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It’s a good weekend for shows, even if you aren’t into emo. Tonight there’s Lisa Alma at Constellation, Hanni El Khatib and Bass Drum of Death at Lincoln Hall, Avenged Sevenfold and Deftones at Allstate Arena, KT Tunstall at Park West, Coliseum at Bottom Lounge, EPMD at Reggie’s Rock Club, and Jonathan Toubin at Empty Bottle. Tomorrow night you can check out New Gary Burton Quartet at Space, Jason Boland & the Stragglers at Joe’s Bar, Guitar Wolf at Subterranean, Le1f and Antwon at Empty Bottle, Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion at Schubas, Waka Flocka Flame at UIC Pavilion, Mason Jennings at Old Town School of Folk Music, Cokegoat at Cobra Lounge, or Suicide Machines at Reggie’s Rock Club. On Saturday there’s Manatees at Permanent Records, Mixtapes at Subterranean, Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons at Chicago Theatre, Destroid at Concord Music Hall, Gold Panda at Metro, Quintron & Miss Pussycat at Empty Bottle, Modern Life is War at Cobra Lounge, and Wala Cam’s Talent Showcase with M.I.C and Breezy Montana at JLM Abundant Life Center (for more information on that show check out this week’s B Side cover story). If you’re still hungry for live music come Sunday you can go see Hey Marseilles at Empty Bottle, Rose Cousins at Studios at Space, Bruce Brubaker at Mayne Stage, Why? at Lincoln Hall, Oddisee at Double Door, Biffy Clyro at Bottom Lounge, or Shark? at Burlington
Thu 10/3: Pamphleteers at Hideout
“As one-third of the ultrafunky and frequently cowboy-hatted Gap Band, Charlie Wilson was responsible for some of soul music’s most sublime moments of the late 70s and early 80s, including the immortal jams ‘You Dropped a Bomb on Me’ and ‘Humpin’.’ Unlike most of his contemporaries, he embraced rather than battled the rap artists who would later use his classics as source material for hits of their own,” writes Miles Raymer. “Wilson is not only a godfather to several generations of rappers; his graciousness and unbelievably well-preserved voice have also made him a frequent collaborator. His already phenomenal legacy was given an additional boost in 2010 with song-stealing guest appearances on Kanye West’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. Earlier this year he repeated the feat on Yeezus with a hook on the album-closing track ‘Bound 2’ that’s among the most gravity-defying performances of 2013.”
