This Week in Great Music: 1/11 - 1/17

The beginning half of this week has apparently decided to take a vacation.  I'd sure like to do the same, but that's not going to be happening any time soon.

The big attraction this week is the Tomorrow Never Knows festival, hosted at Schubas and Lincoln Hall.  There are a lot of great bands performing, and many shows are already sold out.  I'll be at the Owen Pallett (Final Fantasy) show on Saturday.  Perhaps this time, I will plan better so that I don't have to hold my coat the entire time (hello, no coat check) like I did at the Butch Walker show.

Monday, January 11Nothing.

Tuesday, January 12Nothing!

Wednesday, January 13Nothing!1!

Thursday, January 14The Powwows, Martyrs. 8 pm, $7G. Love and Special Sauce, House of Blues. 8 pm, $25.50-28Buddy Guy, Buddy Guy's Legends. 9 pm, $40Surfer Blood and Freelance Whales, Schubas.  9 pm, sold outVoxtrot, Lincoln Hall. 9 pm, $15

Friday, January 15City and Colour and Lissie, Metro. 7:30 pm, $21-25Sons of the Never Wrong, Davenport's Piano Bar and Cabaret (1383 N Milwaukee).  7:30 pm, $10 (two drink minimum)Buddy Guy, Buddy Guy's Legends. 9 pm, sold outNeon Indian and The Hood Internet, Schubas. 9 pm, sold outAtlas Sound, Lincoln Hall.  10 pm, $15

Saturday, January 16Too Hot To Handel: The Jazz Gospel Messiah, Auditorium Theatre. 7:30 pm, $30-65Buddy Guy, Buddy Guy's Legends. 9:30 pm, sold outOwen Pallett (Final Fantasy), Sharon Van Etten, and Peter Wolf Crier, Schubas. 10 pm, sold outBowerbirds, The Rural Alberta Advantage, and Julie Doiron, Lincoln  Hall.  10 pm, $15

Sunday, January 17Too Hot To Handel: The Jazz Gospel Messiah, Auditorium Theatre. 3 pm, $30-65Buddy Guy, Buddy Guy's Legends. 7:30 pm, sold out.Clues, Skybox, Pomegranates, and Netherfriends, Schubas. 9 pm, $15Lee Fields and the Expressions, Lincoln Hall.  9 pm, $15