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…
Kali is a Headbanger: 3 Essential Principles of Heavy Metal Yoga
The once-unthinkable mash-up of what acclaimed photographer Michael O’Neill dubbed “the architecture of peace” and the music most closely associated with the pinnacle of bedlam is now a legit phenomenon: Heavy metal yoga classes are cropping up left, right, and lotus. So what’s it like hitting the road to Nirvāṇa blasting a soundtrack better suited…
New Whitney Houston Documentary To Include Unreleased Recordings
A new Whitney Houston documentary is set for release on July 6th and this one has the blessing of the late singer’s estate. This documentary, titled Whitney, will be a “definitive look” at Whitney Houston’s life and legacy, and will feature “previously unreleased recordings, rare never-before-seen footage and live performances recorded by Houston at various stages…
People Are Buying And Selling Old Band T-Shirts For Stupid Money
An old band t-shirt is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it, but fortunately for you, there are a lot of idiots with lots of money who want to buy those t-shirts. Nostalgia costs a lot of money and people are paying stupid amounts of money to look cool. Some idiot on…
We Talked With Real Gone Music’s Gordon Anderson About Soundtrack LPs, Commando, and “The One That Got Away”
In 2011, Gordon Anderson and Gabby Castellana pooled their 35 years of music-reissuing experience as the respective founders of Collectors’ Choice Music and Hep Cat Records & Distribution to create Real Gone Music, a reissue label dedicated to ace production values, eclectic sounds, and one of the most rigorous schedules in the game (about 10…
Tool Is Actually Recording a New Album, Says Tool
A Perfect Circle’s new album is scheduled for release on April 20, and now Maynard James Keenan (or whoever runs Tool’s Facebook account) has announced that Tool is actually in a recording studio, recording new music for a new Tool album. The band has “moved into a major studio” and has “been getting sonically adjusted…
Riot Fest Horoscopes – Week of March 12th, 2018
Virgo: After taking a four-week vacation from your air traffic controller job, you will be forced to beat the arrogant landlord of your rental property in a local sailing competition with the help of a pirate and your family.
Daylight Saving Time Is Killing Us
Did you “spring forward” this weekend and lose an hour of sleep? Congratulations. You have an increased chance of dying this morning. Today is the first Monday after daylight saving time (or DST), which means you have a better chance of having a heart attack this morning than any other Monday morning all year. A…
Chicago Creatives: Juan-Elias Riesco Brings Delicious Art to the Table at Nini’s Deli
How the local photographer turned turned his family grocery into a sceneLorena Cupcake profiles the local photographer, who developed his family grocery into a vibrantly creative community café.
