The Lawrence Arms

Riot Fest Chicago 2015 Lineup Revealed

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 […]

Riot Fest Denver 2015 Lineup Revealed

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 second lineup to be revealed tonight, May 27, was for the Denver event, which takes place August 28-30. Additional bands and details will be revealed in the coming […]

Album Stream: The Lawrence Arms – ‘Metropole’

It’s been a long eight years, but The Lawrence Arms‘ first album since 2006’s Oh, Calcutta! has finally arrived. The Chicago trio certainly sound older and wiser, determined but possibly a little haggard – see first single “You Are Here” with lines like “They won’t miss me when I’m gone” and “I’m the chorus to that lonely […]

The Lawrence Arms Get Down With The Clown In New Music Video

The Lawrence Arms will release their sixth full-length album, Metropole, on January 28, and you can check out the music video for their new single, “Seventeener (17th and 37th),” after the break. The clip finds the Chicago punk rockers spoofing various iconic bands, from Motley Crue to Green Day to, most amusingly, Insane Clown Posse. […]

Riot Fest Lineup Announced, Fall Out Boy And Blink 182 To Headline

You know when a “scene” festival lineup is pretty damn strong? When you have Taking Back Sunday, Say Anything, and Saves the Day below the halfway mark of your poster and Brand New on the third line. As announced by our fellow AbsoluteVoices website PropertyOfZack, this year’s Riot Fest will feature (and take a big […]

The Lawrence Arms DVD

The Lawrence Arms will be releasing their DVD, An Evening of Extraordinary Circumstances, later this summer. The DVD chronicles the band’s 10th anniversary show that happened in October 2009 in Chicago, IL. Check out a preview of it here. Tell us what you think of the preview in the comment box and get excited for […]