UK indie band Viola Beach and their manager were tragically killed in a car accident on Saturday night, while on their way home from a festival in Sweden.
Every so often, a band comes along with a familiar lyric or guitar riff that forces you to make a comparison to another band you love.
Though the exact memory from ten years ago might be a little fuzzy, we all do remember loving every moment spent with this record. Well, who didn’t love this one, right? Everything in Transit is about as perfect as records come.
Seen or not seen it, there’s no escaping Star Wars. But for the first time in the franchise’s history, we had a female lead. Was this casting choice just a sign of the times, and did it actually contribute to Star Wars’ success? idobi staff weigh in.
It’s that time of the year, when snow flies, cities are covered in Christmas cheer, and music festivals are nothing but a distant memory of summer–but wait, what’s this? A saving grace to our poor mosh pit free hearts? Four Chords Music Festival is set and ready to rock your minds on December 13th, so you can log one music fueled party into your 2015 journal. Equip your tires with snow chains, and hit the road to Pittsburgh for sets from Yellowcard, Hit The Lights, Patent Pending and more. Need more than more? Here are four reasons you need to… Read more »
On The Second Day of Christmas: Jimmy Eats Duets while Taylor Spins Rockin’ Romance Dear Santa, 1. First thing’s first: I’m a sucker for duets. Two voices are better than one, right? The more the merrier. I’ve always loved listening for those sweet harmonies (probably thanks to my high school choir days) and when there are two voices singing melody and harmony with perfect precision and emotion… I swoon. Just think of when Alex Gaskarth joined We Are The In Crowd on “Kiss Me Again”, or Natasha Bedingfield’s awesome back and forth vocals with Simple Plan on “Jet Lag”–both… Read more »
Your Thursday is about to rock really hard if you’ve been waiting for Social Repose’s latest release as anxiously as we have. The electronic dance pop outfit is premiering the entirety of Yalta right here, right now.
It’s a pretty beginning of a fall afternoon when I meet up with Bryce Avery, better known as The Rocket Summer at a park in Los Angeles. After about 10 minutes of trying and failing to locate each other in the park, we finally managed to find our way. We caught up quickly after our last meeting at this summer’s APMAs, and then took a nice hike up the trails–me in heels, and him in a leather jacket–to help photographer Erica Lauren get the perfect pictures before coming back down to talk about his “not really a comeback” comeback. The… Read more »
ollow idobi writer Olivia Carpenter’s journey as she follows The Maine at select dates of their Free For All Tour, and a few American Candy dates. This entry was from their San Francisco date.
Ladies and gentlemen show your appreciation for: the ultimate face off between UK legends Enter Shikari and… Enter Shikari. No, this isn’t some kind of Inception/Parent Trap-style stunt, this is a musical experiment.
