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
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…
Jeff Rosenstock, Alex White and More to DJ After Hours At The Riot Feast This Weekend!
Come one, come all! Following Pitchfork Fest, or The Aquabats, or whatever you do tonight, step right up to The Riot Feast and shake it with Jeff Rosenstock and friends. How ’bout that artwork, eh? Tomorrow night’s after hours will feature RiotFest.org contributor and White Mystery frontwoman Miss Alex White. Both events begin at 10:00PM.…
Daily Riot Fest Roundup
Hey Chicago, if you’re headed down to Union Park at any point this weekend for Pitchfork Festival, be sure to drop by Have Mercy! The John Stamos Art Show at Cobra Lounge to view the artistic genius that possesses the Riot Fest community! We have an urgent alert from the Riot Fest Adoptable Puppy of…
Riot Fest Adoptable Puppy of the Week: Spinach
[bs_col class=”col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-4″] [bs_col class=”col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-4″] [bs_col class=”col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-4″] SPINACH A162383 • Neutered 1.5 year-old Male • Available for Adoption at Chicago ACC Our pal Spinach was just returned on 7/8/17 due to moving and not wanting to take care of him anymore after being adopted in April 2017. 🙁 Spinach is…
Daily Riot Fest Roundup
Thursday, July 13th, 2017Just in case it got past you, Nine Inch Nails released new music today! Check out “Less Than,” the driving first track from Add Violence, a new NIN EP that’s coming our way on July 21st. Add Violence is the second in a trilogy of EPs, starting last December with Not the Actual Events and culminating in…another one,…
Happy Thursday. Here Is A New Nine Inch Nails Song.
Did you know there’s a new top-secret Nine Inch Nails EP due out this summer? And another one that’s set to be released 6-8 months after that? In December of 2016, Nine Inch Nails released the EP Not The Actual Events. And in an email from Trent Reznor to fans who ordered from the band’s…
