Here are the Wisconsin and Illinois shows we recommend you take in this week. This week we’re presenting the Rural Alberta Advantage and James Vincent McMorrow in Milwaukee and Madison. On Sunday, we’ve got Nathaniel Rateliff back in town for a show at Club Garibaldi in Milwaukee. Check out the upcoming concerts below and let us know which ones you’ll be attending or ones you think should really make our list.

Upcoming Shows:

3/22 – Wanda Jackson – Lincoln Hall (CHICAGO)
3/22 – Disappears – Museum of Contemporary Art (CHICAGO)
3/22 – Ron Sexsmith – Schubas (CHICAGO)
3/23 – Papercuts + Still Corners – Schubas (CHICAGO)
3/23 – The Rural Alberta Advantage + James Vincent McMorrow – Mad Planet (MILWAUKEE)
3/24 – The Rural Alberta Advantage + James Vincent McMorrow – High Saloon (MADISON)
3/24 – Warpaint + Family Band – Lincoln Hall (CHICAGO)
3/25 – Amos Lee + The Secret Sisters – Turner Hall Ballroom (MILWAUKEE)
3/25 – California Guitar Trio – High Saloon (MADISON)
3/25 – Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr – Schubas (CHICAGO)
3/25 – Rocky Votolato + Matt Pond – Subterranean (CHICAGO)
3/25 – Weinland – Reggies Music Joint (CHICAGO)
3/26 – Volcano Choir – Turner Hall Ballroom (MILWAUKEE)
3/26 – Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Metro (CHICAGO)
3/26 – Margot and the Nuclear So and Sos – Canopy Club (CHAMPAIGN)
3/26 – Nathaniel Rateliff – Der Rathskeller (MADISON)
3/26 – The Rural Alberta Advantage + James Vincent McMorrow – Lincoln Hall (CHICAGO)
3/27 – Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Metro (CHICAGO)
3/27 – Henry Rollins – Great Hall in the Memorial Union (MADISON)
3/27 – The Greenhornes + Hacienda – High Noon Saloon (MADISON)
3/27 – Nathaniel Rateliff + Chris DeMay – Club Garibaldi (MILWAUKEE)

Here are the Wisconsin and Illinois shows we recommend you take in this week. Check out the upcoming concerts below and let us know which ones you’ll be attending or ones you think should really make our list.

Upcoming Shows:

3/7 – Girl Talk + Max Tundra + Junk Culture – Exhibition Hall/Alliant Energy Center (MADISON)
3/8 – Mucca Pazza – Turner Hall Ballroom (MILWAUKEE)
3/8 – The Chapin Sisters – Elbo Room (CHICAGO)
3/10 – Marnie Stern + Tera Melos – Subterranean (CHICAGO)
3/11 – Pezzettino + Antler Antennas + Crane Your Swan Neck – Cactus Club (MILWAUKEE)
3/11 – Maps & Atlases + Light Pollution – Lincoln Hall (CHICAGO)
3/11 – Cold War Kids – Riviera (CHICAGO)
3/12 – Cold War Kids – The Rave (MILWAUKEE)
3/12 – Ice Cube – Eagles Ballroom (MILWAUKEE)
3/12 – Obits + Jaill – Empty Bottle (CHICAGO)
3/12 – Middle Brother + Deer Tick + Dawes + Jonny Corndawg – Metro (CHICAGO)
3/13 – Middle Brother + Deer Tick + Dawes + Jonny Corndawg – Majestic (MADISON)

Just Announced:

4/16 – Breathe Owl Breathe + Photographers – Schubas (CHICAGO)
4/17 – Breathe Owl Breathe + Photographers – University of Wisconsin (MADISON)
4/19 – Breathe Owl Breathe + Photographers – Cactus Club (MILWAUKEE)
4/20 – Breathe Owl Breathe + Photographers – Lawrence University (APPLETON)
5/3 – Lord Huron – Schubas (CHICAGO)

Here are the Wisconsin and Illinois shows we recommend you take in this week. Check out the upcoming concerts below and let us know which ones you’ll be attending or ones you think should really make our list.

We’re excited to bring the Love Language to Linneman’s in Milwaukee on Thursday, March 3rd. Tickets are $8 and are on sale now. MP3: The Love Language – “Heart To Tell”

Upcoming Shows:

2/28 – Plants & Animals – High Noon Saloon (MADISON)
2/28 – The Low Anthem – Lincoln Hall (CHICAGO)
2/28 – Asobi Seksu + Brahms – Empty Bottle (CHICAGO)
3/1 – Plants & Animals – Canopy Club (URBANA)
3/2 – Kris Kristofferson + Mere Haggard – Northern Lights Casino (MILWAUKEE)
3/2 – Nicole Atkins & The Black Sea + Cotton Jones – The Frequency (MADISON)
3/3 – Kris Kristofferson + Mere Haggard – Northern Lights Casino (MILWAUKEE)
3/3 – The Love Language + Blessed Feathers – Linnemans (MILWAUKEE)
3/3 – Titus Andronicus + The Pogues – Congress Theatre (CHICAGO)
3/4 – Maps & Atlases – UW Union / der Rathskeller (MADISON)
3/4 – Band of Heathens – Highdive (CHAMPAIGN)
3/4 – Girl Talk – Congress Theater (CHICAGO)
3/4 – Nicole Atkins & The Black Sea + Cotton Jones – Subterranean (CHICAGO)
3/4 – Portland Cello Project – High Noon Saloon (MADISON)
3/4 – Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses – Majestic Theatre (MADISON)
3/4 – Telekinesis – Schubas (CHICAGO)
3/5 – Girl Talk – Congress Theater (CHICAGO)
3/5 – NOMO – Empty Bottle (CHICAGO)
3/5 – Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses + Liam Gerner – The Rave (MILWAUKEE)

Just Announced:

3/26 – Jeremiah Nelson + Surgeons in Heat + Cedarwell – The Frequency (MADISON)
4/9 – Conrad Plymouth + Blessed Feathers + Jeremiah Nelson – The Basement (MADISON)
4/14 – The Civil Wars + Arum Rae – Turner Hall Ballroom (MILWAUKEE)
4/26 – The National + Pains of Being Pure at Heart + Twin Shadow – Riverside (MILWAUKEE)
6/7 – Iron & Wine – Turner Hall Ballroom (MILWAUKEE)
7/6 – The Black Keys + Florence & The Machine – Summerfest (MILWAUKEE)

I’m heading to Chicago tonight to experience Lincoln Hall for the first time. It’s been years since I’ve seen Akron/Family live and I’ve also heard great things about the opener Delicate Steve. But first, we’re swinging by Schubas to check out Juniper Tar’s set.

Though it’s early in the year Akron/Family’s S/T II: The Cosmic Birth And Journey Of Shinju TNT has quickly risen to the top of the stuff I’ve heard this year. There’s a great video of the band performing “Canopy” at Christ’s Church Cathedral in Hamilton, Ontario a few nights back. The always reliable NYC Taper has the audio from the Akron/Family set at the Knitting Factory last week.

You should also check out Wye Oak’s set from the Rock Shop in New York last month, also courtesy of NYC Taper. Wye Oaks’ fortcoming record, Civilian arrives March 8th on Merge Records and is also one of the best albums we’ve heard this year. Wye Oak plays a free show at Lawrence University in Appleton, WI on Wednesday, April 6th.

Did you see Destroyer’s amazing performance on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon? So good. Watch it here.

NPR is web-casting tonight’s Low Anthem concert at the 9:30 Club in Washington, DC.

Iron & Wine return to Milwaukee on Tuesday, June 7th with a show at Turner Hall Ballroom. The room is a perfect match for the 70′s sound found on their new album, Kiss Each Other Clean

Here are the Wisconsin and Illinois shows we recommend you take in this week. This week we’re presenting two shows in Milwaukee: Juniper Tar and Deep Dark Woods at the Cactus Club on Friday and Charlie Parr with Chris Porterfield at Linneman’s on Sunday. Check out the upcoming concerts below and let us know which ones you’ll be attending or ones you think should really make our list.

Upcoming Shows:

2/21 – Tennis + Holiday Shores – High Saloon (MADISON)
2/21 – The Forms – Empty Bottle (CHICAGO)
2/21 – Wild Nothing + Abe Vigoda – Der Rathskeller (MADISON)
2/22 – Tennis + Holiday Shores – Lincoln Hall (CHICAGO)
2/22 – Morcheeba – House of Blues (CHICAGO)
2/23 – Lucinda Williams – Turner Hall Ballroom (MILWAUKEE)
2/23 – The Forms – Mad Planet (MILWAUKEE)
2/23 – Say Hi + Blair – High Noon Saloon (MADISON)
2/24 – Akron/Family + Delicate Steve – Lincoln Hall (CHICAGO)
2/24 – Dum Dum Girls + The Minks – Empty Bottle (CHICAGO)
2/24 – The Forms – Project Lodge (MADISON)
2/25 – Baths + Braids + Star Slinger – Der Rathskeller (MADISON)
2/25 – Juniper Tar + Deep Dark Woods – Cactus Club (MILWAUKEE)
2/25 – Kings Go Forth + Herman Astro – Turner Hall Ballroom (MILWAUKEE)
2/25 – Pete Yorn + Ben Kweller – Pabst Theater (MILWAUKEE)
2/25 – Breathe Owl Breathe + Yann Tiersen – The Bottom Lounge (CHICAGO)
2/25 – Say Hi + Blair – Lincoln Hall (CHICAGO)
2/25 – Smith Westerns – The Frequency (MADISON)
2/25 – Drive-By Truckers + Heartless Bastards – Vic Theatre (CHICAGO)
2/26 – Drive-By Truckers + Heartless Bastards – Vic Theatre (CHICAGO)
2/26 – Charlie Parr – The North Mendota Supper Club (MADISON)
2/26 – Pete Yorn + Ben Kweller – Canopy Club (CHAMPAIGN)
2/26 – Sat. Nite Duets – Lawrence University (APPLETON)
2/26 – All Tiny Creatures – The Project Lodge (MADISON)
2/26 – Smith Westerns – The Empty Bottle (CHICAGO)
2/26 – The Deep Dark Woods + Juniper Tar – Der Rathskeller (MADISON)
2/27 – Charlie Parr + Christopher Porterfield (Conrad Plymouth) – Linneman’s (MILWAUKEE)

Just Announced:

3/3 – Maps & Atlases – Lawrence University (APPLETON)
3/26 – Volcano Choir – Turner Hall Ballroom (MILWAUKEE)
4/9 – Maritime + Sat. Nite Duets + Testa Rosa – Turner Hall Ballroom (MILWAUKEE)
4/13 – Common Loon + Take Care – Cactus Club (MILWAUKEE)
4/28 – William Fitzsimmons – Shank Hall (MILWAUKEE)
5/3 – Jackson Browne – Overture Center (MADISON)

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.

Upcoming Shows:

2/14 – Bobby Long – High Saloon (MADISON)
2/15 – Deerhoof + Ben Butler and Mousepad – Bottom Lounge (CHICAGO)
2/15 – Robyn – Canopy Club (URBANA)
2/16 – Bobby Long – Turner Hall Ballroom (MILWAUKEE)
2/16 – Deerhoof + Ben Butler and Mousepad – High Saloon (MADISON)
2/17 – Josh Ritter – Vic Theatre (CHICAGO)
2/17 – Galactic – Majestic Theatre (MADISON)
2/18 – Galactic – Park West (CHICAGO)
2/18 – Wild Nothing + Abe Vigoda – Lincoln Hall (CHICAGO)
2/18 – Bobby Long – Schubas (CHICAGO)
2/19 – Sat. Nite Duets + Icarus Himself + Surgeons in Heat – Linnemans (MILWAUKEE)
2/19 – Future Islands – Empty Bottle (CHICAGO)
2/19 – Southeast Engine – Schubas (CHICAGO)
2/20 – The Dismemberment Plan + The Forms – Metro (CHICAGO)

Just Announced:

3/29 – Everest – High Noon Saloon (MADISON)
4/5- Liam Finn – The Hidout (CHICAGO)
4/6 – The Builders & The Butchers – The Frequency (MADISON)
5/6 – The Felice Brothers – Lincoln Hall (CHICAGO)
5/12 – S. Carey + Other Lives – High Noon Saloon (MADISON)

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