Riot Fest

In addition to At the Drive In and Queens of the Stone Age, day two of Riot Fest included Danzig playing ‘How the Gods Kill,’ Mike Patton and Dave Lombardo’s Dead Cross, Gogol Bordello, Wu-Tang playing ’36 Chambers,’ Taking Back Sunday and much more…

From their sharp outfits to their polished instruments to the visuals and their massive-sounding performance, everything about QOTSA was so professional.

At the Drive In rocked as hard and wild as ever with their ‘Relationship of Command’-heavy set at Riot Fest.

Riot Fest kicked off its 2017 edition with sets from New Order, Ministry, Vic Mensa, X, Liars, The Hotelier, Death from Above, The Cribs, Tobacco, and more. We posted a recap and photos from Friday at Riot Fest, and here’s a second set of pictures.

We’ve already applauded Chicago’s Riot Fest 2017 for its stacked lineup, but praise is also due for its schedule. Of the festival’s five stages, the two main stages (Riot Stage and Roots Stage) are right next to each other, meaning you’re never waiting around for music to start and you hardly have to move…

Nine Inch Nails’ headlining set at Riot Fest 2017 included the live debut of “The Background World.”

Chicago’s Riot Fest begins Friday (9/15) — and the aftershows begin tonight (9/14). We’ve made a playlist of 32 essential songs by acts on the ridiculously stacked lineup.

Long-running melodic punk greats The Queers begin a tour tonight (9/14) in Chicago with a Riot Fest late night. They don’t play the festival, instead continuing on tour with upcoming Brooklyn and Jersey City shows…

Mike and Tim’s band Cap’n Jazz is playing reunion shows again for the first time since 2010. Mike’s band American Football are also continuing their own reunion. We caught up with both prolific musicians ahead of Riot Fest, Brooklyn Steel shows for both bands, and more…

Also: watch pro-shot video of Paramore playing five songs off their new album in Central Park, and check out their updated tour schedule (2018 dates added).