With 2024 swiftly underway, a wave of eagerly-awaited new singles, albums, and more are poised to make their way into the heavy rotation of our go-to playlists sooner than we realize. Unlike the previous year when Fireworks dropped their new collection, Higher Lonely Power—their first full-length since 2014’s Oh, Common Life—on New Year’s Day, we’ve had a moment to decompress from the holiday madness before diving headfirst into the new release calendar marked by the turn of the new year. Ranging from long-awaited releases such as Neck Deep’s self-titled album and Ghost Atlas’ first new collection since 2017, to debut… Read more »
In our third installment of “100 Rising Artists To Listen To In 2024,” we’re coloring outside of the lines. While you may strictly listen to alternative or rock, this week, we challenge you to think outside of the box. Think outside the confines of genre, but most importantly, get ready to have some fun discovering new music. Through an array of rock, indie, pop, punk, and, yes, put the two together, pop-punk, it’s time to find your next favorite artist. While we’ll always hold our favorites—My Chemical Romance, Simple Plan, Paramore…the list goes on—near and dear to our hearts, our… Read more »
Here we have it folks, our third and final installation of the Best New Songs We’ve Had On Repeat Throughout 2023 list! With so many amazing new songs that came out this year, we had a difficult time deciding which were our soundtrack to 2023. In this last batch of songs you’ll see tunes from acts like NOAHFINNCE, SpiritBox, Beauty School Dropout and more! As mentioned in the first two rounds of our favorite songs, we’re only including new, original singles that have been issued in 2023. These tracks are not in favorable order but instead listed by their release… Read more »
What makes a song something you want to listen to over and over again? Is it the instrumentation, lyrics, live performance, or all of the above? Either way, there is always something about a song that burrows a special place inside your heart. It usually stays there for a lifetime. Songs often serve as a placeholder in time. A great song that connects can be listened to years in the future. It will have the ability to transport you back to the exact moment you loved it the most. In 2023, we were given hundreds of incredible songs by numerous… Read more »
Softcult return on this beautiful December morning to gift fans with a brand new song, “Heaven.” A classically shoegaze-drenched tune, the duo comprised of twins Mercedes and Phoenix Arn-Horn add exciting elements of grunge rock and alternative indie into parts of the effort. Carried by gloomy verses and restrained vocals, the instrumentation explodes into something more cacophonous in the chorus. A song exploring the narrative of overcoming dysmorphia, it paints the picture of the idealistic utopian future that the two wish to soon be a reality. Speaking on “Heaven”, Softcult shared, “This song describes a world where everyone is accepted for… Read more »
Who can forget the thrill of unearthing new music during the wild era of illegal downloads on Limewire or Frostwire? Or the excitement of tirelessly page hopping across Myspace profiles only to stop once you’d stumbled upon who you were certain would be the next greatest underground artist? Ahh, the good ‘ole days, a golden period. Fortunately, discovering new music isn’t as challenging these days. Especially with idobi Radio by your side *wink wink*. Somewhere in the depths of a muggy basement or a beatdown garage, the next greatest artist is crafting, writing, and recording—chronicling the soundtrack of the next… Read more »
Great news indie kids, Remo Drive is back in action with a brand-new single “New In Town,” accompanied by an aesthetically retro music video via Epitaph Records. In true-to-form Remo Drive fashion, vocalist/guitarist Erik Paulson as well as bassist and brother Stephen, are the ideal duo to deliver honest and raw emo-tinged indie tracks. Preceded by the Halloween-released “No, There’s No Hope For You,” “New In Town,” follows Erik’s real-life journey moving from his home state of Minnesota to Albany, NY and feeling a bit lost in the mix of a new city. Check out the track below. “’New in… Read more »
Say Anything has announced a full US headline tour kicking off next year to celebrate the 20 year anniversary of their debut full length album, …Is A Real Boy. A record that boasted indie hits like “Alive With The Glory Of Love,” “Wow, I Can Get Sexual Too,” and “Every Man Has A Molly,” it enhanced expectations from your typical rock band in the early 2000’s. They set a new bar that has rarely been met by other acts. Say Anything stuck out like a sore thumb in the scene with their inception in a beautifully unique and transparently broken… Read more »
Canadian twin sibling duo Softcult is bringing their mall goth sonics to the States in early 2024 with support from Superbloom and Glixen. Kicking off on February 8 in Boston at Rockwood Music Hall and concluding in Buffalo at Mohawk Place on February 23, this will be an expansive tour throughout much of the East Coast. Surely, Phoenix and Mercedes Arn-Horn are stoked to bring indie shoegaze to these cities on a headlining run. In an Instagram post from New York City-based Superbloom, the band shared, “Very psyched to hit the road in Feb for an east coast run supporting… Read more »
No one’s going to Give Up on The Postal Service, especially not Death Cab For Cutie’s Ben Gibbard. Gibbard is pulling double duty with the show line-up as he’s the vocalist of both popular groups. The electrifying show is a testament to the indie-rock and pop genre that ushered in a new phase for underground artists that still keeps The Postal Service and Death Cab For Cutie as scene icons of inspiration. With the success of the initial, sold-out tour run, fans will get another chance to experience their energetic and nostalgic performance on stage in 2024. The Give Up… Read more »
