Giveaway: The Lawrence Arms Present: The 10th Annual War on Xmas
Whether you’ve been naughty or nice this year, you have a chance to win.To celebrate The Lawrence Arms’ The 10th Annual War on Xmas, we’re giving away one pair of tickets to night one and one pair of tickets to night two of the show. Send a letter to Santa (aka fill out the form below) for a chance to win. The Lawrence Arms Present: The 10th Annual War on Xmas…
Daily Riot Fest Roundup
Wednesday, November 29, 2017The Return of 90s Mixtape Titans Kicking Giant https://riotfest.org/2017/11/kicking-giant-return/ There’s a New DMX Christmas Song Up in Here, Up in Here https://riotfest.org/2017/11/dmx-finally-releases-official-cover-rudolph-red-nosed-reindeer/ Riot Fest supports endangered species. https://riotfest.org/2017/11/vinylhub-maps-every-physical-record-shop-planet/ Superheroes! https://riotfest.org/2017/11/trailer-avengers-infinity-war-fucking-awesome/ Remember when we told you that Machine Head has a new album called Catharsis coming out on January 26, 2018 via Nuclear Blast Entertainment? Well,…
The Return of Kicking Giant, the Ultimate 90s Mixtape Band
People of a certain age like to talk about how much mixtapes meant to them as teenagers, and surely not without cause. Still, let’s face facts: most mixtapes weren’t worth the rubber cement used to make their cover collages. Not everyone is a tastemaker, nor even a person of particularly discriminating tastes; for every aural…
DMX Finally Releases Official Cover of “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer”
Because what the world needs now is more Christmas songs, spotify has released the ‘Holiday’ edition of their ‘Spotify Singles’ series. It includes DMX covering “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” and it’s spectacular. DMX first covered the song on a radio show in 2012 where it quickly went viral, but now we have an official version…
VinylHub Maps Every Physical Record Shop On The Planet
Welcome to VinylHub. This new website is attempting to map “every physical record shop on the planet”. So far they’ve mapped about 6,751 record shops across the globe. Did they miss one? You can add it. Traveling overseas and want to find the best record stores, you can search the map and find out where…
The Trailer For ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Is Here And It’s Fucking Awesome
Marvel has finally released the first teaser trailer for Avengers: Infinity War, and it’s fucking awesome. Avengers: Infinity War. In theaters May 4, 2018. A second, still-untitled Avengers movie is set for release in 2019.
Daily Riot Fest Roundup
Tuesday, November 28, 2017Today is what we call in the business a “Shitty news day,” as in, “Look at all this shitty news!” https://riotfest.org/2017/11/jersey-shore-coming-back-mtv-deserve/ https://riotfest.org/2017/11/chainsmokers-justin-bieber/ JUST ANNOUNCED! Less Than Jake and Four Year Strong, with special guests Bearings, at Concord Music Hall on February 22. Tickets go on sale this Friday. Less Than Jake & Four Year Strong…
‘Jersey Shore’ Is Coming Back To MTV Because This Is What We Deserve
That clanking sound you just heard was the Seventh Seal opening and the Tanned Horsemen of the Apocalypse riding over the horizon. Jersey Shore is coming back to MTV. We did this to ourselves. We deserve this. Surprisingly, Paul “Pauly D” Delvecchio,” Jenni “JWOWW” Farley, Vinny Guadagnino, Ronnie Ortiz-Magro, Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi, Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino,…
The Chainsmokers, Justin Bieber, Arcade Fire, Leonard Cohen Among Musicians Nominated for 2018 Grammy Awards
The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences announced the nominees for the 2018 Grammy Awards. The winners will be announced on Sunday, January 28th, 2018 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The Chainsmokers and Coldplay are nominated for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for their song, “Something Just Like Us,” and Luis Fonsi…