This week we chat with Laura Escudé who is an American artist, certified music technology trainer, entrepreneur, and live show designer. She has programmed and designed shows for artists including Kanye West, Jay Z, Cirque Du Soleil, as well as composed and performed string arrangements for Kanye West and Jay Z.
Charlie XCX has us busy thinking ’bout ‘Boys’ in her new video…
What better way to kick off a weekend than with new music? Featuring new tracks from Charli XCX, Eminem, The Maine, and more.
What better way to kick off a weekend than with new music? Featuring new tracks from Charli XCX, FRND, A Summer High, The Killers, and more.
Your perfect sunny weekend playlist just arrived. This week’s standout tracks are turning up the volume with nostalgia-inducing indie-pop à la Bad Suns, a face-melting single from PSYCHO-FRAME, plus a raw Midwest emo track from Arm’s Length. Download the free idobi App and catch these new releases spinning all weekend long. You don’t want to miss this lineup! And if you needed one more reason to jump in on the app, idobi just launched a brand-new series of free games—starting with Word Mosh. For a limited time, top scorers will be entered for a chance to win the sold-out Build-A-Bear Emo Axolotl. Yup,… Read more »
Green Day played their Coachella Weekend 2 headlining set on April 19, and they had many surprises for the day. To intro their set, Punk Bunny, aka their coffee brand mascot, ran across the stage. Then, the pink head popped off to reveal Flavor Flav. The rapper and US women’s water polo team financial supporter (and super fan), of course, shared his iconic “Yeahhhhh boy!” to get the crowd hyped for Green Day. On Instagram, Flavor Flav shared, “Hoppy Easter from The Punk Bunny and Greenday and Flavor Flav,,, WOOWWWW,!! This was wild,!! Thankx to Tre and Mike and Billie… Read more »
Ah, Coachella. If you’re not there, you’re probably seeing videos of Lady Gaga‘s thrilling and five-star-reviewed headlining set, as well as clips of Yo Gabba Gabba! (Yes, they were invited to play and the crowd loved it.) Of course, while the festival featured pop stars such as Charli xcx, LISA, Post Malone, and more, they also had a range of rock, hardcore, and punk acts who brought the house down. ICYMI, here are the best alternative performances from Coachella 2025. Green Day Headliner Green Day was the official headliner of Coachella’s Saturday nights, and of course, they brought the heat… Read more »
The 67th Grammy Awards ceremony took place on February 2 at Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena, and it was a historic night to say the least. 2024’s biggest pop icons Chappell Roan, Sabrina Carpenter, and Charli XCX all took home their first-ever Grammys. Plus, Beyoncé became the first Black performer to win the award for Best Country Album and even took home her first Album Of The Year win for Cowboy Carter. It was also a night where many rising and established artists used their platform to fight back against recent political attacks on LGBTQ+ individuals, DEI rollbacks, and ICE raids.… Read more »
As the year comes to a close, and we bid “farewell” (and maybe “fuck you”) to 2024, it’s the perfect time to look back and celebrate the albums that shaped the soundtrack of the last 12 months. From deeply personal indie projects to genre-defining heavy hitters, 2024 was filled with groundbreaking releases that reminded us of the power of music and, more importantly, of the alternative community. With so much incredible work to choose from, narrowing down our favorites was a daunting task. This year, the quality and variety of music made it impossible to rank our picks—every album brought… Read more »
After several reports via Rolling Stone and TMZ alleging that Green Day, Post Malone, and Lady Gaga would headline Coachella in 2025, the lineup has been revealed. And what do you know? Green Day, Post Malone, and Lady Gaga will headline. The festival will take place at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, on the second and third weekends of April 2025, April 11-13 and April 18-20, respectively. In addition to the three headliners, Misfits, The Marías, The Prodigy, and others will perform. Presale tickets for Coachella 2025 will be available tomorrow, November 22. You can register for access here. Check out the full lineup breakdown… Read more »
