All hail Ratboys! In August 2023, Chicago’s best self-described “post-country” indie-rock band released The Window, their fifth LP since Julia Steiner and Dave Sagan started writing songs together as ...

The post Ratboys’ Julia Steiner on Loss, Acceptance, and Making Noise for the Ones You Love appeared first on Consequence. The Louisville-raised lead singer reminisces about interning for Meredith in ...

Forgive Julia Steiner if she’s been a little nervous or scanning her phone for new global catastrophes in recent weeks. Steiner, who sings and plays guitar, spoke recently as her Chicago-based indie ...

Chicago four-piece Ratboys have delivered unassailable indie rock for more than a decade, and on their fifth LP, August’s The Window (Topshelf), every little thing goes right. The songwriting is ...

Not long after releasing one of 2023’s best albums, “The Window,” Ratboys did something that broke new ground for the Chicago band. “Technically, we’d never done a headline tour,” said ...

Ratboys have been making music together for over a decade. Two 18-year-old college friends who played songs in their dorms eventually turned into a four-piece band with five albums and a world tour.

Last month, Toronto indie rock duo Ducks Ltd. shared “The Main Thing.” Today, they’re announcing their sophomore album Harm’s Way and releasing “Hollowed Out,” which has backing vocals from Ratboys’ ...

You motherfuckers better get ready for the next Ratboys album. I don’t even know if they’ve recorded it yet, but I know it’s going to rule. Last year, the band came through Charlottesville and played ...