The Shacks at Empty Bottle
Almost a decade ago, I caught Shacks Band at the Empty Bottle in Chicago.
This was before the pizza joint (Pizza Friendly People) next door opened, back when I was new to the city — working weddings on weekends, juggling a part-time job at a movie theater, and trying to piece together what home meant. The Shacks had just started showing up on my Spotify Discover Weekly, and I fell hard for a track that eventually made its way into an Apple commercial.