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WILCO

BY WILLIAM LENNON

Wilco has been masterfully walking the razor’s edge between consistency and experimentalism for over a decade now. The fabled Chicago indie country band comes off as having a practiced, mellow competence, even when their music is manic and skittering. Their sound isn’t chaotic per se, but it’s nimble and unpredictable enough to make you feel like it is. They may make it look easy, but it’s hard to think of a band more perfectly self-actualized. They seem so comfortable in who they are, where they’re from and what people expect from them that their identity becomes clearly encoded within every note. Even when their music breaks new ground, it’s easy to tell you’re listening to a Wilco song well before Jeff Tweedy starts to sing.

7:30 LISTEN
$50 TICKETS

WHITE LIES

BY SAMANTHA LOPEZ

Staying true to the definition of post-punk revival, White Lies are a dark-edged trio committed to the stripped-down and back-to-basic sounds of modern guitar rock. Combining influences from bands like Joy Division and Echo and the Bunnymen, this London-based triumvirate marries a sound heavy in synth with an echoing string section and razor-sharp percussion, all of which is then counterbalanced with the somber and introspective coos from lead crooner Harry McVeigh. White Lies take all the right cues from London’s post-punk and new wave revivalism to flawlessly execute their sound in an infectious and dance-ready rock ‘n’ roll package.

WITH VOWWS
8 PM LISTEN
$25 TICKETS

 

WAND

BY JAMIE ROBASH

Since quietly appearing on the scene in 2009, Los Angeles garage-psych project Wand have become synonymous with more well-known bands of the genre such as White Fence and The Oh Sees, who themselves are linked to the genre’s resurgent demi god known as Ty Segall. Segall signed Wand to his Drag City imprint GOD? and the label has released the band’s fuzzy, sludgy, oeuvre which began with 2014’s Ganglion Reef and continued with ambitious 2015 offerings Golem and 1000 Days. What keeps Wand from being lost in Segall’s massive shadow is their letting the music do the talking and leaving the showmanship at the door.

WITH ACID DAD, FLAURAL, JOE BORDENARO + THE LATE BLOOMERS
9 PM LISTEN
$15 TICKETS

 

TWENTY-ONE PILOTS

By Mike Milazzo

Twenty One Pilots are one of the most difficult acts to describe in years, with Rolling Stone declaring them a mix of “angsty lyrics, Macklemore-style rhymes, Ben Folds-like piano pop, 311-ish reggae beats, hard-rock energy and the occasional ukulele ballad.” If that doesn’t strike your interest, one listen to the duo’s hit single “Stressed Out” is pretty much guaranteed to do the trick. And truthfully, with a year like they’ve just had — with an album at number three on the charts (behind only Bieber and One Direction) and sold-out tours across the country — wouldn’t you be a bit stressed out too?

7 PM LISTEN 
$198+ TICKETS

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