Chicago Tribune’s “Cheap Eater”, aka food writer Kevin Pang, took to his Twitter account today to release the first details on a new live compilation bootleg from The Metro.

According to Pang’s tweets, a press release states that the 10-track compilation will be titled, The Official Bootleg Series Vol 1, and will be released on July 22 and could also be available at Pitchfork Music Festival on July 16 – 18 in Union Park for a nice price of $20. Additionally, Pang tweets that all the proceeds from the album will benefit Rock For Kids.

There’s no information up on the Metro’s website yet, but it should be coming soon. For now, check out tracklist that Pang released over twitter (the dates form which these performances come has not been revealed yet, but I’m sure you can make some educated guesses) after the jump.

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Portland’s The Decemberists brought their brand of whimsical folk rock to the Riviera Theatre on Thursday night. While their two-hour set of towering climaxes and bittersweet reflections was played in high spirits and to near perfection, the show seemed to suffer an odd case of split personality syndrome.

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Photo Credit: Richard Giraldi

If Lollapalooza 2009 day one could be summed up in one word, it would be wet.

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Lollapalooza announced the lineup for the official aftershows that will take place in Chicago during the festival weekend of August 7-9.

The festivities begin on Thursday, August 6, with the Beastie Boys at the Congress Theatre, The Decemberists at The Metro and Thievery Corporation the House of Blues. 

Among the shows slated for Friday, August 7, are  TV On the Radio at the Double Door and Arctic Monkeys at The Metro .

Saturday, August 8 brings Fleet Foxes to The Metro and Dan Auerbach to Schubas along with additional special guests.

Finally, on Sunday, August 9, if still in need of more music, Deerhunter, No Age and Dan Deacon bring their round-robin tour to Logan Square Auditorium and MSTRKRFT will perform at the Bottom Lounge.

The entire lineup of shows can be found here, with tickets set to go on sale Saturday, June 27 at 10am.