Dance Gavin Dance frontman Jonny Craig has been released from jail and will instead be attending court-ordered rehab through California’s drug diversion program. Craig was being held at Solano County Jail after his October 19th arrest on charges of narcotics possession and illegal drug use.
You Me At Six will headline the Sinners Never Sleep Tour across the UK spring 2012 with support from Mayday Parade, Kids In Glass Houses, and The Skints. The tour is in support of You Me At Six’s new album of the same name.
Recently idobi staff writer Alex Mosie had a chance to ask Cancer Bats vocalist Liam Cormier a few questions. Read the interview below to hear Cormier discuss touring life, the bands’ new album, Bears, Mayors, Scraps, and Bones, and small business accounting courses.
Microsoft will acquire Luxembourg-based Skype, with 170 million active users, from an investor group led by Silver Lake, the companies said in a statement today. The agreement was approved by the boards of directors of both companies.
U.K. band Twin Atlantic will release Free, the anticipated follow-up to 2009’s critically lauded mini-album Vivarium, digitally on May 3rd in the U.S. via Red Bull Records. Free was recorded at Red Bull Studios in Santa Monica , CA with legendary producer Gil Norton.
TV on the Radio bassist Gerard Smith has died of lung cancer, the band announced on its official website Wednesday.
“We are very sad to announce the death of our beloved friend and bandmate, Gerard Smith, following a courageous fight against lung cancer,” the band’s statement reads. “Gerard passed away the morning of April 20th, 2011. We will miss him terribly.”
NYC indie-rock artist, Matt Lowell has decided to give away his recently released EP, Swan Lake, for free on his bandcamp until next Tuesday, April 26th.
The sun was still high in the sky when the Alternative Press tour rolled into DC on April 17.
As Record Store Day approaches on April 16, the fourth annual event continues to be an increasingly valued channel through which to sell music.
The number of stores expected to participate will be about the same as last year: about 1,400 around the world.
Green Day’s American Idiot may soon hit the big screen. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Universal is in negotiations for the screen rights to the stage musical version of Green Day’s blockbuster album and has hired Michael Mayer, the director of the stage production, to adapt the show into a movie.
