It's hard to believe, but tickets for shows in the first quarter of 2009 are already going on sale and it's quite a collection of awesome. Lil Wayne We could care less about T-Pain or Gym Class Heroes or whoever the hell else is on this bill because we are totally in the tank for Lil Wayne. Still those others will be appearing with the New Orleans rapper at this year's WGCI Big Jam. Weezy......

Cut Copy’s September 17 appearance at The Metro was one of those shows attendees entered with almost impossibly high expectations. After the Australians’ giddy but truncated performance at this summer’s Pitchfork Music Festival, it was going to be a real challenge for the band to surpass that appearance, at least as far as outperforming the mythic proportions that set had grown into. The band took the stage and performed that rarest of miracles by turning......

Cut Copy stole the show from Spoon at Pitchfork this year so we're stoked to see them play Metro tonight. We hope you already bought tickets to the show because it's sold out, but if you didn't and are jonesing for some Cut Copy you can catch them DJ at Smart Bar after the show. Get yer dancin' shoes out!......

The Pitchfork Music Festival rolled to a triumphant close yesterday with a much-delayed set by Cut Copy literally stealing the show from the headlining Spoon. A few scheduling changes led to minor confusion between crowds from time-to time, but the organizers did a good job of trying to constantly remind people where they should be and when from the various on-stage announcements delivered by either Tim Tuten or Damon Locks throughout the day. It was......

Well, Lou was already gonna be at The Pitchfork Music Festival (July 18-20) anyway since Dinosaur Jr is playing that Sunday, but now he'll be there opening night as well, leading Sebadoh through Bubble and Scrape! Other new additions are: The Hold Steady (squee!), Elf Power, Caribou, Icy Demons, Boban Markovic Orkestar, Titus Andronicus, Bon Iver, Times New Viking, HEALTH, High Places, and Mahjongg. Holy shit. Really, they just really outdid themselves this year. Getcher......

Pitchfork announced another batch of acts appearing at its festival in Union Park this summer from July 18 - 20. The biggest hoopla surrounds the news that Mission Of Burma will be performing it's legendary Vs. album in it's entirety on Friday's bill. Other big names include Dinosaur Jr, Jarvis Cocker, and the team-up of Ghostface & Raekwon. Other support includes groups as varied in style as the shiny popsters Apples In Stereo, to the......

Tonight is your best chance to see a Big Ass Rock Star kicking around town. Almost every major venue will be busy tonight with acts like U2, Beck, Franz Ferdinand, and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. Unfortunately, Beck and U2 are both sold out so Chicagoist has spent the morning speculating on where they might end up afterwards. Based on Beck’s penchant for impromptu performances in taco joints, we’re staking out Fiesta Mexicana. As for U2,......