Chicago Creative: Bianca Xunise’s Comics Dance in the Dark
When she was a kid, illustrator Bianca Xunise longed for a picket-fence life. Raised by her working class artist mother in the south suburbs of Chicago, she didn’t have the same kind of stability as her classmates, whose parents had more traditional jobs. She’s now grateful for her childhood crash course in the artist life,…
RIP ‘Fast’ Eddie Clarke. Motörhead Guitarist Dies At Age 67.
Motörhead guitarist “Fast” Eddie Clarke “passed away peacefully” in hospital after a battle with pneumonia at the age of 67. Fast Eddie Clarke joined Motörhead with Lemmy and Phil Taylor in 1976. Fast Eddie was the last surviving member of what was considered the “classic” Motörhead lineup. Lemmy and Phil Taylor both passed away at…
The Daily Riot Fest Roundup
Wednesday, January 10th, 2018Happy Birthday Rod Stewart. “I wanted to do something in this world that would be positive, and hopefully change lives through music. Empowering young females today, is very important for everyone’s future. We all benefit.” We talked to Lori Barbero about her awesome new All-Girls Music Studio in St. Paul Minnesota https://riotfest.org/2018/01/talked-lori-barbero-babes-toyland-girls-music-studio-st-paul/ The Breeders are…
Learn How Breathtaking an Act Happiness Can Be With This Turnspit Video Premiere
Chicago punk band (and Riot Fest 2017 artist) Turnspit‘s debut full-length LP, Desire Paths, begins its journey on February 16. The path of the exciting new album’s second track, “Breath Taking,” begins with this new lyric video, filmed as the band recorded the song (and album) at Atlas Studios here in sunny Chicago. According to…
Dippin’ Dots, The ‘Ice Cream Of The Future’, Is Launching A Cryogenic Company
Dippin’ Dots, the ‘Ice Cream of the Future’, is launching a cryogenic company called Dippin’ Dots Cryogenics, L.L.C. No, they don’t want to freeze your corpse after you die in the hopes of curing your diseases so you can back to life in the future, at least not yet, but they do want to help…
“Issues Were Churning Up My Emotions”: Jeff Rosenstock On Why He Surprised Us With A New Album Last Week
If you’re like pretty much the rest of the world, the first thing you did on New Year’s Day was wake up around 11:00am, shake off the cobwebs from the previous night and grab your cellphone to see what sort of tire fire the new year had already descended into via tweets from a fat-fingered,…
Jack White Releases Two New Songs
No this isn’t a hint. This is a popular artist that many of you like that released new music and we just wanted some clicks on riot fest dot org. Again, this is not a hint. Jack White released two new songs via Third Man/Columbia. You can listen to “Connected by Love” and “Respect Commander”…
Scientists Invent An Ingestible Electronic Pill That Can Track Your Farts
Scientists in Australia have developed an ingestible electronic pill that can monitor gas in the human gut. A pocket-sized receiver carried by the subject paired with a smart phone app, allows the researches the ability to monitor the build up of gas in the subject and to monitor “gas profiles of the gut and distinguish…
