With the idobi Radio Summer School Tour JUST around the corner, we’re kicking off the summer celebration early! Today, June 4, and tomorrow, June 5, the idobi Radio Summer School Tour partner, Hot Topic, will be giving fans a sneak peek into this summer’s highly-anticipated lineup with exclusive SST Trading Cards as a FREE Gift With Purchase. How do you get this free gift ahead of the tour kicking off? Head to your local Hot Topic store today (locations are limited to the tour’s routing), purchase any qualified music T-shirt, and receive 40% off and a pack of idobi Radio… Read more »
[Bottom Left Clockwise: Photo via Hot Topic Twitter, Photo via Marvel, Photo via Netflix] Today we have the new trailer for Loki, Hot Topic’s merch collab with Paramore, and a look at Selena The Series: Part 2. New Loki Trailer Released Disney+ just keeps rolling things out like a never ending waterfall. The Marvel Studios original series, Loki is coming to the platform June 11 and the new trailer just dropped. Take a look and get stoked. Hot Topic Collab With Paramore Help Preserve Nashville Venue What started as a joke according to Paramore’s Hayley Williams has now become a… Read more »
Times are tough for the bangs-‘n’-guyliner set. Leading practitioners Marilyn Manson and My Chemical Romance are feuding, everyone is being labeled “emo” (and subsequently besieged by laughably uninformed nightly news reports), and Pete Wentz is dating Jessica Simpson’s sister. And now, as if things couldn’t get any worse, spooky-ooky outlet Hot Topic is ditching “dark and foreboding” for “lighter and brighter” in an attempt to halt a three-year slide in sales. “The desire is not to make the store ‘not gothic-y,’ it’s merely to reflect what’s going on in the music scene. Our store design has always reflected the music… Read more »
Hot Topic, Inc., a mall-based specialty retailer of music-licensed and music-influenced apparel, accessories and gift items for teens, reported company-record results for both the fourth quarter (13 weeks) and the 2001 fiscal year (52 weeks) ended February 2, 2002. All references to shares and per share amounts reflect a 3-for-2 stock split effected on February 7, 2002. Net income in the fourth quarter (13 weeks) increased 20% to $12,467,000 or $0.38 per diluted share from $10,364,000 or $0.32 per diluted share for the fourth quarter of the last fiscal year (a 14 week quarter). Net sales for the fourth quarter… Read more »
Babs Szabo (co-creator of Emo Nite) and Eden open up a bag of flaming hot nostalgia and spend most of the conversation snacking on emo-culture.
Hot Milk is introducing themselves as a force to be reckoned with on their first-ever full-length album, A Call To The Void. Having released EPs and singles since 2019, the dark-pop duo is taking risks on their 11-track collection of songs, melding their signature sound with intimate lyrics unlike ever before. In an interview with Apple Music, singer Han Mee explains the array of emotions she faced while making the record. In the end, creating each song became a cathartic escape for Hot Milk to think, feel, and release the pressure they faced during the process. “I had a breakdown,”… Read more »
The Rockstar Dad Show is hosted by Jaret Reddick and Gary Wiseman from Bowling For Soup. This week on the Rockstar Dad Show join them as they share their experiences as rockstar dads, covering topics like mental health and nostalgic childhood memories. In this episode, they interview Gavin Smith, a talented live band photographer, offering a unique perspective on the world of rockstar dads. Tune in for laughter, inspiration, and relatable stories on the “Rockstar Dad Show.”
Scott Helman’s new album Nonsuch Park is going to make this year seem a whole lot brighter.
This week, Carly Comando of Slingshot Dakota called in to talk
idobi photographer Audrey Lew spent the day with A Will Away before their New York City show at Bowery Ballroom.
