More Riot Fest 2010 news
The Riot Fest people just upped the ante in a big way for this year’s festivities with the release of some new details and the addition of some fine bands. First let’s get to the new bands added to the fest: Cap’n Jazz, Pennywise, The Bronx, Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine, Torche, [...]
Riot Fest 2010 lineup announced
Riot Fest is always the highlight of my concert attending year and has been ever since the first one. Every year they seem to out-do themselves in terms of diversity and enormity and I honestly thought the marathon that was last year’s fest couldn’t be topped. I should have known better because this year’s lineup [...]
Naked Raygun 7″ Series Volume 2
Naked Raygun – 7″ Series Volume 2 Riot Fest Records Naked Raygun return with the second installment of their 7″ series. Just like the first one, this features two brand new studio songs. “Growing Away” is the catchiest Raygun track yet of their new material. It has Buzzcocks influenced guitar with a bit of a [...]
Naked Raygun new 7″ announced
According to the fine folks over at Riot Fest, the second 7″ in the Naked Raygun 7″ series will be released on June 15th. The band also plan to film their first music video in over 20 years and tour Europe for the first time in just about as many! Looks like it is going [...]
Naked Raygun 7″ series #1
Naked Raygun – 7″ Series #1 7″ Riot Fest Records Naked Raygun are legends in the city of Chicago and some even view the band as super heroes! The story of this legendary band has been told in a documentary or two and I’ve written about them countless times on this site since they decided [...]
Riot Fest secret show w/The Falcon
Saturday night the fine folks at Riot Fest put on their last “secret” show of the year at the same location they did all the other ones, the AAA building in the Wicker Park neighborhood of Chicago. As with the previous shows, admission was by invitation only and it was the recession friendly price of [...]
Riot Fest 2009 Day Five
Sunday was the fifth and final day of the biggest Riot Fest yet, and it was being held simultaneously at two different venues. I choose to return to the Congress Theater for the show being held there and the chance to see a couple bands that I’d never seen before. She Likes Todd She Likes [...]
Riot Fest 2009 Day Four
Saturday’s Riot Fest show (well one of the them) had me back to the venue where Riot Fest all began, the Congress Theater. I’m quite fond of that venue and it’s nice big stage and good lighting so I pretty much figured I’d be in for a good time and of course a good time [...]
Riot Fest Day Three
Day three of Riot Fest had me returning to the Metro for a totally Chicago old school punk rock lineup. Nostalgia would be running wild this evening because three of the four bands were regulars on the Metro’s stage back in the old punk rock days and this evening would end up feeling like some [...]
Riot Fest 2009 Day Two
The only good thing about fall continued on Thursday over at the Beat Kitchen, which I believe is another first time for Riot Fest venue. This show was a three band bill and got off to a pretty early start. The small size of the venue and the popularity of the headlining band, 7 Seconds, [...]
Riot Fest 2009 Day One
Fall in Chicago means two things; winter is coming soon and the return of the annual Riot Fest. The former I loathe while the latter is something I look forward too every year and it is the only thing that takes the sting out summer being over, and my aging yet another year. This year’s [...]
Riot Fest secret show w/Pegboy
Friday night was the third in the series of secret Riot Fest shows leading up to the rapidly approaching biggest Riot Fest ever. This time the show was to feature Chicago punk rock superstars, Pegboy! I thought this would be a pretty good followup to the last show which featured Naked Raygun. Off With Their [...]
Riot Fest secret show w/Naked Raygun
Only two weeks had passed since the first secret Riot Fest show and already there was another one and this time it featured Chicago punk rock Super Heroes Naked Raygun! Never one to pass up an opportunity to see one of my all time favorite bands from my own city, I found myself at the [...]
Riot Fest secret show w/ 88 Fingers Louie
As the countdown to Riot Fest begins (it is in October), the fine folks behind the annual punk rock goodness decided they were going to host a few secret shows here and the first one was last week. People who bought tickets in advance for the Riot Fest shows were randomly invited to a secret [...]
Riot Fest 2008 part two
Riot Fest continued as my blood sugar level and energy started dropping. I went to the catering room backstage for a quick sugar fix, stepped out the side door to make a quick phone call and then got back to work. Mighty Mighty Bosstones Mighty Mighty Bosstones Mighty Mighty Bosstones The next band was one [...]
Riot Fest 2008 part one
With fall comes the changing of the leaves, the beginnings of crappy weather, the kids go back to school, and if you live in Chicago it also means the return of Riot Fest. The annual punk rock festival rears its spiked head about this time every year and for me it’s usually the one show [...]
Riot Fest 2006 part one
First of all, I apologize for the lengthy delay in getting this up here. I had the most hectic week of the year last week between working overtime nearly every night and Saturday, and then going to Senor Citizen’s wedding on Sunday (congrats to him and Lady of 2 on tying the knot by the [...]
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