[El Diablo]

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Excellent list. Comments on a few of those + a couple others.

GAMH - Not a big fan. I think the acoustics generally suck.

Hotel Utah is a cool little place, small, more singer-songwritery acoustic stuff than rocking music. Doesn't get all that much really good stuff, but a fun place to have a couple of beers.

BOTH - Hah, I love it. Best place in the city to see punk/indie shows. Yeah, it can get way too crowded, but has incredible energy.

Bimbo's I agree is a great place to see shows, usually the stuff they book is more on the low key side.

Elbo Room, I agree w/ your review.

Slim's is one of my favorite places to see shows, small club that gets lots of good shows.

Cafe du Nord is another great small venue, with more low-key pretty sounding and jazzy stuff, though they also do some cool rocking indie shows.

The Hemlock Tavern has some great shows that really rock out including some cool punk shows. The front half is a really good bar separate from the music part.

The Red Devil Lounge gets a lot of old 80's/90's acts coming through, plus the occassional new stuff. OK place.