This Week in Great Music: 5/24 - 5/30

This week might as well be known as the Week of Great Shows that I Can't Go to Because I Have to Prepare for People to Come Install New Carpet.  Home ownership is not always worth it, let me tell you. 

That aside, I'll be at the (long-sold-out) Mumford & Sons show tonight.  After that, who knows.  Hopefully those of you who don't have impending Carpet Installations will be able to do more interesting things this week than me.

Monday, May 24Besnard Lakes, The Ponys; Millennium Park. 6:30 pm, freeRobbie Fulks and Nora O'Connor; Hideout. 7 pm, $10 suggested donationJames Taylor and Carole King; Allstate Arena. 7:30 pm, sold outMumford and Sons, The Middle East; Lincoln Hall. 9 pm, sold outEluvium, Julianna Barwick; Schubas. 9 pm, $10-12

Tuesday, May 25Maxwell, Jill Scott; United Center. 7:30 pm, $22-127Glee Live! In Concert!; Rosemont Theatre. 7:30 pm, sold out

Wednesday, May 26Glee Live! In Concert!; Rosemont Theatre. 7:30 pm, sold outLCD Soundsystem, Holy Ghost!; Metro. 8 pm, sold outDonnie Biggins, Derek Nelson; Uncommon Ground (3800 N Clark). 8 pm, $5 suggested donationThee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra, Shapers; Lincoln Hall. 9 pm, $15April Smith and the Great Picture Show, Ornery Little Darlings; Schubas. 9 pm, $8-10

Thursday, May 27Josh Rouse, AM; Lincoln Hall. 8 pm, $20Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra, Sadhu Sadhu; Schubas. 9 pm, $15

Friday, May 28The Tallest Man on Earth, Nathaniel Rateliff; Lincoln Hall. 10 pm, sold out

Saturday, May 29Smoking Popes, Shot Baker, Bully in the Hallway; Lincoln Hall. 8 pm, $15Pieta Brown, Judson Claiborne; Hideout. 9 pm, $10How Far to Austin, Cullen's (3741 N Southport). 9 pm, free

Sunday, May 30DePaul Men's a Cappella, University of Chicago Men in Drag, Northwestern University Extreme Measures; Lincoln Hall. 8 pm, $5-7Waco Brothers, Yellowhammers; Double Door. 9 pm, $12-15