Here are the Wisconsin and Chicago shows we recommend you take in this week. Check them out below and let us know which ones you’ll be attending or ones you think should really make our list. This week’s recommended new releases include offerings from Devendra Banhart, R.E.M., and Tegan and Sara.

Upcoming Wisconsin Shows:

10/27 – David Bazan + Say Hi – High Noon Saloon, Madison
10/27 – Alejandro Escovedo – Oneida Casino, Green Bay
10/27 – Fran Healy & Andy Dunlop (Travis) – Turner Hall Ballroom, Milwaukee
10/27 – Emmylou Harris + Buddy Miller – Overture Hall, Madison
10/27 – Pete Yorn – Majestic Theatre, Madison
10/28 – Thao & the Get Down Stay Down – Turner Hall Ballroom, Milwaukee
10/28 – Noah & The Whale + Richard Francis – Majestic Theatre, Madison
10/29 – Disco Biscuits – Union Theater, Madison
10/30 – Loudon Wainwright III + Richard Thompson – Pabst Theater, Milwaukee
10/30 – Los Lobos – Norther Lights Theater, Milwaukee
10/30 – Ben Folds – Overture Center, Madison
10/31 – Great Lake Swimmers – Turner Hall Ballroom
10/31 – Matisyahu – Pabst Theater, Milwaukee
11/1 – The Swell Season – Pabst Theater, Milwaukee

Upcoming Chicago Shows:

10/26 – Ben Gibbard + Jay Farrar – Lincoln Hall
10/26 – Atlas Sound – Bottom Lounge
10/28 – Great Lake Swimmers + The Wooden Birds – Lincoln Hall
10/29 – Noah and the Whale – Lakeshore Theater
10/29 – David Gray/Lisa Hannigan – Chicago Auditorium Theatre
10/29 – The Very Best – Bottom Lounge
10/29 – Bob Dylan – Aragon Ballroom
10/30 – Bob Dylan – Aragon Ballroom
10/30 – Monsters of Folk – Auditorium Theatre
10/30 – Mason Jennings – House of Blues
10/31 – Bob Dylan – Aragon Ballroom
11/1 – Los Lobos – Symphony Center

Upcoming Champaign-Urbana Shows

10/25 – David Bazan – Highdive
10/25 – Yonder Mountain String Band – Canopy Club
10/27 – Mason Jennings – Highdive
10/29 – Thao with The Get Down Stay Down – Canopy Club

Just Announced:

11/2 – Throw Me the Statue + Bishop Allen – High Noon Saloon, Madison
11/18 – 311 – Aragon Ballroom
12/3 – Weezer – Eagles Ballroom, Milwaukee
12/15 – Andrew Bird – 4th Presbyterian Church (Gezellig & Gezelligheid)
12/16 – Andrew Bird – 4th Presbyterian Church (Gezellig & Gezelligheid)
12/17 – Andrew Bird – 4th Presbyterian Church (Gezellig & Gezelligheid)

New Releases:

Devendra Banhart – What Will Be, R.E.M. – Live at the Olympia, Tegan and Sara – Sainthood,

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