There are tons of amazing bands playing this year who you don’t need to be told to check out, but to make sure you also find some of the lesser-known gems on the lineup, here are ten up-and-coming artists we think your SBSW experience wouldn’t be complete without in this week’s Tuesday Ten.
Ballin’ on The Gunz Show tonight with Jacob Round of Pure Noise Records, New Beat Fund and The Vantage. Tune in at 9PM ET.
A Loss For Words will be hitting the road in March in celebration of 5 years since they released The Kids Can’t Lose. The band will be joined on tour by Veara, City Lights, PVRIS, and The Moms. Tickets will go on sale this Friday. The band are also re-releasing The Kids Cam’t Lose on vinyl, which can be pre-ordered through Pure Noise Records. Check out the tour dates below! Tour Dates: Mar 28 South Weymouth, MA Knights of Columbus Mar 29 Long Island, NY Today’s Mixtape Festival Mar 30 West Springfield, VA Empire Mar 31 Lakewood, OH The Foundry… Read more »
2014 is already shaping up to be an insane year for music, and some of our favorite bands are on their way to huge things this year. For our inaugural Tuesday Ten column, check out our list of ten bands you need to have your eyes and ears on in 2014.
Elder Brother, the newly formed indie-rock project from Kevin Geyer (The Story So Far) and Dan Rose (Daybreaker), has announced plans to release their debut record, Heavy Head, via Pure Noise Records on March 11th. The duo recorded the album with Sam Pura in August 2013 and it features additional contributions from Matthew and Charles Vincent (The American Scene). The song “Throw Me To The Wolves” can be streamed below and you can pre-order the album here. Track Listing: 1. Pennsylvania 2. Throw Me To The Wolves 3. Webs 4. Any Sort Of Plan 5. Lightning Bug 6. A Slow,… Read more »
Today’s Mixtape Festival is back for it’s 3rd year and with a killer lineup at that. The Festival will take place on Long Island, as well as hold it’s first year on the West Coast in Oakland, California.
The third annual Today’s Mixtape Festival will take place March 29th and 30th at 89 North in Patchogue, NY. Put on by East Coast Collective, the festival will also be expanding to the West Coast this year with the help of Bake Shows. It will take place at the Oakland Metro in Oakland, CA kicking off with the Pure Noise Records 5th Anniversary on March 21st and continuing the festival the 22nd and 23rd. The lineups will be announced on December 17th and weekend passes will also go on sale that day. Stay tuned for more info and keep up… Read more »
SoCal heavy-hitters Rotting Out are on the road right now with pop punk youngsters The Story So Far. Taking cues from their idols the Suicidal Tendencies, Rotting Out are carrying on the tradition of aggressive West Coast punk and hardcore. idobi writer Alex Rudisill spoke to frontman Walter Delgado after their set at the Philadelphia date of the tour and discussed the band’s history, his permanent love for Tegan and Sara, the next great merch idea, and much more. How did Rotting Out get started? This is not the original lineup. We started in about ’08. We used to be… Read more »
Forever Came Calling have released a new song from their upcoming split with Family Thief called “Endanger Innocent.”
Packed with colossal hooks and melodies, State Champs’ debut album The Finer Things stands out as one of the best pop punk releases this year and raises the bar sky high for the genre.
