Catch the Do Something Awards Red Carpet Live on VH1 Sunday night, beginning at 7pm EST.
Our very own Mr. Law School – Sam E. Goldberg – will be scoping the Red Carpet to bring you interviews with some of the hot stars in attendance as well as the nominees who are rocking to make our world a better place.
The idobi App for Android (beta 3) has been released for public testing.
If you have the Android SDK installed, you may install the APK by typing: “adb install [path to idobi.apk]/idobi.apk”
Tech support will not be provided to help you install the apk. If you’re unsure how to install the beta version of the idobi App for Android, please wait for the final release due in August.
Recently idobi staff writer Alex Mosie had a chance to ask Cancer Bats vocalist Liam Cormier a few questions. Read the interview below to hear Cormier discuss touring life, the bands’ new album, Bears, Mayors, Scraps, and Bones, and small business accounting courses.
Microsoft will acquire Luxembourg-based Skype, with 170 million active users, from an investor group led by Silver Lake, the companies said in a statement today. The agreement was approved by the boards of directors of both companies.
Mike Ness is the sole remaining original member of Social Distortion, the southern California rockabilly punk band that rose to prominence during the 1980s.
The group turned June Carter Cash’s “Ring of Fire” into a staple of rock radio, and Ness’ hardscrabble youth inspired such hits as “Story of My Life” and “Prison Bound.”
Social Distortion’s first album in more than six years, “Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes,” recently debuted at No. 4 on the U.S. pop chart, the highest ranking in the band’s career. The road warriors will begin a U.S. tour in Albuquerque on Tuesday, and then hit Europe for the summer festivals.
Music powerhouse Live Nation Entertainment Inc. is bidding to buy part of Warner Music Group Corp., according to people familiar with the matter, a move that could combine under one roof the world’s third-largest recorded-music company with the biggest concert promoter, artist-management firm and events-ticketing operation. Live Nation is interested in Warner’s recorded-music operation, not its music publishing division, according to the people familiar with the matter. It’s not clear how much Live Nation offered, or how aggressively it may participate in further rounds of bidding. Warner Music and Live Nation declined to comment. Live Nation’s Front Line Management Group… Read more »
The Wonder Years & Fireworks announce US tour with Such Gold, Make Do Mend & Living with Lions. Pennsylvania’s The Wonder Years released their latest album, The Upsides, in January 2010. The album landed the band on the Billboard charts and earned them a spot with Hopeless Records.
Detroit’s Fireworks have announced a May 24 release date for its forthcoming Brian McTernan-produced full-length Gospel on Triple Crown Records.
It is rare for a family to produce one golden voice, let alone two. Yet, we have been fortunate enough for the Matos brothers to realize that they have voices that are perfect to complement one another in a pop rock band.
On Thursday, Jamie McGrath sat down with Ben Leibsch of You, Me and Everyone We Know after their set on the second to last day on the “Would It Kill You?” tour with Hellgoodbye, Gold Motel and Now, Now Every Children.
