Ahead of their forthcoming live album, Me First And The Gimme Gimmes have launched a bold reimagining of Olivia Rodrigo’s 2021 smash hit, “good 4 u.” “Since our usual audience is, well, decidedly not 15, we felt obligated to learn a song from this whole new… millennium thing,” frontman Spike Slawson shares in a press release. “After deep reflection and questionable late-night pop radio binges, we determined ‘good 4 u’ perfectly captured our band’s values, integrity, and, uh, musical stylings.” Opening the recording, vocalist Slawson says, “We’re a band of all ages, of all genres, and this song is proof.… Read more »
Warped Tour 2026 lineup announcements are still going strong! This week, Pennywise, Béton Armé, From First To Last, Destroy Boys, Bigwig, Rise Against, Scorching Tomb, The Aggrolites, Senses, and The Last Mile have been added to the 5 weekend fest. This year’s Warped Tour stops include Washington, D.C., at the RFK Campus festival grounds on June 13-14; Long Beach, CA, at Shoreline Waterfront on July 25-26; Montréal, Québec, Canada at Parc Jean-Drapeau, Montréal on August 21-22; Mexico City, Mexico at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City on September 12-13; and Orlando, FL, at Camping World Stadium Campus on November 14-15. Check out the Warped Tour lineup below, and make sure to check… Read more »
Our favorite feminist musician/TikTok sensation, Jax, has tied the knot with her photographer partner-turned-husband, Brave Gregg. Their enchanting journey to marriage began when they got engaged on December 31, 2022, and was celebrated in a heartfelt wedding ceremony in Scottsdale, AZ, this past weekend, on Saturday, November 4. This joyous occasion, brimming with love and music, was exclusively featured in PEOPLE Magazine, with enchanting wedding day photos courtesy of Adam Kent. Adding a unique note to the celebration, idobi Radio‘s very own Fish of Gone Fishkin graced the event as a special guest and set the reception’s rhythm as the… Read more »
Part one of Darrin’s chat with singer for Me First & The Gimmie Gimmies, Spike Slawson, airs.
While half the country is braving an intense Arctic front, some of those shivering are warm with the knowledge that summer can’t be too far away if the annual Vans Warped Tour trek is taking shape. Less Than Jake, Finch, the Ataris and Andrew W.K have been added to the lineup of the ninth annual outing, which will commence June 19, according to promoters. The latest additions to the bill have all toured with the punk-rock summer camp before, except Andrew W.K, who performed on Ozzfest last summer. Taking Back Sunday, Dropkick Murphys, Mest and the Suicide Machines are also… Read more »
Rancid, Weezer, 311, Kool Keith, Pennywise, Rollins Band, and the Misfits are some of the bigger artists confirmed to play the annual Vans Warped Tour, set to kick off June 22 in Phoenix. An official announcement of participating venues and additional acts for the nearly two-month tour is expected within two weeks. Making its Warped Tour debut this year will be Incredibly Strange Wrestling, a hybrid of punk rock and hardcore wrestling. ISW appeared on the San Francisco scene in the mid-’90s, and features such wrestlers as El Pollo Diablo, Macho Sasquatcho, Chupa Suave, and El Homo Loco. Young punks… Read more »
Sleep Theory has released a music video for the heavily moody track “Gone Or Staying” via Epitaph. The story behind the video displays a toxic relationship that should go up in flames but is ignited by not wanting to let go. Partnered with a nervous yet remorseful vibe that ramps up toward the end of the track, the band creates a montage of a relatable scenario. In the music video, vocalist Cullen Moore is driving in a car with rain sprinkling on him. As the song progresses, the color blue coats the scenes as the band performs amidst the haunting… Read more »
In April 2023, the Punk Rock Museum officially opened its doors, marking a monumental celebration of punk culture spanning generations. Founded by a passionate team of true-to-form punk rockers and visionaries—Fat Mike, Lisa Brownlee, Mona Wetzel, and Melanie Kaye—the museum emerged as a spirited tribute to the lasting legacy of punk rock. As the museum, a pioneering endeavor globally, approaches its first anniversary, Fish sat down with four of the five founding members to delve into its success and profound impact on the community, exclusively on idobi Radio. Lisa serves as the museum’s production manager, ensuring seamless operation and immersive… Read more »
Punk as an aid for getting in touch with one’s feelings has superseded the other modes evident at this year’s Warped Tour. As in their ordinary lives, these fans had too many options. Thirty bands played on eight stages, and the event also included professional skateboarding and mountain- biking displays, a wrestling ring, a Playstation tent, numerous ways to spend money or learn about political causes and of course the chance to peruse one another’s concertgoing finery. So most fans locked into a perambulatory pattern, meandering around the festival’s circular layout as the fairground grew dusty, then muddy, from the… Read more »
To Lars Frederiksen, his band Rancid, his label-mates on Epitaph and Hell-Cat Records, and his favorite bands are all about being part of a family – a punk rock family. Fresh off a tour playing with tour with two, high-powered Hell-Cat bands, Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards and the Dropkick Murphys, Frederiksen is set for Rancid’s stint on this summer’s Vans Warped Tour and readying a new, high-tech Rancid release. There’s no time to rest for this tattooed, mohawk-sporting, family man. Rancid will join the roving punk festival on June 22nd in Phoenix along with Epitaph label-mates Pennywise, the Bouncing… Read more »
