08/17 Ari Herstand, Joey Ryan, Kenneth Pattengale @ Schubas
08/18 Sweetback Sisters, Parkington Sisters @ Schubas
08/18 Hellsent, Robust, DJ Dallas Jackson @ Subterranean
08/18 When Clouds Attack, Michael Una @ Abbey Pub
08/19 The Canoes, Go Long Mule, Model N, The Van Goghs @ Abbey Pub
08/19 Superdre, Whoa-B, Chris Widman vs. Phaded @ Smartbar
08/19 David Singer & The Sweet Science, The Interiors, Nelkin@ Lincoln Hall
08/19 William Fitzsimmons, Rosi Golan @ Schubas
08/19 Teenage Bottlerocket, The Reaganomics, Love & Squalor @ Subterranean
08/20 Tokyo Police Club, Freelance Whales, Arkells @ Metro
08/20 The Sadies @ Schubas
08/20 Elsinore, Canasta @ Lincoln Hall
08/20 The Sadies @ Schubas
08/20 Alexander Robotnick, Scott Smokin Silz, Interrobang, Alex Zelenka, Livewire, Frankie Vega, John Simmons, Escape @ Smartbar
08/20 Doko Benjo, The Jordan Years @ Subterranean
08/20 The Western, The Numbers @ Abbey Pub
08/21 The Sadies @ Schubas
08/21 Just Desserts 9: Gemeni Club, Charlie Glitch, Action, Adventure, Just Desserts @ Lincoln Hall
08/21 The New Deal @ Metro
08/21 Alex Bau, Punisher, Sassmouth, Adam Stolz @ Smartbar
08/21 Black Crowes @ Chicago Theatre
08/21 The Sundown, The Sidekicks, American War, This Is This @ Subterranean
08/21 STS9 @ House Of Blues
08/21 Bassnectar @ House Of Blues
08/21 White Label: DJ Lego @ Darkroom
08/22 Crosby Stills & Nash @ Ravinia
08/22 You Hang Up, State & Madison @ Subterranean
08/22 Matty, Michael Serafini, Kid Color @ Smartbar
08/23 Black Bear Combo, Neo, Tribraco, Jim Trashjian Group @ Subterranean
08/24 Wooden Birds, Dan Mangan, Hospital Ships @ Schubas
08/25 Casiokids, Light Pollution @ Schubas
08/25 Derrick Carter, Tyrel Williams, Julian Pena, Stephen P @ Smartbar
08/26 Lou Barlow & The Missingmen, Wye Oak
08/26 Vienna Teng & Alex Wong, The Guggenheim Grotto @ Lincoln Hall
08/26 SPL, Nameloc, Midway, Young Live @ Smartbar
08/27 Drag The River, Cory Branan (7PM) @ Schubas
08/27 Brent Pulls, Death Ships @ Schubas
08/27 White Mystery, The 1900s @ Lincoln Hall
08/27 Cameron McGill & What Army, Horse In The Sea, Kevin Andrew Prchal, Rachele Eve @ Metro
08/27 Dustin Zahn, Drumcell, M50, Decimal @ Smartbar
08/28 Panic!: DJs Pogo, Arturo @ Darkroom
08/28 Tub Ring, Dr Killbot @ Subterranean
08/28 DJ Pierre, Phuture 303, Angel Alanis, Lady Foursquare, Rob Threezy @ Smartbar
08/28 Memoryhouse, Yawn, Distractors @ Lincoln Hall
08/29 Iggy & The Stooges @ Aragon Ballroom
08/29 Kid Color, Michael Serafini, Adulture @ Smartbar
09/02 Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, Telekinesis, The Kickback @ Lincoln Hall
09/02 Scissor Sisters @ The Riviera
09/03 Tom Middleton, Brad Owen @ Smartbar
09/04 DJ Funk, Ghetto Division @ Smartbar
09/04 Tidal Wave @ Darkroom
09/05 Vampire Weekend @ Aragon Ballroom
09/05 Dum Dum Girls (DJ Set), Brent Zmrhal @ Beauty Bar
09/05 Justin Miller, Woolfy, Kid Color, Michael Serafini, Adulture @ Metro
09/08 Billy Idol @ The Riviera
09/08 Casiotone For The Painfully Alone, Otouto, Key Losers @ Subterranean
09/08 Ghostland Observatory @ House Of Blues
09/09 Ludo, There For Tomorrow, The Graduate, Tommy & The High Pilots @ Metro
09/09 Marina & The Diamonds @ Lincoln Hall
09/10 The Ataris, Gasoline Heart, The Scissors, The Old Wives @ Beat Kitchen
09/10 Hot Hot Heat, 22-20s, Hey Rosetta! @ Lincoln Hall
09/11 Alice Peacock, A Rock For Reading Benefit @ Lincoln Hall
09/12 Girl In A Coma @ Beat Kitchen
09/13 Pavement @ Jay Pritzker Pavillion
09/13 Jenny & Johnny, Love As Laughter @ Lincoln Hall
09/15 Glitch Mob, Martyparty @ Metro
09/17 School Of Seven Bells, Active Child @ Lincoln Hall
09/17 Juan Atkins, Lady D, James Lauer @ Smartbar
09/18 Mowgli, Brian Ffar, Qbot @ Smartbar
09/18 Lights Over Paris @ Beat Kitchen
09/18 White Label Sessions: DJ Lego @ Darkroom
09/24 Foals, Esben & The Witch @ Lincoln Hall
09/25 Menoma, Suckers @ Beat Kitchen
09/25 Panic!: DJ Pogo, Arturo @ Darkroom
09/26 Sea Wolf (Acoustic), Sera Cahoone @ Lincoln Hall
09/28 Wovenhand, Serena Maneesh @ Lincoln Hall
09/29 !!! @ Bottom Lounge
09/30 Klaxons, Baby Monster @ Lincoln Hall
10/01 Bettie Serveert @ Abbey Pub
10/07 Bhopal Stiffs @ Subterranean
10/11 Belle & Sebastian @ The Chicago Theatre
10/11 Miike Snow @ The Riviera
10/14 Four Tet @ Metro
10/16 White Label Sessions: DJ Lego @ Darkroom
10/01 Chapterhouse, Ulrich Schnauss, Airiel, Panic! DJs @ Metro
10/02 Local Natives, The Love Language, The Union Line @ Metro
10/05 Ra Ra Riot, Chikita Violenta, We Barbarians @ Metro
10/19 Band Of Horses @ The Riviera
10/19 Blonde Redhead, Pantha Du Prince @ The Vic
10/27 Two Door Cinema Club @ Lincoln Hall
10/29 The Books @ The Vic
Jason Robert Bell – Thomas Robertello Gallery
“The Unreasoning Mask: New Revelations in Figurative Metaphysics” is the mouthful of a title for Jason Robert Bell’s exhibition of painting and sculpture at Thomas Robertello Gallery. The small canvases that ring the room contain single totemic figures. The mythic protagonists are a techno-colored mishmash of cultural references including African masks, esoteric mysticism, art history, Disney, Willy Wonka and heavy metal. Encased beneath a layer of thick resin and depicted in otherworldly colors, the characters appear invulnerable. Usually alone in their foggy landscapes and adorned with flourishes of sparkling sand and metallic paint, the cavemen, fairies, cyclops or chimera are monumental despite their size.
Through February 21 at Thomas Robertello Gallery, 939 W. Randolph St., Chicago, IL
New City Review: Jason Robert Bell/Thomas Robertello Gallery