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Visit the Chicago Shows List page at http://www.tezcat.com/~andy/shows/ NEW THIS WEEK 5ive Style // Lounge Ax Acumen / Blue-Eyed Christ // Metro Arch Viles // Lounge Ax Augusta Gein / Mysterydriver / Sedan / Wild Bores // Double Door Rachel Barton // Hear Music Ben Folds Five / tba // Lounge Ax The Betsy Years // Fireside Bowl Big Blond Wig / 1-900-STALKER // Lounge Ax Bollweevils / Supernova / Lynyrds Innards / Tonic // Fireside Bowl Brother Brother / Pocket Fisherman // Double Door Buckwheat Zydeco // Cubby Bear Liz Carroll / Jim Dewan // Hear Music Deep Blue Something / Letters To Cleo // Metro The Dollrods / Speed Duster / Green / Spearfest // Fireside Bowl Dub Syndicate Meets Roots Radics // Metro Everclear / No Doubt / Ruth Ruth // Metro Freakwater / The Dishes // Lounge Ax Hi-Fi & The Roadburners / Yankee Wuss // Fireside Bowl Hot Stove Jimmy / Wormhole // Off The Alley The Howards // WHPK's Pure Hype Innocence Mission // Park West Lucy Kaplansky / Slavek Hanzlik & Sons Of The Never Wrong // Hear Music Lenny Kravitz Circus / Poe // Aragon Ballroom Lake Of Dracula / Monitor Radio // Fireside Bowl Jonboy Langford and the Pine Valley Cosmonauts // Lounge Ax Like Hell (ex-Cows) / Lorax // Fireside Bowl Lucid / Caesura / Rainer Maria // Fireside Bowl MC Swan & Red Dawg / Steam / 100 Proof / Short Time // Off The Alley John McLaughlin // Cubby Bear Mekons / Waco Bros. // Lounge Ax Mitch / Blamaday // Fireside Bowl Molly Hatchet / J.P. & The Ramblers // Shades Mouse Trap / Hubcap / 90 Day Men / Lustre King // Fireside Bowl Mr. T Experience / The Smugglers / tba // Fireside Bowl Mt. Shasta / Tree / Roadsaw // Double Door The Mushuganas / Apostles on Strike / Letter Bombs / Bixby (IA) // Fireside Bowl New Rob Robbies // WHPK's Pure Hype Novo Somo / Infenction Man // Fireside Bowl Number One Cup interview // WXRT's Local Anaesthetic Oblivion / Suicide Machines / Dead Steelmill / Greenhouse // Metro Peace in Pieces / Krooked Minds / Durt Hedd / Ponic Slam // Off The Alley Peat Moss / Yardsale / Dolly Varden // Double Door Pinwheel / Shanticleer / Loony Bin / Rocketship Arnold // Fireside Bowl Promise Ring / Clowns For Progress / Walleye / Serpico // Fireside Bowl Tito Puente // Cubby Bear Red Red Meat / Rex // Lounge Ax Rocketship Arnold / Hashbrown / The Letterbombs // Northlake Methodist Church Rollover / Dovetail Joint // Metro Sidekick Kato / Skalawags / Baxter / 85 Backfield // Pennyroad Pub Sidekick Kato / Starphase 23 / Inspector Egg // Spectrum Skagina / Swing Set / Dysfunctionells // Off The Alley Skapone / Deals Gone Bad // Fireside Bowl Slapstick / AYA / Buck-O-Nine / MU330 // Fireside Bowl Dee Snider & S.M.F. / Phantom Reign // Shades Soul Food / Redneck Exorcist / The Indicators / Needle / The Teenage Frames // Fireside Bowl Stonelids / Squash Blossom / El Nino / Suffer Uthra // Double Door Tar interview // WXRT's Local Anaesthetic Tart / The Sweeties / Prichard // Lounge Ax Malachi Thompson & Spider Saloff // Hear Music Tina and the B-Sides / Katie Bell // Double Door Toenut / Sardina / tba // Lounge Ax Tortoise // Double Door Tower Of Power // Cubby Bear The Trash Brats / I Love Rich // Fireside Bowl Trenchmouth / Lanterna / Nastybake // Channing-Murray Foundation Jeff Tweedy / tba // Lounge Ax U.S. Maple // WHPK's Pure Hype Abbey Pub: 3420 W. Grace (at Elston) / Chicago, IL / (312) 478-4408 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan 12 Fri Kris Kristofferson Feb 01 Thu Black 47 Aragon Ballroom: 1106 W. Lawrence at Broadway / Chicago, IL / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 02 Fri *Lenny Kravitz Circus / Poe // 8:00 all ages // (tix Sat 10am) Beat Kitchen (21+): 2100 W. Belmont / Chicago, IL / (312) 281-4444 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan 06 Sat Reeves Gabrels / Johnny Polonsky / Juniper Bog Theatre: 620 Lee St. / Des Plaines, IL / (708) 296-0622 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan 19 Fri Greenhouse / Rocketship Arnold / Monsignors / Skalawags / Dr. Mannette // 7:00 $5 Channing-Murray Foundation: 1209 W. Oregon St / Urbana, IL / (217) 334-1176 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan 11 Thu *Trenchmouth / Lanterna / Nastybake 20 Sat Apostles on Strike / Walker / The Eclectics / Mary Me // 8:00 $5, all ages Feb 02 Fri No Empathy / Oblivion / Not Rebecca / Superhero Forehead // 8:00 $5, all ages 09 Fri MU330 // 8:00 all ages Concrete Jungle: 2125 W. Roscoe / Chicago, IL / (312) 404-1700 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan 06 Sat Battery (Canadian Metallica tribute) / Disaster Area / Exide / Rivel / Mistaken Identity Cubby Bear (21+): 1059 W. Addison / Chicago, IL / (312) 327-1662 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 02 Fri *Buckwheat Zydeco 03 Sat *Tower Of Power // (tix Sat noon) 09 Fri *Tito Puente 14 Wed *John McLaughlin // 7:30 Double Door (21+): 1572 N. Milwaukee / Chicago, IL / (312) 489-3160 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan 05 Fri Dhamba 8 / Word Bongo / King Bee 06 Sat Wrecking Ball / Boomhank / Moonshine Willy 10 Wed *Mt. Shasta / Tree / Roadsaw 12 Fri Dishwalla 13 Sat *Stonelids / Squash Blossom / El Nino / Suffer Uthra 17 Wed *Brother Brother / Pocket Fisherman 19 Fri *Augusta Gein / Mysterydriver / Sedan / Wild Bores 20 Sat *Tina and the B-Sides / Katie Bell Feb 03 Sat *Peat Moss / Yardsale / Dolly Varden 10 Sat *Tortoise Empty Bottle: 1035 N. Western / Chicago, IL / (312) 276-3600 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan 05 Fri Sardinia / Tel Aviv / Gold Medal // 10:00 $5 06 Sat Dolly Varden / Bush League All-Stars // 10:00 $5 10 Wed Jerome Cooper (solo) // 10:00 $5 11 Thu Love Nut / Whitey / Doris // 10:00 $5 12 Fri Ex-Chittle / USA / John Darnielle (of The Mountain Goats) // 10:00 $5 13 Sat Frontier / Cheer Accident / Rome // 10:00 $5 17 Wed Rob Mazurek / Josh Abrams / Jeffery Parker / Tony Pinziotti // 10:00 $5 18 Thu The Astro Naughts / Blanche / Big Blonde Wig // 10:00 $5 19 Fri Tart / Dingle / Jamie Blake // 10:00 $5 20 Sat U.S. Maple / You Fantastic! / All Insect Union // 10:00 $6 24 Wed Zerang/Baker/Scanlan/Lonberg-Holm // 10:00 $5 25 Thu Hammerhead / Lustre King / Poonjab // 10:00 $5 26 Fri Chisel / Dianogah / Poem Rocket // 10:00 $5 27 Sat Dis- / Gem / Capsize 7 // 10:00 $5 31 Wed Joe Morris (solo) // 10:00 $5 Feb 02 Fri D.O.P.E. / Screw Party // 10:00 $5 11 Sun Upper Crust // 10:00 $5 24 Sat The Frogs // 10:00 // (two sets) Fireside Bowl: 2646 W. Fullerton / Chicago, IL / (312) 486-2700 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan 05 Fri Less Than Jake / Mulligan Stew / 30 Seconds Deep / Tango Wedding Band 06 Sat +Snapcase / Despair / Strength 691 / Brother's Keeper / Despair // 6:00 06 Sat +Tortoise / Trans Am / Tetsuo / Lonesome Organist // 10:00 07 Sun *The Mushuganas / Apostles on Strike / Letter Bombs / Bixby (IA) 10 Wed Lazy Cane / Ambush #5 / DJs Brian & Brian / DJ Todd Pot // FREE 11 Thu Noise Addict / Poonjab / Sidekick Kato / Kleenex Girl Wonder 12 Fri +Effigies / Trenchmouth / Quincy Punx / tba 13 Sat *Lucid / Caesura / Rainer Maria // 7:00 13 Sat *The Betsy Years // 10:00 14 Sun *Pinwheel / Shanticleer / Loony Bin / Rocketship Arnold 18 Thu *The Dollrods / Speed Duster / Green / Spearfest 19 Fri *Mouse Trap / Hubcap / 90 Day Men / Lustre King 20 Sat *Promise Ring / Clowns For Progress / Walleye / Serpico // 7:00 21 Sun +Sometime Sweet Susan / Giants Chair / Sweep The Leg Johnny 25 Thu *Novo Somo / Infenction Man 26 Fri Into Another / Sensefield / Handsome (ex-Helmet & Iceburn) 27 Sat *Soul Food / Redneck Exorcist / The Indicators / Needle / The Teenage Frames // 8:00 28 Sun *Like Hell (ex-Cows) / Lorax Feb 01 Thu *Mitch / Blamaday 02 Fri *Slapstick / AYA / Buck-O-Nine / MU330 03 Sat *Hi-Fi & The Roadburners / Yankee Wuss 07 Wed *Bollweevils / Supernova / Lynyrds Innards / Tonic 08 Thu *Lake Of Dracula / Monitor Radio 09 Fri *Skapone / Deals Gone Bad 10 Sat *The Trash Brats / I Love Rich // 7:00 22 Thu *Mr. T Experience / The Smugglers / tba // 7:00 $5 Hear Music: 932 N. Rush St. / Chicago, IL / (312) 951-0242 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan 07 Sun *Liz Carroll / Jim Dewan // 1:00 14 Sun *Malachi Thompson & Spider Saloff // 1:00 21 Sun *Lucy Kaplansky / Slavek Hanzlik & Sons Of The Never Wrong // 1:00 28 Sun *Rachel Barton // 1:00 Hemmens Auditorium: 150 Dexter / Elgin, IL / (708) 931-5900 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan 12 Fri Air Supply / Colin Hay // 8:00 $26 Lounge Ax (21+): 2438 N. Lincoln / Chicago, IL / (312) 525-6620 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan 05 Fri *Mekons / Waco Bros. 06 Sat *Tart / The Sweeties / Prichard // $5 10 Wed Dingle / Toulouse / Matchbook Shannon 11 Thu June of 44 / Cash Money 12 Fri *Freakwater / The Dishes // $7 13 Sat +The Sea and Cake / Viewmaster // $7 17 Wed *Arch Viles 18 Thu *Toenut / Sardina / tba // $6 19 Fri +Menthol / Motorhome 20 Sat Low / Pulsars / Flowchart / Sourpuss // $7 24 Wed *Big Blond Wig / 1-900-STALKER // $5 25 Thu *Jonboy Langford and the Pine Valley Cosmonauts // (Jon Langford's art plus Johnny Cash songs. Hmmm.) 26 Fri *Jeff Tweedy / tba 27 Sat *Ben Folds Five / tba Feb 01 Thu *Red Red Meat / Rex 03 Sat *5ive Style Mabel's (19+): 613 E. Green C / Champaign, IL / (217) 328-5700 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan 13 Sat Pegboy / Fragile Porcelain Mice / Bantha 19 Fri The Urge / NIL8 / Birdmen of Alcatraz 20 Sat +Boogie Shoes / Mary Adam Twelve / Famboey Metro: 3730 N. Clark / Chicago, IL / (312) 549-0203 / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan 06 Sat Moon Seven Times / Suede Chain / Castor / Beezus 12 Fri Certain Distant Suns / Fix Your Wagon / Squirm / The Infection Man 13 Sat GZR (featuring Geezer Butler) / Life Of Agony / Wicker Man / Stuck Mojo 19 Fri Tarpit / Blanket Party / Whitey / Insania 20 Sat Shoes / Nicholas Tremulis / 92 Degrees / The Critics 26 Fri *Oblivion / Suicide Machines / Dead Steelmill / Greenhouse // 6:30 26 Fri *Acumen / Blue-Eyed Christ // 11:30 27 Sat Wesley Willis Fiasco / Clown Love / Trailer Hitch / Buddah Knievil / Electric Church Feb 02 Fri *Rollover / Dovetail Joint 03 Sat *Deep Blue Something / Letters To Cleo 07 Wed *Everclear / No Doubt / Ruth Ruth // (tix Sat noon) 10 Sat *Dub Syndicate Meets Roots Radics Northlake Methodist Church: Roy & Belle St. / Elmhurst, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan 27 Sat *Rocketship Arnold / Hashbrown / The Letterbombs // 7:00 $3 O'Cayz Corral: 504 E. Wilson St. / Madison, WI / (608) 256-1348 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan 06 Sat The Mekons // 10:00 $10 Off The Alley: 18061 S. Dixie Hwy at Ridge / Homewood, IL / (708) 798-2252 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan 06 Sat *Skagina / Swing Set / Dysfunctionells // 7:00 $6 13 Sat *Hot Stove Jimmy / Wormhole 20 Sat *Peace in Pieces / Krooked Minds / Durt Hedd / Ponic Slam // 7:00 $6 27 Sat *MC Swan & Red Dawg / Steam / 100 Proof / Short Time Park West (21+): 322 W. Armitage / Chicago, IL / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan 17 Wed *Innocence Mission // 7:30 all ages, $10 Pennyroad Pub: Pennyroad & Rte. 59 / South Barrington, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan 14 Sun *Sidekick Kato / Skalawags / Baxter / 85 Backfield // 6:00 $6 // (for info/directions call 708-428-0562) Prairie Center For The Arts: 201 Schaumburg Ct. / Schaumburg, IL / (708) 894-3600 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 18 Sun The Free Spirits featuring John McLaughlin // 8:00 24 Sat The Flying Karamazov Brothers // 8:00 Mar 16 Sat Guitar Summit: Stanley Jordan / Manuel Barrenco / Jorma Kaukonen / Kenny Burrell // 8:00 Apr 13 Sat Gordon Lightfoot // 8:00 Oct 07 Mon Maureen McGovern w/the Duke Ellington Orchestra // 8:00 Riviera Theatre: 4746 N. Racine (Lawrence & Broadway) / Chicago, IL / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan 20 Sat Tesla / Paw // 8:00 all ages Rosary College: 7900 W. Division / River Grove, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan 19 Fri Oblivion / Sweep The Leg Johnny / Clowns For Progress // 7:00 $5 Rosemont Theatre: 5400 N. River Rd. / Rosemont, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 09 Fri k.d. lang // 8:00 Mar 30 Sat Village People / KC & The Sunshine Band / The Trammps Shades: 21860 N. Milwaukee Ave / Deerfield, IL / (708) 634-BLUE --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan 20 Sat *Molly Hatchet / J.P. & The Ramblers 27 Sat *Dee Snider & S.M.F. / Phantom Reign Spectrum: 25 Illinois Blvd. / Schaumburg, IL / (708) 884-6212 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan 19 Fri *Sidekick Kato / Starphase 23 / Inspector Egg // 7:00 $3 Star Plaza Theater: 1-65 & US 30 / Merrillville, IN / (312) 734-7266 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 29 Fri Village People / KC & The Sunshine Band / The Trammps The Blind Pig Co. (19+): 6 Taylor St. / Champaign, IL / (217) 351-7444 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan 12 Fri June of '44 The Vic (21+, TM): 3145 N. Sheffield / Chicago, IL / (312) 472-0366 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan 12 Fri Motorhead / Belladonna / Speedball // 7:00 all ages 20 Sat The Radiators // 7:00 all ages 25 Thu Zucchero // 7:30 Toto's: 1450 E. Algonquin / Schaumburg, IL / (708) 397-7000 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan 05 Fri Lita Ford United Center: 1901 W. Madison / Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 09 Sat AC/DC // =SOLD OUT= Valparaiso University: The Great Hall on campus / Valparaiso, IN --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 03 Sat Mustard Plug (MI) / Tango Wedding Band / Hot Stove Jimmy // 8:00 $5 Apr 13 Sat The Kabalas (an accordian/polka/folk/punk band from the Quad Cities) // 9:00 FREE, all ages Veterans Acres Nature Center: Rte. 176 & Main St. / Crystal Lake, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan 05 Fri June of 44 / Ativin / Tremolo // 7:30 $5, all ages // (info: 708-639-4517 or glutton@cloud.com) WHPK's Pure Hype: WHPK 88.5 FM / Chicago, IL / (312) 702-8424 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan 05 Fri Star Vehicle // 9:00 12 Fri Hot Smokes // 9:00 19 Fri Flying Luttenbachers // 9:00 26 Fri *U.S. Maple // 9:00 Feb 02 Fri U.S.A. // 9:00 09 Fri *New Rob Robbies // 9:00 16 Fri *The Howards // 9:00 WXRT's Local Anaesthetic: WXRT 93.1 FM / Chicago, IL / (312) 777-8881 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan 14 Sun *Tar interview // (rescheduled from 12/31) 28 Sun *Number One Cup interview --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The code list: * new listing + listing has changed this week 18+ 18-and-over 21+ 21-and-over (TM) Tickets available from TicketMaster Chicago: (312) 559-1212 Wisconsin: (414) 276-4545 Champaign-Urbana: (217) 351-2626 Call the Chicago Punk Hotline: (312) 409-2310 All information listed is subject to change. 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