Welcome to another episode of Riot Act, your dose of weekly news and opinions from the alternative music world. Steve and Remfry have a mixed bag to sort through this week, the most pressing being the tragic, sudden and far too soon passing of Foo Fighters iconic drummer Taylor Hawkins and Talons violinist Sam Little. RIP to both men. We also review a batch of new albums and live shows, ruling the roost over the latest releases from Carpenter Brut, Dream Widow, Denzel Curry and GGGOLDDD, and giving you the highlights of recent live performances from Madness, Liam Gallagher, The Ruins of Beverast and some young lad called Ed Sheeran. Plus we round up the rest of the week's news, did you know that Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the… you did… okay, just checking. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy