This week Josh lets us in on his new projects with Nylon Guy and plays yet another fire playlist full of tracks from artists like Coasts, The Royal Concept, and STRFKR.
Celebrating it’s 6th year, The Revival Tour will kick off in March featuring Dave Hause of The Loved Ones, Rise Against front-man Tim McIlrath, LA’s Jenny O., Americana singer/songwriter and original tour organizer Chuck Ragan (Hot Water Music), Seattle-based singer/songwriter Rocky Votolato, NJ-based singer/songwriter Jenny Owen Youngs, and additional artists to be announced.
The Vans Warped Tour is gearing up for its 18th year and celebrating with a lineup stacked with both old favorites and new artists for audiences to fall in love with. To get you ready, our writing staff have picked seven bands that can’t be missed this summer.
On this week’s First Person, there’s nothing but new music. AshTREE, Reptar, Jay Z, Kanye West and more all get a turn while Josh talks about watching your favorite artists get successful.
A collection of bands have come together to release a compilation of rare tracks to benefit the victims of the earthquake and its after effects in Japan. Artists that have contributed include The Wonder Years, Valencia, Title Fight, La Dispute, Man Overboard, Transit and more.
Very often, the songwriter of a band will find himself writing songs and covering topics that do not fit in to the theme or feel of his current band’s sound.
Today’s episode of First Person comes from some plane-spiration. While on the way home from England, Josh hatched an idea to share some 90s homecoming dance music. So yeah, artists like MC Hammer, Biz Markie, and Salt n Pepa. It’s gonna be a good one, just be sure to have your dancing shoes ready.
We’re welcoming Hollywood Holt to the show this week. Josh interviews his bud about old songs, Good Charlotte, and the importance of promoting other artists.
Music labels and radio broadcasters can’t agree on much, including whether radio should be forced to turn over hundreds of millions of dollars a year to pay for the music it plays. But the two sides can agree on this: Congress should mandate that FM radio receivers be built into cell phones, PDAs, and other portable electronics.
“American Idol” ratings are at their lowest since 2004, and Simon Cowell is moving on. As the season-nine finale approaches, a central question on many minds remains about the behemoth talent show: Can it stay dominant and turn its winners into stars again?
