EARLY WARNINGS

Hot Chili Peppers, Odesza, Lana Del Rey, Karol G, the 1975, Tomorrow X Together, Fred Again, Noah Kahan, A Boogie Wit da Hoodie, Maggie Rogers, Carly Rae Jepsen, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Diplo, J.I.D, Louis the Child, Pusha T, Subtronics, Rina Sawayama, Newjeans, Lil Yachty, Mt. Joy, Backseat Lovers, Sofi Tukker, Portugal. The Man, Alan Walker, and more 8/3-8/6, Grant Park b

Lovely World, Motherwind 7/13, 8 PM, Reggies Music Joint

Lovesexy: A Journey Through the World of Prince featuring DJ Salah Ananse, DJ Duane Powell, and more 5/26, 10 PM, the Promontory Mahjong Crib 4/29, 9 PM, Hungry Brain Material Reissue, Frisbie 6/10, 8 PM, Schubas

Gossip Wolf

8/11, 9 PM, Sleeping Village

Poster Children 5/27, 8 PM, Bottom Lounge, 17+

Project Blackbird, Tukkiman

7/19, 9:30 PM, Hideout

Rav, Scuare 6/25, 8 PM, Subterranean, 17+

Rebelution, Iration, DJ Mackle

7/1, 8:30 PM, Aragon Ballroom, 17+

Sad Summer Fest featuring Taking Back Sunday, the Maine, Motion City Soundtrack, Pvris, Hot Mulligan, Mom Jeans 7/21, 2 PM, Huntington Bank Pavilion b

A furry ear to the ground of the local music scene

Amazons 6/3, 8 PM, Beat Kitchen, 17+

American Music Festival featuring Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Dave Alvin, Shinyribs, Amythyst Kiah, Cactus Blossoms, Soul Rebels, Jaime Wyatt, Sarah Shook & the Disarmers, DeeOhGee, Deslondes, C.J. Chenier & the Red Hot Louisiana Band, Logan Ledger, Sunny War, Texas Gentlemen, Arlo McKinley, Uncle Lucius, Steel Wheels, Chris Pierce, Tributosaurus, Leon Timbo, Miss Tess, Minks, James Hunter Six, Selwyn Birchwood, and more 6/307/3, FitzGerald’s, Berwyn b

Arab Blues 5/12 and 6/17, 9 PM, Hungry Brain

Baby Teeth, Bronze 5/5, 8 PM, Hideout

Marcia Ball & Tinsley Ellis 4/13, 8:30 PM, FitzGerald’s, Berwyn

James Bay 8/27, 7:30 PM, Riv- iera Theatre b

Beck, Phoenix, Sir Chloe 8/31, 6:30 PM, Huntington Bank Pavilion b

Bikini Kill, Ganser 4/22, 8 PM, Salt Shed b

Billy Strings 6/17, 7:30 PM, Huntington Bank Pavilion b

Blanco White 10/13, 9 PM, Lincoln Hall, 18+

Blondshell, Hello Mary 7/12, 8 PM, Schubas, 18+

Gina Bloom & the Heavy Sounds 4/7, 8:30 PM, FitzGerald’s, Berwyn

Boney M, Samantha Fox, Bad Boys Blue 8/24, 8 PM, Copernicus Center b

Jack Botts 10/2, 8 PM, Beat Kitchen, 17+

Bright Light Social Hour 9/16, 8 PM, Schubas

Broadway Rave: The Musical Theatre Dance Party 5/20, 9 PM, Bottom Lounge, 17+

Casey 9/29, 8 PM, Lincoln Hall, 18+

Chicago Yestet 6/30, 8:30 PM, Constellation, 18+

Cobra Man 5/9, 8:30 PM, Thalia Hall, 17+

Cold Waves XI official kickoff show featuring Riki, Male Tears, Club Drugs, DJ Scary

Lady Sarah 9/21, 9 PM, Sleeping Village

Cold Waves XI night one featuring IAMX, Twin Tribes, Ash Code, Nuovo Testamento, Harsh Symmetry, Bloody Knives 9/22, 7 PM, Metro, 18+

Cold Waves XI night one featuring Street Fever, Club Music, Riki (DJ set), Richard 23 (DJ set) 9/22, 11 PM, Smart Bar

Cold Waves XI night two featuring Front Line Assembly, A Split Second, 16 Volt, Acumen Nation, Kanga, Mvtant 9/23, 7 PM, Metro, 18+

Cold Waves XI night two featuring JK Flesh, Enduser, Zoltar (DJ set) 9/23, 11 PM, Smart Bar

Cold Waves XI night three featuring Godflesh, Lead Into Gold, Sierra, Rabbit Junk, Lana Del Rabies, Cel Genesis 9/24, 7 PM, Metro, 18+

Marilyn Crispell; Jason Stein, Damon Smith, and Adam Shead 6/3, 8:30 PM, Constellation, 18+

The Cure, Twilight Sad 6/10, 7:30 PM, United Center b

Christopher Dammann Quintet 6/28, 8:30 PM, Constellation, 18+

Delain, Visions of Atlantis 9/18, 7:30 PM, Bottom Lounge, 17+

Kahil El’Zabar & David Murray 6/20, 8 PM, the Promontory b

Emperor 6/23, 8 PM, Aragon Ballroom, 17+

Evangeline 6/4, 8 PM, Golden Dagger Fever Ray, Christeene 5/7, 8 PM, Salt Shed, 17+

Good Kid, Kevin Walkman 5/8, 7:30 PM, Thalia Hall b

Fareed Haque Quintet 6/96/10, 8 PM, Green Mill

Havok, Toxic Holocaust, I Am, Hammerhedd 8/9, 7 PM, Reggies Rock Club, 17+

Heart Attack Man, Arm’s Length, Super American, Photocopy 6/29, 7:30 PM, Subterranean, 17+

Lauryn Hill 6/17, 8 PM, Ravinia Festival, Highland Park b

Hot Summer Nights featuring TLC, Shaggy, En Vogue, Sean Kingston 6/23, 7 PM, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre b

Impulse Momentum featuring Télépopmusik, Fortune, HazMat (live), Andrew Emil, Alex Zelenka 5/6, 7:30 PM, Park West

Irish Tenors 12/6, 7:30 PM, Copernicus Center b

Dreamer Isioma, Amindi 6/8, 8:30 PM, Reggies Rock Club, 17+

John Legend 8/13-8/14, 8 PM, Ravinia Festival, Highland Park b

Mike Jones Trio 6/2-6/3, 8 PM, Green Mill

Judson Claiborne, Garden Parties 4/15, 8:30 PM, Hideout

La Santa Cecilia 6/25, 7:30 PM, Park West b

Logan Square Skate benefit show featuring Disq, Lurk, Footballhead 4/20, 9 PM, Sleeping Village Logic 5/27, 8 PM, Aragon Ballroom b

Lollapalooza featuring Kendrick Lamar, Billie Eilish, Red

Jared Mattson, George Arthur Calendar 5/31, 7 PM, Subterranean, 17+

Model/Actriz, Conjunto Primitivo, Brutus VIII 4/6, 9 PM, Empty Bottle

Adam Ness, Sam Thousand 4/6, 8:30 PM, Chop Shop Ne-Yo 7/7, 7 PM, Ravinia Festival, Highland Park b

Ocean Blue, Hang Ups 9/2, 8 PM, Lincoln Hall, 18+

Offspring, Sum 41, Simple Plan 8/26, 7 PM, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, Tinley Park b

Origin of Animal 6/30, 8:30 PM, BanAnna’s Comedy Shack at Reggies

Joel Paterson Trio 6/3, 9 PM, Hungry Brain

Pitchfork Music Festival day one featuring the Smile, Alvvays, Perfume Genius, Leikeli47, Nation of Language, Roc Marciano & the Alchemist, Youth Lagoon, Ric Wilson, Grace Ives, Jlin, Axel Boman, Mavi, Sen Morimoto, Contour 7/21, noon, Union Park b

Pitchfork Music Festival day two featuring Big Thief, Weyes Blood, King Krule, Snail Mail, Panda Bear & Sonic Boom, Julia Jacklin, Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul, Vagabon, MJ Lenderman, Yaya Bey, Black Belt Eagle Scout, 700 Bliss, Palm, Deeper 7/22, noon, Union Park b

Pitchfork Music Festival day three featuring Bon Iver, Kelela, Koffee, Killer Mike, JPEGmafia, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Mdou Moctar, Illuminati Hotties, Jockstrap, Soul Glo, Florist, Lucrecia Dalt, Rachika Nayar, Ariel Zetina 7/23, noon, Union Park b

Placebo, Poppy Jean Crawford 4/21, 8 PM, Salt Shed, 17+ Plaid, Abstract Science DJs

Siddhartha 10/27, 8 PM, Copernicus Center b

Skáld 9/8, 8 PM, Reggies Rock Club, 17+

Sorry Girls 9/9, 8 PM, Golden

Dagger

Stews 8/1, 8 PM, Beat Kitchen, 17+

Taco & the New Era Band 5/25, 9 PM, the Promontory

Tamino, People Museum 4/26, 8 PM, Thalia Hall, 17+

Aaron Lee Tasjan 6/15, 8 PM, Golden Dagger

3 Doors Down, Candlebox

6/17, 8 PM, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, Tinley Park b

Bryson Tiller 5/13, 8 PM, Radius Chicago b

Tom the Mail Man 9/29, 9 PM, Schubas, 18+

Unwed Sailor 5/25, 9 PM, Sleeping Village

Upcoming

Cowboy Junkies 4/6-4/7, 8 PM, Maurer Hall, Old Town School of Folk Music b

Facs, Cabeza de Chivo, Trouble in Mind DJs 4/7, 10 PM, Empty Bottle

Facs, Dim, Beau Wanzer (DJ set) 4/8, 9 PM, Empty Bottle

Kate NV, Fire-Toolz 4/6, 9 PM, Maurer Hall, Sleeping Village Night of the Emcees featuring Qortez, Deen Akbar, Gode, Lyric Versatile, Epik1, Rasrok, Mr. Misfit of Graphic Nature, Buzzed Beyond, Ms. Red Valet, Queen Zenobia, Kaos, Jack Blackout, Robbery 4/8, 9 PM, Subterranean Syzygal, Nasty Buoy 4/6, 8 PM, Golden Dagger Western Bisexual, Pure Intention, Midcentury Llama, Moon Rules Apply 4/8, 7:30 PM, Bottom Lounge, 17+ Mike Wheeler, Alex Wilson 4/8, 9 PM, Buddy Guy’s Legends v

WHEN CHICAGO pianist and composer Bob Dogan died in Tallahassee, Florida, in 2020 a er a brief illness, our city lost a jazz giant. In 2005, longtime Reader writer Neil Tesser hailed his small-group compositions for their “strong, meaty lines with attractive harmonic schemes that engage and propel the soloists,” while also noting the airy, economical statements in Dogan’s own playing—which he’d honed in the early 70s while working in a big band led by notoriously extroverted drummer Buddy Rich. Several talented instrumentalists who’ve spent years gigging in Chicago and elsewhere with Dogan—bass trumpeter Ryan Shultz , saxophonist Juli Wood , drummer Joe Adamik (Califone, Iron & Wine), and bassist Dan DeLorenzo—have convened a quintet to perform a two-set tribute to Dogan at Elastic Arts on Monday, March 27. This estimable ensemble will play new arrangements of Dogan’s songs by DeLorenzo, and it’s rounded out by pianist Tom Vaitsas —who has mighty big boots to fill.

Post Office Winter drummer Eli Schmitt , a key figure in Chicago’s youth DIY scene, has been hosting live performances in his apartment for a YouTube series called New Now for more than a year. On Wednesday, April 5, New Now will debut as a monthly all-ages showcase at Irving Park arts space Color Club Lifeguard drummer Isaac Lowenstein headlines with his solo IDM project, Donkey Basketball , which by then will have released the full-length Donkey Basketball Planet , due March 31. Sky Changes and DJ Sata also perform; tickets cost $10.

On Friday, March 24, Pink Avalanche front man and soundman extraordinaire Che Arthur drops the debut EP from his new solo project, Ha Subliminal. The self-titled release threads a line between artsy postpunk and warm electro- pop, and on early single “Reel In,” Arthur’s processed vocals hang over knotty guitar lines in a way that sure has this wolf on the hook! —J.R.

NELSON AND LEOR GALIL

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