The RiotFest.org editorial staff remind you to hit play on the above (or below) playlist, to use as a soundtrack to this deeply personal essay by… Read more
Author: Brendan Hilliard
Brendan Hilliard is a Chicago born and bred writer whose work has been featured in Noisey, Men’s Journal and New Noise Magazine.
A couple weeks ago, Chicago-based pop punk group This Obsession released its sophomore album, A Confrontational Effort, on Wiretap Records. Today, Riot Fest exorcises the above… Read more
Recording is in Jawbreaker’s future, and they’re telling everyone.
Blake Schwarzenbach recently joined Jonah Bayer and Benny Horowitz on their always-insightful Going Off Track podcast, and… Read more
It’s been a rough few years for Iron Chic. Two years after the release of 2013’s The Constant One, the band split with founding guitarist… Read more
Würst Music & Beer Fest runs this Friday through Sunday on the corner of Randolph and Ogden in Chicago, featuring some great bands and even… Read more
This past April, The Smith Street Band released its Jeff Rosenstock-produced fourth album, More Scared of You Than You Are of Me. The group has… Read more
I only knew of The Lawrence Arms as a symbol before I knew they were a band.
In high school, a lot of the punks I… Read more
Dessa is a rapper, a singer and an essayist with the Minneapolis hip hop collective Doomtree. As a solo artist, she recently collaborated with the Minnesota Orchestra… Read more
Beach Slang has been a band in transition. Despite personnel changes over the past year, and frontman James Alex recording as a "quiet" version of… Read more