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.
Riot Fest Adoptable Puppy of the Week: KINGSBURY
Riot Fest Adoptable Puppy of the Week! Kingsbury might be big, but he knows his size. He won’t bowl you over, won’t overwhelm you, but he will love you. He enjoys playing with toys, rolling in the mud, butt scratches and hanging out with other dogs.
The Power Hitters of Baseball Punk Bands
Take a swing at one of the wildest cross-genres in recent punk historyThe confluence of baseball with all kinds of heavy music—namely punk, hardcore and grindcore—has spawned outsider art that is deeply offbeat, thoughtfully woke and, more often than not, literally pants-shittingly hilarious.
For Your Viewing Pleasure: A New Live Video From Architects
The second single off ‘Holy Hell’ gets a live video treatmentBefore Architects kick off a North American tour on April 26 in support of their recently released album ‘Holy Hell,’ they’ve been kind enough to share a new video of live video of “Royal Beggars.”
Revisiting ‘The Devil’s Rejects’ Ahead of Rob Zombie’s Horror Trilogy Finale
The western-structured ‘70s throwback flick that divided critics back in 2005This year brings ‘3 From Hell’ to theaters, the third part in Zombie’s trilogy of Mansonoid serial killer movies. It’s a great time to revisit the last entry, which was a collision of a modern western and a ‘70s throwback horror film.
