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…
Couldn’t Get That Black Hoodie? Preorder Riot Fest 2024 Merch Now
Did you not go to Riot Fest but want to pretend you did?Are you already regretting not picking up some of our 2024 merch? Was your favorite design sold out by the end of the weekend? Did you not go to Riot Fest but want to pretend you did? We got you covered. Riot Fest 2024 merch is now live. Merch items typically ship in 2-3 weeks…
Riot Fest 2024: Sunday Photo Gallery
Riot Fest 2024 is over, but the memories will live on forever if you want them to. See the pics from day three, and don’t delete the app! We’ll have our Best Of Riot Fest Gallery, People Of Riot Fest Gallery, and a few more videos and photos coming your way soon. Plus, if you…
Riot Fest 2024: Saturday Photo Gallery
Gates open 12 PMIt’s the beginning of the end – Sunday of Riot Fest 2024 is here. Take a look at our Saturday photo gallery, and get ready to end this festival weekend with a bang. Today’s schedule and map are below; stay up-to-date throughout the day via the Riot App. Take a look at the final Late Night…
Riot Fest 2024: Friday Photo Gallery
Gates open at 11amRiot Fest 2024 Day One. If you can’t remember what happened, watch the video recap and see how good you look in all the photos. Today’s schedule and map are below; stay up-to-date throughout the day via the Riot App. We’ve also got daily schedules, Late Night Aftershows, transportation and neighborhood guides so you know where to get late night…
Hot Water Music’s Artwork & Iconography Created A Legacy All Its Own
Even though it’s never specified exactly what it is, over the past twenty-five years Hot Water Music has constantly been searching for…something. It’s easy to see it in the band’s music which, in its early days, was based upon the southern hardcore stomp of Avail, the rough-hewn songcraft of Leatherface, and the punchiness of Fuel,…
Riot Fest Adoptable Puppy Of The Week: Persephone
Persephone A162880 • Spayed 2-year-old Female • Available for Adoption at Chicago ACC Persephone is a very sweet girl. She sits nicely for you in her cage and is easy to leash up when it’s time to go out for a walk. Persephone seemed to cower a bit walking past the other cages. Once outside,…
Daily Riot Fest Roundup
Wednesday, June 7, 2017Today is National Chocolate Ice Cream Day, as well as National Running Day. So go eat a few scoops of chocolate ice cream and then jog that shit off. ICYMI: MIA released a new song today. She dedicates “GOALS” to her hardcore fans. Rancid has blessed us with more new music from their forthcoming album…
M.I.A. Releases New Song ‘GOALS’
M.I.A. released ‘GOALS’, a new song for her hardcore fans, this morning. The video for ‘GOALS’ will be displayed at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall during M.I.A.’s Meltdown Festival in London. DEDICATED TO MY HARDCORE FANS THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNFALTERING DEDICATION AND SUPPORT. YOU HAVE GIVEN ME A SLIVER OF HOPE IN HUMANITY. STAY…
Death From Above Debut New Song, Shorten Band Name
In addition to ditching the “1979” from their band’s name, Seb and Jesse from Death From Above have just premiered a new single “Freeze Me,” via MistaJam’s BBC1 radio show in England. Below you can hear the track, plus an interview with the band. Regarding the name change, no clear explanation was given, however Consequence…
Were the Beatles actually punk? An investigation
When the first punk bands started coming together in the mid-Seventies, the Beatles were on the hit list of bloated hippie-era dinosaurs who’d grown fat and rich off the counterculture who the new wave of rock rebels meant to batter into irrelevancy in a barrage of cranked-up rockabilly riffs. Since then it’s become something like…
Songs About Your Dad
Father’s Day is Sunday, June 18th, 2017. Make sure to call your dad. Unless he went out for a pack of smokes and never came back. Then you can still call him, just call him an asshole. Everclear – Father Of Mine Violent Femmes – Gone Daddy Gone George Michael – Father Figure Luther Vandross…
Daily Riot Fest Roundup
Tuesday, June 6, 2017Today is National Eyewear Day as well as National Higher Education Day. Coincidence? We think not. Everybody knows that nerds wear glasses. Wanna fight about it, nerd? Paramore‘s After Laughter is #6 on SPIN’s top 50 albums of 2017 so far. Shabazz Palaces have released more new music, this time it’s “Julian’s Dream (ode to…