Four-piece Ohio natives Mixtapes channel an old school, timeless pop punk feeling that makes one nostalgic for the early punk scene, riddled with introspective lyrics and power chord-driven guitars.
It’s been a great year for music with lots of new releases from old favorites and rising newcomers. We’ve counted down the top 50 songs of 2012 based on the most popular tracks on idobi’s airwaves this past year.
Thomas Williams of Stray From The Path at 8:45pm ET
Telle Smith of The Word Alive at 9:45pm ET
Pop Punk Hour with Ottawa’s We Were Sharks at 11pm ET
Playing Obey The Brave’s Young Blood Front to Back starting at 8pm ET, new music from All Time Low, Anberlin, Undesirable People, August Burns Red, and Circa Survive.
Tune in tonight at 8pm ET, only on idobi Radio.
Listen to Rock The Walls tonight from 8-10pmEST as host Patrick Walford plays the best in Pop Punk, Hardcore, and Metalcore. On tonight’s show Hunter Moore of Scream Out Loud joins the show to talk about their awesome new album Live It Up around 8:30pmEST and Mike Bilenki of Take Me To The Pilot drops by to talk about the band and the upcoming Rock The Walls Wintour at 9:30pmEST. In addition to interviews, there will also be special features with The Wonder Years, The Word Alive, and Protest The Hero! We’ll also talk Spring tours, Rumoured All Stars Tour… Read more »
Tune in tonight to First Person w/ Josh Madden and take a break from your holiday shopping. It’ll be the best hour of our week.
Josh Madden is in LA where, last night, he DJ’d for bobi Sample Sale For A Cause and raised money for the Keep A Child Alive foundation. Keep a Child Alive is dedicated to providing life-saving anti-retroviral treatment, care and support services to children and families whose lives have been affected by HIV/AIDS in Africa and India by directly engaging the global public in the fight against AIDS. Tonight, Josh is keeping things relaxed from his chill playlist. Tune in to First Person every Thursday at 8pm EST. Send requests and comments to: [email protected]. About Josh Madden Josh Madden is… Read more »
He had one of the biggest opening sales weeks of 2008, and now, Lil Wayne is the year’s most-nominated Grammy contender. Wayne and his latest LP, “Tha Carter III,” lead the pack with a total of eight nominations, while one of the year’s other biggest sellers, Coldplay’s “Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends,” garnered seven nods. Jay-Z, Ne-Yo and Kanye West each earned six nods, while Alison Krauss, John Mayer, Robert Plant, Radiohead and Jazmine Sullivan received five each. Adele is up for four – including Best New Artist – as are Lupe Fiasco and T.I. The… Read more »
With his spiky mohawk, cluttered canvas of tattooed skin and punk rock pedigree stretching back to childhood, Travis Barker isn’t exactly pleading to be taken seriously as a hip-hop head. A former drummer for the multi-platinum-selling power pop trio Blink-182 who also has done turns behind the kit for rock outfits including the Aquabats, +44 and Box Car Racer, he boasts impeccable Warped Tour credentials and critical props as one of modern rock’s most exciting, exacting percussion players. But a funny thing happened when Barker posted a video of himself on YouTube last September drumming thunderously in time with Southern… Read more »
GEORGE, South Africa – Former South African President Nelson Mandela, playing host to his second AIDS awareness concert on Saturday, told a crowd of 20,000 that women bear the brunt of the AIDS pandemic that has infected some 25 million people in Africa. The disease “carries the face of women,” whether through infection or caring for those who are ill with the deadly virus, said the 86-year-old Mandela. Mandela, who lost his eldest son to the disease earlier this year, compared the plight of women coping with AIDS to the isolation he felt when imprisoned for 27 years on Robben… Read more »
After a 25-year absence from the #1 album spot, J Records artist Rod Stewart with his album Stardust… The Great American Songbook: Volume III enters the Billboard 200 Album chart at #1 on a first week Soundscan total of 240,043 copies sold. The Songbook albums are a musical and cultural phenomenon, and are now the biggest-selling ongoing series of new music recordings in history. This is also Rod Stewart’s first ever #1 debut on the Billboard Top 200 chart. Stardust is the follow-up to 2002’s It Had To Be You… The Great American Songbook (which spent 85 weeks on the… Read more »
