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Music: Rock/Pop
Battles
Saturday Aug 2 (10:30pm) @ Double Door
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Steeped in complex rhythms and esoteric asides, Battles are destined to strike the world as difficult. Featuring an all-star lineup of math-rock vets (including John... View details »
Battles
Music: Rock/Pop
Broken Social Scene
Saturday Aug 2 @ Metro
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Canadian supergroup Broken Social Scene features an ever-rotating collective of musicians, many hand-plucked (former member Feist, anyone?) from Toronto's indie-rock underground. Part rock band, part... View details »
Broken Social Scene
Music: Rock/Pop
Bloc Party
Saturday Aug 2 (10:15pm) @ House of Blues
Britain's flagship post-punk revivalists, Bloc Party, are in the midst of a makeover. The quartet's latest singles, "Flux" and "Mercury," have eschewed Silent Alarm's angular... View details »
Bloc Party
Music: Punk/Metal
Witchcraft
Saturday Aug 2 (8pm) @ The Bottom Lounge
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Encyclopaedia Metallum lists a whopping 12 bands named Witchcraft, two of which are from Sweden. Only one of these bands sports cable-knit sweaters and bell-bottoms... View details »
Witchcraft
Music: Rock/Pop
Margot & the Nuclear So and So's
Saturday Aug 2 (10pm) @ The Empty Bottle
Unlike their namesake, elusive playwright Margot Tenenbaum in quirky Wes Anderson delight The Royal Tenenbaums, bittersweet indie collective Margot & the Nuclear So and So's... View details »
Margot & the Nuclear So and So's

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Music: Festival
Lollapalooza
Saturday Aug 2 (noon) @ Grant Park More times »
No need for pithy adages about beating the heat or keepin' cool when you're talking Lollapalooza: there ain't a force on earth can stop people... View details »
Lollapalooza