Yellowcard, The Academy Is…, Misfits, More To Play Riot Fest 2022

Whoa.

Earlier this morning, Chicago’s beloved music festival Riot Fest announced its 2022 lineup. The festival will run from Friday, September 16, to Sunday, September 18. Headlining the late summer festival are reunited emo gods My Chemical Romance (Friday), punk legends the Misfits performing Walk Among Us in full (Saturday), and 90s industrial rock duo Nine Inch Nails (Sunday). Friday’s lineup will feature acts like Alkaline Trio, Portugal. The Man, Bleachers, The Wonder Years, and Bob Vylan, playing their first show in the United States. Saturday will feature bands such as Yellowcard (playing their first show since breaking up in 2017), Sunny Day Real Estate, Bad Religion, The Menzingers, and War On Women. Sunday will include other groups like The Academy Is… (their first show since 2017), Ice Cube, Jimmy Eat World, Midtown, and The Bombpops. Check out the lineup below.

All tickets are available now to purchase, but get them fast. These will sell out.

Riot Fest first took place in 2005 and has been running on strong until COVID-19 cancelled 2020’s festivities. Artists who’ve played in the past include The Suicide Machines, Flatfoot 56, The Casualties, TSOL, Butthole Surfers, High On Fire, Smoking Popes, A Day To Remember, Fall Out Boy, Tegan And Sara, System Of A Down, Rob Zombie, Paramore, Beck, The Raconteurs, and Sublime With Rome.

Furnace Fest (Kinda) Releases Full Lineup For 2022

It’s finally here! Kinda.

Furnace Fest 2022 is already looking out to be the festival of the year. So far, Counterparts, The Ghost Inside, Bleeding Through, a recently reunited Elliott, and New Found Glory were some of the many bands announced. But on Friday, the Alabamian music festival kicked it up a notch by unveiling 99% of their full lineup (minus one secret headliner). Check out the roster below.

The newest acts announced for Furnace Fest 2022 include Mastodon, Hidden In Plain View, Belmont, Four Year Strong, Thrice, Manchester Orchestra, Close Your Eyes, Doll Skin, Midtown, and Sick Of It All, just to name few.

Tickets are still available at www.furnacefest.us.

Furnace Fest was held from 2000 until 2003, eventually going on hiatus until 2021. Last year’s festival featured Every Time I Die, Across Five Aprils, Underoath, Fit For A King, Turnstile, As Cities Burn, Mayday Parade, Walls Of Jericho, Glassjaw, and Motionless In White.

Pure Noise Records Signs Two Killer Bands

Californian label Pure Noise Records (The Amity Affliction, Knocked Loose, Reggie And The Full Effect) have signed two incredible acts.

The first act is the Illinois based pop-punk band Belmont. The quintet announced the news on Monday with the reveal of a new song called “By My Side”. Check out the video here.

Belmont formed in late April 2014 and have released one EP and one full-length album, both on Mutant League Records (AM Taxi, Chief State, Wilmette). The band have toured with Real Friends, Hot Mulligan, Capstan, Senses Fail, and We Were Sharks and have played show with Four Year Strong, Carousel Kings, Handguns, Tiny Moving Parts, and Underoath. They’re currently on tour with labelmates Bearings and Grayscale. Check out the tour dates below.

The other group now under the Pure Noise umbrella is the thrash hardcore group Take Offense. The label revealed their signing by dropping their new song “Keep An Eye Out” which comes from their upcoming record of the same name on October 18.

Take Offense formed in early 2005 and have released two albums and two EPs with Reaper Records (Down To Nothing, ON, Zero Tolerance) and Flatspot Records (Adrenaline, Hangman, Outsider). The band have toured with Agnostic Front, Terror, Bane, Turnstile, and Madball and have sone shows with Gorilla Biscuits, Hatebreed, Street Dogs, Nails, and Wu-Tang Clan. Their latest EP Tensions On High came out last March on Flatspot Records. They’ll be on tour next month with Municipal Waste and Napalm Death. Check out the dates below.

Don’t Sleep Sign To Victory Records

D.C. hardcore group Don’t Sleep have signed to Chicago based record label Victory Records, the home of artists like Dead Girls Academy, Broadside, and We Were Sharks.

Don’t Sleep formed in 2017 and are made up of bassist Garrett Rothman, guitarists Tom McGrath, Tony Bavaria, Jim Bedorf on drums, and Dave Smalley on vocals. If his name sounds familiar, that’s because Smalley has been in bands like Dag Nasty, DYS, Down By Law, and ALL. They’ve done shows with Face To Face, Shelter, The Menzingers, Iron Chic, Madball, and Sick Of It All, and played on the final Vans Warped Tour last year in Columbia, Md. on the Full Sail University Stage.

“Victory Records has played such an integral role in the evolution of hardcore,” Smalley said in a press release. While Don’t Sleep is a new project, we all came up in the old school and have mad respect for the history of Victory Records. After talking with Tony (Brummel, Victory founder) over the course of last year, we realized that he really connected with our vision for Don’t Sleep and we honestly couldn’t think of a better fit for this band. We’re honored and humbled to be working with such an amazing label and unbelievably excited to be part of their family.”

So far the quintet have released two EPs, being 2017’s self-tilted and 2018’s Bring The Light. They’re currently in the studio working on their debut full-length produced by Grammy nominated producers Carson Slovak and Grant McFarland (August Burns Red, From Ashes To New, Summer Scouts).