The playlist from tonight’s two hour preview of the music you’ll hear next weekend in Douglass Park + listen to Riot Mike talk about all things Riot Fest with Brian Phillips here.
Depeche Mode, Weezer, Veruca Salt and New Order in this set, album anniversaries for Muse, Jet, Arcade Fire, Barenaked Ladies, The Black Keys and Red Hot Chili Peppers, plus Riot Fest bands Foo Fighters, The Cure, Queens Of The Stone Age, AFI, The Used, Death Cab For Cutie, The Gaslight Anthem and Flogging Molly.
The Cure, Nine Inch Nails, The Breeders and Bad Religion in this set, album anniversaries for The Flaming Lips, The Hives, Candlebox and Catherine Wheel, cool covers from Talking Heads, Orgy and Echo And The Bunnymen, plus The Pixies, Garbage and They Might Be Giants.
Songs from the Singles soundtrack with The Smiths, Nine Inch Nails, Beck and Bad Religion, album anniversaries for Bjork, The White Stripes, The Prodigy and Foo Fighters, cool covers from the Soup Dragons and Chili Peppers, plus X’s “4th Of July”.
The Interrupters dropped by The Lounge to share a few stories about how the band started out. In proper punk fashion, they broke from our three0song format to give us a bonus fourth song. Check it out! Photos by: Zach Spangler