august 1995
09 - the cranberries/toad the wet sprocket @ Nissan Pavilion
october 1995
09 - HFSticle Harvest Ball: blues traveler/edwyn collins @ Nissan Pavilion
august 1996
22 - RADIOHEAD @ Merriweather Post Pavillion
25 - RADIOHEAD @ Nissan Pavilion
september 1996
10 - Oasis/Manic Street Preachers/Screaming Trees @ Nissan Pavilion
november 1996
09 - luscious jackson @ 9:30 Club
20 - soundgarden/rocket from the crypt @ Patriot Center
december 1996
14 - buffalo tom/daisyhaze? @ 9:30 Club
april 1997
19 - poe @ 9:30 Club
may 1997
25 - the pietasters @ 9:30 Club
31 - HFStival @ RFK Stadium
july 1997
02 - Lollapalooza 1997: james/eels @ Nissan Pavilion
07 - Hippos/Decepticonz @ Bayou
09 - Supergrass/Foo Fighters @ 9:30 Club
16 - Space @ 9:30 Club
27 - Vans Warped Tour: blink 182/mxpx? @ RFK Stadium
31 - Daisyhaze @ Galaxy Hut
august 1997
12 - RADIOHEAD/Teenage Fanclub @ 9:30 Club
29 - Fugazi @ Fort Reno
30 - Decepticonz/Ecclectics/Siren Six/Surfgunz @ ?
september 1997
18 - Daisyhaze/Anne Summers @ Iota
20 - Elizabeth @ Galaxy Hut
26 - Anne Summers cd release party @ Black Cat
october 1997
13 - Skalombos Day - Sidewinders/Venice Shoreline Chris/Checkered Cabs @ Bayou
17 - Dismemberment Plan @ Black Cat
18 - Our Lady Peace (noon show) @ 9:30 Club
30 - All Mighty Senators @ ?
november 1997
01 - Anne Summers/El Cuatro @ IOTA
03 - The Verve @ 9:30 Club
16 - Everclear/Our Lady Peace/Letters to Cleo @ 9:30 Club
22 - Fuel/Poole/Anne Summers @ Bayou
26 - All Mighty Senators/Anna Sole/Sev @ Bayou
30 - WHFS Holiday Nutcracker: Sugar Ray/The Verve/The Cure @ Patriot Center
december 1997
12 - Moby/juno reactor @ 9:30 Club
+ 19 - RADIOHEAD (live from the 10 spot) @ Hammerstein Ballroom (NYC)
26 - Skavoovie & the Epitones @ Phantasmagoria
january 1998
09 - The Velveteens/The Sidewinders/The Smooths @ Phantasmagoria
10 - racecar/poole/Anne Summers @ Black Cat
17 - By Divine Right/Anne Summers @ Iota
23 - The Favorites/Inspector 7/The Pilfers @ Phantasmagoria
30 - Poole/Emmet Swimming @ 9:30 Club
february 1998
21 - Smartbomb/Anne Summers @ T.T. Reynolds
25 - Almighty Senators @ UMD
27 - Outer Body Llama/Anne Summers @ Metro Cafe
28 - Superchunk/Neutral Milk Hotel @ Black Cat
march 1998
14 - Anne Summers @ Black Cat
17 - China Drum/? @ Metro Cafe
april 1998
03 - Modern Yesterday/Anne Summers @ Bayou
+ 17 - RADIOHEAD/Spiritualized @ Radio City Music Hall
+ 18 - RADIOHEAD/Spiritualized @ Radio City Music Hall
24 - Pop-A-Wheelie/The Put-Outs/Anne Summers @ Metro Cafe
28 - Our Lady Peace @ 9:30 Club
may 1998
04 - Switchblade Symphony/Gary Numan @ 9:30 Club
15 - VPN/Anne Summers @ Metro Cafe
16 - HFStival: Wink/Propellerheads/Harvey Danger/Save Ferris/Cherry Poppin' daddies @ RFK Stadium
june 1998
06 - Splitsville/Evelyn Forever/Anne Summers @ Metro Cafe
13 - RADIOHEAD secret show @ 9:30 Club (after TFC that day was cancelled due to lightning)
14 - RADIOHEAD @ the Tibetan Freedom Concert
15 - Thom Yorke of RADIOHEAD performing "lucky" on the Capitol Steps for Free Tibet
17 - Hayden/Pere Ubu @ Fletcher's
27 - Anne Summers ?
july 1998
12 - drugstore/Adam Cohen @ Fletcher's
+ 15 - Gorky's Zygotic Mynci/Super Furry Animals @ Knitting Factory [Intel Fest] (NYC)
+ 17 - Gloritone/Shudder to Think/MK Ultra/Sunny Day Real Estate [Intel Fest] (NYC)
+ 18 - Modest Mouse/Dismemberment Plan @ the Knitting factory [Intel Fest] (NYC)
31 - Vans Warped Tour: Symposium @ RFK Stadium
august 1998
19 - Bernard Butler @ 9:30 Club
29 - Decepticonz @ the 9:30 Club
september 1998
04 - The Put-Outs/RuthRuth @ 9:30 Club
09 - Hayden/The Tragically Hip @ Bohager's
22 - Symposium/Sloan @ Fletchers
23 - Symposium/Sloan @ Metro Cafe
29 - Sunny Day Real Estate/MK Ultra/Gloritone @ 9:30 Club
october 1998
8 - Symposium/Ty Cobb @ CBGB's
10 - The Church/Symposium @ 9:30 Club
16 - Villa Rosie/Smartbomb/Anne Summers @ Black Cat
17 - unbelievable truth/Tori Amos @ Baltimore Arena
22 - Hayden/Juliana Hatfield @ 9:30 Club
27 - Built to Spill/746-HERO @ Black Cat
29 - Remy Zero/Candyskins @ Metro Cafe
30 - Belle & Sebastian/Guv'ner @ Black Cat
november 1998
02 - Sparklehorse/Cinerama @ Black Cat
07 - Buffalo Tom/Anne Summers/Crumb @ 9:30 Club
18 - Patti Smith @ 9:30 Club
december 1998
03 - Fugazi/Lungfish/Bald Rapunzel at Sanctuary Church (DC)
12 - Hooverphonic/Snowpony @ 9:30 Club
17 - Placebo/Splittsville @ 9:30 Club
20 - The Phobes/The Interpreters @ Black Cat
27 - Faraquet/The Most Secret Method @ Black Cat
january 1999
01 - Dismemberment Plan/Burning Airlines/Faraquet @ Black Cat
13 - Jon Spencer Blues Explosion/The Countdowns @ 9:30 club
22 - Superchunk/Flin Flon/The Ashley Stove @ Black Cat
23 - POP SCENE: Anne Summers/Spontanes/Interpreters @ Black Cat
29 - Blonde Redhead/The Cranium @ Black Cat
february 1999
05 - Anne Summers/Splittsville @ Fletcher's
06 - Sloan/The Phobes/The Local Rabbits @ Black Cat
07 - The Hang Ups @ Metro Cafe
26 - Buffalo Tom/Splitsville @ Fletcher's
27 - Buffalo Tom/Julia Darling/Earth to Andy @ 9:30 Club
march 1999
10 - Lo-Fidelity Allstars/Thunderball @ Black Cat
11 - Train/Better Than Ezra @ Bohager's (aka: i am a good friend)
13 - The Make-Up/? & the Mysterians @ Black Cat
14 - Rufus Wainwright w/Imogen Heap @ 9:30 club
16 - Rufus Wainwright w/Imogen Heap @ Fletcher's
+ 19 - mayflies usa/VPN @ Brownie's (NYC)
31 - Super Furry Animals/The Still @ Black Cat
april 1999
17 - Low/Shannon Wright @ Black Cat
23 - Splendor/Anne Summers @ Fletcher's
24 - Meeting people is easy (RADIOHEAD documentary) @ The Charles (Baltimore)
28 - The Cranberries/Jude @ 9:30 club
29 - kent/Vivuvavera/Papa Vegas @ Black Cat
may 1999
08 may - mousetrap #1 @ Metro Cafe
15 - Skavoovie & the Epitones/King Django/The Slackers @ Phantasmagoria
19 - Saint Etienne/Kid Loco @ 9:30 club
20 - The Hang Ups/The Saturday People @ Galaxy Hut
23 - Man or Astro-man/Dismemberment Plan/Rock-A-Teens @ 9:30 club
24 - The Still/Dressy Bessy/kincaid @ Galaxy Hut
26 - The Saturday people/kissing book @ Black Cat (backstage)
29 - HFStival: Moby/Fountains of Wayne @ PSInet Stadium
june 1999
08- Mercury Rev/Sparklehorse @ 9:30 club
12 - Sinister [b&s mailing list] Picnic @ Rock Creek Park
18 - mousetrap @ Metro Cafe
24 - Robert Forster & Grant Mclennan (The Go-Betweens) @ 9:30 Club
25 - POPSCENE: Anne Summers/Earth to Andy/The Eccentrics @ Black Cat
26 - Theta Wave State/The Glass of Fashion (The Still)/Clock Strikes 13 @ Galaxy Hut
july 1999
03 - True Love Always/Timonium/The Cannanes @ Galaxy Hut
05 - The Hang Ups @ Galaxy Hut
07 - Marine research/Harvey Williams/The Saturday People @ Black Cat (backstage)
08 - Fountains of Wayne/Imperial Teen/Owsley @ 9:30 Club
18 - Barcelona (cd release party)/Kleenex Girl Wonder @ Galaxy Hut
22 - Looper/Khan @ Black Cat
+ 23 - Looper/Khan @ Tramp's (NYC)
31 - Luna/Aden @ 9:30 club
august 1999
06 - american analog set/The Lapse @ Metro Cafe
08 - My Favorite @ Galaxy Hut
09 - Orchestraville/Rosenbergs @ Galaxy Hut
21 - mousetrap (stereophonics listening party)
22 - Cold Rice @ Red
september 1999
01 - mogwai/ganger @ Black Cat
03 - mogwai/Ganger/Godspeed You Black Emperor! @ Theatre of Living Arts (Philly)
10 - Moby @ Nation
16 - Super Furry Animals @ Black Cat
24 - WHFS UltraLounge: Thin Lizard Dawn/Discount/Madder Rose/Bis @ 9:30 club
30 - The Rondelles/Winterbrief/Ill Ease @ Black Cat
october 1999
9 - The Hang Ups/Caligari @ Galaxy Hut
16 - POPSCENE: Anne Summers/Evelyn Forever/The Hang Ups @ The Garage
17 - DJ Shadow @ Fletcher's
22 - The Put-Outs/The Sheila Devine @ Metro Cafe
23 - mousetrap @ Metro Cafe
29 - Quasi/Mary Timony/no. 2 @ Black Cat
30 - Gritty Kitty/True Love Always/Aden/pApAs fritAs @ Galaxy Hut [part of The Big Boo]
31 - Momus/Toog @ Black Cat
november 1999
1 - Barcelona/The Still/The Special Goodness @ The Garage
06 - Sloan/The Deadly Snakes @ Black Cat
09 - At-The-Drive-In/The Get Up Kids @ St. Andrew's (College Park)
14 - The Lucksmiths/The Saturday People @ Galaxy Hut
19 - The Autumns/Marigold @ Metro cafe [Cafe Bleu tour stopping at the MOUSETRAP]
26 - The Promise Ring/Burning Airlines @ Black Cat
27 - Holly Golightly/Ted Leo & the Pharmacists/Last Seconds of... @ Black Cat
28 - Rainer Maria/Faraquet @ Black Cat
30 - Hefner/Metropolitan @ Black Cat (backstage)
december 1999
01 - The Juliana Theory/??? @ Phantasmagoria
03 - The Others/??? [instore] @ DCCD
04 - Fountains of Wayne/Ebo @ 9:30 Club
05 - 400 years/Sleepytime Trio @ Wilson Center
09 - Black Cat Holiday Shop & Rock
10 - Gorky's Zygotic Mynci @ 9:30 Club
10 - The Delta 72/The Apes @ the Garage
11 - mousetrap @ Metro Cafe
18 - Q and Not U/Aerialist/Dismemberment Plan @ Black Cat
january 2000
1 - Oswego/The Up On In/Burning Airlines @ Black Cat
14 - Sloan/Guided by Voices @ 9:30 Club
22 - The Magnetic Fields/Stars @ Black Cat
22 - mousetrap @ Metro Cafe
29 - POPSCENE The Hissyfits/The Beans/Magnet/Anne Summers @ the Garage [i DJed]
february 2000
04 - Jets to Brazil @ Black Cat
11 - Three 4 Tens/The Meat Joy/The Hang Ups @ Metro Cafe
12 - American Nightmare/Right Brigade/Count Me Out/Time Flies/In My Eyes @ First Congressional Church
19 - Fasttimes/Grey Area/Kill Your Idols/Kid Dynamite @ First Unitarian Church (philly)
23 - Julie Doiron/Brothers Creegan @ Metro Cafe
25 - Julie Doiron @ Fletcher's
march 2000
03 - The Rondelles @ GWU
04 - Bald Rapunzel/S. Process @ Black Cat
06 - Brittle Stars/Barcelona @ Galaxy Hut
08 - Lynx/Summer Hymns @ Metro Cafe
09 - Teenbeat Anniversary - Flin Flon/Rondelles/Aden/True Love Always @ Black Cat
10 - The Mekons/The Rapture/Johnny Dowd @ Black Cat
11 - Ladybug Transistor/pApAs FrItAs/Anne Summers @ Black Cat
17 - Pele/The Exploder/The Promise Ring @ The Otto Bar
18 - mousetrap @ Metro Cafe
24 - The Beans/Elizabeth Elmore/Phaser @ Black Cat
25 - The Long Goodbye/Black Beetle @ Black Cat
30 - Moby @ GMU Patriot Center
april 2000
01 - The Doleful Lions @ Now! Music and Fashion
06 - Pollen/Hot Rod Circuit/Piebald @ the Otto Bar
+ 07 - MACROCK @ JMU [My Best Friend's Girl/River City High/Hot Rod Circuit/The Juliana Theory/Piebald/Alkaline trio]
+ 08 - MACROCK @ JMU [Charming/Dragstrip Syndicate/Rainer Maria/Of Montreal/Engine Down/Black Beetle/The Sums]
09 - Rainer Maria/Cave In/Cross My Heart @ Otto Bar
10 - The Charlatans UK/Stereophonics @ 9:30 Club
15 - mousetrap @ Metro Cafe
23 - Built to Spill/Sensefield @ 9:30 Club
24 - Kina @ The Garage
25 - Superchunk/Apples In Stereo @ Black Cat
26 - Le Tigre/movie: flat is beautiful @ Black Cat
28 - Anne Summers/Longwave @ Iota
may 2000
02 - Supergrass @ 9:30 Club
03 - Travis/Oasis @ GMU Patriot Center
04 - the Saturday People @ Black Cat (backstage)
06 - Trans Am/Mouse on Mars @ 9:30 Club
08 - Vita Bruno/Tristeza @ Black Cat
09 - Death Cab for Cutie @ Metro Cafe
13 - Longwave/Fooled By April @ Now! Music and Fashion
13 - Skydivers/Longwave @ Galaxy Hut
14 - Durian/Karate @ Metro Cafe
20 - mousetrap [one year anniversary] @ Metro Cafe
22 - the Golden Showers/the Rondelles/Stereo Total @ Black Cat
23 - Califone/Stinkin Lizaveta/Modest Mouse @ Black Cat
24 - Califone/Les Savy Fav/Modest Mouse @ Black Cat
26 - Julie Doiron @ Galaxy Hut
31 - Hump Night [Paper, Scissors, Rock] @ Galaxy Hut
june 2000
02 - the wag @ Metro cafe
03 - Evelyn Forever/Anne Summers @ The Garage
05 jun - Belle & Sebastian listening party at Now! Music and Fashion
07 - Super Furry Animals/Thunderball @ Black Cat
10 - Belle & Sebastian picnic @ Rock Creek Park
15 - The Cassettes @ Black Cat (backstage)
17 - MAKE-OUT PARTY #1: Anne Summers/Barcelona/The Mallstars/Devon Green/Worn Thin @ Now! Music and Fashion
26 - The Rondelles/Dead Meadow/The Apes @ Fort Reno
27 - Longwave/Caligari @ Black Cat
29 - Barcelona/The Saturday People @ Fort Reno
july 2000
01 - Super XX Man/The Mendoza Line @ galaxy hut
03 - the wag @ metro cafe
09 - Sunny Day Real Estate (signing) @ DCCD
09 - Sunny Day Real Estate @ Black Cat
09 - Alex Chilton @ Black Cat (last few songs)
?? - somewhere around here i saw The Selzers/Adam Green @ Galaxy Hut
13 - Thunderball/Arling & Cameron @ Black Cat
15 - mousetrap @ Black Cat
16 - The Mooney Suzuki @ Black Cat (backstage)
17 - Cursive @ Black Cat (backstage)
18 - Aden/Barcelona/The Still @ Galaxy Hut
+ 19 - The Dandy Warhols/Ty Cobb @ The Upstage (Philly)
20 - Oswego/The Maginot Line/Dismemberment Plan @ Fort Reno
20 - Bright Eyes/Grandaddy @ Metro Cafe
21 - Longwave @ Zig's Bar
22 - Fooled By April/Longwave @ Galaxy Hut
25 - pop quiz! @ Galaxy Hut
27 - Bahzena/Metropolitan/Durian @ Fort Reno
29 - VPN @ Galaxy Hut
30 - kil howlie day/Devon Green @ Galaxy Hut
august 2000
05 - Rainer Maria/the convocation of.. @ Black Cat
05 - the wag @ Metro Cafe
07 - Fugazi @ Fort Reno
10 - No Lie Relaxer @ Fort Reno
12 - First Annual Insound Zine Conference & Festival (NYC)
24 - The Explosion/The Lillingtons/The Queers @ Black Cat
25 - The Posies/Shannon Wright/The Saturday People @ Black Cat
26 - mousetrap @ Black Cat
28 - =weezer=/Dynamite Hack @ 9:30 Club
september 2000
05 - Travis/Remy Zero @ 9:30 club
06 - Alkaline Trio/Saves the Day/Face to Face @ 9:30 club
09 - bliss! #1 [international pop night] @ Metro Cafe
16 - The Maybellines (part of the "September Set") @ Now! Music and Fashion
16 - Yo La Tengo/Versus @ 9:30 club
20 - Barcelona/Tahiti 80 @ Metro Cafe
23 - Mary Timony/Joan of Arc @ Black Cat
25 - Darren Hanlon @ Galaxy Hut
26 - Modest Mouse/Black Heart Procession/The Shins @ Sher-Wes Gardens (Baltimore)
28 - The Saturday People/The Relict @ Metro Cafe
30 - MAKE-OUT PARTY #2: Charming/VPN/The Malarkies/The Alphabet Bombers/Jay & Bob @ Now! Music & Fashion
30 - mousetrap @ Black Cat
october 2000
01 - The Get Up Kids/The Anniversary/Koufax/Jebediah @ 9:30 club
02 - RADIOHEAD - KID A Listening party @ Now! Music and Fashion
05 - The Holy Ghost/VPN @ Black Cat (backstage)
07 - The Ivory Coast/Longwave [instore] @ Now! Music and Fashion
07 - The Inflatable Men/The Ivory Coast/Aerialist @ Diver City House
07 - Longwave @ Galaxy Hut
07 - the wag @ Metro Cafe
+ 11 - RADIOHEAD @ Roseland ballroom (NYC)
12 - The Inflatable Men @ Black Cat (backstage)
14 - bliss! @ Metro Cafe
+ 19 - CMJ MUSIC MARATHON (NYC) [Rainer Maria, etc.]
+ 20 - CMJ MUSIC MARATHON (NYC) [Kissing Book/Dear Nora/etc. @ Great Lakes]
+ 21 - CMJ MUSIC MARATHON (NYC) [Jimmy Eat World/?]
+ 22 - CMJ MUSIC MARATHON (NYC) [Broadcast]
22 - Aden/Pedro The Lion @ Metro Cafe (late show - death cab for cutie cancelled)
23 - The Cannanes/The Softies/Even As We Speak/Steward/Calvin Johnson @ Galaxy Hut
24 - Baxendale [instore] @ Now! Music and Fashion
27 - PANIC! @ Metro Cafe
28 - VPN @ Galaxy Hut
29 - Moby @ AU Bender Arena
november 2000
04 - Buffalo Tom/The Ivory Coast @ Black Cat
04 - the wag @ Metro Cafe
10 - mousetrap @ Black Cat
11 - Black Heart Procession/Canyon/The Verna Cannon @ Black Cat
13 - Cinerama/Lilys @ Black Cat
17 - The Sea & Cake/Broadcast @ 9:30 Club
19 - CMJ (Listening) Party @ now! music and fashion
24 - PANIC! @ Metro Cafe
25 - Q and Not U/Ted Leo @ Black Cat
26 - Upside Down @ Metro Cafe
29 - The Juliana Theory @ Black Cat
30 - Mascott/Aden @ Black Cat
december 2000
01 - The Mallstars/Tandem/The Walk/Dreamsnake @ Crayon Box
02 - Godspeed You Black Emperor! @ St. John's (Baltimore)
07 - Tandem @ co-op (umcp)
07 - Longwave/Slivet @ Ottobar
09 - Sportique/Swearing at Motorists [instore] @ Now! Music and Fashion
09 - mousetrap @ Black Cat
14 - Holiday Shop & Rock @ Black Cat
15 - Longwave @ Black Cat
16 - bliss! @ Metro Cafe
22 - Phaser @ Black Cat
29 - Dismemberment Plan/Les Savy Fav/Cave In @ Black Cat
january 2001
13 - the mousetrap @ Black Cat
24 - the dismemberment plan [instore] @ DCCD
26 - PANIC! @ Metro Cafe
27 - GVSB @ Black Cat
27 - Upside Down @ Metro Cafe
28 - Charming/The Doleful Lions @ Black Cat (backstage)
29 - Metropolitan @ Black Cat (backstage)
february 2001
01 - Lawrence Krauser (reading)/Gena Rowlands Band @ Now! Music and Fashion
02 - Rainer Maria @ Black Cat
03 - The Carribean [instore] @ Now! Music and Fashion
09 - The Stereophonics (acoustic) @ 9:30 Club
10 - mousetrap @ Black Cat
11 - Mojave 3 @ Fletcher's
14 - Rock n' Roll Dance Party @ Black Cat
15 - The Hurricane Lamps/Longwave @ Black Cat (backstage)
17 - bliss! @ Metro Cafe
20 - Death Cab for Cutie/The Jealous Sound/The And/Ors @ Metro Cafe
23 - PANIC! @ Metro Cafe
25 - Doves/The Strokes @ 9:30 Club
march 2001
02 - Weezer/The Get Up Kids @ AU Bender Arena
03 - Old 97's @ Fletcher's
04 - The Woggles/The Ubangis @ Metro Cafe [mimi + i djed]
05 - Cactus Patch @ Galaxy Hut
08 - The Donnas/Bratmobile/Selby Tigers @ Black Cat
10 - mousetrap @ Black Cat
11 - Canyon/Dead Meadow/The Potomac Accord @ Metro Cafe
12 - The Starlight Mints @ 9:30 Club
12 - Barcelona @ Galaxy Hut
16 - PANIC! @ Metro Cafe
+ 17 - Trembling Blue Stars/Kleenex Girl Wonder/Seana Carmody/Wolfie/The Harvest Ministers @ Brownie's (NYC)
18 - Trembling Blue Stars/Barcelona/The Secret History @ Metro Cafe
21 - Dressy Bessy/The Essex Green/The Still @ Metro Cafe
22 - Idlewild/Brassy @ 9:30 Club
24 - bliss! @ Metro Cafe
28 - Spacemen 3 Tribute @ Black Cat
29 - Rustic Overtones @ State Theatre
30 - PANIC! @ Metro Cafe
30 - "supersaturated" (puja telikicherla's photograph exhibition opening): Metropolitan/Villa Rosie @ now! music and fashion
31 - party @ John W.'s
31 - Upside Down @ Metro Cafe
april 2001
01 - Shalini @ Galaxy Hut
04 - Lefty's Deceiver/Longwave @ Velvet Lounge
05 - Arab Strap/The New Year @ Black Cat
07 - Hat City Intuitive [instore] @ Now! Music and Fashion
07 - Blonde Redhead @ Black Cat
07 - the wag @ Metro Cafe
09 - J. Mascis/Elf Power @ Black Cat
11 - Rocket From the Crypt/The (International) Noise Conspiracy @ Black Cat
11 - The Tender Idols @ Metro Cafe
13 - The Magnetic Fields @ 9:30 Club
13 - The Beans/Cactus Patch/Vroom @ Metro Cafe
14 - mousetrap @ Black Cat
16 - Speedwell/Silver Scooter @ Galaxy Hut
21 - bliss! @ Metro Cafe
23 - grandaddy @ 9:30 Club
27 - RADIOHEAD - Amnesiac listening party/PANIC @ Metro Cafe
28 - Dismemberment Plan/Diastemata/The Others @ wilson center
28 - Upside Down @ Metro Cafe
28 - party @ pogo's
29 - VPN @ Galaxy Hut
may 2001
02 - The Promise Ring @ Black Cat
05 - DBC/Jocelyn Milanes/DJ Boom [instore] @ now! music and fashion
+ 08 - Sigur Ros @ irving plaza (NYC)
09 - Rainer Maria @ Fletcher's
11 - mousetrap @ Black Cat
12 - Q and not U/!!!/Ted Leo/Parlour Scouts @ the luzon ave. house
+ 16 - The Strokes/Black Rebel Motorcycle Club/Ty Cobb @ Khyber Pass (Philly)
18 - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club/Phaser @ IOTA
18 - Art School @ Signal 66
18 - Cactus Patch/The Tender Idols @ Metro Cafe
19 - make-out party #3: Phaser/Tandem/The Echo Orbiter/Lefty's Deceiver/The Parlor Scouts @ Now! Music & Fashion
25 - making time: featuring The Strokes @ Transit (philly)
26 - longwave/jolene @ Galaxy Hut
27 - charming @ Black Cat
31 - weezer (secret invite only show) @ gwu's hippodrome
june 2001
03 - Balsa Gliders/Salteens @ Galaxy Hut
04 - maserati/Alcian Blue @ Galaxy Hut
07 - Cee Knowledge & the Cosmic Funk Orchestra @ Metro Cafe
08 - PANIC @ Metro Cafe
10 - Aerial Love Feed [instore] @ Now! Music and Fashion
13 - My Morning Jacket @ Metro Cafe (i might have Djed this too?)
15 - The Beans @ Black Cat
17 - Ben Lee @ Black Cat
22 - Mogwai/Bardo Pond @ 9:30 Club
23 - The Lucksmiths @ Signal 66
23 - bliss! @ Metro Cafe
24 - The Lucksmiths [instore] @ Now! Music and Fashion
24 - Our Lady Peace @ 9:30 Club
25 - The Lucksmiths/Aden @ Black Cat
+ 26 - The Lucksmiths @ The Rotunda (Philly)
28 - WAX @ Metro Cafe
29 - PANIC @ Metro Cafe
july 2001
12 - WAX @ Metro Cafe
13 - PANIC @ Metro Cafe
17 - maserati @ Metro Cafe [but i missed all but the last song]
20 - PANIC @ Metro Cafe
21 - bliss @ Metro Cafe
28 - Upside Down @ Metro Cafe
+ 31 - Kid Koala @ Smart Bar (Chicago)
august 2001
+ 01 - RADIOHEAD/Kid Koala/The Beta Band @ Arvey Field? (Chicago)
+ 02? - Peaches/??? @ ??? [must ask dustin for the details]
+ 07 - RADIOHEAD @ Madison Square Gardens (NYC)
12 - mousetrap @ Metro Cafe [Black Cat was blacked out]
13 - Tim Brady @ Galaxy Hut
14 - Cropduster @ Metro Cafe
+ 16 - RADIOHEAD @ Liberty State Park (NJ)
+ 17 - RADIOHEAD @ Liberty State Park (NJ)
18 - bliss @ Metro Cafe
21 - Poor Rich Ones/Landspeeder/Kimone @ Metro Cafe
24 - PANIC @ Metro Cafe
25 - The Paper Moon Opera/The Microphones/Calvin Johnson @ Signal 66
31 - PANIC @ Metro Cafe
september 2001
01 - the wag @ Metro Cafe
02 - Adam Richman @ Metro Cafe
06 - Dismemberment Plan/Juno @ Black Cat
07 - ROCKcandy [debut] @ Dr. Dremo's (Arlington)
08 - Dismemberment Plan/Juno/Slow Jets @ Fletcher's
09 - The Starlight Mints @ Metro Cafe
09 - Black Cat's 9th anniversary party @ Black Cat [last night in old space]
13 - adam richman @ Rhodeside Grill
15 - ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY - bliss @ Metro Cafe [guest djs william alberque + leslie talusan]
17 - The Deathray Davies/The Vue @ Metro Cafe
18 - Pedro The Lion/The Owls/New End Originals @ Black Cat
19 - The Push Kings @ Velvet Lounge
22 - Rainer Maria/Ted Leo and The Pharmacists/The Moldy peaches @ Black Cat
25 - Sigur Ros/The Album Leaf @ 9:30 Club
25 - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club/Ty Cobb/The Warlocks @ Black Cat
28 - Modest Mouse/The Shins/The Fruit Bats @ Black Cat
28 - PANIC @ Metro Cafe
29 - Modest Mouse/The Shins/The Fruit Bats @ Black Cat
october 2001
02 - Pocket Rockets @ Black Cat
04 - Beulah/Mates of State @ Black Cat
06 - Adam Richman @ Dr. Dremo's
06 - Quasi/Ted Leo @ Black Cat
12 - Bis/Metropolitan @ Black Cat
13 - Tenacious D @ 9:30 Club
13 - mousetrap @ Black Cat
18 - dianogah/Viza Noir @ Black Cat (backstage)
19 - Desaparecidos @ Black Cat
19 - Burning Brides @ Velvet Lounge
28 - Speed Crazy @ Metro Cafe
29 - The Strokes/The Moldy Peaches @ 9:30 Club
30 - maserati/Ostinato/The Gentries @ Metro Cafe
31 - Death Cab for Cutie/Aden/The Prom @ Otto Bar
november 2001
01 - Death Cab for Cutie/Victory at Sea/The Prom @ Black Cat
03 - ROCKcandy @ Dr. Dremo's (Arlington)
04 - Trembling Blue Stars/Denison Witmer/Nad Na Villus @ Metro Cafe
+ 10 - Pinback/Aveo/The Terror Sheets @ Crocodile Cafe (Seattle)
+ 16 - Trembling Blue Stars/Rollerball/Papillion @ Dante's (Portland)
20 - The Lucksmiths/My Morning Jacket/Paul Brill @ Metro Cafe
21 - hump night at Galaxy Hut (Masters Brothers)
21 - Jook @ Metro Cafe
24 - WAX @ Metro Cafe
28 - Longwave @ Black Cat (backstage)
december 2001
08 - Lefty's deceiver @ Galaxy Hut
21 - ROCKcandy @ Dr. Dremo's
28 - Dismemberment Plan @ Black Cat
29 - Dismemberment Plan @ Black Cat
january 2002
08 - Phantom Planet @ Metro Cafe
12 - Girl At Th Bus Stop/Lil' Hospital @ Dan's House
13 - Moldy Peaches @ Black Cat (backstage)
18 - ROCKcandy @ Dr. Dremo's
20 - Filler @ the Blue Room
22 - Spilt Milk @ Red
23 - Hump Night (jeff b.) @ Galaxy Hut
26 - Confusion @ Black Cat (backstage)
february 2002
03 - Mirah/Tim Kaye [Anti-Folk Night] @ Otto Bar
05 - Spilt Milk @ Red
08 - The Carlsonics @ Velvet Lounge
14 - Brian Jonestown Massacre/Dead Meadow/Asteroid #4 @ Metro Cafe
18 - Barcelona/Allen Clapp/The Saturday people/Graham smith @ Metro Cafe
24 - Flea Market @ Otto Bar
25 - Tristeza/Metropolitan @ Mary Washington College
march 2002
01 - ROCKcandy @ Dr. Dremo's
03 - Pinback/Canyon/Her Space Holiday @ Black Cat
09 - david cross (Mr. Show)/Ultra Baby Fat/The Mooney Suzuki @ Otto Bar
12 - The Death and Dismemberment Tour: Death Cab for Cutie/Dismemberment Plan/Cex @ 9:30 Club
14 - Julie Doiron/Rosie Thomas @ Metro Cafe
17 - Filler @ Blue Room
20 - Hump Night @ galaxy hut
22 - eels @ 9:30 Club
22 - The Synthetic Aesthetic @ Black Cat (backstage)
23 - Metropolitan/The Long Winters @ Galaxy Hut
25 - Dressy Bessy/The Deathray Davies @ Metro Cafe
26 - Dressy Bessy/The Deathray Davies @ Khyber (philly)
30 - Boys' Star Library/The National Splits @ Galaxy Hut
april 2002
01 - The White Stripes/Brendan Benson @ 9:30 Club
04 - Mazarin/Oh My God/The Walkmen @ Metro Cafe
05 - Superchunk/Capitol City Dusters/The Ivory Coast @ Black Cat
+ 06 - Hayden @ The Fire Bar & Grille (Philly)
07 - Hayden @ Metro Cafe
09 - Dashboard Confessional/The Anniversary/Ben Kweller/Seafood @ 9:30 Club
11 - maserati/Tone @ Black Cat (backstage)
12 - Underground @ Otto Bar
13 - Maserati/Tone @ Fletcher's
17 - Bob Mould/Her Space Holiday @ 9:30 Club (early show)
17 - Zero 7 @ 9:30 Club (late show)
21 - Beulah/Mazarin @ Otto Bar
26 - Super Furry Animals/Cex @ Otto Bar
may 2002
+ 03 - Belle & Sebastian/The Aislers Set @ Tower Theatre (Upper Darby, PA)
+ 05 - Belle & Sebastian/The Aislers Set @ Hammerstein Ballroom (NYC)
07 - Damien Jurado & Gathered in Song @ Black Cat
10 - 764-HERO/Matt Pond PA/Swearing at Motorists @ Otto Bar
12 - Track Star @ Galaxy Hut
13 - Stars @ Black Cat (backstage)
15 - Belle & Sebastian @ D.A.R. Constitution Hall
19 - Bright Eyes/The Good Life @ Black Cat
21 - The Promise Ring/Certainly, Sir @ Black Cat
22 - Mogwai/The Mighty Flashlight @ Otto Bar
24 - Pete Yorn/Sloan @ 9:30 Club
25 - The Emerald Down/Camera/Skywave/Alcian Blue/Landspeeder/Stereocrash @ Metro Cafe [i DJed]
25 - Lefty's Deceiver @ Galaxy Hut [i completely missed their show]
27 - american analog set @ Mission Space (Baltimore)
30 - Aden/Currituck Co. @ Galaxy Hut
31 - Dismemberment Plan/Cex & Grand Buffet/The Out_Circuit @ Otto Bar
june 2002
05 - The Carlsonics @ Black Cat (backstage)
09 - Piebald @ 9:30 Club
09 - Velocity Girl (reunion show) @ Black Cat
10 - Abra Moore @ Iota
14 - Royal City @ Mission Space
17 - The Orange Peels/Kleenex Girl Wonder/Wisher @ Metro Cafe
19 - Dressy Bessy @ Black Cat (backstage)
+ 20 - Dressy Bessy/The Orange Peels @ Khyber (Philadelphia)
21 - Dismemberment plan @ Black Cat
22 - Better Than Ezra @ DC Sessions
22 - Dismemberment Plan @ Black Cat
22 - bliss @ Black Cat (backstage)
25 - Elf Power/The Gerbils @ Metro Cafe
27 - Clinic/Interpol/Q and not U @ 9:30 Club
28 - Ugly Casanova/The Kingsbury Manx/Iron & Wine @ Black Cat
29 - Ugly Casanova/The Kingsbury Manx/Iron & Wine @ Otto Bar
30 - The Get Up Kids/Superchunk @ 9:30 Club
30 - The Lil' Hospital @ Velvet Lounge
july 2002
01 - Fugazi @ Fort Reno
01 - The Get Up Kids/Superchunk @ 9:30 Club
04 - The Lil' Hospital/Girl At Th Bus Stop @ Dan's House
07 - Metropolitan @ Galaxy Hut
10 - Coheed & Cambria (failed attempt) @ Otto Bar
11 - The Secret History/Girl At Th Bus Stop @ Black Cat (backstage)
15 - Trans Am/Pocket Rockets/Max Levine Ensemble @ Fort Reno
19 - Puffy Ami Yumi/Bleu/Gaijin A Go-Go @ 9:30 Club
20 - The Locust/Arab On Radar/Lightning Bolt/Wolf Eyes/Orthrelm @ Otto Bar
23 - The Prom/Laguardia @ Black Cat (backstage)
+ 25 - The Prom @ The Fire (Philly)
26 - The Promise Ring/The Oranges Band/The Put-Outs @ Otto Bar
27 - Mum/Phaser @ Black Cat
august 2002
01 - The Capitol City Dusters/Metropolitan @ Fort Reno
+ 07 - Kings of Convenience @ Angel Orensanz (NYC)
10 - 24 Hour Party People Release Party @ Metro Cafe
10 - ladyfest dc presents: Quix*O*Tic @ Black Cat
12 - Dismemberment Plan @ Fort Reno
13 - Kyle Fischer/Chris McFarland/The Start @ Black Cat
14 - Kyle Fischer/Chris McFarland/Motio @ Otto Bar
16 - The Carlsonics @ Velvet Lounge
17 - Rainer Maria @ 1616 Locust (Philly)
18 - Brahm/Bobby Seale @ Galaxy Hut
25 - Delphine/Kind of Like Spitting @ Galaxy Hut
+ 27 - modest mouse @ Chameleon Club [lancaster, pa]
september 2002
01 - Le Tigre/Mary Timony @ 9:30 Club
02 - What Goes On (velvet Underground Tribute) featuring: Metropolitan/Racecar/The Dirty French Novels/Ian Svenonius/Bach & Alien Trio/(The Sounds of) Kaleidoscope/Alcian Blue/Landspeeder @ Black Cat
06 - Q and not U/The Scene Creamers/Aloha @ Black Cat
07 - Metropolitan/The Maginot Line @ Galaxy Hut
08 - Darren Hanlon @ Galaxy Hut
12 - Doves @ 9:30 Club
14 - mousetrap @ Black Cat
20 - Army of Me/Dingleberry Dynasty @ Black Cat
21 - premiere of the exit bar
22 - Bright Eyes/M. Ward @ 9:30 Club
23 - maserati/Paper Lions/The Agenda @ Galaxy Hut
+ 24 - maserati/Paper Lions/Mensa Select @ Alley Katz (Richmond)
26 - Super Furry Animals @ 9:30 Club
27 - The american/Blackbirds/maserati/Paper Lions @ talking head (baltimore)
29 - Sprites @ Galaxy Hut
october 2002
06 - fly pan am/do make say think/La Radio Ment @ Otto Bar
09 - Thrice/Coheed & Cambria/The Start @ 9:30 Club
10 - Dashboard Confessional/Ash @ 9:30 Club (early show)
10 - Doug Martsch @ Black Cat
11 - Taking the Piss @ Marx Cafe
12 - The Agenda/Pocket Rockets/Dead Vice Prez @ WMUC (7pm start time)
15 - Girl At Th Bus Stop @ Velvet Lounge
15 - Spilt Milk @ red
+ 18 - Rainer Maria/Matt Pond PA/Aloha @ Trocadero (Philly)
+ 25 - Songs: Ohia/Damien Jurado @ court square theater AND anthony seeger hall (Harrisonburg, VA)
27 - kindercore records showcase: I Am The World Trade Center/The Agenda/maserati/Paper Lions @ Talking Head
+ 30 - CMJ Kindercore Showcase: I Am The World Trade Center/maserati/The Agenda/Paper Lions @ CBGB's (NYC)
november 2002
+ 01 - Superheroes @ The Cutting Room (nyc)
03 - Sentai @ Art-O-Matic eXitFare
03 - A Cricket in Times Square @ Art-O-Matic kiss & ride
03 - Tahiti 80 @ Black Cat
04 - Pedro The Lion/Seldom/Scientific @ Black Cat
05 - Rainer Maria/Rilo Kiley/A Hero's Welcome @ Otto Bar
08 - crispy ambulance/Mahogany @ WMUC Third Rail Radio
08 - callow [i missed all but two songs] @ Otto Bar
15 - the indiepop sockhop: sprites/the secret history/snowfairies/alcian blue/the youth untold @ the Royal Lee
16 - snowfairies/the lil' hospital/youth untold/the cassettes/girl at th bus stop @ niko's house
+ 23 - Dismemberment Plan/The French Kicks/Christiana @ Club Laga (Upstage) (PITTSBURGH) [6pm doors]
24 - mr. scruff @ Sonar (Baltimore)
26 - Matt Pond PA/Brachiation/The Tipping Point @ Otto Bar
27 - Alcian blue/Landspeeder/Stereocrash @ Art-O-Matic [I DJed to no one in the turnstile!]
29 - Black Eyes/The Parlour Scouts/Short Stack @ Art-O-Matic
30 - The Capitol City Dusters/The Cassettes @ Art-O-Matic eXitFare
december 2002
03 - The Parlour Scouts/Star Survivor @ Black Cat (backstage)
08 - The Cassettes/Meredith Bragg @ Galaxy Hut
+ 14 - A VERY MILKY CHRISTMAS 6 featuring: Ben Gibbard, Eric Bachmann, Eef Barzelay @ MKE School of Engineering's Tod Wehr Hall (Milwaukee, WI)
19 - Shop-N-Rock @ Black Cat
20 - Metropolitan/Sprites/Speedwell @ Black Cat
21 - bliss @ Black Cat (backstage)
23 - Pocket Rockets @ Galaxy Hut
27 - Dismemberment Plan/Engine Down/Gloria Deluxe @ Black Cat
28 - Dismemberment Plan/The Apes/Ms. Spice and the Malenium Band @ Black Cat
january 2003
02 - The Clancy Six/exosus @ The Tree Swing (riverdale, md)
04 - Sentai @ Cuppa-Chino's (woodbridge, va)
06 - ? @ ? (Toledo, OH)
16 - Parker and Lily/Matt Pond PA @ Black Cat (backstage)
17 - Taking he Piss @ Marx Cafe
21 - Spilt Milk @ red
23 - The Lilys/(The Sounds of) Kaleidoscope @ Black Cat (backstage)
25 - Black Eyes/U.E.A. @ Galaxy Hut
30 - 'it was an accident unfortunate (benefit for kazu)': Blonde Redhead/Ted Leo & The Pharmacists/El Guapo @ Black Cat
february 2003
07 - The Rapture/Black Eyes/Et At It @ Black Cat
+ 14 - Q and not U/A Rocket Sent to You/A Perfect Kiss/The Robot Years/Clover @ Broadneck Community Center (Annapolis)
15 - The Oranges Band/The Hold Steady/AVEC! @ Talking Head
17 - Ladytron/Simian/Phaser @ 9:30 Club
20 - Teenbeat Records presents: Butch Willis & D Flat/Flin Flon @ Galaxy Hut
21 - Nada Surf/Sondre Lerche/The people @ Fletcher's (Baltimore)
march 2003
01 - Boyracer/Kanda @ Galaxy Hut
+ 02 - The Prom/Carissa's Wierd/Adam Arcuragi @ First Unitarian Church (Philly)
04 - Dismemberment Plan/The Maginot Line @ John Hopkins Shriver Hall Auditorium [7:30pm, $10 for non-students]
05 - The Prom/Carissa's Wierd/The Out Circuit @ The Tree Swing (College Park, MD)
07 - Black Twig Pickers/Jack Rose (Pelt) [in-store] @ Now! Music and Fashion
08 - mousetrap [Phaser cd release] @ Black Cat
11 - rump werks (will eastman) @ Galaxy Hut
13 - Rainer Maria/Mates of State/Saturday Looks Good To Me @ Black Cat
19 - Sigur Rós/The Album Leaf @ 9:30 Club
+ 21 - The Fire Theft/Morningwood @ Theatre of Living Arts (Philly)
22 - Pinback/Threnody Ensemble/Garland of Hours @ Black Cat
25 - Cave-In/Piebald/The Damn Personals @ 9:30 Club
25 - The Aislers Set [the last few songs] @ Black Cat
+ 27 - son, ambulance/David Dondero/Jason Anderson (wolf colonel) @ quiet storm (pittsburgh, PA)
april 2003
02 - The Notwist/Styrofoam @ Black Cat
03 - the thermals/Can't Say/Revenge Is/Defender @ charm city artspace
08 - The Positions/Boys' Star Library/The Lil' Hospital @ Velvet Lounge
12 - maserati @ Galaxy Hut
15 - The Postal Service/Cex/Bahzena @ Black Cat
16 - maserati @ Talking Head
+ 17 - The Postal Service @ North Star Bar
+ 18 - and you will know us by the trail of dead/America is Waiting/Erase Errata/S. Process/City of Caterpillar @ First Unitarian Church (Philly)
19 - Yo La Tengo/Portastatic @ 9:30 Club
20 - The Flaming Lips/The Sun @ 9:30 Club
26 - MAKE-OUT PARTY #4: Love in the Time of Cholera/Sentai/The Chance @ Diver City House
27 - Bright Eyes/Arab Strap/Jesse Harris @ 9:30 Club
28 - ADULT./Tamion 12" @ Black Cat
may 2003
08 - The Faint/Les Savy Fav/Schneider TM @ 9:30 Club
08 - mono/Tone @ Black Cat (backstage)
19 - ::CANDYFLOSS [debut] @ Dr. Dremo's
24 - bliss @ Black Cat (backstage)
26 - TECH CLUB: open mic night for electronic experimenters @ Black Cat (backstage)
28 - FORT RENO BENEFIT: Dismemberment Plan/El Guapo/Metropolitan @ Black Cat
30 - Girl Friday: First Ladies DJ Collection @ Black Cat (backstage)
june 2003
01 - Dressy Bessy @ Talking Head
02 - ::CANDYFLOSS @ Dr. Dremo's
04 - Masters Bros. DJ HUmp Night @ Galaxy Hut
+ 07 - Field Day Fest Failure: RADIOHEAD/Beastie Boys/Blur/Underworld/Spiritualized/Beth Orton/Liz Phair @ Giants Stadium (NJ)
09 - The Magpies/Metropolitan/The Plums @ Firehook Bakery
10 - The Polyphonic Spree/Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players/Patrick Park @ 9:30 Club
14 - Metropolitan/The Magpies/The Plums @ Firehook Bakery
21 - Sprites/The City The Sea/The Parking Meters @ Fort Reno
22 - american analog Set/Calla/Certainly, Sir @ Black Cat
26 - Black Eyes/Southkill/Thee Snuff Project @ Fort Reno
30 - ::CANDYFLOSS @ Dr. Dremo's
30 - Boyracer/Origami @ Galaxy Hut
july 2003
07 - Bugs Eat Books/The Lil' Hospital @ Galaxy HUt
11 - The Aislers Set/The Young People/The Deep Throats @ Black Cat
17 - Victory at Sea/Paper Lions @ Black Cat (backstage)
+ 26 - Dismemberment Plan/Engine Down @ TLA (Philly)
28 - Dismemberment Plan @ Fort Reno
30 - HUMP NITE (jeff b. AKA "Idiot") @ Galaxy Hut
30 - Rilo Kiley/M. Ward and the Band of Four/Statistics @ Black Cat
august 2003
04 - Smog/Azita and Guests @ Otto Bar
07 - Metropolitan/Wolf Colonel @ Galaxy Hut
08 - The Lucksmiths @ Now! Music and Fashion
08 - The Lucksmiths/Sprites/The Mosquitoes/The Lil' Hospital @ Signal 66 (DC)
09 - Zero Beat/Sentai @ Now! Music and Fashion
13 - Early Day Miners/Unwed Sailor @ Black Cat (backstage)
19 - spilt milk @ red
22 - Carlsonics (CD RELEASE PARTY)/Thee Snuff Project/Washington Social Club @ Black Cat
24 - The Deathray Davies/Come Down @ Velvet Lounge
27 - HANG (OUT WITH) THE DJ: MISS ME's FIRST & LAST HUMP NIGHT @ Galaxy Hut
september 2003
01 - Dismemberment Plan [LAST SHOW EVER]/Beauty Pill/The Aquarium @ 9:30 Club
05 - Phoebus/Anne Summers (reunion show!) @ IOTA
27 - MAKE-OUT PARTY #5: Metropolitan/Come Down/Imaginary Baseball League/The City The Sea/Gavin Conner @ Diver City House
october 2003
+ 08 - Death Cab for Cutie/The Long Winters @ Union Bar (Iowa City, IA)
+ 09 - Death Cab for Cutie/The Long Winters @ First Avenue (Minneapolis, MN)
10 - Death Cab for Cutie/The Long Winters @ Metro ???
11 - Death Cab for Cutie/The Long Winters @ Metro ???
16 - Dressy Bessy/Kyle Fischer (death in the family)/the M's/The Like Young @ Empty Bottle
17 - The Books @ Chicago Institute of Art
17 - The Appleseed Cast/The Mercury Program/Maserati/The Deathray Davies @ Fireside Bowl (i missed the two bands i wanted to see most)
19 - Riviera/Decibully/Lovedrug @ Schubas
21 - Minus the Bear/These Arms are Snakes/the Velvet Teen @ Bottom Lounge
25 - Beulah/John Vanderslice @ The Abbey
30 - Belle & Sebastian/The Hidden Cameras @ Congress Theatre
30 - The Thermals @ Bottle Lounge
november 2003
05 - Phantom Planet/Ben Lee @ Metro
07 - Maritime/Owen @ Cactus Club (MKE)
09 - Damien Jurado/Rosie Thomas/Hanalei @ Schubas
21 - Tom Jones @ House of Blues
22 - Tom Jones @ House of Blues
22 - Ms. John Soda/B. Fleischmann/Christian Kleine @ Empty Bottle
23 - Tom Jones @ House of Blues
?? - mosquitos @ Gunther Murphy's
28 - Metric/Timeout Drawer/New Black @ Empty Bottle
december 2003
27 - The Carlsonics/Citygoats/Cool Candy @ Black Cat
january 2004
16 - maneshevitz/head of femur/troubled hubble @ gunther murphy's
17 - the wrens/ela/paper airplane pilots @ Schubas (10pm)
25 - april march/the girls @ Schubas
27 - owen @ metro
february 2004
03 - super furry animals/papa m @ Metro
05 - maritime/decibully @ Schubas
08 - my favorite @ empty bottle
10 - south/metric @ double door
10 - The Carlsonics @ Schubas
13 - troubled hubble @ texas ballroom
14 - numbers/the ssion/trin tran/misty martinez/djs @ the abbey
21 - bright eyes/m. ward @ the vic
march 2004
08 - japanther @ empty bottle
11 - the walkmen/the french kicks @ metro
11 - erlend oye @ smart bar
+ 13 - wolf colonel/little headhunter @ mark's (dekalb, IL)
14 - scout niblett/jason anderson/son, ambulance @ empty bottle
18 - mates of state @ bottom lounge
19 - the starlight mints/dressy bessy/centaur/palomar @ the abbey
20 - the starlight mints/dressy bessy/palomar @ onopa brewery (mke)
25 - Drag City and Open City present "Aquacade I" featuring David Berman/Harmony Korine/Bill Callahan/Prageeta Sharma/Joe Wenderoth/Stephen Elliot/Chestnut Station/White Magic @ empty bottle
+ 26 - death cab for cutie @ wrse (acoustic radio show in mke)
+ 26 - Death Cab for Cutie/ben kweller @ the Rave (mke)
26 - Paris, Texas @ Cactus Club (afterparty for The Darkness/DCFC)
30 - poulain/palaxy tracks/the silent treatment/magnetosphere @ bottom lounge (8pm)
april 2004
+ 11 - minijax allstars presents catmobile artists: i am robot and proud/random numbers/5dots/solofi/medium @ galaxy hut
+ 12 - pinback/american analog set/el guapo @ Black Cat ($12, 8:30PM)
14 - pacific uv/the braves/magnus @ Bottom Lounge
16 - ben kweller/dcfc/pedro the lion @ the vic ($18)
17 - the casual dots @ fireside bowl
24 - wluw record fair @ Pulaski Park Fieldhouse
24 - life during wartime dancIn' the hideOut ($5 donation)
25 - snow patrol @ tower records
may 2004
+ 01 may - coachella music and arts festival (indio, ca): Radiohead/The Pixies/Kraftwerk/The Rapture/Death Cab for Cutie/The Stills/Q and Not U
+ 02 may - coachella music and arts festival (indio, ca): The Cure/The Flaming Lips/Air/Belle & Sebastian/Le Tigre/Bright Eyes/BRMC/Muse/Broken Social Scene/!!!/The Killers
06 may - the one am radio @ fireside bowl
22 may - sloan/the kicks @ metro
23 - The Thermals/The Hold Steady @ Fireside Bowl
28 may - the stills/metric/sea ray @ metro
june 2004
10 - longwave/the webb brothers @ empty bottle
12 - now! music and fashion farewell show: the carribean (cops showed up)/metropolitan/laura burhenn & mark pernice/the lil' hospital/meredith bragg/the positions/???? (band from stafford)/gavin conner @ now! music and fashion
july 2004
02 - jaga jazzist/dj chris widman @ empty bottle
august 2004
12 - the mae shi/casiotone for the painfully alone/rapider than horespower/rev. michael flavor @ Empty Bottle
14 - death cab for cutie/modest mouse @ q101 block party
20 - zelienople/airiel @ Bottom Lounge
25 - PANIC @ Smart Bar
september 2004
01 - PANIC @ Smart Bar
+ 09 - jason anderson/parenthetical girls/little headhunter @ 7th Street Practice Space (DeKalb)
10 - jason anderson/chris (troubled hubble)/swimmer missing @ twothreeonefive gallery
15 - PANIC @ Smart Bar
16 - m83/ulrich schnass @ empty bottle (early show)
20 - snow patrol/eisley @ Metro
25 - pure pop for now people @ Underground Lounge
30 - rilo kiley/Now It's Overhead/Tilly and the Wall @ The Abbey
october 2004
01 - mirah/tara jane o'neil @ texas ballroom
14 - hayden/cuff the duke @ Schubas
15 - explosions in the sky/adem/the motion @ logan square auditorium
november 2004
02 - the blow @ reckless records (wicker park)
16 - pedro the lion/starflyer 59 @ Metro
19 - darren hanlon/quasar wut wut/devin davis @ Hide Out
20 - johnny dowd/sally tims/julie doiron @ Schubas
22 - lali puna/styrofoam/the go find/duo 505/alias @ Abbey Pub
+ 26 - alcian blue @ art-o-matic
december 2004
no shows!? w the f?
january 2005
24 - Detholz!/Danger Adventure/Volcano! @ Empty Bottle (free, 9pm show)
27 - The Thermals/Turing Machine/ZZZZ @ Open End Gallery (9pm, $10)
february 2005
+ 24 - Teenbeat Records 20th Anniversary: Unrest/Eggs/True Love Always @ Black Cat
+ 25 - Teenbeat Records 20 Anniversary: Tuscadero/Flin Flon/Versus/Aden @ Black Cat
+ 26 - MAKE-OUT PARTY #6: spudnik/shumai/laura burhenn/circle gets the square/cameron & lancey @ Diver City House ($6, 7pm)
march 2005
18 - Hood @ Empty Bottle ($10, 10pm)
24 - Jason Anderson/Goodnight Sweethearts/Swimmer, Missing @ Texas Ballroom
25 - Slint @ Metro
april 2005
+ 02 - Jason Anderson @ The Eaves (Syracuse, NY)
08 - The Brunettes @ Elbo Room
17 - Damien Jurado/Two Gallants/Sail on, Sailor @ Schubas
22 - like language/ten ton/scalpers @ zakopane
23 - Crystal Skulls @ Reckless Records (Broadway)
28 - Of Montreal/Tilly & the Wall @ Abbey Pub
may 2005
5 - The Lucksmiths/Scotland Yard Gospel Choir/Pipas/The Icicles @ Beat Kitchen ($10 advance, $12 day of show, 8:30pm)
+ 7 - MAKE-OUT PARTY #7: Sprites/The Bolophonics/The Bedtimes/Faraday/Mark Pernice (Come Down) @ Diver City House ($6 entry, $4 with mix tape or cd)
+ 10 - The Lucksmiths/Ladybug Transistor/Pipas/The Lil' Hospital @ DC9
june 2005
7 - Caribou/Junior Boys/Russian Futurists @ Empty Bottle ($10 advance, $12 day of show, 9:30pm)
18 - Kimya Dawson/Jason Anderson/Strand of Oaks @ Texas Ballroom
july 2005
15 - The Go! Team/Tilly and the Wall @ Double Door ($12 adv, $14 day of show, 9pm)
16 - Intonation Music Festival, Day One @ Union Park
august 2005
02 - Sleep Well, Drive Carefully - Death Cab for Cutie DVD Screening @ Schubas (Free, 7pm)
04 - Shumai/The Specific Heats @ Big Horse
+ 06 - MAKE-OUT PARTY #8: thebrotherkite, the lil' hospital, the prayers and tears of arthur digby sellers, carol bui, kris racer @ Diver City House ($6, 7pm, BYO)
29 - Headlights/Via Audio @ Pontiac Cafe
september 2005
27 - Arks/Airiel @ Doubled Door
29 - Troubled Hubble/So Many Dynamos @ Schubas (7pm, $8 online)
october 2005
02 - Peter Hook/Jesse De La Pena/Pogo @ Smart Bar
8 - John Vanderslice/The Double @ Schubas (10pm, $10)
12 - Death Cab for Cutie @ the Riviera
14 - Mountain Goats/The Prayers & Tears of Arthur Digby Sellers/Bellafea @ Open End Gallery (10pm, $13)
16 - Jason Anderson/Tiger Saw/Casey Dienel @ Schubas (18+, $8, $7 online)
21 - American Analog Set/The Elanors/Justin Sconza @ Schubas (10pm, $12, 21+)
28 - The Hold Steady/Constantines/Thunderbirds are Now! @ Logan Square Auditorium (8:30pm, $13 adv, $15 door)
29 - Life During Wartime @ Hide Out
november 2005
05 - The Fake Fictions @ Silvie's Lounge
12 - The Promise Ring/Make Believe/Tristeza @ Metro
12 - Life During Wartime @ Hideout
14 - The Narrator/Hanalei/Metal Hearts/Maps & Atlases @ Empty Bottle
18 - Canasta/Headlights/Palaxy Tracks @ Subterranean
20 - Super Furry Animals/Caribou @ Metro
27 - Paper Airplane Pilots/Poison Control Center @ Subterranean
december 2005
17 - Q101: The Psychedelic Furs/Death Cab for Cutie @ The Aragon Ballroom
30 - Diplo/The Books @ The Viaduct
+ 31 - Jason Anderson + The Best/Tiger Saw/Casey Dienel/DJ Dan Shea @ P.A.'s Lounge (Somerville, MA)
january 2006
14 - Think Pink @ the Hideout
+ 17 - Jason Anderson/Heligoats @ The Party Awesome House (Milwaukee, WI 2559 N. Bartlet)
19 - Jason Anderson/Heligoats @ South Union Arts (1352 S. Union Ave. Chicago, IL)
february 2006
18 - Life During Wartime dance party @ Hideout (9p, $8)
march 2006
04 - Driftless Pony Club/Kris Racer @ Kris' loft on Milwaukee
10 - Belle & Sebastian/The New Pornographers @ The Riviera
+ 11 - Belle & Sebastian/The New Pornographers @ The Riverside Theater (Milwaukee, WI)
+ 15 - SXSW
+ 16 - SXSW
+ 17 - SXSW
+ 18 - SXSW
20 - Hockey Night/Metal Hearts/Headlights/I Need Sleep @ Empty Bottle (9:30p, Free!)
23 - Barbez/Nethers @ Hideout
25 - Mike Park/Patrick Ford @ South Union Arts (8pm) *****
25 - Planes Mistaken for Stars @ The Note
26 - Damien Jurado/Rocky Votolato/J. Tillman @ Schubas (8p, $12)
30 - The Cops/The Grackles/The Mersey Buckets @ South Union Arts (8p) *****
31 - Sound & Vision, pt. 3 presents the Coughs @ South Union Arts (8p) *****
april 2006
01 - Arab Strap/A Whisper in the Noise @ Empty Bottle (10p, $14) may 2006
04 - The Reptoids/Stiletto Attack @ Betty's Blue Star Lounge june 2006
02 - Dungen/Nethers/ july 2006
+ 08 - Shirley Betty @ Mystick Den (New Orleans, Lousiana) august 2006
03 - Yelp Party @ Dine (7p - 9p) september 2006
05 - Fingers and Toes/Cains & Abels/Mitre @ South Union Arts (9p) @ South Union Arts ***** october 2006
+ 06 - Popfest! New England (Northampton, MA) @ The Elevens: november 2006
01 - Stuart Staples/Sally Tims @ Abbey Pub (9p show, $20) december 2006
09 - Renegade Craft Fair @ Wicker Park <-- RHYMES WITH TWEE, my lil' craft was here january 2007
14 - The Brother Kite @ The Note february 2007
16 - Archaelogy/The Cathy Santonies/The Ice Cream Floats/Shemilaya @ Ronny's march 2007
19 - Kris Racer @ Mr. Elegant Gallery april 2007
06 - Quin Kirchner's Lost Levels/Mike Tamburo/Layne Garrett/Eric Carbonara/George Steeltoe Ensemble/The Everybodyfields @ South Union Arts ***** may 2007
08 - Peter, Bjorn, & John @ Empty Bottle (7p) june 2007
05 - MASERATI/Del Ray/The Beauty Shop @ Lakeshore Theatre (8:30p, $10) july 2007
02 - GIRLS ROCK! CHICAGO BENEFIT: Coupleskate/Giddy Up Helicopter/The Catchelorettes @ South Union Arts (7p) ***** august 2007
19 - Darren Hanlon/David Singer/Kris Racer @ South Union Arts september 2007
08 - Dan Deacon/Mucca Pazza/Art Brut/Blue Ribbon Glee Club @ Hideout Block Party october 2007
05 - DEPART-ment @ AV-aerie (rhymes with twee was here) november 2007
02 - Jens Lekman/Dave Fischoff/DJ Viktor Sjöberg @ Logan Square Auditorium (9:30p, $14) december 2007
01 - Bazaar Bizzare (Cleveland) (rhymes with twee selling) january 2008
16 - Tomorrow Never Knows 2008: John Vanderslice/The M's/Young Galaxy/Heypenny @ Schubas (9p) february 2008
10 - Manual/Syntaks/DJ Warp @ Sonotheque (9p, $5) march 2008
15 - Xiu Xiu/Thao Nguyen/Bird Names @ Reggie's Rock Club april 2008
11 - Caribou/Fuck Buttons @ Empty Bottle (7p, $12) may 2008
10 - My Birthday jubiLEIGH featuring Jason Anderson/Strand of Oaks @ South Union Arts june 2008
01 - Ted Leo & The Pharmacists/Frightened Rabbit @ Do Division Street Festival (Damen & Division) july 2008
11 - The Protomen/The Auramatics @ South Union Arts ***** august 2008
01 - Cat Power/Bloc Party/Radiohead @ LOllapalooza september 2008
13 - Renegade Craft Fair Chicago (rhymes with twee selling) october 2008
10 - Statehood/Kid,You'll Move Mountains/The Fake Fictions @ Bottom Lounge november 2008 08 - Handmade Market @ Empty Bottle (11a, Free) december 2008
05 - DEPART-ment @ AV-aerie (rhymes with twee selling) january 2009
10 - Handmade Market @ Empty Bottle (noon - 4:30p, Free) (rhymes with twee selling) february 2009
11 - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart/Depreciation Guild/Colour Me Pop Djs @ Schubas (9p, $8) march 2009
12 - Tindersticks/Jon Langford and Sally Timms @ Ephiphany (8p, $20) april 2009
01 - The Mountain Goats and John Vanderslice: Gone Primitive @ Portage Theater (8p) may 2009
03 - The Books @ Museum of Contemporary Art (7p) june 2009
03 - Julie Doiron/Night Owl Choir/A Lull @ Empty Bottle (9:30p. $8) july 2009
17 - Pitchfork Music Festival august 2009
30 - Vivian Girls @ Permanent Records (6p) september 2009
12 - Renegade Craft Fair Chicago (rhymes with twee selling) october 2009
+ 03 - Crafty Bastards (Washington, DC) (rhymes with twee selling) november 2009
05 - Mountain Goats/Final Fantasy @ Metro (9p) december 2009
05 - Renegade Craft Fair Holiday Sale @ Pulaski Park Field House (rhymes with twee selling) january 2010
01 - Kurt Vile @ Permanent Records february 2010
march 2010
08 - Magnetic Fields/Laura Barrett @ Harris Theatre up & coming:
april 2010
may 2010
31 - Hum/Volcano! @ Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park (6:30p, Free) june 2010
7 - She & Him/Hollows @ Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park (6:30p, Free)
9 - Damien Jurado @ Schubas (7p) july 2010
5 - The Thermals/Disappears @ Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park (6:30p, Free)
psst. last updated on 08 April 2010
07 - SKiN Graft features: 9 Lives of Comics Records and Gumballhead the Cat with A Tundra/Organ Failure/Dylan Posa @ South Union Arts (8p) *****
08 - The Appleseed Cast/Lying in States/Maps and Atlases @ Beat Kitchen (6p) *****
13 - @ South Union Arts (8p) *****
14 - Enon/Poison Arrows/Avagami @ Empty Bottle (10p, $10)
15 - John Vanderslice/Crystal Skulls @ Schubas (10:30p, $12)
20 - Owen/William Elliot Whitmore/The Snake The Cross The Crown/Davey VonBohen @ Beat Kitchen (6p) *****
21 - Owen/William Elliot Whitmore/The Snake The Cross The Crown/Davey VonBohen @ South Union Arts (8p) *****
27 - Audible/Jackseven @ Beat Kitchen (8p)
28 - Sound & Vision. pt. 4 featuring Scalpels/The Punks/Shoplifting @ South Union Arts (8p) *****
28 - The Wrens/Oranges Band @ Schubas
29 - Kamikaze Hearts/David Singer & The Sweet Science/Kelli Shay Hicks @ South Union Arts *****
+ 05 - Kamikaze Hearts @ Staccato's (Washington, DC)
07 - Fruit Bats/Amandine @ Schubas (9p, $12)
12 - Rainer Maria/Ambulette/Hanalei @ Beat Kitchen (6p)
12 - Faun Fables/Cheer Accident @ Beat Kitchen (10p) *****
19 - Kris Racer @ Gunther Murphy's
26 - The Love of Everything/Tim Kinsella @ South Union Arts (8p) *****
Dark Fog @ Logan Square Auditorium
13 - Young People/Pit Er Pat/Lark @ South Union Arts (9p) *****
13 - Leslie & The Ly's @ Funky Buddha
18 - Hawney Troof/Is the Rainbow the Show/William Sides Atari Party @ South Union Arts (9p) *****
20 - Radiohead @ Auditorium Theatre
21 - Young American Bodies Wrap Party @ Kris/Joe/Nate's Roof (8:30p)
22 - Yelp Party @ Bella Lounge (7p - 9p)
27 - The Sound the Hare Heard (A Kill Rockstars Tour) featuring: Jeff Hanson/Southerly/Lovers/Thao Nguyan/Lauren Hoffman @ South Union Arts (9p) *****
09 - Dressy Bessy/The Like Young @ Abbey Pub
21 - Casiotone for the Painfully Alone/This Song is a Mess/Arrah and the Ferns/This Story @ South Union Arts (8p) *****
22 - Human Television/Bound Stems/Avagami @ Schubas (10p, $8)
24 - Maps & Atlases/Dogme 95/Beauty Pill @ Empty Bottle (9:30p, Free!)
27 - Alla/Balun @ South Union Arts (9p) *****
29 - Pitchfork Music Fest (Ted Leo & RX, Art Brut, Destroyer, The Mountain Goats, Band of Horses, Man Man) @ Union Park
30 - Pitchfork Music Fest (Os Mutantes, Spoon) @ Union Park
06 - Bunnygrunt/The Smittens/The Fake Fictions @ The Red Line Tap
08 - MV & EE with The Bummer Road/Good Stuff House/Th' Exceptional Child @ South Union Arts (9p) *****
09 - Tom Waits @ Auditorium Theatre
09 - Glossary/Dark Country/Welcome to Ashley @ Subterranean
12 - Oso/Baby & Hide @ South Union Arts (9p) *****
18 - Midwest Nest 2006 featuring: Casiotone for the Painfully Alone/Little Headhunter/Ben & Bruno/Mitre @ South Union Arts (9p) *****
19 - Handmade Market @ Empty Bottle (11a, Free)
20 - Fred Thomas/Cains and Abels/The Good Old Fashioned Sinners/Child Bite! @ South Union Arts (9) *****
25 - Headlights/Decibully/The Living Blue @ Schubas (10p, $10)
08 - Hideout Block Party/Touch & Go 25th Anniversary: !!!, Ted Leo + Pharmacists, Girls Against Boys
10 - Hideout Block Party/Touch & Go 25th Anniversary: Three Mile Pilot, Tara Jane O'Neil, Seam, Brick Layer Cake
12 - Cellmates/Jump Rope for Heart/Boo Hiss @ South Union Arts (9p) *****
14 - The Evening Episode/The Story of Everest (9p) @ South Union Arts (9p) *****
16 - The Mountain Goats/Christine Fellows @ Empty Bottle
21 - Heligoats/The Gunshy/Andrew Bryant @ South Union Arts (9p) *****
22 - Bound Stems/Metal Hearts @ Schubas
22 - Weird Weeds/Kamikaze Hearts @ The Note
23 - Gym Class Heroes/Cobra Starship/Hanger 18/Patent Pending @ Beat Kitchen (5p) *****
23 - Gym Class Heroes/Cobra Starship/Hanger 18 @ Beat Kitchen (10p) *****
26 - Nathan Xander/Above.Below Sea Level/The Red Delicious @ South Union Arts *****
27 - Yelp Party @ Tokyo 21
The Butterflies of Love, The Icicles, My Teenage Stride, Spouse, Palomar, Beauty Sleep, The Juliet Kilo
+ 07 - Popfest! New England (Northampton, MA) @ The Elevens: Dyrdin, Locas in Love, The Smittens, The Besties, School for the Dead, The L'il Hospital
+ 08 - Popfest! New England (Northampton, MA) @ The Elevens (4pm show): Surefire Broadcast, Polar Bear Parade
+ 08 - Popfest! New England (Northampton, MA) @ The Elevens: Secret Shine, Math & Physics Club, The Snow Fairies, Bunnygrunt, The Brother Kite, The Specific Heats, Hands & Knees
11 - Tilly and the Wall (instore) @ Reckless Records (7p, Free)
12 - Sharks and Seals/Them Roaring Twenties/Bill MacKay @ Souh Union Arts (9p, $10 donation) *****
14 - Depart-ment @ Open End Gallery (11a-5p)
19 - Adrian Orange with the Child Slave Rebellion (Thanksgiving)/Lake/Cains and Abels/Barbez @ South Union Arts *****
20 - Archaeology/Fancie/Nice and Friendly @ South Union Arts *****
21 - Handmade Market @ Empty Bottle (11a, Free)
21 - Select Media Fest 5, featuring Tom Goes to the Mayor's Tim and Eric @ South Union Arts (8p) *****
25 - Pattern is Movement @ Reckless Records
27 - Chris Garneau/Gregory and the Hawk @ South Union Arts (9p) *****
03 - Reverend Glass Eye/Humanwine/Oso @ South Union Arts (8p) *****
04 - Art vs. Craft (Milwaukee)
11 - South Union Arts Market featuring Heligoats/Octagon Island/We/Or/Me @ South Union Arts (12-5pm)
12 - South Union Arts Market featuring Hanalei/Kris Racer @ South Union Arts (12-5pm)
18 - DIY Trunk Show @ Pulaski Park Fieldhouse (10a - 4p)
19 - Bishop Allen/Frida Hyvonen @ Beat Kitchen
21 - Morrissey @ Aragon Ballroom
+ 25 - The Hold Steady/Big Sleep/Statehood @ Black Cat ($13, 9p)
+ 25 - Bliss Dance Party @ Black Cat ($6, 9p)
10 - Renegade Craft Fair @ Wicker Park <-- RHYMES WITH TWEE, my lil' craft company was here
14 - The Reptoids @ Hideout
16 - Handmade Market @ Empty Bottle (11a, Free)
19 - Drag City & The Empty Bottle, in conjunction with Sea Note Productions, presents 'The People Under The Stares' featuring:
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy/Kumail Nanjiani @ Weed's ($7, 9p)
+ 23 - Statehood @ Black Cat
31 - The Ice Cream Floats @ Kris/Joe's
26 - Asobi Seksu @ Abbey Pub
21 - Sparklehorse/Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter @ Double Door
23 - The Apples in Stereo/Casper and the Cookies/Tullycraft @ Subterranean (8:30p, $12)
23 - Saturday Looks Good to Me @ Hideout
28 - The Thermals/The Big Sleep/Tight Phantomz @ Subterranean (7p)
20 - Radio Jet stream/Carrigan/Carol Bui/Things Falling Apart @ The Note (9p, $5)
24 - The Cassettes/Scalpels/Doses/Tirra Lirra/Beau Wanzer @ Ronny's
31 - Yelp Drunky Brunch @ Joey's Brickhouse Pizza (11am)
07 - Benefit for Ladyfest: Condenada/Gamine Thief/Oatcake @ South Union Arts (8p) *****
12 - Ecstatic Sunshine/Tim Kinsella and Todd Mattei/Light Pollution @ South Union Arts (8p) *****
13 - John Vanderslice/St. Vincent @ Lakeshore Theater (10p, $12)
14 - The Robot Ate Me/Run, Chico. Run/Paper Airplanes/EyesEarsNose @ South Union Arts (8p) *****
+ 27 - Dismemberment Plan (REUNION) @ Black Cat
+ 28 - Dismemberment Plan (REUNION) @ Black Cat
10 - Daniel Johnston/Sharks & Seals @ Lakeshore Theater (10p, $15)
12 - Bjork @ Auditorium Theatre (HELL YES!)
25 - JIMMY SWAGGER AND JIMMY STAGGER (mbrs of A Tundra / Mucca Pazza / Locks) performing a live score to Charlie Chaplin short films @ South Union Arts (8p) *****
27 - South Union Arts Market - LADYFEST CHICAGO BENEFIT @ South Union Arts ($3 donation, 12p - 5p)
07 - Pipettes/Smoosh/Monster Bobby @ Empty Bottle (9:30p, $10)
20 - Superchunk/The Mountain Goats/Ponys @ Metro
+ 23 - CRAFT SATURDAY in Des Moines, IA @ Fourth Street Theatre (9am - 2pm) (rhymes with twee was here)
29 - Calvin Johnson/Julie Doiron @ South Union Arts (8p)
05 - The Besties/Kid, You'll Move Mountains/The Fake Fictions @ South Union Arts (8p) *****
11 - J Roddy Walston and the Business/Reptoids/The Modern Temper @ South Union Arts (8p) *****
18 - The Decemberists @ Millenium Park (Free)
27 - So It Goes/The Safes/Robots Counterfeiting Money @ South Union Arts ($10, 8pm)
+ 27 - Rufus Wainwright/The Magic Numbers @ Pabst Theater (Milwaukee)
08 - William Elliott Whitmore/Tim Barry/Josh Small @ The Note (8p)
26 - The Brunettes/Ferraby Lionheart/The Lucksmiths @ Schubas (9p, $12)
+ 30 - Crafty Bastards (Washington, DC)
+ 30 - The Lucksmiths/Ladybug Transistor/Still Flyin' @ DC9
05 - Nina Nastasia/Jim White @ Schubas (10p, $12)
06 - Slaraffenland/Fred Lonberg-Holm/David Daniell @ South Union Arts (8pm doors)
06 - DEPART-ment @ AV-aerie (rhymes with twee was here)
06 - John Vanderslice/Bishop Allen @ Empty Bottle (10p, $12)
07 - DEPART-ment @ AV-aerie (rhymes with twee was here)
11 - The Freewheeling Yo La Tengo @ Lakeshore Theater (10:30p, $25)
18 - Carol Bui/Champion Kickboxer @ The Note (9p)
10 - Handmade Market @ Empty Bottle (11a, Free)
+ 16 - Georgie James @ Black Cat
29 - The Hump Day Dance Party Mobile Unit (Rev. Michael Flavor, Dr. Drase, and DJ Magic Unicorn) @ Schubas (10p, upstairs)
30 - DEPART-ment @ AV-aerie (rhymes with twee selling)
01 - DEPART-ment @ AV-aerie (rhymes with twee selling)
02 - DEPART-ment @ AV-aerie (rhymes with twee selling)
04 - Yelp Elite Chicago 2nd Anniversary Party (6:30 - 8:30)
12 - Two Thumbs Down Records Holiday Showcase featuring Mt. St. Helens/Driftless Pony Club/May or May Not/Sleep Out/Kris Racer/Post HOneymoon @ Schubas (7:30p)
16 - Super Furry Animals/Times New Viking/Jeffrey Lewis @ Metro
21 - Secret Shine/Star/Tears Run Rings/Hostage Juliet @ The Note
22 - Statehood/Kid, You'll Move Mountains @ Reggie's Rock Club
31 - Jens Lekman/The Honeydrips @ Logan Square Auditorium (8:30p, $14)
11 - The Besties/Mean Ohio/Ash in Pensacola/Mymymy @ The Note
29 - Yelle/Codebreaker @ Logan square Auditorium (8p, $15)
26 - Los Campesinos!/Jeffrey Lewis & The Jitters @ Empty Bottle (9pm, $12)
28 - Jeremy Enigk/Damien Jurado @ Abbey Pub
31 - The Brian Costello Show featuring: Joe Swanberg/Azita and Marc Arcuri/Daylight Robbery/houseband The Brian Costello Band/sidekick Matt Flaiz @ Empty Bottle (3p, Free)
13 - Driftless Pony Club/Kris Racer @ South Union Arts (9p) *****
15 - The Swell Season/Nina Nastasia @ Chicago Theatre
21 - we/or/me /Steve Gilpin/Karlis Kandero @ South Union Arts (9p) *****
28 - Hayden/Haley Bonar @ Schubas (10:30p, $15)
12 - City on Film/Slithering Beast/State Champion/Brett Saxon @ South Union Arts *****
17 - The Muttering Retreats/Miss Autopsy @ South Union Arts (8p) *****
18 - Pitchfork Music Festival @ Union Park
18 - DEPART-ment @ Pitchfork (rhymes with twee selling)
19 - !!!/The Hold Steady/Jarvis Cocker (viewed online) Pitchfork Music Festival @ Union Park
19 - DEPART-ment @ Pitchfork (rhymes with twee selling)
20 - DEPART-ment @ Pitchfork (rhymes with twee selling)
01 - The Universe Society/Brother Truck @ South Union Arts *****
05 - She & Him/Becky Stark @ Park West
+ 20 - Radiohead/Liars @ White River Amphitheatre (Auburn, WA)
+ 24 - Radiohead @ Hollywood Bowl (Los Angeles, CA)
+ 25 - Radiohead @ Hollywood Bowl (Los Angeles, CA)
+ 27 - Radiohead/Liars @ Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre (Chula Vista, CA)
14 - Renegade Craft Fair Chicago (rhymes with twee selling)
21 - A Place to Bury Strangers/Sian Alice Group/Disappears @ Empty Bottle (9p, $12)
+ 28 - Crafty Bastards (Washington, DC)
29 - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds @ Riviera (8p)
11 - Baltimore Round Robin 'Feet Night' with Dan Deacon/The Deathset/Adventure/Video Hippos/Future Islands/DJ Dog Dick/Blood Baby/Height/Cex/Smartgrowth/Double Dagger @ Epiphany (6p, $8 or $15 2-day pass)
13 - The Mountain Goats/Kaki King @ Park West
20 - Mount Eerie/Julie Doiron/Calm Down It's Monday @ AV-aerie (8p, $10)
21 - The Elephant 6 Surprise @ Bottom Lounge
31 - King Khan & BBQ Show/The Goblins/Cococoma/Women @ Bottom Lounge (9p)
+ 09 - Handmade Arcade @ Hunt Armory (Pittsburgh, PA) (rhymes with twee selling)
17 - Bishop Allen/The Republic Tigers @ Subterranean
22 - DIY Trunk Show @ Pulaski Park Fieldhouse
06 - Renegade Craft Fair Holiday Market @ Pulaski Park Field House (rhymes with twee selling)
06 - DEPART-ment @ AV-aerie (rhymes with twee selling)
07 - Renegade Craft Fair Holiday Market @ Pulaski Park Field House (rhymes with twee selling)
07 - DEPART-ment @ AV-aerie (rhymes with twee selling)
11 - Yelp Elite Party @ Architectural Artifacts (6:30-10p)
13 - Handmade Market @ Empty Bottle (11a, Free)
18 - Dinosaur Christmas Panto @ Hideout (10p)
17 - An Evening with Jason Anderson @ Elegant Mr. Gallery (8p, $5 suggested donation)
12 - Headlights/Maserati/Pomegranates/Oceans @ Empty Bottle (9p, $10)
14 - Handmade Market @ Empty Bottle (noon - 4:30p, Free)
29 - Chicago Clothing Swap @ Empty Bottle (12p)
03 - Wavves/Vampire Hands/My Gold Mask @ Empty Bottle (10p, $10)
10 - Strand of Oaks/Spare Machine/Arthi Meera @ Elegant Mr. Gallery
21 - Yann Tiersen/Asobi Seksu @ Logan Square Auditorium (9p, $15)
29 - Chicago Reader Book Swap @ Bottom Lounge (6p - 9p)
29 - The Thermals/The Shaky Hands/Point Juncture WA @ Bottom Lounge
05 - Leonard Cohen @ The Chicago Theatre
30 - Do Division Street Festival:
07 - St. Vincent/Alla @ Pritzker Pavillion
13 - The Fellas: Dylan Moran/Ardal O'Hanlon/Tommy Tiernan @ The Vic
20 - Bob & David & Friends @ Lakeshore Theater ($20, 10:30p)
22 - Dirty Projectors @ Pritzker Pavillion
28 - Jason Anderson/Steven Gilpin/Kris Racer @ Elegant Mr. Gallery
17 - Coterie @ Pitchfork (rhymes with twee selling)
18 - Pitchfork Music Festival
18 - Coterie @ Pitchfork (rhymes with twee selling)
19 - Pitchfork Music Festival
19 - Coterie @ Pitchfork (rhymes with twee selling)
25 - The Wrens/Zelienople @ Schubas (10:30p)
28 - Numero Group DJ Night @ Darkroom
26 - William Elliot Whitmore/Glossary @ Wicker Park Fest
13 - Renegade Craft Fair Chicago (rhymes with twee selling)
19 - Black Wyrm Seed @ Permanent Records (6p)
27 - Thee Oh Sees/The Fresh & Onlys/CoCoComa @ Schubas (9p, $12)
10 - Jason Anderson/Steven Gilpin/Kris Racer @ Elegant Mr. Gallery
21 - Dead Man's Bones @ Schubas (7p)
22 - The Get Up Kids/Kevin Devine/The Life and Times @ Metro
08 - Mt. Eerie/No Kids @ Lakeshore Theater (7p, $10)
06 - Renegade Craft Fair Holiday Sale @ Pulaski Park Field House (rhymes with twee selling)
+ 12 - Handmade Arcade @ Hunt Armory (Pittsburgh, PA) (rhymes with twee selling)
19 - Indie Arts Market @ Schubas (11a)
31 - Jens Lekman @ Empty Bottle
03 - Jens Lekman @ Viaduct Theater
16 - Tomorrow Never Knows presents: Bowerbirds/The Rural Alberta Advantage/Julie Doiron @ Lincoln Hall (10p)
11 - Very Truly Yours/Summer Cats/City Center @ Subterranean
27 - Slumberland Records 20th Anniversary Show: Go Sailor/The How/Summer Cats @ The Echo (Los Angeles, CA)
14 - Tony Allen/Great Lake Swimmers @ Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park (6:30p, Free)
21 - The Books/Via Tania @ Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park (7:30p, Free)
28 - Huntsville with On Fillmore featuring Nels Cline @ Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park (7:30p, Free)
12 - Caribou/Budos Band @ Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park (6:30p, Free)
19 - Kid Sister/Konono N°1 @ Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park (6:30p, Free)
CHICAGO VENUES: Abbey Pub + Beat Kitchen + Bottom Lounge + Buddy Gallery + Double Door + Elbo Room + Elegant Mr. Gallery + Empty Bottle + Heaven Gallery + Hide Out + Logan Square Auditorium + Metro + Pulaski Park Fieldhouse + Schubas + Subterranean +