Daily Riot Fest Roundup
Tuesday, August 8th, 2017Riot Fest loves John Stamos. We love him so much that we held Have Mercy: The John Stamos Art Show last month, which was the best art show ever in the history of the world. Rolling Stone, always on the forefront of cutting-edge journalism, had Mr. Stamos review some of the best works from the…
Happy Birthday John Stamos
What’s that? You don’t have plans for John Stamos’ birthday yet? Have mercy! John Phillip Stamos, actor, film producer, instrumentalist, singer, and hero, was born Monday, August 19th, 1963 in Cypress, California. To celebrate the 54th anniversary of his birth, Riot Fest and WKQX are throwing John Stamos a birthday party at The Riot Feast,…
Daily Riot Fest Roundup
Monday, August 7th, 2017According to the Associated Press, Maria Alyokhina and Olga Borisova from Pussy Riot are being detained in the remote Siberian burg of Yakutsk today for taking part in a protest outside of a prison there. They were protesting the imprisonment of Ukranian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov, who was sentenced to 20 years in jail by a…
Listen To ‘Radical Eyes’, The New Song From Prophets of Rage
Prophets of Rage, the supergroup consisting of Tim Commerford, Tom Morello, Brad Wilk (Rage Against The Machine and Audioslave), DJ Lord and rapper Chuck D (Public Enemy), and B-Real (Cypress Hill), release their self-titled debut LP on September 15th, which also happens to be the first day of Riot Fest. Today we get to hear…
Free Cold War Kids Show On Monday
Join Samsung this Monday, August 7th, at the launch of the all-new Samsung Galaxy Studio. Help them celebrate summer with a performance by Cold War Kids in support of FCancer. Located north of Polk Brothers Park, next to the Navy Pier Trolley Stop. RSVP for your free tickets HERE.
Pretty Love Machine: Today’s Underground Musicians Heap Praise Upon Nine Inch Nails
At this juncture in history, Nine Inch Nails has been around long enough for its combination of post-industrial pummel and melodic melancholy to have exerted influence on adult musicians who hadn’t even been born by 1989, when the band released its debut album, Pretty Hate Machine. This impact has been hugely far-reaching: Trent Reznor’s meticulous,…
Daily Riot Fest Roundup
Friday, August 4th, 2017ICYWTUAR (In Case You Were Trapped Under A Rock): Jawbreaker played a surprise show in Oakland last night! For more on that, as well as the band’s other activites between now and Riot Fest, check out this gripping exposé over at…RiotFest.org. Dischord Records has set its entire discography on Bandcamp for the world to stream for free.…
Jawbreaker Played A Show Last Night And You Weren’t There
So, surely you’ve heard by now that Adam Pfahler, Chris Bauermeister and Blake Schwarzenbach are getting back together as Jawbreaker, yeah? And we don’t necessarily mean next month for Riot Fest. No, there has been a steady drip-drip-drip of intel disseminated to us fans since the big announcement, proving that this thing is actually happening.…
