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 Adoptable Puppy of the Week: Shi
The Chicago Animal Care and Control is currently extremely packed, and its canine tenants are in desperate need of adoption. The desperation is so palatable that the shelter is waving all adoption fees for the rest of October. Please consider welcoming your new best friend to his or her new forever home today. When you…
Watch The Scary New Video For Radar State’s ‘Strays’
When it comes to the Kansas City/Lawrence indie rock torch, it’s safe to say that The Get Up Kids and The Anniversary helped to light it and have been running four minute miles with it ever since (sorry, couldn’t help it). It only makes sense that eventually they’d come together for forces of good, which…
Bundle Up With Our Bundle Up Bundle
Buy Riot Fest merch and pretend you wentDid you go to Riot Fest this year but forgot to buy merch? Didn’t go to Riot Fest this year but want to pretend you did? Now you can! Riot Fest merch is available right here on the internet! And we have got a deal for you. Introducing the Bundle Up Bundle! For a limited…
Riot Fest Adoptable Puppy of the Week: ALL OF THEM
The Chicago Animal Care and Control is currently extremely packed, and its canine tennants are in desperate need of adoption. The desperation is so palatable that the shelter is waving all adoption fees for the rest of October. Please consider welcoming your new best friend to his or her new forever home today. When you…
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’ Spooky Cover of John Carpenter’s ‘Halloween’ Theme is Coming to Vinyl
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross released a their own version of John Carpenter’s iconic, spooky theme music for his film Halloween on Friday the 13th of October last year, and now that same version is coming being released on vinyl. The A-side will feature feature Reznor and Ross’ version, while the B-side will preserve John Carpenter’s original…
You Can Vote For The Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2019
Def Leppard, Devo, Janet Jackson, John Prine, Kraftwerk, LL Cool J, MC5, Radiohead, Rage Against the Machine, Roxy Music, Rufus featuring Chaka Khan, Stevie Nicks, The Cure, The Zombies, and Todd RundgrenThe 2019 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees have been revealed. This years finalists are Def Leppard, Devo, Janet Jackson, John Prine, Kraftwerk, LL Cool J, MC5, Radiohead, Rage Against the Machine, Roxy Music, Rufus featuring Chaka Khan, Stevie Nicks, The Cure, The Zombies, and Todd Rundgren. We can’t wait to hear all the…
Watch Drug Church’s New Music Video for “Unlicensed Hall Monitor”
Drug Church, a band that is playing at Cobra Lounge in November, just released a new music video for their song “Unlicensed Hall Monitor”. That song and nine others will be on their upcoming LP, Cheer, scheduled for release on November 2nd via Pure Noise. What does Michael Nelson at Stereogum think of the new…
A Global Beer Shortage And Price Increase Could Be Coming Soon And It’s All Your Fault
According to a new study published in the journal Nature Plants, a global beer shortage could be coming soon and it’s all because of extreme drought and heat caused by global warming. Barley, the main ingredient in beer, is extremely sensitive to temperature and drought, and because humans have really fucked up the planet, it…