Riot Fest

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  D.O.A.

  Downsview Park, Toronto ON, September 19

  PUBLISHED Sep 20, 2015

  Despite logging over thirty-five years of playing live, iconic West coast punks D.O.A. avoided simply going through the motions in their bl...

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  Thurston Moore Band

  Downsview Park, Toronto ON, September 19

  PUBLISHED Sep 20, 2015

  A five-song set from the Thurston Moore Band drew largely on their well-received 2014 LP The Best Day, which was a little bit ironic since...

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  Motörhead

  Downsview Park, Toronto ON, September 19

  PUBLISHED Sep 20, 2015

  September has been a rough month so far for the Motörhead camp, with cancelled shows and questions surrounding the health of Lemmy Kilmiste...

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  Drive Like Jehu

  Downsview Park, Toronto ON, September 19

  PUBLISHED Sep 20, 2015

  Seminal '90s post-hardcore unit Drive Like Jehu proved that their years spent apart have done nothing to slow them down or hinder the amoun...

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  Safe To Say

  Downsview Park, Toronto ON, September 19

  PUBLISHED Sep 20, 2015

  Safe To Say set the pace for Riot Fest in a big way, opening the day with a grimy, tight and larger-than-life sounding set. Incorporating a...

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  Weezer

  Downsview Park, Toronto ON, September 19

  PUBLISHED Sep 20, 2015

  Fervent cheers and hands shaped in an array of Ws erupted from the eager crowd as Weezer emerged from billowing clouds of fog on stage and...

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  Bob Mould

  Riot Stage, Downsview Park, Toronto ON, September 7

  PUBLISHED Sep 8, 2014

  Riot Fest does a good job of putting under-appreciated legends in front of young crowds. Case in point: Bob Mould, who, as guitarist for Hu...

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  Die Antwoord

  Rock Stage, Downsview Park, Toronto ON, September 7

  PUBLISHED Sep 8, 2014

  Probably Riot Fest's most divisive band, South Africa's Die Antwoord are beloved by fans and derided by detractors for cultural appropriati...