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Every final Friday of the month in Chicago is EQUALIZER, a monthly showcase of Chicago's best up and coming talent. Sponsored by darkroom, KEXP.org, and The Onion.

September

Friday, September 03, 2010

The Intelligence (CD Release), The UV Race, Spurm at Sunset Tavern
Age: 21+

Wheedle's Groove film screening at Northwest Film Forum
Day 1 of 7 from Sep 03 thru Sep 09Age: All Ages

Spin Magazine Presents Bumbershoot Kick Off Party with Special Guest DJ Set by: Sune Of The Raveonettes (Free!!) at Crocodile
Doors: 7 pm
Age: 21+

Saturday, September 04, 2010

Wheedle's Groove film screening at Northwest Film Forum
Day 2 of 7 from Sep 03 thru Sep 09Age: All Ages

Bumbershoot Festival: Bob Dylan, Neko Case, The Decemberists, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Balkan Beat Box, Born Anchors, The Cute Lepers, HEALTH, ...and more at Seattle Center
Age: All Ages
Tix: Bumbershoot.org

Garage A Trois at Tractor
Doors: 9:30 pm
Age: 21+

Sunday, September 05, 2010

Wheedle's Groove film screening at Northwest Film Forum
Day 3 of 7 from Sep 03 thru Sep 09Age: All Ages

Alabama Finger Bang at Tractor
Doors: 9:30 pm
Age: 21+

Bumbershoot Festival: Weezer, Hole, Rise Against, The Dandy Warhols, David Bazan, Horse Feathers, Delorean, The Tripwires, Slender Means, ...and many more at Seattle Center
Age: All Ages
Tix: Bumbershoot.org

Pavement, Quasi at Paramount
Doors: 8 pm
Age: All Ages

Official Bumbershoot After Party feat. Surfer Blood, Dead Confederate at Hard Rock Cafe

Monday, September 06, 2010

Wheedle's Groove film screening at Northwest Film Forum
Day 4 of 7 from Sep 03 thru Sep 09Age: All Ages

Ra Ra Riot (Free!) at Easy Street Records - Queen Anne
Doors: 7 pm
Age: All Ages

Bumbershoot Festival: Mary J. Blige, J. Cole, The Thermals, Surfer Blood, Japandroids, Bomba Estero, Laura Veirs & The Hall of Flames, Trampled By Turtles, Helladope, BOAT, People Eating People, ...and many more at Seattle Center
Age: All Ages
Tix: Bumbershoot.org

The Rumble Seattle feat. Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., Mesita at Havana
Age: 21+

Reptile Damage at Tractor
Doors: 8 pm
Age: 21+

Tuesday, September 07, 2010

Wheedle's Groove film screening at Northwest Film Forum
Day 5 of 7 from Sep 03 thru Sep 09Age: All Ages

Mark Kozelek, Tiny Vipers at Town Hall
Doors: 8 pm
Age: All Ages

Wednesday, September 08, 2010

Wheedle's Groove film screening at Northwest Film Forum
Day 6 of 7 from Sep 03 thru Sep 09Age: All Ages

Man Man, Let's Wrestle, Steel Tigers of Death at Neumo's
Doors: 8 pm
Age: All Ages

Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Past Lives at Vera Project
Doors: 7:30 pm
Age: All Ages

Shonen Knife, The Pharmacy, The Purrs at Tractor
Doors: 8:30 pm
Age: 21+

The Walkmen, Helio Sequence at Showbox at the Market
Doors: 8 pm
Age: All Ages

The Bell Rays, The Young Evils, Gravelroad at Crocodile
Age: 21+

Thursday, September 09, 2010

Wheedle's Groove film screening at Northwest Film Forum
Day 7 of 7 from Sep 03 thru Sep 09Age: All Ages

Thee Oh Sees, Tyvek, Love Tan at Crocodile
Doors: 8 pm
Age: 21+

Magic Kids, Candy Claws, Beat Connection at Vera Project
Doors: 7:30 pm
Age: All Ages

Pierced Arrows, Spurm, Idle Times, Brandon Daniel & The Chics at Fun House
Doors: 9:30 pm
Age: 21+

The Tallest Man on Earth, S. Carey at Neumo's
Doors: 8 pm
Age: 21+

Friday, September 10, 2010

Cold Cave, Sleepy Eyes of Death, Absolute Monarchs at Neumo's
Doors: 8 pm
Age: 21+

Hounds of the Wild Hunt (formerly Whore Moans), Hobosexual, Baltic Cousins at Columbia City Theater
Doors: 9 pm
Age: 21+

Menomena, Say Hi, Suckers at Showbox at the Market
Doors: 8 pm
Age: All Ages

Frank Turner at El Corazon
Doors: 8 pm
Age: All Ages

Crooked Fingers, The Mynabirds, Barton Carroll at Sunset Tavern
Doors: 9:30 pm
Age: 21+

Lost Dogma, Nathan Wade & The Dark Pioneers, Red Jacket Mine at Hard Rock Cafe
Age: 21+

Saturday, September 11, 2010

Deadstring Brothers, Battle Me, DJ Mucho Barracho at Sunset Tavern
Doors: 10 pm
Age: 21+

JJ Grey, Mofro, Hot Buttered Rum at Showbox at the Market
Doors: 7:30 pm
Age: 21+

Drew Grow & The Pastors' Wives, Pablo Trucker, Yuni In Taxco at Columbia City Theater
Doors: 9 pm
Age: 21+

The National, Okkervil River at Marymoor Ampitheatre (Redmond)
Doors: 7 pm
Age: All Ages

The Gories, Haunted George, Nice Smile at Neumo's
Doors: 8 pm
Age: 21+

Sunday, September 12, 2010

People Under the Stairs, Helladope, Gran Rapids, Dev From Above at Neumo's
Doors: 8 pm
Age: 21+

Titus Andronicus, Free Energy, Shakes at Tractor
Doors: 9 pm
Age: 21+

Monday, September 13, 2010

Male Bonding, Young Mammals, The Dark at Sunset Tavern
Doors: 9 pm
Age: 21+

Brian Fallon (of Gaslight Anthem) (Free!) at Easy Street Records - Queen Anne
Age: All Ages

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Ratatat, Dom, Bobby Birdman at Showbox Sodo
Doors: 8 pm
Age: All Ages

John Legend, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings at Puyallup Fair & Events Center
Doors: 7:30 pm
Age: All Ages

Casiotone for the Painfully Alone at Sunset Tavern
Doors: 9:30 pm
Age: 21+

Sam Amidon, Mike Giacolino at Tractor
Doors: 8 pm
Age: 21+

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Helmet, Bison b.c. at Showbox at the Market
Doors: 7 pm
Age: All Ages

Scissor Sisters at Showbox Sodo

Slaid Cleaves, Tony Fulgham at Tractor
Doors: 8 pm
Age: 21+

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Verellen Amps Showcase Feat. Helms Alee, Akimbo, The Dark at Neumo's
Doors: 8 pm
Age: 21+

Willie Nelson & Family at Puyallup Fair & Events Center
Doors: 7:30 pm
Age: All Ages

Signal Path, Blockhead, Nocando at Nectar
Doors: 9 pm
Age: 21+

The Jim Jones Revue, Little Cuts, The Hard Rollers at Tractor
Doors: 9 pm
Age: 21+

Friday, September 17, 2010

Ravenna Woods, Hillstomp, Corespondents at Tractor
Doors: 9:30 pm
Age: 21+

Breast Cancer Benefit feat. I Can Lick Any S.O.B. In The House, Huge Spacebird, The Dirty Birds, The Riff Brokers at Sunset Tavern
Doors: 9 pm
Age: 21+

Efterklang, Buke and Gass at Chop Suey
Doors: 9 pm
Age: 21+

Saturday, September 18, 2010

An Acoustic Evening with The Airborn Toxic Event, Calder Quartet at Town Hall
Doors: 8 pm
Age: All Ages

Whalebone, Big Sur, Case Studies at Columbia City Theater
Doors: 9 pm
Age: 21+

Cloud Cult, Mimicking Birds at Showbox at the Market
Doors: 8 pm
Age: All Ages

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Hot Hot Heat, 22-20s, Hey Rosetta at Chop Suey
Doors: 9 pm
Age: All Ages

The Chameleons' VOX feat Mark Burgess, Romance, Veil Veil Vanish, C'est la Mort at Crocodile
Doors: 7 pm
Age: 21+

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Perfume Genius at Crocodile
Age: 21+

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Fences (CD Release), The Head & The Heart, Campfire OK at Crocodile
Age: 21+

Police Teeth, Generallisimo, He Who's Ox Is Gored, Cold Lake at Comet Tavern
Age: 21+

KEXP Presents The 23rd Annual Shake The Shack Rockabilly Ball: Surf Nite w/Mercury 4, King of Hawaii, Frankie and the Poolboys, Slaketone at Tractor
Age: 21+

Friday, September 24, 2010

The Blakes, Mal De Mar at Sunset Tavern
Doors: 10 pm
Age: 21+

KEXP Presents The 23rd Annual Shake The Shack Rockabilly Ball: Vince Mira, Possum Hollow Boys, Little Rachel, The Lucky Stars at Tractor
Age: 21+

Local Natives, The Love Language, The Union Line at Showbox at the Market
Doors: 9 pm
Age: All Ages

Rachel Flotard (of Visqueen), Rusty Willoughby at Columbia City Theater
Doors: 9 pm
Age: 21+

Modeselektor, Headhunter aka Addison Groove, Mount Kimbie, Shlohmo, Teebs at Neumo's
Doors: 9 pm
Age: 21+

Saturday, September 25, 2010

The XX at Paramount
Doors: 8 pm
Age: All Ages

The Young Evils (Free!) at Easy Street Records - West Seattle
Doors: 8 pm
Age: All Ages

Hounds of the Wild Hunt, Virgin Islands, Eastern Grip, Eighteen Individual Eyes at Comet Tavern
Age: 21+

Jack Wilson and The Wife Stealers, The Hereafter at Sunset Tavern
Doors: 10 pm
Age: 21+

KEXP Presents The 23rd Annual Shake The Shack Rockabilly Ball: Ruby Dee and the Snakehandlers, The Donettes, Jerry King and the Riverside Ramblers, Nick Curran at Tractor
Age: 21+

Sunday, September 26, 2010

Decibel Festival Finale feat. Monolake, Cassy, Luke Hess at Neumo's
Doors: 9 pm
Age: 21+

Monday, September 27, 2010

The Flaming Lips, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti at Paramount
Age: All Ages

School of Seven Bells, Active Child at Neumo's
Doors: 8 pm
Age: 21+

Hayes Carll, Bonnie Whitmore at Tractor
Doors: 8 pm
Age: 21+

Neon Indian, Prefuse 73, Miniature Tigers at Showbox at the Market
Doors: 8 pm
Age: All Ages

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Matt & Kim, Fang Island at Showbox at the Market
Doors: 8 pm
Age: All Ages

Jon Langford & Skull Orchard, Walter Salas-Humara (of The Silos), Eugene Wendell & The Demon Rind at Tractor
Doors: 8 pm
Age: 21+

Jon Langford (Free!) at Easy Street Records - Queen Anne
Age: All Ages

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Duck Down 15-Year Anniversary Tour Feat. Pharoahe Monch, Boot Camp Clik featuring Buckshot, Sean Price, Smif N Wessun, Kidz In The Hall, Skyzoo, DJ Evil Dee at Neumo's
Doors: 8 pm
Age: 21+

Futureheads at Crocodile
Age: 21+

Arcade Fire, Calexico at Key Arena
Doors: 7:30 pm
Age: All Ages

Thursday, September 30, 2010

John Roderick (of The Long Winters) at Triple Door
Doors: 6 pm
Age: All Ages

Dirty Projectors, Dominique Young Unique at Showbox at the Market
Doors: 8 pm
Age: All Ages

October

Friday, October 01, 2010

Champagne Champagne at Comet Tavern
Age: 21+

Wheedle's Groove at Neumo's
Doors: 8 pm
Age: 21+

Saturday, October 02, 2010

The Black Keys at Paramount
Doors: 8 pm
Age: All Ages

Sunday, October 03, 2010

Dungen, The Entrance Band at Neumo's
Doors: 8 pm
Age: 21+

Monday, October 04, 2010

The Drums, Surfer Blood at Neumo's
Doors: 8 pm
Age: All Ages

Land Of Talk, The Besnard Lakes, Suuns at Crocodile
Doors: 8 pm
Age: 21+

Caribou, Emeralds at Showbox at the Market
Doors: 8 pm
Age: All Ages

Sea Wolf (solo acoustic), Patrick Park at Tractor
Doors: 8 pm
Age: 21+

Tuesday, October 05, 2010

Stew and The Negro Problem at Triple Door
Day 1 of 2 from Oct 05 thru Oct 06Doors: 8 pm
Age: All Ages

Wednesday, October 06, 2010

Stew and The Negro Problem at Triple Door
Day 2 of 2 from Oct 05 thru Oct 06Doors: 8 pm
Age: All Ages

The Felice Brothers, Adam Haworth Stephens at Tractor
Doors: 9 pm
Age: 21+

Thursday, October 07, 2010

Bettie Serveert at Tractor
Doors: 9 pm
Age: 21+

Frightened Rabbit, Plants and Animals, Bad Veins at Showbox at the Market
Doors: 8 pm
Age: All Ages

Friday, October 08, 2010

The Corin Tucker Band at Showbox at the Market

Saturday, October 09, 2010

James, Ed Harcourt at Showbox at the Market
Age: 21+

Eels at Moore Theatre
Doors: 8 pm
Age: All Ages

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Fred Eaglesmith at Tractor
Doors: 7 pm
Age: 21+

Manu Chao at Paramount
Doors: 7:30 pm
Age: All Ages

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Holy Fuck, Indian Jewlery, Clipd Beaks at Neumo's
Doors: 8 pm
Age: 21+

Miike Snow at Showbox at the Market

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Superchunk, Teenage Fanclub, Telekinesis at Showbox at the Market
Doors: 8 pm
Age: All Ages

Phantogram, Josiah Wolf at Neumo's
Doors: 7 pm
Age: 21+

Friday, October 15, 2010

Broken Social Scene at Paramount
Age: All Ages

Film School, The Depreciation Guild, Hotels at Sunset Tavern
Doors: 10 pm
Age: 21+

Saturday, October 16, 2010

Dharma Bums, Young Fresh Fellows at Crocodile
Age: 21+

Sunday, October 17, 2010

The Acorn, Leif Vollebekk at High Dive
Doors: 8 pm
Age: 21+

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Starfucker, Octopus Project at Neumo's
Doors: 8 pm
Age: All Ages

The Legendary Shack Shakers, Bob Wayne & The Outlaw Carnies at Tractor
Doors: 9 pm
Age: 21+

Thursday, October 21, 2010

The Weepies, The Head and The Heart at Crocodile
Doors: 7 pm
Age: 21+

City Arts Fest: Roky Erickson, The Maldives, Massy Ferguson at Neumo's
Doors: 8 pm
Age: 21+

Friday, October 22, 2010

City Arts Fest: The Vaselines, Dum Dum Girls at Neumo's
Doors: 7 pm
Age: 21+

Head Like A Kite, Brent Amaker & The Rodeo (CD Release) at Crocodile
Doors: 7 pm
Age: 21+

Earshot Jazz Festival Presents: James Carter, John Medeski Heaven On Earth Band at Triple Door
Doors: 5 & 9 pm
Age: All Ages

Blitzen Trapper, Seabear at Showbox at the Market
Doors: 7 pm
Age: All Ages

Saturday, October 23, 2010

Earshot Jazz Festival Presents: DJ Spooky, Josh Roman, Odeon Quartet at Triple Door
Doors: 5 & 9:30 pm
Age: All Ages

The Hackensaw Boys, The Starlings at Tractor
Doors: 9:30 pm
Age: 21+

Sera Cahoone, Star Anna & The Laughing Dogs at Crocodile
Doors: 7 pm
Age: 21+

City Arts Fest: Foals, Esben and the Witch, Pica Beats at Neumo's
Doors: 8 pm
Age: 21+

Big Boi at Showbox Sodo
Doors: 8 pm
Age: All Ages

Sunday, October 24, 2010

Deer Tick at Neumo's
Doors: 8 pm
Age: 21+

Monday, October 25, 2010

Henry Clay People, The Dig at Crocodile
Age: 21+

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Isobel Campbell, Mark Lanegan at Neumo's
Doors: 8 pm
Age: All Ages

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Of Montreal, Janelle Monáe at Paramount
Doors: 7:30 pm
Age: All Ages

Deerhunter, Real Estate, Casino vs Japan at Showbox at the Market
Doors: 8 pm
Age: All Ages

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Earshot Jazz Festival Presents: Charlie Musselwhite, Son Jack Jr. at Triple Door
Doors: 5:30 pm
Age: All Ages

Friday, October 29, 2010

Virgin Islands, Wow & Flutter (CD Release) at Sunset Tavern
Doors: 10 pm
Age: 21+

Dr. Dog, Here We Go Magic, Good Old War at Showbox Sodo
Doors: 8 pm
Age: All Ages

Saturday, October 30, 2010

Sufjan Stevens at Paramount
Doors: 8 pm
Age: All Ages

Best Coast, Sonny & The Sunsets at Neumo's
Doors: 8 pm
Age: 21+

Halloween Eve costume party and benefit for Youth Suicide Prevention Project feat. Victor Shade, Grynch, TacocaT, Militant Child, Kind of Blind at Vera Project
Age: All Ages

Sunday, October 31, 2010

Gary Numan (Performing all of The Pleasure Principle) at Neumo's
Doors: 8 pm
Age: 21+

November

Tuesday, November 02, 2010

Avi Buffalo, The Head & The Heart at Neumo's
Doors: 9 pm
Age: All Ages

Wednesday, November 03, 2010

Ben Gibbard (benefit for Teen Feed) at Crocodile
Age: 21+

The Canote Brothers, Danny Barnes, Bill Frisells Beautiful Dreamers feat. Eyvind Kang & Rudy Royston at Triple Door
Doors: 7 pm & 9:30 pm

Thursday, November 04, 2010

Kurt Vile, The Soft Pack at Neumo's
Doors: 8 pm
Age: 21+

Friday, November 05, 2010

The Cave Singers, Lovesick Empire at Showbox at the Market
Age: 21+

Saturday, November 06, 2010

Stars, Delays at Showbox at the Market
Doors: 8 pm
Age: All Ages

Monday, November 08, 2010

Doomtree feat. P.O.S. and Dessa at Neumo's
Doors: 8 pm
Age: All Ages

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Junip (feat. Jose Gonzalez), Elias Araya, Tobis Winterkorn, Sharon Van Etten at Neumo's
Doors: 8 pm
Age: 21+

Thursday, November 11, 2010

The Lonely Forest, Somebody Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin at Neumo's
Doors: 8 pm
Age: All Ages

Cornershop at Showbox at the Market
Doors: 8 pm
Age: 21+

Friday, November 12, 2010

Ghostland Observatory at Showbox Sodo
Doors: 8 pm
Age: 21+

Saturday, November 13, 2010

Ghostland Observatory at Showbox Sodo
Doors: 8 pm
Age: All Ages

Monday, November 15, 2010

Clinic at Neumo's
Doors: 8 pm
Age: 21+

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Grand Hallway, Nick Jaina, Drew Victor at Triple Door
Doors: 5:30 pm
Age: All Ages

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Greg Dulli, Shawn Smith at Crocodile
Doors: 8 pm
Age: 21+

Friday, November 19, 2010

Pretty Lights at Showbox Sodo
Doors: 8:30 pm
Age: All Ages

Saturday, November 20, 2010

Idlewild, Happy Hollows at Crocodile
Doors: 9 pm
Age: 21+

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Blonde Redhead, Olof Arnalds at Showbox at the Market
Doors: 8 pm
Age: All Ages

Friday, November 26, 2010

The Frames at Showbox at the Market
Doors: 9 pm
Age: 21+

The Dutchess And The Duke at Tractor
Doors: 9:30 pm
Age: 21+

Monday, November 29, 2010

Black Mountain, The Black Angels at Showbox at the Market
Doors: 8 pm
Age: 21+

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Bonobo, Tokimonsta at Showbox at the Market
Doors: 8 pm
Age: All Ages

December

Saturday, December 04, 2010

The Books at Moore Theatre
Doors: 8 pm
Age: All Ages

Saturday, December 11, 2010

The Posies, Brendan Benson, Aqueduct at Showbox at the Market
Doors: 7 pm
Age: 21+

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Killing Joke at Showbox at the Market
Doors: 8 pm

June

Saturday, June 04, 2011

U2 at Qwest Field

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