This Week in Chicago (April 15-21)

If you find yourself strapped for cash this week, check out Purling Hiss at the Empty Bottle on Monday night or make your way out Permanent Record or Saki Records on April 20 for their respective Record Store Day celebrations. Long-awaited returns from locals Pelican (Bottom Lounge) and Disappears (Lincoln Hall) take place on Thursday, April 18. Also passing through town this week: Akron/Family (April 16), Ponitak (April 19) and the Warlocks (April 21). Read on for our recommendations of the best shows you can still grab tickets for this week:

Monday, April 15

Purling Hiss, Teepee, Axis:sovA @ Empty Bottle (9PM, FREE)

Tuesday, April 16

Akron/Family, All Tiny Creatures, M Geddes Gengras @ Empty Bottle (9PM, $12, http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=3354664)

Wednesday, April 17

Chandeliers, Architecture @ The Burlington (9PM, $7 donation)

Thursday, April 18

Pelican, Life and Times, Sweet Cobra @ Bottom Lounge (7PM, $15, http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=3473494)

Disappears, Pinebender, The Cairo Gang @ Lincoln Hall (9PM, $14, http://www.lincolnhallchicago.com/Shows/04-18-2013+Disappears)

Pissed Jeans, Fake Limbs, Blizzard Babies @ Empty Bottle (9PM, $12/15 door, http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=3341884)

AraabMuzik @ The Mid (10PM, $10, http://www.clubtix.com/themid/araabmuzik-mid-thursdays-rsvp-tickets-182302)

Friday, April 19

Pontiak, Rabbid Rabbit, Woodsman @ The Burlington (9PM, $10, http://cimmfest.org/pontiak-rabid-rabbit-woodsman/)

The Black Angels, Allah-Las, Elephant Stone @ The Vic Theater (8PM, $24, http://event.etix.com/ticket/online/frontDoor.jsp?performance_id=1699334&cobrand=jamusa)

Cloud Cult, JBM @ Lincoln Hall (10PM, $17, http://www.lincolnhallchicago.com/Shows/04-19-2013+Cloud+Cult)

Zeus, Ponderosa, Fletcher @ Beat Kitchen (8:30PM, $10, http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=3396484)

Saturday, April 20

Wax Idols, TV Ghost, The Soupcans, Sros Lords, The Hecks, Verma, Matchless, Gel Set @ Permanent Records (1PM, FREE)

Pink Avalanche, Fake Limbs, Twin Peaks and more @ Saki Records (1PM, FREE)

Sunday, April 21

The Warlocks, Secret Colours, Sisters of Your Sunshine Vapor, The Holy Drug Couple @ Subterranean (8:30PM, $10, http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=3354504&pl=bk&REFID=subtcal)