July is a heckuva month to see live music in Chicago. With Festival Season in full swing, there’s a great show to see every weekend – and almost every night. Of course, Pitchfork Music Festival is in the middle of the month with an exceptional lineup, but there’s plenty more to tickle your fancy the rest of the month. Here are the shows we recommend. See you at the rock show.
White Rabbits – Empty Bottle – 7/1
White Rabbits – Percussion Gun
Gringo Starr – Schubas – 7/2
Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks – The Bottom Lounge – 7/2
Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks – Baltimore
Drive-By Truckers – Taste of Chicago – 7/4
Drive-By Truckers – Two Daughters and a Beautiful Wife (Live)
Buddy Guy – Taste of Chicago – 7/4
Sunset Rubdown – Logan Square Auditorium – 7/7
Black Joe Lewis and The Honeybears – Chicago Folk and Roots Festival – 7/10
Magnolia Electric Co. / The Donkeys – Schubas – 7/11
Magnolia Electric Co. – Josephine
The Donkeys – Walk Through a Cloud
Deep Dark Woods – The Hideout – 7/14
Deep Dark Woods – Hang Me, Oh Hang Me
Deer Tick / Dawes – Empty Bottle – 7/15
Deer Tick – Art Isn’t Real (City of Sin)
Cymbals Eat Guitars – The Bottom Lounge – 7/17
Cymbals Eat Guitars – Wind Phoenix
Those Darlins – Schubas – 7/17
Those Darlins – Redlight Love (HearYa Live Session)
Various Artists – Pitchfork Music Festival at Union Park – 7/17-19
Frightened Rabbit – The Bottom Lounge – 7/19
Frightened Rabbit – The Modern Leper
Blitzen Trapper – Empty Bottle – 7/19
Akron/Family – The Bottom Lounge – 7/24
Elvis Perkins in Dearland / The Dodos – Subterranean – 7/25
Elvis Perkins in Dearland – Shampoo
Obits – Empty Bottle – 7/25
Backyard Tire Fire – Wicker Park Festival – 7/26
Backyard Tire Fire – How The Hell Did You Get Back Here (HearYa Live Session)
Scott H. Biram – Empty Bottle – 7/26
Scott H. Biram – Still Drunk, Still Crazy, Still Blue
Toad the Wet Sprocket – Park West – 7/27
Josh Ritter – Metro – 7/30
What did we miss?
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Was just thinking of asking you about your show rec’s…thanks!
How about the following shows just @ the Hideout:
The Fiery Furnaces – 7/9
Cryptacize & Casiotone For The Painfully Alone – 7/10
The Dutchess & the Duke – 7/18
steve, you seem scary (it’s the caps). i bet you’re an OK dude, though.
anyhow, this might be the best month of shows i’ve seen in a while here. i mean, elvis perkins and the dodos together. yowzers.
thanks for the compilation.
Conor Oberst at Metro on 7/14.
This is a great list! Thanks for posting it.
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