Man Gets Hit By Bus, Stands Up, Brushes Self Off, Goes To Pub
Simon Smith was minding his own business in Reading, England this week when he was hit by a bus. Unfortunately for Mr. Smith, the impact of the crash broke the windshield of the bus and sent him flying down the pavement for about 30 feet. Fortunately, Mr. Smith landed only a few feet away from…
Check Out This New Partner Song And See Them At Township
Partner is coming to play Township in Chicago on September 28th, 2017.Riot Fest is stoked to announce that we’re bringing Partner to Township in Chicago on Thursday, September 28th. Tickets go on sale here this Friday, June 30th at 10AM. Partner is comprised of eastern Canada’s Josée Caron and Lucy Niles, who play quirky power-pop with lyrical themes that at times remind us of a mashup…
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Wednesday, June 28th, 2017Is National Insurance Awareness Day. Are you aware of insurance? Riot Fest is stoked to announce that we’re bringing Partner to Township in Chicago on Thursday, September 28th. Tickets go on sale here this Friday, June 30th at 10AM. Partner is comprised of eastern Canada’s Josée Caron and Lucy Niles, who play quirky power-pop with…
I Don’t Wanna Live Forever, But I Do Want This Tiny Lemmy
The only thing you see, you know it’s gonna be, a $125 tiny Lemmy statue. KnuckleBonz, a company that apparently “creates hi-end music collectibles that feature the most legendary and highly influential artists in rock music”, is selling a tiny Lemmy for $125. Only 3000 tiny Lemmy’s are being made, so you better act quick,…
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Tuesday, June 27th, 2017Today is National PTSD Day, but thankfully it’s also National Sunglasses Day, so if you’re not feeling the world around you, feel free to hide behind your glasses. Shabazz Palaces has released yet another new song from one of the two full-length LPs that Sub Pop is putting out on July 14th. This time, check…
Review: Baby Driver Is the Coolest Movie of the Summer
In his first auteur solo effort, Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, [almost] Ant-Man), has truly done something special with film and music. Superman has his sunshine, Popeye has his spinach, and Baby Driver has its music. Played by a so-fresh-faced-he-must-still-pop-pesky-pimples-in-the-morning-mirror Ansel Elgort, Baby is a prodigy of a wheel man literally driven…
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Monday, June 26th, 2017Today is National Chocolate Pudding Day. Nine Inch Nails played “She’s Gone Away” live for the first time since releasing it on last December’s Not the Actual Events EP, albeit in a non-traditional venue. “The Nine Inch Nails” are the house band at the Bang Bang Bar in a new episode of Twin Peaks: The…
The 10 Worst Velvet Underground Songs To Make Out To
Everybody’s made out to The Velvet Underground. Or at least, anybody worth making out with has. Whether at their sweetest and/or sleaziest, the band’s entire canon has gifted generations of “Jim-Jims” and femme fatales with a nearly flawless soundtrack for soupy, starry eyed, or flat-out smacked-out smooches. But for every “I’ll Be Your Mirror,” “Pale…
