EARLY WARNINGS

TUE 8/15

Baird, South Hill Experiment 8 PM, Schubas, 18+

THU 8/17

Richard Marx, John Waite 7 PM, Auditorium Theatre b

TUE 8/22

March Violets 9 PM, Empty Bottle

FRI 8/25

Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Broadbent 8 PM, Maurer Hall, Old Town School of Folk Music b

Dylan Ryan, Heather McIntosh, and Devin Ryan Trio; Doom Flower 8:30 PM, Constellation, 18+

TUE 8/29

DuPont Brass 7 PM, the Promontory

WED 8/30

July

THU 7/13

Holy Ghost Tabernacle Choir, Stander, What It Felt Like, Bussy Kween Power Trip 8 PM, Sleeping Village

FRI 7/14

Bonny Doon, Anna St. Louis 8:30 PM, Thalia Hall, 17+

Project Outtahere: Round 2 featuring C-Mat, Jakey, Prayforsauce, Mission Stark, 3AM, Oxvy.Moron, Jabari, DJ S.Rock 8 PM, Golden Dagger D.S. Wilson 7 PM, the Promontory b

SUN 7/16

Big Time Rush, Max, Jax 7 PM, Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre, Tinley Park b

TUE 7/18

Dead Tooth, Dino Gala, Sunday Cruise 8 PM, Schubas, 18+

Family Junket, Kopano, Black Seinfeld 9 PM, Sleeping Village

FRI 7/21

Florist, Skullcrusher, Adelyn Strei 10 PM, Lincoln Hall, 18+ Palm, Melkbelly 11 PM, Empty Bottle

Zoofunkyou, Mae Simpson Band, Cordoba 8 PM, Subterranean, 17+

SAT 7/22

700 Bliss 10:30 PM, Golden Dagger

Soul Glo, MSPaint 11 PM, Empty Bottle

WED 7/26

AJJ, Open Mike Eagle, Foot Ox, Video Dave 8 PM, Thalia Hall, 17+

Gossip Wolf

Bad Wolves, Zero 9:36 7 PM, Riviera Theatre, 18+

FRI 9/29

Nick Cave 8 PM, Auditorium Theatre b

SAT 9/30

Tank & the Bangas with the Chicago Philharmonic 7:30 PM, Auditorium Theatre b

THU 10/5

Sam Tompkins 8:30 PM, Reggies Rock Club, 17+

FRI 10/6

A furry ear to the ground of the local music scene

THU 7/27

Njomza, Mariah Colon 8 PM, Lincoln Hall, 18+

FRI 7/28

Ausar 6 PM, the Promontory b

SUN 7/30

Myylo, Kate Yeager 8:30 PM, Golden Dagger

August

THU 8/3

Lollapalooza day one featuring Billie Eilish, Karol G, Noah Kahan, Carly Rae Jepsen, Diplo, Newjeans, Sofi Tukker, Portugal. The Man, Dom Dolla, Lainey Wilson, the Rose, Key Glock, Rema, Men I Trust, Timmy Trumpet, Acraze, Lovejoy, Jessie Murph, J. Worra, Joy Oladokun, Franc Moody, Disco Lines, Spacey Jane, Brakence, Clinton Kane, Dope Lemon, Beaches, Matt Maltese, and more noon, Grant Park b Soup Dreams, Moontype, Hannah Sandoz 8 PM, Golden Dagger

FRI 8/4

Lollapalooza day two featuring Kendrick Lamar, the 1975, Fred Again, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Subtronics, Svdden Death, Tems, Beabadoobee, Big Wild, Sabrina Carpenter, Jessie Reyez, Knocked Loose, Foals, Diesel, Peach Pit, Ken Carson, Armnhmr, Declan McKenna, Sudan Archives, Emo Nite, Ray Volpe, Blanke, Hairitage, Sueco, and more noon, Grant Park b

SAT 8/5

Lollapalooza day three featuring Odesza, Tomorrow X Together, Maggie Rogers, J.I.D, Pusha T, Yung Gravy, Revivalists, Meduza, Nora En Pure, AC Slater, Morgan Wade, Sylvan Esso, Alex G, the Garden, Destroy Lonely, the Knocks, Suki Waterhouse, Niki, Knock2, Ivan Cornejo, Thee Sacred Souls, Solardo, Zack Fox, Tom Odell, Jean Dawson, and more 11:50 AM, Grant Park b

SUN 8/6

Lollapalooza day four featuring Red Hot Chili Peppers, Lana Del Rey, A Boogie Wit da Hoodie, Louis the Child, Rina Sawayama, Lil Yachty, Mt. Joy, Backseat Lovers, Alan Walker, Afrojack, Joey Badass, Gorgon City, Maisie Peters, DPR Ian, Poolside, Wax Motif, Holly Humberstone, Dehd, Magdalena Bay, Little Stranger, Big Boss Vette, and more 11:45 AM, Grant Park b

THU 8/10

M.A.G.S., Death Lens 6:30 PM, Cobra Lounge, 17+

SAT 8/12

Mason Jennings 8 PM, Szold Hall, Old Town School of Folk Music b

SUN 8/13

Veil of Maya, For the Fallen Dreams, Hive, Bind the Sacrifice 7 PM, Bottom Lounge, 17+

MON 8/14

Weathers, Almost Monday, Hoko 6:30 PM, Lincoln Hall b

Matt Costa, Travesura 8:30 PM, Gman Tavern

Beyond

TUE 9/5

Tate McRae, Charlieonnafriday 7 PM, Riviera Theatre b

FRI 9/8

North Mississippi Allstars 8 PM, Maurer Hall, Old Town School of Folk Music b

SAT 9/9

Kaycyy 8 PM, Reggies Rock Club b

TUE 9/12

King 7 PM, House of Blues b

SAT 9/16

Ashnikko 8 PM, Aragon Ballroom b

MON 9/18

Hippie Death Cult, Spirit Mother 8 PM, Reggies Music Joint

TUE 9/19

Johnny Manchild & the Poor Bastards 8 PM, Beat Kitchen, 17+

THU 9/21

Gus Dapperton, Sarah Kinsley 8 PM, Thalia Hall, 17+

SUN 9/24

Alice Longyu Gao 6 PM, Cobra Lounge b

Thelma & the Sleaze, Lung 9 PM, Empty Bottle

MON 9/25

Cold Cave, SRSQ 8 PM, Bottom Lounge, 17+

TUE 9/26

Asking Alexandria, the Hu,

Adekunle Gold 8 PM, House of Blues, 17+

SAT 10/7

Eladio Carrion 8 PM, Aragon Ballroom, 17+

Little Dragon 8 PM, the Vic, 18+

SUN 10/8

Myke Towers 8 PM, Rosemont Theatre, Rosemont b

THU 10/12

Raphael Saadiq 8 PM, Chicago Theatre b Zhu 10 PM, Radius Chicago, 18+

WED 10/18

Kim Petras 8 PM, Aragon Ballroom, 17+

THU 11/2

Gayle 7 PM, Lincoln Hall b

SAT 11/4

Fury of Five, These Streets 7 PM, Cobra Lounge, 17+

WED 11/15

Lil Darkie & the Collapse of Modern Society 7 PM, Riviera Theatre b

SUN 11/19

Mico 7:30 PM, Schubas, 18+

SAT 12/2

MAE 7:30 PM, Bottom Lounge b

FRI 12/8

Justin Quiles 8 PM, House of Blues, 17+

WED 12/13

Doja Cat, Ice Spice 7:30 PM, United Center b

SAT 1/27/2024

Randy Rainbow 7:30 PM, Chicago Theatre b v

CHICAGO ARTIST Nicholas Clark first popped up on Gossip Wolf’s radar in 2016, when his Minnowland studio made a hilariously oddball Claymation video for “Sad Screaming Old Man,” a song by New York indie-folk musician and comic-book artist Jeffrey Lewis about his travails with a loud elderly neighbor. As it turns out, Clark also makes hilariously oddball records of his own, and this wolf is especially enamored with his solo project Froghat, which he says plays “froggressive rock and surf.” It’s easy to love Clark’s perfect repurposing of the Foghat logo and his amphibianstyle motorcycle helmet, but their charm would fade fast if his tunes were bunk. Thankfully, his Dick Dale-adjacent hammy jams—with titles such as “Squid Pro Quo” and “The Long and Winding Toad”—are as catchy as his puns are shameless. He even turns in a sharp cover of Dire Straits’ “Sultans of Swing,” retitled “Sultans of Surf.” In June, Clark dropped the new album Meet Froghat. and the new single Froghat Plays the Hits, and both seem destined to fill amphibian-shaped holes in the playlists of surf-rock fans worldwide.

Earlier this month, Chicago industrial techno auteur Dalibor Cruz issued the CD-R Veiled Asperity in a tiny edition via underground Greek label Live Adult Entertainment . If you enjoy ambient dance music that titillates and terrifies in equal measure, it’ll be up your alley. International music retailer Boomkat is sold out of Veiled Asperity, but this wolf hopes Signal Records will turn up a few copies when Dalibor Cruz plays a free in-store on Saturday, July 1. Hunting Scene opens, and the show starts at 2 PM.

Since forming in 2021, Chicago hip-hop collective MP3dotcom have issued just one single, last year’s “Igotsomeshit.” But it’s so impressive that this wolf can’t wait to see the group live. On Friday, June 30, they headline the Catacombs at Epiphany Center for the Arts. Koifish and Linda Sol open, and tickets are $15 ($12 in advance).

—J.R. NELSON AND LEOR GALIL

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