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Photos by: Katie Kuropas – Day one of Riot Fest Chicago 2016 on September 16th featured performances by Grammy Award-winning experimental rock band The Flaming Lips, who released their fourteenth album, With a Little Help from My Fwends, which serves as a track-for-track tribute to The Beatles’ album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, on October 28th, 2014 via Warner Bros., San Diego-based post-hardcore … Continue reading
By: Staff – Sleigh Bells have released a new single called “Hyper Dark,” another glimpse into the hyperkinetic songs the band have been recording since the release of 2013’s Bitter Rivals. Stream it below. The band is also announced their return to the road, playing a full run of dates this fall, including stops at this year’s North Coast Festival … Continue reading
By: Staff – Riot Fest has announced its 2016 lineup. The pair of events will take place at Denver’s National Western Complex from Sept. 2nd to 4th, and at Chicago’s Douglas Park from Sept. 16th to 18th. The Riot Fest Denver lineup will feature Jane’s Addiction (performing Ritual De Lo Habitual), Sleater-Kinney, Fitz and the Tantrums, the Descendents, NOFX, Underoath, … Continue reading
By: Curtis Sindrey – Riot Fest, which has hosted an annual festival in Toronto since 2012, has confirmed that it won’t be returning to Downsview Park this year. The festival cited complications in terms of timing and resources as the main reason why only their Denver and Chicago festivals will go ahead as planned in 2016. In a … Continue reading
Photos by: Alyssa Balistreri, Dale Benvenuto, & Rick Clifford – The second and final day of Riot Fest Toronto 2015 on September 19th featured performances by UK electronic band The Prodigy, who released their sixth album, The Day Is My Enemy, on March 30th, 2015, Grammy-winning alt rock band Weezer, who released their ninth album, Everything Will Be Alright in the End, on … Continue reading
Photos by: Alyssa Balistreri, Dale Benvenuto, & Rick Clifford – Day one of Riot Fest Toronto 2015 on September 19th featured performances by Juno-winning post-hardcore band Alexisonfire, who announced their official and permanent reunion during their performance, alt rock band Weezer, who released their ninth album, Everything Will Be Alright in the End, on October 7th, 2014, acclaimed UK heavy metal band … Continue reading
Photos by: Katie Kuropas – Riot Fest Chicago once again took over the windy city last weekend and our photographer Katie Kuropas was there all weekend. Check out some of our canadid portraits of some of the performing artists including GWAR, New Politics, Kongos, Kevin Devine, and The Joy Formidable! Click here to check out our day 1 photos … Continue reading
Photos by: Katie Kuropas, Katie Hovland, & Peter Hinsdale – The third and final day of Riot Fest Chicago 2015 on September 13th featured performances by acclaimed indie rock band Modest Mouse, who released their sixth album, Strangers to Ourselves, on March 17th, 2015 via Epic, which featured the singles ‘Lampshades on Fire”, rapper Snoop Dogg, who released his thirteenth … Continue reading
Photos by: Katie Kuropas & Katie Hovland – Day two of Riot Fest Chicago 2015 on September 12th featured performances by iconic proto-punk singer-songwriter Iggy Pop, who released his newest album, Apres, on May 9th, 2012 via Thousand Mile, New York-based alt rock quintet Taking Back Sunday, who released their sixth album, Happiness Is, on March 18th, 2014 via … Continue reading
Photos by: Katie Kuropas & Joshua Mellin (@extinctionblues) – Day one of Riot Fest Chicago 2015 on September 11th featured performances by Grammy-winning pop-rock band No Doubt, who released their sixth album, Push and Shove, on September 21st, 2012 via Interscope, punk rock band Alkaline Trio, who released their eighth album, My Shame Is True, on April 2nd, 2013, … Continue reading
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