November 1, 2003

The Decemberists at The Crofoot Ballroom

January 17, 2004

The Wrens at The Crofoot Ballroom

April 25, 2005

Atmosphere, Grayskul, P.O.S., Vox Vermillion at The Empty Bottle

May 6, 2005

Nine Inch Nails / Dresden Dolls at Congress Theatre

May 12, 2005

Jeff Hanson, Shearwater, The Mountain Goats at Logan Square Auditorium

May 14, 2005

Magnolia Electric Co./Songs: Ohia at Cactus Club

May 21, 2005

The Good Life, Make Believe at Bottom Lounge

May 23, 2005

Glen Hansard [of The Frames] at Martyrs'

May 31, 2005

Hot Hot Heat, Robbers on High Street at The Rave

June 2, 2005

The Hold Steady, Red Eyed Legends, Foxtail at The Empty Bottle

June 3, 2005

The Hold Steady, P.O.S. at Stonefly Brewery

June 25, 2005

Andrew Bird, Great Lake Swimmers at Cafe Montmartre

July 14, 2005

David Mead, Brad Peterson at The Crofoot Ballroom

July 15, 2005

Fountains of Wayne, The Verve Pipe, Rusted Root at Old St. Pat's World's Largest Block Party

July 15, 2005

Intonation (Pitchfork) Music Festival at Pulaski Park Fieldhouse

July 22, 2005

Gravy Train!!!!, The Plus Ones at Open End Gallery

July 22, 2005

Dinosaur Jr at Quest Club

July 26, 2005

Evan Dando at Shank Hall

July 29, 2005

Okkervil River at Subterranean

August 25, 2005

Jump, Little Children, Popular Genius at The Crofoot Ballroom

August 26, 2005

Jump, Little Children, Dick Prall at The Crofoot Ballroom

September 2, 2005

Bumbershoot, The Seattle Arts Festival at Seattle Center

September 2, 2005

Robyn Hitchcock, The Fell Swoops at The Crocodile

September 7, 2005

The Faint at The Rave

September 7, 2005

Aqualung, The Perishers, Tracy Bonham at Pabst Theater

September 11, 2005

the pAper chAse at Cactus Club

October 1, 2005

The Oranges Band, Rahim, NYC Smoke at The Knitting Factory

October 4, 2005

Atmosphere, Blueprint, DJ Rare Groove, P.O.S. at Pabst Theater

October 5, 2005

Mates of State, Ida, Mark Waldoch at Miramar Theater

October 8, 2005

John Vanderslice, The Double at The Crofoot Ballroom

October 9, 2005

The Posies, Oranger, Deathray Davies at Shank Hall

October 11, 2005

Mike Doughty's Band, Orenda Fink at Pabst Theater

October 22, 2005

The Frames, Josh Ritter at Park West

October 26, 2005

Liz Phair (solo acoustic), Matt Pond PA at Pabst Theater

October 28, 2005

The Hold Steady, The Constantines, Thunderbirds Are Now! at Logan Square Auditorium

November 3, 2005

The Oranges Band, The Reputation, The Cops at Beat Kitchen

November 6, 2005

Okkervil River, Minus Story at Abbey Pub

November 10, 2005

Nothing Feels Good, Maritime at Cactus Club

November 17, 2005

Art vs. Craft at Turner Hall

November 20, 2005

Crooked Fingers, Mark Waldoch, Vera Dierdre at Mad Planet

December 2, 2005

David Mead, Cole Guerra at The Crofoot Ballroom

January 16, 2006

We Are Scientists, Oxford Collapse at Subterranean

January 20, 2006

Camper van Beethoven, Trampled By Turtles at Potawatomi Bingo Casino

January 26, 2006

Low, His Name is Alive, Death Vessel at Miramar Theater

January 28, 2006

Jeff Hanson, Burbank Cartel, Southerly at Cactus Club

February 2, 2006

Andrew Bird, Haley Bonar at Miramar Theater

February 11, 2006

Nine Inch Nails, Moving Units at Eagles Club/The Rave/Eagles Ballroom

February 12, 2006

The Casket Lottery, Lasalle, Sleep Comes Down at Cactus Club

February 17, 2006

David Mead, Matthew Ryan at The Crofoot Ballroom

February 24, 2006

Will Sheff (Okkervil River), Brandon Durham (Palaxy Tracks) at The Crofoot Ballroom

March 5, 2006

Nada Surf, Rogue Wave [FREE!] at Atomic Records

March 5, 2006

Nada Surf, Rogue Wave, Inara George at Crown Room

March 9, 2006

Smoking Popes, Bayside, Maritime at Miramar Theater

March 11, 2006

Belle & Sebastian, The New Pornographers at Riverside Theater

March 19, 2006

Dan Solomon, Partisan, Real Live Tigers at Bremen Cafe

March 22, 2006

Headlights, Metal Hearts, Cameron McGill at Cactus Club

March 23, 2006

Head of Femur, Sport of Kings, Bound Stems at Cactus Club

March 30, 2006

Neko Case, Martha Wainwright at Pabst Theater

April 1, 2006

Arab Strap, A Whisper in the Noise at The Empty Bottle

April 2, 2006

Page France [FREE!] at Atomic Records

April 8, 2006

Jason Collett, Hanalei, Brad Peterson at The Crofoot Ballroom

April 9, 2006

Eagles of Death Metal [FREE!] at Atomic Records

April 14, 2006

Low, The Keep Aways at High Noon Saloon

April 15, 2006

John Vanderslice, Crystal Skulls at The Crofoot Ballroom

April 18, 2006

Crystal Skulls at Stonefly Brewery

April 19, 2006

Eef Barzelay (Clem Snide) at Cafe Montmartre

April 21, 2006

Eef Barzelay (Clem Snide), The City on Film at The Crofoot Ballroom

April 26, 2006

The Books, Those Royals at Stonefly Brewery

April 28, 2006

The Wrens, Kiss Me Deadly, The Oranges Band at The Crofoot Ballroom

April 29, 2006

The Wrens, Tapes 'n Tapes, The Oranges Band at The Crofoot Ballroom

May 6, 2006

Fruit Bats, Amandine, Sam Jayne at Lake Shore Theater

May 13, 2006

Atmosphere, Brother Ali, Los Nativos at Pabst Theater

May 26, 2006

The Twilight Singers at Lee's Palace

June 2, 2006

The Walkmen, Mazarin, Sybris at Miramar Theater

June 10, 2006

David Mead, Alison Breitman at The Crofoot Ballroom

June 15, 2006

David Bazan (Pedro the Lion) at The Crofoot Ballroom

June 19, 2006

the pAper chAse, Ha Ha Potato, Motivo Loco at Cactus Club

June 22, 2006

We Are Scientists, The Double, Au Revoire Simone at Miramar Theater

June 23, 2006

Rogue Wave, Chin Up Chin Up at Lake Shore Theater

June 24, 2006

Aimee Mann, Chris Mills at Barrymore Theater

June 30, 2006

Twiztid, Blaze, Axe Murder Boys, Pot Luck at Miramar Theater

July 2, 2006

Nine Inch Nails, Bauhaus, Peaches at Marcus Amphitheater

July 5, 2006

Wilco, Andrew Bird at Summerfest

July 9, 2006

Twiztid, Potluck, Axe Murder Boys at Forest Hills Lodge

July 12, 2006

The Wrens at Alte Mälzerei

July 13, 2006

The Wrens at Karlstorbahnhof

July 15, 2006

The Wrens at Knust

July 28, 2006

Pitchfork Music Festival at Union Park

July 29, 2006

Jason Lytle, Nik Freitas (late show) at The Crofoot Ballroom

August 1, 2006

Grant-Lee Phillips at The Crofoot Ballroom

August 2, 2006

Grant-Lee Phillips at The Crofoot Ballroom

August 3, 2006

Lollapalooza at Grant Park

August 4, 2006

The Hold Steady, Chief at Shank Hall

August 10, 2006

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy at Atomic Records

August 11, 2006

Fiona Apple, Davíd Garza at Riverside Theater

September 6, 2006

Rainer Maria, The Brief Candles [MOVED] at Miramar Theater

September 7, 2006

Rogue Wave, The Grates, Foreign Born at Logan Square Auditorium

September 15, 2006

Allison Moorer, David Mead, Tim Easton at Pabst Theater

September 15, 2006

David Mead [FREE!] at Atomic Records

September 16, 2006

The Mountain Goats, Christine Fellows at The Empty Bottle

September 24, 2006

Cursive, The Thermals, Ladyfinger at Pabst Theater

September 29, 2006

Harvey Danger, So Many Dynamos [FREE!] at Memorial Union

October 3, 2006

Jenny Lewis at Pabst Theater

October 5, 2006

Built To Spill w/ Camper Van Beethoven; Helvetia [RESCHEDULED] at Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza

October 6, 2006

Damien Jurado at The Knitting Factory

October 14, 2006

The Wrens, Swearing at Motorists, Ruby Vileos at Southgate House

October 24, 2006

Glen Hansard (The Frames), Dove Man at The Crofoot Ballroom

October 26, 2006

The Hold Steady, Sean Na Na, Catfish Haven at Crown Room

October 30, 2006

Jeff Tweedy, The Autumn Defense at Pabst Theater

November 19, 2006

Sam Roberts Band, Jason Collett at Shank Hall

December 4, 2006

Robbers On High Street, Brighton MA at Subterranean

December 12, 2006

Jeremy Enigk, Canasta at Shank Hall

December 23, 2006

Compound Red/Alligator Gun/Loomis Reunion Show at MSOE Todd Wehr Theater

December 31, 2006

The Hold Steady, Dave Shouse at House of Blues

February 17, 2007

The Lemonheads, VietNam at Shank Hall

March 1, 2007

Langhorne Slim at Rickshaw Stop

March 2, 2007

Dandy Warhols (Noise Pop 2007) at Mezzanine

March 4, 2007

Noise Pop Expo [day 2] at Swedish American Hall

March 4, 2007

Midlake (Noise Pop 2007) at Mezzanine

March 7, 2007

The Mountain Goats at The Independent

March 8, 2007

The Mountain Goats at The Independent

March 16, 2007

TV on the Radio (w/ Subtle) at Orpheum Theatre

March 20, 2007

Sebadoh, You Am I, The Bent Moustache at Shank Hall

March 28, 2007

A lecture by Juan Cole: The United States and Iraq's Shiites: Partnership or Crisis? at University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee - Union Theater

April 11, 2007

David Bazan, Will Johnson at Shank Hall

April 13, 2007

John Vanderslice, St. Vincent at Lake Shore Theater

April 27, 2007

The Dismemberment Plan at Black Cat

May 3, 2007

Grant-Lee Phillips, Judson Claiborne at Lake Shore Theater

May 12, 2007

Morrissey, Kristeen Young at Riverside Theater

May 19, 2007

Sloan at Crown Room

June 9, 2007

The National with Shapes & Sizes at High Noon Saloon

June 23, 2007

Heartless Bastards, Bob Mould, The Redwalls, Robbers on High Street at Belmont Arts & Music Festival

June 24, 2007

The Wrens, Catfish Haven at Belmont Arts & Music Festival

June 26, 2007

Minus Story, Old Canes, 1908 at The Crofoot Ballroom

July 6, 2007

Page France, The Celebrated Workingman at Stonefly Brewery

July 10, 2007

Robbers On High Street, Coltrane Motion at The Crofoot Ballroom

July 14, 2007

The Redwalls, Robbers On High Street, Baby Teeth at High Noon Saloon

July 18, 2007

Pela, Avagami, Royal Pines at The Crofoot Ballroom

July 25, 2007

Smoking Popes, Bosio, From The Headline at Mad Planet

August 25, 2007

Fountains Of Wayne, Office at Double Door

August 30, 2007

Earlimart with The String Dream Team, Patrick Park at The Crofoot Ballroom

September 6, 2007

David Bazan, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone at Shank Hall

September 16, 2007

Devendra Banhart, Rio En Medio at Pabst Theater

September 17, 2007

Okkervil River, Damien Jurado at Pabst Theater

September 21, 2007

The National at Pabst Theater

September 25, 2007

Ryan Adams & The Cardinals at Riverside Theater

September 30, 2007

World/Inferno Friendship Society, Wooden Robot [FREE!] at Memorial Union

October 4, 2007

Of Montreal at Pabst Theater

October 8, 2007

Regina Spektor, Only Son at The Rave

October 9, 2007

Grizzly Bear, Beach House at Pabst Theater

October 15, 2007

Atmosphere, Mac Lethal, Grayskul, LUCKYIAM at Pabst Theater

October 17, 2007

The New Pornographers, Emma Pollack, Benjy Ferree at Pabst Theater

October 24, 2007

Rogue Wave, Port O'Brien at Double Door

October 27, 2007

The Hold Steady, Art Brut, Federale at Newport Music Hall

October 30, 2007

The Mountain Goats, Bowerbirds at Pabst Theater

October 31, 2007

The Hold Steady, Art Brut, Federale [night 2] at Crown Room

November 2, 2007

The Mountain Goats, Bowerbirds, Cryptacize [FREE!] at Gardner Lounge

November 3, 2007

Robyn Hitchcock, Sean Nelson at High Noon Saloon

November 16, 2007

Patrick Park, Darren Spitzer (The Changes) at The Crofoot Ballroom

November 17, 2007

The Hold Steady, Art Brut, The 1990s at Bottle Tree Cafe

November 18, 2007

The Hold Steady, Art Brut, The 1990s at Variety Playhouse

January 14, 2008

The National at Kings Arms

February 15, 2008

Dan Kennedy at Quimby's

March 6, 2008

Harvey Danger [night 1] at The Triple Door

March 7, 2008

Harvey Danger [night 2] at The Triple Door

March 8, 2008

Mark Pickerel and His Praying Hands at Tractor Tavern

March 20, 2008

Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, John Vanderslice at Pabst Theater

March 28, 2008

Low, Scotland Yard Gospel Choir at Turner Hall Ballroom

April 4, 2008

Nada Surf, The Jealous Girlfriends at Crown Room

April 11, 2008

The Hold Steady, The Dynamiters at Turner Hall Ballroom

April 27, 2008

Tim and Eric's Awesome Tour [late show] at The Empty Bottle

May 10, 2008

Jason Anderson, Strand of Oaks at South Union Arts

May 23, 2008

Rilo Kiley, Spinto Band, Nik Freitas at Pabst Theater

May 30, 2008

Firewater, La Scala, Post Honeymoon at The Empty Bottle

June 13, 2008

Aimee Mann at Pabst Theater

June 24, 2008

Eef Barzelay at The Crofoot Ballroom

June 27, 2008

The Hold Steady, Birds of Avalon at Ramshead Live

July 10, 2008

Grant-Lee Phillips [night 2] at The Crofoot Ballroom

July 18, 2008

The Hold Steady at Eagle Theater

July 20, 2008

Bowerbirds at The Crofoot Ballroom

July 21, 2008

The Hold Steady at Club Majestic / Majestic Theatre

July 22, 2008

The Hold Steady at First Avenue

July 22, 2008

Earlimart at Chop Suey

July 23, 2008

The Hold Steady at Fargo Theatre

July 23, 2008

Andrew Bird at Woodland Park Zoo

July 26, 2008

Nine Inch Nails at Key Arena

August 14, 2008

Bon Iver, A. A. Bondy at Pabst Theater

September 9, 2008

Miles Hunt at The Crofoot Ballroom