Dominic Ricottone

Now listening to

re6ce and ThxSoMch

Now listening to

Thotcrime, Cocojoey, Full Body 2, and Anamanaguchi, all live at Metro

Now listening to

Joywave, live at Uptown Live

Another September weekend, another inaugural north side music festival. Now listening to

Julian Saunders and Ok Cool, live at Uptown Live

And a shoutout to the firetruck that chipped in some 'backing vocals' for Julian's set

Now listening to

TV on the Radio, live at Riviera Theatre

Now listening to 100 Dayys, Naked Brunch, and Uniflora, all live at Edgewater Music Fest

Now listening to

School of Rock Andersonville, live at Edgewater Music Fest

Spent the morning cheering on at Run Mag Mile 2025. Here's The Divas playing for the post-race party.

Now listening to Cloud Nothings, live at Edgewater Music Fest

First day of the inaugural Edgewater Music Fest. Caught a bit of PINKSQUEEZE ("pink like the color, squeeze like a hug") live on the north stage, and a bit of Speedy Ortiz live on the south stage.

Now listening to:

Morning in May and Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, live at Cobra Lounge

Another weekend, another street festival barely dodging thunderstorms. Now listening to:

Liquid Mike at Wicker Park Fest

At Ravenswood on Tap, celebrating local beer and local musicians all weekend long.

Here's wht.rbbt.obj playing live.

Now listening to:

Sub Urban live at Cobra Lounge

(also shout out to Madelline, who opened, but sadly I arrived late and missed her performance)

Now listening to:

joan, Blonde Redhead, and Bloc Party live at the Salt Shed

They are Bonfire, an AC/DC cover band!

AC/DC themselves will of course be playing here in just 12 hours. I'm sure that playing the same venue on the same day is a pretty cool thing for a cover band to experience. (I will *not* be here for that show.)

Now listening to:

whoever this is, while I wait for my wife to finish the Soldier Field 10

Now listening to:
South Arcade, Savage Hands, Hot Milk, and Magnolia Park, all live at Concord Music Hall

Back from the winter hiatus, now listening to:
Jordann and Vansire live at Thalia Hall

Spotify Wrapped generated list of 'My Top Artists.' In order: re6ce, STRFKR, Bloc Party RAC, and Metric.

According to Spotify I went through an 'Otherkin Skateboarding Indie' phase in January and a 'Goblincore Metropopolis Indie Pop' phase in July.

Now listening to:

Death From Above 1979 and Teen Mortgage, live at Metro

Now listening to:

Tokyo Police Club and Menno Versteeg, live at House of Blues

And what an encore they play! Like 8 songs, including a Kristofferson tribute.

Now listening to:

NEAR BEER and Airborne Toxic Event, live at the Riviera

Tinzo + Jojo were live at the Chop Shop.

(Strict no cameras policy, so have an after-show picture of the sticker cover instead.)

Live jazz at the opening night of IS/WAS Brewery's taproom

Now listening to:

BNNY and Cults live at Outset, an official Lolla aftershow.

Now listening to:

The New Pornographers, live at the Square Roots festival

Lovely day for a pride parade

Listening to... honestly I don't know. Live at Vegandale in Grant Park.