A Riot Fest preview with tunes from Rancid, Blink 182, The B-52’s, Less Than Jake and The Violent Femmes, plus Depeche Mode, The Smiths, “Punk Rock Girl” from The Dead Milkmen and a refresher course in popularity from Nada Surf.
Alice In Chains, Depeche Mode, 311 and The Cure lead this set along with Soundgarden, Morrissey and Face To Face plus RATM, TMBG, 3EB and the Pumpkins cool cover of a Depeche Mode classic.
Pearl Jam, Weezer, Local H and The Smiths in this set along with Garbage, Blondie, PJ Harvey, Letters To Cleo. and No Doubt. Plus, The Replacements, Depeche Mode and Glenn Danzig with a proper Mother’s Day serenade.
Bands from Ireland (The Waterboys, Ash, The Pogues, U2 and The Cranberries) lead this St. Paddy’s Day set of retro goods along with Green Day, The Cure, 311 and Flogging Molly. Slainte!
Oasis, The Smiths and a Semisonic song NOT “Closing Time” with Blur, The Cure, Incubus and American Music from The Violent Femmes in this set of 80s and 90s goods.
A retro set with some artists playing Riot Fest next weekend (Beck, Gary Numan, Killing Joke), a catchy accordion tune released 30 years ago (Peek-A-Boo) and one of Eddie Vedder’s favorite non-Pearl Jam songs (Buffalo Tom).
Season 2 of the popular HBO show debuts tonight. BONUS: All my favorite piano reworks of Radiohead, The Cure, and Soundgarden from composer Ramin Djawadi are here, too.
In case you didn’t see Liam Gallagher’s set at Lolla…well, even if you did, he only played four songs before walking off. Here’s some Oasis to make up for it!
