Recently idobi staff writer Alex Mosie had a chance to ask Cancer Bats vocalist Liam Cormier a few questions. Read the interview below to hear Cormier discuss touring life, the bands’ new album, Bears, Mayors, Scraps, and Bones, and small business accounting courses.
Microsoft will acquire Luxembourg-based Skype, with 170 million active users, from an investor group led by Silver Lake, the companies said in a statement today. The agreement was approved by the boards of directors of both companies.
After announcing the end of their “indefinite hiatus”, Yellowcard have been busy. Since the announcement, the pop-rock 5 quintet have released the critically praised When You’re Through Thinking, Say Yes, been halfway across America with All Time Low and seem poised for even greater success as they prepare for a co-headlining run with Good Charlotte. Mike Skehan of idobi had a chance to chat with guitarist Ryan Mendez about getting back together, touring, the Detroit Red Wings and more.
The Foo Fighters finally got their first No. 1 album in the United States on Wednesday as their eighth studio release led a field that also included strong debuts from Alison Krauss and Paul Simon.
The band sold 235,000 copies of “Wasting Light” during the week ended Sunday, according to tracking firm Nielsen SoundScan. It ranks as their second-largest sales week, trumped only by the No. 2 launch of “In Your Honor” in 2005, which began with 311,000. Their last studio album, “Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace,” debuted at No. 3 in 2007 with 168,000.
As Record Store Day approaches on April 16, the fourth annual event continues to be an increasingly valued channel through which to sell music.
The number of stores expected to participate will be about the same as last year: about 1,400 around the world.
Record-store owners owe Apple iTunes a tremendous debt of gratitude for being an uncaring, scatter-brained, inhuman little jukebox: It’s saving their skin right now.
The running narrative in the music world during the past decade is that the physical album is dead, and file-sharing, downloads and, most notably, Apple’s iTunes killed it. Yes and no.
Last week, our very own Jamie McGrath sat down with the guys in A Lifelike Story.
In a recent interview, Anthony Rainville, vocalist of the Boston, MA pop-rock group Stay, discusses their upcoming LP American Cherry Bomb, the band’s recent rise in popularity, playing Never Say Never Festival and more.
On Thursday, Jamie McGrath sat down with Ben Leibsch of You, Me and Everyone We Know after their set on the second to last day on the “Would It Kill You?” tour with Hellgoodbye, Gold Motel and Now, Now Every Children.
Recently, Jamie McGrath sat down with the lead singer of Canadien alternative rock band Default, Dallas Smith. They discussed touring, the state of the music industry and Default’s latest album, Comes and Goes.
