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May 30, 2018May 31, 2018

The Riot Fest 2018 First Wave Lineup is Finally Here

Tickets On Sale Now

By Riot Fest / Breaking News / riot fest, riot fest 2018, riot fest lineup

It’s happening. Everybody freak out. The Riot Fest first wave lineup is finally here and tickets are ON SALE NOW. You can stop complaining about when the Riot Fest lineup will be released and start complaining about the actual Riot Fest lineup. And no we don't know what…

June 22, 2018

Need to cool down in the summer heat? Grab and nice and refreshing… hot dog water!

By Riot Fest / Food + Drink / hot dog, art, hot dog water

Because nothing really matters anymore, people are buying Hot Dog Water for $37.99 a bottle at a booth at the annual Car Free Day festival in Vancouver, British Columbia. What is Hot Dog Water? It's literally just a hot dog in a bottle of water, or…

June 22, 2018June 22, 2018

The Jesus Lizard’s Noise Powered the Nineties

By Dustin Krcatovich / Archive / nirvana, steve albini, david yow

"The f*#kin' Jesus Lizard, man". That's how people talked about them back in the day, a sentence fragment usually uttered in either a whisper or bemused snicker. The Jesus Lizard were too good to be ignored, but they'd never be ready for prime time. They…

June 21, 2018June 21, 2018

Daria is coming back to MTV

By Riot Fest / TV+Film / mtv, Daria, Daria & Jodie

We could meet on the weekends to eat pizza and complain and watch new episodes of Daria on MTV. MTV is bringing Daria back with a new series called “Daria & Jodie,” written by Grace Edwards, the new series "is reinvented through the eyes of heroine…

June 21, 2018June 21, 2018

“Midwest (Make Love To) Me”: We Premiere a New Song from the All Brights

By Riot Fest / New Music / red scare, The All Brights, The White Album EP

According to The All Brights new song, they would like the the Midwest to fuck them (we had to say "'make love to" in the headline because fuck is bad word). Their new song, "Midwest Fuck Me" is a follow up to their song, "West Coast…

June 21, 2018June 21, 2018

We Talked to Mac from Superchunk About DIY Then and Now

By Miles Raymer / The Riot Fest Interview / merge records, riot fest 2018, superchunk

It’d be impressive enough that Superchunk's still touring and releasing music, DIY-style, nearly three decades into its career, but the real shock of their new LP is that they suddenly sound like a bunch of pissed-off teen punks.

June 19, 2018June 20, 2018

Riot Fest Horoscopes – Week of June 18th, 2018

By Riot Fest / Chicago, News, Random / horoscopes, riot fest horoscope, riot fest horoscopes

Riot Fest has brought together 12 different, but very qualified psychics for this week's Riot Fest Horoscopes. If you can guess the 12 different psychics, you will win a very important prize. Our respect.

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