Billie Joe Armstrong loves to have the time of his life whenever he performs. Especially when playing a 600-capacity venue with his side-project, The Coverups. This special stint at The Garage in the UK included a surprise guest performance with Courtney Love. “Ladies and gentlemen, Courtney Love,” Armstrong introduced the singer halfway through their show. Love, while known for her relationship with late Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain, also fronted one of the main riot grrrl acts of the ‘90s, Hole. “My name is Courtney Love—you may not remember me. I’ve been living in a cave in Birmingham for about nine… Read more »
After a monumental 2023 marked by the release of her sophomore album, Wisconsin, as well as several hit singles, Carlie Hanson stopped by the idobi Radio offices in LA to bring our studio to life. Performing her September 2023 single, “Living Feeling Dead,” Hanson transforms the track into an infectious acoustic anthem. As the track begins, the soft, melodic strums of an acoustic guitar fill the studio space while Hanson commands the room with an aura of authenticity and vulnerability. With the opening lines of “Living Feeling Dead,” she wastes no time in amplifying the raw emotion of the track… Read more »
If Bring Me The Horizon is serving the “Kool-Aid,” we’re guzzling it down. The UK titans have officially issued their first new single of 2024 and the first new music since their longtime keyboardist/percussionist Jordan Fish parted ways with the group last month. The fiery new single, featuring obvious callbacks to the group’s metalcore roots, pulsates with anthemic energy, embellished with gritty synths and masterfully crafted instrumentation. From the intricate riffs and crashing breakdowns to the commanding drive of the drums, every element converges into a powerful listening experience. Oli Sykes‘ guttural screams and captivating vocals soar above it all,… Read more »
Scene Queen is teasing her awakening. The bimbocore singer posted a video across her social channels previewing her upcoming single, “Finger,” which releases on March 6. This marks her first music of the new year, and it still showcases her tried and true bubblegum pink energy. The video features Scene Queen in the middle of a lineup of black and white-clad individuals in wickedly religious attire. What stands out is the vocalist’s pink, purple, and gold priest gown. The text above them explains the meaning behind the track, “I wrote a song about my awakening, but it’s not what you… Read more »
Knocked Loose has unleashed the hammering lead single, “Blinding Faith,” from their freshly announced forthcoming album You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To. The record is slated to arrive via Pure Noise Records on May 10. Equipped with an array of gritty breakdowns against a backdrop of filthy guitar work and thundering drums, “Blinding Faith” takes aim at the hypocrisy of organized religion. The band masterfully pummels listeners with two minutes and fifty-seven seconds of crushing, relentless arrangements and piercing lyricism highlighted by breakdown “The word becomes the law/The word becomes the law/Bend the knee/Child of God.” Speaking on the… Read more »
Who is Henry Cavill playing in the MCU? Will Borderlands be a smash hit? Tyler Durham aka Limina joins Sean to break this all down as well as his incredible career as a film composer. From The Lost City to Fantastic Beasts to Outer Banks and now his solo album dropping in April. Catch Metalcore Nerds live Mondays @ 7pmEST on idobi Howl! Follow @MetalcoreNerds on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram & Tiktok! Follow the Metalcore Nerds Playlist here Support Metalcore Nerds by buying Merch here
Acting as the fifth track on her March 2023-released sophomore album, Wisconsin, Carlie Hanson joined the idobi Radio team in our LA office to strip down her massively popular 2022 single, “Pretender.” Enveloped by the intimate strums of an acoustic guitarist echoing throughout the idobi Studios, Hanson‘s ’90s-inspired opus delves into the depths of her homesickness. The track undergoes a captivating transformation into a stripped-back anthem. With each chord, lyric, and hauntingly emotional delivery, the raw essence of the track pierces through the performance. Despite the cameras and glaring lights on her, she effortlessly creates an intimate soundscape. With each… Read more »
Alt-pop artist Knox is staying busy this year with another new single, “Me, Myself, & Your Eyes.” The track includes a sultry music video set-up that’ll leave anyone weak in the knees with its intoxicating and addictive sound. “We don’t want anybody else here, but us/I don’t need too much tonight/Just, me, myself and your eyes,” reverberates in the chorus. The backdrop of the music video showcases the Nashville artist ready to indulge in a romantic dinner, with the camera set up as a first-person point-of-view with the watcher being in the hot seat. Throughout the evening sequence, he showcases… Read more »
A little papercut never stopped Linkin Park. The nu-metal act announced their first greatest hits album, Papercuts (Singles Collection 2000-2023). The compilation drops on April 12 via Warner Records. Popular staples made the final cut to the LP, including “Crawling,” “Bleed It Out,” “Leave Out All The Rest,” and the quintessential banger, “In The End.” Rapper and producer for the group, Mike Shinoda, explains their decision-making: “Each song in this collection is both a singular moment on our timeline and an evolving story that is as much ours as it is yours. From our first release…to the brand new…this tracklist… Read more »
