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…
Musicians Enjoying Hot Dogs at Riot Fest
Happy National Hot Dog DayHappy National Hot Dog Day. In honor of this holiday, we found some totally not-Photoshopped images of bands enjoying hot dogs at Riot Fest. If you were a good little boy or girl, maybe Hot Dog Santa will leave encased meat underneath the hot dog tree for you.
‘Dunkirk’ Is Boring
Riot ReviewsChristopher Nolan is one of the most consistently excellent filmmakers working today. Even if you don’t care for one of his ten feature films very much, it’s hard to say that any are objectively “bad.” I did not care for his latest, Dunkirk, and I am going to be in the vast minority on that point…
Daily Riot Fest Roundup
Tuesday, July 18th, 2017The Replacements are releasing For Sale: Live at Maxwell’s 1986, the band’s first live album since 1985’s dicey The Shit Hits the Fans. This 29-track gem was cut to actual 2″ tape at legendary sweatbox Maxwell’s in Hoboken, NJ in February of 1986, and the band was particularly on that night. This show took place during the…
10 Andrew W.K. Songs That Aren’t About Partying
When It’s Time To Party We Will [Sometimes] Party HardAs Andrew W.K. prepares for his sixth consecutive performance at Chicago’s Riot Fest this fall, we’d like to speak on his behalf to clear up a misconception. No, this has nothing to do with the theory that “Andrew W.K. doesn’t actually exist” (the jury’s still out on that one). Rather, we’re here to address the…
Nine Inch Nails Release Second Song Off New EP
Nine Inch Nails are set to release their new EP, Add Violence this Friday (July 21st). Last Thursday they released “Less Than,” the first track off the Add Violence EP, and today they released another song from it, “This Isn’t The Place.” Add Violence 1. Less Than 2. The Lovers 3. This Isn’t the Place…
Daily Riot Fest Roundup
Monday, July 17th, 2017With the July 28th release of his hotly-anticipated debut album The Autobiography almost upon us, Vic Mensa is making lots of news these days. The news we’ll focus on here is that there’s a rad new video for “Rage” — where Mensa uses a plane crash as a metaphor for addiction and mental health issues — and…
By Definition, A Crush Must Hurt: Why That Dog Were the Big Star of the 90s
As most rock nerds know by now, Big Star were the quintessential “should have been huge” band. In their short time as a group, the songwriting core of Alex Chilton and Chris Bell forged a slim catalog of memorable, emotionally resonant pop nuggets which were either tender or raucous when they weren’t both at once.…
When Ronnie James Dio Was In A 1950s Boy Band
Before Ronnie Dio was RONNIE JAMES DIO, he was a baby-faced crooner in a 1950s boy band. In Cortland, New York in 1957, Ronnie Dio (on bass guitar), Billy DeWolfe, Nick Pantas, and Tom Rogers, formed the band The Vegas Kings. Later adding Jack Musci and changing their name to Ronnie and the Rumblers after the…