Editorial
Tour Diary #2: Stairmageddon
The Warehouse in La Crosse, WI is infamous for many reasons; one of the most daunting is their stairs.
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The Warehouse in La Crosse, WI is infamous for many reasons; one of the most daunting is their stairs.
Contemporary Youth Orchestra members Lauren Hawkes, Jacob Duber, and Aviva Klein have spent hours rehearsing for this day, and as Brendon Urie grabs the microphone, they watch as it all begins to pay off.
Jay Z. Beyonce. Rihanna. Madonna. Kanye West. Over the past few years these figures, among others, have been deemed members of the upper-upper echelon of music royalty: the kings and queens capable of doing whatever they damn well please. With the launch of Tidal, these entertainment powerhouses, along with 11 more of their peers, hoped to be the first to finally eliminate freemium as a standard in the streaming world. The initial announcement was brief, awkward, full of vague grandiose statements, and it was a bit of an elite circle jerk as they all stood there grinning at each other.… Read more »
This is the fairy tale pop punk has been waiting for, and As It Is are the knights in shining armor. Hop on the bandwagon now, because they’re bringing pop punk the happily ever after it so well deserves.
idobi senior writer Catherine Yi sat down with OWEL to discuss the emotional rollercoaster of crowdfunding, touring smart, and playing the Michael Cera equivalent of a show.
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 »
Brand New have added a handful of summer tour dates across the US, with more headlining dates and festivals to be announced later.
Tonight, we’ll listen in as The Maine and Ryan Cabrera rock with The Gunz Show. It all starts at 9PM, only on idobi Radio.
Ah, modern love. Long gone are the delicate romanticisms of ye courtships of olde, replaced with a shockingly complex system of digital signals—both literal and figurative—to express your feelings for someone in the 21st century.
Happy New Year! This week’s feature rings in the first day of 2015 with a closer look into “The New Year” by Death Cab For Cutie, and the cover by Jake Ewald of Modern Baseball and Kiley Lotz of Petal.
