Here are the Wisconsin and Illinois 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 are highlighted by reissues from Neutral Milk Hotel and Nirvana and a brand new collaborative from Jason Molina & Will Johnson.

Upcoming Wisconsin Shows:

11/2 – Throw Me the Statue + Bishop Allen – High Noon Saloon, Madison
11/3 – Ghostface Killah – Barrymore, Madison
11/5 – White Denim + Brazos – High Noon Saloon, Madison
11/6 – William Elliott Whitmore + Hoots & Hellmouth – Stonefly, Milwaukee
11/6 – Mountain Goats + Final Fantasy – High Noon Saloon, Madison
11/7 – J. Tillman – Turner Hall Ballroom, Milwaukee
11/7 – The Black Crowes – Riverside Theater, Milwaukee
11/7 – Mount Eerie + No Kids + Tara Jane O’Neil – High Noon Saloon, Madison
11/8 – Old Crow Medicine Show – Barrymore Theatre, Madison

Upcoming Chicago Shows:

11/3 – Pinback – Bottom Lounge
11/4 – Simian Mobile Disco + Phenomenal Handclap Band – Metro
11/5 – The Mountain Goats + Final Fantasy – Metro
11/6 – White Denim + Brazos – Lincoln Hall
11/6 – Mstrkrft – Congress Theatre
11/6 – The Whigs – Bottom Lounge
11/7 – William Elliott Whitmore – Double Door
11/7 – The Sounds – Vic Theatre
11/8 – J. Tillman – Lincoln Hall

Upcoming Champaign-Urbana Shows

11/5 – Generationals, Spinto Band, Pepi Ginsberg – Courtyard Café
11/6 – Neko Case – Canopy Club

Just Announced:

11/12 – Surgeons In Heat + Quinn Scharber – Club Garibaldi, Milwaukee
11/14 – The Woes – Stonefly, Milwaukee
11/19 – Surgeons In Heat + Jason Mohr (Juniper Tar – Sugar Maple, Milwaukee
11/19 – Modern Skirts + Skybox – Mad Planet, Milwaukee
11/25 – Sam Roberts Band – Club Garibaldi, Milwaukee
12/12 – Charlemagne + Vid Libert + The Hemlines – The Frequency, Madison
1/30 – Cold War Kids – Vic Theatre, Chicago

New Releases:

Neutral Milk Hotel – In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (180g Vinyl Reissue), Molina & Johnson – Molina & Johnson, Nirvana – Bleach (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition), Ola Podrida – Belly of the Lion, On Filmore – Extended Vacation, King Khan & BBQ Show – Invisible Girl, David Bowie – Space Oddity (40th Anniversary Edition)

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