Rise Against, Dropkick Murphys, Coheed and Cambria, A Wilhelm Scream, Minus the Bear, Hot Water Music, The Story So Far, Cursive, Iggy and The Stooges, Gogol Bordello, Alkaline Trio, Elvis Costello and The Imposters, The Jesus and Mary Chain, NOFX, and Chiodos performed at Humboldt Park in Chicago, Illinois, on September 15 and 16, 2012, as part of Riot Fest.
Riot Fest was a fantastic weekend, with a well-planned and easy-to-navigate stage setup, wonderful sound, long set times, cheap drinks, fantastic local food, plentiful bathrooms, friendly crowds, and a cheap ticket price. In comparison to the much larger (but fairly similar) Bamboozle, Riot Fest was leaps and bounds stronger in every meaningful way, scoring extra points for a ridiculously solid lineup, headlined each night by real rock bands and not fleeting pop acts.
This contains complete setlists for each performer as well as a quick rating of the band’s setlist selection and overall song quality (“songs”) and their live show that day (“performance”). Some great bands I didn’t manage to catch also performed during this weekend, including Descendents, The Gaslight Anthem, Slapstick, Built to Spill, and The Promise Ring.
Cursive’s Tim Kasher
Cursive
A Gentleman Caller
Warmer, Warmer
Caveman
The Casualty
This House Alive
Rise Up! Rise Up!
Art is Hard
The Cat and Mouse
From the Hips
Drunken Birds
Sierra
Dorothy at Forty
Songs: Great
Performance: Great
The Story So Far
Daughters
Mt. Diablo
Swords and Pens
Four Years
680 South
States and Minds
Roam
Quicksand
High Regard
Songs: Good
Performance: Average
Hot Water Music
Remedy
Mainline
Trusty Chords
Giver
Drown In It
Old Rules
Drag My Body
Paper Thin
Paid In Full
The Traps
Rooftops
Strong Reaction (Pegboy cover) (with Tim McIlrath)
State Of Grace
Wayfarer
Songs: Great
Performance: Great
Minus the Bear
Steel and Blood
Lies and Eyes
The Game Needed Me
Throwin’ Shapes
Diamond Lightning
Toska
My Time
Lonely Gun
Knights
Pachuca Sunrise
Songs: Great
Performance: Great
A Wilhelm Scream
Mute Print
(unidentified song)
(new song “Gut”)
Me Vs. Morrissey In the Pretentiousness Contest (The Ladder Match)
Famous Friends and Fashion Drunks
The Horse
I Wipe My Ass With Showbiz
The Rip
The King Is Dead
Songs: Great
Performance: Great
Coheed and Cambria
No World for Tomorrow
Blood Red Summer
The Suffering
Ten Speed (Of God’s Blood and Burial)
Key Entity Extraction I: Domino the Destitute
Devil in Jersey City
Everything Evil
Sentry the Defiant
A Favor House Atlantic
In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3
Welcome Home
Songs: Great
Performance: Great
Dropkick Murphys
The State of Massachusetts
Captain Kelly’s Kitchen
Which Side Are You On?
Citizen C.I.A.
Going Out In Style
The Gauntlet
(unidentified song)
(new song “The Boys are Back”)
(new song “Echo”)
(new song “Lost Your Way”)
The Irish Rover
Your Spirit’s Alive
(new song “Rose Tattoo”)
Worker’s Song
I’m Shipping Up to Boston
TNT (AC/DC cover)
Songs: Great
Performance: One of the best of the weekend
Rise Against
Help Is on the Way
Alive and Well
Re-Education (Through Labor)
Blood-Red, White & Blue
Ready to Fall
Everchanging
Wait for Me
Satellite
Like the Angel
Prayer of the Refugee
Give It All
For Fiona (No Use for a Name cover) (acoustic)
Jealous Again (Black Flag cover)
Savior
Songs: Great
Performance: One of the best of the weekend
Chiodos
Thermacare
Two Birds Stoned at Once
There’s No Penguins in Alaska
Bulls Make Money, Bears Make Money, Pigs Get Slaughtered
A Letter From Janelle
All Nereids Beware
Is It Progression If a Cannibal Uses a Fork?
Baby, You Wouldn’t Last a Minute on the Creek
The Undertaker’s Thirst For Revenge Is Unquenchable (The Final Battle)
The Words “Best Friend” Become Redefined
Songs: Good
Performance: Great
NOFX
60%
We Called It America
Perfect Government (Mark Curry cover)
Murder the Government
I’m Telling Tim
Instant Crassic
Can’t Get the Stink Out
See Her Pee
I Wanna Be an Alcoholic
Franco Un-American
Seeing Double at the Triple Rock
Linoleum
I Believe in Goddess
Eat the Meek
Stickin’ in My Eye
Leave It Alone
Louise
Eat the Meek (with Angelo Moore)
The Man I Killed
The Moron Brothers
Dinosaurs Will Die
What Now My Love? (Herb Alpert cover)
The Separation of Church and Skate
Bottles to the Ground
Kill All The White Man
Songs: Poor
Performance: Poor
The Jesus and Mary Chain
(missing)
Songs: Average
Performance: Average
Elvis Costello and the Imposters
Lipstick Vogue
Heart of the City (Nick Lowe cover)
Radio Radio
(I Don’t Want To Go To) Chelsea
Less Than Zero
Bedlam
Watching the Detectives
(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes
Clubland
Stella Hurt
Pump It Up
(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding (Brinsley Schwarz cover)
Songs: Good
Performance: Great
Alkaline Trio
This Could Be Love
I Lied My Face Off
Armageddon
Calling All Skeletons
In Vein
Warbrain
She Took Him To The Lake
Clavicle
’97
Emma
Mercy Me
Blue Carolina
Cringe
Nose Over Tail
Radio
Songs: Good
Performance: Average
Gogol Bordello
Ultimate
Sally
Not a Crime
Wonderlust King
Tribal Connection
My Companjera
Trans-Continental Hustle
Immigraniada (We Comin’ Rougher)
Break the Spell
Start Wearing Purple
Alcohol
Think Locally, Fuck Globally
Songs: Average
Performance: Great
Iggy and the Stooges
Raw Power
Search and Destroy
Gimme Danger
Shake Appeal
1970
Fun House
Night Theme
Beyond the Law
I Got a Right
I Wanna Be Your Dog
Open Up and Bleed
Penetration
No Fun
The Passenger
Cock in My Pocket
Songs: Average
Performance: Average
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