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Chicago’s Riot Fest returns this weekend with another three-day lineup featuring some of the biggest names in rock. Beginning Friday, September 15 and running through Sunday, September 17, the Riot Fest will take over Douglass Park with the help of The Cure, Death Cab For Cutie, Queens Of The Stone Age, The Postal Service, and Foo Fighters to rock Chicago fans with five stages covering everything from 100 Gecs to P-Funk, with some left-field picks thrown in to shake things up (if you ever wanted to hear comedian Hannibal Buress rap, check out Eshu Tune on Saturday). See the set times below.

On Friday, the Riot Stage features Olivia Jean from 12:50-1:20, Yard Act from 2:15-3:00, and The Interrupters from 3:55-4:40. The Breeders will play their album Last Splash from 5:50-6:50, and Foo Fighters will close things out with a two-hour set at 8:00.

The Roots stage features Calva Louise (12:15-12:45), Quasi (1:25-2:10), Code Orange (3:05-3:50), Quicksand (playing their album Slip 4:45-5:45), and Turnstile (6:55-7:55).

On Saturday, the Riot Stage features Pool Kids (12:10-12:40), Warpaint (1:20-2:05), White Reaper (3:00-4:45), Head Automatica (4:40-5:40), Death Cab For Cutie (playing Transatlanticism 6:50-7:50), and The Postal Service (playing Give Up 9:00-10:00).

The Roots Stage features Enola Gay (12:45-1:15), Jehnny Beth (2:10-2:55), Viagra Boys (3:50-4:45), Death Grips (5:45-6:45), and Queens Of The Stone Age (7:55-8:55).

On Sunday, the Riot Stage features Hotline TNT (12:05-12:35), Just Mustard (1:15-1:45), Cults (2:25-2:55), Ride (3:35-4:20), The Dresden Dolls (5:30-6:30), and The Cure (7:40-9:55).

The Roots Stage features Smoking Popes (12:40-1:10), Nothing (1:50-2:20), The Black Angels (3:00-3:30), AFI (4:25-5:25), and The Mars Volta (6:35-7:35).

For the set times for the other stages, see below.

Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Lauren Boebert might be MAGA’s unofficial mascot of the Second Amendment. Her love of guns is so infamous that SNL parodied her armed-family Christmas card, and she acted triggered in response. However, Boebert’s pro-gun ways have led to unsavory moments including her posing with a t-shirt that referred to firearms as hole punchers of humans. She also recently trashed a pin that paid tribute to a Uvalde school shooting victim.

Now, Boebert is hopping mad over the New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham’s response to a rash of gun violence, particularly against children in her state. Following last week’s road-rage shooting of an 11-year-old boy, Grisham has placed an emergency 30-day ban (largely by suspending Albuquerque’s concealed carry law) on carrying guns in public. Via CNN, there are exceptions to Grisham’s ban, which she put into place with insight from public safety figures in the state:

Under the plan, citizens with carry permits will still be allowed to possess their weapons on private property such as gun ranges and gun stores if the firearm is transported in a locked box or a trigger lock or other mechanism is used to render the gun incapable of being fired, according to the statement.

The order was issued after consultation with public safety officials, including Bernalillo District Attorney Sam Bregman, Bernalillo County Sheriff John Allen, Albuquerque Police Chief Harold Medina, and former State Police Chief Pete Kassetas.

The order also prohibits firearms on state property, including state buildings and schools, as well as parks and other places where children gather.

As one might expect, Boebert believes that this ban is unnecessary and does nothing to help the situation. “Any ban on firearms doesn’t affect criminals. Because criminals don’t obey laws,” Boebert tweeted. “So what the New Mexico governor is doing will prevent lawful gun owners from protecting themselves against criminal gun users. Never forget: when a Democrat talks about gun control, they really mean PEOPLE control.”

No one is really surprised about Boebert’s stance, but they are calling her out for reasoning and her lack of a suggestion on how to stop gun violence against children. One user concluded, “Newsflash: Every law gets broken, so you’re calling for a nation without laws.” And the head shaking continued from there.

(Via CNN)

As Americans recognize the 22nd anniversary of the September 11 attacks, one particularly historic moment from that terrible day has bubbled up on social media. Namely, the time Donald Trump called into a local TV station shortly after the Twin Towers collapsed and bragged about how he has the tallest building in downtown Manhattan now.

As firefighters and first responders risked their lives and health to pull people from the wreckage, Trump called into WWOR and went live on the air with this thoughts on the devastation. He was focused on the size of his building after worst terrorist attack on American soil. That’s what was clearly important to him in the middle of 9/11.

Via The Independent:

“I mean, 40 Wall Street actually was the second-tallest building in downtown Manhattan. And it was actually – before the World Trade Center – was the tallest. And then when they built the World Trade Center, it became known as the second-tallest, and now it’s the tallest.”

What made Trump’s tone-deaf boast even worse is that it’s not even true. 40 Wall Street was never the tallest building in Manhattan in the 1970s, nor was it after the Twin Towers collapsed. Trump basically lied, and again, right in the middle of 9/11 as the downtown area was still smoldering. Against all logic and reason, he’d go on to become America’s 45th president.

In the spirit of #NeverForget-ing, folks on Twitter are making it a point to commemorate 9/11 by reminding everyone of Trump’s incredible display of patriotism on that day. You can see some of the reactions below:

(Via The Independent)

Music Midtown will stage its annual festival at Piedmont Park in Atlanta, Georgia from Friday, September 15, to Sunday, September 17, and six headliners are coming to town: Pink, Flume, Billie Eilish, The 1975, Guns N’ Roses, and Lil Baby.

The festival released the weekend’s full schedule on August 30, giving attendees plenty of time to plan.

On September 15, doors will open at 5 p.m. local time. Only six acts will perform on opening night. Skaiwater will start everything off from 5:15-5:45 p.m., followed by Leah Kate (5:45-6:30 p.m.), JID (6:30-7:30 p.m.), Pitbull (7:30-8:30 p.m.), and Flume (8:30-9:30 p.m.). Pink’s set is scheduled to begin at 9:30 p.m.

Doors will open at 11 a.m. local time on Saturday and Sunday alike. All four stages will be functioning on Saturday, September 16, featuring the likes of Niall Horan (6-7 p.m.), Fletcher (7-8 p.m.), Destroy Lonely (7-8 p.m.), and Louis The Child (8-9 p.m.) ahead of headlining performances from The 1975 (8-9:30 p.m.) and Eilish, who will take the Venmo stage at 9:30 p.m.

The final day will welcome JP Saxe (2:30-3:30 p.m.), Masego (3:30-4:30 p.m.), Tove Lo (4:30-5:30 p.m.), GloRilla (5:30-6:30 p.m.), Incubus (5:30-6:30 p.m.), Young Nudy (6:30-7:30 p.m.), and The Garden (6:30-7:30 p.m.) before headlining sets from Lil Baby (7:30-8:45 p.m.) and Guns N’ Roses, who are slated for 7:30 p.m.

Check out the full lineup and schedule below, and find more information here.

If there are two things Louisville, Kentucky is known for, they are music and bourbon (and college basketball, but that’s another story). The Bourbon & Beyond Festival combines the best of both. Boasting 40 brands, a slew of workshops, and a focus on food that pairs well with both the beverages and the entertainment, Bourbon & Beyond kicks off this Thursday, September 14 and runs through Sunday, September 17 at the Kentucky Exposition Center-Highlands Festival Grounds. We’ve got the set times below.

This year’s lineup includes headliners Bruno Mars, The Black Keys, The Killers, and Brandi Carlile, as well as a who’s-who of rock and blues, from Train and Duran Duran to The Black Crowes and Blondie. Other highlights include Buddy Guy and Mavis Staples, Hozier and Brittany Howard, The Avett Brothers and Spoon, and Jon Batiste and Ryan Bingham. I also see The Gaslight Anthem, Michelle Branch, Babyface, Aloe Blacc, and Fantastic Negrito on the flyer, so this looks like a winner of a festival. You can get more info here.

Thursday’s headliner, Brandi Carlile, hits the stage at 9:15 for a 90-minute set, while The Killers are scheduled for the same time on Friday night. Saturday’s got The Black Keys going on 9:15 and on Sunday, Bruno Mars closes things out at 9:05. You can see the rest of the set times in the IG posts below.

Donald Trump, who has a history of telling outlandish lies about September 11th, offered a uniquely weird tribute to the horrible events of 22 years ago today.

The video shared on Truth Social started normal enough, at least, with Trump saying, “No one who lived through the horror of the September 11 terrorist attacks can ever forget the agony and the anguish of that terrible day, it was a terrible day.” The frequently-arrested former president then took a weird pivot to praise a field. “The images of dark plumes of smoke billowing over lower Manhattan, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania – such a beautiful field – are seared into our minds forever, for we will never forget,” he shouted.

“Beautiful” is one of Trump’s favorite words. He’s used it to describe World Wars, pandemic-era nurses and doctors “running into death just like soldiers running into bullets,” sleeping gas, coal, phones, tax dollars, a mask of himself, and now a field in Pennsylvania where 44 people died.

He continued:

“We honor the firefighters, the great New York PD, the police department – what great people they are, they are so great, and the Port Authority officers, the Virginia, D.C., and Pentagon police and the military service members and other first responders, actually all over the country, they acted with supreme heroism and they went to the site of the most heinous crime. They would leave other states far away and go to the World Trade Center site, the Pentagon, they’d go to Pennsylvania.”

A reminder that the Trump administration reportedly “siphoned nearly $4 million away” from 9/11 first responders.

(Via Raw Story)

After suffering three losses at the 2023 FIBA World Cup, including back-to-back losses in the semifinals and bronze medal game to Germany and Canada, USA Basketball is not exactly riding high into the 2024 Paris Olympics.

There has always been the expectation the player pool to choose from for the Olympics will be far superior to that for the World Cup, as star players typically see Olympic gold as worth playing through their offseason for but not the World Cup. Still, it remained to be seen how USA Basketball would fix the problems of this year’s World Cup team, particularly in the frontcourt where things were fairly dire. The prospects for American big men is pretty thin, and a couple of stars turning down the team could lead to some scrambling. The good news for Team USA is, it appears that won’t be a concern for the 2024 Olympics.

According to Shams Charania and Joe Vardon of The Athletic, LeBron James is heading up a recruiting effort to get the top American stars together, as he looks to have one last ride on Team USA.

James has spoken to Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, Anthony Davis, Jayson Tatum and Draymond Green, and they are all prepared to commit as well. Separately, Phoenix’s Devin Booker, Portland’s Damian Lillard, Sacramento’s De’Aaron Fox and Dallas’ Kyrie Irving also have serious interest in committing, league sources said.

While Shams and Vardon note these conversations have been going on for some time, I do like to imagine watching Dillon Brooks drop 39 points on Team USA was the last straw for James. He has not played for Team USA since 2012 and some of those stars, like Steph Curry, have never appeared in an Olympics (although Curry does have a pair of World Cup golds).

Reading through that list you notice that backcourt and wing talent shouldn’t be an issue for Team USA in the Olympics, and their biggest issue might be having to tell some guards there’s no room on the roster. One name not on that list that you would expect to be at the top of Team USA’s wishlist given how this year’s effort went is Bam Adebayo, who anchored the defense on that Tokyo gold medal squad, as well as the continued pursuit of Joel Embiid, who has a choice to make between playing for Team USA or France. If they have Davis, Green, and Adebayo or Embiid, they’d unquestionably have fixed their big man concerns from the World Cup, and surrounded by a who’s who of superstars in the backcourt and on the wing, they’d be even heavier favorites than usual.

That said, it’s easier to be excited about playing for Team USA in September when you’re starting to miss being on the court than it is in June and early July when you’re fresh off of the playoffs. All of those players listed have designs on a deep postseason run, and most of them (aside from Tatum, Fox, and Booker) are in their mid-30s. We’ll have to see how many of that group are healthy enough to commit to a summer of extra basketball in Paris, but it’s very good news for USA hoops that the nation’s top stars are at least entering this upcoming season with playing in the Olympics as one of the goals in mind.

Zach Bryan soared to a No. 1 debut on the Billboard 200 with his self-titled album last week, and he will continue riding that high. Per Billboard on Sunday, September 10, Zach Bryan maintains its No. 1 spot on the chart dated September 16, with 115,000 equivalent US album units in the week ending on September 7.

“I Remember Everything,” a single from Bryan’s self-titled triumph, also delivered Bryan and Kacey Musgraves their first-ever No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 last week.

Bryan would probably rather forget how the rest of the week played out.

On Thursday night, September 7, TMZ reported that Bryan had been arrested in Vinita, Oklahoma, and “booked on an obstruction of investigation charge.” As soon as the news broke, more or less, Bryan addressed the confounding situation on X (formerly known as Twitter).

“Today I had an incident with the Oklahoma Highway Patrol,” he wrote. “Emotions got the best of me and I was out of line in the things I said. I support law enforcement as much as anyone can, I was just frustrated in the moment, it was unlike me and I apologize. They brought me to jail, and there is a mug shot of me floating around. Prayers we can all move on from this and prayers people know I’m just trying the best I can, I love you guys and I am truly sorry to the officers.”

On Friday, September 8, Bryan posted a five-minute video to explain exactly what happened and take full accountability because he “was an idiot” and “for the sake of transparency”:

Spotify used Bryan’s mugshot as the cover art for its “Outlaw” playlist, but Bryan’s self-titled album topping the Billboard 200 for a second consecutive week, in historic fashion, might help soothe his embarrassment.

“It is the first rock effort to spend its first two weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in seven years — since the Suicide Squad soundtrack logged its first two weeks at No. 1 (Aug. 27-Sept. 3, 2016 charts),” Billboard‘s Keith Caulfield additionally relayed. “It’s the first Americana/folk project to spend its first two weeks at No. 1 since Chris Stapleton’s Traveller also ruled in its first two frames in 2015 (Nov. 21 and 28).”

Per a press release, Bryan will release his self-titled album in CD and vinyl formats on October 13. Those offerings are available for pre-order here.

Zach Bryan is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Keeping up with new music can be exhausting, even impossible. From the weekly album releases to standalone singles dropping on a daily basis, the amount of music is so vast it’s easy for something to slip through the cracks. Even following along with the Uproxx recommendations on a daily basis can be a lot to ask, so every Monday we’re offering up this rundown of the best new music this week.

This week saw Olivia Rodrigo add to her growing legacy and the “WAP” duo make their return. Yeah, it was a great week for new music. Check out the highlights below.

For more music recommendations, check out our Listen To This section, as well as our Indie Mixtape and Pop Life newsletters.

Olivia Rodrigo — “All-American B*tch”

Rodrigo has proven herself to be more than a one-album wonder with Guts, which, like its predecessor, is off to a scorching start. She continues to be the leading pop star inhabiting the rock space, like on “All-American B*tch,” which has Avril Lavigne-like pop-punk hooks sandwiched between more delicate verses.

Cardi B — “Bongos” Feat. Megan Thee Stallion

Three years after “WAP,” Cardi and Meg have reunited for “Bongos.” Cardi thinks it’s not exactly a “WAP” repeat when it comes to lyrical raunchiness, but it’s not exactly PG either, with lines like, “N****, eat this ass like a plum / This p*ssy tight like a nun / Better chew it up like it’s gum / Then wipe your mouth when you done.”

James Blake — “Tell Me”

Blake recently said of his new album Playing Robots Into Heaven, “I know this sounds weird, but this album was easy to make. It’s like I’m picking up where I left off years ago.” Indeed, the album is a return to Blake’s electronic roots and less so indebted to the piano-balled balladry he’s gotten into in recent years.

Young Nudy — “Peaches & Eggplants (Remix)” Feat. Latto and Sexyy Red

Young Nudy had himself a summer hit with “Peaches & Eggplants,” and now he’s keeping the momentum going into fall with a new remix. He got Latto and Sexyy Red to hop on the just-unveiled version, and they grab onto the title’s theme with some raunchy verses.

Sampha — “Only”

Sampha has been around for years now, and yet he’s only on his sophomore album. That project is highly anticipated and now it’s officially announced. Lahai, as the LP is called, was previewed last week with “Only,” which shows off his distinctive and smooth vocals on a dynamic track.

Tinashe — “Uh Huh”

Tinashe kept it short and sweet on her latest project, BB/ANG3L, which features a mere seven tracks. What it doesn’t feature are… features, as Tinashe goes it alone here, like on the slow-burning “Uh Huh.”

Goose — “Travelers I”

These days, jam bands are something of a lost art, but Goose are one of the leaders of the contemporary scene. They just gave fans an unexpected treat last week with Autumn Crossing, which features a 17-minute trio of songs dubbed the “Travelers-Elmeg Suite.”

Allison Russell — “Eve Was Black”

After establishing herself as an Americana favorite with 2021’s Outside Child, Russell is back with her second solo album, The Returner. Included in the tracklist are exemplary cuts like the jaunty and thought-provoking “Eve Was Black.”

Flyana Boss — “You Wish (Remix)” with Missy Elliott and Kaliii

“You Wish” has dominated feeds lately and now it’s been given a facelift courtesy of a remix featuring Kaliii and Missy Elliott. Uproxx’s Aaron Williams notes of the social media favorite, “Just when it seemed like the hit had run its course — literally — the self-proclaimed ‘weird Black girl’ duo finds their second wind, taking a victory lap with a remix featuring both a peer in fellow Atlanta hitmaker Kaliii and the original weird Black girl, Missy Elliott.”

d4vd — “Rehab”

d4vd just dropped The Lost Petals, but in a recent Uproxx interview, he indicated he’s already looking ahead, saying, “I’m not very sentimental, but I really do enjoy the evolution of self rather than the fruits that come from it. I feel like the best goal for me is just to be a better me. So, 2024 is all about evolution. I feel like it’s gonna be very evident in the music, the visuals, and the creative surrounding everything. It’s going to be next level.”

Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

In the past 20 years, as labels’ priorities shifted, the budgets for artists’ music videos fell a lot from their heyday. In the ’90s and 2000s, artists seemingly regularly spent $1 million or more to create videos for their singles, but without music video countdown shows helping to drive sales, it just doesn’t seem worth it to invest so much in something that won’t been seen by nearly as many people.

That is, unless you’re Cardi B, who told iHeartRadio’s Angela Yee she spent over $2 million to make the video for her new song “Bongos” with Megan Thee Stallion. However, as it turned out, that wasn’t originally the plan; Cardi just made the best of a less-than-ideal situation. While she wanted to shoot the video out of the United States — likely somewhere in the Caribbean, judging from the imagery that made it in — hurricane season forced a pivot to Malibu, California.

The new location required more precautions to keep things under wraps. As Cardi explained, “Malibu always [has] paparazzi and everything so we hired about 20 guards, 15 guards just guarding the whole area.” She also says that the production employed geofencing, which creates a perimeter around an area that can send an alert when cellular activity — like posting photos or videos online — is detected. “Stuff like that costs a lot of money,” Cardi said. The discussion begins around the 16-minute mark below.

Cardi B is a Warner Music artist. Megan Thee Stallion is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.