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…
9 Reasons Shea Couleé Is Truly America’s Next Drag Superstar
In the eight years that have passed since RuPaul’s Drag Race first aired, the wildly popular pop culture behemoth has never crowned a Chicago queen as its winner. As of tonight, when the Logo/VH1 show’s Season 9 finale airs, that could very well change. Chicago queen Shea Couleé has practically dominated Season 9 of the…
A Safe Haven 5K: Run Fast, Win Riot Fest Passes
Riot Fest is continuing our partnership with Douglas Park neighborhood organization A Safe Haven Foundation for its 7th annual 5K RUN! to End Homelessness! This year, the run will be held at Montrose Harbor, and takes place on Saturday, July 15th, 2107 at 8:30AM. The first 50 runners to finish will each win a pair of…
‘Danzig III’ Taught Me To Not Judge An Album By Its Cover
In the summer of 1992, I was 15 years old and struggling desperately to find out everything I could about underground music–something I’d only recently learned existed–from a tiny farm town in Michigan in the days before the Internet. In a place so devoid of culture that there weren’t even any older weird kids around…
There’s Still No Album Like ‘Enter the Wu-Tang’
An itemized inventory of Wu-Tang Clan’s Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers): nine cigarette cherries glowing beneath the caged walkways of Staten Island’s Stapleton Projects; nine sword blades tarnished by splintered bone; the feeling of a knee scraped on dirty concrete; the synthetic grease and trash smell of summertime New York subway tunnels; untraceable Timberland boot…
Daily Riot Fest Roundup
Thursday, June 22, 2017Happy National Onion Rings Day, everybody! Onion rings, is there anything they can’t do? We’d like to start by congratulating ourselves for winning Best Music Festival in the Chicago Reader’s Best of Chicago 2017! GO RIOT FEST! Today we announced the final two full-album plays for Riot Fest 2017. Danzig III: How the Gods Kill…
A Bite From This Tick Could Make You Allergic To Meat
If you’re a meat-eater, be warned. A tick is spreading across the United States that could you make you allergic to meat and dairy. Yes, that means you could be allergic to hotdogs, and ribs, and bbq, and burgers, and corn dogs, and beef jerky, and ice cream! I think we know who may be…
Danzig and Wu-Tang Clan Are Playing Full Albums At Riot Fest
‘Danzig III: How the Gods Kill and ‘Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)’ Round Out Riot Fest 2017’s Full Album PlaysLast month, we unveiled eight of the ten full-album performances to happen at Riot Fest 2017. Now we reveal the final two albums; Danzig III: How the Gods Kill and Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers). Yes, people, that’s right. Danzig and Wu-Tang Clan join Dinosaur Jr., The Bosstones, Built to Spill, Fishbone, Bayside, Mayday Parade,…
Kelly LeBrock’s Studded Leather Jacket From Weird Science Is For Sale
The studded leather jacket that Lisa, played by Kelly LeBrock, wore in the John Hughes 1980s teen comedy Weird Science is up for auction. Weird Science, a movie about two unpopular teenagers, Gary (Anthony Michael Hall) and Wyatt, who create their perfect woman on the computer to help them build their confidence and turn them…
