From LiveMusicBlog.com:

Learn more about Chicago indie music labels here and here. (via Chicagoist)

Sun - 01/22

Aroma Cafe - Rocky Ricardo(John McMahon and Friends) - Free - Noon

Boltini - Jon Meske (DJ) - Free - 10:30pm

Canopy Club - David Gill Benefit - 9pm

Cowboy Monkey - Loco Macheen/The Dewayn Brothers Bluegrass Band - $4 - 10pm

Iron Post - Dave Dickey’s Big Band - Cover - 6pm

Rose Bowl Tavern - Crystal River Band - Free - 9pm (Country)

Mon - 01/23

Bentley’s Pub - Michael Davis - 7pm

Canopy Club - Rehearsal Space - Elsinore - Free - 9pm (Highly Recommended)

Cowboy Monkey - Open Mic W/ Mike Ingram - Free - 10pm

Iron Post - Chris Reyman Trio - Cover - 9pm

The Office - Finga Lickin’ - Free - 10:30pm

Rose Bowl Tavern - Feudin’ Hillbilly’s - Free - 6pm

Tue - 01/24

Canopy Club - Open Jam/Open Mic - Free 21+/$2 21-under - 10pm

Cowboy Monkey - Gil Mantera’s Party Dream/Probably Vampires/Terminus Victor - $7 - 10pm

Highdive - Subversion - $2 - 10pm

Rose Bowl Tavern - Crystal River Band - Free - 9pm (Country)

Verde Gallery - Bluegrass Jam - Free - 7-9:30pm

White Horse Inn - Jesse Greenlee/Larry Gates - Free - 9:30pm

Wed - 01/25

Bentley’s Pub - Traditional Irish Music - Free - 7pm

Canopy Club - Shipwreck/Ghost In Light/Piglet/A Light Sleeper - $5 - 9pm

Rose Bowl Tavern - Ed O’Hara and Friends - Free - 9pm

Thu - 01/26

Aroma - New Ruins - Free - 8pm

Boltini - Kayla Brown - Free - 8:30pm

Canopy Club - Green St. Records Presents: The Morning Call/Something For Sundown/Pangea/Missing The Point - $5 - 9pm

Cowboy Monkey - The 15th Annual Great Cover Up: Lorenzo Goldfronts/Shipwreck/Probably Vampires/Angie Heaton/The Elanors/Theory of Everything - $8 - 9pm

Zorba’s - Real Deal Jazz Band - $3 - 9:30pm

Fri - 01/27

Canopy Club - Midwest Bluegrass Summit: Cornmeal/Green Mountain Grass/Coal Train - $5 - 9pm

Cowboy Monkey - The 15th Annual Great Cover Up: Ambitious Pie Party/Mike Ingram Band/Tractor Kings/Elsinore/Beat Kitchen/The Delta Kings - $8 - 9pm

Iron Post - Jeff Helgesen Quintet - 5pm

Iron Post - Urbana Booking Co. Presents: The Apparitions/The Hush Sound/The Greytones - Time TBA - $5

Rose Bowl Tavern - Country Connection - $1 - 9pm

Tommy G’s - Leather Pistol - Cover - 10pm

Sat - 01/28

Cowboy Monkey - The 15th Annual Great Cover Up: Poster Children/Triple Science Whip/Terminus Victor/The Greedy Loves/Emotional Rec Club/Nadafinga - $8 - 9pm

Iron Post - Greg Spero - 9pm

Rose Bowl Tavern - Country Connection - $1 - 9pm

Tommy G’s - Kelly’s Heroes - Cover - 10pm

I noticed that I completely have left out any commentary on the ACL Television Broadcasts on PBS. Here’s a rough schedule of the rest of this season, but sometimes the days are off depending on what your local station is. You can look up your local show time at this page of ACL’s website. At the top you’ll find a popup link for local showtimes. Personal highlights for me are Ryan Adams, Widespread Panic, Wilco & Bright Eyes, Trey Anastasio, Jack Johnson & Rilo Kiley, and Spoon. I love all of the rest, also, but everybody’s got their favorites, eh?

Blues Traveler followed by Café Tacuba January 14, 2006
New! Season 31

Ryan Adams followed by Tift Merritt January 21, 2006
New! Season 31

Widespread Panic January 28, 2006
New! Season 31

Gretchen Wilson followed by Miranda Lambert February 4, 2006
New! Season 31

Death Cab for Cutie followed by My Morning Jacket February 11, 2006
New! Season 31

John Fogerty February 18, 2006
Encore from Season 30

Sheryl Crow February 25, 2006
Encore from Season 30

The Polyphonic Spree & Ozomatli March 4, 2006
Encore from Season 30

Modest Mouse & Guided By Voices March 18, 2006
Encore from Season 30

Damien Rice March 25, 2006
Encore from Season 30

The Flaming Lips & The Shins April 1, 2006
Encore from Season 30

Trey Anastasio April 8, 2006
Encore from Season 30

Jack Johnson followed by Rilo Kiley April 15, 2006
Encore from Season 31

Alison Krauss and Union Station followed by Kathleen Edwards April 22, 2006
Encore from Season 31

Etta James April 29, 2006
Encore from Season 31

Ben Folds followed by Ray LaMontagne May 6, 2006
Encore from Season 31

The Killers followed by Spoon May 13, 2006
Encore from Season 31

John Prine followed by Amos Lee May 20, 2006
Encore from Season 31

Franz Ferdinand followed by What Made Milwaukee Famous May 27, 2006
Encore from Season 31

JUST ANNOUNCED…
THE FIERY FURNACES @ Highdive
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25TH

Advance tickets will be $13.00 ($15.00 at the door) and they will go on sale starting January 13th at the following locations: Bacca Cigar Co., Dandelion Vintage Clothing, Skins-n-Tins Drum Shop, Exile on Main Street, Any Frequency Records (220 W. Washington in Monticello) and ONLINE for anyone outside CU… www.ticketfusion.com/store/one/index.html?store_id=2153&cid=&page_type=sched

Restless sonic chameleons the Fiery Furnaces revolve around the brother and sister duo of Matthew and Eleanor Friedberger, whose prickly childhood relationship and musical family set the stage for their playful, unpredictable music. The pair mixes simple, poppy melodies with a dizzying array of wordplay, sounds, and influences, including the Who, Captain Beefheart, Os Mutantes; dashes of folk, blues, and garage rock. The Furnaces have toured with The French Kicks, Sleater-Kinney, Spoon, Ted Leo & the Pharmacists, Franz Ferdinand, and The Shins.

www.thefieryfurnaces.com

Check out Angry Robot.net’s list of South By Southwest artists that you can actually read. They’re some good stuff in there that noone saw because of the moron who does their web design. Jeeez, come on now.