Pitchfork

Each year, smack in the middle of yet another dreary, dull upper Midwestern January, Chicago's Schubas hosts a little festival within its four walls and, miraculously, the city is yet again safe from mass exodus. They call it Tomorrow Never Knows, because, well, February's no picnic 'round here either.

20-odd acts will take the stage of the Lakeview club over five nights in mid-January, from the likes of the Walkmen, White Williams, Bon Iver, Cadence Weapon, and White Rabbits to Nomo, Cloud Cult, Illinois, John Vanderslice, Ecstatic Sunshine, and Young Galaxy. It all begins January 16.

In addition, the Paul Green Chicago School of Rock Music will perform its Southern roots rock tribute set during the afternoons of January 19-20, while DJs will spin upstairs each night.

Tomorrow Never Knows:

01-16: John Vanderslice, The M's, Young Galaxy, Heypenny, Maradona (DJ set)
01-17: Bobby Conn, Nomo, Baby Teeth, The Hylozoists, Mister Joshua (DJ set)
01-18: Cloud Cult, Bon Iver, Illinois, Wax Fang, When the Eagle Met the Wolf / Sovietpanda (DJ set)
01-19: Paul Green's Chicago School of Rock Music (2 PM)
01-19: White Williams, Cadence Weapon, Ohmega Watts, Ecstatic Sunshine, Ghostman & Sandman, the Hood Internet (DJ set) (9 PM)
01-20: Paul Green's Chicago School of Rock Music (2 PM)
01-20: The Walkmen, White Rabbits, White Denim, Arcadias, the Prairie Cartel (DJ set) (9 PM)