Mar 13
- Ted Leo And The Pharmacists, Title Tracks, and The Chicago Stone Lightning Band Bottom Lounge, 7 p.m.
  Though people invariably peg Ted Leo's songwriting as "literary" and "political" above all, his ...
  
  The Warriors Music Box Theatre, 11:59 p.m.
  
  Chicago Zine Fest Columbia College (Conaway Center), 10 a.m.
Mar 14
- Dan Hicks And The Hot Licks Old Town School of Folk Music, 7 p.m.
  Dan Hicks offers tuneful, quirky folk-country-jazz-whatever-rock for fans with discriminating tastes. The favorable response to ...
  
  Battlefields, Junius, and Why Intercept? Empty Bottle, 9:30 p.m.
  
  Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind The Neo Futurarium, 7:30 p.m.
Mar 15
- John Doe and Danny Black Schubas, 8 p.m.
  When punk band X was shredding through Los Angeles in the early ’80s, few could ...
Mar 16
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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.