Ty Segall @ Pitchfork Festival 2012 (more by James Richards IV)

Tickets for Ty Segall's late show on September 28 at the Logan Square Auditorium with Thee Oh Sees go on sale today (8/24) at 10AM CST. Tickets are still available for the early gig.

Tickets for ZZ Top's October 2 show at The Chicago Theatre go on sale this Saturday (8/25) at noon CST. A presale will be active from 10AM to 10PM today; the password is future.

Tickets for Converge's October 18 show at Metro with Torche and Kvelertak go on sale today at noon CST.

Tickets for the Afghan Whigs' show at Metro on October 26 with Wussy go on sale this Saturday at noon CST.

Tickets for Daughn Gibson's October 29 show at the Empty Bottle go on sale today at 10AM CST.

Tickets for Tamaryn's November 2 show at Schubas with Young Prisms go on sale today at noon CST.

Tickets for Andrew Jackson Jihad's November 5 show at Bottom Lounge with Future of The Left go on sale today at 11AM CST.

Tickets for John Legend's November 7 show at The Chicago Theatre with Lianne La Havas go on sale this Saturday at 11AM CST.

Tickets for the David Bazan Band's November 8 show at Metro go on sale this Saturday at noon CST.

Tickets for Om's November 17 show at the Empty Bottle with Daniel Higgs go on sale today at 10AM CST.

Tickets for Trail of Dead's November 21 show at Bottom Lounge go on sale today at noon CST.

Tickets for Rob Delaney's November 30 show at the Athenaeum Theater go on sale today at noon CST.

Tickets for Kreayshawn's December 1 show at Metro with Rye Rye, Honey Cocaine, and Chippy Nonstop go on sale today at noon CST.

Tickets for The Faint's December 12 show at Metro with Trust and Icky Blossoms go on sale this Saturday at noon CST.

Ty Segall - Twins

As mentioned, Ty Segall and Thee Oh Sees are playing the Logan Square Auditorium on September 28 (tickets). They've just added a late show at the venue, and ticketing information is forthcoming. These Chicago shows are part of a larger tour. All dates are listed below.

Ty's new album (and third of 2012), Twins, is due out on October 9 via Drag City. That's its cover art above and you can find its tracklist and a stream of the lead single "The Hill" at the bottom of this post.

All Ty Segall dates, album info for Twins, and a stream of "The Hill" are below...

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Odd Future are playing the Vic on September 16 as part of their "Camp Flog Gnaw" tour. Tickets go on sale this Friday (7/20) at noon CST.

Tickets for Purity Ring's September 16 show at Lincoln Hall with Evian Christ and Headaches are going on sale this Friday (7/20) at noon CST.

Tickets for David Byrne / St. Vincent's September 18 show at The Chicago Theatre are going on sale this Saturday (7/21) at 11AM CST. A JAM presale will be active from 10AM - 10PM on Friday (7/20); the password is lovethisgiant.

When we told you tickets were already on sale for Thee Oh Sees / Ty Segall's September 28 show at the Logan Square Auditorium, we did not know that was a limited presale for people who came to the Pitchfork Aftershows at the Bottle this past weekend (sorry!). Here's some good news though: Tickets go on sale to the general public this Friday (7/20) at 10AM CST.

Tickets for Kathleen Edwards' October 6 show at Park West are going on sale this Saturday (7/21) at 10AM CST

Tickets for Jackson Browne's October 26 show at The Chicago Theatre with Sara Watkins are going on sale this Saturday (7/21) at 10AM CST. A JAM presale will be active from 10AM - 10PM on Friday (7/20); the password is acoustic.

Tickets for Other Lives' December 7 show at Schubas / December 8 show at Lincoln Hall / two-show pass (both are with Indians) are going on sale this Friday (7/20) at noon CST.

Tickets for the Punch Brothers' December 13 show at the Vic are going on sale this Saturday (7/21) at 10AM CST.

photos by James Richards IV, Chase Turner

Thee Ohsees / Kendrick Lamar / crowd, Pitchfork Fest 7/15/2012

Just like the storms that passed through the area, Pitchfork Chicago 2012 has come and gone, leaving its mark on the city of Chicago in the form of three days of great music, new friends and favorite bands, and one Lady Gaga appearance. A second set of photos from day three at Pitchfork (7/15, first set is HERE), including pictures of Milk Music, Iceage, Vampire Weekend, Beach House, Chavez, Kendrick Lamar, Ty Segall, Thee Oh Sees, and more are below.

If you missed it, check out pictures from day one (one set HERE, another HERE) and day two (HERE and HERE).

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Ty Segall @ Pitchfork Festival on 7.15.2012 (photo by Jana Peters)

As seen on BrooklynVegan, Thee Oh Sees and Ty Segall will be touring together this fall. Both acts hit Chicago this past weekend to play shows at the Empty Bottle and to perform at the 2012 Pitchfork Music Festival (pictures are forthcoming). They've now added a September 28 performance at the Logan Square Auditorium to their tour. Tickets are on sale now. UPDATE: Tickets go on sale to the general public this Friday (7/20) at 10AM CST.

Ty's new album and third this year, Twins, is due out on October 9 via Drag City. Thee Oh Sees also have a new one, called Putrifiers II, coming out on September 11 via In the Red. You can download Putrifiers II's lead single "Lupine Dominus" HERE.

All Thee Oh Sees/Ty Segall dates are listed below, with a video of Ty & co. at the Bottle.

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DOWNLOAD: Thee Oh Sees - "Lupine Dominus" (MP3)

Thee Oh Sees @ Fun Fun Fun Fest 2011 (more by BBG)

Pitchfork Fest is just around the corner and there are now a few more aftershows that you can choose from. On July 13 Lower Dens, who play the fest that afternoon, will headline the Bottle with support from No Joy and Alan Resnic (tickets). Ty Segall, The Men, Mystic 100's, and Zath will play the venue on July 14. Tickets for that one are currently sold out but maybe they'll release a few more. Thee Oh Sees will close out the weekend with a show on Sunday (7/15) featuring support from The Blind Shake, Terrible Twos, and The Mallard (tickets).

Thee Oh Sees are busy prepping their new album, Putrifiers II, for release on September 11 via In the Red. Download the album track "Lupine Dominus" at the top of this post. They'll be touring with Ty Segall this fall, whose new album Slaughterhouse hits stores today (6/26) via In the Red. Stream the LP, which is credited to the Ty Segall Band, in its entirety via SPIN. As mentioned, Ty will also be taping a live episode of Sound Opinions at Lincoln Hall during his stay in Chicago. Have you RSVP'd yet?

White Fence (L) & Ty Segall (R) (photo by Ruth Swanson)

Golden state garage rockers Ty Segall and White Fence (aka Tim Presley) have announced that they'll be releasing a collaborative LP, titled Hair, this April via Drag City Records. As SPIN reports, Ty handled skin bashing duties as well as rhythm guitar, while Tim recorded bass and lead guitar. Keep an eye out for a full North American tour in support of the album. Currently there are two late-May dates that jive with this, one of which is a performance at Chicago's Lincoln Hall on the 10th of the month. And just to make the show damn near irresistible, the Strange Boys will play an opening set. Tickets go on sale TODAY (2/3), at noon CST.

White Fence will also be releasing his own record this year, a double album titled Family Perfume, on April 3rd via Woodist. Ty is currently at work on a follow-up to 2011's excellent Goodbye Bread, tentatively set for a September release via Drag City Records. The two will play a few shows together in early March, before Tim joins up with Thee Oh Sees in route to SXSW.

All known 2012 tour dates (collaborative and solo) and Ty's video for "Goodbye Bread," below..

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Seminal Chicago label Drag City Records are getting ready to premiere their second-ever feature length film, Dragonslayer, on home turf. In conjunction with Killer Films, the label bring you a tale of youth in revolt, centered around the skateboarding scene in Fullerton, California.

Directed by Tristan Patterson and executive produced by indie-maverick Christine Vachon, Dragonslayer is the Grand Jury Prize Winner for Best Documentary at SXSW 2011.

An intimate vérité portrait of the life and times of Josh "Skreech" Sandoval, a 23-year-old skate legend from the stagnant suburbs of Fullerton, California, Dragonslayer takes the viewer through a golden SoCal haze of lost youth, broken homes and abandoned swimming pools, set to a soundtrack of bands from indie-rock labels Mexican Summer and Kemado Records-including Best Coast, Bipolar Bear, Children, Dungen, Jacuzzi Boys, Little Girls and The Soft Pack--as well as Death and Thee Oh Sees.

I met Skreech at a party in an abandoned airfield off the I-10 in Chino, California right after our country's economic collapse. He had a lime-green Mohawk and was wearing a matching Screamers T-shirt in honor of the L.A. punk band that never recorded an album. He looked malnourished and lost, and claimed he was on 5 tabs of acid. It was impossible to talk to him; his head was lost in the clouds. Then I saw him skate.

I think Skreech is like a lot of kids from his generation--smart enough to know a potentially bleak future looms and scrambling to figure out a way to survive in it. He's also on a wavelength all his own. Dragonslayer is my attempt to capture this wavelength and preserve it.

As noted in the flyer above, Drag City are also hosting a preview party at Wicker Park's Rodan this coming Wednesday (1/18). From 7-10PM you can catch clips from the film and label staff spinning (hopefully vinyl).

Check out the official trailer for the documentary, below..

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Fred Flintstone @ Thanksgiving Day Parade 2010 (photo by Maria Marchenko)

Thanksgiving Day 2011 is just around the corner. Despite possibly being cooped up with strange relatives, there are also a ton of great Chicago shows surrounding the holiday...

THANKSGIVING DAY EVE
Touche Amore, Pianos Become The Teeth, and Seahaven will play Beat Kitchen.
Tickets are still available.

Thee Oh Sees will play both an early and late show at the Empty Bottle.
Tickets are still available.

Yakuza, The Atlas Moth, Batillus, and The Swan King will play Subterranean.
Tickets are still available.

Flosstradamus, Supreme Cuts, and Calez will play Lincoln Hall.
Tickets are still available.

Naked Raygun, Falcon, Dan Vapid and The Cheats, and My Big Beautiful will play Metro. Tickets are still available.

THANKSGIVING
Have vegan Thanksgiving dinner at the Chicago Diner.

Check out the parade, downtown (State St btwn E Congress Pkwy & W Randolph St), from 8AM on.

BLACK FRIDAY
Tinariwen, and Sophie Hunger will play Metro. Tickets are still available.

Nicolas Jaar, Hernan Sanchez, and Striz will play Smart Bar. Tickets are still available.

Scattered Trees, A Lull, and Urbanites will play Lincoln Hall. Tickets are still available.

My Gold Mask, La Scala, and Baby Magic will play Empty Bottle.
Tickets are still available.

K. Flay, eTrain, and Add-2 will play Subterranean. Tickets are still available.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26TH
Marketa Irglova and Sean Rowe will play Lincoln Hall. Tickets are still available.

Tandoori Knights, Bloodshot Bill, Nobunny, Outer Minds, and Radar Eyes will play the Bottom Lounge. Tickets are still available.

The Kooks, YAWN, and The Postelles will play a sold out show at the Vic.

Cianide, Johnny Vomit, Cardiac Arrest, and Bones will play Empty Bottle.
Tickets are still available.

Peter Murphy, She Wants Revenge, Hussle Club, and DJ Scary Lady Sarah will play Metro. Tickets are still available.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 27TH
Magic Milk, Small Wonder, and PK Fire will play Panchos. Tickets are still available.

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Stay tuned for more shows in each day's "What's Going On?" post.

Little Scream @ Metro on 06/11/2011 (more by Grant MacAllister)

Little Scream are currently on tour with BOBBY (who recently played Schubas) and will hit the Empty Bottle this Wednesday (11/3) with support from Judson Claiborne. Tickets are still available.

Speaking of the Empty Bottle, they'll host two great shows this coming Saturday (11/5). Davana and Thrones will play an early show (7PM), and Wooden Shjips, Birds of Avalon, and People's Temple will hold down the late night.

White Denim @ Webster Hall in April (more by Brook Bobbins)

White Denim return to Chicago for the first time since June, this time around with Manchester Orchestra and The Dear Hunter. The three acts will play the House of Blues on November 7th. Tickets are still available.

Blockhead (with Aesop Rock)

NYC-based rapper/producer Blockhead is about to kick off a short November tour with DJ Cam, which hits Chicago's Kinetic Playground on November 9th.

The Beets

The now Hardly Art Records-signed Beets will visit Chicago on November 11th, playing both the Crown Tap Room and (just like last winter) an in-store at Permanent Records.

On the very same night, Dan Deacon's Wham City Comedy Tour hits the Empty Bottle. The night after that, Shonen Knife, Heavy Cream, and Tyler Jon Tyler take over the venue.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. @ Lollapalooza 2011 (more by Grant MacAllister)

Detroit, MI-based group Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. will visit Chicago on November 18th to play the Wrigleyville baseball bar The Cubby Bear. Tickets are still available.

Empty Bottle

From the end of November to mid-December, the Empty Bottle's calendar is packed to the gills with some great show options.

They've got Heavy Times and Happy Birthday on the 22nd of the month, Thee Oh Sees for both an early and late show on the 23rd, and manage to keep the momentum going throughout December as well.

Dax Riggs and My Cold Dead Hand kick off the month, Crystal Stilts play the following night, and locals Eleventh Dream Day headline the 3rd with support from Coffin Pricks. Not a bad weekend, right?

Reunited proto-punks Rocket From the Tombs will kick off a short 2011 tour with a performance at the Empty Bottle on December 7th. Blondes, Save the Clocktower, and Windbreaker will play the following night. The evening after that, Brooklyn, NY's Pterodactyl will pay a visit to the venue.

Del Rey (not Lana Del Ray), The Swan King, Chord, and Bruce Lamont will play the Empty Bottle on December 15th. Keeping the adrenaline flowing, will be Bongripper, Lovely Little Girls, Spanyurd, and Machismo who play the following night.