Following the release of their debut full-length record Nowhere, which arrived on May 9, Chicago’s Friday Pilots Club announced a massive tour spanning North America. The tour begins on September 13 at Vancouver’s Fox Cabaret and concludes in their home city at Metro on October 25. “We’d kind of been working with the title of Nowhere for the record and I’ve been trying to figure out why it felt right to me,” bassist Drew Polivick says of the LP’s name. “Sometimes you end up at this place that’s not exactly what you thought it was gonna be. We all had… Read more »
The Cab are back! The band has posted a short video featuring a snippet of a new track called “Running Late,” which will appear on the group’s upcoming record. In the video taken from the studio and posted to their social platforms on Monday, April 29, fans can hear frontman Alex DeLeon’s vocals accompanied by a gospel-style choir singing. “This has been both the hardest and most rewarding album we have written,” the band explains of the song’s meaning in the post’s caption. “So much has happened in our lives. Smooth skies and turbulence. Love and loss. Fears and fight.… Read more »
Sick of all the lovey dovey trash that comes with Valentine’s Day? No fear, as idobi have the perfect heartbreak soundtrack right here.
Amidst the festive cheer of the holiday season, we march to the beat of our alternative carols—My Chemical Romance‘s punk-infused take of “All I Want For Christmas Is You” and Fall Out Boy‘s “Yule Shoot Your Eye Out.” Whether you’re picking out gifts for yourself or curating the perfect presents for your alt besties, here are five independent alternative brands that deserve a spot on your shopping list this holiday season. Unleash your rebellious spirit and celebrate the season with a touch of alternative flair! BlackCraft Cult BlackCraft Cult lives by the ethos of kindness, gratitude, and positivity. They stand… Read more »
Today, When We Were Young Festival 2024 tickets went on sale and almost immediately sold out. Luckily, the festival already announced they are adding a second day and you can sign up for the waitlist. Head here to add your name to the waitlist for October 20. You can choose from general admission ($405 each), GA+ ($595 each), VIP ($695 each), or VIP Cabana ($18,500 each) tickets. General ticket sales will begin Tuesday, November 21 at 10 AM PT. When We Were Young 2024 announced its lineup this week, the roster basically broke the internet. With headliners Fall Out Boy… Read more »
While Nick and Jamielyn Lippman of The Real Modern Family Podcast may have one of the most progressive and downright wholesome relationships as a divorced couple co-parenting their daughters Olivia and Jordan, with Father’s Day right around the corner, it’s time to celebrate all of those rock ‘n’ roll dads out there! Read more: idobi Celebrates Pride: Punk Goes Pride Vol. 2 Nick Lippman sat down to reflect on the love between a girl dad and his daughters to piece together the ultimate Father’s Day playlist with an incredible lineup of songs that capture the essence of their relationship. From… Read more »
Wednesday have released their newest full-length album Rat Saw God today via Dead Oceans. To celebrate the release, the band have also dropped a music video for their somber yet catchy track “Quarry“. The new album is deeply empathetic, a patchwork of portraits of the American South. It contains half-funny and half-tragic autobiographical tales of a band from North Carolina drenched in the skuzz of nineties shoe gaze and country twang. Featuring tracks like “Bull Believer” and “Chosen to Deserve“, the album is sure to stick with you. Check out the track list and cover art below. Read More: What’s… Read more »
What better way to kick off a weekend than with new music? Featuring new tracks from All Time Low, Bohnes, Neck Deep, and more.
— Death Cab for Cutie is reimagining their latest album, Asphalt Meadows and giving us an acoustic version this March. The original version of their 10th studio album dropped this past September and we’ve been in love ever since. Now we get to experience it all over again on March 10th. Two tracks have already been released: the acoustic version of “Pepper” can be heard here and their cover of “The Plan”, by Low, can be heard here. On recording “The Plan”, frontman Ben Gibbard said, “I first saw Low in 1994 opening for Sunny Day Real Estate at the… Read more »
— Today we talk about Death Cab for Cutie’s new visualizer, Beach Weather’s debut album, and Mariana Trench’s charity concert. — Death Cab’s Pepper Comes to Life Even during their busy schedule, Death Cab for Cutie has managed to release a visualizer for their song “Pepper”. Teaming up with Frequent Visual and Juliet Bryant, they’ve created a tale straight out of the storybook of your dreams. During this piece of art, you feel like life is coming off of pages for a story of the lost love you’re longing for. It perfectly matches Ben Gibbard‘s solemn voice and the band’s… Read more »
