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Riot Fest 2025: Moving Forward From Frustration
Photo by Colin Gahungu Riot Fest returned for its 20 th anniversary in Chicago this year with Blink-182, Weezer, and Green Day headlining this year’s bill with support from Rico Nasty, Citizen, Idles, Jawbreaker, The Beach Boys featuring John Stamos, and more. Chicago's very own La Rosa Noir opened the fest with a noon set on Friday, with other local favorites Dehd, Footballhead, Harm’s Way, and Knuckle Puck taking the stage over the rest of the weekend. With music being the

Justin Finley
Oct 178 min read


NO MEN On Their Creative Journey, The Ethics of Pirating Music, and Some Wicked Shows
From left to right: Pursley (She/Her), DB (He/They) and Eric (He/Him). Picture Credits: Pete Conroy @pete_conroy on Instagram We had the...
Samuel Plauche
Aug 3115 min read


Jim The Kid On Traveling, Art, and Hotdog Banditry
Jim enjoying a smoke in the backyard of our HQ in Avondale, Chicago. Photocredits: Sam Tucker @sammtucker_ on Instagram This month we...
Samuel Plauche
May 1915 min read


Hands Off Our Fest (HOOF Fest); A Simultaneous Act of Community and Revolution
The Chicago punk band Sweetie’s frontwoman, Birdy (she/her, right), shreds the guitar as Joe (he/him) plays the stand-up bass. PC:...
Samuel Plauche
Nov 5, 20247 min read


Extra Extra, Read All About It! Green Room Interview With Kangaroo Court at the Empty Bottle
Garrett (guitar) and Cody (drums) at Empty Bottle. Photo taken by Pete Conroy @pete_conroy on Instagram Before they played their...
Samuel Plauche
Oct 3, 20245 min read


Yeshi from La Rosa Noir on Community, The Evolution of the Chicago Music Scene, and The Beauty of Rock and Roll
We had the great pleasure of sitting down with Yeshi Regalado this month, the lead singer, rhythm guitarist, manager, and songwriter of...
Samuel Plauche
Sep 11, 202419 min read


The Joy of Collaboration, How to Ethically Consume Music In Light of Spotify's Monopoly, and the Beauty of Your Hometown Gas Station With Yin Waster
Left, Griffin Mang (lead singer, lead guitarist, he/him) and right, Gabriel Huff (drummer, he/they/she) of Yin Waster in front of...
Samuel Plauche
May 30, 202414 min read
Happy To Be Here!
This section will soon have various interviews and news posts about local artists, but in the mean time the team of Raging Opossum Press...
Samuel Plauche
Apr 16, 20241 min read
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