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…
Riot Fest Garbage Pail Kids Are Back
Excusively at Riot Fest ChicagoRiot Fest Garbage Pail Kids are back. The wonderful people at Topps let us lampoon some of our favorite past and present Riot Fest bands again for Riot Fest Garbage Pail Kids Series Two. And just like last year, they’re fucking awesome. If you’ll recall, that’s when we brought you Garbage Pail Kids of Fat…
Daily Riot Fest Roundup
Thursday, September 7th, 2017It’s also National Manatee Day! Let us never forget that manatees use farts to help them swim. https://riotfest.org/2017/03/manatees-use-farts-swim/ We put forth a noble attempt to interview Josh Berwanger from The Anniversary and Radar State, ahead of the former’s two performances during Riot Fest weekend, and the latter’s headline set this weekend at Würst Music &…
The Anniversary’s Würst Interview Ever
Josh Berwanger is a busy guy. He’s a dad. He’s a friend to many. And he’s also a member of three currently active bands: The Anniversary, Radar State and Berwanger. He’s playing three shows in Chicago with two of those bands over the next nine days—The Anniversary is headlining Würst Music & Beer Fest this…
Riot Fest Adoptable Puppy of the Week: Peaches
PEACHES A049984 • Neutered 6 year-old Female • Available for Adoption at Chicago ACC Peaches was adopted from CACC when she was just a puppy and unfortunately she found herself back here as a stray. No one came for her. Peaches is very eager to come out of her cage. She almost knocked me over…
Foo Fighters Release New Song ‘The Line’
Foo Fighters have released the third track from their new album Concrete and Gold coming September 15th. Listen to to ‘The Line’ above. Concrete and Gold Track Listing 1. “T-Shirt” 2. “Run” 3. “Make It Right” 4. “The Sky Is a Neighborhood” 5. “La Dee Da” 6. “Dirty Water” 7. “Arrows” 8. “Happy Ever After…
Daily Riot Fest Roundup
Wednesday, September 6th, 2017Check out this shitty interview we just did with Diarrhea Planet. It’s the Würst! Primus tore it up at North Coast Music Festival last weekend, and now we have another new song from the band’s new album, The Desaturating Seven. The album comes out September 29th, it’s based on a children’s book from 1978 called…
Dennis Rodman Has Offered To “Straighten Things Out” Between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un
In an interview with Good Morning Britain on Wednesday, Dennis Rodman, 5x NBA Champion with the Chicago Bulls and Detroit Pistons, said he would like to “straighten things out” between President Donald Trump and his karaoke buddy the Supreme Leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Kim Jong-un. “For me to go over there…
Martin Shkreli Is Selling His Wu-Tang Album On eBay Or He’ll Throw A Temper Tantrum And Destroy It
Martin Shkreli, the Pharma Bro and doughy-looking potato boy, who was recently convicted of two counts of securities fraud, is selling the CD portion of the Wu-Tang Clan album Once Upon a Time In Shaolin he purchased for two million dollars in 2015. Shkreli, who is banned from Riot Fest, is selling the CD on…