Nine Inch Nails at Riot Fest 2017, by Omar Cordy/OJC PICS
Riot Fest was started a few years back in the grand spirit of the old school one-off festivals of lore. It was intended to be special from the get-go and they have done a reasonable job of sandwiching themselves into a busy summer of Lollapalooza, Chicago Open Air, and many other destination festival shows. Having a mix of alternative rock, metal, Hip-Hop, indie rock, and more has helped carve out its own niche, and between special performances, varied food and beer options, late-night after parties, and basically the cool factor Chicago offers as one of the best cities in America, it’s no wonder fans flocked to the event from all over the world.Continue reading →
Riot Fest is coming next month in Chicago with headliners, Nine Inch Nails, Queens of the Stone Age and Jawbreaker. The festival has announced the full set times and stages for the event, as well as the late night concert series. All times and ticket link details can be found below.Continue reading →
The Fest 14 will be happening in Gainesville, FL on the weekend of October 30, 31 and November 1, 2015. Confirmed bands include:
Lagwagon Desaparecidos The Menzingers Mustard Plug Tim Barry Off With Their Heads Teenage Bottlerocket mewithoutYou The Jazz June PUP Young Widows Modern Baseball Defiance Ohio Iron Reagan Night Birds Sonic Avenues Beach Slang Prawn The City On Film (Full Band) Crusades Kepi Ghoulie Mikey Erg Chris Gethard Foxing Jeff Rosenstock Restorations Banner Pilot The Copyrights The Hotelier Drug Church
Prior to the fest, Big Pre-Fest In Little Ybor will be happening on October 28 and 29, 2015 in Ybor City area of Tampa, FL. Confirmed acts will be announced at a later date.
The Hotelier from Worcester, MA is releasing the physical version of their first proper physical release titled It Never Goes Out in Spring 2015 via Tiny Engines, after the digital versions was released in February 2014. Stream the album here.
Before they made a splash in 2014 with their sophomore release, Home, Like Noplace Is There, the band (as The Hotel Year) quietly released their cult classic debut full-length, It Never Goes Out, in 2011. The album was unfortunately kept in label limbo in regards to a proper physical release but the time has finally come to right that wrong. Tiny Engines will release It Never Goes Out on LP/CD with all new artwork in the Spring of 2015. A year after Home, Like Noplace Is There cemented the band, revisit where it all started with It Never Goes Out.
The Hotelier will be heading out in the US with Title Fight and La Dispute in March and will head to Europe in May with festival appearances scheduled at Groezrock & Primavera Sound. The band continues to support their critically-acclaimed sophomore LP, Home, Like Noplace Is There.
Feb 28: SUNY Purchase – New York, NY (w/ 100%, Adult Mom, + more) Mar 15: The Champ – Lemoyne, PA (w/ Hurry) Mar 16: Double Happiness – Columbus, OH (w/ Dead Leaves) Mar 17: The New Vintage – Louisville, KY (w/ Frontier(s)) Mar 18: The Odditorium – Asheville, NC (w/ Muscle & Bone) Mar 19: Spring Street Firehouse – Birmingham, AL Mar 20: Heffe’s Saloon – Lafayette, LA
Dates w/ La Dispute, Title Fight Mar 21: Fitzgerald’s – Houston, TX Mar 23: The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA Mar 24: Cat’s Cradle – Carrboro, NC Mar 25: The Howard Theatre – Washington, DC Mar 26: Union Transfer – Philadelphia, PA Mar 27: Webster Hall – New York, NY Mar 29: Paradise Rock Club – Boston, MA Mar 31: The Alter Bar – Pittsburgh, PA Apr 01: Phoenix Concert Theatre – Toronto, ON Apr 03: The Crofoot Ballroom – Pontiac, MI Apr 05: The Metro – Chicago, IL
European Dates Apr 30: Uncle M Fest @ Skaters Palace – Münster, BE May 01: Groezrock – Meerhout, BE May 03: B58 – Braunschweig, DE (w/ Make Do And Mend) May 04: Gebaude 9 – Cologne, DE (w/ Knapsack, Beach Slang Pirate Satellite Festival w/ Samiam, Make Do And Mend, Smith St Band, Joyce Manor + more) May 06: Markthalle – Hamburg, DE May 07: Astra – Berlin, DE May 08: Schlachthof – Wiesbaden, DE May 09: LKA – Stuttgart, DE May 10: Backstage – Munich, DE
Dates w/ Emperor X May 11: l’Espace B – Paris, FR May 13: Clwb Ifor Bach – Cardiff, UK May 14: Fighting Cocks – Kingston, UK May 15: Joiners – Southampton, UK May 17: The Owl Sanctuary – Norwich, UK May 18: Think Tank – Newcastle, UK May 19: Bloc – Glasgow, UK May 20: The Key Club – Leeds, UK May 21: The Borderline – London, UK May 22: Dot To Dot – Manchester, UK May 23: Dot To Dot – Bristol, UK May 24: Dot To Dot – Nottingham, UK May 29: Primavera Sound – Barcelona, ES May 30: Primavera Sound – Barcelona, ES
La Dispute have announced a co-headlining spring North American tour with Title Fight and The Hotelier. They are supporting their new album Rooms of the House, out via Better Living/Staple Records. The album was recorded and mixed by Will Yip at Studio 4 in Philadelphia, produced by Yip and the band, and mastered at The Lodge by Emily Lazar.
Tour Dates: Mar 21: Fitzgerald’s – Houston, TX Mar 23: The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA Mar 24: Cat’s Cradle – Carrboro, NC Mar 25: Howard Theater – Washington, DC Mar 26: Union Transfer – Philadelphia, PA Mar 27: Webster Hall – New York, NY Mar 29: Paradise Rock Club – Boston, MA Mar 31: Altar Bar – Pittsburgh, PA Apr 01: Phoenix Theater – Toronto, ONT Apr 03: The Crofoot – Pontiac, MI Apr 05: The Metro – Chicago, IL
