Following the release of their 2025 record The Hart, Grayscale just revamped LP track “Some Kind Of Magic” with help from indie pop trio Smallpools. Previously, Grayscale reinvented tracks from the album, including “Kept Me Alive” with Slowly Slowly’s Ben Stewart and “Summer Clothes” with Games We Play and Trella. Grayscale shares, “For ‘Some Kind Of Magic,’ we tapped into some of our favorite 80s bands that our parents always had playing around the house growing up. After months of reworking it and continually speeding up the tempo, we finally landed on an upbeat song that feels like ‘The Cure… Read more »
Fresh off of the release of their anthemic new full-length album Ghost Town Road and a standout live session at idobi Radio Studios, where they performed their 2024 hit single “Night Shift,” Smallpools took us on a nostalgic ride by performing their breakout 2013 hit “Dreaming.” “I guess we wrote the songs thinking they were good enough to put out into the world, so we hoped that someone would care and like them,” vocalist Sean Scanlon shared with Fuse TV in August 2013 following the release of the Gold-certified track in May 2013. “We spent so much time writing, and… Read more »
Ahead of the release of their anthemic new full-length album, Ghost Town Road, Smallpools stopped by the idobi Radio Studios in Los Angeles, CA, to perform their January 2024 hit release, “Night Shift.” “Sometimes we get stuck in a routine that we can’t break out of,” the group shared at the time of the track’s release. “The nightshift provides a comfortable anonymity, but we wanna find more. Will we bring to life a dream that still lingers within or remain in this loop that is the night shift.” Stripping away the shimmering guitars, pulsating percussion, vibrant synths, and infectious energy… Read more »
smallpools brings good vibes to their tunes and, as it turns out, to their home too. In the latest Tour de Session, we crashed their apartment to see where they’ve spent quarantine. The band welcomed us with open arms (and their four-legged pals did too). Watch as they show us their studio space, bring us to towel heaven, and throw in a few outfit changes for good measure. Plus, they sit down in the studio to perform their new track “simulation” just for the idobi fam. Hit play below!
The Inbox Jukebox brings you fresh new tunes and bands. This week features tracks from John the Ghost, New Dialogue x Smallpools, and The Aces.
The Inbox Jukebox brings you fresh new tunes and bands. This week features tracks from John The Ghost, Smallpools + morgxn, and Chloe x Halle + Swae Lee & Mike WiLL Made-It.
Quinn XCII has become a friend of the show and calls in to talk about the wild 2019 that he’s had so far. Also, Smallpools joins the show for their only interview all tour long.
Smallpools are a long way from where they began—it shows in their new music, and in our conversation.
idobi photographer Sadie Moon covered the Smallpools show with Misterwives in LA atThe Fonda.
Listen to Zach DeWall from Set It Off co-hosting my show plus interviews with Smallpools, Between You & Me, and 7 Minutes In Heaven here!
