Your favorite touring artists and bands have a lot of expenses on the road. From merch cuts to van expenses, gas, and food—it can be challenging for up-and-coming acts to sustain themselves on longer treks due to financial strains. Now, Live Nation hopes to mitigate these struggles with its “On The Road Again” program. Named after the iconic Willie Nelson song, Live Nation’s new program aims to support bands and their crews by eliminating merch cuts, offering travel stipends to bands playing Live Nation venues, and bonuses to local tour promoters and behind-the-scenes staff who make the show happen. The… Read more »
Legendary West Coast punk rockers MxPx are still kicking, literally, with their new music video for “When We Broke Through.” Fresh off their headlining Furnace Fest set, the band plays their hopeful and euphoric track against a white background for the brand-new video. With classic pop-punk guitar tones and undeniably catchy choruses, you can’t help but sing along with Mike Herrera as he vocalizes, “Against the odds we made it work/Through the struggles and the pain/This life, it ain’t so bad /When you pull it from the frame.” Check out the new music video for “When We Broke Through” below. … Read more »
As they head back to the US for some special shows, Enter Shikari speak to idobi all about what it means to feel human connection once again.
When the going gets tough, your friends have your back. In n the case of Enter Shikari, Chase Petra are those friends! The electrifying punk-goes-synthpop project announced that their original tour openers, Cassyette, are no longer able to join them on their North American run. Luckily, Chase Petra is stepping in for all of these dates. The band almost done will step in for Enter Shikari’s show in Guadalajara, Mexico. The band took to Instagram to share the news. “Unfortunately, Cassyette is no longer able to join us in your country for the shows this September,” Enter Shikari writes. “Happily,… Read more »
This indie-hardcore band has had a whirlwind 2023. From supporting blink-182 on the Rock Hard Tour, headlining international shows, and performing on mainstages at festivals including Rolling Loud, Furnace Fest, and Riot Fest. Turnstile shocked festivalgoers at this weekend’s Rock En Seine in Domaine National de Saint-Cloud based near Paris by bringing on Boygenius’ own Julien Baker onstage with them. Indie fans watched their dream show when Julien Baker and Brendan Yates joined forces to sing “Underwater Boi” from their breakout album GLOW ON. Read more: The Ready Set Announces Sweet Upcoming Record, ‘Cherryland’ Fans caught the crossover event and… Read more »
Nashville emo-punk band, Free Throw has announced the release of their fifth full-length album Lessons That We Swear To Keep out October 13th via Wax Bodega. To celebrate this awesome news, the group has shared a brand new single “Spacer’s Choice” today! The song kicks off with non lexical gang vocals, or some “oooos” to say it simply. Everyone loves a good sing-along right out of the gate. The track then transports us quickly into the gritty, aggressive vocals we have all come to know and love from Free Throw. For a first taster of the upcoming record, this song… Read more »
Ahead of their first ever shows, Better Lovers have surprised-released their debut EP ‘God Made Me An Animal’. It is astonishing.
Thursday is hitting the road this September for a 12-date North American tour. The post-hardcore outfit is bringing GEL and Vinnie Caruana out with them as opening acts and emerging artists Pinkshift and koyo on select dates. The tour will begin on September 7 in Syracuse, NY, and run through September 23 in Birmingham, AL. Before and in between their headlining gigs, Thursday will be playing a few festivals this summer and fall, including Chicago’s iconic Riot Fest and both Is For Lovers Festivals in Tennessee and California. The post-hardcore outfit will also perform their 2003 record, War All The… Read more »
Enter Shikari are going to be extending their time in the US later this year with a series of small and sweaty club shows. Expect mayhem.
Anberlin returns with their hard-hitting single, “Lacerate,” a glimpse into their upcoming EP, Convinced, set to drop on June 30 via Equal Vision Records. With an explosive blend of electrifying instrumentation and lead vocalist Stephen Christian‘s commanding delivery, “Lacerate” wastes no time in making its impact felt. “Lacerate” kicks off with a sense of urgency and intensity that permeates across the track. As the song progresses, the instrumentation gradually builds, creating a wall of sound that envelops the listener. The drums provide a steady and propulsive backbone, while the guitars unleash a torrent of gritty riffs and soaring melodies. The… Read more »
