Each month For The Record is here to bring you the best places to find your next favorite band in different cities all over the world—right to your screen. This stop we’re in New Orleans.
What exactly makes an artist a certain genre? Here’s a handy guide to help you figure it out.
If you recall Zedd’s hit “Clarity†from last year, you’ll know that the stunning vocals belong to British singer and songwriter Louisa Allen, aka Foxes. This week we’re looking at an acoustic cover of “Youth†by the British pop rock band Natives.
Why are Gerard Way, Bombay Bicycle Club, and Foster The People all in NYC this week? For the CMJ Music Marathon of course, and you should be here too! There’s nothing like the thrill of discovering a new favorite band, and with over 1,400 artists playing more than 300 showcases at 80+ venues throughout the city, CMJ surely has one for you. The music marathon welcomes veterans like Cold War Kids, newcomers like Zella Day, International acts including the famous Japanese all girl punk band Shonen Knife and countless up and coming artists all hoping to be discovered. These acts are brought together for five days of music and featured speakers from the industry. For each day, idobi Radio will be bring you the CMJ “Four Playâ€: four can’t miss events for each day of CMJ.
Why are Gerard Way, Bombay Bicycle Club, and Foster The People all in NYC this week? For the CMJ Music Marathon of course, and you should be here too! There’s nothing like the thrill of discovering a new favorite band, and with over 1,400 artists playing more than 300 showcases at 80+ venues throughout the city, CMJ surely has one for you. The music marathon welcomes veterans like Cold War Kids, newcomers like Zella Day, International acts including the famous Japanese all girl punk band Shonen Knife and countless up and coming artists all hoping to be discovered. These acts are brought together for five days of music and featured speakers from the industry. For each day, idobi Radio will be bring you the CMJ “Four Playâ€: four can’t miss events for each day of CMJ.
PVRIS have unleashed themselves upon the world in the biggest way they could have with White Noise, proving beyond a shadow of a doubt that they’re one of the most exciting new acts out there.
If one thing is certain about Metro Station’s new EP Gold, it’s that the electro-pop tunes will make you “Shake It†like it’s 2007.
While Lil Wayne has, to the best of my knowledge, spent around 70% of his career so far behind bars, you don’t need to share his level of passion for drugs and weapon possession to end up in an orange jumpsuit. In this week’s Tuesday Ten, we look at some of the other crimes that have landed musicians behind the ever-so-flattering lens of the mugshot camera.
Even if you’re convinced that a band changing their sound is the worst thing that’s ever happened to you, it’s perfectly natural for someone’s music to develop and shift from album to album. But every once in a while, those shifts are so dramatic that the early work ends up sounding like it was released by an entirely different band than the more recent material.
By bringing back a haunted sound that’s far older than any member of the Minnesota band, American Youth have carved their own niche in what is an incredibly overpopulated music scene.
