Jul 09, 2026 By Caleb Campbell

Indie singer/songwriter Alex Reindl is a longtime veteran of Chicago’s DIY scene, playing in a string of scrappy indie rock outfits including his own project, Old Joy. Reindl shared Old Joy’s first full-length album, Trash Your Life, in 2021, and returned over the following years with a playful stylistic range of projects, dipping into power pop, orchestral chamber pop, lo-fi, and, most recently, noise experiments. More