Download The Riot Fest App
Or Don’t Download It.Download the Riot Fest App. Or don’t download it. Do whatever the hell you want. This is a free country. Don’t let us bully you into doing something you don’t want to. Seriously though, all the cool kids are downloading the Riot Fest App. So you’re going to Riot Fest! We hope this app will…
Researchers Use “Pop Music vs. Screamo” Experiment to Study Cooperation
Results UnsurprisingDo these Riot Fest-ers look more cooperative or uncooperative to you? Inspired by the use of music as “added value” in retail settings, researchers at Cornell University launched a study to explore the effects of music on employee mood. By playing participants a sampling of “happy” songs such as the Beatles, “Yellow Submarine,” and less…
Netflix Finally Officially Renews Stranger Things
What About Barb?We all knew they would, but Netflix finally officially renewed Stranger Things for a 2nd season. According to Variety, work has been underway on season two for awhile now, but Netflix hadn’t officially confirmed anything until today. For now, they’ve just released a teaser video with the titles of the nine new episodes they have…
Jimmy Eat World Drop New Video, “Sure and Certain”
Jimmy Eat World has released a new video for “Sure and Certain.” The song is from its upcoming ninth studio album, Integrity Blues. The album, produced by Justin Meldal-Johnsen (Paramore, Tegan and Sara, M83) will be released on October, 21 on RCA Records. Check out the video below. It’s a lyric video, so you’ll definitely…
10 Questions with Leftover Crack
Image by Alan Snodgrass For nearly two decades, NYC’s Leftöver Crack has been one of the country’s most defiant bands. Formed by Scott “Stza” Sturgeon in the late ‘90s out of the ashes of squatter punks Choking Victim, the band is known for the radical, pro-free speech anti-capitalist, anti-authoritarian politics and social awareness that permeate…
10 Questions with Meat Puppets
Image by Jaime Butler Meat Puppets’ eclectic mix of alternative, psychedelic rock, outsider country and folk (among other styles), and unusual balancing act between warm, laid-back atmospheres and far-reaching, complex experimentations has made them a musical force unlike anything else. Formed in Phoenix, Arizona in 1980, the group has released an impressive series of records…
Descendents Release “Testosterone” Live Video
What’s a better way to get amped to see Descendents live at Riot Fest than with a live video? Today, the iconic South California punk band has revealed a live video of the song, “Testosterone,” off of their seventh studio album, Hypercaffium Spazzinate, which was released last month on Epitaph Records. In an interview with NPR,…
Riot Fest Denver Map Announced
Denver, here is your 2016 Riot Fest & Rodeo map. Make sure to create a custom schedule, and don’t forget to complain about overlapping bands and stage conflicts. Riot Fest is almost here, so make sure you get your tickets, book your hotel, reserve your locker, get your Riot Fest after show tickets, and finish…
