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…
Couldn’t Get That Black Hoodie? Preorder Riot Fest 2024 Merch Now
Did you not go to Riot Fest but want to pretend you did?Are you already regretting not picking up some of our 2024 merch? Was your favorite design sold out by the end of the weekend? Did you not go to Riot Fest but want to pretend you did? We got you covered. Riot Fest 2024 merch is now live. Merch items typically ship in 2-3 weeks…
Riot Fest 2024: Sunday Photo Gallery
Riot Fest 2024 is over, but the memories will live on forever if you want them to. See the pics from day three, and don’t delete the app! We’ll have our Best Of Riot Fest Gallery, People Of Riot Fest Gallery, and a few more videos and photos coming your way soon. Plus, if you…
Riot Fest 2024: Saturday Photo Gallery
Gates open 12 PMIt’s the beginning of the end – Sunday of Riot Fest 2024 is here. Take a look at our Saturday photo gallery, and get ready to end this festival weekend with a bang. Today’s schedule and map are below; stay up-to-date throughout the day via the Riot App. Take a look at the final Late Night…
Riot Fest 2024: Friday Photo Gallery
Gates open at 11amRiot Fest 2024 Day One. If you can’t remember what happened, watch the video recap and see how good you look in all the photos. Today’s schedule and map are below; stay up-to-date throughout the day via the Riot App. We’ve also got daily schedules, Late Night Aftershows, transportation and neighborhood guides so you know where to get late night…
Remember That One Time FEAR Caused Chaos on ‘SNL’ and Got Banned For Life?
It can be hard to imagine now, with lifetimes of video only a couple clicks away, just how revelatory watching something like a live punk rock performance could be during television’s salad days. So it should come as no surprise that in the early-‘80s, when punk rockers first managed to barnstorm mainstream TV, it was…
Get Messy with “Crutch,” A New Video From The Frights
San Diego surf-punks the Frights recently filmed a video in Los Angeles for a new song, “Crutch”—co-directed by Epitaph Records creative director Jason Link (or DoubleJ, if you’re nasty) and Richard Dotson (the Frights’ bassist, not the old White Sox pitcher) and starring Christopher Candy (the son of John Candy). Let’s just say things got…
Interpol Announces New Album, Releases First Single
Interpol has announced a new album, Marauder. The band’s sixth LP—and first since 2014’s El Pintor—arrives August 24 via Matador Records. Marauder’s first single, “The Rover,” can be heard below. We’re not promising anything, but chances are Interpol will play this song (and several others) during its Riot Fest 2018 set. Interpol frontman Paul Banks says the…
Interpol Announces New Album, Release First Single
Interpol has announced a new album, Marauder. The band’s sixth LP—and first since 2014’s El Pintor—arrives August 24 via Matador Records. Marauder’s first single, “The Rover,” can be heard below. We’re not promising anything, but chances are Interpol will play this song (and several others) during its Riot Fest 2018 set. Interpol frontman Paul Banks says the…
Blink-182’s 2003 Untitled Album is Punk Rock Pop Art
There’s never been a clear name for Blink-182’s fifth album, and that’s strangely fitting. To the band and their fans, it’s untitled. To the rest of the world, that pop art inspired smiley face on the cover framed by the band’s name made the album self-titled. Released on November 18, 2003, the record marked a…
Mixed Bizness: A Playlist of Beck’s Musical Inspiration
Where does he get all those wonderful sounds? Everywhere.Crank this playlist, and read on. You just may learn something. In the beginning, people struggled to even describe what Beck’s music sounded like. Reading through early reviews of “Loser”—his 1994 breakthrough single and trademark anthem—it almost seems as though critics were taking a musical Rorschach test. Some heard the funky drum loop from…
Stream “Disconnected”, From The Upcoming Face to Face Acoustic Album
Face To Face announced a new album last week, and now there’s proof. Hold Fast, featuring 10 of the band’s classic jams stripped down, acoustic-style, arrives July 27 via Fat Wreck Chords. And thanks to Dying Scene’s reveal of the track this morning, we now know it’s not all some big hoax. So check out…
Stream “Disconnected” From The Upcoming Face to Face Acoustic Album
Face To Face announced a new album last week, and now there’s proof. Hold Fast, featuring 10 of the band’s classic jams stripped down, acoustic-style, arrives July 27 via Fat Wreck Chords. And thanks to Dying Scene’s reveal of the track this morning, we now know it’s not all some big hoax. So check out…