This Week in Great Music: 3/8 - 3/14

The entire world is gearing up for SXSW.  I'm gearing up for reading tons of great blog posts about SXSW.

This week, I'll definitely be at the Hockey show at Lincoln Hall.  Hopefully, the power won't go out on them like it did at Lollapalooza.  I'm debating going to see Sonos tomorrow night; they're an a cappella group and I'm a sucker for stuff like that.  And that SXSW Send-off party at the Hideout looks too good to pass up.  There's a free show by JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound tonight at the Empty Bottle, but I also think that and they're als playing at the Tonic Room on Wednesday, though I can't confirm that since the only place I remember reading about it was on MySpace, which I can't call up here at work. 

Also, I don't know what's so magical about that Jeff Tweedy show at the Vic, because that's one steep price tag. 

Monday, March 8The Magnetic Fields, Harris Theater. 7:30 pm, $30-35Efterklang, volcano!; Lincoln Hall. 9 pm, $12JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound, Empty Bottle. 9:30 pm, freeTuesday, March 9Howie Day, House of Blues. 7 pm, $18-21Sonos, SPACE. 8 pm, $10-18Via Audio, Pattern is Movement, Blane Fonda; Schubas. 8 pm, $10Califone, Lincoln Hall. 9 pm, $15-18Wednesday, March 10Califone, Lincoln Hall. 9 pm, $15-18Vetiver, Empty Bottle. 9:30 pm, $12Thursday, March 11We Were Promised Jetpacks, Lincoln Hall. 9 pm, $12-14Friday, March 12Muse, Silversun Pickups; United Center. 7:30 pm, $49.50-59.50Jeff Tweedy, the Vic. 8 pm, $100-250Gaelic Storm, House of Blues. 9 pm, $32.50-35Ben Sollee and Daniel Martin Moore, SPACE. 10:30 pm, $10-18Hockey, The Constellations; Lincoln Hall. 11 pm, sold outSaturday, March 13SXSW Send-off Party: Via Tania, The Hood Internet, Mickey, Hollows, Tom Schraeder, Love Of Everything, Tyler Jon Tyler, Mittens On Strings, Plastic Crimewave Sound, Waco Brothers and the Life During Wartime DJs; Hideout. 3 pm, $10Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Bottom Lounge. 7 pm, $15Jeff Tweedy, the Vic. 8 pm, $100-250Gaelic Storm, House of Blues. 9 pm, $32.50-35Zola Jesus, Beat Kitchen. 10 pm, $8Ben Sollee and Daniel Martin Moore, Schubas. 10 pm, $12Sunday, March 14Copeland, Metro. 6 pm, $16