It’s July 4th, 2003 in New York City. A web of individuals from punk rockers to CEOs are intricately connected in various ways. At the dead center of the web? A mysterious shooting of Samantha (Wonders) in Central Park. With no witnesses of the shooting itself, the investigation starts to unveil the mysterious connections between fires around the city, the downtown music scene, and a massive corporate real estate business in legal trouble.
Geek Girl Riot is more theatrical than ever with Riotous conversations about Queen Charlotte, Aladdin the Musical with stars Adi Roy and Marcus M. Martin, and Schmigadoon! season 2.
Bowling For Soup‘s Instagram bio reads “Pop Punk Royalty – Easily the 9th best pop punk band in history” and honestly, they’re totally right. With smashing alternative hits like “1985” (the song your moms loves), “Girl All The Bad Guys Want“, “High School Never Ends“, “Almost” and even their popular cover of “Stacy’s Mom“, they have been impossible not to bring up in a conversation about pop punk for over a decade. Today the band announced the “Getting Old Sucks” Tour. A lot of us can certainly relate to that sentiment. It seems like just yesterday we were all jamming… Read more »
This week I have independent agent Eva Alexiou-Reo. I’ve known Eva since I was 18 and met her when she was booking the first national touring act I was with called The Eyeliners. Eva has built an empire over the years booking such bands as Saves The Day, Jimmy Eat World, Alkaline Trio, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Mae, Hot Water Music and much more! We talk about how she got her start to where she is today!
The Irish singer/songwriter, Foy Vance has announced today he will be embarking on a lengthy tour in support of the 10 year anniversary of his album The Joy Of Nothing. The album boast the extremely popular track, “Guiding Light“, which featured Ed Sheeran himself. In 2015, Foy Vance became Ed Sheeran’s second signing to his label Gingerbread Man Records and he has subsequently released two acclaimed studio albums, The Wild Swan (2016) and Signs Of Life (2021). As an in-demand songwriter, Vance’s collaborations include co-writing four cuts including “Galway Girl” on Ed Sheeran’s 2017 album Divide. Speaking on the tour, Vance shares: “It is hard… Read more »
Geek Girl Riot honors May the Fourth with Star Wars: Visions S2, before celebrating Judy Blume with Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. and Judy Blume Forever. They also give you the goods on Sweet Tooth S2 and Guardians of the Galaxy 3.
The alt-country quartet, Nora Kelly Band have several awesome announcements for fans today. First, they have inked a record deal with Mint Records. This signing obviously means new music of course. The group hailing from Montreal have shared the news of their debut full-length album Rodeo Clown arriving August 25th. To celebrate the news, Nora Kelly Band have released a brand new funky track “Lay Down Girl” that you can listen to right now. Speaking on the song, the band shares: “The lyrics to this song were direct advice that I was giving to myself, to stop being a ‘Lay… Read more »
Last month, So What?! Music Festival announced its explosive two-day lineup, including Pierce The Veil and The Used headlining on Saturday, June 24, and Sleeping With Sirens, Neck Deep, and Thursday headlining on Sunday, June 25. Now the festival has announced a few new additions to the scheduled performances across the two-day event. What was already promised to be an exciting lineup, So What?! will now include sets from Slaughter To Prevail, The Starting Line, Fit For An Autopsy, Invent Animate, Varials, Through The Eyes Of The Dead, clip, guardin, poptropicaslutz!, Prentiss, Enterprise Earth, NO ZODIAC, Bodybox, 408, greyhaven, and… Read more »
Another week closer to Summer and another collection of incredible new music has been added to idobi Radio, idobi Howl and idobi Anthm!
Talk on the street is that the Los Angeles-based band, Hot For Crime are about to explode as one of the new faces of modern rock-n-roll. Today they released their self-titled debut full-length album, Hot For Crime. The record features singles “Ya Need It“, “Good Bad Girl“, and “You Ain’t Mine“, which have collectively gained over two million streams already. The band’s sound falls somewhere between the Sex Pistols and Bon Jovi, bridging a gap between two different ends of spectrum for many rock fans. It’s aggressive but its also anthemic and catchy. United Talent Agency‘s Daniel McCartney shared on… Read more »
