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…
This Naked Raygun 7″ Has A Comic Etched in the Vinyl
“Broken Things” is being released via Kickstarter as a 7″ single—and as a 14-page comicOur favorite band in the world is putting out quite possibly the coolest vinyl single we’ve ever seen. Naked Raygun has just launched a Kickstarter for a new 7″ record + comic book combo. Check it out here. To celebrate their first new record in 30 years, Naked Raygun have teamed up with comic book…
Listen to Sunflower Bean’s New Album ‘Headful of Sugar’
After a string of great singles (“Roll The Dice,” “In Flight”), the third full-length album from New York’s Sunflower Bean is finally here. Sunflower Bean’s latest record, Headful of Sugar—which is already getting some great reviews—was mixed by Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s Jacob Portrait, and sees the band combining soft rock influences with dazzling synths and…
Hear Kathleen Hanna Collab with her Bikini Kill Tour Mates on the Dance-Ready New Single “Mirrorball”
Whether you’ve heard them as Skatune Network before or not, JER’s debut solo album ‘Bothered / Unbothered‘ (out May 27) is sure to please. Catch them live in Chicago on June 2 at Reggies.
Remembering Destroy Build Destroy, an Andrew W.K. Show About Teamwork and Wrecking Stuff
Looking back at the short-lived Cartoon Network game show, which—while cancelled—outlasted the network’s other experiments with live-action seriesSome things are just too beautiful to stick around in this world. Cherry blossoms bloom, then quickly fall to the ground. Exquisitely detailed mandalas are made by Buddhist monks, only to be ceremonially wiped away. Andrew W.K. hosts a game show where he lets a bunch of tweens let loose on piles of smoldering wreckage…
Cypress Hill Heads Up Chicago’s Ruido Fest This August
Tickets go on sale Friday, May 6 at 9:00 a.m. CT for the annual 3-Day Latin alternative music festivalOur friends over at Ruido Fest just announced their 2022 lineup, with tickets going on sale tomorrow. Set for August 19–21 in Chicago’s Union Park, the Latin alternative festival is headlined by Cuco, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, and Riot Fest alumni Cypress Hill. If you caught Cypress Hill at Riot Fest in 2018, you know you’re…
Twenty Years On, Simple Plan are Still Just Kids
Pierre Bouvier on how Simple Plan’s debut album No Pads, No Helmets… Just Balls has taken on new meaning two decades later as a fatherOn March 19, Simple Plan’s debut studio album No Pads, No Helmets…Just Balls celebrated its 20th anniversary. The album features many of the band’s better-known hits, including “I’m Just a Kid,” “Perfect,” “Addicted,” and “I’d Do Anything.” This month, Simple Plan will return to Chicago to play a set of their classic pop punk anthems…
Premiere: No Trigger’s “Antifantasy” is a Ripping Ballad Against Bootlickers
Melodic hardcore band No Trigger is currently gearing up to release a five-song EP called the Acid Lord EP. Today, we’ve got an exclusive first single for you—with a tripped-out music video filled with cop chases and “Punkle Sam.” Watch the music video for “Antifantasy” below. Massachusetts’ No Trigger is offering Acid Lord EP as…
‘Dig Me Out’ Turns 25: How Sleater-Kinney’s Biggest Record Broke Every Boundary
The band’s third studio album rejected labels, challenged critics, and rose above personal attacks. It stands today as their most important release: the record where everything clickedDig Me Out (released 25 years ago today) is the beginning of an era for Sleater-Kinney—a point on the map that you can point to as a reference for where a turn was made down a new road.