We are proud to announce that LA rockers Blacklist Union will be debuting the world premier of their single from the same-titled album “Til Death Do Us Part” featuring members of Saliva tonight on Radio Riff during DJ Satya’s Airwave Smackdown! Tune in at 6 PM PST to hear not only the world premier of…
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All you Riff Raff out there in radio land, we have a special event coming up just to heat up your summer! Saturday, July 16th The Riff in Second Life will be having a Summer Fun celebration, and the party will of course be broadcast LIVE out across Radio Riff! Everyone gets to join in!…
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Moondance Jam is celebrating its 20th anniversary in Walker, MN July 13-16th. If you’ve never been to a Jam, it is one of the best kept secrets in the rock festival circuits. Everything from the grounds to the staff to the entertainment is top notch. Previous years read like a who’s-who of rock legends. Bands…
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You can now log in using your Facebook account to read, comment and *gasp* like what you see here. Share the love with your friends, your enemies, hell even your dog! It’s rock and roll 24×7 from the 60’s to today at the Temple of Rock!!
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We’ve undergone a little cosmetic operation to make your top-notch entertainment more valuable than ever! Enjoy some of the new features on Radio Riff! We now have a live chat so you can connect to the DJ’s without having to piddle with logins, as well as having Facebook integration! (working on getting it on its…
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As you may have heard , Riffstock 2010 went off as perhaps the biggest and best Riffstock ever! We not only had 15+ hours of nonstop entertainment, but all of it streamed LIVE over Radio Riff, a first in virtual entertainment to have an entire music festival streamed live over an internet station! There’s…
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Most of the listeners of this station are also involved in Second Life, a virtual “sandbox” from which the Riff originally sprung. Radio Riff finds it’s source there in that virtual world. Every year, we celebrate the Riff’s birthday with an event called Riffstock, held in the virtual grounds of the club. This year,…
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The August 14th edition of the Worst 3 Hours on Radio, the award-losing show, Epic Fail Radio podcast is now up on the Epic Fail Radio site. Give a listen to the staple of Radio Riff’s late night Saturday programming! No, it’s most definitely not for kids. Epic Fail Radio is a 3…
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Yeah I had to pause to absorb that too. No this is not a community theater production in some small town in the midwest. This is a full, Broadway production. According to Rolling Stone: The Broadway musical Spider-man: Turn Off the Dark, featuring original music by U2′s Bono and the Edge, will finally debut…
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The American Carnage tour featuring Megadeth, Slayer and Testament (for the first leg) or Anthrax (for the second leg) kicks off today with 20 dates planned in major market cities. If you’re looking for maximum metal for your buck, you really might wanna consider checking this show out. The bands each plan hour-plus sets heavy…
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In what may come across as a “shocker” (/sarcasm), concert promoter and ticket-seller Live Nation, Inc. said Thursday that it’s second-quarter loss worsened after weak summer ticket sales. The company is keeping it’s forecast for a decline in adjusted operating profit for the year, and according to Michael Rapino, there were no big acts to…
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It’s always fun to root for the underdog. In the music world, dominated as it is by glitzy pop acts with all the artistry and class of a velvet Elvis painting, it’s even more fun when one of rock’s own manages to climb past the dross and score a #1 hit. Avenged Sevenfold has dethroned…
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Noisecreep is reporting that, at long last, Dee Snider is bringing Strangeland 2 into production, under the title Strangeland II: Disciple.
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For those of you looking for an inexpensive way to check out a band you may not have heard before, Metal Underground is reporting that Across Tundras is releasing their entire discography for free download. Nashville, Tennessee’s Across Tundras is now giving away their entire six-album discography for free download. All the band asks…
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Sometimes, you just have to wonder… Slayer, one of the legends of the heaviest-of-heavy metal, dark, brooding, kings who Reign in Blood, are scheduled to appear on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. California thrash metal veterans SLAYER will perform the song "Hate Worldwide" on the Tuesday, August 10 edition of NBC-TV‘s "Late Night with…
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Never ones to miss a marketing opportunity, and thus guarantee a whole ‘nother kind of entertainment surrounding the band, Kiss is releasing a limited edition LED HDTV. KISSOnline.com reports: Introducing the new line of RTC officially licensed KISS HDTV LED televisions. Featuring the legendary logos of KISS, the KISS LED TV is one of the…
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Depending on your view, Aerosmith may have just sold itself out a little more, gone soft, or is struggling valiantly for relevance when they’re already rock legends. According to Rolling Stone, Steven Tyler is rumored to be the new judge on American Idol, one of the least rock-inducing shows ever created (in the author’s opinion,…
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The soft launch is drawing to a close, the DJ’s are established, and we’ve been rocking all summer while working behind the scenes to get things tidied up for a proper shebangalicious launch! With August upon us, we’ve assembled writers to help feed you the choicest cuts of news from around the Rock world to…
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