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…
Never Before, Never Again: Nine Inch Nails’ Forgotten Quiet Child, ‘Still’
The time between The Fragile in 1999 and 2005’s With Teeth was a wasteland as far as Nine Inch Nails releasing new music is concerned. Fans would be spoiled a couple years later, when Year Zero, Ghosts I– IV, and The Slip all dropped within in a 13-month period. But in those six years between major releases, Trent Reznor gave fans…
The MTV ‘TRL’ Reboot You Didn’t Ask For Is Happening
The 1990s will never die. The president of MTV, Chris McCarthy, has announced that TRL or Total Request Live will return to MTV this October. “If we’re going to come back and reinvent MTV, the studio is a given,” he told The New York Times said. “It is the centerpiece.” “It’s the right route,” he…
Watch Piebald Segue a Marriage Proposal Into “American Hearts” In Chicago Last Night
Chicago seemed inspired last night, as Piebald fans packed Subterranean for the first of two nights in the Windy City. Everybody’s American hearts melted as the band carved out a little chunk of time towards the end of their set for a lovely couple (Bradley and Ashley, or Brashley) to share their wedding engagement with…
Daily Riot Fest Roundup
Friday, July 28th, 2017Stream Vic Mensa‘s new album, The Autobiography, right now! Because it’s finally out! Happy Release Day, Vic! Manchester Orchestra released a new album today! Listen to all of A Black Mile to the Surface below, if for no other reason, you’ll have a leg up on the other punters during the singalongs when Manchester Orchestra…
Riot Fest Is Hiring North Lawndale & Douglas Park Residents At Community Job Fair
The Riot Fest Community Is Hiring Temporary Employees Riot Fest is currently hiring residents from North Lawndale and the surrounding Douglas Park communities for temporary positions during this year’s festival. Temporary positions are available in various departments, including, but not limited to: • General Labor • Information Services • Event Set-Up • Event Tear-Down • Gate Attendants • Ground Maintenance • Cleaning/Trash…
Fuck Bonus Tracks
The first time I ever heard my favorite Jawbreaker record, I hated it—and it stayed that way for years. Having become a fan of the band through 24 Hour Revenge Therapy and Dear You, my first listen to that used CD copy of Bivouac had me incredibly excited…and then incredibly confused. The record felt overlong,…
Stream Vic Mensa’s New Album ‘The Autobiography’
The Autobiography is here. Listen to Vic Mensa’s new album now.
Daily Riot Fest Roundup
Thursday, July 27th, 2017Happy birthday to Karl Mueller, the late Soul Asylum bassist. Karl was the glue that held Dave Pirner and Dan Murphy together during the rag-tag band’s roller coaster of a career, and would turn 55 today had he not sadly passed away from esophageal cancer on June 17th, 2005. If you aren’t familiar with Soul…