All the shows we’ve been to and written about. Click on venue names to view their archives, or select shows individually.
The Athenaeum Theatre
- Ben Gibbard, Advance Base — November 2, 2012 | Danny
Beat Kitchen
- Soft Speaker (record release) — November 19, 2011 | Eric
- Mawrcrest (f/k/a Whisker Music) — October 13, 2011 | Eric
- Remaindermen’s Halloween Show — October 30, 2010 | Josh
- Warm Ones — October 28, 2010 | Eric
- Secret Colours, Panda Riot, Geronimo! — August 14, 2010 | Josh
- Whisker Music — August 7, 2010 | Eric
Cole’s
- Mawrcrest — April 6, 2012 | Eric
Double Door
- Aryk Crowder — March 31, 2011 | Josh
- Darling — December 18, 2010 | Eric
Empty Bottle
- Ty Segall, Ex-Cult, Zath — February 9, 2013 | Eric
- Outer Minds — May 24, 2012 | Eric
- Outer Minds (record release), Mannequin Men, Radar Eyes — April 7, 2012 | Eric
- Dustin Wong, Grandeurs — March 28, 2012 | Eric
- Tyler Jon Tyler, Nones, The Runnies — February 14, 2012 | Eric
- Unicycle Loves You (record release), Lightfoils (record release) — February 13, 2012 | Eric
- Radar Eyes (record release), Bare Mutants (record release), Outer Minds — February 6, 2012 | Eric
- Secret Colours (record release), Apteka — January 7, 2012 | Eric
- The 1900s (record release) — December 3, 2010 | Eric
- Warm Ones — November 21, 2010 | Eric
- The Bears of Blue River, Thieving Irons, Teenage Rage — September 9, 2010 | Eric
- Warm Ones, The Nothingheads, Silverghost — September 5, 2010 | Josh
- Welcome to Ashley — August 26, 2010 | Josh
- Remaindermen, True Womanhood, Neutral Uke Hotel, Angel Olsen — August 19, 2010 | Josh
Evanston S.P.A.C.E.
- El Ten Eleven, In Tall Buildings — March 27, 2012 | Eric
The Hideout
- Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside — May 22, 2012 | Eric
- Canasta — August 7, 2011 | Eric
- Chaperone — January 7, 2011 | Josh
- Rachele Eve, Darling (record release), Tin Tin Can — September 16, 2010 | Eric
- Night Gallery, White Car, Deep Earth — August 6, 2010 | Eric
Lincoln Hall
- Fiona Apple — March 18, 2012 | Danny
- Tennis, In Tall Buildings — February 26, 2012 | Eric
- Santah, In Tall Buildings, Elephant Gun — December 22, 2011 | Eric
- UMMA — April 25, 2011 | Eric
- Mister Heavenly — January 14, 2011 | Josh
- Elsinore, Canasta, The Bears of Blue River — August 20, 2010 | Eric
Logan Square Auditorium
- The Thermals — October 3, 2010 | Josh
Martyr’s
- Village, The Yes Way, Sons of the West — March 24, 2011 | Eric
- Tiny Magnets — November 9, 2010 | Eric
- The Shivers — August 3, 2010 | Eric
Metro
- Ra Ra Riot — November 18, 2011 | Eric
- Joe Pug — October 16, 2010 | Josh
- Gemini Club — September 24, 2010 | Josh
- Titus Andronicus, Best Coast, Free Energy, Male Bonding — September 18, 2010 | Josh
The Orphanage
- Daylight Robbery — June 12, 2012 | Eric
Park West
- Rahm Emanuel fundraiser (w/ Jeff Tweedy) — January 30, 2011 | Josh
- The Airborne Toxic Event with the Calder Quartet — September 15, 2010 | Josh
Reggie’s Music Joint
- The Congregation, Winslow, France Jean-Baptiste — December 11, 2010 | Josh
Riverfront Theater
- Conor Oberst, Van Dyke Parks — September 22, 2012 | Danny
Schubas Tavern
- Caveman, Computer Magic — March 5, 2013 | Jeff
- Cains & Abels — June 15, 2012 | Eric
- Any Kind, Algebro — January 9, 2012 | Danny
- JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound, Green Room Rockers — December 30, 2011 | Danny
- Noam Pikelny — December 17, 2011 | Danny
- M. Ward, Carlos Forster, Mike Coykendall — December 4, 2011 | Danny
- California Wives — November 12, 2011 | Eric
- Viva Voce, The Parson Red Heads — September 19, 2011 | Eric
- Project Film — March 1, 2011 | Josh
- The Poison Control Center — February 13, 2011 | Josh
- Santah, Jonny Rumble — December 22, 2010| Eric
- Tennis, Family Portrait — December 10, 2010 | Jeff
- The Joy Formidable — November 9, 2010 | Josh
- Black Prairie, Canasta, Honda Pavarotti — October 21, 2010 | Eric
- Avi Buffalo, New Ruins, Whisker Music — October 20, 2010 | Josh
- Shonen Knife, Aleks and the Drummer, Santah — September 21, 2010 | Eric
- Matt Ryd (record release) — September 10, 2010 | Eric
- The Rural Alberta Advantage — August 28, 2010 | Josh
Simon’s Tavern
- Canasta — August 1, 2010 | Eric
Street Festivals
- White Mystery, Mannequin Men, Magic Milk, In Tall Buildings @ Do Division Street Fest 2012 — June 2, 2012 | Eric
- Mr. Blotto @ Retro on Roscoe — August 7, 2010 | Eric
Subterranean
- Archie Powell & the Exports — October 27, 2012 | Eric
- Suns, Caught in Your Pockets — June 7, 2012 | Eric
- Elephant Gun, The Damn Choir — February 11, 2012 | Eric
- Minor Characters (record release) — November 10, 2011 | Eric
- Elsinore, Minor Characters — August 12, 2011 | Eric
- Chaperone — February 12, 2011 | Josh
- California Wives, Santah — January 28, 2011 | Eric
- Chaperone — October 14, 2010 | Josh
Township
- Post Honeymoon, The Runnies — April 14, 2012 | Eric
- Archie Powell & The Exports, The Noise FM, Mawrcrest — March 3, 2012| Eric
The Vic
- Old 97′s — October 19, 2012 | Danny
- Josh Ritter — February 18, 2011 | Josh
The Whistler
- The Singleman Affair (record release) — March 10, 2011 | Eric
- Whisker Music — November 2, 2010 | Eric
Out of Town
- JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound @ Flamingo Cantina, Austin — March 12, 2012 | Eric
- White Mystery, Netherfriends @ Beerland, Austin — March 12, 2012| Eric
- Wilco, Nick Lowe @ Riverside Theater, Milwaukee — December 9, 2011 | Danny
- Josh Ritter @ The Majestic Theatre, Madison — November 13, 2010 | Josh
- Passion Pit @ N. Illinois U. Convention Center, Dekalb — October 22, 2010 | Josh
- Waterstreet @ Fontana’s Bar, New York — October 12, 2010 | Melissa
