Guitarist and singer/songwriter Tom Daily (aka Tom Counihan) is a stalwart of the Chicago punk and indie rock scene. He first garnered attention in the 1990s as a touring member of the melodic pop-punk outfit the Smoking Popes. As a solo artist, he has built a following crafting hooky, lo-fi albums like 1999's Happily Deceiving Culture, 2001's Burlington Northern, and 2006's The Death of Tom Daily.
Hailing from the Chicago suburbs, Daily started out playing punk in various groups including Not Rebecca (where he was the prime songwriter) and the Prescriptions. A regular prese...