Tough as Tin: Mutts and Archie Powell & The Exports On Ten Years In A Band
They’re celebrating with a birthday show at Cobra Lounge on 6/29Mutts and Archie Powell & The Exports are both turning 10, celebrating the occasion at Cobra Lounge on Saturday, June 29. We got each band’s frontperson on the horn to tell the tale, and to predict the future.
Mac Blackout Made a Cool Comic For Us
The founding member of The Functional Blackouts lets his freak flag fly with ‘Mirrors’You may know him as the founding member of noise punk bands The Functional Blackouts and Daily Void, but Mac Blackout has also produced a prolific amount of wonderfully distorted paintings and sculptures over the years.
Riot Fest Adoptable Puppy of the Week: BAE
Bae has had a rough life. She was abused as a puppy, and then after she had her own litter, she was abandoned. What a horrible thing for a dog to go through. We are very appreciative that someone found her and rescued her with hopes of finding her a better life. Bae is tiny…
‘The Crow: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack’ Turns 25
Reminiscing a killer soundtrack’s influence on mall goths“Music Inspired by the Motion Picture” is generally not a disclaimer to be trusted, but the original soundtrack to ‘The Crow’ oozed style. Today marks its 25th anniversary.
The American Dream of Scamming
Navigating through an increasingly inauthentic digital worldWe navigate scammy situations all day long, every day—yet despite spending so much time and energy avoiding hundreds of scams a day, we can’t seem to get enough of scammers.
‘Watered Down Pornos’: Inside The History of Teensploitation Cinema
Exploring cinema’s horniest genre in ‘Teen Movie Hell’Mike “McBeardo” McPadden’s teensploitation anthology ‘Teen Movie Hell’ collects over 350 capsule reviews of the genre’s most titillating films released between ‘American Graffiti’ in 1973 and ‘Dazed and Confused’ in 1993.
Riot Fest Adoptable Puppy of the Week: Mr. Big
He’s the one who wants to be with you. Deep inside we hope you want to, too.This is Mr. Big, he’s the one who wants to be with you. Deep inside we hope you want to, too. Brace yourself, this guy is large and strong… but he’s SUCH a sweetie pie.
Live Fast, Die Old: Remembering Dick Dale and Andre Williams
Two proto-punk legends who proved the cliche wrongWe lost two legends this week: “King of the Surf Guitar” Dick Dale, and R&B dynamo Andre “Mr. Rhythm” Williams. Both left a big footprint on punk as we know it.
