Legendary emo punk band, Jawbreaker, will reunite and perform for the first time in over 20 years exclusively at the festival. They will headline the final night of the event, which takes place September 15-17 at Douglas Park, Chicago.

The other headliners for the weekend will be Nine Inch Nails and Queens Of Stone Age, with New Order, Paramore, Prophets of Rage, M.I.A., Wu-Tang Clan, Mike D (DJ Set), A Day To Remember, Gogol Bordello, Taking Back Sunday, Vic Mensa, Dirty Heads, TV on the Radio, Ministry, Dinosaur Jr., New Found Glory, Death From Above 1979, Bad Brains, FIDLAR, Action Bronson, Pennywise, Built to Spill, X, Peaches, The Lawrence Arms, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, The Orwells, Bayside, Say Anything, Mayday Parade, Streetlight Manifesto, Dead Cross, Minus the Bear, The Menzingers, LIARS, GWAR, Buzzcocks, GBH, Real Friends, Hot Water Music, Shabazz Palaces, Andrew W.K., Fishbone, The Story So Far, State Champs, Four Year Strong, Beach Slang, The Cribs, that dog., Knuckle Puck, Chon, Slaves, The Hotelier, The Flatliners, Dessa, Saul Williams, Nothing More, Alice Bag, Tobacco, Sleep On It, Downtown Boys, Engine 88 and more set to appear across festival.

Three-Day Passes go on sale today (4/19) at Noon CDT, and more information can be found at the Riot Fest website.

Max Bemis of Say Anything has put his own spin on ‘They’re Not Horses, They’re Unicorns’, and Anthony Raneri from Bayside has covered ‘Night’s Song’.

The tracks appear on a split 7″ which is available on their upcoming tour, and you can hear them below.

The idea is that fans can have a song curated by Bemis, which will be exclusive to them. There are various purchase options from a stripped back acoustic song to a deluxe, full band song.

Check out www.maxbemissongshop.com to find out more information.

It matches the new album’s message, with Say Anything having dropped ‘I Don’t Think It Is’ without notice earlier this year. “We don’t give a damn what they say,” vocalist Max Bemis exclaims in the track’s chorus. Say Anything still play by his rules.

“This was the first song I ever heard or fell in love with recorded by my friends in mewithoutYou,” says Say Anything’s Max Bemis of their choice. “Getting to know Aaron, along with my admiration for his lyrics and the way he lives his life growing over the years, has made him a sort of philosophical idol of mine. However, I often see myself as too flawed and messed up to measure up (Aaron, always humble, wouldn’t agree.) I altered the song to imprint my tendency towards cynicism and self destruction as a comment on how beautiful and inspiring the original is. Just call it the “Bum Out Remix”.”

MewithoutYou’s Aaron Weiss said the following: “The original version of Cemetery embodies what I love about Say Anything: vividly corporal, emotionally confrontational, self-deprecating, brutally honest, cynical/dark while weirdly hopeful, etc. He sings way better than I can, so why bother covering his song outright?, better to do something our own, even if it’s inferior, at least it’s not only inferior. Cobbling together lines of Max’s, lines of mine, a Morrissey lyric, it’s harder to know who gets credit if it turns out well, who’s to blame if it fails, probably accounting for the somewhat-less-anxiety-ridden-than-usual song production process. All this plus we can recommend a visit to Cleo’s Ferry Museum in Melba, Idaho—a partial cure-place, I think, for what ails “people” like me and Max.”

A raucous racket of screaming verses contrasted with a melodic, group vocal chorus, lead singer Max Bemis cries out, “We don’t give a damn what they say” throughout opener ‘Give a Damn’. It’s hardly a surprising sentiment based on their back catalogue and is spat with such a piercing venom they clearly mean business.

From the frantic energy of ’17 Coked up Speeding’ to the rebellious ‘Rum’ – a trippy, electronic song where the vocals tread a line between emphatic speech and rap – nothing’s as you’d expect. One minute we’re torn through the 92 second assault on the senses of ‘So Numb’ and the next ‘Goshua’ combines messy guitars and irregular drums, as dark and unnerving as its lyrics.

‘The Bret Easton Ellis School of Witchcraft and Wizardry’ is a nod to the author of American Psycho; a clever reference but a disturbing one nonetheless. Bemis’ bipolarity is often referenced when discussing his lyricism, but the bleak, desolate tone, and brutal comments on society are hard to ignore. ‘#blessed’ leans a little towards a poppier sound but, interspersed with multiple guest vocalists and unexpected sound effects and heading straight in to ‘Wire Mom’, there’s no time to get your head around it.

Musically, you can’t pigeonhole the songs as they switch between punk, pop and just a hell of a noise quicker than you can say, erm, anything. It wasn’t meant to sound pretty, but it certainly packs a punch. Say Anything have come along to tear up the rule book and if you don’t like it? Well, we’re not sure they’ll care. ‘I Don’t Think It Is’ isn’t for the faint hearted but throw yourself in head first and you’ll find yourself on a ride you don’t want to get off.

KATHRYN BLACK

Say Anything have been drip-feeding tracks from their new album ‘Hebrews’ ever since announcing its release, scheduled for the 10th June. Having already premiered collaborations with The Front Bottoms and Manchester Orchestra, the band have confirmed that members of The Get Up Kids, mewithoutYou, blink-182, Balance & Composure and more will appear on their sixth LP.

Now the band have released album track ‘Lost My Touch’, featuring distinctive Touche Amore vocalist Jeremy Bolm. The track is currently streaming via Brooklyn Vegan.

Say Anything are streaming another new song from their upcoming record ‘Hebrews’. The track features Gareth and Kim from Los Campesinos!. You can check it out over at Noisey: http://noisey.vice.com/blog/say-anything-judas-decapitation-premiere

The band are also hitting the road with The Front Bottoms and You Blew It for dates across America this summer. Check out if they are near you:

Jun 13 Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater
Jun 14 Austin, TX @ Emo’s
Jun 15 Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live
Jun 17 Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution
Jun 18 Tampa, FL @ Ritz Ybor
Jun 19 Orlando, FL @ Beacham Theater
Jun 20 Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade
Jun 21 Charlotte, NC @ Amos Southend
Jun 22 Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle
Jun 24 Norfolk, VA @ The NorVa
Jun 25 Baltimore, MD @ Rams Head Live
Jun 26 Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory
Jun 27 Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom
Jun 28 New York, NY @ Best Buy Theatre
Jun 29 Boston, MA @ House of Blues
Jul 01 New Haven, CT @ Toad’s Place
Jul 02 Clifton Park, NY @ Upstate Concert Hall
Jul 03 Syracuse, NY @ Lost Horizon
Jul 05 Toronto, ON @ Opera House
Jul 06 Millvale, PA @ Mr Smalls Theatre
Jul 08 Lansing, MI @ Common Ground Fest
Jul 09 Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall
Jul 10 Columbia, MO @ The Blue Note
Jul 11 Chicago, IL @ Concord Music Hall
Jul 12 Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave
Jul 13 Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity Theater
Jul 15 Lincoln, NE @ Bourbon Theatre
Jul 16 Denver, CO @ Summit Music Hall
Jul 17 Salt Lake City, UT @ Club Sound
Jul 19 Seattle, WA @ Showbox at The Market
Jul 20 Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
Jul 22 San Francisco, CA @ Regency Ballroom
Jul 24 Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda Theatre
Jul 25 Pomona, CA @ Glass House
Jul 26 San Diego, CA @ House of Blues
Jul 27 Tempe, AZ @ The Marquee