Franz Nicolay Reflects on The Hold Steady’s Boys and Girls in America
Read a Riot Fest Exclusive by the keyboardist and learn about his new memoir!Following their amazing set at Riot Fest Denver, we’re even more thrilled that the The Hold Steady will perform its seminal 2006 release, Boys and Girls In America, in its entirety at Riot Fest Chicago on Saturday September 17. Comprised of vocalist Craig Finn, guitarist/vocalist Tad Kubler, keyboardist Franz Nicolay (keyboards), bassist Galen Polivka, guitarist Steve Selvidge,…
Riot Fest’s Morrissey Classic Video Playlist
Get ready to see Morrissey at Riot Fest with these seven videos!If you’re like us, you can’t to see Morrissey to headline Riot Fest on Saturday night. We’ve complied a bunch of our favorite classic Morrissey videos to get you even more in the mood. “Suedehead” (1988) James Dean’s hometown of Fairmount, Indiana (located just 183.8 miles from Douglas Park) provides the setting for Morrissey’s first…
10 Questions with War on Women
War on Women is a socially and politically-woke hardcore punk band from Baltimore, Maryland. Comprised of vocalist Shawna Potter, guitarists Brooks Harlan and Nancy Hornburg, bassist Suzanne Werner, and drummer Evan Tanner, the band has been kicking ass and taking names since it formed in 2011. Following its 2012 debut EP “Improvised Weapons,” War on…
Mike Ness Looks Back at Social Distortion’s ‘White Light, White Heat, White Trash’
The punk icon takes us track-by-track through the heaviest record of the band’s career.On September, 17, 1996, Social Distortion released its fifth album, White Light, White Heat, White Trash. The band, which had formed in Los Angeles in 1978, had long been known for its streetwise punk rock that over the years had grown to include influences from outlaw country and blues, but with White Light… (named as…
Darkthrone Frontman Elected To Local Town Council Against His Will
“My campaign was a picture of me holding my cat saying, ‘Please don’t vote for me.’”Glyve “Fenriz” Nagell, metal legend and half of Norwegian black metal band Darkthrone has a new job, city Councilman. “My campaign was a picture of me holding my cat saying, ‘Please don’t vote for me.’” Fenriz explained to Clyrvnt how he was involuntarily elected, “They called and asked if I wanted to be on the…
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The Home From Full House Is For Rent. Have Mercy!
When you’re lost out there and you’re all alone, a light is waiting to carry you home, everywhere you look. And for $13,950 a month, that home could be the house made famous by the TV show Full House, the greatest family sitcom of the 90s. Along with the privilege of living in the home…
Do NOT Sign This Petition. Long Live Blue Mustang.
His official name is Blue Mustang, but locals call him Blucifer. The sculpture, commissioned in 1993, stands outside the Denver International Airport, and welcomes guests to Colorado with his red glowing eyes. Now some crazy person who hates Denver, and art, and America* has started a petition to “Remove the DIA Blue Horse to another…
