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As always, phone first. SHOWS LIST REPORTERS Thanks to the squad of Shows List readers who regularly keep me updated on what's going on out of town: Seth Hindin (Champaign), Amy Althoff (Milwaukee), Rob Jacob (Madison). I get many more, of course, but these three are the ones who send tons of stuff. ATTENTION PUNK/HARDCORE BANDS (a Shows List classified) If you are interested in playing all-ages, low-cost ($1-2) shows at the Illini Union at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, please e-mail <shows@uiuc.edu>. We offer guaranteed payment, free accomodations at the Union's guest rooms, and a chance to play in front of hundreds of punk-starved college students from all over the country. SUBSCRIPTION INFO Mail a request to <shows@farpost.chi.il.us>. Please mention where you saw the list, just for my own curiosity. CORRESPONDENCE Send additions, corrections, anything to <shows@farpost.chi.il.us> New this week: Apocalypse Hoboken / Wrecking Ball / No Star, Off The Alley Atomic Polly / Spirit Hour / Spitball, Off The Alley AYA / Tossers / Hash Brown, Off The Alley Babette's Feast / Well Of Souls / Tungdriven, Off The Alley Ball Sniffer / The Squids / Free Range Chicken / The Flannel Tubs, Thurston's Beastie Boys / Bad Brains / Hurricane, Rosemont Horizon Beat Monkeys, Thurston's Beavis & Butthead On Ice, Rosemont Horizon Bedhead in-store performance, Reckless Records Peter & Lou Berryman, Club De Wash Birds At The End Of The Road / Dovetail Joint / The Good, Thurston's Mary Black / The Rankin Family, Park West Bloodlet / Snap Judgement / Damitol / Failsafe, Chicago Filmmakers Boston, Alpine Valley Boston, World Music Theater Bottle Rockets, Club De Wash Bullet Boys / Apostrophe Ess / Syris / Indica, Toto's The Burn, Thurston's Alex Chilton / Blast Off Country Style, Double Door Churl / Woo Woo Stick / Whoremoans / Chew Toy, Fireside Bowl Compulsion / Low Pop Suicide / Ladamir, Double Door Dick Dale, The Paramount Dirt Merchants / Boogie Shoes, Metro Disarray, Thurston's The Drovers / Tripmaster Monkey / Boogie Shoes, Mabel's Dry County Alice, Coronet Theater Eleventh Dream Day / Great Dane, Metro Falling Wallendas / Smaller Than Life / Matharudy, Coronet Theater Fat Nut / Absinthe, Double Door Godheadsilo / Specula / Truman's Water, Fireside Bowl David Grubbs & Jim O'Rourke with Hugh Livingston & Ensemble Noamnesia, Chicago Filmmakers Hot Heels / Butt Gravy, Thurston's Kraftwerk unplugged, Park West Sonny Landreth, Park West Lillian Axe / Defile / Indecent Exposure / Mudface, Thirsty Whale Lillian Axe / Outrage / Phantom Reign, Thirsty Whale Lillian Axe / Outrage / Sliver / Nihi List, Thirsty Whale Lillian Axe / Stikky Suite / Brother Orchid / Velvet Grove, Thirsty Whale Love Kit / Schwa, Thurston's Steve Morse Band / The Flynn Brothers Band, Park West Mummenschanz, WZRD No Empathy / Not Rebecca / The Strike / Scared Of Chaka, Fireside Bowl Not Rebecca / Alligator Gun / International Hoodwink, Metro Ohio Players, Coronet Theater Our Lady Peace, Double Door Pegboy / NIL8 / Godplow, Mabel's Pinch, Thurston's Pink Lincolns / Submachine / Mushuganas / Nimrods, Hemensway Auditorium Quiet Riot / Toxic Web / Crawlspace Gret / Discord, Thirsty Whale Redball / Lovey Howell / Mind 'o' Babes / Eve Thing, Thurston's Rustbucket / Dumptruck / Fix Your Wagon, Metro The Safety Dancers: A tribute to Men Without Hats, The Rave Saigon Kick / Naked Rhythm / Urban Disturbance, Toto's The Silos, Club De Wash Slash's Snakepit / Brother Cane, Metro Slaughter, The Vic Smoothies / Foo / Great Brain, Off The Alley Matthew Sweet, The Paramount Tar Pit / Speed Duster, Thurston's Tarnation / Blind Venetians, Thurston's Throwing Muses / Ass Ponies / tba, Mabel's Uptighty, Coronet Theater Urban Dance Squad, The Paramount Voodoo Bus, Thurston's Vulva Club, Fireside Bowl Webb Wilder & the Nashvegans / Kevin Salem, Cubby Bear Webb Wilder & the Nashvegans, Coronet Theater Yanni, World Music Theater Ajax Records: 2156 W. Chicago Ave. / Chicago, IL / (312) 772-4783 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 01 Sat 6:00 Railroad Jerk in-store performance Alpine Valley: Hwy D & Hwy 120 / East Troy, WI / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 27 Sat *Boston (tix Sat 10am) Jun 10 Sat Jimmy Buffett Barrymore Theatre (aa): 2090 Atwood Ave., Madison, WI / (608) 241-2345 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 31 Fri 8:00 $25 Tito Puente / Madisalsa Apr 13 Thu 7:30 $14 Throwing Muses / Ass Ponys 18 Tue 7:30 Hawkwind May 07 Sun Mike Watt / Foo Fighters / Hovercraft Bismarck Theater: 171 W. Randolph at LaSalle / Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 14 Fri 7:30 King Crimson ==SOLD OUT== The Blind Pig Co. (19+): 6 Taylor St. / Champaign, IL / (217) 351-7444 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 06 Thu Everclear 21 Fri Hum Bradley Center: 1001 N. 4th / Milwaukee, WI / (414) 227-0400 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 02 Tue Page & Plant B-Side Cafe: 959 West Belmont / Chicago, IL / (312) 472-3020 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 06 Thu Smif 'n' Wessun Chicago Filmmakers: Division & Milwaukee / Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 01 Sat 10:30 $5 aa Brainiac / Unwound 04 Tue 7:00 $5 aa *Bloodlet / Snap Judgement / Damitol / Failsafe 05 Wed 8:00 *David Grubbs & Jim O'Rourke with Hugh Livingston & Ensemble Noamnesia Chicago Theatre: 175 N. State St. / Chicago, IL / (312) 443-1130 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 06 Sat Julio Iglesias The Civic Center: State St. / Madison, WI / (608) 255-4646 (aa) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 31 Fri 8:00 $18 Ahmad Jamal Trio Apr 09 Sun 7:30 Blues Traveler 12 Wed 7:30 B. B. King 21 Fri 8:00 $23 Wynton Marsalis May 13 Sat 8:00 $18 Jim Cullum Jazz Band Club De Wash: 636 W. Washington Ave. / Madison, WI / (608) 256-3302 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 07 Fri 10:00 $10 Steve Forbert 09 Sun 9:00 $7 *The Silos 14 Fri 10:00 $8/10 Melvins / Tar / Dis- 15 Sat *Peter & Lou Berryman 20 Thu 10:00 $10 Dread Zeppelin / Art Paul Schlosser 29 Sat +Archers Of Loaf / Glue May 04 Thu *Bottle Rockets College Of Dupage Arts Center: 22nd St. & Lambert Rd. / Glen Ellyn, IL / (708) 858-3110 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 05 Fri Gordon Lightfoot 21 Sun Beausoleil Coronet Theater: 817 Chicago Ave. / Evanston, IL / (708) 733-0030 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 31 Fri Little Salmon / Little Sister Apr 01 Sat Michael Hedges 06 Thu 8:00 Redball / Katie Belle 07 Fri *Webb Wilder & the Nashvegans 20 Thu *Falling Wallendas / Smaller Than Life / Matharudy 21 Fri Bela Fleck & The Flecktones 26 Wed Doug Kershaw May 04 Thu *Dry County Alice 13 Sat *Uptighty 19 Fri *Ohio Players Crobar: 1543 N. Kingsbury / Chicago, IL / (312) 587-1313 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 06 Thu The Invaders / Deals Gone Bad Cubby Bear (21+): 1059 W. Addison / Chicago, IL / (312) 327-1662 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 01 Sat Goober & The Peas 08 Sat 7:30 *Webb Wilder & the Nashvegans / Kevin Salem 21 Fri Dread Zeppelin / The Jack Dempseys May 27 Sat Dick Dale Dane County Expo Center: Madison, WI --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 25 Tue Queensryche / Type O Negative Double Door: 1572 N. Milwaukee / Chicago, IL / (312) 489-3160 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 31 Fri The Falling Wallendas / Cherry Poppin' Daddies / Wrecking Ball Apr 01 Sat Gumbo 02 Sun Molly Coddle / Galaxy Of Mailbox Whores 06 Thu *Fat Nut / Absinthe 07 Fri Handsome Family / Mint Aundry / Church Key 08 Sat Cassius Clay / Word Bongo 09 Sun Babbett's Feast / Drag 12 Wed Urban Dance Squad 13 Thu Del Amitri ==SOLD OUT== 14 Fri Del Amitri ==SOLD OUT== 15 Sat Del Amitri ==SOLD OUT== 18 Tue *Compulsion / Low Pop Suicide / Ladamir 20 Thu 10:00 $7 Better Than Ezra / Dishwalla 21 Fri *Our Lady Peace 22 Sat Ulele / Joe 23 Sun Theodore 27 Thu *Alex Chilton / Blast Off Country Style (tix Sat noon) 28 Fri *Alex Chilton / Blast Off Country Style (tix Sat noon) 30 Sun +Al Rose & The Transcendos / Miga Chronoupolous / Carnival of Faith Elhmurst VFW Hall (aa): Addison & Hahn / Elmhurst, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 31 Fri +Oblivion / Fighters / Parker Bros. / Walker Empty Bottle: 1035 N. Western / Chicago, IL / (312) 276-3600 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 31 Fri Cheer Accident / Waste Kings / C-Clamp / Punchdrunk Apr 01 Sat Pleasure / Matt Keating / Revelers 02 Sun 9:00 +Band of Susans / Dis- / Timco 06 Thu Antietam 07 Fri Laughing Hyenas / Steelpole Bathtub / Love 666 / Fireworks (tix 4/1 at the bar/Ajax/Blackout) 08 Sat The Sea and Cake / Great Danes / Beekeeper / special guest "D" from London 09 Sun Homocore: Tribe 8 13 Thu Clawhammer / Today is the Day / Slot / A Minor Forest 14 Fri Cows / Chokebore / Railroad Jerk / Oats 15 Sat Lois / Apples / Vitapup / Kaia 20 Thu Matt Wilson / Small Factory / Obrecht Ensemble 21 Fri Silkworm / Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments / Hurl 22 Sat Cartographers / Squash Blossom / Mint Aundry / Neil Rosario / Yanti Arafin Fireside Bowl (aa): 2648 W. Fullerton / Chicago, IL / (312) 486-2700 / info: Brian (312) 384-5813 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 31 Fri Ticklepenny / Pritchard / Poonjab / Apostles On Strike (A-Zone benefit) Apr 01 Sat Jerkwater / Poonjab / MK Ultra / Gaffle (Dyslexic Records benefit) 02 Sun 8:00 Trenchmouth / The Sky Corvair / Quintron 13 Thu 8:00 Sublime / Green Street / Blood Gin / Ted Bundy's VW 14 Fri Mustard Plug / Greenhouse / Hot Stove Jimmy / 30 Seonds Deep 15 Sat 7:00 Lorax / 66 / Charles Bronson / Dead Steel Mill 15 Sat 10:00 Hot Heels / Migraine / tba 18 Tue Ben Lee / Cap'n Jazz / Obrecht Ensemble / Scissor Girls 19 Wed +Smut / Houseboy / Hitmen 20 Thu *Godheadsilo / Specula / Truman's Water 21 Fri Busker Soundcheck / Smoothies / The Great Brain / AYA / Foo 22 Sat Loud Lucy / Sidekick Kato / Bunnygrunt / Godzuki 23 Sun Youth Brigade / Kerosene 454 / The Fighters / Screw 32 26 Wed Slick 50 / Skinjob / Killer Kitchen Utensils / The Jack Dempseys 27 Thu *Churl / Woo Woo Stick / Whoremoans / Chew Toy 28 Fri The Henchmen / The Howards / Stanley's Joyful Noise / Klinefelter 29 Sat 7:00 Mushuganas / The Smears / Butt Trumpet 29 Sat 10:00 Three Blue Teardrops / Nitro Jr. / Rockin' Billy & The Wild Coyotes 30 Sun Eclectics / Poonjab / Unemployed / Lunkhead May 03 Wed Serpico (ex-Sleeper) / 88 Fingers Louie / Misery Index / Houseboy 06 Sat 7:00 Strength / 691 / Birthright / Chokehold 06 Sat 10:00 Dirt Merchants / Boogie Shoes / The Urge 07 Sun +The Parasites / Parker Brothers / I Love Rich / The Methadones / Squirtgun 11 Thu +Morsel / Tetsuo / Sweetcar 12 Fri Wickerman / Fragile Porcelain Mice / Halcyon / Spearfest 13 Sat Tar / The Bollweevils / The Hitmen / Braid 14 Sun *Vulva Club 19 Fri +Scout (ex-Car vs. Driver) / Sky Corvair / Selfish 20 Sat 10:00 +Urbn DK / The Ouija Boards / Vic Vacume & The Attachments / Vanilla 21 Sun +Agent Orange / Apocalypse Hoboken / The Migraines 24 Wed +Lunkhead / Highway 66 25 Thu Homocore: Excuse 17 26 Fri Tortoise / The Jaks / Guttersnipe / Cap'n Jazz 27 Sat *No Empathy / Not Rebecca / The Strike / Scared Of Chaka 28 Sun Oblivion / 4-Squares / Hit Men / The Fighters Friends & Co. (21+): 509 Van Buren / Charleston, IL / (217) 345-2380 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 01 Sat 21+ Jesus Christ Superfly 02 Sun aa Dyslexic Apaches / Busker Soundcheck / Foo Gateway Theatre: 5216 W. Lawrence / Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 14 Fri Craphole / Bitter Lipstick / Corky / Baby Chain (I'm told bands have to pay to get on this bill. Very uncool. Can anyone confirm this?) Harper College: 1200 W. Algonquin Rd. / Palatine, IL / (708) 925-6100 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 04 Tue 7:30 $7 Scott Adams (Building M) 26 Wed noon FREE Switchback (Building A lounge) May 03 Wed noon FREE Delta Rhythm Kings (Building A lounge) Hemensway Auditorium: 933 Chicago / Evanston, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 07 Fri 7:00 $5 aa *Pink Lincolns / Submachine / Mushuganas / Nimrods Lounge Ax (21+): 2438 N. Lincoln / Chicago, IL / (312) 525-6620 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 31 Fri 10:00 Brainiac / Unwound / Smoothies Apr 01 Sat Falstaff / Babe The Blue Ox / Lily Liver 05 Wed $8 Guided By Voices / Mary Lou Lord / Elliot Smith 06 Thu Guided By Voices / Polara 07 Fri Seam / Bedhead / Cub 08 Sat Gastr del Sol / Ground Zero / James Chance and the Contortions 12 Wed Susan Voelz / Michael Hall 13 Thu M.O.T.O. / Green / X-Action Figures 14 Fri Tsunami / Juned 15 Sat Mule / Martians 16 Sun Tim Rutili / Rebecca Gates / Lois (all acoustic sets) 18 Tue Ben Lee w/Rebecca Gates/Casey Rice/Brad Wood 19 Wed Madder Rose 22 Sat Mojo Nixon / Gringo 28 Fri G. Love & Special Sauce (two shows) 29 Sat Helium / Sabalon Glitz / Ruby Falls Mabel's (19+): 613 E. Green C / Champaign, IL / (217) 328-5700 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 31 Fri +Suede Chain / The Millions Apr 01 Sat *Pegboy / NIL8 / Godplow 07 Fri $15 Veruca Salt / Hazel / Squash Blossom ==SOLD OUT== 08 Sat *The Drovers / Tripmaster Monkey / Boogie Shoes 12 Wed *Throwing Muses / Ass Ponies / tba Metro: 3730 N. Clark / Chicago, IL / (312) 549-0203 / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 31 Fri 7:00 aa The Tragically Hip / hHead Apr 01 Sat The Tragically Hip ==SOLD OUT== 02 Sun 7:30 aa The Tragically Hip ==SOLD OUT== 04 Tue 7:00 Morphine ==SOLD OUT== 05 Wed Mammoth Car / Sideshow / Plutonium Hat 07 Fri Chainsaw Kittens / Fig Dish / Menthol / Bunny 08 Sat Citizen King / Rollover / Adamjack 12 Wed Molly McGuire / The Cakekitchen / Poonjab 13 Thu The Silos / Vulgar Boatmen / Michael Hall / The Mary Janes 14 Fri 7:00 Blue Meanies / Sidekick Kato / Buck O Nine 14 Fri 11:30 The Guffs / Peat Moss / Judge Nothing 15 Sat *Dirt Merchants / Boogie Shoes 15 Sat midnite Samiam / The Goops / Chokebore 19 Wed *Not Rebecca / Alligator Gun / International Hoodwink 21 Fri 7:00 Golden Palominos 21 Fri 11:30 *Rustbucket / Dumptruck / Fix Your Wagon 22 Sat 6:30 Bollweevils / Sinkhole / Boris The Sprinkler / 4-Squares 22 Sat 11:30 *Eleventh Dream Day / Great Dane 26 Wed 7:00 aa Royal Trux 27 Thu 7:00 aa *Slash's Snakepit / Brother Cane (tix Sat noon) 28 Fri 7:00 Material Issue ==CORRECT DATE== 28 Fri 11:30 Archers Of Loaf / Beatnik Filmstars May 02 Tue 7:00 aa Goo Goo Dolls 06 Sat Mike Watt / Foo Fighters / Hovercraft 13 Sat Poster Children 29 Mon 7:00 aa KMFDM ==SOLD OUT== O'Cayz Corral: 504 E. Wilson St. / Madison, WI / (608) 256-1348 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 08 Sat Steelpole Bathtub / Love 666 / US Maple / Duotron Off The Alley: 18061 S. Dixie Hwy at Ridge / Homewood, IL / (708) 798-2252 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 01 Sat *Apocalypse Hoboken / Wrecking Ball / No Star 08 Sat *AYA / Tossers / Hash Brown 15 Sat *Babette's Feast / Well Of Souls / Tungdriven 22 Sat *Atomic Polly / Spirit Hour / Spitball 29 Sat *Smoothies / Foo / Great Brain One World Cafe: 809 S. Fifth St. / Champaign, IL / (217) 344-0102 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 14 Fri 8:00 $5 aa +Secret Cajun Band / Ska Humbug / Braid / Superhero Forehead / Grover (Earth Day benefit) 21 Fri 8:00 $5 aa +Blue Meanies / Coctails / Cap'n Jazz / Tenderloin Palatine Community Park: Palatine Rd. & NW Hwy / Palatine, IL / (708) 925-2425 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jun 14 Wed American English 15 Thu Battle Of The Bands '95 16 Fri Ronnie Rice 23 Fri The Saxophones 28 Wed Asbury Brass Quintet Jul 12 Wed Simply Vintage 28 Fri Aloha Dancers Aug 11 Fri Keith Eric & Waterhouse 23 Wed The Symphonic Pops Orchestra Of Chicago 25 Fri Johnny Star & The Meteors The Paramount: 103 N. Park St. / Madison, WI / (608) 256-1171 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 17 Mon *Urban Dance Squad May 05 Fri 9:15 $15 *Matthew Sweet Jun 07 Wed 9:00 $16 *Dick Dale Park West (21+): 322 W. Armitage / Chicago, IL / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 01 Sat late *Kraftwerk unplugged 08 Sat 7:30 Tuck & Patti 10 Mon 7:30 Graham Parker & The Episodes 15 Sat aa Robyn Hitchcock / Deni Boney / Jill Sobule 19 Wed 7:30 aa Hawkwind May 03 Wed 7:30 aa *Mary Black / The Rankin Family (tix Sat noon) 06 Sat 7:30 aa *Steve Morse Band / The Flynn Brothers Band (tix Sat 10am) 11 Thu 7:30 aa *Sonny Landreth (tix Sat noon) Prairie Center For The Arts: 201 Schaumburg Ct. / Schaumburg, IL / (708) 894-3600 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 07 Fri 8:00 $24 The Smothers Brothers 22 Sat 8:00 $16 Randy Newman The Rathskeller (aa): 800 Langdon St., UW campus / Madison, WI / (608) 262-5079 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 31 Fri 10:00 Poster Children / Twice The Wood The Rave: 2401 W. Wisconsin / Milwaukee, WI / (414) 276-4545 / (TM) (aa) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 01 Sat *The Safety Dancers: A tribute to Men Without Hats 07 Fri 8:00 The Gufs 08 Sat 8:00 Blues Traveler 16 Sun 8:00 Throwing Muses / Ass Ponys May 05 Fri Material Issue / Vainglorious Ravinia: Lake-Cook & Green Bay Roads / Highland Park, IL / (312) R-A-V-I-N-I-A --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jul 05 Wed Ringo Starr 06 Thu Bruce Cockburn 12 Wed Mary Chapin Carpenter 27 Thu Turtle Island String Quartet Aug 27 Sun Little Richard Sep 03 Sun Garrison Keillor Jul 18 Tue Pat Metheny 25 Tue David Sanborn 26 Wed Peter Paul & Mary Aug 01 Tue George Benson 07 Mon Lyle Lovett & His Large Band 16 Wed Los Lobos 19 Sat Harry Belafonte 27 Sun Jerry Lee Lewis 31 Thu Neville Brothers Sep 01 Fri Joan Baez / Tuck & Patti Reckless Records: 3157 N. Broadway / Chicago, IL / (312) 404-5080 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 07 Fri 5:00 FREE *Bedhead in-store performance Riviera Theatre: 4746 N. Racine (Lawrence & Broadway) / Chicago, IL / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 02 Sun Sheryl Crow / Freedy Johnston ==SOLD OUT== 08 Sat 6:00 aa Veruca Salt / Hazel / Squash Blossom ==SOLD OUT== 14 Fri 7:00 aa Belly / Superchunk / Cold Water Flat 21 Fri 7:30 aa Siouxsie & The Banshees / Spiritualized Riverside Theater: 116 W. Wisconsin / Milwaukee, WI / (414) 224-3000 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jun 15 Thu King Crimson ==CORRECT DATE== Rosemont Horizon: Touhy & Mannheim / Rosemont, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 01 Sat *Beavis & Butthead On Ice 08 Sat $10/20 Cheap Trick / Eddie Money / Rollover 14 Fri Van Halen / Collective Soul ==SOLD OUT== 26 Wed Queensryche / Type O Negative 28 Fri Page & Plant ==SOLD OUT== 29 Sat Page & Plant ==SOLD OUT== May 20 Sat *Beastie Boys / Bad Brains / Hurricane (tix Sat 10am) Jun 02 Fri R.E.M. / Luscious Jackson ==SOLD OUT== 03 Sat R.E.M. / Luscious Jackson ==SOLD OUT== 04 Sun R.E.M. / Luscious Jackson ==SOLD OUT== Shank Hall (21+): 1434 N. Farwell Ave., Milwaukee, WI / (414) 276-7288 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 31 Fri 10:00 Pleasure / Blue in the Face Apr 01 Sat Freak Show 02 Sun Michael Hedges 06 Thu 8:00 Steve Forbert / Jim Hoehn / Kevin Mulvenna 07 Fri 8:00 Graham Parker / The Silos 08 Sat 10:00 +Seam / Cub 09 Sun 8:00 James Chance & the Contortions 15 Sat 10:00 Tar / Dis- 16 Sun 7:30 aa Samiam 17 Mon 8:00 Del Amitri 18 Tue 8:00 Better Than Ezra 20 Thu 8:00 Hawkwind 21 Fri 8:00 Liz Phair 25 Tue 8:00 Royal Trux May 03 Wed Steve Morse Band 21 Sun Dick Dale Shirk Center: 302 E. Emerson / Bloomington, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 03 Mon $15 Indigo Girls Thirsty Whale: 880 W. Grand / River Grove, IL / (708) 456-2414 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 14 Fri 9:00 $10 21+ *Quiet Riot / Toxic Web / Crawlspace Gret / Discord 28 Fri aa *Lillian Axe / Outrage / Sliver / Nihi List 28 Fri 21+ *Lillian Axe / Outrage / Phantom Reign 29 Sat aa *Lillian Axe / Defile / Indecent Exposure / Mudface 29 Sat 21+ *Lillian Axe / Stikky Suite / Brother Orchid / Velvet Grove Thurston's: 1248 W. George / Chicago, IL / (312) 472-6900 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 31 Fri *Birds At The End Of The Road / Dovetail Joint / The Good Apr 01 Sat *Ball Sniffer / The Squids / Free Range Chicken / The Flannel Tubs 06 Thu *The Burn 07 Fri *Tar Pit / Speed Duster 08 Sat *Love Kit / Schwa 13 Thu *Pinch 14 Fri *Disarray 15 Sat *Beat Monkeys 21 Fri *Voodoo Bus 22 Sat 10:30 $6 *Redball / Lovey Howell / Mind 'o' Babes / Eve Thing 28 Fri *Tarnation / Blind Venetians 29 Sat *Hot Heels / Butt Gravy Toto's: 1450 E. Algonquin / Schaumburg, IL / (708) 397-7000 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 15 Sat *Bullet Boys / Apostrophe Ess / Syris / Indica May 03 Wed *Saigon Kick / Naked Rhythm / Urban Disturbance The Unicorn: 300 W. Juneau Ave / Milwaukee, WI / (414) 224-0123 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 31 Fri Sometimes Sweet Susan / Pound Apr 01 Sat 7:00 aa Punchdrunk / Loomis 01 Sat 11:15 21+ Punchdrunk / Loomis 02 Sun 6:00 aa Little Blue Crunchy Things / Generic Freedom / Insidious 06 Thu Danger Prone Daphne / Girl Crazy 07 Fri Everclear / D-Minus 24 Mon Small Factory / Loomis / Cap'n Jazz The Vic (21+): 3145 N. Sheffield / Chicago, IL (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 31 Fri FREE Blues Traveler / Willie Porter Band (It's an XRT promotion where you get free tix from them.) Apr 01 Sat 7:30 aa Extreme / Flesh ==SOLD OUT== 15 Sat 7:30 aa Throwing Muses / Ass Ponys 25 Tue 7:30 aa Portishead 29 Sat Liz Phair ==SOLD OUT== May 05 Fri 7:30 aa *Slaughter (tix Sat noon) World Music Theater: Tinley Park, IL (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 26 Fri *Boston (tix Sat 10am) Jun 16 Fri *Yanni (tix Sat 10am) Aug 04 Fri Jimmy Buffett WNUR's Airplay: WNUR 89.3 FM / Evanston, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 01 Sat Lisa Kucharski 08 Sat Alchemy 15 Sat Demolition Overdrive Generation WZRD: WZRD 88.3 FM / Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 01 Sat *Mummenschanz 06 Thu Institute of Psychic Ponderance NOTE: The Chicago Shows List will award a dollar to the first person to email us the 4 fake gigs. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The code list: * new listing + listing has changed this week 18+ 18-and-over 21+ 21-and-over aa all ages (TM) Tickets available from TicketMaster Chicago: (312) 559-1212 Wisconsin: (414) 276-4545 Champaign-Urbana: (217) 351-2626 Brian Contact Brian Peterson @ (312) 384-5813 Dave Contact Dave Eaves @ (312) 248-5822 Kim Contact Kim @ (312) SHE-1HER Mike Contact Mike @ (815) 961-0322 Call the Chicago Punk Hotline: (312) 409-2310 All information listed is subject to change. 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Chicago Shows List: shows@farpost.chi.il.us http://www.mcs.com/~alester/ Chicago Favorite Bands: cheeks@interaccess.com http://www.interaccess.com/users/cheeks/Music/chifav.html Chicago Folk Shows: hrow@casbah.acns.nwu.edu Champaign/Urbana, IL: shows@uiuc.edu Madison, WI: listproc@scrap.ssec.wisc.edu In the body of the message, put: subscribe madmusic Your Name http://scrap.ssec.wisc.edu/music/madison.clubs Iowa: bands@ac.grin.edu Columbus, OH: TREADWAY@MPS.ohio-state.edu Atlanta, GA: ofross@emory.edu http://www.mathcs.emory.edu/~ofross/ Omaha, NE: http://phoenix.creighton.edu/~landphil/oshows.html San Francisco, CA: the-list-request@violet.berkeley.edu http://kzsu.stanford.edu/list.html Boston, MA: wisner@aiag.enet.dec.com http://www.research.digital.com/CRL/Boston/Music/ Washington, DC DIY: brendan@clark.net http://www.clark.net/pub/brendan Texas: sarootabaker@mail.utexas.edu Midwest (OH,MI,KY,IN): aa704@po.cwru.edu Florida: http://www.wa1a.com/public/concert.html Philadelphia: lorenzo@astro.ocis.temple.edu Baltimore: http://www.charm.net/~davew/Baltimore/BaltoMusic2.html Claremont, CA: dbarker@pomona.edu Long Island, NY: mm5683@panther.adelphi.edu Northeast (E.Canada/ME/NH/VT/MA/CT/RI/NY/NJ/PA/DE/MD): ne-shows@brown.edu Vancouver, BC: http://imagineer.com/euphony/ New England folk shows: http://theory.lcs.mit.edu/~wald/calendar.html email: archive-server@theory.lcs.mit.edu send the line "send wald concert-calendar" Other mailing addresses: Oblivion/Bollweevils (Brian Czarnik) BriC6389@aol.com Underdog Records udogrec@interaccess.com WNUR Airplay (Rob Teets) r-teets@nwu.edu WZRD contact pauls@tellabs.com WHPK (Keven Esterling) kest@cicero.spc.uchicago.edu. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |