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
Friday, September 1st, 2017Today is the 20th anniversary of the release of Tubthumping, that Chumbawamba album with that one song. We’re not going to embed the video here, because who’s got that kind of time? Now Motörhead, on the other hand, is a band that stops time. And apparently defies it as well with today’s posthumus release of…
Ranking 12 of Mike Patton’s Projects, From Harsh-Noise Duos to Sci-Fi-Themed Avant-Metal Supergroups
Mike Patton isn’t prolific, he’s a maniac. Since joining Faith No More in 1989, the idiosyncratic vocalist has frantically spawned side projects, while willing into reality collaborations on the side of those side projects. Some artists he may work with over the course of decades, some he’ll get a cup of coffee with and make…
Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein Is Nominated For PETA’s Hottest Vegan of 2017
The nominees for PETA’s annual “Hottest Vegetarian Celebrity Contest” have been announced. This year, along with Miley Cyrus and Travis Barker, Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein, who is a vegan, has been nominated. According to Doyle, ‘being vegan is metal AF’. You can vote for Doyle here, and check out his recipe for a No-Bake Layered…
Motörhead’s Covers Album, ‘Under Cöver’ Is Here
One thing Lemmy Kilmister, Phil Campbell and Mikkey Dee liked to do over their years together in Motörhead, was grab a favorite song by another artist and give it a good old fashioned ‘Motörheading’. To run them through the Motörizer if you will. To rock them, roll them and even give them an extra twist…
Listen To “Holy Books,” The New Song From Death From Above
Death From Above released the third song from Outrage! Is Now, their upcoming album, which is set for release on September 8th from Warner Bros. Check out the song “Holy Books” and see Death From Above at Riot Fest on September 15th.
Daily Riot Fest Roundup
Thursday, August 31st, 2017Today we premiered a song from Four Year Strong‘s new album, Some of You Will Like This, Some of You Won’t, and interviewed vocalist/guitarist Alan Day. The collection of B-sides and rarities, as well as stripped-down reimaginings of the band’s classic tunes comes out on September 8th via Pure Noise. https://riotfest.org/2017/08/four-year-strong-premiere/ Buckle up, the soundtrack…
Come Join The Clown And Listen To New Music From The ‘It’ Soundtrack
It: Part One – The Losers Club, the first of two new movies based on Stephen King’s It, will finally hit theaters on September 8th. Now we get to hear, ‘Come Join The Clown, Eds’, the first song off the official soundtrack. Benjamin Wallfisch (Annabelle: Creation, Hidden Figures) composed the film, “Every now and again, you…
Some of You Will Like This Four Year Strong Premiere and Interview, Some of You Won’t
Four Year Strong releases a new record called Some Of You Will Like This, Some Of You Won’t on September 8th. Pure Noise is releasing it, and it’s a so-called “odds-and-sods” collection of rarities and previously-unheard tunes, plus stripped-down and reimagined versions of fan favorites. We’re guessing that some of you are pretty stoked on…