Attending

VIAL at Beat Kitchen

I didn’t get to see VIAL when they came to Chicago last year, so I ...

Empire of The Sun at Radius

They assembled a stage fit for an intergalactic emperor. They broug...

Marie Davidson at Sleeping Village

I love the Sleeping Village venue. It’s a bit of a bike ride to get...

Kelly Lee Owens at Metro

I have been listening to a lot of Kelly Lee Owens in the last year ...

DARKSIDE at The Salt Shed

We thoroughly enjoyed vibing in the warehouse space of the Shed as ...

Music Frozen Dancing 2025

It’s a very Chicago thing to spend the last Saturday of February st...

Phantogram at Aragon

Sarah Barthel, the lead singer, was definitely still sick after can...

Jamie XX at Aragon

We had a large group of us for the Jamie XX In Waves concert. Drink...

Caribou at The Salt Shed

Another really fun Caribou show.

Fat Dog at The Empty Bottle

I bought tickets to this show back in June when Bill told me they w...

Justice at Radius

I’ve loved Justice’s music since we would listen to their debut alb...

AIR at Auditorium Theater

We were lucky enough to see AIR play their Moon Safari album at a p...

Harry Potter and The Cursed Child

It was like a teen fan-fiction writer wrote the plot and script and...

RL Grime at Radius

We weren’t going to go because I had a flight at 8am the next morni...

Riot Fest 2024, Saturday

We went along with friends to Riot Fest on Saturday. It was previou...

Brothertiger at Schubas Tavern

Paul recommended Brothertiger to us and was very excited to see him...

Glass Animals at Northerly Island

Bill offered me a ticket because someone was sick and couldn’t go. ...

Big Wild at Red Rocks

We took a shuttle bus from the train station in Denver out of the c...

Lollapalooza 2024

It’s always packed and young and hot and fun. Riding the L home we ...

Still Woozy at Salt Shed Fairgrounds

I have loved Still Woozy since he released Cooks in 2017. I remembe...

Pitchfork Music Festival 2024

This year’s Pitchfork festival had high highs and low lows. I’ve go...

Cortex at West Fest

I walked over to the last evening of West Fest in sickly humid heat...

Deeper at West Fest

We went with a large group and met still more friends out at West F...

Bully at Empty Bottle

This show was part of the Nothing/Assumed series of sober events fo...

The Roots & Weezer & Girl Talk at Budweiser Stage

On the first night of Shopify Summit 2024, we were treated to a tri...

Mdou Moctar at The Empty Bottle

I’ve loved each of his albums, reeling guitar licks and melodies th...

Bonobo at Concord

I’ve really enjoyed listening to Bonobo in the past, and so when he...

Beyond Wonderland 2024

This festival replaced Heatwave - an incredible misnomer that broug...

LCD Soundsystem at Aragon Ballroom

We got there an hour before the show to get a good view and it was ...

Jeff Rosenstock at The Salt Shed

Sidney Gish opened for the show and said, “let’s go guys” before st...

Colin Stetson at Bohemian National Cemetery

This has to be one of the top five shows in my life. The man was l...

Bombay Bicycle Club and Mustard Service at Metro

I implored people to get tickets to their show when it was announce...

Shea Couleé's Love Ball

We sat too far back at Concord for my liking, but we still had a gr...

Amtrac & Tourist at Concord

We were supposed to have our nieces staying with us all weekend but...

Rossy at Chop Shop

We went to go see Rossy at Chop Shop and she was great as always. I...

Zeds Dead at Salt Shed

With Emily and Bill and Kylie and Shannon and Brian and his new gir...

Confidence Man at Lincoln Hall

Confident eye contact

Jessy Lanza & Golden Donna at Sleeping Village

I always love going to Sleeping Village and so when I saw Jessy Lan...

Beyoncé at Soldier Field

You’re pretty sure it’s going to be a fun night when, as you walk u...

First Aid Kit at The Salt Shed

The Swedish duo’s ethereal and intertwined voices harmonizing and m...

Kandy Muse and Jimbo at Roscoe's

We braved the storms last night to watch Kandy Muse and Jimbo perfo...

Japanese Breakfast at The Salt Shed

A great evening seeing Japanese Breakfast perform a second time

Grapetooth at West Fest

Grapetooth was a fun, tongue in cheek show on a perfect sticky summer night

Final Day of Re:SET Chicago

LCD Soundsystem, Jamie XX, and Idles at the last day of the first year of this festival

100 gecs at Empty Bottle

Just fantastic - though a weird ending. I loved how there was a se...

STS9 at The Riviera

With Dan, Paul, and Walters. The concert went sooo long, and had s...

Tourist at Chop Shop

With Marybeth and Ned, and it was pretty good. We waited forever to...

Donny Benét at Lincoln Hall

Ned had an extra ticket so I went with him and it was a lovely show...

Memba at Chop Shop

Marybeth and I went with Bill, Emily, Kate, Shannon, Kylie, Grant, ...

Caribou and Jessy Lanza at Riviera

One of the best concerts I’ve ever been to. Jessy Lanza was a fanta...

Tourist & Gilligan Moss at Sleeping Village

I knew both of these performers before going to the show, but damn ...