Riot Fest Chicago day 2 in pics (Blondie, X, FLAG, Rancid, The Selecter, Stars, Glassjaw, Public Enemy, GBV, Dino Jr. & more)
photos by Cory Dewald
Blondie / Glassjaw / Public Enemy fans
With about 20 albums under their belt, it was interesting to see what songs Guided By Voices would pick for their Riot Fest set. Keeping in mind that most audience members might not be familiar with everything in their vast discography, frontman Robert Pollard announced each song’s name with a short introduction throughout the whole set. The band opened with “Xeno Pariah” and followed up with songs like “Island,” “Shocker in Gloomtown,” and “The Challenge Is Much More,” only stopping to take a quick swig from a small bottle to oil up his voice. [BV Chicago]
Riot Fest Chicago (the second of three Riot Fests this year) continued on Saturday (9/14) for its second of three days. The second day had tons of multi-generational alternative music representation including punk’s late ’70s heyday (Blondie, X, FLAG — the Keith Morris version of Black Flag), second wave ska (The Selecter), third wave ska (Rancid), classic indie rock (Dinosaur Jr., Violent Femmes, Guided by Voices), modern indie rock (Surfer Blood, Stars, The Sidekicks), classic hip hop (Public Enemy), and turn-of-the-millenium poppunk/emo/post-hardcore (blink-182, Taking Back Sunday, Glassjaw). Pictures from that day are in this post, and there’s more pictures, plus a review, over at BV Chicago.
Update: Day 3 pictures are here and here.
If you missed them, check out day 1 pics and more day 1 pics. More of day 2, below…
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Surfer Blood
More Surfer Blood pics at BV Chicago.
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Stars
More Stars pics at BV Chicago.
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X
More X pics at BV Chicago.
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The Selecter
More Selecter pics at BV Chicago.
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The Sidekicks
More Sidekicks pics at BV Chicago.
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Dinosaur Jr.
More Dinosaur Jr. pics at BV Chicago.
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Glassjaw
Radkey
Guided by Voices
More Guided by Voices pics at BV Chicago.
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Devotchka
(Black) FLAG
More FLAG pics at BV Chicago.
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Blondie
Rancid
More Rancid pics at BV Chicago.
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Public Enemy
Violent Femmes
More Violent Femmes at BV Chicago.
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Taking Back Sunday
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