Rock quartet Badflower is emerging with a brand new single, “London,” which is preceded by 2024’s “Haunting You.” The track features raw vocals, a unique jazz swing, and urgent riffs. Here, Badflower shows just how much they can think outside of the box, all while staying true to their heavy rock roots. Badflower lead vocalist Josh Katz says of the track, “‘London’ is a song about longing for something you can’t have. It’s about fantasizing that your life was in different place with a different person.” Check out “London” below, which arrives with a sexy and horrifying new music video.… Read more »
After teasing a featured guest on their 10-year re-release of “Dial Tones,” As It Is has officially revealed the special act: Lucas Woodland of Holding Absence. Sure, we were wrong on our initial guesses of Stand Atlantic and Derek DiScanio of State Champs, but Woodland is also an incredible artist who has a five-letter first name and eight-letter last name. Who knew so many awesome acts fit this very specific character limit? On Instagram, As It Is shared, “We are beyond excited to have our bestie @loocaswoodland of @holdingabsence lend his incredible voice to the 10-year re-record of Dial Tones!… Read more »
Weathers just announced a 2025 spring tour, and it might just be a dumpster fire. At least that’s what the band joked about in their recent Instagram post. The band shared, “Weathers Sucks. The Tour. Get ready for this dumpster fire tour for your favorite mediocre band with mediocre-looking guys with massive egos.” The Weathers Sucks Tour kicks off on February 26 at the Voodoo Room in San Diego and wraps on April 3 at Los Angeles’ El Rey. Currently, no support acts have been announced. All tickets will go on sale on Friday, December 13. Grab your tickets here… Read more »
Following the success of her massive 2024 Greatest Hits Tour, the pop-punk princess Avril Lavigne is gearing up for a second round. Part two of the tour kicks off in May 2025, ahead of Memorial Day weekend. Joining Lavigne on the road are Simple Plan, Fefe Dobson, and We The Kings. Lavigne shares on social media with the tour announcement, “Round two let’s fking gooooo!! When I launched the Greatest Hits tour last year, I was so blown away by all your loveeeeee. You guys sold it out and I wasn’t ready for it to be over. I’m heading out… Read more »
Trash Boat just offered another taste of what fans can expect on their forthcoming album, with the new single “Are You Ready Now?” Preceded by tracks “Delusions Of Grandeur,” “Liar Liar,” “Break You,” “Be Someone,” and “Better Than Yesterday,” “Are You Ready Now?” is set to appear on Heaven Can Wait, due out via Hopeless Records on October 4 Of the LP, lead vocalist Tobi Duncan shared, “I’m not trying to paint a pretty picture that is nice to look at or that’s easily digestible. I’m simply trying to paint an honest picture, and get as much of myself into these songs… Read more »
As if Dayseeker weren’t already experiencing an incredible 2024 across the festival circuit and their recent sold-out tour?! The four-piece has just announced the Dark Sun Protocol Tour across the United States this fall. Alpha Wolf, Catch Your Breath, and Kingdom Of Giants will join the tour as support. “We’re really excited for ‘Dark Sun Protocol,’ considering it’s been years since we’ve headlined some of these cities,” frontman Rory Rodriguez shares. “This will be our biggest and best live show to see so far—guaranteed.” Tickets for Dayseeker’s Dark Sun Protocol Tour will be available this Friday, May 3, at 10… Read more »
Jhariah Clare has created numerous mediums of art throughout his life. He started off with drawing and animation but quickly grew into music, directing, and more. Fortunately, his music project has given him the perfect home base for all of his creative aspirations and outlets. As he gets ready to release his second full-length album Trust Ceremony on April 19—literally on the last day he was recording it—he dropped by the idobi Radio studio, and we chatted about the new music, his love for creating an entire universe around his art, and more. “TRUST CEREMONY is exactly as the title… Read more »
The Jason Aalon Butler-led FEVER 333 is reminding everyone that there’s a fever coming… The four-piece group—comprised of Butler at the helm alongside guitarist Brandon Davis (Lions Lions), drummer Thomas Pridgen ( The Mars Volta, Thundercat, Trash Talk), and bassist April Kae (IMANIGOLD)—have unleashed the fever with their blistering new single, “READY ROCK.” The track, which was produced by FEVER 333 with co-production courtesy of Beach Noise and Glassjaw‘s Justin Beck, marks the collective’s first new music since issuing “$wing” last spring when their new lineup launched. It also offers a glimpse into the group’s forthcoming sophomore album. The highly-anticipated… Read more »
The Ready Set, aka Jordan Witzigreuter, returned with a new music video for recent track “Act 2” on December 8. The song comes from the artist’s October-released studio album Cherryland, which also features singles “Teammate,” “Who You Really Are,” and “Loose Change.” The new Ryan Blewett-directed music video features an energetic Witzigreuter dancing around a white room. Fans have shared their adoration for how the artist draws myriad parallels to his previous work “Disappearing Act” from 2016’s I Will Be Nothing Without Your Love between the music video setting and lyrical callbacks. Witzigreuter sings, “Still in the place you found… Read more »
Sweden’s premier emo band, Tribe Friday, is bringing their sophomore album, Hemma, to every alternative fan who needs to feel a little closer to places that shaped them. In fact, “hemma” in Swedish translates directly to “home.” Noah Deutschmann (vocals/guitar), Zack Liljeberg (drums), Isak Gunnarsson (guitar), and Robin Hanberger Pérez (bass) all confronted how this word has morphed with maturity. Following up their shimmering and sonically sweet debut, the quartet are tuning into their true-to-from emo roots, pulling back the bright instrumentals slightly, but not sacrificing their signature ethereal vocal styling. With singles preceding Hemma such as “Swimsuit” and “Day… Read more »
