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…
A Meteor Lights Up Skies Over Midwest But Once Again Fails To Destroy Us
A meteor lit up the skies over the Midwest at 01:27CST (07:27 UT.) Monday morning, but once again failed to destroy us all. “It was basically visible for a long distance,” said Ricky Castro, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s Chicago office. “It was certainly an interesting event, uncommon for the area.” The American…
New Senses Fail EP Coming March 3rd
Senses Fail are releasing a stripped down EP, titled “In Your Absence”, on March 3rd 2017. You can pre-order the EP now at the links below and catch them on tour in Chicago on March 28th as they celebrate their 15 Year Anniversary with Counterparts, Movements, and Like Pacific at Concord Music Hall. CD/LP: http://smarturl.it/SensesFail…
Listen To ‘After The Party’ The Menzingers New Album
‘After The Party’ the new album from The Menzingers is out today.
America May Be Headed Towards A Bacon Shortage And Everything Is Terrible
Are you sitting down? I don’t want to alarm you, and everything is okay for now, but because of a spike in demand, bacon supplies are at their lowest since 1957. I’m not saying they’re related, but 1957 was also when Russia launched Sputnik. Coincidence? We’ll let you decide. Data from the USDA shows that…
Riot Fest Adoptable Puppy Of The Week: Tyson
TYSON A158578 • Available for adoption at Chicago ACC Tyson is a 6 year old male dog who came into the shelter on 11/22 as an owner surrender. Tyson must be part hound because this guy has his nose down to the ground sniffing, sniffing, sniffing. It took us 15 minutes to walk 50 feet…
Bandcamp Will Donate 100% Of Profits To ACLU On Friday
Friday would be a great time to buy some music from Bandcamp. Ethan Diamond, founder and CEO of Bandcamp, announced today that 100% of proceeds from Bandcamp purchases on Friday, February 3rd will be donated to the American Civil Liberties Union. From the Bandcamp website: Like 98% of U.S. citizens (including the President), I am…
Asteroid Misses Perfect Opportunity To Hit Earth
An asteroid the size of a large pick up truck came within 40,000 miles of hitting earth on Sunday night. Unfortunately, it traveled by earth and back out into space without delivering us the sweet release of global destruction. The asteroid, named 2017 BH30 and estimated to be between 15 to 32.8, is actually pretty small…
Let’s Go Crazy Prince Will Be Streaming Everywhere On February 12th
It’s a Sign O’ The Times that most artists are on streaming services, but for the past two years Prince’s catalog was only available on streaming service TIDAL. According to the New York Post, that’s about to change. On February 12th, to coincide with the Grammy Awards, “The switch gets turned on for everybody” and…