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…
The Satanic Temple’s Lucien Greaves On His Debut Band and the Fight for Reproductive Rights
The co-founder of The Satanic Temple gives us the exclusive on his new musical project with Dave Lombardo—and on the latest legal battles the Temple is charging againstAs co-founder and spokesperson of The Satanic Temple (TST), Lucien Greaves has been playing a key role in shifting conversations about the separation of church and state through campaigns that include erecting a Baphomet monument on public grounds, to ensure equal representation. In addition to leading the nontheistic religion’s ever-growing activism, Greaves has completed his…
Julian Casablancas’ Radio Station in ‘Grand Theft Auto Online’ Fits Like a Glove
The Strokes frontman curated a two-hour mix of tracks from Misfits, Joy Division and more—including a brand-new Voidz songMisfits, The Stooges, Joy Division, and a new track from The Voidz are just a few gems off the mix.
Premiere: Pansy’s “Trash” is a Striking Portrait of Discontent
Vivian McCall’s first solo LP as Pansy (out April 2) illustrates her experiences transitioning over past three years‘Pansy,’ the self-titled solo debut of Vivian McCall, wholly captures the struggles and triumphs of a trans woman simply existing. Listen to her new song “Trash”—for fans of Girlpool, Modest Mouse, and Laura Jane Grace.
Gateway Love: A Comic on Discovering Punk Through Simple Plan
Two Simple Plan fans recount their youth in this illustrated featureSet in 2005, “Gateway Love” follows two 12-year olds in line for their first live show ever: Simple Plan.
Meet Mikey Fivebucks, the Guy Who’s Trying to Launch a Catnip Dispensary
Catnip Dispensary Inc. hopes to raise $4,105 to sell Fivebucks’ homegrown, high-quality catnip to the massesFor many folks who work at Riot Fest, Mikey Fivebucks is a very familiar face around the festival grounds each year. Usually rocking a half-shaven, half-bearded face that’s pretty hard to miss, his name comes from the fact that he does a lot of crazy shit for (you guessed it) five bucks. But if all…
10 Stories About Cults You Need to Watch in 2021
The best films, limited series, and documentaries about cults you can find on streaming servicesThere’s cult cinema… and then there’s cinema about actual cults. Here’s a list of cult-obsessed miniseries, feature films and documentaries worth watching that you can stream at home.
How a DIY Collective of Women and Non-Binary Music Photographers are Reimagining Art Spaces Online
The founders of To The Front, despite an ongoing pandemic, have continued to expand their virtual community of artistsCourtney Coles and Erica Perez, the founders of an online collective called To The Front DIY, want their post-COVID events to look a bit different than the norm—just like their traveling DIY photography shows had been.
King Buzzo on Solo Work, Collaborations, and Why Melvins 1983 is the Closest You’ll Get to the Original Lineup
The Melvins frontman reflects on past projects like Fantômas and Crystal Fairy—and looks ahead to Working with God, the new Melvins recordFor our latest Autodiscography, we catch up with the always-opinionated, never-resting Buzz Osborne (better known as King Buzzo) of Melvins—a band vital to the development of the Seattle grunge scene, from its infancy in the early to mid-80s to its apex in 1994. That’s when the bona fide alt-rock movement came to a screeching halt…