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Showing posts with label Riot Fest. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Riot Fest. Show all posts
Thursday, September 11, 2014
Team Spirit Play Riot Fest Sunday at 1:30pm #ChiILPicksList #Riotfest
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Win Riot Fest Passes, RED BULL SOUND SELECT ARTISTS AT RIOT FEST, Free After Party #riotfest
EIGHT LOCAL BANDS SELECTED TO BE A PART OF RIOT FEST IN HUMBOLDT PARK
RED BULL SOUND SELECT ARTISTS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY SET TO PERFORM AT THE RADICAL STAGE THIS WEEKEND
**Red Bull is hosting a contest for free 3-day or VIP passes to this year’s event. To enter, RSVP to Riot Fest on redbullsoundselect.com and winners will be chosen at random. The entry deadline is Wednesday, September 10, 2014.**
It's the 10th anniversary of Riot Fest and Red Bull presents the best of punk, rock and a little hip/hop on the Radical Stage in Humboldt Park.
Many of ChiIL Live Shows' favorites are among their picks including Mutts, Archie Powell & My Gold Mask. Click the highlighted links above for our past coverage and original photo and video filled features on the bands.
Twelve Red Bull Sound Select (RBSS) artists will be performing throughout the weekend, including eight local artists. The festival runs Friday, September 12 through Sunday, September 14, full schedule and tickets are available at riotfest.org.
The Radical Stage will host 29 different acts with the first performance kicking off at 3:30 p.m. on Friday afternoon. Featured RBSS artists are Baby Baby, Lucki Eck$, Mutts, My Gold Mask, Netherfriends, Show You Suck, Buffalo Rodeo, Dan Wade, Radkey, The Grizzled Mighty, Vamos and Archie Powell, who will be performing on Red Bull’s stage. Other artists include: Broncho, Dads, Ex Friends, From Indian Lakes, In The Valley Below, Laura Stevenson, Lemuria, Pity Sex, Red City Radio, Team Spirit, The American Scene, The Bots, The Unlikely Candidates, Wounds, Restorations and The Crombies.
Red Bull Sound Select is an artist and fan development program launched in 2013 along with a digital platform, content formats, and a national live event series.
Local Red Bull Sound Select artist Archie Powell and the Exports were thrilled with the opportunity, saying,”What Red Bull is doing for the little guy with their Sound Select program is really amazing. It comes from such a genuine place, a real desire to support art and culture for its own sake. Being involved with them in conjunction with Riot Fest couldn't feel better for us - it's a thick vibe of honest, enthusiastic support for what is clearly Chicago's best festival environment. It's an honor to participate.”
FREE AFTER PARTY:
Red Bull Sound Select will be putting on an official after party, Saturday, September 13, at Cobra Lounge featuring Netherfriends, Vamos, Archie Powell and the Exports and Show You Suck. Doors are at 10pm, and is FREE with RSVP here: http://win.gs/Zh36nm
About Riot Fest
From its beginnings as a multi-venue festival thriving in a variety of Chicago's clubs, to the full scale, multi-city outdoor event that it is now. Riot Fest has become a premiere festival series that attracts music lovers of all ages from all over the world. For more information visit riotfest.org
Red Bull Sound Select is an artist development program and music discovery platform to help break emerging artists. Each month Red Bull Sound Select Presents hosts shows in cities throughout the country including LA, Portland, Seattle, Chicago, Denver, Philadelphia, NYC, Atlanta, Austin, Nashville and Dallas. These nights are curated by each town’s most notable music influencers and feature two hand-selected Red Bull Sound Select artists opening for a headlining act. In 2013, Red Bull Sound Select executed 60+ local shows in 11 markets putting 150+ artists alongside major headliners curated by top tastemakers like Brooklyn Vegan, Filter Magazine, and Sub Pop Records. Red Bull Sound Select has over 144 shows planned for 2014 in the US alone, with more to come. 2014 curators include KCRW, Capitol Hill Block Party, Transmission Events, Amoeba Records, Empty Bottle among others.
INCOMING: Nostalghia Saturday 6pm & Concord After Party #ChiILPicksList #RiotFest
NOSTALGHIA
Saturday, September 13
Revolt Stage
30-minute set begins at 6:00PM
**Also confirmed for an Official Riot Fest After Party
Concord Music Hall (with Primus)**
Saturday, September 13
Onstage at 11:00PM
Chi, IL Live Shows on Our Radar #ChiILPicksList
Check back with ChiIL Live Shows like we vote in Chi, IL... early and often. We'll be featuring a few acts that caught our eye... and ears. And some must see band we'll drop everything for.
Adele Stein, Ciscandra Nostalghia, Roy Gnan
Here at ChiIL Live Shows, we haven't seen Nostalghia live, but I must say we're intrigued enough to check 'em out. Other options in the 6pm Sat time slot are Wu Tang Clan, Dashboard Confessional, The Crombies & The Get Up Kids
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One of the most exciting new bands to come along in some time. If you're a fan of artists like Kate Bush, Bjork, NIN, the Knife, Mirah or post-apocalyptic gypsy punk, this is a don't-miss band. Early supporters include Skrillex, Marilyn Manson and Amy Lee of Evanscence. If you like discovering something exciting, daring, off-the-wall and maybe a little ahead of the curve, then this is the band to check out.
And yes. Yes we do dig post-apocalyptic gypsy punk, Siouxsie Sioux, NIN, Bjork and Kate Bush.
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ABOUT NOSTALGHIA:
Nostalghia is comprised of vocalist/songwriter Ciscandra Nostalghia, keyboardist/ producer/drummer Roy Gnan, who met each other on Craig's List, and touring cellist Adele Stein. With Gnan's BA in jazz performance and cache of instruments, computers and other electronic gear, combined with Ciscandra's artistic bravery that is the product of the collision of two entirely different worlds - Los Angeles and Tehran, Iran, they make provocative, uncompromising and cinematic music. The band has been embraced by a wide variety of audiences, having shared the stage with artists including Jared Leto's 30 Seconds to Mars, Gogol Bordello, Green Day, The Orb, Serj Tankian, and Avenged Sevenfold. With Chrysalis, the band's debut album that was mixed by multi-Platinum producer/mixer Dave Fortman and released April 8 (110 Recordings/INgrooves), Nostalghia proves they are not your average alt/rock band.
**"...theatrical, poignant, unflinching and desperately meaningful. Her name is Ciscandra Nostalghia and she's out of this f**king world." -
SYFFAL
"...one of the most original new artists on the music scene today, A journey between light and dark, 'Chrysalis' has enough pop-like elements to push it forward, though with a noir and avant-garde framework...an artist with a vision and a unique style." - RockSubculture
"Euphoria meets rage on this chaotic, dramatic debut by Nostalghia. FIVE STARS" - Examiner
"Vocal splashes of Diamonda Galas, Kate Bush and Siouxsie Sioux, combined with the artistic freedom and sight of a Perry Farrell, Nostalghia are relevant, current and have their finger on the pulse of the future." - PlaybackStL
INCOMING: Slayer Friday 8:45 #ChiILPicksList #RiotFest
Chi, IL Live Shows on Our Radar #ChiILPicksList
SLAYER
Friday, September 12
Rebel Stage
Onstage at 8:45PM
With loads of tough calls ahead for this weekend, like Slayer, Jane's Addiction & Rise Against all playing simultaneously... How DO you decide? Sometimes it's a no brainer. Or you follow your friends. Or you go with the band less likely to come back around on tour soon or the one you dig but haven't seen live.
Check back with ChiIL Live Shows like we vote in Chi, IL... early and often. We'll be featuring a few acts that caught our eye... and ears. And some must see band we'll drop everything for.
First up... our group is divided over Janes Vs. Slayer, but look these guys in the eye and tell em you're picking Perry... and things might get ugly. At this point Slayer's winning our vote.
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L-R: Gary Holt, Tom Araya, Kerry King, Paul Bostaph
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Slayer has just entered the studio to record its first album since 2011's critically-acclaimed, Grammy-winning World Painted Blood. This is an album of firsts - the band's first album without Jeff Hanneman, the first album to be released on the band's own label (through Nuclear Blast), and Slayer's first since 2001's God Hates Us All with returning drummer Paul Bostaph.
Slayer surprised its fans back in April by making a brand new song available as a free download - "Implode" - written by Kerry King. You can check out "Implode" HERE. The new album is expected out in early 2015.
For Chicago's RiotFest performance, Slayer will be joined by guitarist Gary Holt who continues to fill in for Hanneman.
ABOUT SLAYER:
The Chicago Tribune's Greg Kot wrote that the five-time-nominated, two-time Grammy winning Slayer is "one of the great American rock bands of the last 30 years, forget about genre." Their membership in "The Big Four" - Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax - the four bands that defined the thrash/metal genre - secures their place in music history. Indeed, few bands come close to matching the intensity that Slayer brings to its live shows, having been named "Best Live Band" by numerous media outlets including Revolver, SPIN, and Metal Hammer. With songs that mirror the turmoil and aberrations of our society - God's terrifying global genocide, the chaos of our broken political system, chemical warfare, the hideous minds of serial killers, and the way-too-close proximity of world horrors that technology has brought us - Slayer remains crushing and brutal, steadfastly refusing to cater to the Mainstream. Slayer's founding member, guitarist Jeff Hanneman passed in 2013, and Exodus guitarist Gary Holt has been filling in since. Paul Bostaph, Slayer's drummer from 1992 to 2001, rejoined the band on a full-time basis in 2013.
Monday, April 21, 2014
SAVE THE DATE: Black Flag FREE Kids' Show at Reggies 6/17 & Lawsuit Settled
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Monday, October 7, 2013
INCOMING: This Tuesday Marky Ramone's Blitzkrieg With Andrew W. K. on Vocals at Double Door (21+) #OriginalPhotos
Chi, IL live shows on our radar. We've shot Marky Ramone's Blitzkrieg at AAA Social Club as part of Riot Fest and last year at Bottom Lounge.
Note the venue change to Double Door and come on out this Tuesday. Tickets purchased for Metro will be honored.
Tuesday Double Door Show Details
Note the venue change to Double Door and come on out this Tuesday. Tickets purchased for Metro will be honored.
Now they're back with Andrew W. K. on vocals.
Tuesday Double Door Show Details
AM Productions and Double Door Present
Marky Ramone's Blitzkrieg with Andrew W.K. on Vocals
FIGO, Porn and Chicken
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Doors: 7:30 pm / Show: 8:30 pm
$25.00
*NOTE CHICAGO VENUE CHANGE FROM METRO TO DOUBLE DOOR
*NOTE CHICAGO VENUE CHANGE FROM METRO TO DOUBLE DOOR
This event is 21 and over
Tickets purchased for the Metro will be honored.
Marky Ramone's Blitzkrieg with Andrew W.K. on Vocals
Andrew W.K. will be joining Marky Ramone's Blitzkrieg as the lead singer for their 2013 world tour. The punk drumming icon and his band will be fronted by the king of partying for a high-octane performance of more than THIRTY of Marky's classic fan-favorite songs! These will include songs that took him from the halcyon stage of CBGB's to touring around the world. From the celluloid halls of Rock 'n Roll High School to the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, Ramone's career has taken him far and wide, earning him a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, an MTV Lifetime Achievement Award, and immortalizing his handprints on the Hollywood Rock Walk.
Speaking on how he chose Andrew W.K. as his singer, Ramone said, "I first met Andrew through a mutual friend and he told me about his party philosophy, which has also always been my exact take on life. We went into the rehearsal studio and it just clicked. We had so much fun that we wanted to invite everyone to the party. I've said before and I will say it again, these songs are too good not to be played live!!!"
W.K. echoed Ramone's sentiment, saying, "When Marky Ramone asks you to be his singer, you don't even think about it. It's an automatic, YES. I was intimidated by the magnitude of the opportunity – freaked out and overwhelmed – but I was also completely determined and focused – it's something I had to do. Even just the first rehearsal felt like an odyssey, but that's how you can tell the experience is changing your life. I've never had a more rewarding, humbling, orchallenging invitation than this, and I'm serving the gods via this incredible sound Marky and his band created. There's never been better rock 'n' roll music made than this, and I will give everything I have to do it justice."
The historic pairing will kick-off their world tour in New York City on May 3rd, 2013 at Andrew's very own venue, Santos Party House, in downtown Manhattan.
Currently, Marky Ramone hosts his own weekly satellite radio show "Punk Rock Blitzkrieg," which is broadcast nationally via Sirius/XM Faction. He has also entered the culinary realm with the release of his highly successful Marinara Pasta Sauce, based on his Great Grandfather's recipe. Marky Ramone's Marinara Pasta Sauce has wowed such mainstream media outlets as the Wall Street Journal, Food Network Magazine and the New York Post. The sauce is even served and sold at world renowned chef Daniel Boulud's New York City restaurant, DBGB Kitchen & Bar.
Andrew W.K. has been a constant figure in national media ever since his 2000 debut, and in recent years he's been spreading his message of positive partying and high-energy entertainment with even greater intensity. His singular ability to straddle both mainstream media and fringe culture has made him an instantly recognizable modern pop icon. An example of his lasting influence is the recent 10th Anniversary Deluxe release of his landmark debut album, I Get Wet, the world tour of which sold out dates across the U.S., Europe, Australia and Japan. Most recently, Energizer Personal Care announced Andrew W.K. as the face of Playtex's new product, Fresh + Sexy Wipes. Andrew continues to surprise, confound, and engage his audience with an expanding array of energetic and enthusiastic entertainment.
FIGO
It's been a crazy ride for New York's FIGO. The band, which doubles their live electronic punk rock carnage with a strictly bangers DJ and remix crew, has rocked crowds across North America, Europe, and Asia, touring relentlessly on the local club circuit to sharing stages with the likes of The Crystal Method, Ladytron, Cut Copy, The Faint, Skrillex, The Presets, 2ManyDJs, Eric Prydz, and several others. They've crushed major music festivals along the way, including Identity, Summerburst, Detour, Amsterjam, I Love This City, Camp Bisco, South By Southwest, and more.
After releasing their first single, "PLAZA," via Calcium Records with remixes from EDM heavyweights Tommie Sunshine and Stephen Cole, followed by their own remixes of Justice, Ladytron, and A Place To Bury Strangers, FIGO's debut EP, Put It All On Black, was released independently in 2012. The release has received critically – acclaimed reviews and nods from RCRDLBL, FILTER Magazine, The New York Post, NME Magazine, Brooklyn Vegan, URB Magazine, and many others, with comparisons to anyone from The Misfits and Iggy & The Stooges, to Nitzer Ebb, Soulwax, and Kasabian. Keeping true to their signature electro-punk vs. dance sound, FIGO has since collaborated with and remixed artists as diverse as K'Naan, The Boxer Rebellion, and NERVO, for labels such as AM Octone, Astralwerks, and Mute.
In a recent collaboration, FIGO hooked up with Doc Nasty to take on dancefloor dracula Drop The Lime's stupid-funky cover of Bruce Springsteen's "State Trooper", out now as an official remix on Ultra Records. In signature FIGO style, the flip-script of Drop The Lime's dark and gritty cut takes grimy punk riffs spun with bits of electro-house and reverb, and voila, you've got raw dance-core in all its crunchy, bass-battered glory. FIGO shows no sign of slowing down in 2013: in addition to their Ultra Records release, this October they'll be packing up their musical mayhem and traversing the U.S. on a full live tour supporting legendary punk-rocker Marky Ramone with notorious party-rocker Andrew W.K.
Porn and Chicken
A Party. DJs. Music Makers. Trouble Makers. A Lifestyle.
Venue Information:
Double Door
1572 N Milwaukee Ave
Chicago, IL, 60622
Friday, September 13, 2013
GWAR, Hatebreed, and Iron Reagan Tour
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TONIGHT: GWAR Rock Chicago at Riot Fest Confirmed to Wreak Havoc Down Under at the 2014 Soundwave Festival
Thankfully GWAR has a later Riot Fest slot for 2013 near dusk. Seeing them in the afternoon sun was truly terrifying! Nonetheless, we got some rockin' campy shots of their set and the crowd carnage after including some of our all time favs below. ChiIL Live Shows will be there for the bloodbath tonight... will you?! Bring on the camp n gore. Click here for more of our photo filled Riot Fest recaps.
Fresh off their highly successful and best GWAR-B-Q yet, your lords and masters have announced that they will be conquering yet another festival. That's right everyone's favorite Scumdogs GWAR will be returning to the land down under to wreak havoc and make sweet Kangaroo love with the locals. The first show is Saturday February 22nd in Brisbane, followed by shows in Syndey, Melbourne and Adelaide before wrapping up Monday March 3rd in Perth. A complete list of dates is below.
"Considering it was twice as big as last year's 2012 GWAR-B-Q and about eight times as slaughter-ific, your Lords and Masters, the mighty GWAR, are semi-satisfied, said lead singer Oderus Urungus, who was contacted at this Antarctican fortress. "The sheer amount of carnage influcted...I mean I saw whole families just wiped out in the savage glee of the Pit of the GWAR-B-Q, willingly screaming as their bodies were pulped by our giant meat grinder. Every drop of GWAR Beer and GWAR B-Q Sauce was consumed, and all the bands ruled! And loyal bohab Goldmember repeated as Spew-O-Lympic champion it was far and away the greatest GWAR-B-Q yet."
"Now on to our new album Battle Maximus, the new GWAR album, featuring the debut of new Scumdog Pustulus Maximus. A new era of GWAR has begun. Hail FLATTUS, Hail GWAR, tell all of your friends that missed the 2013 GWAR-B-Q that they fucked up!"
On playing the Soundwave Festival Oderus said:
"We can't wait to come back to Australia as part of the colossal Soundwave Festival. Now if we could only figure out how to get there, if we swim, on Gor-Gor's back we should be able to decimate Asia nicely"
GWAR recently announced the first leg of their massive "Madness at the Core of Time" world tour, in support of their new album, Battle Maximus. The tour, which features a completely brand-new show full of slavering creatures and deserving victims, is set to kick off October 2nd in Columbus, Ohio and runs through November 17th in Washington, DC. GWAR shall be joined by deathcore heavyweights and label-mates Whitechapel, Richmond, VA thrashers Iron Reagan (featuring Municipal Waste singer Tony Foresta) and A Band of Orcs (who are actually a band of Orcs).
GWAR has teamed up with VICE to drop the next tasty morsel from Battle Maximus on your pointy little heads. Head HERE, to read an exclusive interview with Oderus and to hear the premiere of the song "Bloodbath".
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GWAR is set to release Battle Maximus their 13th studio album, and their first since legendary Scumdog Flattus Maximus returned to the stars to fulfill his cosmic destiny. The album will be available September 17th via Metal Blade Records. Check out the first track, "Madness at the Core of Time" and pre-order your copy of Battle Maximus HERE.
GWAR's Battle Maximus features twelve brand new tracks that not only honor their departed ally, but tells the story of GWAR's latest struggle against what may be their greatest enemy yet...the insidious "Mr. Perfect", who has travelled through time itself to steal the power of GWAR--the power of immortality, and use this power to mutate the human race into his twisted vision of what the "perfect" human should be. Once again GWAR finds themselves as the only thing standing between the human race and the latest super-powered shithead bent on the destruction of GWAR and the enslavement of their worshippers.
Tracklisting for Battle Maximus
1) Intro
2) Madness at the Core of Time
3) Bloodbath
4) Nothing Left Alive
5) They Swallowed the Sun
6) Torture
7) Raped at Birth
8) I, Bonesnapper
9) Mr. Perfect
10) Battle Maximus
11) Triumph of the Pig Children
12) Falling
13) Fly Now
GWAR Live:
Co-Headline Tour with Hatebreed
"Madness at the Core of Time" Tour With Whitechapel, Iron Reagan and Band of Orcs:
SOUNDWAVE FESTIVAL 2014
2/22/14: Soundwave Festival Brisbane
2/23/14: Soundwave Festival Sydney
2/28/14: Soundwave Festival Melbourne
3/1/14: Soundwave Festival Adelaide
3/3/14: Soundwave Festival Perth
CHECK OUT GWAR ON THE WEB
http://www.gwar.net
http://www.gwarbq.com
http://www.youtube.com/gwar
http://www.metalblade.tv/tv
http://www.facebook.com/gwar
http://www.gwarjapan.net
ODERUS: http://twitter.com/therealoderus
BALSAC: https://twitter.com/BalSacJoD
http://www.gwar.net
http://www.gwarbq.com
http://www.youtube.com/gwar
http://www.metalblade.tv/tv
http://www.facebook.com/gwar
http://www.gwarjapan.net
ODERUS: http://twitter.com/therealoderus
BALSAC: https://twitter.com/BalSacJoD
GWAR OFFICIAL: https://twitter.com/GWARofficial
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