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Full Riot Fest lineup revealed

The Chicago music festival I'm most looking forward to has just finalized its artist lineup. Riot Fest announced earlier that The Pixies, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Suicidal Tendencies, Andrew WK, T.S.O.L., and more will be joining the already amazing lineup full of punk, indie, and hip hop acts. Unfortunately, it was also announced that Bad Brains, Motorhead, and Attack Attack! had to cancel their performances. Regardless, Riot Fest is still shaping up to be the definitive Chicago music festival of the year.

Both daily lineups and tickets will go live on July 24th, so if you're curious who's playing when or can't put the money down for a 3-day pass, keep your eyes peeled here next week for more information. The full lineup poster can be seen below.

by Geoff Henao

[Video] North Coast Music Festival 2013 Teaser + Daily Lineups Announced

Since it's the halfway mark for the summer, the onslaught of music festivals are prepping to take Chicago over. North Coast has already released its full lineup of artists previously, but the daily list of artists have been made public today. Have you wanted to jam to RL Grime, ProbCause, Mac Miller, and Team Bayside High, on one day? How about PHNM, NaS, and Porn and Chicken? Wu-Tang and Danny Brown? Everything's covered! Remember to buy your 3-day passes for this year's North Coast Music Festival here. The daily lineups are in full below with ticket links for each respective day.

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by Geoff Henao

Top Picks At Pitchfork 2013

Since 2006, Pitchfork Music Festival has been recognized as one Chicago's must-see summer music festivals, and there are several, so that's really saying something. But with more than 40 break-through artists performing in just three days, Pitchfork is proving to be the Midwest spotlight for emerging talent.

This year, with headliners such as R. Kelly, Bjork, and Belle and Sebastian, the festival is sure to wrack up huge numbers of attendees, but that goes without saying. Who I'm here to tell you about is who you probably don't know about already -- but totally should. My top picks for Pitchfork aren't household names just yet, but they are definitely cutting-edge acts that you don't want to miss.

by Brynn Bixby

Austin's full Fun Fun Fun Fest lineup is full of fun fun fun

After not one, but two Fun Fun Fun Fest leaks, the full lineup for Fun Fun Fun Fest 8 has been officially revealed. Something must be in the air for 2013 festivals, because all in addition to Chicago's Riot Fest, FFFF8 features a number of bands that were (and continue to be) near and dear to my heart back when I was a teenager discovering life. Some of my personal highlights for the 8th Fun Fun Fun Festival include Blake Schwarzenbach (Jawbreaker), Melt-Banana, The Impossibles, Daniel Johnston, and Action Bronson. Hell, I'd fly down to Austin just for Black Schwarzenbach alone, but with the additions of Melt-Banana and a reunited The Impossibles?! Wow.

You can check out the full lineup below, which includes other notable acts as M.I.A., Ice-T, Kurt Vile & the Violators, Lupe Fiasco, Snoop Dogg, Dessa, Descendants, The Locust, and so, so many more. Tickets are available on the Fun Fun Fun Fest website.

ORANGE STAGE

MGMT, M.I.A., Cut Copy, The Walkmen, Television, Deerhunter, Dismemberment Plan, Washed Out, Johnny Marr, Kurt Vile and the Violators, Sparks, Polyphonic Spree, Blake Schwarzenbach (of Jawbreaker/Jets to Brazil/Forgetters), Geographer, King Khan and the Shrines, Bill Callahan, Chelsea Light Moving (featuring Thurston Moore), The Julie Ruin (featuring Kathleen Hanna of Bikini Kill/Le Tigre), Daniel Johnston, Mac DeMarco, Merchandise, Cayucas, Quasi, Beach Fossils, Bleached, Lemuria, Active Child, Ola Podrida, Frank Smith, Wild Child

BLUE STAGE

Snoop Dogg, Jurassic 5, Simian Mobile Disco (DJ set), Bonobo, Ice-T, Big K.R.I.T., Big Freedia, Lupe Fiasco, Chromatics, Glass Candy, RJD2, Tycho, Action Bronson, Shlohmo, XXYYXX, Little Boots, Delorean, Star Slinger, Poolside, Small Black, Ratking, Underachievers, Dessa, Big Black Delta, Mykki Blanco, Phranchyze, Roger Sellers, LNS Crew

BLACK STAGE

Slayer, FLAG (Keith Morris, Chuck Dukowski, Dez Cadena, Bill Stevenson and Stephen Egerton), Descendents, Quicksand, Death Grips, Judge, The Locust, Subhumans (performing “Cradle to the Grave”), Gojira, The Impossibles, Body Count, August Burns Red, Thee Oh Sees, Cloud Nothings, Cro-Mags, Ceremony, Melt Banana, Pelican, The Men, Title Fight, White Lung, Code Orange Kids, Narrows, Unlocking the Truth, Retox, Spray Paint, True Widow, Venomous Maximus

by Geoff Henao

Full list of North Coast Music Festival 2013 artists announced

It's been a month since the last group of North Coast artists had been announced. Today, the entire lineup has been revealed for the Chicago summer's last stand in music festivals. Joining the recently announced list of artists that included NaS, Danny Brown, Mac Miller, Wu-Tang Clan, Midnight Conspiracy, and more are the indie-dance band Passion Pit, Fool's Gold's A-Trak, Gramatik, and a few others.

Now that all of the artists are set in stone, are you planning to check it out? I'm down for Wu-Tang and Danny Brown myself, but I'm open for some surprises. Remember, you can buy tickets for this year’s North Coast Music Festival here. The full lineup is below.

PASSION PIT | WU-TANG CLAN | AFROJACK | BIG GIGANTIC

by Geoff Henao

[RH Photos] Spring Awakening Day 2

Day 2 of this year's Spring Awakening showcased a lot of local love as noted Chicago groups and DJs PHNM, Team Bayside High, and Flosstradamus were joined by other big EDM acts like Bassnectar, Zeds Dead, Paul Oakenfold, Wolfgang Gartner, and others took to the four stages and got the EDM crowds sweaty. One thing I realized over the weekend is the very distinct anticipation in the air as everybody waited for the beat to drop. Once it happens, a sea of hands would erupt. The looks on everybody's face during that pause, the level of energy people keep up while they gyrate, fist bump, juke, twerk, and what have you is something to behold. It's not like anything I've seen during my years spent in mostly punk rock and hip hop shows. Kids these days and their bass-heavy music, right guys?

Some of my photos from Spring Awakening Day 2 are below, while the rest of the day's photos can be found here. Photos are © Geoff Henao (final three photos are © Alex Lapenia).

by Geoff Henao

[Video] Jambalaya Fest Recap

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Last month's three-day Jambalaya Fest in Texas featured an amazing lineup of Tyler, the Creator, Earl Sweatshirt, RL Grime, Zeds Dead, Big Boi, and G-Eazy. The promoters for the event, Score More, recently released a small video recap of the shows. The festival sounded amazing for Tyler, the Creator and Earl Sweatshirt alone, but with big names like Big Boi and RL Grime attached, the shows must have been extremely memorable for everybody that attended. Hopefully the "traveling festival" will come to Chicago soon.

by Geoff Henao

[RH Photos] Spring Awakening Day 1

Spring Awakening was this past weekend. and what an experience it was. Taking place this year at the legendary Soldier Field, Spring Awakening attracted the legions of EDM fans from all across the country to deliver a weekend full of sweat, bright lights, and dancing. Day 1 featured a litany of DJs, including Robbie Rivera, PANTyRAID, Dirty South, R3hab, Milk n Cookies, Nero, and Friday headliner Moby.

Some of my photos from Spring Awakening Day 1 are below, while the full catalog of photos can be found here. Photos are © Geoff Henao.

by Geoff Henao