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Happy Pride! We help Clark St. stay gay 365 and in June we're extra loud about it 🥳 We've got five all-building takeovers coming at you! Party with us 🏳️‍🌈

mclusky hasn't lost a step on record (@ipecac.com) or live (@metrochicago.com), while @pile.bsky.social's embrace of post-hardcore on Sunshine and Balance Beams (@sooperrecords.bsky.social) has made them a looser live band sinceileftyoublog.tumblr.com/post/8134253...

Did Michael Shannon and @jasonnarducy.bsky.social know that their tribute to one of the finest rock bands of all time would somewhat follow the evolution of @remhq.bsky.social themselves? My review of their @metrochicago.com show on Friday. sinceileftyoublog.tumblr.com/post/8115232...

Dance yrself clean. 🪩 LCD Soundsystem on Thursday night at Aragon Ballroom for Night 1 of their Chicago residency! #LiveMusic #Concert @metrochicago.com

Saturday, 14th of Feb, '26: Nocturna Valentine's Ball w/ DJ Scary Lady Sarah at @metrochicago.com Metro, 3730 N. Clark St. Chicago. 10pm - 5am / 18+ welcome. LINK IN BIO! #nocturnachicago #scaryladysarah #gothchicago #chicagonightlife #goth #nocturna

Real Estate playing @metrochicago.com last night

Come early, come often: @smartbarchicago.com and @metrochicago.com are selling a multi-day pass to this weekend's blockbuster lineup of events 5mag.net/news/smartba...

The legendary Cabaret @metrochicago.com has been the stage for countless epic shows for decades! Deck out your jacket, bag, or hat with this sleek 1" gold enamel pin and carry a piece of the Chicago music scene with you 🤘🖤

Can’t wait for Pixel Grip’s sold out hometown show tonight! Arrive early to get your hands on this gorgeous limited-run 4 color metallic silkscreen. Beautifully done by former Metro/smartbar/Gman Tavern Art Director and brilliant Brand Designer @danpolyak.com ❤️‍🔥

SWAMP DOGG @metrochicago.com 01.09.26 w/ MARIJUANA DEATHSQUADS

At @metrochicago.com seeing the Saints, legendary band featuring legendary Mick Harvey of the Bad Seeds and Mark Arm of Mudhoney!

Please consider joining us in supporting Nourishing Hope's mission to help Chicagoans gain access to food, mental health services, and essential social services! Food Drive & Toy Drive donations can we dropped off at Metro’s box office & @gmantavern.com from now until 12/6 ❤️ bit.ly/NH_donate 🍎

On Sunday, Japan's wizards of heaviosity BORIS play @metrochicago.com to celebrate 20 years of their scorching album PINK. Here's how excited I was when they toured Chicago behind that record in 2005: chicagoreader.com/arts-culture...

When I spoke with Mike Mills for Caropop in February, he mentioned a new band he had formed with Darius Rucker (Hootie & the Blowfilsh) and Steve Gorman (Black Crowes). Howl Owl Howl performs its second-ever show tonight at @metrochicago.com. Can't wait! www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8IX...

One month from today! @kavehakbar.bsky.social + Jamila Woods @metrochicago.com! metrochicago.com/event/songwr...

Incredible night @metrochicago.com being engulfed by the polyrhythmic institution that is The Beta Band. Push it out push it all out…

It feels good to be at a show right now ❤️

Attention - The @chicagocubs.bsky.social are playing game 5 at Wrigley Field tonight - the area around our venue @metrochicago.com will be awash with @stereolabgroop.bsky.social and CUBS fans - please take into account when planning your journey for our sold out show. Support from Dorothea Paas.

Did you know there are no ticket fees at the Metro box office? We’re open in the box office/merch store M-F 11am-6pm 3730 N. Clark 📍

Although we love the train... we are, sadly, not the train. 🎟️ Concert tickets > train tickets 🚊

BMSR @metrochicago.com AUG 9TH

We asked. You chose. We built. Introducing Blueprints—our new album built from fan-picked improv moments, reimagined into full songs. Recorded above @metrochicago.com, tested live, and packaged with hand-drawn pedal maps + deep-cut details. Preorder now → umphreysmcgee.diggers.store

DJing fun and loud music, all vinyl, @gmantavern.com tomorrow before Sleigh Bells @metrochicago.com

Pure unadulterated anti-Trump catharsis tonight courtesy of the Melvins and Napalm Death at @metrochicago.com (You would not believe how much love this Hildegard von Bingen tshirt gets at metal shows)

haven watch co LIVE (legendary independent venue edition) series featuring @firstavenue.bsky.social and @metrochicago.com watches photos by mark kauzlarich for hodinkee 🎟️ havenwatchco.com

I’ve been told loud rock music is good for you @metrochicago.bsky.social @bobmouldmusic.bsky.social @jasonnarducy.bsky.social @markcaro.bsky.social

Just what the doctor ordered... @bobmouldmusic.bsky.social @jasonnarducy.bsky.social and @jonwurster.bsky.social melting faces at @metrochicago.bsky.social last night! Punk rock is good for the soul, especially in times like these..

With @bobmouldmusic.bsky.social playing @metrochicago.bsky.social tonight and tomorrow, it's a great time to revisit his wonderful Caropop episode. Hear why my NYT friend called him a "mensch." www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...

5 Mag welcomes @metrochicago.bsky.social / @smartbar.bsky.social owner Joe Shanahan + house music legends Mike Dunn + @djladyd.bsky.social to "The Art of the Comeback: Longevity & Staying Power in Electronic Music" at this weekend's Chicago Electronic Music Conference 5mag.net/news/5-mag-p...

Great set by The Linda Lindas last night at @metrochicago.bsky.social and openers @pinkshiftmd.bsky.social were 🔥🔥🔥 as well!

Sat 5 April: DJ Scary Lady Sarah's Nocturna "Graveyard Garden" Spring Ball at @metrochicago.bsky.social. 10pm - 5am- Dance Until Dawn! 18+ welcome. Early feature: reading of the poetry of Rozz Williams. Also: vendors, giveaways, @glittergutsy.bsky.social photo booth & more. Link in bio! #chicagogoth

Do you feel like a night of oceanic guitar drama? Some melancholy and majestically pretty metal-adjacent postrock? Alcest and Mono play @metrochicago.bsky.social tomorrow! chicagoreader.com/music/concer...

🍀St. Patty’s Giveaway🍀 Chicago’s legendary Celtic punk band The Tossers play @metrochicago.bsky.social on 3/15 for their annual St. Patty’s celebration and we’ve got a pair of tix to give away. May the luck of the Irish be with you for this contest 🤞🏼 shorturl.at/8stOL

First full U.S. Suicide Machines tour in 20 years. Let’s party. Local Presale: Thu Feb 20th @ 12pm EST Public On Sale: Fri Feb 21st @ 12pm EST

may 19th in chicago at the @metrochicago.bsky.social i may have to check that out! metrochicago.com/event/melvin...

I needed this after the shitshow of the last few months. Cymande brought the 🔥🔥 in Chicago at @metrochicago.bsky.social tonight.

❤️💔 Saturday, 15th of Feb, '25: NOCTURNA at @metrochicago.bsky.social 18+ / link in bio! Dance Until Dawn! #nocturnachicago #scaryladysarah #gothchicago #gothicchicago #chicagogoth #chicagogothic #gothgoth #goth #ebm #darkwave #industrial #nocturna #chicagonightlife

evolving symphonic monsters with vicious vibrato, swirling reverb and interplanetary flange. johnnoyd.substack.com @mogwai.scot play @metrochicago.bsky.social April 17th

Time is a construct. Though it has been three decades since fans first heard 'Teenager of the Year,' last night the music sounded as essential, exciting, and timeless as ever. www.eponymousreview.com/12914/photos... @mrblackfrancis.bsky.social @metrochicago.bsky.social