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
December 2, 2020December 2, 2020 Our Top 10 Tracks For a Very 70s Glam Rock Christmas By Dustin Krcatovich / Riot Festmas / Riot Festmas, christmas, uk The 1970s saw a big renaissance in Christmas songs from British bubblegum bands and glam rock outfits. Here are 10 of our favorites. 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
September 14, 2020 Remembering Toots Hibbert, a Founding Voice of Reggae By Miles Raymer / Music / Playlists, Reggae, Toots and the Maytals RIP Toots Hibbert, a founding voice of reggae and the unforgettably joyful frontman of Toots and the Maytals. Blast some Toots and the Maytals this… 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
April 20, 2020April 20, 2020 The Riot Fest 4/20 Playlist to Definitely Not Smoke Weed To By Riot Fest / Holiday / holiday, Playlists, weed We 100% most definitely don't partake in any devil's lettuce of any strain or variety, but if you're celebrating... here's a playlist to totally not… 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
April 9, 2020April 9, 2020 Daryl Wilson from The Bollweevils Wants You to Stay Home By Miles Raymer / Features, Interviews / Q&A, Playlists, Stay At Home Bollweevils frontman Daryl Wilson is a doctor working on the front lines of Illinois’s coronavirus outbreak. Here's what he says you can do to make… 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