{"id":57027,"date":"2024-09-24T11:01:25","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T16:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/?p=57027"},"modified":"2024-09-24T11:01:27","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T16:01:27","slug":"day-two-riot-fest-review-alternative-rock-rules-saturday-with-newcomers-and-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/?p=57027","title":{"rendered":"Day Two Riot Fest Review. Alternative Rock Rules Saturday With Newcomers and Veterans."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Day Two of Riot Fest 2024 was a who\u2019s-who of alternative rock from start to finish, from an undercard of stunning newcomers to veterans of the scene who still delivered. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

First up was Princess Goes, an experimental trio fronted by Michael C. Hall of Dexter fame, whose impressive vocals and emotional range onstage was a perfect counterpoint to the bombast of drummer Peter Yanowitz and keyboardist Matt Katz-Bohen.\u00a0 The early afternoon sunlight did nothing to take away from the brooding atmosphere of Princess\u2019 set, and punchy tunes like \u201cAngela Peacock\u201d were a strong contrast to the sweeping, epic closer \u201cBeija.\u201d\u00a0 Princess Goes are one of the best bands in the current alternative landscape – a rare treat for early afternoon!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Punk-pop godfathers the Buzzcocks delivered a strong set that highlighted all the hits like \u201cWhat Do I Get\u201d and \u201cEver Fallen in Love,\u201d followed by a set by the first two female fronted acts who stand at at the forefront of indie and alternative music today: Sir Chloe.\u00a0 Frontwoman Dana Foote has grown into an icon in the band\u2019s relatively brief lifespan, and as their current tour for 2023\u2019s I Am the Dog <\/em>comes to a close, Foote has grown into a force to be reckoned with.\u00a0 Her casually affected vocal style explodes without warning into crooning, sometimes raging, anthemic choruses like in the winding \u201cSalivate,\u201d and Foote was clearly having a blast stalking the stage as she led the band through \u201cAnimal,\u201d \u201cCompany,\u201d and set closer \u201cToo Close.\u201d\u00a0 One of the most mesmerizing indie rock bands of the moment, and if things continue the way they are for Sir Chloe, we\u2019ll see them bumped up the card in the coming years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Swedish rockers The Hives remain one of the only bands standing from the early 2000s boom of garage rockers, and their live show proves why: nothing but electric energy from start to finish for these guys, and vocalist Pelle Almquist remains one of the most entertaining frontmen in all of rock as the band tore through \u201cMain Offender\u201d and \u201cWalk Idiot Walk,\u201d among others.\u00a0 While a strange choice for a set in broad daylight, California trio Health delivered a noisy set of atmospheric tunes that fell somewhere in the middle of shoegaze, industrial, and ambient rock, making good on the steamroller that is 2023\u2019s Rat Wars<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chicago\u2019s Sincere Engineer delivered a fun set of raucous, punky pop, and the dead heat of the day\u2014surely one of the hottest Riot days on record\u2014began to abate before the upbeat singalongs of Spoon, who have only continued to rise in popularity over their last few albums.\u00a0 Radio favorites like \u201cDo You\u201d and \u201cCherry Bomb\u201d went over well, and the moodier \u201cMy Babe\u201d was known to all the die-hards who had gathered between the AAA stage and Metro stage for both Spoon and one of the weekend\u2019s most anticipated sets\u2014St. Vincent.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There are certain artists who exist unto themselves, defying easy classification or genre and forging a path that forces their audience to simply come along the ride.\u00a0 Guitarist\/vocalist\/musical auteur Annie Clark (St. Vincent herself) isn\u2019t just one thing, a fact that fans of her music have known for a long time\u2014she\u2019s an constantly moving, engaging band leader, a quirky guitarist whose rhythmic and lead stylings sometimes call Prince to mind, another example of someone who, like Clark, full occupied his music\u2014onstage, Clark is fully inside her songs, and the visually dynamic stage set with its shifting backdrops was an understated but appealing backdrop for Clark\u2019s manic energy as she led her five-piece band (including guitarist Jason Faulkner) through \u201cDigital Witness,\u201d the timely \u201cFear the Future,\u201d and numerous cuts from new album All Born Screaming<\/em>, including the searing, set-ending title track.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Once a best-kept secret for indie rock fans everywhere, St. Vincent has moved into the upper echelons of artists who won\u2019t be contained, and whose best days\u2014despite an already flawless discography and a sizzling live show\u2014are surely ahead of them.\u00a0 One of the best Riot Fest sets in recent memory, bar none.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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