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CBGB Fest Rises Again: Punk’s Holy Ground Returns to NYC with a Vengeance BROOKLYN, NY — The filthy floors, sweat-stained walls, and feedback-screaming speakers of punk’s most hallowed hall may have been silenced since 2006, but CBGB—long thought gone for good—is roaring back to life in the loudest way possible. CBGB Fest 2025 is officially on, and it’s not just a tribute—it’s a defiant resurrection. Set to detonate on September […]
Trumpets, Terrors, & the Talkless Tale of LOUIS Ladies and gentlemen, gather 'round the Victrola — or, for you modernist maniacs, swipe open whatever luminescent slab you carry in your pocket — for I bring you news so thrilling, so synesthetic in scope, it may cause a mild trembling of the knees and an overwhelming desire to drink absinthe at noon. The tour, dear listeners — THE TOUR — is […]
Bumbershoot 2025 Lineup Announced! Get ready, Seattle — Bumbershoot Arts & Music Festival is back, and it’s bigger, bolder, and more electrifying than ever! Celebrating its 52nd year, the iconic festival will transform Seattle Center into a playground of music, art, food, and community on Labor Day weekend, August 30–31. With a freshly unveiled lineup that reads like a music lover’s dream, Bumbershoot 2025 promises two days of unforgettable […]
Rebels & Rhythms Collide: A Rockabilly Riot in Las Vegas After a week-long WrestleMania in the city of neon lights, Las Vegas is turning up the volume and not turning back as the world's largest and most electrifying Rockabilly event storms into town! Welcome to Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend 28, where the heart-pounding rhythms, gleaming classic cars, pin-up glamour, and vintage thrills collide for four unforgettable days. Since its […]
Riot Fest 20 Features 20 Bands Playing 20 Full Length Albums Riot Fest is about to celebrate the festival's 20th anniversary this year, 20 bands will be playing 20 full-album sets, including headliner Weezer playing the complete "Blue Album." While Riot Fest has featured full-album sets in the past, organizers said this is the most they've ever had in a single year. The full-album sets will be: Weezer: "The Blue […]
Portals of Possibility: Peering into Universal's Phenomenal New Park!” Universal has, with perhaps admirable, if somewhat noisy, ambition, presented what they term an "immense multi-theme park", touted as one of the "biggest new theme parks that's been made in a long time". The latest monolithic offering from the Universal entity. This "Epic Universe", you see, is presented as an "immense multi-theme park", heralded, somewhat breathlessly, as "one of the biggest […]
Riot Fest 20 Lineup Has Been Announced! Celebrate With Us as Racketeer Radio KFQX Gives Our Listeners A Chance to Win A Pair of Passes Celebrating two decades, Riot Fest 2025 boasts a stellar lineup, including Blink-182, Green Day, Weezer, the Sex Pistols, Alkaline Trio, The Beach Boys, Dropkick Murphys, Bad Religion, The Bouncing Souls, and The Linda Lindas. This diverse roster reflects the festival's evolution from a punk-centric […]
Salt Lake City's Dry Spell Gets a Repeal Salt Lake City. A place, let's be frank, that conjures images of… well, let's just say the nightlife expectations might typically involve a vigorous game of charades followed by an early night with a lukewarm herbal infusion. One pictures a certain… orthodoxy when it comes to leisure pursuits. A landscape, shall we say, less associated with the clinking of cocktail shakers and […]
Teenage Bottlerocket Ready to Roll with New Album, Single & Label Back and Ready to Roll—literally. Teenage Bottlerocket have announced their brand-new full-length album, Ready to Roll, set to drop September 12 on Pirates Press Records. It’s the band’s first LP since 2021 and marks a fresh chapter while staying true to everything fans love about TBR: fast tempos, catchy hooks, and zero pretension. “This record came out of a […]
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Rag Doll The Alpha Rhythm Kings
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BIG MONEY Jon Batiste
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Chesterfields and Aftershave Dropkick Murphys
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Doe Eyes Mollie Elizabeth
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Ensenada Sublime
