by Bram Teitelman | May 27, 2015 | Festivals, News
Since 2005, Riotfest has been a dependable Chicago music festival catering to punk and alternative. They’ve always thrown some metal in the mix as well, with last year being GWAR’s first post-GWAR-BQ performance without Dave Brockie. The festival, now...
by Bram Teitelman | Mar 9, 2015 | Legal Woes, News, Updates
Last year, a lawsuit was settled resulting from an injury at a Fishbone show. A woman, Kimberly Myers, successfully sued the band’s Angelo “Dr. Madd Vibe” Moore and Norwood Fisher after Moore stage-dove at the World Cafe and landed on Myers, breaking her skull...
by Bram Teitelman | Jun 19, 2014 | Festivals, News
New Orleans’ Voodoo Music + Arts Experience (or as most call it, the Voodoo Fest) has been one of the fall’s biggest festivals, and while it’s generally a destination for many in the Southeast, a handful of heavier acts have ensured that it will be...
by Bram Teitelman | Mar 20, 2014 | New Music, News, Record Store Day, Record Stores
Record Store Day is like Christmas for not only independent record stores, but vinyl collectors and music fans in general. With less and less places selling physical music, it’s almost a sacred experience to set foot into a record store, and the amount of cool,...
by Bram Teitelman | Feb 18, 2014 | Legal Woes, News, Updates
Last week, a ruling was handed down from a 2010 lawsuit from a woman that was injured at a Fishbone concert in Philadelphia when frontman Angelo Moore stage dove. The plaintiff was awarded $1.4 million, and Moore himself is responsible for another $250,000 in punitive...