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Chicago concerts to catch for June 2011

If the summer concerts weren't looking good enough for May, then June offers a little bit of everything for the savy music listener-including old favorites, national festivals,and new bands to get to know now before they blow up to huge artists.

Take a look at what is coming soon to a venue near you in Chicago for the month of June:

The Script 6/1 Aragon

Bob Schneider & Band 6/1 Park West

Brett Dennen, Dawes 6/3 Vic

Raphael Saadiq 6/3 Park West

The Soundtrack of Our Lives 6/3 Martyrs

Ray Lamontagne & the Pariah Dogs 6/7 Millennium Park

Dispatch 6/7 UIC Pavilion

Panic at the Disco, fun 6/8 Riviera

Daniel Lanois’ Black Dub 6/10 Park West

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My Morning Jacket 6/17 Auditorium Theatre

Florence + the Machine 6/18 Aragon

Beady Eye 6/18 Metro

Matt & Kim, The Thermals 6/25-26 The Vic

Jethro Tull 6/26 Chicago Theatre

Eddie Vedder, Glen Hansard 6/28-29 Chicago Theatre

Ben Harper 6/30-7/1 Vic

Iron & Wine, The Head & the Heart 6/6 Millennium Park

Flux Pavilion, Designer Drugs 6/11 Congress Theater

Campbell Brothers 6/13 Millennium Park

Kings Go Forth 6/20 Millennium Park

Ozomatli 6/3 Congress Theater

Bone Thugs N Harmony 6/9 Congress Theater

Bootsy Collins 6/10 Congress Theater

The Dodos, Gauntlet Hair 6/6 Metro

The Antlers, Little Scream 6/11 Metro

Against Me, Lemuria 6/17 Metro

Junior Boys, Miracle Fortress 6/24 Metro

Borgone 6/30 Metro

Luke Vibert, Radiohiro 6/17 Smartbar

Derrick Carter, Nate Manic 6/25 Smartbar

Bailiff, Box Jellyfish 6/4 Lincoln Hall

Oberhofer, Young Man 6/5 Lincoln Hall

David Bazan + Band, Cotton Jones 6/8 Lincoln Hall

Architecture In Helsinki, Hooray for Earth 6/10 Lincoln Hall

Bell X1, James Vincent McMorrow 6/11 Lincoln Hall

Foster the People 6/12 Lincoln Hall

Sondre Lerche, Nightlands 6/18 Schubas + 6/19 Lincoln Hall

Jaja Jazzist 6/29 Lincoln Hall

Nick 13 6/30 Lincoln Hall

Telekinesis 6/8 Schubas

Gruff Rhys, Y Niwl 6/9 Schubas

US Royalty 6/10 Schubas

Allo Darlin’, Very Truly Yours 6/13 Schubas

Woodsman, Tape Deck Mountain 6/14 Schubas

Katie Herzig 6/16 Schubas

The Postelles 6/17 Schubas

Farewell Continental 6/19 Schubas

Givers, Pepper Rabbit 6/24 Schubas

Daphne Willis 6/26 Schubas

Chamberlin 6/28 Schubas

Mishka, Mat McHugh 6/29 Schubas

White Denim, Mazes 6/30 Schubas

Dengue Fever 6/4 Empty Bottle

A Place to Bury Strangers 6/6 Empty Bottle

Wildbirds & Peacedrums 6/7 Empty Bottle

Cloud Mouth, Cave Bear 6/13 Empty Bottle

Loose Dudes, Empty Heads 6/27 Empty Bottle

Times New Viking, Tyler Jon Tyler 6/29 Empty Bottle

The Strange Boys, White Fence 6/30 Empty Bottle

Art Brut 6/15 Double Door

The Parlotones 6/19 Double Door

Cougars, Electric Hawk 6/22 Double Door

Del tha Funkee Homosapien, Abstract Giants 6/3 Abbey Pub

The Laureates 6/17 Beat Kitchen

Detroit Cobras, Girl in a Coma 6/2 Bottom Lounge

Archers of Loaf 6/8-9 Bottom Lounge

Blonde Redhead 6/19 Bottom Lounge

Torche, Big Business 6/28 Bottom Lounge

Antietam, Horses Ha 6/4 Hideout

Locrian, House of Low 6/13 Hideout

Grace Potter & the Nocturnals 6/3 HOB

The Maine, Augustana 6/4 HOB

Neon Trees 6/8 HOB

Cold Blue Kid, The Suns 6/10 HOB

Better Than Ezra 6/17 HOB

Lucky Boys Confusion, Action Blast 6/18 HOB

Jonny Lang 6/25 HOB

Leo Kottke 6/4 Old Town School

Booker T 6/11 Old Town School

Horse Feathers 6/13 Space

Charlie Hunter 6/15 Space

Allen Toussaint 6/18 Space

Mary Fahl 6/11 Martyrs

Sleepy Kitty 6/16 The Whistler

Javelin, Bonobo, Dengue Fever, Quintron & Miss Pussycat 6/4 Do Division Fest

A Place to Bury Strangers, White Mystery, Royal Bangs 6/5 Do Division Fest

30 Seconds to Mars, Seether, Papa Roach 6/4 First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre

Infected Mushroom 6/10 The Mid

Yourself & the Air 6/18 Subt

Bedouin Soundclash 6/23 Subt

Les Savy Fav 6/25 Subt

Les Savy Fav, The Thermals 6/26 Green Music Fest

Yo La Tengo 6/26 Subt

Yo La Tengo, The Life & Times 6/25 Green Music Fest

, Chicago Indie Music Examiner

Preceding a Journalism degree, Jyn Radakovits wanted to be immersed in music. Meeting Mat Devine of Kill Hannah and interviewing him for her college newspaper paved the way for a career in music journalism nearly a decade later. Radakovits is a staff writer for Chicago Innerview Magazine as well...

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