Top weekend shows: Arcade Fire, Material Issue, Eleventh Dream Day
Arcade Fire: Montreal’s orchestral-rock juggernaut is riding high after an improbable but well-deserved Grammy for Album of the Year for “The Suburbs,” 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sunday, Monday with The National at UIC Pavilion, 525 S. Racine, $49; ticketmaster.com.
Material Issue: Surviving band members Ted Ansani and Mike Zelenko join forces with vocalist Phil Angotti to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Material Issue’s power-pop classic “International Pop Overthrow” and the legacy of late singer-guitarist Jim Ellison, 7 p.m. Saturday at the Abbey, 3420 W. Grace, $10 ($12 door); ticketfly.com.
Eleventh Dream Day: Read about them HERE. 9 p.m. Friday at Lincoln Hall, 2424 N. Lincoln Av, $12 ($14 door); lincolnhallchicago.com.
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