Although their new EP Brand New Life only has three songs, Life After Liftoff have a sound as big as the town they’re from. The four-piece from Dayton, Ohio try to use their cheerful sound to spread a positive message to the adolescents their music is aimed at.
Ohio’s Hawthorne Heights will be headlining the Summer Of Hope Tour starting June 1st. The band have also announced a June 5th release date for Hope, the follow-up to 2011’s Hate, and the 2nd in the band’s planned trilogy of EP’s.
Fans in Florida got their chance to catch Young The Giant and Grouplove on St. Patrick’s Day at The Ritz in Ybor City.
The All-American Rejects will be heading out across North America this spring in support of their upcoming album Kids In The Street, due out March 26th.
This morning Bamboozle added 60 Bands to the Fest which celebrates it’s 10th Anniversary this year and takes place May 18th to 20th in Ashbury Park, NJ. All the bands announced thus far are listed below with the day they are playing. Of note, Incubus/Mac Miller/Skrillex Headline Day 1, Foo Fighters/Blink 182 on Day 2, and Bon Jovi Day 3 along with a special TBA co-headliner. Some bands of note include Jimmy Eat World, The Promise Ring(Reunion), The Maine, The Recieving End Of Sirens (Reunion), Motion City Soundtrack, and even DJ Pauly D from Jersey Shore! Don’t fret if there… Read more »
Panic! At The Disco arrived at Gallivan Plaza in downtown Salt Lake to headline the X96 FM Big Ass Show without their lead vocalist, Brendon Urie. Luckily, Panic!’s bassist Dallon Weekes found in frontman Ransom Wydner the onstage persona he needed to fill in for Urie.
Last week, idobi contributor Ashley Holman had the opportunity to speak with three of the four members of Permanent Ability, a funk- rock band based in Los Angeles, California. Their latest EP, Bring It On!, debuted in 2010 and secured them the title “best band of the week†from rockitoutblog.com.
On June 21, 2011, Less Than Jake are unleashing a whole lot of energy by way of a four DVD digipack called Anthology on the band’s own label, Sleep It Off Records. With over eight hours of music spanning six records, Anthology is a collection of live performances of each of the band’s albums in sequence.
After announcing the end of their “indefinite hiatus”, Yellowcard have been busy. Since the announcement, the pop-rock 5 quintet have released the critically praised When You’re Through Thinking, Say Yes, been halfway across America with All Time Low and seem poised for even greater success as they prepare for a co-headlining run with Good Charlotte. Mike Skehan of idobi had a chance to chat with guitarist Ryan Mendez about getting back together, touring, the Detroit Red Wings and more.
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.
