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…
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…
Riot Fest Chicago Daily Schedule Announced
Chicago. Your Riot Fest & Carnival daily schedule is here. Check out the full schedule and find out when and where your favorite bands are playing. Create a custom schedule, and don’t forget to complain about overlapping bands and stage conflicts. Riot Fest in just a few weeks, so make sure you get your tickets,…
10 Questions with Nots
Image by Don Perry We’re stoked that Memphis’ Nots are making their Riot Fest debut this year. The band formed five years ago as a collaboration between guitarist/vocalist Natalie Hoffman and drummer Charlotte Watson. Soon after, they signed to the tastemaker garage/punk label Goner Records based on the strength of an early demo that was…
Creepy Clown Sighted Near South Carolina Apartments
Aren’t cha gonna say… *hello*?The residents of Fleetwood Manor Apartments in Greenville, South Carolina, have a clown problem. At first no one believed the kids that were reporting the mysterious clown in the woods. “I thought my child was seeing things,” Donna Arnold told WHNS-TV said. “And then the next day I had about 30 kids come up to…