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Riot Fest add new bands to Chicago lineup
Riot Fest Chicago have added a slew of new bands to their already stacked lineup, and you can see that list of bands (as well as information on single day passes) by hitting “Read More.”
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Riot Fest Chicago have added a slew of new bands to their already stacked lineup, and you can see that list of bands (as well as information on single day passes) by hitting “Read More.”
On their debut full-length, Turnover have turned down the rough pop punk elements of their early material, relying on melodic riffs, subtle hooks, and poignant lyrics to explore its dark themes.
Emmure have a certain sound that they’ve developed over the years, and their latest album Slave to the Game fits perfectly into the mold they have created for themselves. Thick with video game references and infused with the members’ own personalities, the album is everything an Emmure fan would expect it to be.
He Is We vocalist Rachel Taylor will no longer be able to tour due to medical conditions. She will remain a member of the band and the group will bring in a touring vocalist to be announced shortly.
Dick Clark, the legendary TV producer and host, died Wednesday of a heart attack. He had suffered a stroke in 2004 and had struggled with the effects ever since.
If The Black Parade was My Chemical Romance’s take on the 1970’s over the top opera rock concept album, then Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys is the band’s attempt at recreating the 1980’s synth laden rock and roll.
Even before the doors to the Gramercy Theater opened, it was apparent that this show was going to be an entertaining way to start the weekend.
While the official line is still that Fall Out Boy is “on a break” or “decompressing,” Pete Wentz may have just confirmed what many fans feared: The band is over.
Vans Warped Tour kicks off its 15th year of rocking up summer in Pomona, Calif. on June 26, and this year Fearless Records has four acts heading out for two months of punk rock mayhem. The Maine continues a killer year with a headlining slot on The Hurley Stage, while both A Skylit Drive and Breathe Carolina will play the entire tour on the SmartPunk Stage. Also joining them on select dates will be Every Avenue, which is set to take Warped by storm for a second year from July 24 – August 23. The Fearless tent will be… Read more »
When the culture began to change in the late 1960s – when the old one-liner comics on the Ed Sullivan Show were looking pretty tired and irrelevant to a younger generation experimenting with drugs and protesting the War in Vietnam – George Carlin was the most important stand-up comedian in America. By the time he died Sunday night (of heart failure at age 71), the transformation he helped bring about in stand-up had become so ingrained that it’s hard to think of Carlin as one of America’s most radical and courageous popular artists. But he was. Carlin started doing stand-up… Read more »
