Arts & Entertainment

Chicago-Area Live Music Recommendations for April 8-14

Each Wednesday, WTTW News producer Josh Terry presents must-see live music shows from indie rock to jazz, country, hip-hop and more.

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Thursday, April 9: 
Lala Lala, Mother Soki, sunshy at Thalia Hall. Tickets. 
While this inventive indie rock songwriter is based in Los Angeles, she’s a Chicago artist who started and developed her career here. 

Microwave, Anthony Green, Hunny, Into It. Over It. at Salt Shed. Tickets. 
Riot Fest is presenting a stacked bill of punk music. 

Friday, April 10: 
Florence + the Machine, Rachel Chinouriri at Allstate Arena. Tickets. 
Are the dog days over or not? Find out across two shows in Rosemont. 

Together Pangea, The Red Pears at Bottom Lounge. Tickets. 
Raucous California punk in the West Loop. 

Touché Amoré, One Step Closer, Greet Death at Concord Music Hall. Tickets. 
Another Riot Fest-presented show is headlined by a beloved post-hardcore band from Los Angeles. 

Body Shop, The Drin, Facing at Empty Bottle. Tickets. 
Ohio’s the Drin is a heck of a live band and one of this newsletter producer’s favorite post-punk acts. 

Califone, Kinsella & Pulse at Fitzgerald’s. Tickets. 
Head to Berwyn for a night of immersive experimental music. 

Robyn Hitchcock at Athenaeum Center for Thought & Culture. Tickets. 
A veteran songwriter makes a stop at a historic Lakeview theater. 

The Hoyle Brothers at Empty Bottle. Free. 
Want a matinee show? This honky tonk residency is always on Fridays at 5:30 p.m. and always free. 

Saturday, April 11: 
Lily Seabird, Minor Moon at Hideout. Tickets. 
The excellent Burlington, Vermont-based headliner is gearing up to release some new music that swaps her intimate folk for rock ’n’ roll shredding. 

Snail Mail, Avalon Emerson & the Charm, Sharp Pins at Riviera. Tickets. 
A front-to-back excellent bill of indie darlings. 

Florence + the Machine, Rachel Chinouriri at Allstate Arena. Tickets. 
Are the dog days over or not? Find out across two shows in Rosemont. 

Em Spel, Edith Judith at Constellation. Tickets. 
The folk project of Emma Hospelhorn is celebrating a new album. 

The Courts, And I You, This House Is Creaking, Sick Day at Schubas. Tickets. 
Locals This House Is Creaking are a genuinely thrilling rock band. 

Loudon Wainwright and Chris Smither at Old Town School of Folk Music. Tickets. 
Two icons of folk music and songwriting team up at a venue suited for that kind of thing. 

Getdown Services, Problems at Lincoln Hall. Sold out. 
The headliners are experiencing massive word-of-mouth buzz and play bigger and bigger venues every time they stop in the city.  

Sunday, April 12: 
Hatchie, Pictoria Vark at Empty Bottle. Tickets. 
Atmospheric and introspective indie rock in Ukrainian Village. 

PS Goner, Lucky Cloud at Sleeping Village. Tickets. 
This is the solo project of Homeshake’s Peter Sagar. 

Ritt Momney, mercury at Thalia Hall. Tickets. 
Not the stage name of former United States senator and Republican presidential candidate. 

Monday, April 13: 
The Antlers, Tōth​​ at Metro. Tickets. 
The band behind the saddest album of 2009 is still putting out well-reviewed LPs decades into their career. 

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