Musicians Enjoying Hot Dogs at Riot Fest
Happy National Hot Dog DayHappy National Hot Dog Day. In honor of this holiday, we found some totally not-Photoshopped images of bands enjoying hot dogs at Riot Fest. If you were a good little boy or girl, maybe Hot Dog Santa will leave encased meat underneath the hot dog tree for you.
‘Dunkirk’ Is Boring
Riot ReviewsChristopher Nolan is one of the most consistently excellent filmmakers working today. Even if you don’t care for one of his ten feature films very much, it’s hard to say that any are objectively “bad.” I did not care for his latest, Dunkirk, and I am going to be in the vast minority on that point…
Daily Riot Fest Roundup
Tuesday, July 18th, 2017The Replacements are releasing For Sale: Live at Maxwell’s 1986, the band’s first live album since 1985’s dicey The Shit Hits the Fans. This 29-track gem was cut to actual 2″ tape at legendary sweatbox Maxwell’s in Hoboken, NJ in February of 1986, and the band was particularly on that night. This show took place during the…
10 Andrew W.K. Songs That Aren’t About Partying
When It’s Time To Party We Will [Sometimes] Party HardAs Andrew W.K. prepares for his sixth consecutive performance at Chicago’s Riot Fest this fall, we’d like to speak on his behalf to clear up a misconception. No, this has nothing to do with the theory that “Andrew W.K. doesn’t actually exist” (the jury’s still out on that one). Rather, we’re here to address the…
Nine Inch Nails Release Second Song Off New EP
Nine Inch Nails are set to release their new EP, Add Violence this Friday (July 21st). Last Thursday they released “Less Than,” the first track off the Add Violence EP, and today they released another song from it, “This Isn’t The Place.” Add Violence 1. Less Than 2. The Lovers 3. This Isn’t the Place…
Daily Riot Fest Roundup
Monday, July 17th, 2017With the July 28th release of his hotly-anticipated debut album The Autobiography almost upon us, Vic Mensa is making lots of news these days. The news we’ll focus on here is that there’s a rad new video for “Rage” — where Mensa uses a plane crash as a metaphor for addiction and mental health issues — and…
By Definition, A Crush Must Hurt: Why That Dog Were the Big Star of the 90s
As most rock nerds know by now, Big Star were the quintessential “should have been huge” band. In their short time as a group, the songwriting core of Alex Chilton and Chris Bell forged a slim catalog of memorable, emotionally resonant pop nuggets which were either tender or raucous when they weren’t both at once.…
When Ronnie James Dio Was In A 1950s Boy Band
Before Ronnie Dio was RONNIE JAMES DIO, he was a baby-faced crooner in a 1950s boy band. In Cortland, New York in 1957, Ronnie Dio (on bass guitar), Billy DeWolfe, Nick Pantas, and Tom Rogers, formed the band The Vegas Kings. Later adding Jack Musci and changing their name to Ronnie and the Rumblers after the…
