You can tell summer is right around the corner because I’m wearing jorts and the concert calendar is heating up in all major cities. Here are my quick April concert picks for Chicago readers. My top pick is a tie between the Red Cortez/War On Drugs/Tallest Man On Earth show at Schubas on 4/5 and the Other Lives/ Elvis Perkins show on 4/30, also at Schubas. That’s great bang for the buck.
Get there early for the Tallest Man show to catch both openers.
4/1 Rural Alberta Advantage @ Schubas
Rural Alberta Advantage – Don’t Haunt This Place
4/3 Blind Pilot @ Schubas
4/3 These United States @ The Hideout
These United States – West Won
4/3 Heartless Bastards and Gaslight Anthm @ The Bottom Lounge
Heartless Bastards – The Mountain
4/4 Scott H. Biram @ Empty Bottle
Scott H. Biram – Been Down Too Long
4/4 Illinois @ Subterranean
Illinois – Oh Asia (from the HearYa Live Session)
4/5 Red Cortez, The War On Drugs, The Tallest Man On Earth @ Schubas
Red Cortez – All The Difference
The War On Drugs – Taking The Farm
The Tallest Man On Earth – I Won’t Be Found
4/9 Dr. Dog @ Double Door
4/10 Dr. Dog @ Double Door
4/10 Damien Jurado @ Schubas
Damien Jurado – Gillian Was A Horse
4/16 Tim Barry @ Reggies Rock Club
4/17 Justin Townes Earle, Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit @ Double Door
Justin Townes Earle – Mama’s Eyes
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit – Seven Mile Island
4/21 Great Lake Swimmers @ Schubas
Great Lake Swimmers – Pulling On A Line
4/23 Neko Case @ Chicago Theatre
Neko Case – People Got A Lotta Nerve
4/24 Mason Proper @ Beat Kitchen
4/26 M. Ward @ The Vic
4/29 The Thermals, The Shaky Hands @ The Bottom Lounge
The Thermals – Here’s Your Future
The Shaky Hands – The Sleepless
4/30 Elvis Perkins In Dearland, Other Lives @ Schubas
Elvis Perkins In Dearland – Shampoo
What did I miss?
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don’t forget The Love Language at the Hideout on 4/2…
Good catch. Not sure how I overlooked Love Language.
Andrew Bird 4/9 4/10 Civic Opera
The Record Low is playing Subterranean on April 11th with JT and The Clouds. I’ll be covering bass duties for The Record Low. Should be fun.
The 4/4 Biram show has been postponed due to his broken leg — too bad, the show was on SHB’s birthday, too!
But, he’ll be back around for the release of his new album out in May.
Didn’t he get run over by a truck once? That guy has some shitty luck.
HELLO!
Not sure if interested but here are some other shows worth mentioning…IMHO
Tapes N’ Tapes tonight (4/16) @ Northwestern Uni (Norris Ctr) ~7:30 pm
Wye Oak & Pomegranates & Point Juncture, WA @ Hideout on 4/17
Backyard Tire Fire @ Double Door on 4/18
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