The 1990s and 2000s had no shortage of indie heroes; one could even argue that it was a saturated market in the wake of Britpop and grunge movements that dominated so comprehensively immediately befor…
Many of the capital’s festivals struggle to find a harmonious balance between identity and variety; too much of the latter and you capture no demographic or brand, but too little leaves you with an un…
Christine and the Queens are a perfect example of the right artist coming to prominence at the right time, surpassing the status of musician and encompassing a cultural movement. The gender-fluid o…
That's right, we at RIOT are teaming up with All Points East to give away 5 pairs of tickets to see Christine And The Queens headline Victoria Park on Sunday 26th May. The French singer-songwriter is…
It’s a little hard to believe that Loyle Carner’s full-length debut, Yesterday’s Gone, was released two years ago. With a neo-jazz infused sound that is still peaking in his native South London and hi…
“I said I’m so sorry to have kept you waiting”, Yannis Philippakis laments in the chorus of Exits - the lead single from the new album Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Part 1. The apology is not u…
MGMT have already toured new album Little Dark Age once in the UK, around the time of its release earlier this year. Upon the record garnering critical acclaim (something that had eluded the Connectic…
When Young Fathers won the Mercury prize as outsiders in 2014, it was natural to assume that the Edinburgh group would take their place on either of the pre-set exit routes from the ceremony: shooting…
The 1975 are a modern musical enigma; they sound like pop stars and sell tickets by the thousands to a pop star's demographic, whilst simultaneously averting just about every characteristic that pop s…
A headline performance from one of the planet’s most likeable acts came to the rescue of an all-day event that consistently finds itself struggling to find an identity. Sharing the site that Lovebox …
