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Quality over quantity, yes? Yes. The weekend isn't bursting with great shows, but there's plenty enough to go around.

This is a big weekend due to the Esurance® Capitol Hill Block Party alone. Tickets are not sold out yet; if nothing else, just by 'em at the door. But what to do if you want to avoid the Hill and the confluence of all those hipsters?

Shanghaiist probably knows a little more about China than the Chicago Sun-Times. Giving them the benefit of the doubt on that one. The city does to have a music scene. Don't even front like they don't. They also have Dorito bananas and white guys shopping for wives. What they don't have is any more tolerance for jaywalkers.

Ryan Adams came through the Moore this weekend, finally, after cancelling a few different times in the past, and we've gotten some reports that the show was definitely not worth waiting for. It sucked, to paraphrase the emails we've gotten.

Ryan Adams, the prolific bad-boy of alt country, is performing tonight and tomorrow at the Moore Theatre. Despite the fact that he once referred to his former girlfriend Parker Posey as his exe-'cute'-ive, we still have a soft spot in our heart for the guy. His songs are generally pretty good and if you ignore the fact that he releases approximately 14 albums a year, you are almost guaranteed to have a good time. Plus, he will most likely play his radio hit 'New York, New York' and he stopped getting so angry when people scream out 'Play 'Summer of '69'!' during his set.

Alejandro Escovedo will be performing at the Tractor this evening. Alejandro (We like to presume that we are on a first name basis with him, even though we never met. We just like the name Alejandro.) is one of the best alt-country singers out there today. He's what Ryan Adams would like to be if Ryan Adams was actually cool.