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• Mar 16
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    The Very Best, Ninjasonik, Bin Laden Blowin Up, and Chandeliers Bottom Lounge, 8 p.m.

    African-music project The Very Best has a lot of gangly reach, having come together when ...

    7 Day Shorts Second City (DeMaat Theatre), 10:30 p.m.
    The Reckoning iO Theater (Del Close), 10:30 p.m.
• Mar 17
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    Tributosaurus (Van Morrison) + The Dooley Brothers, Switchback, The Avenue Kids FitzGerald's, 2 p.m.

    Name a band, and Tributosaurus probably knows how to play at least one of its ...

    Field Music and The Clientele Lincoln Hall, 9 p.m.
    Sunday For Regret, Live Band Karaoke, Super 400, The Dirty Rooks, and The Miggs Reggie's Music Joint, 8 p.m.
• Mar 18
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    Deakin, Glitter Bones, and Netherfriends Empty Bottle, 9:30 p.m.

    Succinctly articulating Netherfriends is no easy feat. The local collective is a musical chameleon of ...

    Jay-Z, Young Jeezy, and Trey Songz United Center, 7 p.m.
    SXSW Round-Up: Born Ruffians, Freelance Whales, The Hood Internet, Japandroids, Maps And Atlases, The Rural Alberta Advantage, The Smith Westerns, We Are Scientists, And We Were Promised Jetpacks Schubas, noon
• Mar 19
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    Nick Thune Lakeshore Theater, 7:30 p.m.

    L.A. comedian Nick Thune's penchant for wordplay should be instantly apparent from the ...

    The Appleseed Cast and Dreamend Bottom Lounge, 8 p.m.
    Nick Thune Lakeshore Theater, 10:30 p.m.
• Mar 20
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    The Cody Rivers Show iO Theater (Cabaret), 8 p.m.

    Like clockwork, The Cody Rivers Show—a Bellingham, Washington-based duo—comes to town every year ...

    Swear Jar Annoyance Theatre, 10 p.m.
    Alice In Chains Aragon Ballroom, 8 p.m.
• Mar 21
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    Forget Cassettes, Tender, and Rrind Empty Bottle, 9:30 p.m.

    Forget Cassettes is to Nashville what The White Stripes are to Detroit: arguably that city ...

    Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind The Neo Futurarium, 7:30 p.m.
    John Oates Evanston SPACE, 7 p.m.
• Mar 22
  • EUFF: Dogtooth Gene Siskel Film Center, 8:15 p.m.

    Although Dogtooth is due for a limited release later in 2010, the annual European Union ...