Album Review: XO – Heart
With their debut full-length album Heart, indie rock duo XO create what they call “a more cerebral experience†by placing emphasis on musical experience rather than lyrics.
With their debut full-length album Heart, indie rock duo XO create what they call “a more cerebral experience†by placing emphasis on musical experience rather than lyrics.
idobi senior writer Catherine Yi caught up with Evan Weiss of Into It. Over It. to discuss his current headlining tour, being on TV, experimenting on the new album, and more.
We all know YouTube is one of the most dangerous places on the Internet. You’ll go on really quick to check out that one video a friend sent you, but end up just clicking and clicking those videos on the right before you realize in horror that it’s already 2 A.M. and you haven’t done any of your homework yet. Your friendly neighborhood idobi staff is here to save you from that misery. We’ve done all the searching and incessant clicking for you to compile what we think are the coolest covers on YouTube of pop punk and alternative music.… Read more »
You’re Gonna Miss It All‘s unique brand of indie punk and refreshingly honest lyrics will catapult Modern Baseball far beyond many of their more experienced counterparts to take the spotlight.
idobi senior writer Catherine Yi caught up with indie pop band Gentlemen Hall to discuss opening for Third Eye Blind, having a flute player in the band, and how their hipster credibility held up in Brooklyn.
The temperature outside the Skyway Theater the night of the Panic! At The Disco’s Minneapolis show was a frigid zero degrees with a wind chill plummeting into the negatives. But that didn’t stop the hardy concertgoers of the Upper Midwest from filing up the venue before the show even started – just in time for Brooklyn’s X Ambassadors and California’s The Colourist to ignite the frozen winter evening with a fire that didn’t die down until long after Panic!’s headlining set had ended.
You Blew It! have done a great job with this release, but the album shows off the potential they have to do better. The Florida quintet impresses their audience with a heavy energy and lyrics that push towards a darker side.
This is what you don't see! #birdseyeview #GRAMMYs pic.twitter.com/0xCjOHLPSa — idobi Radio (@idobiradio) January 27, 2014 Missed our live coverage of the Grammys? Check out our Twitter feed for live tweets courtesy of Fish from Gone Fishkin and take a look at the full list of winners below! Record of the Year Daft Punk feat. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers – Get Lucky Album of the Year Daft Punk – Random Access Memory Song of the Year Lorde – Royals The 70 year woman next to me is rocking out harder than anyone on here. This is awesome. #GRAMMYs —… Read more »
2013 was the year of the reunion, with everyone from Fall Out Boy to Knapsack teaming back up with their old bandmates, whether it was for a one-off anniversary tour or a full-blown comeback. Still, even with all of those reunions, there are still a handful of bands left who we wish would bless us with one last tour or some new music. Here are the top ten bands we wish we could see a reunion from – no matter how impossible our dreams may be.
Birmingham, Alabama’s Erra are young and full of ambition. Taking cues from bands like Misery Signals and Between the Buried And Me, the band recently released their latest record Augment through Tragic Records and are looking to hop back on the road this year. idobi writer Alex Rudisill chatted with the band’s guitarist/clean vocalist Jesse Cash on the current status of the band.