2026 Early Turkey Ticket + Merch Presale On Sale Now!
Riot Fest 2026 Early Bird Presale is on sale NOW! Get your tickets, gobble gobble.
Never Before, Never Again: Nine Inch Nails’ Forgotten Quiet Child, ‘Still’
The time between The Fragile in 1999 and 2005’s With Teeth was a wasteland as far as Nine Inch Nails releasing new music is concerned. Fans would be spoiled a couple years later, when Year Zero, Ghosts I– IV, and The Slip all dropped within in a 13-month period. But in those six years between major releases, Trent Reznor gave fans…
The MTV ‘TRL’ Reboot You Didn’t Ask For Is Happening
The 1990s will never die. The president of MTV, Chris McCarthy, has announced that TRL or Total Request Live will return to MTV this October. “If we’re going to come back and reinvent MTV, the studio is a given,” he told The New York Times said. “It is the centerpiece.” “It’s the right route,” he…
Watch Piebald Segue a Marriage Proposal Into “American Hearts” In Chicago Last Night
Chicago seemed inspired last night, as Piebald fans packed Subterranean for the first of two nights in the Windy City. Everybody’s American hearts melted as the band carved out a little chunk of time towards the end of their set for a lovely couple (Bradley and Ashley, or Brashley) to share their wedding engagement with…
Daily Riot Fest Roundup
Friday, July 28th, 2017Stream Vic Mensa‘s new album, The Autobiography, right now! Because it’s finally out! Happy Release Day, Vic! Manchester Orchestra released a new album today! Listen to all of A Black Mile to the Surface below, if for no other reason, you’ll have a leg up on the other punters during the singalongs when Manchester Orchestra…
Riot Fest Is Hiring North Lawndale & Douglas Park Residents At Community Job Fair
The Riot Fest Community Is Hiring Temporary Employees Riot Fest is currently hiring residents from North Lawndale and the surrounding Douglas Park communities for temporary positions during this year’s festival. Temporary positions are available in various departments, including, but not limited to: • General Labor • Information Services • Event Set-Up • Event Tear-Down • Gate Attendants • Ground Maintenance • Cleaning/Trash…
Fuck Bonus Tracks
The first time I ever heard my favorite Jawbreaker record, I hated it—and it stayed that way for years. Having become a fan of the band through 24 Hour Revenge Therapy and Dear You, my first listen to that used CD copy of Bivouac had me incredibly excited…and then incredibly confused. The record felt overlong,…
Stream Vic Mensa’s New Album ‘The Autobiography’
The Autobiography is here. Listen to Vic Mensa’s new album now.
Daily Riot Fest Roundup
Thursday, July 27th, 2017Happy birthday to Karl Mueller, the late Soul Asylum bassist. Karl was the glue that held Dave Pirner and Dan Murphy together during the rag-tag band’s roller coaster of a career, and would turn 55 today had he not sadly passed away from esophageal cancer on June 17th, 2005. If you aren’t familiar with Soul…
