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All Lili Trifilio needed was a little time off. By the time Beach Bunny’s lead singer and songwriter found herself back home in Chicago in the second half of 2023, she realized she’d been touring ...

The current Beach Bunny lineup, from left to right: bassist Anthony Vaccaro, guitarist Matt Henkels, drummer Jon Alvarado, and singer, guitarist, and songwriter Lili Trifilio Credit: Brandon Hoeg When ...

Sometimes love is a battlefield; other times it’s more akin to an arcade game. With equal parts sass and aggression, Chicago’s alt-pop-punk outfit, Beach Bunny, delivers their new EP, Blame Game. The ...

Concerts by Chicago quartet Beach Bunny often resemble a community catharsis, with hundreds of voices reinforcing singer Lili Trifilio’s heartbreak lyrics. The band-plus-fans combo turns sad songs ...

At the close of Beach Bunny’s recent video for “Karaoke,” a commander played by Better Call Saul‘s Bob Odenkirk — who fancies himself a superfan of the Chicago indie band — delivers a message to the ...

Beach Bunny’s Lili Trifilio is nothing if not an efficient and detail-oriented writer of punchy, guitar-powered pop-rock songs. On the Chicago band’s sophomore album Emotional Creature, she wastes no ...

Thursday night, indie-pop band Beach Bunny played at Foellinger Auditorium, brought to the University by Star Course. The Chicago-based band formed in 2015 and has four members: lead vocalist Lili ...

Lili Trifilio dreamed of some day being known for her music. And over the last few years, she has brought that dream to life. On Wednesday, Jan. 13, the Chicago native and her surf-poppy band Beach ...

Less than a month before releasing her band’s debut album, Honeymoon, Beach Bunny‘s Lili Trifilio tweeted something unexpected. “Love honeymoon but I cannot relate to her,” she wrote, confessing to ...

The singer-songwriter Lili Trifilio has had two songs connect — and get slightly misconstrued — on the app. With more ears on her band’s second album, what message will she deliver? By Lindsay Zoladz ...

It was September 2018 at Riot Fest, just after noon and kids were running. Not rushing, not walking fast, but running, across Douglas Park to get to Rebel Stage, the one farthest from the fest ...