February 12, 2021February 12, 2021 Premiere: Call the Kali Masi Hotline with New Video for “Guilt Like A Gun” By Riot Fest / New Music, Premieres / new music, chicago, Premieres Premiere: Kali Masi's new music video for "Guilt Like A Gun" plays out like a fantasy, taking place at a fictional record-release party for their… Read more
October 30, 2020October 30, 2020 Premiere: Ethel Cain’s “The God” is the Perfect Dose of Midwest Psychedelic Horror By Miles Raymer / Halloween, Premieres / new music, music video, halloween The Midwest is a deeply haunted place. Indiana resident Ethel Cain is a recent transplant to the Midwest, but she seems intimately familiar with the… Read more
April 24, 2020April 25, 2020 Premiere: Cafe Racer Finds Stillness in New Single “Russian Blue” By Bailey Davis / New Music, Premieres / new music, chicago, Premieres Start your weekend off with a brand new single from Chicago’s own Cafe Racer. Read more
August 21, 2019August 21, 2019 Premiere: Dogs Galore in the New Teenage Bottlerocket Music Video By Riot Fest / Premieres, Riot Fest 2019 / music video, riot fest 2019, fat wreck chords Watch the canine-covered visual companion to Teenage Bottlerocket’s “I Wanna Be a Dog.” Read more
September 26, 2018September 26, 2018 PREMIERE: This New Video From Tightwire Is Crappy By Riot Fest / Premieres / Red Scare Industries, Premieres, videos Young new band Tightwire is a smudge on the awesome side. Read more
April 18, 2018April 18, 2018 Premiere: Flatfoot 56 ably revives its song “Cain” for new EP By Riot Fest / Premieres / Premieres, flatfoot 56, Celtic Punk You'll hear it here first: an interesting revival of a Flatfoot classic. Read more
October 4, 2017October 4, 2017 Listen to Kali Masi’s New Album While Reading This Interview By Randall Colburn / Chicago, Interviews, Music, Premieres / Premieres, Kali Masi Sam Porter and John Garrison’s first collaboration was an Against Me! cover band that found the two-piece tearing through cuts from the Florida punk outfit’s… Read more
September 8, 2017 Song Premiere: Radar State is Peddling “Drugs in the U.S.A.” By Riot Fest / Chicago, Music, Premieres / Radar State, Premieres, The Anniversary Radar State features key members of The Get Up Kids, The Anniversary and Architects (and, of course, The Gadjits), which makes them the most super… Read more
August 31, 2017August 31, 2017 Some of You Will Like This Four Year Strong Premiere and Interview, Some of You Won’t By Riot Fest / Chicago, Music, Premieres / Premieres, four year strong Four Year Strong releases a new record called Some Of You Will Like This, Some Of You Won't on September 8th. Pure Noise is releasing… Read more
June 28, 2017June 28, 2017 Check Out This New Partner Song And See Them At Township By Riot Fest / Archive, Chicago, Music, Premieres, Riot Fest Presents / riot fest presents, Premieres, Partner Riot Fest is stoked to announce that we're bringing Partner to Township in Chicago on Thursday, September 28th. Tickets go on sale here this Friday,… Read more