To celebrate the 10th anniversary of their album, Commit This To Memory, Motion City Soundtrack have announced a headlining tour where the band will be playing the album in its entirety.
Australian alt-rock band New Empire are slowly yet steadily breaking out internationally. Their résumé already includes a stint on Warped Tour and opening for bands such as Simple Plan and Neon Trees. idobi senior writer Catherine Yi caught up with guitarist Kyle Lane to discuss the new record, signing with a label, and finding success overseas.
Downwrite is a new, innovative custom songwriting platform founded by Mark Rose and Bob Nanna. We spoke with them about bringing their idea to life, the amazing products its spawned so far, and how they intend to foster an entire community of songwriters.
Scream It Like You Mean It has announced the supporting bands for the upcoming fall tour. Click “Read More” for dates and artists!
We’re very excited to be launching our first tour blog of 2013 with former Spitalfield frontman Mark Rose. Mark will be spending the month of January out on the road playing 31 shows in 26 days, and he’ll be updating us on his adventures every Monday! Click “read more” to check out the first instalment.
Tonight on The Gunz Show, A Day To Remember exclusively revealed that they are suing their longtime label Victory Records for breach of contract.
If it’s still cool to like Good Charlotte, allow yourself to fall in love with this band all over again.
The following were the top songs for the week ending Saturday, March 27: 1. Paramore – Brick By Boring Brick 2. Weezer – (If You’re Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To 3. Owl City – Fireflies 4. Green Day — 21 Guns 5. Muse — Uprising 6. The Script — Breakeven 7. Flyleaf – Again 8. Muse – Resistance 9. Hawthorne Heights – Nervous Breakdown 10. 30 Seconds to Mars — Kings and Queens 11. Phoenix – 1901 12. Boys Like Girls – Two Is Better Than One 13. We The Kings — Heaven Can Wait… Read more »
Linkin Park, Chris Cornell and the Bravery will perform on the main stage of the fifth annual Projekt Revolution tour, set to begin July 16 at the Tweeter Center outside Boston. The Linkin Park-reared trek is scheduled to visit 24 U.S. cities, running through August 24 at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in Houston. Ashes Divide (featuring A Perfect Circle’s Billy Howerdel) will also perform on the main stage. Atreyu, 10 Years, Hawthorne Heights, Armor For Sleep and the Street Drum Corps will appear on the smaller Revolution Stage. Tickets for select dates go on sale to the general public… Read more »
The death of a rock musician last month outside a popular downtown music club has been ruled an accidental drug overdose. Casey Calvert, the guitarist of the band “Hawthorne Heights,” was found dead in the band’s tour bus outside the 9:30 Club just before the band’s show on Nov. 24. The District’s chief medical examiner determined the cause of death to be “acute combined effects of opiate, citalopram and clonazepam intoxication.” Citalopram (also known by the brand name Celexa) and clonazepam (also known by the brand names Klonopin and Rivotril) are prescription drugs. Citalopram is used to treat depression, and… Read more »
