I miss you, Farty McSimmons

Mine ears ...

Saturday, July 12
Tortoise
Empty Bottle at 10:00pm

Sunday, July 13
Ólafur Arnalds
House Cafe at 7:00pm

Saturday, July 19
Umphrey's McGee
Charter One Pavilion at Northerly Island at 7:00pm

Sunday, July 20
Bon Iver
Union Park at 12:00am

Friday, August 1
Bloc Party
Grant Park at 12:00am

Saturday, August 2
Battles
Lollapalooza at 8:00pm

Battles
Double Door at 10:30pm

Foals
Double Door at 10:30pm

Monday, August 4
Melvins
Double Door at 9:00pm

Friday, August 8
King Crimson
Park West at 7:30pm

Sunday, August 10
Slipknot
First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre at 2:00pm

Thursday, August 14
Bon Iver
Pabst Theater at 8:00pm

Tuesday, September 2
Don Caballero
House Cafe at 8:00pm

Wednesday, September 24
Opeth
House of Blues Chicago at 5:00pm

Sigur Rós
The Chicago Theatre at 8:00pm

Saturday, September 27
Buckethead
Vic Theatre at 7:30pm

Friday, October 3
My Morning Jacket
Riverside Theatre at 8:00pm

Friday, October 10
My Morning Jacket
The Chicago Theatre at 7:30pm

Neat-o! Don't forget about Pitchfork and the Wicker Park Fest, which is rumored to feature Red Sparowes and the mighty ISIS.

Gimme the loot ...

Here's some new releases and such and all dat ...

Opeth - Watershed (Masterpieceville, KY?)
Gregor Samsa - Rest (Sorry. I had to mention it again. It was teeeeerrific.)
The Apex Theory - Faces (Nice that they didn't give up.)
NIN - The Slip
My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges

Ummmmmmmmmm, that's it folks. Actually, there's bajillions more, but come on. Lay off.