Daily Riot Fest Roundup
Tuesday, July 25th, 2017Buckle up: Circa Survive and Thrice have just announced a fall co-headline tour that kicks off in LA in November. The pair will metaphorically burn down Chicago’s Aragon Ballroom on Thursday, December 7th, with support from Balance & Composure. Presale for the Chicago show is this Thursday, July 27th at 10AM CDT, password will be…
Daily Riot Fest Roundup
7/24/17Nadya Tolokonnikova from Pussy Riot is teaming up on a seemingly awesome new immersive theater project alongside Les Enfants Terribles, a London-based theater company. Inside Pussy Riot will “take the audience into the journey [that] the rad-but-persecuted Russian punk band endured during their epic 2012 ordeal, when they were unjustly arrested for some straight-up bullshit, forced…
Why DIY? Vol IV: How To Write Your Own Press Release
Anyone with news can write a press release. As a DIY band, your job is to communicate upcoming tours, releases, and music videos to journalists who have the power to amplify your message to an even larger audience. While a hired publicist can be a pipeline to a valuable network of public relations, many bands…
Not Allowed At Arcade Fire Show: Cellphones, Shorts, Flip Flops, Tank Tops, Crop Tops, Baseball Hats
UPDATE: Band announces, “Wear whatever you want to any show.” This has been an actual band announcement. Statement faxed in from Tannis Wright, social media strategist for @EverythingNowCo re: Brooklyn “rules.” If you’re planning on attending the intimate Arcade Fire record release show at Grand Prospect Hall in Brooklyn on Thursday, make sure you dress…
A Dozen Sightings Of Flying Bat-Like Humanoids Have Been Reported In Chicago This Year
The Singular Fortean Society, a website dedicated to “investigating the impossible,” has recorded over a dozen different sightings of flying humanoids in Chicago in 2017. The most recent sighting occurred just last month in Logan Square, when a bouncer at The Owl saw a “bat-like humanoid” flying over the lot across the street from the…
Stream The New Goldfinger Album, ‘The Knife’
Goldfinger released The Knife today, its first new album in nine years. John Feldmann’s impressive backing band for this record includes MXPX’s Mike Herrera and Travis Barker from Blink-182. Check out the album below, and don’t forget that we’re bringing Goldfinger to Concord Music Hall in Chicago on September 11th. Tickets for that show are available…
Daily Riot Fest Roundup
Friday, July 21st, 2017Add Violence, the second in a series of three EPs by Nine Inch Nails, is out today, and you can stream right here! Goldfinger released The Knife today, its first new album in nine years, and you can stream it below. John Feldmann’s impressive backing back on the LP includes MXPX’s Mike Herrera and Travis…
The Juggalos Are Coming. Are You Ready?
To fight the oppression of Juggalos everywhere, Juggalos from around the world will be marching on Washington D.C. and there’s a very good chance that it will be the largest gathering of people on the National Mall in all of 2017. Thousands and thousands of Juggalos are set to descent on Washington D.C. on September…
