Following their remaining 2024 tour dates and an Australian run at the start of the new year, Goo Goo Dolls will hit the road across North America with support from Dashboard Confessional. “We are truly excited to bring our Summer Anthem Tour 2025 to all our friends,” John Rzeznik shares. “…Every tour we do is about making new friends and reuniting with everyone who’s been with us since day one. Thank you! In addition, we’ll be joined by Dashboard Confessional. One of the last great American rock bands. It’s gonna be a summer of loud music and good friends and… Read more »
After a nearly 10 year hiatus and reformation in 2022, Woe, Is Me has announced their signing to SBG Records. “When we made the decision to start making music again, signing to a label wasn’t exactly something we were looking to do,” the band shares. “However, signing with SBG Records feels like the perfect next step for us. They have been extremely welcoming, made us feel comfortable, and excited to be creating music again. They have an amazing team that understands our vision for this band, and we couldn’t be more excited and grateful to be working with them. This… Read more »
In Her Own Words is back with the release of their new EP Left In The Dark via Thriller Records, which includes singles such as “Story Of Us” and “House Party.” The duo took to Instagram to share a little bit more about the release. “The album captures the emotional confusion of navigating complex relationships, highlighting themes of heartbreak, longing, and the struggle to let go,” they said. “Each song reflects a cycle of attachment and regret, exploring moments of vulnerability and the difficulty of moving on from someone who continues to haunt their thoughts. Ultimately, it portrays the tension… Read more »
Thank goodness it’s Friday because that means we’re back with an all-new Fresh 5! Regardless of whether your world is feeling vibrant and full of color or if it’s starting to hit that point of the year where you want to curl up under a pile of blankets and pretend the world doesn’t exist until spring rolls around again, we’ve got the latest and greatest in alternative, metal, indie, and more to soundtrack your mood. While the album releases will inevitably slow down until the start of 2025 (how are we even talking about a new year already?!?), we’ve got… Read more »
After releasing their new single “WORLD vs PEACE” earlier this year, Point North has launched the official music video for the new track. “The sentiment behind ‘WORLD {vs} PEACE’ touches on the struggle or the battle that somebody—either you or someone you love—can go through while they’re trying to find their own inner peace,” the band explains in a press release. “It’s almost like a defense mechanism, it’s like you’re so used to these detrimental or traumatic scenarios where inner peace is so unfamiliar that you just naturally want to fight it off.” They continue, “It’s almost like you have… Read more »
New Jersey’s pop-punk up-and-comers Northvale just dropped their new track and music video for “Hang In There, Kid,” which explores a very necessary message about mental health. The track is preceded by the group’s collab with The Dangerous Summer‘s AJ Perdomo, “Already Dead.” Frontman Keith Karol shares, “‘Hang In There Kid’ is a poignant exploration of despair and the brink of giving up, narrated through the lens of someone contemplating the finality of suicide. The song navigates the emotional turmoil and isolation that can lead one to consider such a drastic escape.” Karol adds, “Our collaboration on this song aims… Read more »
Letdown. has taken 2024 and made it his year. After a massively successful run on the debut idobi Radio Summer School Tour earlier this year, followed by an array of singles and a headline tour that is underway, Blake Coddington, the mastermind behind the project, has unleashed his debut studio album Be Ok. In addition to the release, he has also dropped a music video for the new release, “Dead Right.” “I think I’m at the end of writing about my problems,” Coddington shares. “I’ve been putting myself through emotional music therapy for three years now, and it’s working. I’m… Read more »
Following the release of Face For The Radio/Voice For A Silent Film (Deluxe) in May, poptropicaslutz! is entering a refreshing new era for the year ahead with “mdma keeps the doctor away” via Epitaph Records. Duo Nick Crawford and Christian Cicilia are constantly reinventing their sound, not to be boxed into the indie, rap, electronic, etc. genres. On the new track, poptropicaslutz! plays with enticing elements of futuristic hyperpop, trippy synth tones, and beyond. It’s fair to say we are excited to see what the band has in store as they always keep us on our sonic toes. The band… Read more »
There is a lot of excitement surrounding the upcoming My Chemical Romance Long Live The Black Parade stadium tour. And fans think that more surprises are on the way! Per a post from @endlessnightMCR, there’s a theory that My Chem may have a new video on the way as it seems like there is an unlisted private video on their channel. The band had 163 videos on November 12, but their YouTube channel now says there are 164 videos with no new posts available. Could it be a new song? Or simply a new trailer for the tour? Time will… Read more »
Chri$tian Gate$ stopped by the idobi Radio Studios to talk all about his debut album, NO STRINGS ATTACHED. As for his debut record, Christian is already an RIAA-Gold selling artist from his earlier track “Lost,” which gained viral success on TikTok. NO STRINGS ATTACHED officially dropped independently on November 1, and you can hear his singles in rotation on the free idobi app. The last time Christian came by the studio was to promote his single “I Won’t Beg For You,” which showcased a folkier side to his music. When asked what happened between going that direction then and then the genre-blending… Read more »
