Dan Vapid and the Cheats + Kurt Baker + The Challenged + The Naturals

Veteran Chicago pop-punker Dan "Vapid" Schafer—formerly of subgenre faves Screeching Weasel, the Riverdales, the Queers and more—hits the ’Burg with his new project, which is sure to thrill fans of his old ones. The Cheats' new self-titled effort is a muscular, Ramones-and-Misfits-worshipping gas.