Marmoset

Indiana’s Marmoset bring their brand of skewed pop to the Empty Bottle on Saturday night. It promises to be a nice night of psych tinged guitar jangle with locals Light Pollution, Nervous Fingers, and A Tundra filling out the bill. All this for $8? Get out and support some homegrown talent, you.

10:00 PM. Saturday, 8/22. Empty Bottle. $8.

The Golden Horse Ranch Band

How’s about spending your Sunday afternoon in the park? Sound good? Then go check out The Golden Horse Ranch Band this Sunday at Millennium Park. Bring the kids and they just might learn the hokey pokey. Great countrified sounds from a great countrified Chicagoland band. All this for free between the hours of 1 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.. Yee-haw!

1:00 PM. Sunday, 8/23. Chase Promenade North in Millenium Park. FREE.

Art Brut

Talky English Indie Punk Rock. – Richard Giraldi

9:30 PM. Friday, 8/14. Subterranean. $15.

Lucero

Chicagoans have two chances to see Memphis’s Lucero this weekend. They headline the Subterranean on Saturday and then Sunday they close out the Green Music Fest. The SubT show is $15 and starts at 8 p.m. The Green festivities start at noon and tickets are $10 advanced or $15 at the park. Chose your venue but make sure you catch their brand of earnest country music played with sloppy Replacements verve.

NOON. Saturday, 8/15. Green Music Fest. Eckhart Park locates at 1330 W Chicago Avenue . $15.

Unicycle Loves You

The aptly enough named Unicycle Loves You wrap up this year’s Bicycle Film Festival with a show Saturday night at the Empty Bottle. Tickets are only $5 if you RSVP through the Bottle’s site or still a mere $10 at the door. I can’t think of anything going more hand in hand than bicycles and music. t least not off the top of my head. Ride on down and always, ALWAYS, wear your helmet.

9:00 PM. Saturday, 8/14. Empty Bottle. $10.

Summer is here and what better way to usher it in than with this sweet ruckus.

Windy City Sound Clash Fest

Featuring 40+ acts over 3 days that span the punk rock spectrum. Good ol’ timey punk n’ roll for the weekend.

4 PM. Fri 5/22, Sat 5/23, Sun 5/24. $ 12/17/14.  Reggie’s Rock Club.

CLUES

Indie-Rock featuring former members of The Arcade Fire and Unicorns. With (totally refreshing) local psych-punk crazies, Stranger Waves.

7 PM. Fri 5/22. $ 10. Schubas.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Not during the weekend, but a heads up anyways. Guaranteed the YYYs will make it feel like the weekend. Try and get tickets while you still can.

6 PM. Tue 5/26. $ 25. Aragon Ballroom.