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…
Josh Homme and Dean Fertita Perform A Haunting Stripped Down Version of ‘Villains of Circumstance’
Queens of the Stone Age, who just kicked our butts with an amazing performance at Riot Fest a few weeks ago, are in the UK in support of their new album Villains. On tonight’s episode of BBC Two show ‘Later… With Jools Holland,’ Josh Homme and Dean Fertita performed and amazing stripped down version of…
Dogs and Cats Wearing Taco Costumes
Taco Cat spelled backwards is Taco Cat. Taco Dog spelled backwards is God o Cat. Here are some photos of dogs and cats wearing taco costumes. They all look so happy. And delicious.
Listen to Kali Masi’s New Album While Reading This Interview
Sam Porter and John Garrison’s first collaboration was an Against Me! cover band that found the two-piece tearing through cuts from the Florida punk outfit’s early catalogue. That project was short-lived, but Laura Jane Grace’s mastery of mingling infectious melodies with a punk snarl certainly made an impression on the young musicians. As members of…
I Got Lucky, Babe, When Tom Petty Found Me
We are all too shocked and saddened at the sudden passing of our musical hero to write about it, so we’ve asked Archie Powell—frontman for Chicago rock band Archie Powell & The Exports and one of the biggest Petty fans out there—to eulogize Tom Petty for us. My uncle Gordy took me to see Tom…
Daily Riot Fest Roundup
Tuesday, October 3rd, 2017The only real news of the day… https://riotfest.org/2017/10/great-tom-petty-passed-away/ Here’s some new music from the Breeders for the first time in eight years! This single will be released over three different 7-inches, with each having a different cover song as the B-side and only available for purchase at the band’s upcoming concerts. I’m in. Fuck, that’s…
One More Riot Fest 2017 Photo Gallery For You
Photos by by Chris Casella, George Mulcahy, Sebastian Hagan, and Christopher Andrew.
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Tom Petty Has Died and We Are All Heartbroken [Updated]
One of the greatest songwriters of any generation suffered cardiac arrest last nightUPDATE – 10/2/17, 11:11p CDT – The New York Times has reported that Tom Petty has officially passed on. Here is the official statement: On behalf of the Tom Petty family we are devastated to announce the untimely death of of our father, husband, brother, leader and friend Tom Petty. He suffered cardiac arrest at…
Daily Riot Fest Roundup
Friday, September 29th, 2017Dive deep into Hype!, the definitive documentary on the Seattle grunge scene of the late-1900s. https://riotfest.org/hype-documentary/ Check out Survival Pop, the new album from Worriers (which features everybody’s pal Mikey Erg)(then get your tickets to see them play with Thin Lips at Township on October 6th!). https://riotfest.org/2017/09/stream-survival-pop-new-album-worriers/ L7 released its first new song in 18…
