Clinic @ Brooklyn's Glasslands earlier on tour (more by PSquared Photography)

today in Chicago
* Frank Rosaly @ Hideout
* Clinic, No Joy @ Lincoln Hall
* Slava, The-Drum, Lokua @ Empty Bottle
* The Babies, The Bingers, The Uglies @ Schubas
* Hymn for Her, Todays Hits, Lou Shields @ Township (Free Show)
* Geronimo!, Speedy Ortiz, Kangaroo, Henry Joseph @ Subterranean

Clinic and Noy Joy play Lincoln Hall Tonight.

Frank Rosaly celebrates the release of this new record, Cicada Music, at the Hideout.

New Carpark Records signees Speedy Ortiz are in town to play Subterranean.

Slava, The-Drum, and Lokua play the Empty Bottle.

Watch Phosphorescent's triumphant Fallon performance of "Song For Zula" below.

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Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds @ Beacon Theatre (more by Dana (Distortion) Yavin)

today in Chicago
* Dawes @ Reggie's (Free Show)
* Spaceghostpurp @ Bottom Lounge
* Wavves, FIDLAR, Cheatahs @ Subterranean
* Lianne La Havas , Jamie N. Collins @ Lincoln Hall
* Peach Kelli Pop, Summer Girlfriends, Palmflower @ The Burlington
* Detective, Walking Bicycles, Art Decade @ Empty Bottle (Free Show)
* Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Sharon Van Etten @ The Chicago Theatre
* Everything Went Black, So Many Ways, Genus, Arbogast @ Cobra Lounge
* Bogrot, Men's Room, Cold Lovers, Hawaiian Punch, Future Cops @ Rancho Huevos

Happy April Fools Day... I guess.

Dawes play a free show at Reggie's at 6PM tonight.

Wavves, Fidlar, and Cheatahs play Subterranean.

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Sharon Van Etten play The Chicago Theatre.

Phosphorescent have a new video for "Song For Zula." Check it out below.

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Pitchfork Music Festival 2012 (more by James Richards IV)

As discussed, Pitchfork Music Festival 2013 is set to take place in Union Park from July 19-21. The festival's initial lineup featured R. Kelly, Björk, Belle & Sebastian, Joanna Newsom, the Breeders (playing Last Splash), Swans, Rustie, El-P, Chairlift, Killer Mike, TNGHT, Sky Ferreira, ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, Mac DeMarco, Foxygen, Angel Olsen, Trash Talk, and Tree.

The remainder of the lineup has just been revealed, and includes M.I.A., Lil B, Solange, Wire, Yo La Tengo, Low, Savages, Toro Y Moi, Phosphorescent, Metz, Autre Ne Veut, Mikal Cronin, Parquet Courts, Merchandise, Woods, Julia Holter, Glass Candy, Andy Stott, Pissed Jeans, Frankie Rose, Ryan Hemsworth, Waxahatchee, Blood Orange, Daughn Gibson, Evian Christ, White Lung, KEN Mode, and DJ Rashad.

Three-day passes and single-day tickets are still available.

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Phosphorescent @ ACL 2011 (more by Tim Griffin)

Phosphorescent (aka Matthew Houck) will release his new album, Muchacho, on March 19 via Dead Oceans. Check out the LP's lead single "Song for Zula," which features a string section and some light drum programming, at the bottom of this post. Muchacho's cover art and tracklisting are also below.

Houck and his band will be touring North America in support of the LP this spring. That tour kicks off at SXSW in Austin, TX, and will reach Chicago on April 13 for a performance at Lincoln Hall. Tickets go on sale this Friday (2/01) at noon CST.

All Phosphorescent tour dates, a stream of "Song for Zula," and album info. for Muchacho are below...

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Phosphorescent @ RiverRocks (more by Chris LaPutt)

today in Chicago
* The Civil Wars, White Dress @ Schubas
* Dastardly, Sad Brad Smith @ The Whistler
* Phosphorescent, Evening Hymns @ Lincoln Hall
* Robbie Fulks, The Two Robbies Are Sample Minds @ Hideout
* Assembly Line Gods, Squint, Lake Street Drive, Permanent Crush @ Elbo Room
* Health & Beauty, Nat Baldwin, Dan Mohr, Swim Ignorant Fire @ Empty Bottle (Free Show)

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