Daily Riot Fest Roundup
Monday, August 21st, 2017Once upon a time, in the gilded burg of Boston, MA, a band of bad motherfuckers decked only in plaid, plaid and more plaid married their love of both ska and hardcore music, flipped the script on both genres, laid down one hell of a gauntlet, and created one of the most enjoyable 18-armed monsters…
‘Sid & Nancy’ Restored For New Criterion Collection Release
The 1986 cult classic film Sid & Nancy has been restored for a new Criterion Collection Blu-ray/two-DVD release which is available today. With the lacerating love story Sid & Nancy, Alex Cox reimagines the crash-and-burn affair between punk s most notorious self-destructive poster children: Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious and his girlfriend, Nancy Spungen brought to…
Will You Win The $700,000,000 Powerball Jackpot?
No. If you’re reading this, you will not win the estimated $700,000,000 jackpot in Wednesday’s Powerball drawing. Your odds of winning are 292,201,338-to-1. You have a better chance of dying while reading this sentence than you do at winning all that money that will probably just make you a bigger asshole than you already are.…
Murder By Death, The Anniversary & Diarrhea Planet to Headline the Inaugural Würst Music & Beer Fest
Bands. Beer. Bratwurst. Announcing Würst Music & Beer Fest featuring Murder By Death, The Anniversary, Diarrhea Planet, Masked Intruder, Shiner, Dramatic Lovers, Pkew Pkew, Pkew, The Crombies, Post Child, Last False Hope, Kali Masi, Bleach Party, The Eradicator, Adam Lee, Speed Babes, Bad Mechanics, Sam Vicari, Sincere Engineer, and Hi Ho. Brewed up in the…
We’re Not Gonna Take It: Blacklisting White Power Music From Streaming Services Is Not Censorship
Last week, streaming services from industry leader Spotify down to lesser-known platforms like Deezer announced that in the wake of the white supremacist violence in Charlottesville, Virginia they’d be removing hate-fueled music they’d been hosting by white power bands, such as Skrewdriver. For some people, including activists at the Southern Poverty Law Center—who have repeatedly…
Daily Riot Fest Roundup
Monday, August 21st, 2017Action Bronson just revealed cover artwork and track listing for Blue Chips 7000, the new album he’s dropping on our heads this Friday. You can peep the artwork and track listing, as well as listen to this new album joint with Rick Ross called “9-24-7000,” all from the friendly confines of the Daily Riot Fest…
Flat-Earther B.o.B Thinks ‘The Moon Generates Its Own Light’
As many of you may have witnessed with your own eyes, a solar eclipse happened across most of the United States today, and as many of you may have learned in kindergarten the earth is a sphere. Well-known rapper and astronomer Bobby Ray Simmons Jr., aka B.o.B, isn’t so sure because B.o.B is a flat-earther. What…
All Hell To Break Loose: The Original Misfits Just Announced Another Show
None of us will ever forget The Original Misfits shows at Riot Fest last year, and apparently we’re not the “Only” ones, because the American nightmare will go on for one more night! That’s right, the Misfits just announced (via Facebook) that original members Glenn Danzig and Jerry Only, alongside longtime guitarist Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein,…
