The Riot Fest 2025 Single Day Lineup is Here
Finally! The thing you’ve been waiting for!
The 2025 Riot Fest Lineup is Here
Finally! The thing you’ve been waiting for! Not much else to say other than make sure to grab your tickets soon and we’ll see you in September. Don’t forget to bring deodorant, smelly. 2025 Merch Available Now We get it, you hate waiting. Well now you can avoid those merch lines at the fest by…
Behind the Zines, Vol. 3: An Interview with Jonas Cannon
On perzines, Cheer the Eff Up, and the meaning of intimacyJonas Cannon, creator of ‘Cheer the Eff Up,’ talks to us about perzines and the meaning of intimacy in zines.
Advertisers Now Want to Ruin the Sky With Space Billboards
The sky’s the limit—at least for PepsiCoStartRocket wants to use micro satellites to project company logos into the sky. $500,000 would get you ten whole days of sky-polluting advertising gold.
Photos of the 2nd Annual Live from the Rock Room Fest
Featuring the Smoking Popes, Flatfoot 56, Bad Cop / Bad Cop and moreLast weekend’s Live from the Rock Room Fest was one hell of a time, and we’ve got the photos to show—featuring the Smoking Popes, Flatfoot 56, Bad Cop / Bad Cop and many more.
Clamantha & The Gals Go To Some Big Show
Meg Spectre’s mollusk-themed Riot Fest comic debutCheck out Meg Spectre’s mollusk-themed Riot Fest comic, an underwater portrayal of going to a show with your gals.
Police Warn Residents of Illinois About Zombie-Like Raccoons
The infected raccoons have been reported to walk on their hind legs, stagger and bare their teeth.
Suitcase Drums Are Still Alive and Kicking
Bill Brill walks us through the careful process of building oneBill Brill of Pan American Drum Company talks us through his trial and error quest to build vintage suitcase drums just right.
Riot Fest Adoptable Puppy of the Week: SERILDA
Chicago Animal Care and Control is out of room for new intake. Unfortunately, at an all access shelter like Chicago’s, no dogs can be turned away and therefore, when there is no cage space, dogs are euthanized. In order to avoid losing the lives of wonderful dogs, WE NEED ADOPTERS! Serilda is one of the…
UFOs Are Real, and for Some Reason We’re Not Talking About It
Why facts often make less waves than fictionNavy pilots have been encountering so many “unexplained aerial phenomena” that the Navy has rolled out a new system for reporting and analyzing them.
