Rat Tally books a Tuesday at Raccoon Motel, and $12 gets you in

Addy Harris brings her Chicago-based project to Davenport's 175-capacity downtown room on Tuesday, Dec. 8.

There's a particular kind of December show that only works in a room like Raccoon Motel: a weeknight, a cold walk down East 2nd Street, a twelve-dollar ticket and a songwriter close enough that you can see her fingers on the frets. That's the pitch for Rat Tally at Raccoon Motel on Tuesday, Dec. 8, a show announced on Oct. 27 that is worth putting on the calendar now.

The details: Rat Tally plays the downtown Davenport venue on Tue, Dec. 8, 2026, with the show starting at 6 p.m. Tickets are $12 through DICE, and the room holds 175. An early start on a Tuesday means you can be home at a reasonable hour, which is about the best thing anyone can say about a school night in December.

Rat Tally is the stage name of Addy Harris, an indie rock musician currently based in Chicago, according to her Wikipedia entry. Her debut album, *In My Car*, came out through the Richmond-based label 6131 Records in 2022. When the record was announced, BrooklynVegan noted that it featured Jay Som and Madeline Kenney, two names that tell you a lot about the neighborhood this music lives in: guitar-driven, a little bruised, personal without being precious.

The singles that introduced the album are a good place to start before the show. Stereogum premiered "Spinning Wheel," and Clash called it "beautifully reflective." "Prettier," another track from *In My Car*, also got a Stereogum spotlight. The tracklist runs through songs like "Longshot," "Zombies" and "Tacoma Narrows," and if you've only got ten minutes before you decide whether to buy a ticket, those two singles will do the job.

Why this room? Raccoon Motel has become one of the reliable stops for touring indie acts coming through the Quad Cities since it opened in 2021; KWQC covered the countdown to its opening that summer. It sits at 315 E. 2nd St., and its calendar mixes indie, folk, rock and punk shows with touring comedy, the kind of booking that rewards people who check the venue's DICE page every couple of weeks rather than waiting for the big names. At 175 capacity, it's small enough that a quiet song stays quiet and a loud one fills the room.

That size matters for an artist like Rat Tally. Songs built on detail and restraint can disappear in a larger, chattier space. Here, they don't have to compete with much. A Tuesday crowd in a downtown Davenport room tends to be there for the music, and that's exactly the audience this kind of record wants.

When to buy: now is reasonable. Small-room shows at this price point don't always sell out early, but 175 tickets is not many, and the holiday stretch has a way of filling calendars before anyone notices. Grab one on DICE, and keep an eye on the JamBase listing for any added support.

The best version of this night is simple: get there by six, find a spot near the front, and let a songwriter who doesn't usually come through here make the case for herself. Davenport is good at nights like that.

Sources: Rat Tally – Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org); Rat Tally announces debut album In My Car ft. Jay Som, Madeline Kenney – BrooklynVegan (brooklynvegan.com); Rat Tally – "Spinning Wheel" – Stereogum (stereogum.com); Rat Tally's 'Spinning Wheel' Is Beautifully Reflective – Clash (clashmusic.com); Rat Tally – "Prettier" – Stereogum (lede-v2.stereogum.com); Raccoon Motel to open by end of July – KWQC (kwqc.com); Raccoon Motel – DICE venue page (dice.fm); Rat Tally tickets – DICE (link.dice.fm); Rat Tally at Raccoon Motel – JamBase (jambase.com)