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Douglas McCombs & Michael Vallera Duo with "Minneapolis' Field Hospitals draw on decades of nervy jangle rock tradition with sharp songwriting and taut live performances that hint at the members' background in Midwestern post-punk. Drawing from the deep well of classic indie, Field Hospitals connect early American indie bands like R.E.M. and the Feelies with influences from British Commonwealth legends the Go-Betweens, the Clean, and Teenage Fanclub. The result is a sound that will appeal to fans of recent critically acclaimed bands like the Tubs, Sharp Pins, Ducks Ltd., and Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever. The Shape Of... Donny Mahlmeister and Theo Katsaounis started playing together around 2004 in the avant-rock Chicago band, A Tundra. After a ten year run, they worked on various other projects together. The most recent is The Shape Of. They've also mingled with many other bands like Early Day Miners, Judson Claiborne, Bora Bora, Collections of Colonies of Bees, Aitis Band, Dead Rider, Joan Of Arc with DJ Kenny Rasmussen.

Friday, May 15 Moontype & Caution with Memory Card $18 Adv. / $22 Day of / 21 & over / Doors: 8pm / Show: 8:30pm

Friday, May 15 Moontype & Caution with Memory Card $18 Adv. / $22 Day of / 21 & over / Doors: 8pm / Show: 8:30pm

21+. 9pm. The Sidepieces Expanded Universe is a take on the original local favorite players The Sidepieces - a country band with a rotating cast of Chicago singers and players revisiting a range of mostly sad songs, some recent/some old, some familiar/some hidden gems, some traditional/some unorthodox. Stayed tuned for more info to come!

Dorian's Presents Rene Avila & The Afro Cuban Band Live at 9PM & 11PM Happy Hours 6-8pm Nightly No reservations ~ 6pm – 2am 21+ $10 Cover after 8PM Rene Avila & The Afro Cuban Band is the only band in the Midwest that plays this traditional music from the 40's, and 50's which came from Cuba and 60's and 70's that is considered "The New York" style which was developed in the states. This ensemble plays a wide range of Afro-Cuban styles from Cha-Cha-Cha, Guaguanco, Danzon, Guajira, Guaracha, Mambo and Son. Charangueo has been together for about 7 years with Rene Avila as the leader and founder. Rene Avila also subs as the host of Mambo Inn, Sunday's from 4pm to 6pm on WDCB 90.9FM "Chicago's Home for Jazz".

Meet Me Upstairs is a free local dance party held in the upstairs lounge at Schubas. Alec J. Peterson is a visual artist and DJ. He co-founded Momimgoing, an artist organization drawing parallels between the collective experiences of music and film. They currently host a monthly music act + film screening at the Davis Theater. This is their first departure from the venue.

Independent local night out.

21+. 9pm. The Sidepieces is a country band with a rotating cast of Chicago singers and players revisiting a range of mostly sad songs, some recent/some old, some familiar/some hidden gems, some traditional/some unorthodox. Led by Jordan Martins on pedal steel, The Sidepieces plays these songs in order to listen to eachother, improvise, find the form, invite surprises, and stretch the sounds that inhabit the song. Current members include Angela James, Sam Cantor, Ryan Norris, Kelsey Wild, Raul Cotaquispe, Nolan Chin, Gus Martini, and Chris Salveter (Judson Claiborne) among others. Listening, talking, weeping, dancing, and laughing are all encouraged from the audience.

Thank Gene It's Friday TGIF : Gene Hunt, Excursions, Brian Reaves $5 Chicago House, Soul, House, Rare Groove, Classics, Global, Club, and more.

Friday, May 15 CHIRP Radio welcomes… Searows: Death in the Business of Whaling with Jordan Patterson $28.50 Adv. / $31 Day of / $98.50 VIP / 18+ / Doors: 8pm / Show: 9pm Searows has partnered with PLUS1 so that $1 from every ticket sold goes to supporting organizations working to provide humanitarian aid to Palestinians and to uplift and protect LGBTQ youth through advocacy, safety, and essential support services. Some music engulfs you like a freezing wave: so totalizing that you lose track of where you endand where the experience passing through you begins. Death in the Business of Whaling, the new album from Oregon-based songwriter Alec Duckart, a.k.a. Searows, is one of those records that soaks you to the bone. A bold evolution from the indie-folk of Duckart's earlier releases, Whaling steers toward the megalithic expanses of shoegaze, drone, and Undersea-era Antlers, folding an array of new sounds into Searows' organic palette. It's an arresting document of a young artist coming into his own, and a probing meditation on life, death, embodiment, and the tangled threads that connect all three.

Thank Gene It's Friday TGIF : Gene Hunt, Excursions, Brian Reaves $5 Chicago House, Soul, House, Rare Groove, Classics, Global, Club, and more.

Dorian's Presents Rene Avila & The Afro Cuban Band Live at 9PM & 11PM Happy Hours 6-8pm Nightly No reservations ~ 6pm – 2am 21+ $10 Cover after 8PM Rene Avila & The Afro Cuban Band is the only band in the Midwest that plays this traditional music from the 40's, and 50's which came from Cuba and 60's and 70's that is considered "The New York" style which was developed in the states. This ensemble plays a wide range of Afro-Cuban styles from Cha-Cha-Cha, Guaguanco, Danzon, Guajira, Guaracha, Mambo and Son. Charangueo has been together for about 7 years with Rene Avila as the leader and founder. Rene Avila also subs as the host of Mambo Inn, Sunday's from 4pm to 6pm on WDCB 90.9FM "Chicago's Home for Jazz" René Avila band leader for a traditional Cuban Charanga band. He has two ensembles, from a trio to a 9 piece band. We have played for Chicago's Summerdance, Navy Pier's Beer Garden, Old Town School of Folk Music and various festivals throughout the city. Our ensembles play traditional Cuban from the golden ages of the 40's 50's and 60's still keeping the "Charanga" format. Charanga is a classical chamber ensemble that came out of Haiti, featuring the unique sound of the french flute and violins. During the Haitian revolution of 1804, this sound migrated to eastern Cuba where it reached Santiago. In the space of 120 years, the modern Charanga was born by adding elements of Africa, Spain, Haiti and Cuba transforming it into an electric mix of cultures and one of the worlds most exciting dance genres.

Meet Me Upstairs is a free local dance party held in the upstairs lounge at Schubas. Alec J. Peterson is a visual artist and DJ. He co-founded Momimgoing, an artist organization drawing parallels between the collective experiences of music and film. They currently host a monthly music act + film screening at the Davis Theater. This is their first departure from the venue.

Independent local night out.

Meet Me Upstairs is a free local dance party held in the upstairs lounge at Schubas. Alec J. Peterson is a visual artist and DJ. He co-founded Momimgoing, an artist organization drawing parallels between the collective experiences of music and film. They currently host a monthly music act + film screening at the Davis Theater. This is their first departure from the venue.

21+. 9pm. The Sidepieces is a country band with a rotating cast of Chicago singers and players revisiting a range of mostly sad songs, some recent/some old, some familiar/some hidden gems, some traditional/some unorthodox. Led by Jordan Martins on pedal steel, The Sidepieces plays these songs in order to listen to eachother, improvise, find the form, invite surprises, and stretch the sounds that inhabit the song. Current members include Angela James, Sam Cantor, Ryan Norris, Kelsey Wild, Raul Cotaquispe, Nolan Chin, Gus Martini, and Chris Salveter (Judson Claiborne) among others. Listening, talking, weeping, dancing, and laughing are all encouraged from the audience.