Best of Riot Fest 2024 Photo Gallery + 3-Day Recap Video
So many great pictures, it’ll probably crash your tabsRiot Fest is over, and yeah, we’re bummed too. But don’t worry, the memories live on (and so do the porta-potty lines). There were crowdsurfing newlyweds, reunions, anniversaries, and of course, you beautiful maniacs. We’ll have a few more galleries, videos, and cool shit to share in the coming weeks, and we can’t wait until…
It’s All True, A Fugazi Musical Is Coming
It’s All True, a Fugazi opera, based on their live shows, is coming. No actual Fugazi music will be used in the opera, but it will utilize the sounds of “random feedback, aimless drum noodling, pre-show activist speeches, audience hecklers, and the police breaking up gigs” pulled from 1500 hours of archival live recordings from…
Riot Fest Adoptable Puppy of the Week: Tyke
TYKE A165108 • Neutered 8-year-old Male • Available for Adoption at Chicago ACC Tyke is very calm in his cage and he easily comes out. He walks nicely on a leash and likes to sniff around a lot. Tyke is a calm, easy-going guy. He enjoys walking around the run with a toy in his…
Daily Riot Fest Roundup
Wednesday, August 2nd, 2017Fugazi has given the thumbs-up to an opera in NYC using sounds from the band’s live show archive. To explain it best, let’s just directly quote Pitchfork, shall we? It’s All True is a new opera created by the New York-based ensemble Object Collection that is “based on the complete live archives of iconic underground…
Fact Checking Nine Actual Events Involving Nine Inch Nails
Several years before teen spirit would fill our nostrils and we’d all cut our glam rock mullets, Trent Reznor nailed us with a fresh and unique sound that was lumped into metal, industrial, alternative and club music, while somehow transcending any genre. His band Nine Inch Nails was weird, wired and amazing right from the…
Would You Like To Help Defend Earth From Aliens?
NASA Is Hiring.Would you like to get paid $187,000 a year to help guard the galaxy from aliens? NASA is hiring the next Planetary Protection Officer. The job description has a lot of big fancy words in it, “This position is assigned to Office of Safety and Mission Assurance for Planetary Protection. Planetary protection is concerned with…
Nine Inch Nails Brought Dangerous Sexuality Back To Pop Music With “Closer”
The Nineties were a very sexually confused time. On one hand, the Sixties sexual revolution had radically revamped American sexual standards, and the idea that queer people were actual, full-fledged humans was beginning to catch on in mainstream culture. On the other hand, there was an air of reactionary conservatism lingering in the air after…