If you are headed to Grant Park this weekend and looking to maximize your festival experience, Case from Brian & Kenzie is here to help. After spending weeks analyzing the lineups of each day, he’s produced the best possible path to get the most bang for your buck out of this year’s Lolla.
Thursday
Silly Goose (12:00-12:30, The Grove)
Three years ago, Turnstile played Lollapalooza on a gorgeous Saturday evening and then followed that up by playing an unforgettable Aftershow set at SubT
Ratboys (1:30-2:15, Bud Light)
Chicago’s own Ratboys have been one of my favorite bands going back to their 2017 classic, GN. Tracks like the gut-wrenching “Peter the Wild Boy” and the sprawling epic that is “Control” jumped out of my speakers during my freshman year of college, and I’ve been hooked ever since. They followed that effort with 2020’s brooding Printer’s Devil (shout out to their show at The Hideout on February 29, 2020, which was my last taste of live music before COVID) and 2023’s gorgeous The Window. In short, Ratboys has put out a number of records, all of which are great, and it’s about time that they get recognition at Chicago’s music prestigious music festival.
Sunami (2:50-3:30, The Grove)
And now for something completely different…if the soothing, alt-country inspired sounds of Ratboys aren’t for you, then maybe the Bay Area, heavy-handed riffs of Sunami are. There’s nothing complex
