Editorial
Diary of 8123 Fest
From landing in Phoenix the day “Bad Behavior” came out, to standing in line for three hours to meet a band called The Maine, here’s one emotional recap of 8123 Fest.
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From landing in Phoenix the day “Bad Behavior” came out, to standing in line for three hours to meet a band called The Maine, here’s one emotional recap of 8123 Fest.
Read letters from our team as they say their goodbyes to Yellowcard, and listen to the band’s new track, “The Hurt Is Gone”.
It’s not all fun and games being in a ska band… Okay, maybe there is a lot of fun involved, but there’s also long nights of touring, a noise no headphones could cancel, and fear of being eaten alive in a tent—before we get to that, though, let’s introduce the world’s most skankin’ ska band, Reel Big Fish.
Pop punkers, we are officially old. This week, Blink-182’s Take Off Your Pants and Jacket turned fifteen years old. In honor of its birthday bash, the idobi crew got together to recount our favorite lyrics (and memories) from the monumental album. Check out what we had to say below, and join us in bracing yourself for the album’s Sweet 16 (maybe MTV will revive My Super Sweet Sixteen just to throw it the best celebration ever.) — Blink-182 loves your mom…but your mom most likely wouldn’t love Blink-182. Which is one of the main reasons why Blink appealed to me… Read more »
Long before Tumblr became a lifestyle, pizza culture reigned, and Glamour Kills was the unofficial stylist of every dude you know, lived Good Charlotte. The band formed twenty years ago, and found their way to the top of every chart back in pop punk’s glory days.
To celebrate Twitter’s tenth birthday, here are some of our favorite tweets of the decade.
We got some of idobi’s staff/biggest Brendon Urie fans together to talk about our favorite aspects of the new Panic! At The Disco album, ‘Death of a Bachelor’.
In late January, the New Jersey-native band Man Overboard announced a hiatus that will take place after a final run of farewell shows in the summer. Love them or not, Man Overboard were one of the first bands to fully propel 2010’s revival of pop punk back into the hearts of music lovers worldwide, an effort that can only be described by their iconic tagline: “Defend Pop Punk.” Today’s pop punk music scene would definitely not have been made possible without Man Overboard, and with that in mind, the idobi staff reflects on their favorite memories of the band that… Read more »
A lot of life has happened in the past ten years. Just think about everything that has consumed the world since 2005—graduations, weddings, the rise of the smartphone, and an entire language understood only by twelve year olds (**insert fourteen emoticons to thank Instagram here**).
idobi senior writer Catherine Yi sat down with vocalist Brent Martone at the Los Angeles stop to discuss their DIY roots, writing sad songs, and the best thing to order at In-N-Out Burger.
