Catch The Swan King for a show at the Burlington Saturday. Their debut LP Eyes Like Knives rocks something fierce, like Mudhoney with more metal chops. more ›

Panda Riot puts out the kind of dreamy, shimmery pop that makes you forget all about winter, and they’re performing tonight at The Burlington. more ›

Jam Productions is known to many as the independent titan on the Chicago live entertainment scene. You've seen their ads in the paper (or online if you've given up on print), on your ticket stubs and on concert venue marquees across the area. If you've attended concerts in Chicago at least a few of them, if not most of them, have borne the Jam Productions imprimatur. Tomorrow night is your chance to sort of peek behind Jam's curtain and get a whiff of what really drives the internal gears as a few of the company's big wigs don their faded leather jackets and take to the turntables at The Burlington in Logan Square. more ›

We're co-hosting a listening party for the new Interpol album tonight at The Burlington from 9 p.m. until 10 p.m. and PBR is being kind enough to provide a hosted bar for all attendees during that time! more ›

We're having a listening party for the new self-titled album from Interpol at The Burlington in Logan Square this Friday, September 3, at 9 p.m. Of course we realize that it ain't a party if you don't have booze to offer, so PBR will provide free PBR to all attendees from 9 p.m. until 10 p.m. We decided to help host this evening and give our readers the chance to come on in to meet up and chat while enjoying some free beers and some good music. We hope to see you there! more ›

Sunday July 25, The Burlington, 3425 W. Fullerton Ave., free more ›

The Burlington -- where some Chicagoist editors hold their weekly Tuesday "strategic sessions" -- is by far one of our favorite watering holes in the city. more ›

Flosstradamus' insanely popular Oldies Night at The Burlington celebrates its first anniversary tonight. Mixing classic and underground soul with '70s shoulda-been-classic tracks, it's always refreshing to see the duo branch out from their usual kitchen sink modernism and slap down some old school sets perfect for steaming the Formica off the wet bar in your parents' basement rec room with the body heat of gyrating abandon. The party kicks off at 10 p.m. but you better get there early to make sure you can reserve your square inch of the dance floor. more ›

Now that the weather has warmed and everyvbody's in a hurry to wear next to nothing, it seems appropriate to clue you in on the monthly sexy reading series taking place at the Burlington this Sunday. That's right, it's time for The Sunday Night Sex Show! more ›

Usually we're giving out free tickets to cool shows -- and trust us, Thursday's Asobi Seksu show at The Empty Bottle is gonna be hot -- but this w4m Craigslist Missed Connection caught our eye: more ›

Often local events featuring unknown local authors are a snooze unless you actually know the authors personally and enjoy picking out the bits of your shared history out of their pieces. However the folks behind the first installment of The Sunday Night Sex Show handily solves that problem by insisting that their readers only deliver "creative non-fiction" about sex. Who doesn't enjoy reveling in the sexy? more ›

Lauri Apple of Gapers Block asked me a while ago if I'd be interested in representing Chicagoist in a DJ battle against her / Gapers Block at The Burlington tonight. Naturally I accepted the challenge without a second thought. more ›

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There are "Adult Fans Of Lego" out there? Really? Actually, we find that kind of awesome. Happy Birthday Lego! more ›

Clayton Hauck, Chicago's everywhere-at-once nightlife photographer, has released the results of a reader's poll he ran to discern which clubs, DJs, promoters, and bands are at the top of The People's list. It's hardly a scientific poll, and Hauck even admits that when it came to the promoter results there was probably more than a little ballot box stuffing, but we find it interesting as it functions as a good peek into the indie-rock dance micro-scene. And this is the scene, one could argue, driving the majority of the musically related social activity in our fair city these days, so we also find it interesting as an indicator of where things might be heading. more ›

The video below should infuriate you. And it should bug the hell out of any female DJ trying to be taken seriously today. DJ Colette -- whom we remember stinking up the joint back when she got her start at Liquid Kitty (at least we THINK that was the first bar stupid enough to let her behind the decks) -- is one of those vain, semi-talented knob-twiddlers that wouldn't garner any attention if she wasn't... more ›

This week looks to finally mark the beginning of winter around here, and while we're not huge fans of bulky sweaters, digging our out cars from under three feet of snow, and the unshakable common cold, we do love the feeling of coming out of the freeze and into our favorite cozy Chicago music venues. Ushering in wool sock weather this week are three very special rock shows: more ›

Yup, it's Halloween night. And, assuming you're not completely incapacitated from celebrating this holiday for the last week, you're probably blinded by the flurry of options on how to spend tonight. Allow us to make a few suggestions. We talked to Jesse Thorn a couple days ago about his The Sound Of Young America show. Well tonight is the live 8 p.m. taping at Second City's e.t.c. stage. Thorn will be interviewing engineer and Shellac-man... more ›