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View our list of open mic nights around Chicago.

Modern Vertebrate favorites:

The Amoreys -- Almost as entertaining as their live shows are the hilarious e-mails you get from them if you're on their mail list.

Andrew Bird

Ben Folds -- Ben Folds is one of the greatest living entertainers.

Robbie Fulks -- Robbie has begun a "piss off Ryan Adams" contest. If you can accomplish pissing off Ryan Adams, then you win a prize. Gotta love those odds.

Jackpot -- This Californ-ie band is coming out with a new album. Watch for it, sucka!

The Letterpress Opry -- Every time I listen to the lyrics on American Gothic, I think to myself, "Man, I wish I could write like that!" Then I hide in my closet and cry.

Frank Morey -- Excellent Boston blues man

Archer Prewitt

The Siderunners

Waco Brothers -- Chicago's greatest band.

Wilco -- Jeff Tweedy's got a lot going on right now...rehab, a new album...probably other stuff.

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