Love You In The Dark, the first solo effort of Now, Now’s Brad Hale, slides seamlessly from repetitively somber to ecstatic within the span of a few songs and explores all manners of human strength and weakness. It manages to find the gaps in the armor of humankind in the most delicate way possible, which is often a considerable feat for seemingly innocuous pop or electronic music.
You’ve been crossing off the days on your calendar for months now, and the time is finally almost here – the 2013 edition of the Vans Warped Tour kicks off this Saturday. With so many bands to check out and only so many hours in a day, our writing team has put together a list of our must-see artists on this year’s Warped – some you already love, some you may not have heard yet, but all you should make an effort to see this summer.
Forever Halloween digs deep to unearth some serious human truths – and sounds appropriately mature doing so. The album boasts worldliness in comparison to The Maine’s earlier catalogue, and it’s evident from the authenticity of the collection how effectively the members have channeled their experience of growing up into their work.
In her latest album Wheel, Laura Stevenson contends with the confusing and contradictory cycle that is life. Through artfully-composed folk songs, rife with prose and interwoven with irony, Stevenson captures the mystifying enigmas that plague us all.
Hosted by idobi editor Eleanor Grace, The Retrospect is your trip back in time to before your favourite band broke up or released that mediocre fourth album. Tune in tonight at 7pm ET for the premiere and celebrate the best of the early 2000’s and late 90’s with classics from bands like Taking Back Sunday, Brand New, Thursday, Jimmy Eat World, The Used, and more. Only on idobi Radio.
Incorporating new elements such as a string quartet, chilling and natural sound effects, and haunting vocals into their usual blend of post rock, Caspian have created an album that is always full in sound but somehow never overwhelmingly noisy.
Hailing from Washington DC, young indie rockers The Baby Grand are set to fill a void in the scene. Their latest release, Renaissance, offers a refreshing dose of lighthearted energy with its clean vocals and warm guitar melodies.
Good Old War’s sound remains simple and folksy with the release of Come Back As Rain. The songs bring the band’s graceful three-part vocal harmonies and twangy, rhythmic guitars to the forefront to create an album that is easy to set on repeat.
Coinciding with the city of Fullerton, California’s burgeoning art community, The Slidebar has announced that it will host a unique evening celebrating the work of two of rock music’s most prolific contributors. Rock photographers Lisa Johnson and Tim Bramlette will be on hand Friday September 3rd, 2010 showcasing a collection of their incendiary photography.
Sixpence None the Richer brings the reunion it started in 2008 to fruition this summer with the Aug. 24 release of Strange Conversation, the Nashville pop group’s first new album in eight years.
