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Riot Fest 2021 Preview – Dinosaur Jr., Skating Polly, Joywave

Dinosaur Jr. – Friday and Saturday Aftershow

They were at one of our Coachellas but we didn’t get them enough attention.  Really a pioneer of alternative music and on a heavy play rotation on HFS in the early 90s.  You may hear some grunge but they are way more than that.  An early signee of SST Records that included Black Flag, the Minutemen, Sonic Youth, Bad Brains, and Husker Du.  Great company to keep.  They deserve our attention just to pay homage.  Plus their lead J Mascis is just cool.  And their drummer gets drunk with KJ.

Skating Polly – Sunday

Riot Grrrl or Punk.  Dunno.  But they freaking rock.  Step sisters from Oklahoma have never been so punk (plus little bro on drums).  Their big break happened when the met Exene Cervenka from X and she became a fan and produced their second album.  They fit that loud quiet loud (and then louder) sound that many of us like.  And again, they freaking rock.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=US0uJI2GfZE

Joywave – Saturday

Alternate Electro Pop?  That’s what it sounds like.  An outlier at RiotFest but could be a great break from some of the harder acts.  From upstate New York.  They collaborate with a lot of others in typical electro fashion.  You may be familiar with Big Data’s song Dangerous (a Coachella act of ours).  They were on that.

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Riot Fest 2019 Countdown 7 – Skating Polly

This week we’re going five wide Monday through Friday.  So much to catch up on, so little time until Riot Fest.  This time I dove deep into the lineup poster.  One each from lines 11 to 15.  I never heard any of them before but I think they’re worthy of a preview, especially based on the success we’ve had with similar bands in the past.  Three are female led (Wolf Alice and Potty Mouth) and two are duos (T0P and Slaves).

Skating Polly remind me of Potty Mouth.  They definitely follow the path set by Bikini Kill as a Riot Grrrl band.  Led by step-sisters, they’ve put out five albums since 2011.  So they’ve been busy.  Their first album was produced by Excene Cervanka of X, so they got their punk street cred right away.  From Oklahoma, not that there’s anything wrong with that.  Just not a normal hotbed of punk like Virginia Beach.

Before we get to Skating Polly videos, let’s revisit Riot Grrrl again. Here’re a few museum pieces from Seattle’s Museum of Popular Culture (you gotta check this place out if in Seattle, especially if you even vaguely appreciate Pearl Jam and Nirvana) dedicated to Riot Grrl bands, including a few copies of the fanzine published by one of Riot Fest’s headliners. Feminist punk is alive and well at Riot Fest and you gotta love it!