Attending
Concerts are the best way to listen to music. You should go to them and support the artists you like.
These are concerts I’ve been attending.
2024 July
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...
2024 June
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...
2024 May
LCD Soundsystem at Aragon Ballroom
We got there an hour before the show to get a good view and it was ...
2024 April
Jeff Rosenstock at The Salt Shed
Sidney Gish opened for the show and said, “let’s go guys” before st...
2024 March
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...
2024 February
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...
2024 January
Rossy at Chop Shop
We went to go see Rossy at Chop Shop and she was great as always. I...
2023 December
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
2023 October
Jessy Lanza & Golden Donna at Sleeping Village
I always love going to Sleeping Village and so when I saw Jessy Lan...
2023 July
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
2023 June
Final Day of Re:SET Chicago
LCD Soundsystem, Jaime XX, and Idles at the last day of the first year of this festival
2023 March
STS9 at The Riviera
With Dan, Paul, and Walters. The concert went sooo long, and had s...
2023 February
Tourist at Chop Shop
With Marybeth and Ned, and it was pretty good. We waited forever to...
2022 March
Donny Benét at Lincoln Hall
Ned had an extra ticket so I went with him and it was a lovely show...
2022 February
Memba at Chop Shop
Marybeth and I went with Bill, Emily, Kate, Shannon, Kylie, Grant, ...
2021 November
Caribou and Jessy Lanza at Riviera
One of the best concerts I’ve ever been to. Jessy Lanza was a fanta...
2019 February
Tourist & Gilligan Moss at Sleeping Village
I knew both of these performers before going to the show, but damn ...