The Riot Fest 2022 Lineup is Here (Plus Single Day Tickets)
1-Day, 2-Day and 3-Day Passes are available now! See the full lineup belowThe Riot Fest lineup is here! 1-day, 2-day, and 3-day passes are ON SALE NOW. We’ll see you September 16-18, 2022 at Douglass Park in Chicago. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 MY CHEMICAL ROMANCEALKALINE TRIO, PORTUGAL. THE MAN, BLEACHERS, PLACEBO, DESCENDENTS, ROCKET FROM THE CRYPT, THE WONDER YEARS, JEFF ROSENSTOCK, ANBERLIN, LESS THAN JAKE, LAGWAGON, LUCKY BOYS CONFUSION, […]
My Chemical Romance Surprise Release New Single “The Foundations of Decay”
The 6-minute track is the first new music from the band since 2014’s “Fake Your Death”Eight years since their last release, My Chemical Romance have shook their fans (and several members of our staff) to the core with a comeback track. Listen to “The Foundations of Decay” below. The surprise single is the first new music from the group since “Fake Your Death,” a previously-unreleased track from their 2014 greatest […]
Here’s Your Official Riot Fest 2022 Playlist
Our 2022 lineup is here, at last—and now, so is the playlist. Get to know the 85+ bands playing Riot Fest this year with our official 2022 playlist below—covering everything from the biggest acts to all the local bands we love. We’ll see you in Douglass Park this September; 1-day, 2-day and 3-day passes are […]
Who The Heck Are The Mysterines?
For our first-ever installment of “Who The Heck Is…?”, a new visual Q&A series where we introduce you to our favorite up-and-coming acts, we talked to The Mysterines, a four-piece band from Liverpool. The Mysterines started off in 2017 and is currently made up of vocalist/guitarist Lia Metcalfe, bassist George Favager, guitarist Callum Thompson, and […]
Tune In Tomorrow for the Ultimate Festival Lineup (Plus Tickets)
1-Day, 2-Day & 3-Day passes go on-sale tomorrow (5/11) at 10:00 a.m. CDTImagine hearing the world’s greatest love songs… By the greatest voices of our time… At a once-in-a-lifetime music festival: Riot Fest. Tune in tomorrow (5/11) at 10 AM for our 2022 lineup & ticket on-sale. 1-Day, 2-Day & 3-Day passes available via Eventbrite. (Satisfaction not guaranteed.) The Related Rabbit Hole Last Chance: Our Final Batch […]
This Naked Raygun 7″ Has A Comic Etched in the Vinyl
“Broken Things” is being released via Kickstarter as a 7″ single—and as a 14-page comicOur favorite band in the world is putting out quite possibly the coolest vinyl single we’ve ever seen. Naked Raygun has just launched a Kickstarter for a new 7″ record + comic book combo. Check it out here. To celebrate their first new record in 30 years, Naked Raygun have teamed up with comic book […]
Listen to Sunflower Bean’s New Album ‘Headful of Sugar’
After a string of great singles (“Roll The Dice,” “In Flight”), the third full-length album from New York’s Sunflower Bean is finally here. Sunflower Bean’s latest record, Headful of Sugar—which is already getting some great reviews—was mixed by Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s Jacob Portrait, and sees the band combining soft rock influences with dazzling synths and […]
Hear Kathleen Hanna Collab with her Bikini Kill Tour Mates on the Dance-Ready New Single “Mirrorball”
Whether you’ve heard them as Skatune Network before or not, JER’s debut solo album ‘Bothered / Unbothered‘ (out May 27) is sure to please. Catch them live in Chicago on June 2 at Reggies.
Remembering Destroy Build Destroy, an Andrew W.K. Show About Teamwork and Wrecking Stuff
Looking back at the short-lived Cartoon Network game show, which—while cancelled—outlasted the network’s other experiments with live-action seriesSome things are just too beautiful to stick around in this world. Cherry blossoms bloom, then quickly fall to the ground. Exquisitely detailed mandalas are made by Buddhist monks, only to be ceremonially wiped away. Andrew W.K. hosts a game show where he lets a bunch of tweens let loose on piles of smoldering wreckage […]
Cypress Hill Heads Up Chicago’s Ruido Fest This August
Tickets go on sale Friday, May 6 at 9:00 a.m. CT for the annual 3-Day Latin alternative music festivalOur friends over at Ruido Fest just announced their 2022 lineup, with tickets going on sale tomorrow. Set for August 19–21 in Chicago’s Union Park, the Latin alternative festival is headlined by Cuco, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, and Riot Fest alumni Cypress Hill. If you caught Cypress Hill at Riot Fest in 2018, you know you’re […]
Twenty Years On, Simple Plan are Still Just Kids
Pierre Bouvier on how Simple Plan’s debut album No Pads, No Helmets… Just Balls has taken on new meaning two decades later as a fatherOn March 19, Simple Plan’s debut studio album No Pads, No Helmets…Just Balls celebrated its 20th anniversary. The album features many of the band’s better-known hits, including “I’m Just a Kid,” “Perfect,” “Addicted,” and “I’d Do Anything.” This month, Simple Plan will return to Chicago to play a set of their classic pop punk anthems […]
Premiere: No Trigger’s “Antifantasy” is a Ripping Ballad Against Bootlickers
Melodic hardcore band No Trigger is currently gearing up to release a five-song EP called the Acid Lord EP. Today, we’ve got an exclusive first single for you—with a tripped-out music video filled with cop chases and “Punkle Sam.” Watch the music video for “Antifantasy” below. Massachusetts’ No Trigger is offering Acid Lord EP as […]
