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Tidal is Making Waves

The music industry is crumbling. With torrenting, streaming, YouTube and a barrage of other services the value of the actual music for an artist has dwindled to a miniscule amount, but Tidal wants to change that. Tidal is the new music-streaming app (re-launched today) by Jay-Z and fellow musicians who want to put money back into the artists’ hands. The current supreme music streaming king, Spotify, gives artists anywhere from $0.006 to $0.0084 per stream to artists; meanwhile Tidal promises to be an “artists for the artist” device to give musicians a better cut of their music plays. Tidal has… Read more »

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Tidal: “The Inmates Are Taking Over the Asylum”

In 1919 four film industry pioneers formed United Artists. Chaplin, Pickford, Fairbanks, and Griffith decided they had had enough of non-artists working with their art and they took control of their careers. It’s hard to believe, but it’s been almost 100 years since then, but something similar is bubbling up in the music industry. Meet Tidal, Jay-Z’s new streaming service. He has given 16 notable names (and maybe more) equity in his new company to join him in his streaming revolution. Maybe you’ve heard of some of these people? Kayne… Madonna… Two punks named Daft. First, let’s all thank Jay-Z… Read more »

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Tuesday Ten: Pop Goes Punk

The Punk Goes Pop series is six volumes deep at this point, celebrating the release of its most recent compilation this week â€”Â but what if we were able to flip the script and pull in artists from the world of mainstream pop to take on music from our scene?

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There For Tomorrow break up

There For Tomorrow have announced their decision to break up. The band will play two final shows in Orlando this December.

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Tuesday Ten: Musical 180’s

Even if you’re convinced that a band changing their sound is the worst thing that’s ever happened to you, it’s perfectly natural for someone’s music to develop and shift from album to album. But every once in a while, those shifts are so dramatic that the early work ends up sounding like it was released by an entirely different band than the more recent material.

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Tuesday Ten: As Heard On TV

Losing yourself in a ten-hour marathon of your favorite tv show is always fun, but it’s even more fun when you suddenly wake from your reverie at the sounds of some unknown, perfect song emerging from the speakers. For this week’s Tuesday Ten, we asked our writers about ten songs they fell in love with after hearing them on tv.

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Interview: Mark Glick of Andrew Jackson Jihad

Andrew Jackson Jihad just wrapped up the last leg of their tour with Hard Girls and Dogbreth, bringing their folk punk sound across the country in support of their new album, Christmas Island. idobi writer Alyssa Dempsey had the lovely opportunity to speak with cellist Mark Glick before the bandâ€™s show at The Troubadour in Los Angeles. Read below for their conversation on the fansâ€™ reaction to the new album, the bandâ€™s switch to a new label, and what their moms think of their songs.

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Interview: The Maine

idobi managing editor Eleanor Grace caught up with Garrett Nickelsen and Kennedy Brock of The Maine at the Vans Warped Tour’s Toronto stop to talk about the tour, branching out musically, the 8123 family (including hints about their latest signing), and much more.

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Tuesday Ten: The UK’s Up-and-Comers

In celebration of all the great music the UK has given us, we’ve put together some of our staff’s favorite up-and-coming UK artists in this week’s Tuesday Ten.

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idobi Live Tweets at The Grammy Awards

This is what you don't see! #birdseyeview #GRAMMYs pic.twitter.com/0xCjOHLPSa — idobi Radio (@idobiradio) January 27, 2014 Missed our live coverage of the Grammys? Check out our Twitter feed for live tweets courtesy of Fish from Gone Fishkin and take a look at the full list of winners below! Record of the Year Daft Punk feat. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers – Get Lucky Album of the Year Daft Punk – Random Access Memory Song of the Year Lorde – Royals The 70 year woman next to me is rocking out harder than anyone on here. This is awesome. #GRAMMYs —… Read more »