Sleeping With Sirens are streaming a brand new song titled “We Like It Loud.” The band kicks of the second leg of their World Tour with Pierce The Veil this month, and will tour in Europe later this spring.
The debate of the many subgenre distinctions of metal goes on, this time focusing on Japanese band Babymetal. In this editorial, Brad Lopez argues that metal fans are wasting effort attacking or defending Babymetal.
In celebration of all the great music the UK has given us, we’ve put together some of our staff’s favorite up-and-coming UK artists in this week’s Tuesday Ten.
Driver Friendly, have announced a brand new record, Unimagined Bridges, to be released July 15th via Hopeless Records.
Beartooth kicked off their first full US tour with August Burns Red, Blessthefall, and Defeater at Union Transfer on Friday night. Frontman Caleb Shomo took some time between sets to speak with idobi writer Alex Rudisill about tour, what’s next for the band, balancing his projects, and even John Mayer.
Listen to Rock The Walls with Patrick Walford Tonight at 8pmET featuring Interviews with Comeback Kid, Liferuiner, and Within The Ruins. Listen on iTunes Radio and Download the free idobi Radio app on iTunes, Google Play, and Windows App Stores.
Animal Style Records have released a free 10 track sampler including songs from Mixtapes, We Are The Union, Half Hearted Hero and more.
East Coast Collective, the minds behind Today’s Music Festival, have announced their latest venture: a record label. The label’s first release will be “Today’s Mixtape Vol. 1,” a free compilation of Long Island artists.
Paper + Plastick has put together a 41 song compilation with some amazing artists at the price of “donation only” to help our friend Rey Roldan of Another Reybee Production recover from a loft fire. Read more for the link to donate and to see the tracklisting.
Blessthefall have released a music video for “Hey Baby, Here’s That Song You Wanted” off of their 2009 album Witness. Produced by Michael “Elvis” Baskette (Incubus, Escape The Fate, Story Of The Year), the album debuted in the Billboard Top 200 at #56 and the Independent Chart at #6 in October 2009.
