Yellowcard have announced their spring tour, featuring support from Finch, One OK Rock, and The Downtown Fiction. The tour kicks off April 6th and runs through early May, with an additional date in Hawaii with Mayday Parade.
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.
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.
The days may be long gone of rushing to the local record store, money in hand, to grab the latest radio hit’s 45rpm single, but the excitement of flipping that record over and discovering the non-album track that lay on the other side will never wear off. In this week’s Tuesday Ten, we’re exploring some of our writers’ favorite b-sides.
You know when Oscars season hits and suddenly it’s the only thing anyone can talk about? That’s how we feel about the first Gibson Brands Alternative Press Music Awards – Fueled by Monster Energy Drink. With less than two weeks left until the awards show makes its July 21st debut, at Cleveland’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, we’ve all been picking our favorites and placing our bets—which is exactly what this show is all about.
The Swellers released the B-sides and Rarities album today, featuring demos, acoustic tracks, and unreleased songs. The album is available on the band’s Bandcamp page.
Hopeless Records have announced the signing of two new bands, Michigan’s SycAmour and Japan’s coldrain.
Eddie Jason & Chris are back with another all new live show tonight at 9p ET, after The Mike Herrera Hour, and Monday at 8pm ET after the season thee premiere of Full Frontal. EJC’s musical guest is Vancouver quartet JPNSGRLS (pronounced “Japanese Girls”), who have just released The Sharkweek EP on limited edition vinyl via Light Organ Records. The 12-inch is an expanded version of their debut EP released last summer, with the addition of bonus track “Mushrooms”. Purchase it here, and find their original EP on iTunes. Also, EJC will discuss current events, pull off outrageous prank calls,… Read more »
Marty Scott, founder and former president of JEM Records, Inc. has announced his re-entry into the record business. JEM Records, LLC will be signing artists and licensing “retro” catalogue for release under the Jem Recordings logo.
