Lollapalooza 2012 has revealed the full schedule for their 3-day festival, set to take place from August 3-5 in Grant Park. Check it out HERE.

A bunch of official aftershows have also been announced, happening from August 1-5. Here's a number of them (more TBA, including unofficial shows):

August 1
Alabama Shakes, First Aid Kit, Dry The River, Filligar @ Metro
Delta Spirit, FIDLAR @ Lincoln Hall

August 2
Passion Pit, GIVERS, Kishi Bashi @ House of Blues
Kids These Days, Overdoz @ Schubas
Dr. Dog, Kevin Devine, The Dunwells @ Lincoln Hall
Zedd, Gus K, DJ Gordo, DJ Torio @ The Mid

August 3
Bear in Heaven, YAWN @ the Empty Bottle
NERO (DJ Set), Die Antwoord, Anamanaguchi @ Congress Theater
Frank Ocean @ Metro
tUnE-yArDs, Washed Out @ House of Blues
The Black Angels, Night Beats @ Double Door
The War on Drugs, Milo Greene @ Schubas
Blind Pilot, Kopecky Family Band @ Lincoln Hall
Porter Robinson, Madeon @ The Mid
The Growlers, JEFF the Brotherhood @ Subterranean
Paper Diamond, Minnesota @ Bottom Lounge

August 4
White Rabbits, Dum Dum Girls, Oberhofer @ Cubby Bear
Doomtree, Naledge of Kidz In The Hall @ the Empty Bottle
Zeds Dead, Big Gigantic, Midnight Conspiracy, Big Chocolate @ Congress Theater
The Afghan Whigs @ Metro
Of Monsters & Men, Yellow Ostrich @ House of Blues
Trampled By Turtles, The Devil Makes Three @ Double Door
Childish Gambino @ the Vic
The Temper Trap, Poliça @ Park West
Gary Clark Jr., LP @ Schubas
Twin Shadow @ Lincoln Hall
Calvin Harris, Nathan Scott @ The Mid
The Big Pink @ Subterranean
Bombay Bicycle Club, Hey Rosetta! @ Bottom Lounge

August 5
Chairlift w/ Alt-J @ the Empty Bottle
The Walkmen @ Lincoln Hall

As seen on BrooklynVegan, this year's Lolla lineup includes everthing hinted on the #LOLLA ads, and much more....

Continue reading "Lollapalooza 2012 lineup announced (Black Sabbath, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Shins, Passion Pit, JC Brooks, much more)"

Gotye @ Webster Hall earlier on tour (more by Ryan Muir)

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* Sunny Ledfurd @ Double Door
* The Ting Tings, MNDR @ Metro
* Gotye, Kimbra @ Aragon Ballroom
* Swervedriver, Heaven @ Bottom Lounge
* Lost In The Trees, Poor Moon @ Schubas
* Tim Fite, Band Called Catch @ Subterranean
* Faderhead, Cyanotic, The Dead Room @ Reggie's
* The Chemical Brothers: Don't Think @ Lincoln Hall
* Band of Skulls, We Are Augustines @ House of Blues
* Health & Beauty, Pressures, A Tundra @ The Burlington
* Tom McCarthy Group, Shana Gray, Dave Sills @ Martyrs
* Quilt, Nude Sunrise, Spirits of the Red City @ Empty Bottle
* Kontaminat, Serenghetto, Cold Lovers, Warrior Tribes @ Township

Gotye and Kimbra play the Aragon Ballroom tonight (a show that has been moved three times). Didn't get tickets? Kimbra will be back in August for Lollapalooza.

Lincoln Hall are screening The Chemical Brothers' tour documentary Don't Think.

Poor Moon (members of Fleet Foxes) open for Lost In The Trees at Schubas.

The Dum Dum Girls have a new video for "Coming Down." Check it out below.

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Kyuss Lives! @ Stubb's in Austin, TX (more by Tim Griffin)

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* H+ Records Grand Opening
* Bonobo, DJ Intel, BRC @ The Mid
* Poi Dog Pondering @ Metro (Night 1)
* Peter Mulvey @ Schubas (Early Show)
* Brandi Carlile, The Secret Sisters @ SPACE
* Ganglians, Friends, Architecture @ Beat Kitchen
* Crystal Stilts, Soft Speaker, Hollows @ Empty Bottle
* Hunters, Himalayan, Orwell, Masses @ Ultra Lounge
* S. Carey, The Hudson Branch @ Schubas (Late Show)
* AM Taxi, The Sweeps, Young Distractions @ Lincoln Hall
* White Mystery, The Cell Phones, Rabble Rabble @ Hideout
* The Fray, Kelly Clarkson, Christina Perri @ Chicago Theatre
* Kyuss Lives!, The Sword, Black Cobra, Bible of the Devil @ the Vic
* Brian Setzer's Rockabilly Riot, Hot Rod Hucksters @ House of Blues
* Moon Furies, Perfect Kiss, Ghosthouse, Eight Bit Tiger @ Double Door
* Kentucky Knife Fight, Farewell Milwaukee, Will Phalen @ Subterranean
* The Paver, Nineteen Thirteen, Post Honeymoon, Harps of Tartarus @ Panchos
* Sea of Shit, Sick/Tired, Mellow Harsher, Machismo, Worn Out @ Rancho Huevos
* The Hooks, The Fabulous Naturals, Love and Radiation, Facing Winter @ Stage Bar
* Thursday, Zechs Marquise, Maylene and the Sons of Disaster, Native @ Bottom Lounge
* Smith Westerns, Franki Chan, Black Light Saints, Windy Soul Club, Kirby Kaiser @ Hard Rock Hotel

Handsome Furs have a new video for "Serve the People." Check it out below.

S. Carey plays Schubas tonight (12/2). Catch him as part of Bon Iver at the UIC Pavilion on December 9th.

Dum Dum Girls made their TV debut on Fallon. Footage below.

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Beirut's Zach Condon @ Lollapalooza 2011 (more by Grant MacAllister)

today in Chicago
* DJ Tim Kinsella @ The Burlington
* Yo Majesty, Shunda K @ The Whistler
* Ha Ha Tonka @ Cubby Bear (Free Show)
* Beirut, Laetitia Sadier @ Congress Theater
* Starfucker, Beat Connection @ Lincoln Hall CANCELED
* The Low Anthem, Sleepy Sun @ Empty Bottle
* Grieves, Budo, Prof, The Mc Type @ Subterranean
* Evergrey, Sabatron, Powerglove, Blackguard, The Absence, Diamond Plate @ Reggie's

UPDATE: Starfucker have canceled their show at Lincoln Hall tonight. They will still play tomorrow (9/27), and all tickets from tonight's show will be honored.

The Dum Dum Girls have a new video for "Bedroom Eyes." Check it out below.

Radiohead play, and chat with Colbert tonight (10:30PM CST).

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Dum Dum Girls @ Bowery Ballroom in March (more by Amanda Hatfield)

The Dum Dum Girls have just shared the single "Coming Down" from their forthcoming LP Only in Dreams. In exchange for your email address, you can download the track via a widget after the jump.

Head to our previous post on the album to view the tracklisting, and all 2011 tour dates.

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Dum Dum Girls @ Aragon Ballroom in 2010 (more by Josh Darr)

The Dum Dum Girls are set to release a new LP titled Only in Dreams on September 27th via Sub Pop Records.

The band will kick off their 2011 World Tour in October. The North American leg will feature Crocodiles throughout; with first support from Colleen Green, and then Royal Baths. Support has not been announced for their two week-European run, taking place in November.

Dum Dum Girls, Crocodiles, and Colleen Green will play Empty Bottle on October 14th.
Tickets are on sale now.

Head below to view the album's track listing, and all 2011 tour dates.

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Dum Dum Girls @ Aragon Ballroom 9/5/2010 (more by Josh Darr)

today in Chicago
* Spare Parts @ aliveOne
* War Brides, Black Beard @ Bottom Lounge
* Cleared, White Car, Ken Camden @ Hideout
* The Deep Dark Woods, Juniper Tar @ Schubas
* Dum Dum Girls, MINKS, Dirty Beaches @ Empty Bottle
* Thin Hymns, Cross Record @ The Whistler (Free Show)
* Akron/Family, Delicate Steve, Joshua Abrams @ Lincoln Hall
* Murder By Death, Fake Problems, Buried Beds @ Subterranean
* The Bright White, Sissy Mena, Rescue School, Mirror the Second @ Double Door
* Penthouse Sweets, The Handcuffs, Tomorrow the Moon, The Low Mids @ Beat Kitchen
* Death By Stereo, Transit, Hail the Black Dragons, Counterpunch, The Sky We Scrape @ Reggie's

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