Giveaway: The Lawrence Arms Present: The 10th Annual War on Xmas
Whether you’ve been naughty or nice this year, you have a chance to win.To celebrate The Lawrence Arms’ The 10th Annual War on Xmas, we’re giving away one pair of tickets to night one and one pair of tickets to night two of the show. Send a letter to Santa (aka fill out the form below) for a chance to win. The Lawrence Arms Present: The 10th Annual War on Xmas…
Direct Hit and Pears to Release A 12-Track Split Album, Watch New Video
On November 3, Fat Wreck Records will release Human Movement, a split album from Direct Hit and PEARS. Human Movement is a 12-track split album that sees both bands writing five new songs each and covering one of their counterpart’s tunes. They even made a joint video, which obviously means they all got together, smoked joints, and rolled film. Everybody’s…
“Fuck No, I’m Not Running For Senate”, Says Man Who Was Once Arrested For Fighting Inside A Waffle House
Despite claiming he was for several months, Kid Rock, a real person who grew up in a wealthy rural suburb 35 miles outside of Detroit, and probably best known for once being arrested for fighting inside a Waffle House, told Howard Stern this morning, that he is not running for Senate in Michigan, but that…
Daily Riot Fest Roundup
Monday, October 23rd, 2017Sincere Engineer‘s Deana Belos shared some of her big influences with Consequence of Sound the other day, and in return the publication premiered her new video. Sounds like a fair deal to me. Sweet video, too, check it out! There’s a new video from the National! Check out “I’ll Still Destroy You,” or I’ll destroy…
The Riot Fest Interview: Isis Queen from Barb Wire Dolls
Barb Wire Dolls are a great classic sounding-and-looking punk band from Greece. You don’t see that every day, so take a deep dive with us ahead of the band’s Cobra Lounge show this week, and find out how a punk band from such a beautiful Mediterranean locale looks, smells, and thinks. RIOT FEST: τι κάνεις?…
Eight of the Heaviest Musicians Around and the Shitty Horror Films They Love
This is the time of year when every listicle generator on the planet imaginatively cranks out X-amount of “must-see” horror movies in honor of Halloween. You know the drill: The Shining, The Thing, Psycho, Rosemary’s Baby, The Exorcist, blah blah blah. But since flipping the script is in the RiotFest.org style guide, we’ve asked eight…
“Humanity Revolted Against Us, And We Spit Back At ‘Em”: Pustulus Maximus Talks About GWAR A.O. (After Oderus)
The Riot Fest InterviewAny conversation with a member of GWAR needs to be taken with a pretty big grain of salt. Members of the thrash rock band are famous for routinely spouting objectionable, highly offensive statements purely for shock value. That’s just their job. This is, after all, GWAR—who’ve been heavy metal heroes, blood guzzling space warriors, and…
Daily Riot Fest Roundup
Monday-Tuesday, October 16-17, 2017The Legend of The Seagullmen, a “wacky nautical-themed supergroup” featuring Mastodon frontman Brent Hinds and Tool drummer Danny Carey, as well as OFF!’s Dimitri Coats and movie director Jimmy Hayward (Horton Hears a Who, Jonah Hex), who serves as the project’s producer, will be making their live debut in Oakland on New Year’s Eve at…
If Dolphins Had Thumbs, They Would Probably Destroy Us All, Says Science
A new study, published in Nature Ecology & Evolution, has shown that dolphins are as intelligent as humans in almost every way, but their lack of hands and opposable thumbs means even if they wanted to destroy us, they don’t have the right appendages. The study, a collaboration between scientists at The University of Manchester,…
