Riot Fest Chicago is set to take place from September 13-15 this year in Humboldt Park. Their initial lineup includes Rocket From The Crypt, The Dismemberment Plan, Guided By Voices, Motorhead, Blondie, Public Enemy, FLAG, Bad Religion, Dinosaur Jr., Bob Mould, Screeching Weasel, Mission of Burma, GWAR, Quicksand, and many more acts. Three-day passes are on-sale now, and single-day tickets will be available soon.

Check out the initial Riot Fest Chicago 2013 lineup below...

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Coffinworm @ Power of the Riff East (more by Greg Cristman)

Coffinworm was formed under watchful eye of Choronzon in late 2007. The 'Great Bringer of Night' demo was recorded by Bob Fouts (Basement Rage Studios) in late 2008/early 2009 and led to an alliance with Profound Lore Records shortly afterwards. The 'When All Became None' full-length was recorded by Sanford Parker in December of 2009 within Semaphore Studios, Chicago, and released in April 2010. Summer 2010 saw a lineup change with J. joining the fold on drums and C. moving from behind the kit to guitar." - their bio

Coffinworm is an Indianapolis metal band with many ties to Chicago, including producer Sanford Parker who recently told us his Two 10 Albums of 2012. Here are Carl of Coffinworm's favorite albums and shows, Swans at Metro and Autopsy at Reggie's included. Check out his full 2012 list, below...

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High on Fire at the BV/POTR Deathmatch (more by Greg Cristman)

The Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival tour featuring Slayer, Motörhead, Anthrax, High on Fire, Slipknot, and many others is scheduled to make a stop at Tinley Park's First Midwest Bank Amphitheater on July 21. Tickets are still available for the Chicago-area show. Acts vary by date, and more details on each can be found at the Rockstar site. All festival tour dates are listed below.

UPDATE: High on Fire have canceled their appearance on the tour.

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Megadeth's Gigantour 2012 has been announced, featuring 1/4 of "The Big Four" (as always), Motorhead(!), Volbeat, and Lacuna Coil. The month-long run, taking form at the end of January will hit Chicago's Aragon Ballroom on February 10th. Tickets go on sale this Friday (11/4), at noon CST.

Megadeth's new (and 13th) LP, TH1RT3EN came out yesterday (11/1) via Roadrunner Records. The band performed its lead single "Public Enemy No. 1" on Jimmy Kimmel on Halloween (10/31), in full costume. Check out a video of their performance below, along with all tour dates..

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The Old 97's

today in Chicago
* Gipsy Kings @ The Chicago Theatre
* The Sleeptalkers, Cloudbirds @ Hideout
* The Old 97's, Those Darlins @ Vic Theatre
* Future Islands, Ed Shrader, Wumme @ Empty Bottle
* The Swan King, Chord, Electric Hawk @ Beat Kitchen
* Motorhead, Clutch, Valient Thorr @ Congress Theatre
* Asylum Street Spankers (Farewell Show) @ Lincoln Hall
* Southeast Engine, The Royal Pines, New Ruins @ Schubas
* Biffy Clyro, Moving Mountains, Carbon Tigers @ Double Door
* The Dismemberment Plan, Kid You'll Move Mountains @ Metro
* Frontier, Wolf Eyes, Envenomist, Bloodyminded, Plague Bringer @ Abbey Pub
* Swim Ignorant Fire, Quite a Mob, The Welcome, Snow 'N Charm @ The Juicer

The Dismemberment Plan are not only playing tonight in Chicago, but tomorrow too at Metro with Maritime, and The Forms.

What else?

Motörhead @ Roseland Ballroom 9/21/2008 (more by Chris La Putt)

Motörhead's The Wörld is Yours was released on February 8th, via Motörhead Music / EMI Music Services.

MOTÖRHEAD, the loudest, coolest and most iconic rock'n'roll lifestyle around, announce their 2011 U.S. tour dates to celebrate the band's 35th anniversary and the release their new studio album, The Wörld Is Yours.

Motörhead are a mindset, a belief, a way to live your life, a way to both survive and beat a society that sometimes seems intent on trying to grind you down. Which is why Motörhead have chosen now, in what might be some of the most tense times in recent global history, to release a hell-raising, rebel-rousing rock'n'roll statement known as The Wörld is Yours.

If that isn't enough, the critically-acclaimed documentary about Motörhead's iconic founding-frontman, titled LEMMY, which has been tearing up the worldwide film festival circuit from New York to Melbourne to London and beyond, will premiere nationally in January.

"We don't fit into anything!" roars founder and heartbeat Lemmy Kilmister,"the only thing we fit into is 'Motörhead' because we are Motörhead music and that's what we do!" [press release]

LEMMY aired last night on VH1, and VH1 Classic.

The band is currently on tour with the jaw-dropping combo of Clutch and Valient Thorr. They will reach the Congress Theatre on Saturday, February 19th (tickets are still available), and the rock'n'roll legends with make a TV appearance on the Jimmy Fallon Show on NBC on March 2nd.

All 2011 tour dates, and The Wörld is Yours track listing below...

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