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, we catch you up on some recent releases that we’ve been listening to including new offerings from Townes Van Zandt, Norah Jones, Holopaw, and the fantastic Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers – The Live Anthology (4 CD).

Upcoming Wisconsin Shows:

11/30 – The Books – Majestic Theatre, Madison
12/1 – King Kahn BBQ Show + Those Darlins – Mad Planet, Milwaukee
12/3 – Weezer – Eagles Ballroom, Milwaukee
12/5 – The Hood Internet – Todd Wehr Auditorium, Milwaukee

Upcoming Chicago Shows:

12/1 – The XX + Friendly Fires – Bottom Lounge
12/2 – King Khan & BBQ Show – Logan Square Auditorium
12/3 – The Hidden Cameras – Empty Bottle
12/3 – The Swell Season – Auditorium Theatre
12/3 – Eyedea & Abilities – Reggie’s Rock Club
12/4 – Nellie McKay – Chicago Cultural Center
12/5 – Nellie McKay – Schuba’s
12/6 – Nellie McKay – Schuba’s
12/6 – Arctic Monkeys – Riviera Theatre

Upcoming Champaign/Urbana Shows:

12/4 – Santa, Common Loon, The Hood Internet, The Smoking Popes – Canopy Club

Just Announced:

1/28 – MF Doom + Mos Def + Mike Relm – Congress Theater, Chicago
1/30 – Ben Gibbard + Jay Farrar – Turner Hall Ballroom, Milwaukee
1/28 – Alberta Cross – High Noon Saloon, Madison
2/1 – A.A. Bondy – High Noon Saloon, Madison
2/18 – State Radio – Majestic Theatre, Madison
3/15 – Norah Jones – Overture Hall, Madison
3/18 – The Appleseed Cast – High Noon Saloon, Madison
3/19 – Norah Jones – Riverside Theater, Milwaukee
3/21 – Experience Hendrix – Riverside Theater, Milwaukee
4/8 – Henry Rollins – Turner Hall Ballroom, Milwaukee

New Releases:

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers – The Live Anthology (4 CD), Townes Van Zandt – In the Beginning, Norah Jones – The Fall, Holopaw – Oh, Glory. Oh, Wilderness

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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 Wisconsin Shows:

11/17 – Bruce Hornsby – Northern Lights Theater, Milwaukee
11/18 – Brendan Benson + Cory Chisel – Turner Hall Ballroom, Milwaukee
11/19 – Surgeons In Heat + Jason Mohr (Juniper Tar) – Sugar Maple, Milwaukee
11/19 – Dinosaur Jr. – Turner Hall Ballroom, Milwaukee
11/19 – Modern Skirts + Skybox – Mad Planet, Milwaukee
11/20 – A Sunny Day in Glasgow + Common Loon – Der Rathskeller, Madison
11/20 – Medeski, Martin & Wood – The Rave, Milwaukee
11/20 – Modern Skirts + Skybox – Project Lodge, Madison
11/20 – Haley Bonar – High Noon Saloon, Madison
11/21 – Common Loon – Cactus Club, Milwaukee
11/21 – .357 String Band – Mad Planet, Milwaukee
11/21 – Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – High Noon Saloon, Madison

Upcoming Chicago Shows:

11/18 – 311 – Aragon Ballroom
11/18 – Maps & Atlases – Lincoln Hall
11/18 – Brother Ali – Metro
11/19 – Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit – Lincoln Hall
11/19 – P.O.S. – House of Blues
11/20 – Brendan Benson – Lincoln Hall
11/20 – Pixies + No Age – Aragon Ballroom
11/20 – Peaches + Amanda Blank – Metro
11/20 – The Mother Hips + Backyard Tire Fire – Schubas
11/20 – Ghostland Observatory – Congress Theatre
11/20 – The Mother Hips – Schuba’s Tavern
11/21 – The Mother Hips – Schuba’s Tavern
11/21 – Pixies + Jay Reatard – Aragon Ballroom
11/21 – Elvis Perkins + A.A. Bondy – Lincoln Hall
11/22 – Harper Simon – Lincoln Hall

Just Announced:

1/17 – Bowerbirds + Sharon Van Etten – High Noon Saloon, Milwaukee
2/17 – St. Vincent – Turner Hall Ballroom, Milwaukee
2/18 – St. Vincent – Metro, Chicago
2/20 – RJD2 – Canopy Club, Champaign
2/26 – Justin Townes Earle + Joe Pug – High Noon Saloon, Madison

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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 a short list of two: Asobi Seksu – Rewolf and The Notwist – Sturm.

Upcoming Wisconsin Shows:

11/10 – White Rabbits + Glass Ghost – Turner Hall Ballroom, Milwaukee
11/11 – Trampled By Turtles – High Noon Saloon, Madison
11/11 – Ezra Furman & The Harpoons – High Noon Saloon, Madison
11/12 – Ezra Furman & The Harpoons – Dreyfus U, Stevens Point
11/12 – Fiery Furnaces – Turner Hall Ballroom, Milwaukee
11/12 – Jay Ryan (Poster Artist) – Sugar Maple, Milwaukee
11/12 – Surgeons In Heat + Quinn Scharber – Club Garibaldi, Milwaukee
11/13 – Fiery Furnaces – Majestic Theatre, Madison
11/13 – Real Estate – UW Memorial Union / Rathskeller, Madison
11/14 – The Woes – Stonefly, Milwaukee
11/14 – Todd Snider – Shank Hall, Milwaukee
11/14 – Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson – Der Rathskeller, Madison
11/15 – Bruce Springsteen – Bradley Center, Milwaukee

Upcoming Chicago Shows:

11/9 – Fanfarlo – Schubas
11/10 – Art Brut – Lincoln Hall
11/11 – The Walkmen + White Rabbits – Schubas
11/12 – The Walkmen + White Rabbits – Lincoln Hall
11/12 – Girls – Empty Bottle
11/12 – Peter Bjorn and John + El Perro Del Mar- Metro
11/13 – The Walkmen – Lincoln Hall
11/13 – Dirty Projectors – Bottom Lounge
11/13 – Girls – Empty Bottle
11/14 – Mucca Pazza + Bird Names – Lincoln Hall
11/14 – Heiruspecs – Abbey Pub

Upcoming Champaign-Urbana Shows

11/11 – The Band of Heathens – Highdive
11/11- OK Go – Canopy Club
11/12 – Jay Z + N.E.R.D. – Assembly Hall
11/13 – Maps & Atlases – Courtyard Cafe
11/14 – The Walkmen – Krannert Center for the Performing Arts

Just Announced:

11/20 – A Sunny Day in Glasgow + Common Loon – Der Rathskeller, Madison
11/21 – .357 String Band – Mad Planet, Milwaukee
12/12 – Charlemagne + Vid Libert + The Hemlines – The Frequency, Madison
12/19 – Dutchess & The Duke – Club Garibaldi, Milwaukee
1/17 – Bowerbirds – High Noon Saloon, Milwaukee
3/1 – John Mayer + Michael Franti & Spearhead – Bradley Center, Milwaukee

New Releases:

Asobi Seksu – Rewolf, The Notwist – Sturm

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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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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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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 includes new offerings from The Flaming Lips, Fanfarlo, and Thao With the Get Down Stay Down. All come with our stamp of approval!

Upcoming Wisconsin Shows:

10/13 – Jolie Holland + Matt Bauer – High Noon Saloon, Madison
10/13 – Dinosaur Jr. – Majestic, Madison
10/14 – Rodrigo y Gabriela – Pabst Theater, Milwaukee
10/15 – Rain Machine feat. Kyp Malone (TV On The Radio) – The Annex, Madison
10/16 – Keller Williams – Barrymore, Madison
10/16 – Andrew Bird + Dosh – Pabst Theater, Milwaukee
10/17 – The Constellations/Fever Marlene/The Figureheads – Mad Planet, Milwaukee
10/17 – Andrew Bird (solo) + St. Vincent – Pabst Theater, Milwaukee
10/17 – The Gossip – Majestic Theatre, Madison
10/17 – Mike Doughty – Shank Hall, Milwaukee
10/17 – The Cocksmiths – BBC, Milwaukee
10/18 – Mastodon – Eagles Auditorium, Milwaukee

Upcoming Chicago Shows:

10/16 – Mike Doughty – Lincoln Hall
10/17 – Liam Finn – Lincoln Hall
10/17 – Mastodon – Aragon Ballroom
10/18 – Wilco – UIC Pavilion

Just Announced:

11/7 – Mount Eerie + No Kids + Tara Jane O’Neil – High Noon Saloon, Madison
11/16 – Devendra Banhart – Vic Theatre
11/20 – Brendan Benson – Lincoln Hall
12/31 – Spoon + Jay Reatard – Riverside Theater, Milwaukee
2/20 – Wilco – Overture Hall, Madison

New Releases:

The Flaming Lips – Embryonic, Fanfarlo – Reservoir, Thao With the Get Down Stay Down – Know Better Learn Faster

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