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 →
Hopscotch Music Festival, dubbed “America’s (Secretly) Best Festival” and “the premiere experimental and underground festival in America,” returns September 10-12, 2015, to downtown Raleigh, NC at Raleigh City Plaza. Confirmed artists performing include:
Ace Henderson Acid Chaperone Advaeta American Aquarium Ameriglow Bandages Battles Big Ups Birds of Avalon Black Clouds Blaxxx Booher Boulevards Breathers Brief Lives Bully Cakes Da Killa Carlitta Durand Cashmere Cat Chaz French Chelsea Wolfe Choked Out Chulo Clark Cloud Becomes Your Hand Dad & Dad Daniel Romano Deerhunter DJ Earl Dorthia Cottrell Drippy Inputs Dwight Yoakam Echo Courts Elisa Ambrogio Escher EYEHATEGOD Eyes Low Father FAULTS Flock of Dimes Fórn Godflesh Godspeed You! Black Emperor GoldLink Grand Champeen Grandma Sparrow Hank Wood & The Hammerheads Hanz HeCTA Ian William Craig Jake Xerxes Fussell Jefre Cantu-Ledesma Jenks Miller & Rose Cross NC Jenny Hval Jessica Pratt John Chantler Jubilee Keath Mead King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Las Rosas Lawrence English Le1F Leapling Less Western Leverage Models Lilac Shadows Lizzo Lost Trail Loud Boyz Lud Luxe Posh Lydia Loveless Mac McCaughan Mamiffer Mary Lattimore & Jeff Zeigler May Erwin Microkingdom Mitski Moenda Moon Duo Morbids Mumdance Must Be The Holy Ghost Naked Naps Natalie Prass and the Spacebomb Orchestra Nathan Golub Natural Causes New Music Raleigh: Music by Oscar Bettison and Evan Ziporyn Nick James No Love Nocando Nots Obey City OBN IIIs Old Man Gloom Oulipo Outer Spaces Owen Pallett Patois Counselors Peacers Phil Cook presents Southland Mission Pile Pill Porches Prurient Pusha T River Whyless Roky Erickson Sannhet Sarah Louise Secret Boyfriend Sheer Mag Shitty Boots Silent Lunch SkyBlew SMLH Solar Halos Some Army Soon Steve Gunn & The Black Twig Pickers Tashi Dorji The Vibekillers thefacesblur Tombs TV on the Radio Tycho TZYVYX Wahyas Warehouse Wildhoney Wizard Rifle Wovenhand WYMYNS PRYSYN X Yandrew Zack Mexico Zeena Parkins Zs
Japanese psych art rockers Bo Ningen will be supporting TV On The Radio on a run of dates in May. They are supporting their latest album III out now via Stolen Recordings. Stream the music videos for “CC” and “Slider” below.
US Tour Dates
May 08: Canada Music Week – Toronto, ON
May 11: The Orange Peel – Asheville, NC (w/ TV On The Radio)
May 12: Mercury – Louisville, KY (w/ TV On The Radio)
May 13: Ready Room – St. Louis, MO (w/ TV On The Radio)
May 15: Newport Music Hall – Columbus, OH (w/ TV On The Radio)
May 16: Ryman – Nashville, TN (w/ TV On The Radio)
May 17: Vinyl – Atlanta, GA
May 19: Echostage – Washington, DC (w/ TV On The Radio)
May 20: Kings Theatre – Brooklyn, NY (w/ TV On The Radio)
May 22: Great Scott – Allston, MA
May 24: Crofoot Pike Room – Pontiac, MI
Capitol Hill Block Party has announced the first wave of performers confirmed for the 2015 edition, scheduled for July 24-26, 2015 in Seattle, WA. The lineup includes:
2015 PARTIAL LINEUP RATATAT TV On The Radio The Kills Toro Y Moi Built to Spill The Julie Ruin Broods Wye Oak Flatbush Zombies Jamie XX Giraffage Shabazz Palaces DIIV Com Truise Deafheaven Wet Shannon And The Clams Unknown Mortal Orchestra The Flavr Blue Sam Lachow BADBADNOTGOOD Lower Dens Protomartyr Daktyl The Coathangers Meatbodies Chastity Belt Ambassadeurs Lost Lander Kite String Tangle The Wooden Sky Smokey Brights Industrial Revelation Kinski Crater One Above None Below Slow Bird Zoolab
Fans will be able to enjoy a diverse lineup of local and national musical acts across three days and five stages. Three-day passes are available for $99 through April 2; for $125 between April 3 and July 4; and for $150 beginning July 5. VIP tickets will also be available for $250 and will include limited edition apparel, access to the outdoor VIP beer garden with hosted snacks and beverages, a CHBP poster, and gifts from the sponsors.
The full musical lineup and single day pass prices and availability will be announced in early June. Details regarding the visual arts program, creative installations, digital activities and more will be announced at a later date.
