Celebrated Chicago indie rockers Ratboys have managed to make the most of a year mired in anxiety and immobility through a series of live streams in 2020. Ratboys Virtual Tour was the band’s best bet at promoting their LP Devil’s Printer which dropped last February and they may have redefined the term carpe diem for the rest of us by broadcasting a total of 40 live sets from the safety of their living room. Capitalizing on this success, Ratboys are using their hardwon, live-streaming know-how to throw a virtual party in honor of their 10th Anniversary. The occasion is coupled with the release of a collection of rerecorded versions of some of their early songs, packaged as an LP called Happy Birthday, Ratboy. Ratboys’s 10th Anniversary set was pre-recorded at Chicago’...
