You know him; you love him...unless you've been thrown out of the club by him. This week's staff playlist comes from Metro security guard extraordinaire, Roy Burgess. Here's his playlist, dedicated to his favorite last tracks from some of his favorite albums of all time. Listen here via Spotify.

Have you taken the Metro or Smart Bar surveys yet? If not, this week is your last chance to take the surveys and enter to win excellent prizes. Your input matters!

Grand prize winners for each survey receive: Metro or Smart Bar Monthly Subscription (2 tickets a month for a year), an invitation for 2 to Metro/Smart Bar 30th Anniversary Party, and a Metro or Smart Bar Swag Bag. 5 Runner Up Winners for each survey will receive two tickets to a show and a Metro or Smart Bar Swag Bag. There is only one week left to complete the surveys - don’t miss out. Be warned: each survey takes 15-20 minutes to complete. Thanks for your time and good luck!

Click here to take the Metro survey.

Click here to take the Smart Bar survey.

Moombahton is coming back to Metro on Sunday May 27th with its signature blend of reggaeton and house, and you can win tickets to the show with the Scion Massive Twitter Sweepstakes. Tweet @ScionAV to enter to win two tickets (read Official Rules here) and experience the sounds of Nadastrom, DJ Sabo, Willy Joy, and more! To prepare you for the "madness" check out the Scion Moombahton EP featuring tracks from Moombahton Massive artists along with pals Steve Starks, Melo, and Matt Nordstrom (Dave Nada's partner in Nadastrom.)



Get tickets for Moombahton Massive at the Metro box office or online.

Planning to buy online tickets to Hot Stove Cool Music's 6/14 benefit with The Smashing Pumpkins? PLEASE READ THIS:

1) Use the direct ticket link: http://www.etix.com/ticket/online/performanceSearch.jsp?performance_id=1626565&cobrand=metrochicago

2) Tickets are non transferrable - the name on your id must match the name on the credit card used to buy tickets

3) There is a strict 2 ticket limit



Tickets to the event go on sale Saturday, May 12 at noon.

New Orleans rapper, Curren$y, just debuted the new video for his latest single "Fast Cars Faster Women." The song serves as the second single from Curren$y's upcoming album Stoned Immaclate (out June 5), which is slated to feature collaborations with fellow artists Wiz Khalifa, Big KRIT, 2Chainz, Pharrell Williams, Wale, Estelle & more. Check out the video for "Fast Cars Faster Women" below:



The second leg of Curren$y's Jet Life Tour is currently underway and will stop back by Metro on May 23rd with support from The Jets featuring Smoke DZA, Fiend 4 Do Money, Corner Boy P, and Trademark & Young Roddy. Tickets are available now.

JUST ANNOUNCED - ON SALE NOW:
Saturday, May 12: NOCTURNA with DJ SCARY LADY SARAH

Friday, June 22: IMMORTAL TECHNIQUE * DIABOLIC * SWAVE SEVAH * DJ GI JOE * NIGHTWALKER

ON SALE THIS FRIDAY 5/11 @ NOON:
Thursday, July 19: LIARS

Saturday, July 28: AESOP ROCK with ROB SONIC & DJ BIG WIZ * EDISON * DARK TIME SUNSHINE


ON SALE THIS SATURDAY 5/12 @ NOON:
Thursday, June 14: HOT STOVE COOL MUSIC: A Concert Benefiting Chicago Cubs Charities & Foundation To Be Named Later Featuring THE SMASHING PUMPKINS with HOT STOVE ALL STARS featuring PETER GAMMONS * THE FIGGS * SPECIAL GUESTS TBA * Hosted by MIKE O'MALLEY * JEFF GARLIN * JOEL MURRAY

Tuesday, June 19: The Pluto Tour...FUTURE * PUSHA T

Maps & Atlases are staying busy and in the spotlight this week! Before they kick off their US tour tomorrow night at Metro, check out what the Chicago natives have been up to:

The brand new video for ‘Remote & Dark Years’ made its premiere earlier this week. You can watch the video below.

Maps & Atlases’ newest album Beware and Be Grateful is just $7.99 on iTunes this week.

The track ‘Fever’ from Beware and Be Grateful is featured on Chicago’s Mixtape playlist this week. Listen to ‘Fever’ and the other tracks on the playlist here.

And finally, Gapers Block has written a preview of their show with some insight into what you can look forward to seeing tomorrow night. Check out the article and watch a live recording of ‘Solid Ground’ here.



Openers Sister Crayon and So Many Dynamos will be performing with Maps & Atlases. Tickets are still available at the Metro box office, online, and at the door. See you there!