Interviews
Interview: Head North
idobi senior writer Catherine Yi sat down with vocalist Brent Martone at the Los Angeles stop to discuss their DIY roots, writing sad songs, and the best thing to order at In-N-Out Burger.
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idobi senior writer Catherine Yi sat down with vocalist Brent Martone at the Los Angeles stop to discuss their DIY roots, writing sad songs, and the best thing to order at In-N-Out Burger.
idobi Radio is excited to announce our latest partnership with Taylor Swift. We’ll be rolling out a new station, idobi Swift, next week with Swift at the helm of the inaugural radio show.
Forget everything you know about Danny Worsnop. With his new project, We Are Harlot, the group resurrects classic rock in their debut album, creating a style that’s rock ‘n’ roll meets 80s hair metal with a dose of alternative country rock.
While a complete return to Skip School, Start Fights would have felt stale and continued down the same path as Invicta by alienating many fans, Hit The Lights find the perfect middle ground with Summer Bones.
Since their last release, Sleeping With Sirens have been through a line up change and plenty of growth, but with Madness, they’ve only proven they’re still swinging just as hard.
Thursday, March 19th I flew into South by Southwest this afternoon. Tonight, I strode 6th Street. amid the scene here in Austin. I felt a tension between, and within, the musicians, attendees, and the city. The dichotomy is an inclination toward indie values, opposed by the gravitation of commercialism. I realize this as I happen on IFC’s Fairgrounds, which features a music stage, interactive attractions such as a Velcro wall, and food trucks and a beer stand. It’s like a festival within a festival and it is a microcosm of SXSW. It’s an insular fantasy realm manifested by marketers and… Read more »
We are usually skeptical about the influence of sponsors in underground metal and hardcore but we suspend our criticism when Game Of Thrones is involved. HBO is serving Killswitch Engage-flavored Kool Aid and we are shamelessly drinking every last drop. The extended version of “Loyalty” has the audio from this unforgettable scene (spoiler alert) in season 4. In all honesty, the song itself is much heavier than we expected. The yarling chorus is there, we expect that from commercially successful hard rock bands, otherwise “Loyalty” hangs with some of the hardest songs on this playlist. Theories returns to Howl’s top… Read more »
Brand New have added a handful of summer tour dates across the US, with more headlining dates and festivals to be announced later.
Strangers To Ourselves is a solid, standard, Modest Mouse record. If you’ve grown to love the twangy twang of Brock’s voice paired with soaring notes on delay, then this record will easily slide into your current rotation…
twenty one pilots have announced their next album ‘Blurryface.’ The record will be released May 19th. The band are also streaming their new song “Fairly Local,” and have announced U.S. tour dates with Echosmith for the fall.
