02/10 Rumble Lounge: aKademy & Olin @ Rodan
02/10 All Systems Go feat. Holy Ghost @ Smartbar
02/11 US Thursdays @ Crocodile
02/11 Hustlepalooza: Hollywood Holt, Curt@ins, Carter @ Wildhare
02/11 Disappear Here: Jesse Jamz, DH @ Angels & Kings
02/12 Antony Atalla, Gene Farriss @ Spybar
02/12 Congorock, Willy Joy, Charlie Glitch @ Smartbar
02/12 Leslie & the Ly's, Christopher the Conquered @ Subterranean
02/12 Family Affair: Riverman, Droopy, Brian Gardner, Brenda D., Todd Mariana, Puffs Baggswelle @ Darkroom
02/12 One Night Stand: Moneypenny, Gemeni Club, Only Children, Skyler, Kid Color, Team Bayside High, Capcom @ Metro
02/13 Frankie Knuckles, Michael Serafini @ Smartbar
02/13 Zola Jesus, Fucked Up, Kurt Vile @ Empty Bottle
02/13 Drug Honkey, Shimmer, Sun Splitter, Bridesmaid @ Darkroom
02/14 Mr Dibbs, Silent Army, Sector 7G, Kidd Russell, Sofrito & Mayonnaise, Qwel & Maker @ Abbey Pub
02/15 Rehab @ Debonair
02/15 Boom Boom Room: Damian Lazarus, Jamie Jones @ Green Dolphin
02/16 Scott Miller @ Schubas
02/16 Earth Proram, Taxi, Portable Models @ Darkroom
02/16 Just Desserts #4: Dan Morrell, Marco Morales, DJ Just Desserts, DJ Scotty T @ Lincoln Hall
02/16 Snoop Dogg @ Metro
02/18 St Vincent, Wildbirds and Peacedrums @ Metro
02/18 Freakeasy Presents: Janaka Selektra & JC Stokes, Radiohiro & MC Zulu, Brad Miner, Striz, Justin Reed @ Smartbar
02/18 FlyByNight: Rob Threezy, Charlie Glitch & More @ Debonair
02/18 People Under the Stairs, Rapper Big Pooh, Eratik Statik @ Subterranean
02/18 Locrian, Harpoon, Anatomy of Habit, Sun Splitter @ Abbey Pub
02/19 Trick Disco: Ghosts of venice, Only Children, La Principale, OCD Automatic @ Subterranean
02/19 Wagon Repair Presents: Matthew Jonson, Sassmouth @ Smartbar
02/19 Dre Day: Psalm One, The Jordan Years @ Darkroom
02/19 Four Tet, Nathan Fake @ Empty Bottle
02/19 Back Spin Concert @ Green Dolphin Street
02/19 Wolfe Tones @ Abbey Pub
02/20 Kings of Convenience, Franklin For Short @ Metro
02/20 White Label Sessions: DJ Lego @ Darkroom
02/20 LA Riots, Members Only AV, Team Bayside High @ Abbey Pub
02/20 Ha Ha Tonka, Rego, Keven Andrew Prchal @ Subterranean
02/20 Hudson Mohawke @ Abbey Pub
02/20 Southside Shakedown #3: Ghetto Division's 3 Year Anniversary @ Metro
02/23 Vitalic @ Empty Bottle
02/24 2Mex, Life Rexall, Sahtyre, Verbal Kent, Qwel & Maker, Scheme, 1773 & CARMA @ Abbey Pub
02/24 Charlie Hunter @ Beat Kitchen
02/25 NIN: Another Version of the Truth (Film Screening) & Dark Wave Disco @ Metro
02/25 Chi Got Soul: Dirty Diamonds, Cherry Bombs, Boomjuice @ Kinetic Playground
02/25 Handsome Devilz: Smiths & Morrisey sets @ Abbey Pub
02/26 Come2gether: Dubtribe, Terry Mullan, Justin Long, Gene Farris @ Green Dolphin
02/26 Equalizer, Soft Speaker, Yukon Blonde, Moxie Motive @ Darkroom
02/26 Atomica Project, theMDR, Rosen Association, Sarah Katheryn @ Metro
02/26 Alexi Delano, Tim Baker, Jason Patrick @ Smartbar
02/27 YACHT, MNDR @ Empty Bottle
02/27 Mig Gets Older @ Five Star
02/27 Panic!: DJs Pogo & Arturo @ Darkroom
02/28 Alkaline Trio, Cursive, The Dear & Departed @ Metro
02/29 Doom & Mos Def, Mike Relm @ Congress Theatre
03/02 We Have Explosives with Weaponry @ 2210 W. Chicago Ave.
03/03 A Sunny Day In Glasgow @ Schubas
03/04 Jeff Garlin @ Park West
03/06 Bring That Beat Back: Blu & Exile,
Eulorhythmics, Tomorrow Kings, DJs Tone B Nimble, Trew, Sean Doe &
RTC @ Subterranean
03/12 Muse @ United Center
03/12 Vivian Girls @ Subterranean
03/13 RJD2, Break Science, Happy Chichester @ Metro
03/13 Family of the Year, Mia Riddle, Queen Killing Kings @ Beat Kitchen (early)
03/13 Zola Jesus, Beau Wanzer, Fielded @ Beat Kitchen (late)
03/14 Copeland, I Can Make A Mess Like Nobody's Business, Person L, Deas Vail @ Metro
03/15 Hammerfall, Powerglove @ Smartbar
03/17 5 Magazine: Jeff Craven, Aaron Dae, Rees Urban @ Smartbar
03/18 P.O.S. @ Bottom Lounge
03/19 Gil Mantera's Party Dream, Brilliant Pebbles @ Empty Bottle
03/19 The Sometimes Family, Bakelite Army @ Beat Kitchen
03/20 The Big Pink, A Place to Bury Strangers @ Metro
03/20 John Simmons, Sativa @ Smartbar
03/24 The Golden Triangle @ Beat Kitchen
03/25 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club @ Metro
03/25 Caspa, Chris Widman, Phaded @ Smartbar
03/26 Tegan & Sara @ Aragon Ballroom
03/26 Database, Gemeni Club @ Empty Bottle
03/30 John Simmons, DJ Form @ Smartbar
04/01 Bonobo @ Metro
04/01 Beach House, Bachelorette @ Metro
04/02 Passion Pit, Mayor Hawthorne & The Country @ Empty Bottle
04/02 Jedi Mind Tricks @ Subterranean
04/03 Tobacco, The Hood Internet @ Empty Bottle
04/05 Miike Snow, Delorean @ Metro
04/07 Major Lazer, Rusko @ Metro
04/08 Deer Tick @ Bottom Lounge
04/08 The XX @ Lincoln Hall
04/19 Hot Chip @ The Riviera
04/22 We Are Wolves, El Ten Eleven, Parlovr @ Subterranean
04/29 Yeasayer, Sleigh Bells @ Metro
04/30 Owl City @ The Riviera
05/01 Little Boots, Dragonette, French Horn Rebellion @ Metro
05/08 Frightened Rabbit @ Metro
05/23 Brian Jonestown Massacre @ Metro
05/23 Local H @ Metro
Chicago Art Events
10 Best Architecture Songs
Cesar Dubó sent us this link to Flavor Wire (Flavorpill’s Blog). It shows the very best songs related to architecture. Please, feel free to submit your own favorites in the comments.
1. “Government Center” by Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers
The only anthem to bureaucracy – and the architectural altar at which all lesser bureaucratic buildings worship, Boston’s Government Center- we’re aware of. Richman and Co. confirm that, even with “a lot of great desks and chairs,” the best way to animate a space is with a dance party.
2. “Don’t Worry About the Government” by the Talking Heads
Architecture as savior: “My building has every convenience, it’s gonna make life easy for me.” If the Bauhaus had a theme song, it’d be this one.
3. “Brick House” by the Commodores
Yes, architecture can be sexy. Brick houses might not really be the hottest buildings out there, but we admit it’s hard to rhyme anything with Guggenheim.
4. “Who Do You Love?” by Bo Diddley
That’s one creepy house.
5. “Norwegian Wood” by the Beatles
A song about hipster apartments, falling in love, and bad seating arrangements (hasn’t she heard of Ikea?).
6. “White Room” by Cream
A song about loneliness in a crowd and loneliness alone – and, OK, maybe cocaine? – this one moves between the train station and Clapton’s empty apartment.
7. “Little Room” by the White Stripes
The room in question is definitely a modernist affair. White walls, surely, with maybe a red-trimmed window in the corner. The song’s about how any room can be a prison, and how the grass isn’t always greener, real-estate-wise, no matter what Craigslist says.
8. “Our House” by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
A love song to suburban domesticity. Bo-ring, but that’s the point.
9. “Mansion on the Hill” by Hank Williams
Architectural envy. Also a metaphor for McMansion soullessness, before it really existed.
10. “Folsom Prison Blues” by Johnny Cash
The problem with architecture altogether: It doesn’t change, and when it’s bad, you’re stuck inside like Jonah. Outside on the train, “Those people keep a-movin’, and that’s what tortures me.”
via Arch Daily