Each Wednesday, WTTW News producer Josh Terry presents must-see live music shows from indie rock to jazz, country, hip-hop and more. Wednesday, May 28: Blue Earth Sound at Dorian’s. Free.The first show of the new jazz project by James Weir, who played in the influential Chicago indie rock band NE-HI and is a member of the synth-rock project Spun Out. Justice Hill, Icken Grimms at Schubas. Tickets.This surprisingly tall local songwriter makes a playful and groove-based blend of what the Chicago Reader calls, “a perfect slice of Midwest soul” on his new album “Cooler By the Lake.” Thursday, May 29: Neu Blume, Sleeper’s Bell, Conor Lynch Band at Hideout. Tickets.Detroit via Arizona folk-rockers have one of 2025’s best albums in “Let It Win.” Friday, May 30: Major Murphy, Carriers, Sonny Falls at Color Club. Tickets.Grand Rapids trio Major Murphy makes breezy and likable indie rock that’s easy to root for. The Wedding Present, Current Union, The Tubs, Mykele Deville, more at Do Division. $10 suggested donation.Three nights of curated music from Subterranean and Empty Bottle outside. Saturday, May 31: Eli Winter, Feller, Zander Raymond at Hideout. Tickets.An inventive Chicago guitarist celebrates the release of his excellent new album “A Trick of the Light.” Doom Flower, Michael Columbia at Judson & Moore. Tickets.This Chicago band features members of Campdoggz and Joan of Arc. Y La Bamba, Frente Cumbiero, Universal Togetherness Band, more at Do Division. $10 suggested donation.The second of three nights of curated music from Subterranean and Empty Bottle outside. Sunday, June 1: Gustaf, Interlay, Being Dead, Mass Text, Illuminati Hotties, Georgia Maq, more at Do Division. $10 suggested donation.The third of three nights of curated music from Subterranean and Empty Bottle outside.
