2014 is already shaping up to be an insane year for music, and some of our favorite bands are on their way to huge things this year. For our inaugural Tuesday Ten column, check out our list of ten bands you need to have your eyes and ears on in 2014.
Firefly Festival in Dover, Delaware has revealed their incredible 2014 lineup. Notable performers include a reunited Outkast, Imagine Dragons, Foo Fighters, The Lumineers, idobi favorites The Mowgli’s, American Authors, and Smallpools, and tons more. Tickets go on sale January 20th over at their website, and you can find a partial list of the bands announced so far below, and view the entire list at the end of the announcement video. Imagine Dragons, Young the Giant, X Ambassadors, The Mowgli’s, Local Natives, City and Colour, Twenty One Pilots, Tegan and Sara, Cage the Elephant, Tune-Yards, Portugal. The Man, Weezer, Iron and… Read more »
Today’s Mixtape Festival has add a slew of bands to it’s New York line-up including Hit The Lights, Koji, My Ticket Home, Pentimento, and Hostage Calm. Weekend passes and single day tickets are available here now. You can check out the complete line-up so far below!
Thief Club (Nick Thompson from Hit the Lights) is here to brighten up your Monday with a new track titled “Slow Ride”. It’s from their upcoming full length album My Heavy, which is due out on February 4th via Take Out Records. If you like the song, you can pick up a pre-order for that album over at their merch store. Stream “Slow Ride” here.
Tune in tonight for The Gunz Show! It’s a Glamour Kills Tour special with Hit The Lights, Handguns, State Champs, and more. Listen at 9pm ET on idobi Radio.
Glamour Kills Clothing will host a Holiday Festival on January 3rd at the Studio at Webster Hall in NYC. Hit The Lights will headline and as a special treat play the album Skip School, Start Fights in it’s entirety. Support acts include Handguns, State Champs, Misser, and Elder Brother. Tickets and VIP Packages are available here now.
The Vans Warped Tour Acoustic Basement Tour is back for another year. This time around it will feature stripped down performances from Transit, Hit The Lights, Brian Marquis, and Front Porch Step.
Real Friends, Citizen, and ten other bands will play Snowed In this December at Mahall’s in Lakewood, Ohio.
Listen to the new Thief Club song “Follow You,” featuring vocals from Shane Henderson of Valencia.
On October 17th, idobi Radio held its first CMJ showcase at The Paper Box in Brooklyn, NY. Our photographer Becca Green was there to capture the show.