While Riot Fest marks the end of summer, one week later every year Cold Waves ushers in the fall every year with a weekend spectacle of Industrial/Dark Wave/Goth. This is the the lucky 13th year for the festival, which...
As if the three days of Riot Fest 20 weren’t exciting enough, they closed the weekend out with something very special and unexpected when Naked Raygun headlined the final Late Night show at Metro. Billed as...
Sunday was the third and final day of the 20th Riot Fest and they were fixing to go out on a real high note. The weather forecast was threatening rain and storms but none of it happened and instead we got a perfectly...
Riot Fest continued on Saturday bright an early with another completely full day of great bands and great fun. We got a little bit of rain but nothing that slowed things down at all and was just more of a brief nuisance...
This year was a major milestone as Riot Fest, the best outdoor festival to ever do it, turned 20 years old! The fest started as a two-day indoor show at the Congress Theater (RIP) and over the first half of the...
Part of the fun of Riot Fest every year is the associated “Riot Fest Late Night” shows that take place on the evenings surrounding the big fest. This year we got a real treat two days prior to the fest when...
One of the best things to happen in the last couple of years was having Sludgeworth reunite. Not only have they played a handful of really good shows but they even put out a new single! Thankfully they still seem to...
Sunday night, Frank Black played the second night of his two-night run at Metro, both to a packed house. It was an excellent reason to stay out on a School night. If that wasn’t enough, the opening band for these...
Friday night the snow stopped just in time for people willing to go out to head to Sleeping Village for an opportunity to see Ghostforest. They were headlining a four band bill. It took a little while for the club to...
Sunday night, fans of The Blood Brothers got one more early Xmas gift as they played not just the final night of their three night sellout run at Chicago’s Thalia Hall, but the final night of their reunion tour...
