Christmas has moved from December to May this year, and tonight is the night Santa gives us all the one thing we have been demanding: The lineups for Riot Fest 2015. The final lineup to be revealed tonight, May 27, was for the Chicago event, which takes place Sept. 11-13. Additional bands and details will be revealed […]
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Riot Fest Chicago 2015 Lineup Revealed
May 27th, 2015 
Kyle Florence 
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Tags: against me!, Alex Wiley, alexisonfire, alkaline trio, Alvvays, American Nightmare, andrew mcmahon in the wilderness, andrew w.k., anthrax, atreyu, Babes In Toyland, Barb Wire Dolls, bayside, Beach Slang, Benjamin Booker, billy idol, Black-Am-I, Blis, Bootsy Collins’s Rubber Band, cayetana, Chef’Special, chicago, CHON, Civ, clowns, coheed & cambria, Counterpunch, cypress hill, Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley, de la soul, death, desaparecidos, direct hit, Dirty Fences, doomtree, Dreamers, drive like jehu, Eagles Of Death Metal, echo & the bunnymen, Elway, every time i die, Faith No More, faulkner, FIDLAR, Fishbone, Fit For Rivals, Flatfoot 56, Flogging Molly, Foxing, Foxtrott, Gateway Drugs, ground up, gwar, Have Mercy!, heems, Hum, Ice Cube & Guests, iggy pop, Indian Handcrafts, indian school, into it. over it., Jazz Cartier, jimmy cliff, Jo Mersa, joyce manor, kevin devine, Knuckle Puck, Kongos, L7, Lee “Scratch” Perry, less than jake, lifetime, lineup, Living Colour, Main Attrakionz, manchester orchestra, mariachi el bronx, marmozets, mayday parade, Meat Wave, Merle Haggard, Mest, Millencolin, modern chemistry, Modern Life Is War, modest mouse, Morgan Heritage, Motorhead, Mustard Plug, new politics, no doubt, northern faces, ok go, Pears, pennywise, Post Malone with FKI, prayers, Psalm One, rancid, real friends, riot fest, riot fest 2015, Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Signals Midwest, Skating Polly, skinny lister, Skip Marley, sleep on it, Slightly Stoopid, snoop dogg, souvenirs, speedy ortiz, Stephen “Ragga” Marley, Steve Ignorant & Paranoid Visions, Superheaven, swervedriver, taking back sunday, Tarrus Riley, Tasha The Amazon, Teenage Bottlerocket, tenacious d, the academy is, The Airborne Toxic Event, the ataris, the brokedowns, the Coathangers, The Damned, The Dead Milkmen, the dear hunter, the devil wears prada, the dirty heads, the dwarves, the expendables, The Joy Formidable, The Lawrence Arms, the movielife, The Thurston Moore Band, the white buffalo, Thrice, tommy stinson, Twin River, White Mystery, yelawolf 
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Posted in News Tags: Antarctigo Vespucci, Blink 182, Creepshow, Damon Albarn, death, dillinger escape plan, filter, jamie xx, mansions, Modern Life Is War, Onelinedrawing, Only Crime, pixies, Runaway Brother, The Black Keys, The Faint, the starting line, the strokes, tUnE-yArDs, Two Knights Comments Off on WEEKLY WAX: Vinyl Releases For The Week Of 3/23-3/29
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Posted in News, Streams Tags: bridge 9, dead ramones, deathwish, hardcore (genre), hiatus, iowa, Modern Life Is War, philadelphia, post hardcore, reunion, This Is Hardcore Comments Off on HOLY SH!T: Modern Life is War is Back, New Album in the WorksNo Sleep Records Welcomes in Former Thieves
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