February 9, 2021February 9, 2021 Valentine’s Day Yourself: A Playlist of Songs to Be Alone With By Riot Fest / Playlists, Valentine’s Day Yourself / holiday, Playlists, valentines day For this year’s Valentine’s Day playlist, we’re focusing the songs that celebrate being alone—because it’s totally okay to be on your own. Read more
December 7, 2020 Skank Around The Christmas Tree: A Riot Festmas Playlist By Riot Fest / Playlists, Riot Festmas / Riot Festmas, holiday, ska Our 21-song answer to your rude boy prayers is here just in time for the holiday season. Read more
October 7, 2020 Punk and Horror Go Together like Riot Fest and Drive-Ins By Riot Fest / Playlists, The Riot Fest Halloween Special / halloween, holiday, TV+Film We’ll be mixing horror flicks with punk at the end of the month with The Riot Fest Halloween Special—so in that spirit, we've put together… Read more
July 3, 2020 A Very American Riot Fest Playlist By Riot Fest / Holiday, Playlists / holiday, Vic Mensa, Playlists One of the most mind-blowing things about hip-hop is how infinitely adaptable it is. People have made it out of funk and soul, but also… Read more
June 18, 2020June 18, 2020 Here’s Your Official Riot Fest 2021 Playlist By Riot Fest / Playlists, Riot Fest 2021 It’s a year and three months away, but you can start preparing for Riot Fest right now with our official 2021 playlist. Give it a listen… Read more
April 14, 2020April 14, 2020 Cafe Racer’s Top Songs to Pass the Time By Bailey Davis / Features, Playlists / new music, chicago, Playlists Cafe Racer is here to help you kill some time—and to learn to love really long songs. Read more
March 27, 2020 Deeper is Staying Indoors (But Still Made Us This Playlist) By Bailey Davis / Features, Playlists / new music, chicago, Playlists Local dream-punks Deeper share a playlist and talk about ‘Auto Pain,’ their sophomore album out today via Fire Talk Records. Read more
March 19, 2020 Quarantunes: A Riot Fest Playlist for Self-Isolation By Riot Fest / Playlists / Playlists, Music, social distancing We’ve got the perfect playlist for you to zone out to while you practice social distancing. Dancing alone is highly encouraged. Read more
February 13, 2020February 13, 2020 The Riot Fest Sex Playlist to Definitely Not Have Sex To By Riot Fest / Holiday, Playlists / Playlists, valentines day Please don’t listen to this playlist we made about having sex. Especially if you’re having sex. That’s disgusting. Read more
December 16, 2019December 16, 2019 We Wish You A Riot Festmas: A Riot Fest Approved Playlist By Riot Fest / Holiday, Playlists, Riot Festmas / Riot Festmas, christmas, Playlist Quick, put this playlist on before your parents grab the aux cord! Read more
October 31, 2019October 31, 2019 Sounds Scary To Me: A Riot Fest Halloween Playlist By Bailey Davis / Holiday, Playlists / halloween, misfits, holiday What does "scary" sound like? Here's our best guess. Use this for your lame Halloween party tonight. Read more
October 15, 2019October 15, 2019 Thin Picks: A Playlist by Thin Lips’ Chrissy Tashjian By Emily Reily / Features, Playlists / Playlist, the zombies, riot fest playlists “With the world being what it is right now, I just want to do a good job,” Chrissy Tashjian begins. Tashjian, songwriter and vocalist for… Read more