Don’t let this dreary, fickle weather ruin what is lined up to be a fantastic weekend for live music. The city is alive with the sound of wailing guitars and synths.

We’re excitedly chattering about a bevy of shows large and small, from everyone’s favorite – basement gigs – to Neon Marshmallow Fest occupying the Empty Bottle.

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Here are three whoa-look-at-that-forecast-nothing-but-sun reasons to get to the Empty Bottle tonight for some local metal…

1. Sweet Cobra are one of three local metal acts set to destroy the Empty Bottle tonight. Sweet Cobra are pretty much everything you want in a metal act with ice cap-melting riffs, thunderous drums and urgent, and scream-filled vocals. But the band does feature some wicked melodic breakdowns not unlike High On Fire that can be heard in their ditty “Redborne Orphan”, which you can peep on their Myspace. Seriously, these guys are heavy. Maybe BP should just try blaring Sweet Cobra over a PA to the oil spill because it might scare the oil right back in the pipe. They’re that good.

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It’s that time again, we’ve looked ahead and started filling in our calendars with all of the awesome upcoming shows headed to Chicago in the next few months. Being the good guys and gals that we are, we’re sharing our favorites with you, all of which will surely be not-to-miss performances of artists from around the globe that includes an impressive line-up of local acts. Check out below what we think are the hot Winter/Early Spring concerts, local acts are BOLD for easy access, and let us know in the comments what we may have missed.

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Holy jeebus, it’s November! Seemed like yesterday it was the dog days of summer. Now we’re in the thick of fall, but as temps get colder, the Chicago music scene is only heating up!

This weekend, we’re spotlighting tonight’s Basement Jaxx show, Numero Group’s Eccentric Soul Revue, Chicago’s own Bible Of The Devil and more.

But before we get to our picks for top weekend shows, a reminder: Loud Loop Radio will once again grace the intertubes tomorrow, Saturday, November 7, at 3 p.m. until 5 p.m. CST on Radio DePaul. We’ll probably talk the Julian Casablancas album and Future of The Left who rocked my brain last night.

Let’s get to it, shall we?

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