Wednesday, July 1 'Only4DJs' - A Monthly Special Event!... GENE FARRIS DIZ
LEGO
FRIQUE
with special guest JEFF BLOOM Tickets: $5 all night
21 & over
Doors: 10pm / Show: 10pm
Thursday, July 2 4th of July Weekend...
No work on Friday 7/3
so come out & play! DIESELBOY MF ZEW Tickets: $10 before midnight, $12 after midnight
21 & over
Doors: 10pm / Show: 10pm
Friday, July 3 Bopsa & Ouvre VS Dufflebag Recordings... MILES MAEDA WALLY CALLERIO CHRIS CLARK Tickets: $10 (free before 11pm)
21 & over
Doors: 10pm / Show: 10pm
Saturday, July 4 Lipstick & Lace Presents... THE WHITE PARTY 2009
Tickets: $20
21 & over
Doors: 9pm / Show: 10pm
Sunday, July 5 M-nus welcomes... RICHIE HAWTIN BAREM
AMBIVALENT Tickets: $20
21 & over
Doors: 10pm / Show: 10pm
Wednesday, July 8 5 Magazine presents DANCE FEVER! STEVE MIGGEDY MAESTRO REES URBAN JESSE PORTILLO
Hosted by CZARINA Tickets: Free
21 & over
Doors: 10pm / Show: 10pm
Thursday, July 9 BIG BASS Thursdays: MIA presents... ARSENIC (live) ALFONZ DE LA MOTA M1D1 RIVERMAN DJ DECAY Tickets: Free
21 & over
Doors: 10pm / Show: 10pm
Friday, July 10 Impact Mechanics Record Release... THE ADVENT vs INDUSTRIALYZER (LIVE) ANGEL ALANIS SUBMERGE
80057 Tickets: $10 before midnight, $12 after midnight
21 & over
Doors: 10pm / Show: 10pm
Saturday, July 11 International Friends of House Music Weekend... DAYHOTA SISTA STROKE ROQUE Tickets: $10 (free before 11pm)
21 & over
Doors: 10pm / Show: 10pm
Wednesday, July 15 The Chicago Workgroup presents All Systems Go! MISTER JOSHUA ONEFIFTYONE ROSS KELLY SCOTT BRANDON SR-71 Tickets: Free
21 & over
Doors: 10pm / Show: 10pm
Thursday, July 16 Smart Bar in association with Abstract Science, Dubfix & Dubstep.fm welcome... ULTRABLACK JEEKOOS BRANDON S TRANZFORMER Tickets: $5
21 & over
Doors: 10pm / Show: 10pm
Saturday, July 18 .dotbleep featuring
Justin Long's Birthday Party! JUSTIN LONG ACID CIRCUS Tickets: $10 (free before 11pm)
21 & over
Doors: 10pm / Show: 10pm
Sunday, July 19 Synthetic presents hUSTLER... MICHAEL SERAFINI bOY 13 EEKS! Hosted by SHAYNA X Tickets: Free
21 & over
Doors: 10pm / Show: 10pm
Wednesday, July 22 Tag Session... KARL ALMARIA ORI KAWA MARCUS SHADDEN THE Fo.R. Tickets: Free
21 & over
Doors: 10pm / Show: 10pm
Thursday, July 23 BIG BASS Thursdays: Breakbeat Science presents a $5 Party... RAIDEN GEMINI TWINS KRYTERIA Tickets: $5 all night
21 & over
Doors: 10pm / Show: 10pm
Friday, July 24 Rock the Disco... PAT MAHONEY (of LCD Soundsystem) MICHAEL SERAFINI MISTER JOSHUA Tickets: $10 before midnight,
$12 after midnight
21 & over
Doors: 10pm / Show: 10pm
Saturday, July 25 Potty Mouth Music & Dirty Bird Recordings welcome... SANTIAGO JUSTIN MARTIN DJ FORTUNE Tickets: $10 (free before 11pm)
21 & over
Doors: 10pm / Show: 10pm
Wednesday, July 29 "I Like To Beat It"
An All Vinyl Monthly Event... STEPHEN P TYREL WILLIAMS BLUE J JULIAN PENA Tickets: Free
21 & over
Doors: 10pm / Show: 10pm
Thursday, July 30 BIG BASS Thursdays: JungleFly welcomes the first ever Chicago appearance of... XAMPLE SINISTAR DJ STUNNA Tickets: $8
21 & over
Doors: 10pm / Show: 10pm
Friday, July 31 Traxx's Birthday + Nation Showcase II Album Release Party... TRAXX (DJ set + live)
JAMES T COTTON (DJ set + live)
NANCY FORTUNE (live)
SATURN V (live)
D'MARC CANTU (live)
JOSH WERNER (DJ set) Tickets: $10 before midnight,
$12 after midnight
21 & over
Doors: 10pm / Show: 10pm
Saturday, August 1 Om Records welcomes... FRED EVERYTHING ORGANIZED CRIME (Jonn Hawley & Marcus Aurelius) ORI KAWA Tickets: $10 (free before 11pm)
21 & over
Doors: 10pm / Show: 10pm
Wednesday, August 5 'Only4DJs' - A Monthly Special Event!... GENE FARRIS DIZ
LEGO
FRIQUE
with special guest ANDREW EMIL Tickets: $5 all night
21 & over
Doors: 10pm / Show: 10pm
Friday, August 7 93XRT welcomes... ARCTIC MONKEYS MODEY LEMON
Tickets: $25 adv / $30 day of
18 & over
Doors: 10pm / Show: 11pm
Friday, August 7 An Om Records 15 Year Anniversary Celebration... MARK FARINA PEZZNER FRANK SOLANO Tickets: $15 before midnight, $20 after midnight
21 & over
Doors: 10pm / Show: 10pm
Saturday, August 8 93XRT welcomes... FLEET FOXES DUNGEN
Tickets: $23
18 & over
Doors: 10pm / Show: 11pm
Saturday, August 8 KASKADE JAMES AMATO DJ NIGEL O'REILLY Tickets: $12 before midnight, $15 after midnight
21 & over
Doors: 10pm / Show: 10pm
Wednesday, August 12 The Chicago Workgroup presents All Systems Go! MISTER JOSHUA ONEFIFTYONE ROSS KELLY SCOTT BRANDON SR-71 Tickets: Free
21 & over
Doors: 10pm / Show: 10pm
Thursday, August 13 THE BREEDERS
Tickets: $20 adv / $22 day of
18 & over
Doors: 8pm / Show: 9pm
Thursday, August 13 BIG BASS Thursdays: MIA welcomes... ALFONZ DE LA MOTA RIVERMAN MEGA MIKE RIFLEMAN Tickets: Free
21 & over
Doors: 10pm / Show: 10pm
Saturday, August 15 DANIEL JOHNSTON
Tickets: $20
18 & over
Doors: 8pm / Show: 9pm
Saturday, August 15 .dotbleep welcomes... JUSTIN LONG ALENA Tickets: $10 (free before 11pm)
21 & over
Doors: 10pm / Show: 10pm
Wednesday, August 26 "I Like To Beat It"
An All Vinyl Monthly Event... STEPHEN P TYREL WILLIAMS BLUE J JULIAN PENA Tickets: Free
21 & over
Doors: 10pm / Show: 10pm
Saturday, August 22 Blackcherry Recordings welcome... DJ HEATHER KARL ALMARIA ACIDMAN Tickets: $10 (free before 11pm)
21 & over
Doors: 10pm / Show: 10pm
Saturday, August 29 Performing LIVE... COLETTE (performing LIVE with her band + additional DJ set)
LADY D Tickets: $10 before midnight, $15 after midnight
21 & over
Doors: 10pm / Show: 10pm
Friday, September 4 Smart Bar in association with In Your System & Electric Deluxe welcome... SPEEDY J JOHN JOHR JOHNNY ARMSTRONG DROOPY Tickets: $10 before midnight, $15 after midnight
21 & over
Doors: 10pm / Show: 10pm
Saturday, September 12 Defmix Recordings welcome... FRANKIE KNUCKLES RALPHI ROSARIO Tickets: $15
21 & over
Doors: 10pm / Show: 10pm
Thursday, September 17 MAXIMO PARK COUGAR
Tickets: $15
All Ages
Doors: 5:30pm / Show: 6:30pm
Thursday, September 24 SUNNY DAY REAL ESTATE
(Original Line-up – Together For The First Time In 10 Years) THE JEALOUS SOUND
Tickets: $27
18 & over
Doors: 7pm / Show: 8pm
Saturday, October 3 FEVER RAY
Tickets: $25
18 & over
Doors: 8pm / Show: 9pm
Wednesday, October 7 Riot Fest 2009 Kick-off... BUTTHOLE SURFERS THE HOUSE GLORIA VANDERBILT
Tickets: $24
All Ages
Doors: 6pm / Show: 6:30pm Limited amount of $75 Metro Riot Fest passes available for 10/7,
10/9 (early show only),
10/10 & 10/11 shows
Friday, October 9 Riot Fest 2009... NAKED RAYGUN NO EMPATHY
Tickets: $20
All Ages
Doors: 5:30pm / Show: 6pm Limited amount of $75 Metro Riot Fest passes available for 10/7,
10/9 (early show only),
10/10 & 10/11 shows
Saturday, October 10 Riot Fest 2009 Kick-off... DEAD MILKMEN TEENAGE BOTTLEROCKET TEEN IDOLS ANXIETY HIGH
Tickets: $20
All Ages
Doors: 6pm / Show: 6:30pm Limited amount of $75 Metro Riot Fest passes available for 10/7,
10/9 (early show only),
10/10 & 10/11 shows
Sunday, October 11 Riot Fest 2009 Kick-off... COCK SPARRER LOWER CLASS BRATS FLATFOOT 56 FEAR CITY
Tickets: $22
All Ages
Doors: 6pm / Show: 6:30pm Limited amount of $75 Metro Riot Fest passes available for 10/7,
10/9 (early show only),
10/10 & 10/11 shows
Monday, October 12 93XRT Welcomes... BOB MOULD BAND
Tickets: $20
18 & over
Doors: 7pm / Show: 8pm
Saturday, October 24 THE LAWRENCE ARMS
Tickets: $16
All Ages
Doors: 5:30pm / Show: 6:30pm
Saturday, October 24 Buzzin' Fly Records welcome... BEN WATT BRAD OWEN Tickets: $15
21 & over
Doors: 10pm / Show: 10pm
Click on any linked calendar date to see what's going on at Metro!
CANCELLED Ticket refunds available at point of purchase.
Tuesday, September 1 Welles Park Tuesday Night Concert Series (Lincoln & Montrose)... VAN GHOST (special acoustic performance)
Tickets: Free
All Ages
Show: 6:30pm
Do big corporations and fascist right wing agendas make you want to turn up your guitar, get a bunch of friends together, and shout your lungs out? On June 30th Leftover Crack is coming to Metro to do just that. Formed in New York City in 1999, the members of Leftover Crack have spent the last 10 years spreading their own blend of anti-bigotry and anarchy. Their calls to action against police and government have gotten them in trouble a number of times (as a quick YouTube search will show), but the band continues to stand up and speak out against inequality in areas often overlooked.
Whether you agree with them or not, their mix of thrashing ska and death metal certainly makes for a great show. Deadline, their recent split LP with Citizen Fish, was called "a pleasant piece of punk history" by punk authority PunkNews.org and received 4 out of 5 stars on AllMusicGuide.com. Whether you're looking for a dose of anarcho-communist ideology or just a fan of classic ska and punk, you have got to come see Leftover Crack.
The Casualties
Co-headliners The Casualties have made a lot of lineup changes since forming in 1990, but their mission of reviving the urgency and aggression of punk's hey-day remains. If you can't tell by their rainbow porcupine haircuts and studded leather jackets, these guys are the kind of punks your mom doesn't want you to hang around with. The Casualties have made a name for themselves in the punk and hardcore community by spending their summers playing Warped Tour, but it's their small club shows that have given them their high-energy punk reputation.
Their live LP/DVD Made in NYC comes out this fall, but there's no better way to see this band than in the center of a noisy and revved up crowd right here at Metro. So head down to Metro on June 30th to see two of the loudest, fiercest punk bands around. Trash Talk will open. Tickets are $15. The show is all ages and starts at 5:30pm.
Chicago's own Mannequin Men are building a reputation as a rock band to be reckoned with, and they'll bring that rep to the Metro stage on Friday, July 10th, for the record release party for their new release, Loose Your Illusion, Too. They've toured the country and held their own sharing stages with indie rock favorites No Age and The Black Lips. Playing through sweat and blood (literally), having fans pose naked with mannequin masks for their album cover – these guys have guts. But their attitude isn't the only thing rock and roll about them. Their fast paced distorted guitar riffs and snarling lead vocals have earned them comparisons to such greats as The Stooges and The Replacements. Critics hailed their 2007 album Fresh Rot as not just another garage rock rehash, but as a high-energy mix of vintage rock and classic punk.
A number of Chicago blogs and magazines are calling them one of the city's best-kept secrets, and rave reviews of their recent South by Southwest performance have fueled their steam train to the heights of the underground rock spotlight. Mannequin Men's summer tour will bring them home to Chicago on July 10th to celebrate the release of their new album, Lose Your Illusion, Too. One listen to catchy songs like "WTF LOL" and "Massage" will reveal that the new album rocks hard and doesn't take itself too seriously. The Midwest has found its new rock heroes, and they brought their own masks. Thomas Function, Davila 666 and Stranger Waves will open. Tickets are $10 advance, $12 day of show. The show is 18 & over and starts at 9pm.
Twin sisters Jessica and Lisa Origliasso decided on their group name after watching a scene in the 1988 film Heathers, where the cool, unique chick calls herself a “Veronica” and not a “Heather”. The explanation seems fitting considering these 24 year-olds have a sound unlike most artists their age - expert songcraft, killer harmonies, and sassy confidence provide the backbone to their electro-pop rock sounds. Since the 2005 release of their debut album, The Secret Life of the Veronicas, the sisters have taken over the Australian charts, going platinum four times over and releasing four singles. After the success of the album, the two have appeared on series television, became the faces of Choice Calvin Klein and Australian hair product line nu:u, appeared on a movie soundtrack, and created their own fashion line for Target.
In 2006 the young pop starlets released Exposed... a DVD/CD highlighting their Australian tour of the same year. The second week of its release, the album reigned the charts at #3 and was accredited Double Platinum. 2007’s Hook Me Up paved way for The Veronicas to embark on a major Australian tour, which ultimately led to more gilded singles and even more US exposure. In February, they became the first Australian band to have over one million digital downloads in the United States, and have spent the last several months touring the United States and appearing on shows including the MTV New Years Eve party and 90210. They will travel to Asia next, so catch these girls while they are still in the U.S. this summer! They appear at Metro on Saturday July 11. The show is open to all ages and tickets are $15.
Four Year Strong are the self proclaimed heroes of Worcester, Massachusetts's pop punk scene, but the east coast is proving too small for their ambitious touring schedule. They live by the motto tattooed on drummer Jake Massucco's chest: "Rise or Die Trying;" which also happens to be the name of their 2007 debut album. Critics praised the album for its guitar driven melodies and punching hardcore sounds, which combine the intensity of pop punk with the emotional lyrics of melodic hardcore.
The band is trying something a bit different on their second album, Explains It All, which is comprised entirely of 90's covers. Besides paying homage to their influences such as Smashing Pumpkins and Alanis Morissette, the track list contains its share of popular tracks you may remember from the NOW compilations or TRL with Carson Daly. Explains It All comes out this month, and Four Year Strong will be at Metro on July 16th for what is sure to be an excellent show for fans of pop punk and 90's music alike.
Set Your Goals
Co-headliners Set Your Goals have plenty in common with Four Year Strong, what with the searing guitar laden punk pop and three monosyllabic word band names. Their latest offering, This Will Be The Death of Us, is also their second album and will also be released this month. SYG's 2006 debut Mutiny! stood out as an original sounding blend of hardcore melodicism and insightful lyrics (which included many references to pirates).
After expanding to a six piece band, Set Your Goals has been touring heavily for the last couple years, building up their reputation as a band worthy of comparisons to their punk pop influences like New Found Glory and CIV. This Will Be The Death of Us is sure to be a step in the right direction for the band and get them the recognition they deserve as one of the best hardcore bands on the scene. If you're a fan of pop punk and melodic hardcore then Metro is the place to be on July 16th for Four Year Strong and Set Your Goals. Fireworks, The Swellers and Grave Maker will also play. Tickets are $13 advance, $15 day of show. The show is all ages and starts at 6pm.
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