City Riots

City Riots
Origin	Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Genres	Indie Rock
Years active	2005-
Members	Ricky Kradolfer Matt Edge Matt Stadler Dan Kradolfer
Past members	John De Michele

City Riots is an indie rock band from Adelaide.^[1] They have played in Australia, USA and United Kingdom, touring with Smashing Pumpkins, The Academy Is..., Cobra Starship, Midnight Juggernauts and Operator Please.^[2][3][4][5] Their single "Burning Me Out" received plenty of national airplay on Triple J,^[6][7] were one of the station's Next Crop Acts^[8] and were an Unearthed J Award nominee in 2008.^[9] In 2010 the band performed at South by Southwest and the track "She Never Wants To Dance" taken from the band's debut album, received high rotation on Triple J.

Discography

Albums

• Sea of Bright Lights (2012)

EPs

• Socialize EP (2008)
• City Riots EP (2006)
• Matchsticks EP (2011)

Singles

• "She Never Wants To Dance" (2010)
• "In My Head" (2011)
• "Matchsticks" (2011)
• "Wait For You" (2012)
• "Catch The Sun" (2012)

References

1. "Band's life a riot", The Advertiser, 11 May 2007, p. 24
2. Kelton, Sam (13 October 2010), "Expect Smashing good fun", The Advertiser
3. Mickan, Kate (13 January 2008), "Big day for Riots", Sunday Mail, p. 97
4. "Riotous act to rock this city", The Advertiser, 21 November 2007, p. 20
5. Leo, Jessica (9 June 2008), "A hard day's night", The Advertiser, p. 20
6. Watson, Callie (11 December 2008), "(Indie rock)", The Advertiser, p. 60
7. Smith, Jakeb (13 February 2007), "City Riots", Rave Magazine
8. "City Riots, Next Crop". Triple J. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
9. "Riots erupt", The Advertiser, 4 November 2008, p. 60