Fun Fun Fun Fest's food offerings
If you've never been to Austin, you don't know the true joy of a high quality food truck located exactly where you need it when you need it. Despite my failure in acquiring a chicken and waffle taco at this year's SXSW, I have nothing but good things to say about Austin's food offerings in both truck and non-truck forms. With that saying, a lot of time and effort goes into proper selection of food when it comes to Austin's big festivals.
With Fun Fun Fun Fest coming up in a little more than a month, as much anticipation is building for the food as the bands and artists performing. Well... maybe not, but the vendor list is still being treated with the utmost respect. This week, the official food lineup has been revealed. If you find yourselves visiting Austin in the near future, whether for Fun Fun Fun Fest or for normal fun (fun fun), I highly recommend Chi'Lantro.
[via Austin Eater]
Austin Daily Press
Austin's Pizza
Black Sheep Lodge + Haymaker
Blue Ribbon BBQ
Boomerang's Pies
Chi'Lantro
Crepe Crazy
Frank
The Grilled Cheese Truck
Hey Cupcake
Kebabalicious
Tiff's Treats
JuiceLand
Flat Track Coffee
Austin Land and Cattle Co.
Lard Have Mercy
Yeti Frozen Custard
Tamale House
USP Area Food Vendors:
El Cubico (La Condesa's taco truck)
Beetnik Foods
[RH Photos] Riot Fest Day 3 Recap
Mother Nature wasn't on our side for Riot Fest Day 3 as the day began covered amidst a gloomy, overcast Sunday morning with an on and off mist of rain through the early afternoon. While the rain eventually proved to be triumphant in keeping me at bay, it wasn't enough to dissuade me from seeing a few choice bands on the festival's final day. Read along as I share my thoughts on Against Me!, Rocket from the Crypt, and Brand New, while Brynn opens up about her experience with Saves the Day and The Pixies.
The festivities started later than the rest of the weekend with Against Me!'s 2:30pm set. As I have previously expressed, Against Me! used to be one of my favorite bands, but their musical output over recent years took a negative toll on me. However, with their recently released True Trans EP and Laura Jane Grace's transition, I felt hopeful for the band's future. A steady rain shower greeted the audience once Laura Jane Grace took the stage. Opening with an eletric version of True Trans' "FuckMyLife666," Against Me!'s set seemed hopeful, especially as the fan classic "Pints of Guinness Make You Strong" followed. Unfortunately, the set was tailored with a preference towards newer songs from the dysmal New Wave and White Crosses albums with a meager smattering of older songs (with "Walking is Still Honest" being the best of the bunch). Even the Against Me! staple, "We Laugh at Danger (and Break All the Rules)," was eschewed for an admittedly New Wave standout, "Thrash Unreal," as the band's closing song. Any hope I had for the band's future was essentially shattered with their disappointing Riot Fest set. However, it was great to see Laura Jane Grace's comfort on the stage in her new skin, so to speak, as her standard confidence seemed to have grown hundredfold since her transition. - Geoff Henao
Riot Fest attendees braved the relentless rain to catch Saves The Day's unstoppable set on the Rock Stage. Filled with endless pop-punk goodness, the set started with "Firefly," a track off of the fan favorite album Stay What You Are. As soon as that song started I forgot how cold and wet I was (there's nothing punk-rock about ponchos); it instantly put a smile on my face. Lead singer Chris Conley beamed as well, seemingly overcome by the audience's upbeat attitude despite the crappy weather. Saves The Day pumped out song after song, and only stopped to thank Chicago for being so awesome. When the band started "Sell Your Old Clothes, I'm Off To Heaven," I almost died. It's probably my favorite Saves The Day tune of all-time. I have many memories of singing that song while driving around in my red Volkswagen Beetle at 16, thinking nobody could write a song that resonated more strongly with my teenage broken heart than Saves The Day. After bassist Rodrigo Palma invited the entire crowd to come hang at his apartment after the set, Saves The Day closed with "At Your Funeral," which received the loudest sing-a-long of all. The band released their new self-titled album this week, which you can and should check out here. - Brynn Bixby
Rocket from the Crypt was my second band of the day and a last-minute decision made by our good friend Auggie the 9th and I to catch while we waited for the next band on our list. Honestly, I don't know much about the band and only chose to watch them just to have extra photo coverage since Sunday was a light day on my schedule. Based off of the few songs I heard, they had a solid Rockabilly sound. Not really my thing, but very uptempo stuff. - Geoff Henao
Boston rock geniuses, The Pixies shut down the Roots stage at Riot Fest with an excellent set of covers and originals that were just what the ecstatic, giddy and soaking wet crowd ordered. Though we all missed Kim Deal dearly (thank god for her performance at Pitchfork with The Breeders), there was no shortage of hit tunes to get the crowd dancing and cheering wildly. I was lucky enough to get backstage to witness the band rocking out up close, and the sheer joy of front-row fans was awesome enough to bring a tear to my eye. The band played many of the greats, including "Wave of Mutilation," "Here Comes Your Man," "Debaser," and an awesome cover of Neil Young's "Winterlong," to name a few. Closing with the ever-popular "Where Is My Mind," The Pixies performance at Riot Fest was one for the books. - Brynn Bixby
Brand New was the final band I saw on Day 3 due to the weather (and Breaking Bad). I think the band amassed the biggest crowd of the weekend for a non-headlining band. As the aforementioned Auggie the 9th's favorite band, I was intrigued to see what Brand New could bring beyond the one song ("Sic Transit Gloria") I knew from them. The post-hardcore band brought some bite to their set as the crowd of both young girls, frat bros, and everybody in between shared lyrics with vocalist Jesse Lacey. By the end of their set, the baseball field on which the stage was situated had become a muddy cesspool due to the mixture of mosh pits and rain. - Geoff Henao
Below are some of my photos of Against Me!, Rocket from the Crypt, and Brand New. As I mentioned, the weather deterred me from staying longer, so the selection is pretty meager. You can find the rest of my Day 3 photos on my Flickr.
Top Bands to See at Riot Fest Chicago 2013
Riot Fest Chicago 2013, at least for myself, has the greatest lineup of artists out of the summer's seemingly never-ending onslaught of music festivals. This year's Riot Fest in Humboldt Park is a dream collection of bands that have played huge roles in my formative years as I made my way through the musical spectrum, falling in love with all types of bands, musicians, artists, etc. Considering this is my first Riot Fest since Riot Fest 2006 and that Ruby Hornet, as a whole, is growing into a much larger outlet that covers many more forms of entertainment, music genres included, Brynn Bixby and I have decided to put together our recommendations of the top bands to see this weekend.
With a lineup as amazing as this, there are a number of bands we have left off of our lists. However, don't let that detract you from experiencing new music! Take a chance and walk over to a random stage whenever you have downtime; I can almost guarantee you'll enjoy any band on this year's lineup... just make sure you prioritize our choices. Get your vocal cords ready to scream along to every song; get your suspenders and checkerboard Vans so you can control the skank circle; lace up your Docs so you can moonstomp like no other; these are Ruby Hornet's Top Bands to See at Riot Fest Chicago 2013. - Geoff Henao
Riot Fest daily schedules announced
With Riot Fest taking place this weekend as a proper send-off to summer, the only questions regarding the festival were the daily schedules/set times for all of the bands. It wouldn't be punk rock without a last-minute release, wouldn't it? Finally, the set times have been announced for my most anticipated Chicago festival of the year. As luck would have it, I'm not facing many scheduling conflicts. It's as if the punk rock gods were looking over me as the set times were finalized.
You can take a look at the set times for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday by clicking on their days, respectively. We'll also be sharing our top band recommendations later this week, so keep your eyes (and ears) ready for that in preparation for all of the moshing and moon stomping you'll be doing this weekend.
Riot Fest after parties announced
With Riot Fest two short weeks away, the promoters of the event have announced the official after parties for the weekend. On Friday, September 13th, Sublime with Rome will be playing an 18+ show at the new Concord Music Hall, party monster Andrew WK will play a 21+ show at Double Door, and hometown heroes The Lawrence Arms will play a 21+ show at Cobra Lounge. On Saturday, September 14th, Against Me! will play a 21+ show at Cobra Lounge and Rocket from the Crypt will play a 21+ show at Double Door. Closing out the weekend on Sunday, September 15th, are Quicksand for a 21+ show at Cobra Lounge, Peter Hook and the Light for a 21+ show at Double Door, and The Lillingtons playing an all-ages show at Beat Kitchen.
Are you ready to up the punx? Tickets will go on sale promptly at 11am this Friday.
Nocturnal Wonderland Announces Lineup
Nocturnal Wonderland has been doing the festival thing for awhile now. Entering its 18th season of music and mayhem in Southern California, the Insomniac event just recently announced it's lineup with just a little over a month to go until the annual summer-end celebration. The one-night fest in San Bernadino's San Manuel Ampitheatre and Grounds on Saturday September 21 includes a smattering of EDM acts from across the landscape, including: Krewella, Fatboy Slim, Porter Robinson, Benny Benassi, Carnage and more. Look below for a recap of last year's festival and a full festival lineup. Tickets available here.
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Austin City Limits Expands, Announces Shows
Sometimes it seems as though Austin, Texas is simply a perpetual festival. Outside of SXSW though, ACL is certainly one of the main attractions to grace the state capital annually. Late night shows for the festival, which runs October 3-12 to encourage bands to tour Texas, were announced today. The decision to split to two weekends allowed for bands to do shows during the week in Dallas, Houston and San Antonio. Some highlights include Paper Diamond with Run DMT at Haven on 10/6, Toro Y Moi at Emo's Austin 10/9 and Wavves at Antone's on 10/10. For the full lineup check below.
AUSTIN
10/3 The Bright Light Social Hour with Reignwolf and Walker Lukens at Emo's Austin
10/3 Luminox and Loudpvck at Haven
10/3 Aaron Behrens and the Midnight Stroll with Nic Armstrong and BattleMe at Stubb's Indoors
10/4 Grouplove with The Mowgli's at Emo's Austin
10/4 HAIM and MS MR at Antone's
10/4 Wild Nothing and Autre Ne Veut at The ParishÂ
10/4 Deap Vally with Ume at Stubb's Indoors
10/4 FIDLAR with The Orwells at Holy Mountain
10/4 Wild Belle at Lamberts
10/5 The National at Stubb's Waller Creek Amphitheater
10/5 The Black Angels with The Joy Formidable at Emo's Austin
10/5 The Revivalists and Moon Taxi at The Parish
10/5 Widowspeak with Boy Friend at Stubb's Indoors
10/5 Gospel Brunch with The Blind Boys of Alabama at Stubb's Indoors
10/5 JC Brooks and The Uptown Sound at Lamberts
10/6 Paper Diamond with Run DMT at Haven
10/6 Gospel Brunch with Endurance at Stubb's Indoors
10/9 The Waller Creek Conservancy Benefit featuring The Shouting Matches with The Blind Boys of Alabama at Stubb's Waller Creek Amphitheater
10/9 Toro Y Moi with Classixx at Emo's Austin
10/10 Patty Griffin at Stubb's Waller Creek Amphitheater
10/10 Phosphorescent with JD McPherson, Shakey Graves at Emo's Austin
10/10 Wavves with King Tuff and Jacuzzi Boys at Antone's
10/10 Mord Fustang with Jesse Rose at Haven
10/10 Whiskey Shivers with Hello Wheels at Stubb's Indoors
10/11 STRFKR with Bear Mountain and Chrome Sparks at Emo's Austin
10/11 Junip with Valerie June at Antone's
10/11 Mark Farina with Blockhead, Little People, DJ Mel at Haven
10/11 The Autumn Defense and Roadkill Ghost Choir at Lamberts
10/12 Eric Church at Stubb's Waller Creek Amphitheater
10/12 Franz Ferdinand with Smith Westerns at Emo's Austin
10/12 Noah and the Whale with LP at Brazos Hall
10/12 The Burgerama Tour featuring The Growlers with Foxygen, The Cosmonauts, Gap Dream and Pangea at The Parish
10/12 Red Baraat at Stubb's Indoors
10/12 Gospel Brunch with The Blind Boys of Alabama at Stubb's Indoors
10/12 Twin Forks with Matrimony at Holy Mountain
10/12 Typhoon at Lamberts
10/13 Gospel Brunch with Tyree Morris & Hearts of Worship at Stubb's Indoors
DALLAS
10/3 Wild Belle at the Cambridge Room at House of Blues
10/4 Shuggie Otis at The Kessler Theater
10/5 Queens of the Stone Age at Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie
10/5 Dawes at South Side Music Hall
10/5 Franz Ferdinand at House of Blues
10/5 Jake Bugg with HoneyHoney at The Kessler Theater
10/6 Silversun Pickups with Electric Guest at Trees
10/7 MS MR at the Cambridge Room at House of Blues
10/8 Local Natives with Wild Nothing at House of Blues
10/8 HAIM at Trees
10/8 Red Baraat at the Cambridge Room at House of Blues
10/9 Walk the Moon with The Mowgli's at House of Blues
10/9 Phosphorescent at the Cambridge Room at House of Blues
10/10 Vampire Weekend at Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie
10/11 Toro Y Moi at House of Blues
10/12 The National and Tame Impala at South Side Music Hall
HOUSTON
10/4 Franz Ferdinand at House of Blues
10/7 Red Baraat at the Peacock Room at House of Blues
10/8 Walk the Moon with The Mowgli's at House of Blues
10/9 Local Natives with Wild Nothing at House of Blues
10/10 Toro Y Moi at House of Blues
10/10 Typhoon at the Peacock Room at House of Blues
10/12 Dawes at Warehouse Live
SAN ANTONIO
10/11 Silversun Pickups with Electric Guest at The White Rabbit
Riot Fest daily lineup, tickets now available
Like I mentioned last week, the daily lineups and tickets for this year's Riot Fest went live today. Friday has a solid lineup as Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Fall Out Boy, Atmosphere, Dessa, Saul Williams, Andrew WK, Screeching Weasel, and Bad Religion are playing (among others). Saturday's moderately stacked as blink-182, Rancid, Violet Femmes, Public Enemy, Taking Back Sunday, Dinosaur Jr, Glassjaw, The Lawrence Arms, Mephiskapheles, and more are scheduled. Sunday features The Broadways, Against Me!, Pixies, Brand New, Maps & Atlases, Rocket from the Crypt, Off WIth Their Heads, Saves the Day, and Suicidal Tendencies are amongst the bigger names playing Sunday.
You can find the full daily lineups below. Daily tickets are available here, but they're beginning to sell out!
FRIDAY, SEP 13
Fall Out Boy Sublime with Rome Joan Jett & the Blackhearts Bad Religion Atmosphere Yellowcard Screeching Weasel Andrew W.K. GWAR Hatebreed Smoking Popes Dessa Saul Williams The Flatliners Masked Intruder Twin Peaks Flatfoot 56 Environmental Encroachment
SATURDAY, SEP 14
Blink-182 Violent Femmes Rancid Blondie Public Enemy Flag Guided By Voices Taking Back Sunday Dinosaur Jr. X DeVotchka Pennywise Best Coast The Lawrence Arms Glassjaw The Devil Wears Prada The Selecter T.S.O.L. Stars Say Anything The Wonder Years The Dear Hunter Surfer Blood The Interrupters Empires New Beat Fund Radkey Mephiskapheles Kitten Nativ Environmental Encroachment
SUNDAY, SEP 15
The Replacements Pixies AFI Brand New All Time Low Pierce the Veil Rocket From The Crypt The Dismemberment Plan The Broadways Against Me! Bob Mould The Lillingtons Suicidal Tendencies Quicksand Bad Books Mission of Burma Saves the Day Bayside Peter Hook & The Light Reggie and the Full Effect Maps & Atlases Chuck Ragan Memphis May Fire Peelander-Z Off With Their Heads Touche Amore Deal's Gone Bad White Mystery Direct Hit! Pet Symmetry Hostage Calm Environmental Encroachment