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Would You Like To Help Defend Earth From Aliens?
NASA Is Hiring.Would you like to get paid $187,000 a year to help guard the galaxy from aliens? NASA is hiring the next Planetary Protection Officer. The job description has a lot of big fancy words in it, “This position is assigned to Office of Safety and Mission Assurance for Planetary Protection. Planetary protection is concerned with…
Listen To The Debut Album From Dead Cross
Dead Cross, Dave Lombardo (Slayer, Suicidal Tendencies, Misfits), Mike Patton (Faith No More, Mr. Bungle) Justin Pearson (The Locust, Retox), and Michael Crain (Retox), have released their album Dead Cross. Mike Patton tells Rolling Stone, “To me, it is a traditional hardcore record. It is very pointed, direct and visceral. Like, I wasn’t going to…
Nine Inch Nails Brought Dangerous Sexuality Back To Pop Music With “Closer”
The Nineties were a very sexually confused time. On one hand, the Sixties sexual revolution had radically revamped American sexual standards, and the idea that queer people were actual, full-fledged humans was beginning to catch on in mainstream culture. On the other hand, there was an air of reactionary conservatism lingering in the air after…
Daily Riot Fest Roundup
Tuesday, August 1st, 2017Happy National Parents’ Day! In honor of this special day that we didn’t know existed until yesterday, here are a bunch of Riot Fest staffers’ parents… Check out tonight’s debut of White Mystery TV. That’s right, Chicago’ two-piece stoney punk rock concoction is hosting its own rock ‘n roll + video game-driven variety show on…
Some Bands The Riot Fest Staff is Excited To See At Lollapalooza
It’s that time of year again. Back for its 13th year in Grant Park, Lollapalooza returns to Chicago this weekend. And since we here at Riot Fest like music and festivals, we’ll be back too. We took a little time to let you know some of the artists we’re most excited to see this weekend.…
Daily Riot Fest Roundup
Monday, July 31st, 2017NPR just premiered a new video for Converge today. Check out “I Can Tell You About Pain,” from a 2-song 7″ released digitally via Epitaph and physically via Deathwish Inc. Have you seen Weezer‘s new video for “Feels Like Summer?” It’s a spot-on-but-Weezery homage to Guns ‘n Roses classic “Paradise City” clip. It’s pretty awesome,…
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…