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Die Antwoord Releases Video for “Banana Brain”
Cape Town-base rap/rave group releases a drug-addled new video from their upcoming album.Cape Town’s Die Antwoord has released a new video for “Banana Brain” off of their upcoming album, Mount Ninji and Da Nice Time Kid. The video starts with Yolandi, dressed in a pure, white, “innocent”-looking dress, drugging her parents’ tea before getting in Ninja’s car for a night of hedonistic fun. Everything starts out kinda awesome before taking a…
Modern Drummer Hosts Refused “Drum Cam”
Earlier this week, Modern Drummer gave us another reason to get pumped to catch the legendary Swedish hardcore band Refused at Riot Fest this year when they hosted a live cam video of drummer David Sandström playing crowd favorite “New Noise,” off the band’s iconic 1998 album The Shape of Punk to Come. Check it out below…
10 Questions with NOFX
Skate punk icons NOFX are no strangers to Riot Fest, having appeared on our stages many times since the festival’s inception. The group formed in Los Angeles in the early 1980s and have maintained the same lineup since 1991 when guitarist/trumpet player Aaron “El Hefe” Abeyta came into the fold, making them one of the longest-running bands in…
Download The Riot Fest App
Or Don’t Download It.Download the Riot Fest App. Or don’t download it. Do whatever the hell you want. This is a free country. Don’t let us bully you into doing something you don’t want to. Seriously though, all the cool kids are downloading the Riot Fest App. So you’re going to Riot Fest! We hope this app will…
Researchers Use “Pop Music vs. Screamo” Experiment to Study Cooperation
Results UnsurprisingDo these Riot Fest-ers look more cooperative or uncooperative to you? Inspired by the use of music as “added value” in retail settings, researchers at Cornell University launched a study to explore the effects of music on employee mood. By playing participants a sampling of “happy” songs such as the Beatles, “Yellow Submarine,” and less…
Netflix Finally Officially Renews Stranger Things
What About Barb?We all knew they would, but Netflix finally officially renewed Stranger Things for a 2nd season. According to Variety, work has been underway on season two for awhile now, but Netflix hadn’t officially confirmed anything until today. For now, they’ve just released a teaser video with the titles of the nine new episodes they have…
Jimmy Eat World Drop New Video, “Sure and Certain”
Jimmy Eat World has released a new video for “Sure and Certain.” The song is from its upcoming ninth studio album, Integrity Blues. The album, produced by Justin Meldal-Johnsen (Paramore, Tegan and Sara, M83) will be released on October, 21 on RCA Records. Check out the video below. It’s a lyric video, so you’ll definitely…
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…
