Best of Riot Fest 2024 Photo Gallery + 3-Day Recap Video
So many great pictures, it’ll probably crash your tabsRiot Fest is over, and yeah, we’re bummed too. But don’t worry, the memories live on (and so do the porta-potty lines). There were crowdsurfing newlyweds, reunions, anniversaries, and of course, you beautiful maniacs. We’ll have a few more galleries, videos, and cool shit to share in the coming weeks, and we can’t wait until…
Couldn’t Get That Black Hoodie? Preorder Riot Fest 2024 Merch Now
Did you not go to Riot Fest but want to pretend you did?Are you already regretting not picking up some of our 2024 merch? Was your favorite design sold out by the end of the weekend? Did you not go to Riot Fest but want to pretend you did? We got you covered. Riot Fest 2024 merch is now live. Merch items typically ship in 2-3 weeks…
Riot Fest 2024: Sunday Photo Gallery
Riot Fest 2024 is over, but the memories will live on forever if you want them to. See the pics from day three, and don’t delete the app! We’ll have our Best Of Riot Fest Gallery, People Of Riot Fest Gallery, and a few more videos and photos coming your way soon. Plus, if you…
Riot Fest 2024: Saturday Photo Gallery
Gates open 12 PMIt’s the beginning of the end – Sunday of Riot Fest 2024 is here. Take a look at our Saturday photo gallery, and get ready to end this festival weekend with a bang. Today’s schedule and map are below; stay up-to-date throughout the day via the Riot App. Take a look at the final Late Night…
Riot Fest 2024: Friday Photo Gallery
Gates open at 11amRiot Fest 2024 Day One. If you can’t remember what happened, watch the video recap and see how good you look in all the photos. Today’s schedule and map are below; stay up-to-date throughout the day via the Riot App. We’ve also got daily schedules, Late Night Aftershows, transportation and neighborhood guides so you know where to get late night…
Modern Drummer Hosts Refused “Drum Cam”
Earlier this week, Modern Drummer gave us another reason to get pumped to catch the legendary Swedish hardcore band Refused at Riot Fest this year when they hosted a live cam video of drummer David Sandström playing crowd favorite “New Noise,” off the band’s iconic 1998 album The Shape of Punk to Come. Check it out below…
Download The Riot Fest App
Or Don’t Download It.Download the Riot Fest App. Or don’t download it. Do whatever the hell you want. This is a free country. Don’t let us bully you into doing something you don’t want to. Seriously though, all the cool kids are downloading the Riot Fest App. So you’re going to Riot Fest! We hope this app will…
Researchers Use “Pop Music vs. Screamo” Experiment to Study Cooperation
Results UnsurprisingDo these Riot Fest-ers look more cooperative or uncooperative to you? Inspired by the use of music as “added value” in retail settings, researchers at Cornell University launched a study to explore the effects of music on employee mood. By playing participants a sampling of “happy” songs such as the Beatles, “Yellow Submarine,” and less…
Jimmy Eat World Drop New Video, “Sure and Certain”
Jimmy Eat World has released a new video for “Sure and Certain.” The song is from its upcoming ninth studio album, Integrity Blues. The album, produced by Justin Meldal-Johnsen (Paramore, Tegan and Sara, M83) will be released on October, 21 on RCA Records. Check out the video below. It’s a lyric video, so you’ll definitely…
10 Questions with Leftover Crack
Image by Alan Snodgrass For nearly two decades, NYC’s Leftöver Crack has been one of the country’s most defiant bands. Formed by Scott “Stza” Sturgeon in the late ‘90s out of the ashes of squatter punks Choking Victim, the band is known for the radical, pro-free speech anti-capitalist, anti-authoritarian politics and social awareness that permeate…
10 Questions with Meat Puppets
Image by Jaime Butler Meat Puppets’ eclectic mix of alternative, psychedelic rock, outsider country and folk (among other styles), and unusual balancing act between warm, laid-back atmospheres and far-reaching, complex experimentations has made them a musical force unlike anything else. Formed in Phoenix, Arizona in 1980, the group has released an impressive series of records…