Wynton Marsalis (Orchestra Hall)

The Right Now (Lincoln Hall)

Liberty Bluegrass Band (Heartland Cafe)

Emancipator; The Coop; Bluetech (Kinetic Playground)

Jack Straw (IL); Tula (The Cubby Bear)

Buckman Page (Underground Lounge)

The New Mastersounds; Lou Dooben (Double Door)

Radio Slave (Spy Bar)

Fifth Story (Martyrs')

Scout Niblett (Schubas)

Nathan Holley (Tonic Room)

Snuckafoo (The Store)

Le Principle (Subterranean)

Gary Tu (Whole Foods Flavor Fest)

This Must be the Band: Talking Heads Tribute (New York Slices, Highland Park, IL)

Unity...the Band (The Alley in Highwood, Highwood, IL)

Spiral Trance (Ye Olde Town Inn, Mt. Prospect, IL)

3 in Counting (Dominican University | Lund Auditorium, River Forest, IL)

Great Big Sea (House of Blues)

Duke Tumatoe (Kingston Mines)

David Garrett (Park West)

The Appleseed Cast (The Bottom Lounge)

The Impalers (Reggie's Rock Club)

Mr. Blotto (Fitzgerald's, Berwyn, IL)

Cowboy Junkies (Old Town School of Folk Music)

Soft Speaker (The Hideout)

The Sometimes Family (Beat Kitchen)

Frank Catalano (Andy's Jazz Club)

The Big Pink; A Place to Bury Strangers (Metro)

Nick Moss & the Flip Tops (Buddy Guy's Legends)

Benny Benassi (Congress Theater)

Luster; Color Radio (Subterranean)

Scarlet Mountain (The Bird's Nest)

Fresh Hops (Double Door)

Fareed Haque (St. Sava Serbian Cultural Center, chicago, IL)

Na Palm (Lasalle Power Company)

Chainsaw DuPont & the Blues Warriors (House Of Blues, Back Porch Stage)

Koffin Kats (The Bottom Lounge)

Clifton Roy & Folkstringer (The Alley in Highwood, Highwood, IL)

Al Stone (Papa T's Pizza & Pub, Midlothian, IL)

Smokin Gunz (Whiskey Roadhouse, Palos Heights, IL)

Great Big Sea (House of Blues)

Duke Tumatoe (Kingston Mines)

Corky Siegel's Chamber Blues; Tyrone Wells ; Tony Lucca; Roy Jay & more... (SPACE, Evanston, IL)

Alice in Chains; Middle Class Rut (Aragon Ballroom)

Norah Jones (The Chicago Theatre)

The Handsome Devilz (Reggie's Rock Club)

Phillip Morris (Elastic Arts Gallery)

Corky Siegel (Old Town School of Folk Music)

Flow Theory (Elbo Room)

OCD Automatic (Plan B)

H2O (Reggie's Rock Club)

Emily Osment; Hot Chelle Rae (House of Blues)

The Australian Bee Gees Show (The Venue @ Horseshoe Casino, Hammond, IN)

Linsey Alexander (Kingston Mines)

John Oates (SPACE, Evanston, IL)

Forget Cassettes (Empty Bottle)

Howard Levy (Old Town School of Folk Music)

Adam Norwest (Lakeshore Theater)

Carl Weathersby (Kingston Mines)

No Bragging Rights (Elbo Room)

Turbine; Fifth World (Abbey Pub)

O'Brother; Manchester Orchestra; The Features (Metro)

Quintus McCormick (Kingston Mines)

White Wizzard (Reggie's Rock Club)

Cowboy Junkies (SPACE, Evanston, IL)

Maurice John Vaughn (Kingston Mines)

Matthew Good; Automatic Loveletter (Double Door)

The Temper Trap; The Kissaway Trail (Metro)

Sherwood; Seabird (Subterranean)

Francesca Johnson (The Whistler)

Brent Amaker and the Rodeo (Red Line Tap)

Marleah Liddle (Franconello's)

Paradise Waits (McDunna's)

Pere Ubu (Lincoln Hall)

Frank Catalano (Frankfurt Music Messe, Frankfurt, GER)

Five For Fighting; Matt Wertz (The Vic Theatre)

Justin Bieber (Rosemont Theatre, Rosemont, IL)

Air; AM (The Riviera Theatre)

Golden Triangle; Screens (Beat Kitchen)

Gunslingers (Empty Bottle)

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club; Band of Skulls (Metro)

Sugarpusher (Morgans Bar and Grill)

Head for the Hills; Pert' Near Sandstone (Martyrs')

Roman Candle (Schubas)

Caspa (Smart Bar)

The Bronx; Dead Country (Subterranean)

DJ Trentino (The Victor Hotel)

Spare Parts (aliveOne)

Frank Catalano (Frankfurt Music Messe, Frankfurt, GER)

Evergreen Terrace; Death Before Dishonor; Stray From the Path (Reggie's Rock Club)

Vampire Weekend; Abe Vigoda (The Riviera Theatre)

Justin Bieber (Rosemont Theatre, Rosemont, IL)

Shane Dwight; Badmotorfinger (House of Blues)

Carl Weathersby (Kingston Mines)

Past Lives (The Bottom Lounge)

Lil Nathan & The Zydeco Big Timers (Reggie's Music Joint)

Goes Cube (Beat Kitchen)

Eddie Money; How Far to Austin (Cubby Bear North, Lincolnshire, IL)

Aaron Zimmer (Elbo Room)

Rick Estrin & The Nightcats (Buddy Guy's Legends)

Citay (Schubas)

Flame Shark (Reggie's Music Joint)

Family Groove Company; Heatbox (Abbey Pub)

Gringo Star (Subterranean)

Holding Mercury (Lincoln Hall)

DJ Trentino (Level)

Andy Wagner (The Hideout)

Ivas John Band (The Smoke Daddy)

South Memphis String Band (Old Town School of Folk Music)

Anna Coogan and north19 (Uncommon Ground (Devon))

Voodoo Pilot (Tower Grille, Glenview, IL)

The Right Now (This Must Be The Place, Lemont, IL)

MOOSE (The Montrose Room, Rosemont, IL)

Frank Catalano (Frankfurt Music Messe, Frankfurt, GER)

Stick To Your Guns; The Ghost Inside; Unearth; Veil of Maya; Carnifex & more... (House of Blues)

Vance Kelly (Kingston Mines)

Vampire Weekend; Abe Vigoda (The Riviera Theatre)

Puscifer (The Vic Theatre)

Slightly Stoopid; Del the Funky Homosapien; The Aggrolites (Congress Theater)

Tegan & Sara; Steel Train; Holly Miranda (Aragon Ballroom)

Land of Atlantis; Lying Delilah; Stellar Road (The Cubby Bear)

The Calabrese Sisters (The Bottom Lounge)

Court Yard Hounds (Park West)

Adrian Legg (SPACE, Evanston, IL)

Lovedrug (Beat Kitchen)

The Radiators (Fitzgerald's, Berwyn, IL)

Scott Miller (Fitzgerald's, Berwyn, IL)

Aaron Zimmer; Merlin (Elbo Room)

These Are Powers (The Hideout)

Habib Koite & Bamada (Old Town School of Folk Music)

Phillip Morris (Martyrs')

Altan (The Abbey )

Bone Thugs N Harmony (Congress Theater)

Flow Theory (Miska's Venue)

DJ Trentino (Grand Central)

VHS or BETA Dee Jays (Metro)

Poi Dog Pondering (Beverly Art Center)

Gary Allan (Joe's)

Groovatron (Harte's Saloon, Evergreen Park, IL)

Ivas John Band (The Mambo Room, La Grange, La Grange, IL)

Frank Catalano (Frankfurt Music Messe, Frankfurt, GER)

Vance Kelly (Kingston Mines)

Jackpot Donnie; How Far to Austin; Makeshift Prodigy; Molehill & more... (The Cubby Bear)

Puscifer (The Vic Theatre)

Stone Temple Pilots (The Riviera Theatre)

Gladys Knight (The Venue @ Horseshoe Casino, Hammond, IN)

That 1 Guy (Beat Kitchen)

Michael Buble; Naturally Seven; Naturally 7 (Allstate Arena, Rosemont, IL)

The Radiators (Fitzgerald's, Berwyn, IL)

The Cave Singers (Empty Bottle)

Justin Roberts (Old Town School of Folk Music)

Andrew Belle (Schubas)

Quintus McCormick (Buddy Guy's Legends)

Bud Summers (Phyllis' Musical Inn)

The Lifeline (Lakeshore Theater)

Sanctus Real; Above The Golden State; Addison Road (Oak Brook Community Church, Oak Brook, IL)

Hotspur (Beat Kitchen)

Strawberry Fields (The Venue @ Horseshoe Casino, Hammond, IN)

Panda (House of Blues)

Harry Manx (SPACE, Evanston, IL)

Linsey Alexander (Kingston Mines)

Hey Champ (Empty Bottle)

Carl Weathersby (Kingston Mines)

Bud Summers (Elbo Room)

Janelle Monae (Schubas)

George Winston (Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, Arlington Heights, IL)

Janelle Monae (Schubas)

Antennas Up (The Whistler)

ReaLife Ntertainment (Abbey Pub)

Quintus McCormick (Kingston Mines)

Psychedelic Horseshit (Empty Bottle)

George Winston (Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, Arlington Heights, IL)

Two Tons of Steel (Fitzgerald's, Berwyn, IL)

Maurice John Vaughn (Kingston Mines)

The Ruby Suns; Toro Y Moi (Schubas)

Strange Arrangement; The New Fuse (Tonic Room)

Green River Ordinance (Lincoln Hall)

GreenSugar (Double Door)

Paradise Waits (McDunna's)

The Andreas Kapsalis & Goran Ivanovic Guitar Duo (Jazz Showcase)

Serena Maneesh; The Depreciation Guild (The Bottom Lounge)

Tim Barry (Reggie's Rock Club)

You Say Party! We Say Die! (Empty Bottle)

Tatsuya Nakatani (The Hideout)

Lucas Gillan (The Velvet Lounge)

Little Dragon; VV Brown (Lincoln Hall)

Quintus McCormick (Kingston Mines)

Michael Miller; The Ruse (Elbo Room)

Bonobo; The Invisible (Metro)

Miles Kurosky (Schubas)

The Willowz; Lionize; Nebula (Double Door)

She Swings, She Sways (US Beer Company)

The Herbert Wiser Band (The Store)

Eyes Set To Kill; From First To Last (Reggie's Rock Club)

Spoon; Deerhunter; Micachu & the Shapes (Aragon Ballroom)

Woodhands; Light Pollution (The Bottom Lounge)

Donna The Buffalo (Fitzgerald's, Berwyn, IL)

Black Lips ; Box Elders (Logan Square Auditorium)

The Protomen (Beat Kitchen)

The Kickback (Empty Bottle)

Lil Nathan & The Zydeco Big Timers & more... (House of Blues)

Moenia (V Live )

Beach House; Bachelorette (Metro)

Quintus McCormick (Rosa's Lounge)

Jedi Mind Tricks (Subterranean)

Flying Lotus; Kode 9 (Double Door)

Seabear; Sóley; Via Tania (Schubas)

High on Fire; Black Cobra ; Priestess; Bison B.C. (Lincoln Hall)

Daphne Willis (Martyrs')

Greg Spero (Andy's Jazz Club)

Groovatron; Land of Atlantis; Strange Arrangement (House of Blues)

Smile Empty Soul (Whiskey Roadhouse, Palos Heights, IL)

Larry McCray (Kingston Mines)

Dillinger Escape Plan; Darkest Hour; Iwrestledabearonce & more... (Reggie's Rock Club)

Mat Kearney; Ingrid Michaelson (The Riviera Theatre)

Passion Pit; Bear Hands; Mayer Hawthorne & The County (Congress Theater)

Goat Motor; Waterstreet (The Cubby Bear)

The O'Jays (Arie Crown Theater)

California Guitar Trio; The Andreas Kapsalis & Goran Ivanovic Guitar Duo (SPACE, Evanston, IL)

Chris Young (Joe's)

Wishbone Ash (Fitzgerald's, Berwyn, IL)

Acid Mothers Temple (Empty Bottle)

The Methadones (Beat Kitchen)