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By: Staff – Riot Fest has announced the first wave of its 2017 lineup. The festival, which is set to return to Douglas Park in Chicago from Sept. 15-17th, will be headlined by Nine Inch Nails, Queens of the Stone Age, and newly reunited punk band Jawbreaker, who broke up in 1996. Other artists include: New Order, … Continue reading
Photos by: Katie Kuropas – The third and final day of Riot Fest Chicago 2016 on September 18th featured performances by indie rock trio Sleater Kinney, who released their eighth album, No Cities to Love, on January 20th, 2015 via Sub Pop, heavy metal artist Rob Zombie, who released his sixth album, The Electric Warlock Acid Witch Satanic Orgy Celebration Dispenser, on April … Continue reading
Photos by: Katie Kuropas – Day two of Riot Fest Chicago 2016 on September 17th featured performances by Grammy-nominated hip-hop artist Nas, who released his newest album, Life Is Good, on July 13th, 2012 via Def Jam, which featured the singles “Nasty”, “The Don”, and “Daughters”, Seattle-based indie rock band Death Cab For Cutie, who released their eighth album, Kintsugi, on … Continue reading
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
