Weekend Reminders

Recently, Thursday posts have focused on events that were previously mentioned on Broken Hearted Toy, and are taking place during the upcoming weekend. Today’s post follows that format, along with a few brand new weekend events that have only now come to my attention.

Chicago indie rockers The Handcuffs have a gig coming up at Liar’s Club this Saturday to promote the vinyl release of their latest album, Burn The Rails. Morgan Fisher from Mott The Hoople will be their guest keyboards player that night. The gatefold LP comes with a seven-inch blue vinyl single featuring the new Handcuffs track “Jubilee” and a cover of the George Harrison/Jackie Lomax song “Sour Milk Sea.” Special guests Jon Langford And His Fancy Men will open the show, and CHIRP Radio DJ Stevo will also be on hand. The music starts at 8:30 pm.

The Lost Record, a collection of songs Susanna Hoffs recorded with Charlotte Caffey and Jane Wiedlin from The Go-Go’s in her garage back in 1999, will be available to stream tomorrow. The CD comes out on October 25, and there will be a vinyl edition in early December.

Steve Wynn of The Dream Syndicate has a performance coming up this Sunday at Hideout Inn on Chicago’s north side. Autographed copies of Wynn’s recently released memoir I Wouldn't Say It If It Wasn't True are available on his Bandcamp page, which is where you can also order his a new solo album Make It Right. Rick Rizzo from Eleventh Dream Day will be the opening act at Hideout Inn.

Chicago FM radio station WXRT has been presenting Live From The XRT Archives—recordings of major rock act concerts—for a while now. Tomorrow night brings a 2003 performance at the Double Door venue by guitarist Johnny Marr, who started with The Smiths and has gone on to impressive solo projects as well as collaborating with acts such as The Pretenders, The Cribs, and Modest Mouse. The concert airs at 9:00 pm, WXRT can be accessed via the Audacy app.

Tickets go on sale tomorrow at 10:00 am for Alison Moyet at the Vic Theatre on May 7, 2025. Moyet started her career as half of Yazoo (known as Yaz in America) and went on to a successful solo career with hits such as “Love Resurrection” and “All Cried Out.”

The Creston Illinois Acoustic Music Festival will be held at the Opera House this Saturday. Cornelius And The Sleddogs; Mark Walters; Wesley Carr; Peter Irving; Josiah Simon; The Woodruffs; Nik Person; Joel La Vaughn; and Beaverhead are scheduled to perform. The event starts at 3:00 pm; Creston is located approximately 80 miles west of Chicago and 30 miles south of Rockford.

Vinto Van Go has a gig coming up tomorrow at the LiveWire Lounge on Chicago’s north side. In the meantime, the Chicago band’s REMIX Single “Comeuppance” is now available “everywhere in every way.”

Smashing Pumpkins founder Billy Corgan and his wife Chloe Mendel are planning a Bozo-themed festival on this weekend at their Madame Zuzu’s restaurant in Highland Park, IL. Tickets are $8.50 for kids, and $14 for grownups.

T Bone Burnett will perform songs from his latest album, the acoustic-based The Other Side, during a pair of shows at The Old Town School Of Folk Music this Saturday and Sunday. As noted in writer Selena Fragassi’s preview in yesterday’s Chicago Sun-Times, the Sunday show is already sold out.