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Brrrrr...can you feel winter in the air? Gone are the street festivals and summer nights spent on the patio at Happy Village, but the crisp air and transition from peep toes to boots ushers in one of my favorite time of year. What's more cozy that coming in out of the cold to a warm bar and good, Chicago-made music?

Thursday, October 30

The Poison Arrows @ Beat Kitchen w/ Lords and Avenue Boulevard, 9:30 p.m., $8 - This hometown trio follows firmly in the post-rock steps of Touch & Go alums like Girls Against Boys, combining thick, dirge-like cough syrup pounding with elements of shoegaze and orchestrated pop.

Friday, October 31

Aleks & The Drummer (pictured) @ Empty Bottle w/ Detholtz! and The Hood Internet, 10:00 p.m., $15 - Creepy organ + borderline operatic female vocals are the perfect Halloween concoction, and Aleks & The Drummer are happy to oblige. Expect them to walk the line between haunted house soundtrack and dark, 60's pop a la the Zombies.

Sunday, November 2

Chandeliers @ Bottom Lounge w/ Dungen, Headdress, and Life On Earth, 10:00 p.m., $15 - It would be a cop out to simple describe Chandeliers as "experimental," but it seems like nothing is off limits for this quartet. Electronica, psychedelic prog rock, and punches of disco and house blend in an unlikely cauldron that lands Chandeliers somewhere between early Kraftwerk and the Alan Parsons Project.