Bob Mould reading from his book in Austin, TX in September (more by Tim Griffin)

today in Chicago
* Blowoff @ Metro
* Bob Saget @ Horseshoe Hammond Casino
* Redgrave, Touched by Ghoul @ Quenchers
* Chuck Mead, Tangleweed @ Bottom Lounge
* Buck 65, Busdriver, Qwel & Maker @ Reggie's
* Armin Van Buuren, Blake Jarrell @ Congress Theater
* Honeydogs, Dick Prall, Farewell Milwaukee @ Schubas
* Bubbly Creek, Hayward, Trevor McSpadden @ Hideout
* The Infected, HandMe Downs, Crackjaw @ Cobra Lounge
* Magic Ian, The Funs, Coffin Ships, Ree-Yess @ Ultra Lounge
* Bible of the Devil, Wizardcastle, Winterhawk @ The Burlington
* Needles, Sin Orden, Manipulation, Kontaminant @ Mousetrap
* A Friend Called Fire, Holding Mercury, Workout Music @ Lincoln Hall
* The Brokedowns, Truman and His Trophy, Wide Angles @ Township
* Paul Cebar Tomorrow Sound, The Lawrence Peters Outfit @ SPACE
* Action Bronson, Sidewalk Chalk, The Palmer Squares @ Cubby Bear
* Evacuate the Earth, Alar Wave, Eddy Phenix and Jen Reilly @ Stage Bar
* Heaving Mass, Witchden, The Chicago Thrash Ensemble @ Empty Bottle
* Chino XL, Matlock, Nightwalker, Moodswangz, Micslingers, Joint Logistics, DJ Ambideckstriks @ Subterranean

Blowoff (the DJ project of Bob Mould) play Metro tonight.

Action Bronson plays the Cubby Bear on his way to Soundset Festival.

DIIV have a new video for "How Long Have You Known?" Check it out below.

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today in Chicago
* De La Soul @ The Shrine
* E+, Magic Key @ The Burlington
* David Guetta @ Congress Theater
* Bobby Conn, CAVE, Starring @ Empty Bottle
* Anders Osborne, Clarence Bucaro @ SPACE
* Waco Brothers, The Riptones @ Beat Kitchen
* Breakway, C. Batteries, Daniel Wyche @ Township
* Bone & Bell, Adam Faucett, The Columbines @ Schubas
* Shovels And Rope, The Kernal, Robert Mcshane @ Subterranean
* Shaun Of The Dead vs. Dawn Of The Dead @ Lincoln Hall (Free Screenings)
* Fake Limbs, Blasted Diplomats, Blizzard Babies, DJ Supreme Court @ Hideout
* Terror Alert, Hotlips Messiah, EZ Kebage, Impossible Cork, Ebola 7 @ Stage Bar
* Royal Son of A Guns, Captain Red Beard and the Daydrinkers, Deep Sea Mammal @ Ultra Lounge
* DJ Quik, Fess Grandiose, Vic Spencer, DJ Audio Kush, Big Face 100s, Kenn Retro @ Double Door

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Snoop Dogg reminding us what his surname is @ Coachella (more by Dana Yavin)

today in Chicago
* David Lindley @ SPACE
* Psychic Western, NooN @ The Burlington
* Dry the River, Otter Petter @ Beat Kitchen
* Ben Sollee, Jonathan Guerra @ Lincoln Hall
* Snoop Dogg @ Horseshoe Hammond Casino
* The Adicts, The Frantic, The Ridgelands @ Metro
* Mark Sultan, Outer Minds, Magic Milk @ Empty Bottle
* Eef Barzelay, Heligoats, Shannon Stephens @ Hideout
* Yo Gotti, Zed Zilla, D.Meeks, Mikey Streetz @ Reggie's
* Onra, Supreme Cuts (DJs), Doc Ill & Raj Mahal, DJ Moppy & RTST @ Beauty Bar
* Black Arrow, Lights Over Bridgeport, The Wild Finish, Warhellride @ Ultra Lounge
* Minor Characters (acoustic), Anti Beyond, Justin Jahnke, Arthi Meera @ Township
* Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, He's My Brother She's My Sister @ the Riv

Snoop Dogg, believe it or not, throws out a ceremonial first pitch at the White Sox game tonight before heading to the Horseshoe Hammond Casino.

Mark Sultan, Outer Minds, and Magic Milk play the official release show for Shimby Presents: Live at the Empty Bottle tonight.

Light Asylum have a new, slightly NSFW video for "Heart of Dust." Check it out below.

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Curren$y @ Brooklyn Hip Hop Fest in 2010 (more by Brook Bobbins)

today in Chicago
* Running @ Rainbo Club
* Peter Himmelman @ SPACE
* Curren$y's Jet Life Tour @ Metro
* Diamond Hymen, No Milk @ The Burlington
* This is Cinema, Victor Villarreal @ The Whistler
* Alejandro Escovedo, Jesse Malin @ Lincoln Hall
* PS I Love You, Army Girls, Cuff the Duke @ Schubas
* Melon Boat, The Pop Tarts, Richardson Richardson @ Township
* Beak, Mares of Thrace, Reptoids, Eva Von Braun @ Ultra Lounge
* The Last Dark Show, This Last Dance, Kerosene Stars, Placeholder @ Beat Kitchen
* He's My Brother She's My Sister, The Damn Choir, Paper Thick Walls @ Empty Bottle

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Dark Dark Dark @ Drom in October (more by Chris La Putt)

today in Chicago
* James McCartney @ Bottom Lounge
* Ane Brun, Gemma Ray @ Lincoln Hall
* M. Ward, Lee Ranaldo Band @ the Vic
* The Barr Brothers, Kishi Bashi @ SPACE
* The Flabby Hoffman Jamboree @ Stage Bar
* The Beach Boys @ Chicago Theatre (Night 2)
* Neulore, Audrey Assad, John Charles Weston @ Schubas
* Band Droidz, The Larroquettes, Arsenal Road @ Township
* Opposites, Bully in the Hallway, T'Bone, Costanza @ Fireside Bowl
* Dark Dark Dark, Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside, Pillars and Tongues @ Hideout
* The Pinker Tones, Pinto & The Bean, .Descarga., DJ Tony Macias @ Empty Bottle
* Swells, Remedios, Piss Piss Piss Moan Moan Moan, Virgel Lutheran, Living & Wrestling @ Cobra Lounge (Free Show)

The Beach Boys play their second of two Chicago Theatre shows tonight.

Garbage played Fallon last week. Check out the footage below. Catch them at Metro on August 7.

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Continue reading "What's going on Tuesday?"

today in Chicago
* The Beach Boys @ Chicago Theatre
* Dark Dark Dark, Julie Byrne @ SPACE
* Fool's Gold, Icky Blossoms @ Schubas
* Ok Sweetheart, The Canes @ Double Door
* Double Negative, Broken Prayer, Sea of Shit, Cold Lovers @ Mousetrap
* No Two Waynes, The Fake Boys, The Bumpus Hounds @ Township (Free Show)
* Arrington de Dionyso, Thollem McDonas, Laughing Eye Weeping Eye @ Empty Bottle (Free Show)
* Lee "Scratch" Perry, SubAtomic Soundsystem, Illuminati Congo, Impala Sound Champions @ Lincoln Hall

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Kurt Vile w/ Hellride East @ Le Poisson Rouge earlier this month (more by BBG)

today in Chicago
* Ghost Heart, James Collin @ The Whistler
* Hoots & Hellmouth, Cloudbirds @ Schubas
* Bonnie Raitt, Marc Cohn @ Chicago Theatre
* Hozac Blackout Fest @ Empty Bottle (Day 3)
* Sunset Empire, Dominecker @ The Burlington
* Mariachi El Bronx, Two Gallants @ Double Door
* Charlie Deets, Cut Teeth, Ones Bent To Zeros @ Township
* Pop. 1280, Brain Idea, Toupee, Running @ Crown Tap Room
* Desert Noises, Republic Of Lights, Exit Ghost @ Subterranean
* Kurt Vile & the Violators, Black Bananas, True Widow @ Lincoln Hall
* The Flips, The Avantist, Witch Feet, The Dead Palins @ Beat Kitchen

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today in Chicago
* Braid @ Rockit Bar
* Richie Hawtin @ The Mid
* This Land Is Our Land @ Metro
* Digital Freshness @ Beauty Bar
* Steve Kimock Band @ Bottom Lounge
* The Flabby Hoffman Show @ Stage Bar
* Truth & Salvage Co., Musikanto @ Schubas
* Bonnie Raitt, Marc Cohn @ Chicago Theatre
* Hozac Blackout Fest @ Empty Bottle (Day 2)
* Joe Pug, David Wax Museum @ Lincoln Hall
* Bil Vermette, Chandeliers, Mr. 666 @ Hideout
* Ode, Wally Dogger, Geronimo! @ Beat Kitchen
* Pretty & Nice, Love of Everything @ Crown Tap Room
* Arms Aloft, Whipped, Wringer, The Revision Plan @ Township
* Absolutely Not, Dumpster Babies, Hot Garbage @ The Burlington
* Pig Champion, Traitor, Cave Bear, Yeti, Bruxism @ House of Sludge
* The Blisters, Sons Of The West, Bellows @ Beat Kitchen (Early Show)
* Robot Hilarious, Cutthroat Split Tail, Green Skies Are Blue @ Ultra Lounge
* The Aggrolites, Old Man Markley, Green Room Rockers, Tracer Bullet @ Reggie's

HoZac Blackout Fest continues. Redd Kross headlines tonight.

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Yamantaka // Sonic Titan's self-titled LP

today in Chicago
* Tom Morello @ Daley Plaza
* Michelle Shocked @ SPACE
* Joe Pug, Bailiff @ Lincoln Hall
* Cameron Esposito @ Lincoln Lodge
* The Twelves, Redux DJs @ The Mid
* Chris Trapper @ Schubas (Early Show)
* Auto Body, exbestfriends @ Beauty Bar
* Little Ozzy, Judas Beast @ House of Blues
* Hozac Blackout Fest @ Empty Bottle (Day 1)
* Joan of Arc @ Petrillo Bandshell (Free Show)
* 72 Hours, Supersixty, Anchor The Daylight @ Ultra Lounge
* Nasum, Brutal Truth, Parasytic, Eunuchs, Sick/Tired @ Reggie's
* Spindrift, Secret Colours, Strangers Family Band @ Beat Kitchen
* Hunters, Droids Attack, Lo-Pan, Old Man Mason @ Cobra Lounge
* The Dirt Daubers, The Lawrence Peters Outfit, Angela James @ Hideout
* Jonny Rumble, MPLS Henrys, Umbra and the Volcan Siege @ The Burlington
* The Downtown Struts, Sore Subjects, Midnight Reruns, The Howl @ Township
* Yamantaka // Sonic Titan, Eight Bit Tiger, Supreme Cuts @ Schubas (Late Show)

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Mayer Hawthorne & The County @ ACL 2010 (more by Tim Griffin)

today in Chicago
* Kele Okereke @ The Mid
* Xiu Xiu, Dirty Beaches @ Lincoln Hall
* Rocky Votolato, Jeff Pianki @ Schubas
* Daymoths, Big Damnit @ The Burlington
* Mayer Hawthorne (DJ set) @ Beauty Bar
* The Grooks, Ghosty, The Acb's @ Township
* The Wandering, Luther Dickinson @ Hideout
* Glen Phillips @ Old Town School of Folk Music
* The Melismatics, BNLX, Bear Lake @ Double Door
* Dirty Beaches @ Permanent Records (Free; In-store)
* Here We Go Magic, Hospitality, Dolphins @ Empty Bottle
* Mayer Hawthorne & The County, The Stepkids @ Park West
* Names Divine, Dark Blue Dark Green, Double Morris @ Stage Bar
* Mark Lanegan Band, Sean Wheeler & Zander Schloss, Apteka @ Metro
* Hollows, Radar Eyes, Coffin Pricks, Summer Girlfriends @ Subterranean
* American Wolf, Schwervon!, Manes, Pisces at the Animal Fair @ Beat Kitchen
* Waffle Gang, Jah Safe, Substance Music, Kris DeLaRash, Bad Wolff @ Ultra Lounge
* Fear Factory, Shadows Fall, The Devastated, The Browning, Legacy Of Disorder @ Bottom Lounge

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