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…
The Stories Behind Five Banned Album Covers
In 1985, Tipper Gore, her husband Al, and a handful of their fellow human buzzkills that made up the Parents Music Resource Center declared a handful of current pop songs the Filthy Fifteen, because they were simply too lewd for radio airplay. In addition to demonizing such occult anthems as “She Bop” by Cyndi Lauper and…
Geeking Out with Albüquerque’s Metalhead Mayor
Tim Keller claims to listen to metal four hours a day. This is one politician who’s not lying.In one regard, it doesn’t matter who holds the most powerful elected office in the country—we’ll always need all the good politicians we can get on the federal, state, and local level. Short of that, we’ll settle for someone who shares our stupid taste in music! Kidding! Especially kidding when it comes to newly elected…
Riot Fest Adoptable Puppy of the Week: ALL OF THE PUPPIES
Usually we only feature one Riot Fest Puppy of the week, but the shelter is very full, and all of these good boys and girls need to find their forever homes. The best breed of puppy is adopted and rescuing a puppy will literally change your life, and literally save the life of a puppy.…
The Interrupters Fight the Good Fight to Keep Ska Exciting with New Album
Check out “She’s Kerosene” from ‘Fight the Good Fight’, coming June 29 via HellcatThe Interrupters are back, and they’re playing with fire. Yesterday, it was revealed that Fight the Good Fight, the always-fun LA-based power quartet’s first album since 2015’s Say It Out Loud, is coming our way June 29 via Hellcat Records. The new record was produced live to tape by longtime collaborator and friend Tim Armstrong from Rancid,…
Happy Cinco de Cuatro! Season Four of ‘Arrested Development’ has Been Remixed
Apparently they made a huge mistake when editing the most recent season of Arrested Development. Creator Mitch Hurwitz just announced on Twitter that this Friday, May 4, “a premature holiday the Bluth family know as ‘Cinco de Cuatro’, Netflix will be releasing a remix of season 4 of Arrested Development.” Why do a new edit now?…
Five Absolutely Berserk Bootlegs
Back in the dinosaur days of the record industry, bootleg albums played a unique and underappreciated role in popular music. On one hand, they pioneered formats—such as the live album, the odds-and-sods rarities compilation, and the box set—that would become lucrative staples for legit labels. On the other hand, bootlegs let fans get around carefully-planned…