Riot Fest 2026 Tool, Twenty One Pilots, Pierce The Veil, Alanis Morrisette, Taking Back Sunday, Morrissey, Pixies, Bad Religion, Rise Against, Pennywise, Angine de Poitrine, GWAR, Chat Pile, and More


Riot Fest has announced the line-up for 2026 event, with headliners such as Tool, Twenty One Pilots, Pierce The Veil, and Alanis Morrisette! The festival also features Taking Back Sunday, Morrissey, Pixies, Bad Religion, Rise Against, Pennywise, Angine de Poitrine, GWAR, Chat Pile, Haywire, Melt Banana, and many more! Taking place on September 18-20 in Douglass Park, the fest always promises an immersive experience, and late-night after-shows throughout Chicago. Check out our coverage of past Riot Fests and interviews at the event here. Three-day general admission tickets for the rain-or-shine, all-ages event are available now for $340 at the links below.

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Gogol Bordello’s Eugene Hutz Announces Debut Memoir Lost Innocent World


Gogol Bordello frontman Eugene Hutz announces his debut memoir, Lost Innocent World: Chronicles of a Ukrainian Punk Rocker in the Free World, out December 8, 2026, via Matt Holt Books, with a foreword by Thurston Moore and a musical companion piece. Pre-order now. Continue reading →


ALBUM REVIEW: Manntra – Titans – Napalm Records


This record is BIG. Titans is suitably apropos for Manntra‘s Napalm Records debut. Titanic in size and scope. Billed as “Croatian Folk Metal,” the “folk” element is a much smaller element than, say Tengger Cavalry.  This thing is an  NWOBHM/ Power/Symphonic Metal tour de force (emphasis firmly on “force”.)  Even the cover is huge: Lord of the Rings meets Templar Knights in a pitched battle. Continue reading →