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…
Riot Fest Adoptable Puppy of the Week: Hazel
[bs_col class=”col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-4″] [bs_col class=”col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-4″] [bs_col class=”col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-4″] HAZEL A162585 • Spayed 2 year-old Female • Available for Adoption at Chicago ACC Silly Hazel has been waiting quite some time for her forever home! She came into the shelter on 3/9/17 as an abandoned dog. That’s 125 days in a cage 🙁 We don’t…
Wish Upon – Will You Wish For Your Time Back?
To call the new teen thriller Wish Upon a “horror” movie is a bit generous. It’s about as scary as the first in the Scream series, and close in spirit. It is also similar in that it’s pretty good, and likely to spawn a whole new franchise of its own. Jonathan Shannon (played by Ryan…
Riot Fest Staff Picks For Pitchfork Music Festival
As our brethren at Pitchfork Music Festival begin their annual mid-July preparations at Union Park, the Riot Fest staff has been carefully looking at the Pitchfork lineup in anticipation of another great weekend in Chicago. And although the Riot Fest staff has a wide array of musical preferences, Pitchfork (July 14-16, Union Park, Chicago, IL)…
Exploring Ska’s Strangest Strains
Ska is a genre rich with history, originating in 1950s Jamaica before slowly spreading across the globe. Serving as the precursor to both reggae and rocksteady, ska is not only a fundamental building block, it’s the rare genre that’s able to be transmuted without losing its distinct features. In the ‘70s, ska would reach England…
Daily Riot Fest Roundup
Wednesday, July 12th, 2017The Replacements‘ Paul Westerberg has released a new song via Soundcloud. Check out “2HAWK_1” (which could very well just be the name of the file that was uploaded to the site) below, and then fondly reminisce with us about the time that The Replacements played Riot Fest thrice. Prophets of Rage released a new single…
Jawbreaker Documentary Gets Premiere Date and New Trailer
Don’t Break Down: A Film About Jawbreaker to Premiere in San Francisco on August 11thOn May 4th, we gave you an Albini-laden sneak peak of Don’t Break Down, the highly anticipated documentary on Jawbreaker. The film’s producers have now announced a premiere date and released its first proper trailer. Don’t Break Down: A Film About Jawbreaker, directed by Tim Irwin and Keith Schieron and produced by The September Club,…
Daily Riot Fest Roundup
Tuesday, July 11th, 2017ICYMI: Riot Fest Weekly Horoscopes are up now, and you can buy the remnants of one of The Misfits‘ Jerry Only’s legendary Rickenbacker basses! We’d like to wish a happy 10th anniversary to Nine Inch Nails‘ “Capital G” single, which was released on July 11th, 2007. Common speculation is that the “G” stands for “George,”…
Morrissey Is A Fan Of Smash Mouth, Says Smash Mouth
Last night I dreamt that Smash Mouth loved me. In a recent Stereogum interview with Steve Harwell, lead singer of Smash Mouth, he says that Morrissey is a fan of the band. If you’re not familiar with the band Smash Mouth, they are best known for their hit song “All Star”, from the movie Shrek. The…
