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. We are presenting a bunch of shows this week with our friends 91.7 WMSE. Check out the links below to check out who we’re bringing to town.

Upcoming Shows:

11/9 – Breathe Owl Breathe + Icarus Himself + He Can Jog – Cactus Club (MILWAUKEE)
11/9 – The Joy Formidable + Grouplove – Schubas (CHICAGO)
11/10 – Ben Weaver – Mike & Molly’s (CHAMPAIGN)
11/10 – Dawes + Vetiver + Peter Wolf Crier – Lincoln Hall (CHICAGO)
11/10 – Frontier Ruckus + Breathe Owl Breathe – High Noon Saloon (MADISON)
11/10 – The Moondoggies – Schubas (CHICAGO)
11/11 – David Vandervelde + Brass Bed + Trapper Schoepp & The Shades- Cactus Club (MKE)
11/11 – Fang Island + Delicate Steve – High Noon Saloon (MADISON)
11/12 – Dawes +The Moondoggies + The Romany Rye – Majestic Theatre (MADISON)
11/12 – Frontier Ruckus + David Wax Museum + Juniper Tar – Cactus Club (MILWAUKEE)
11/12 – Smith Westerns + Reading Rainbow – Club Garibaldi (MILWAUKEE)
11/12 – Mike Birbiglia – Barrymore (MADISON)
11/12 – Fang Island + Delicate Steve – Lincoln Hall (CHICAGO)
11/12 – Further (Bob Weir & Phil Lesh) – UIC Pavillion (CHICAGO)
11/13 – Dawes +The Moondoggies + The Romany Rye – Turner Hall Ballroom (MILWAUKEE)
11/13 – Frontier Ruckus – Canopy Club (URBANA)
11/13 – Further (Bob Weir & Phil Lesh) – UIC Pavillion (CHICAGO)
11/13 – Josh Ritter & The Royal City Band – Majestic Theatre (MADISON)
11/13 – Pretty Lights – The Rave (MILWAUKEE)
11/13 – Robyn – Metro (CHICAGO)
11/13 – Twin Shadow – Lincoln Hall (CHICAGO)
11/13 – The Blow + Blair – Empty Bottle (CHICAGO)
11/13 – The Chapin Sisters + NEeMA – Cactus Club (MILWAUKEE)
11/13 – The Heavy + Giant People – Rathskeller (MADISON)
11/13 – Pretty Lights – The Rave (MILWAUKEE)
11/13 – Ben Weaver – Schubas (CHICAGO)
11/13 – Mike Birbiglia – Pabst Theater (MILWAUKEE)
11/14 – Matthew Dear – The Frequency (MADISON)
11/14 – Turbo Fruits + Daniel Pujol – Cactus Club (MILWAUKEE)
11/14 – The Heavy + Wallpaper – Turner Hall Ballroom (MILWAUKEE)

Just Announced:

12/30 – The Black Keys – Aragon Ballroom (CHICAGO)
12/30 – The Hold Steady – Lincoln Hall (CHICAGO)
12/31 – The Hold Steady + Jaill – Riverside Theater (MILWAUKEE)

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Muzzle of Bees and 91.7 WMSE present David Vandervelde, Brass Bed, and Trapper Schoepp & The Shades at the Cactus Club on Thursday, November 11th. David Vandervelde comes to town supporting the Summer Time Hits EP on Secretly Canadian, while Brass Bed brings material from their new album, Melt White, released a few months ago on Park the Van. Rounding out the night is Milwaukee’s own Trapper Schoepp & The Shades who we’ve been looking forward to showcasing all year based on the strength of their new record, Lived and Moved. Music starts at 9PM, tickets are $10 and available here.

MP3: David Vandervelde – “Nothin’ No”
MP3: David Vandervelde – “Someone Like You”
MP3: David Vandervelde – “Learn How to Hang”
MP3: David Vandervelde – “Checkin’ Out My Baby”
MP3: Trapper Schoepp & The Shades – “Between The Lines”
MP3: Trapper Schoepp & The Shades – “Driving All Night”

[flier by Trapper]

Fans of Pavement, Silver Jews, Lou Reed and Harlem will want to pay attention to this post. I woke up to an e-mail from my friend Chris waxing on about Sat. Nite Duets. I downloaded their 2010 release, One Night Only (complete with naked Hamms beer drinking men in a shower album art). It’s a winner. Seriously, go grab that and their 2009 self-titled release here for free.

MP3: Sat. Nite Duets – “All Nite Long”
MP3: Sat. Nite Duets – “BF Season”
MP3: Sat. Nite Duets – “Peel Away”
Video: Sat Nite Duets – “Peel Away”

We’re pleased to be presenting the Black Swans tonight at Linneman’s in Milwaukee. You may recall the glowing recommendation from Strand of Oaks of the Black Swans latest release, Words Are Stupid (Pitchfork calls it “haunted”). Recently, Drag City released a split 7″ vinyl of The Black Swans and Bonnie “Prince” Billy covering Larry Jon Wilson. We’re hoping they’ll be available at tonight’s show.

Milwaukee’s own Chris DeMay kicks the night off at 9:30 with help from Lisa Ridgely and Allen Cote. $8 gets you in the door. Too good to pass up and you’ll thank us on the way home. See you soon.

Video: The Black Swans – “Language Tenor”
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Buy: The Black Swans – “Words Are Stupid”

Founding member of the Get Up Kids and the New Amsterdams, Matt Pryor, will hit Madison for a special house show at the North Mendota Supper Club on Saturday, December 4. Doors will open at 8, with the show starting at 9. Tickets are $15 in advance and are only available via Ducat King. This show is the final of three Midwestern house shows Pryor will play prior to an East Coast solo tour that begins the following weekend.  Pryor will also play in Chicago on December 2. These intimate shows could be last chance to see Pryor solo for some time as the Get Up Kids have a new record coming out in 2011, These Are the Rules, their first since 2004′s Guilt Show.

Buy: Matt Pryor – “Confidence Man”

The Tallest Man On Earth has been good to his fans this year. His two releases, The Wild Hunt and Sometimes the Blues Is Just a Passing Bird have been two of the absolute treasures released into the music world this year. Above is the just released video for “Love Is All.” So good.

Buy: The Tallest Man On Earth – Wild Hunt | Sometimes the Blues Is Just a Passing Bird
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MP3: The Tallest Man On Earth – “Like The Wheel”
MP3: The Tallest Man On Earth – “Burden Of Tomorrow”
MP3: The Tallest Man On Earth – “King of Spain”