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Things That Fly, the Chicago-based indie rock band led by Heidi Serwer and Karen Salmon, will perform catchy and clever tunes such as “Lucky Ones” and “Crunch Went The Snow” from its self-titled EP at a record-release show taking place at Martyrs’ this Saturday. The event will also include a performance by the Divine Sound Gospel Choir and DJ Tanja Buhler, and benefit the charity organization Common Pantry.

Mike Skill and Brad Elvis of The Romantics will be part of the multi-genre entertainment being offered at The Lakewood Oswego Festival Of The Arts this weekend in Lake Oswego, Oregon. They perform at 8:00 pm on Saturday. LOFA, as it’s affectionately known in those parts, will also offer soul, jazz, bluegrass, big band, and Latin funk artists.

The Metropolitan Jazz Octet and jazz singer Paul Marinaro will join together for The Bowie Project, a presentation of jazz-oriented renditions of David Bowie songs at City Winery Chicago on June 27. 

Global Citizen, a nonprofit organization devoted to fighting climate change, will present a free concert titled Power Our Planet: Live In Paris this Thursday, June 22. Staged in the vicinity of the Eiffel Tower, the event will feature performances by Lenny Kravitz, Finneas, Ben Harper, Billie Eilish, Jon Batiste, Mosimann, and H.E.R.

Chicago-based singer-guitarist Phil Angotti will be performing songs from Neil Young’s Harvest, The Byrds’ s Younger Than Yesterday, and Elvis Costello’s My Aim Is True this Thursday night at Reggies on State Street. Angotti will be joined by Tom Ryan, Casey McDonough, Debbie Kascynski, Todd Rusin, Dan Ingenthron, Kriss Bataille and Jim Barclay.

The triple bill of Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Garbage, and Metric is coming to the Huntington Bank Pavilion in Chicago on June 27. It’s part of a two-month American tour that will also visit Los Angeles, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, Tampa, Cincinnati, New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and other cities.

The Neverly Brothers will bring their entertaining mix of live music and rock and roll history to Memorial Park in Wheaton this Friday and at the Orland Hills Community Center on Saturday.

Peter Asher of Peter And Gordon will join Jeremy Clyde of Chad and Jeremy for a performance this Friday at The Old Town School Of Folk Music in Chicago. They’ll perform the hits their duos scored back in the 1960s, and share memories of that era as well.

Pete Towshend’s 1980 solo album Empty Glass and his 1977 collaboration with Ronnie Lane Rough Mix will be will be released as half-speed vinyl masters this Friday.

The Northman Riverwalk Beer And Cider Garden, located at 233 E. Riverwalk in downtown Chicago, has a full schedule of late afternoon and early evening live music planned for this summer. Tomorrow brings the “acoustic new wave, post punk, mod, Brit pop” stylings of  Niko Twist Action, which certainly sounds promising. There’s live music every day this week, see the website for the schedule.  

Kate Fagan from the Chicago’s beloved 1980s ska band Heavy Manners, has a solo performance coming up at Rattleback records on June 28. She’ll be performing songs from her recently re-issued and expanded solo album I Don’t Want To Be Too Cool. The evening will include a Question and Answer session, a live performance, and signing.