TOP WEEKEND SHOWS: WICKER PARK FEST, MISSION OF BURMA
Wicker Park Fest: A ridiculously cold hodge-podge of bands during a low, low price. Artists embody a reunion of emo legends Cap’n Jazz upon Saturday, as well as steel gods Torche as well as Baroness, as well as Local H upon Sunday, Noon-10 p.m. Friday-Sunday during 1600 N. Milwaukee Av., donation; wickerparkbucktown.com.
Mission of Burma: Bands frequency receptive to advice as great or improved a second time around, though this Boston contingent is a single of a exceptions. After violation up betimes in a early ‘80s after laying a grounds for indie-rock, Clint Conley, Roger Miller as well as Peter Prescott have been behind louder as well as harder than ever with Chicago-based operative Bob Weston doing a live mixing, 9 p.m. Friday during Subterranean, 2011 North Av. ; ticketweb.com, as well as Saturday during Wicker Park Fest (see above).
-- Greg Kot
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