasak, Kevin Warwick, Monica Kendrick, Jessica Hopper, Bill Meyer, and Miles Raymer
This week's Early Warnings include Hypocrisy, the Dillinger Escape Plan, Florence & the Machine, Mayhem with Tombs, Joanna Newsom, the Drive-By Truckers, and Frightened Rabbit.