We spoke to Cory Hiamovi and Chris Keranen of indie/alternative rock band Young Natives about songwriting, being independent, connecting with fans through their music, and more.
This month, idobi is celebrating our awesome fans—you guys! But our staff writers have been known to embrace their inner super-fangirl from time to time, too. Whether it’s defacing public places with lyrics or dropping everything to fly to another country to see a favorite band play, we’ve all been superfans in our own way. In the spirit of Fanuary, we’ve decided to share a few times we let our music fandom shine.
Here’s to a less irritating 2016—this year, we got together all of our least favorite pop culture icons and begged them to please, please give us a break this year. They dominated in 2015, and we deserve some time off, or at least some serious attitude changes, dammit.
We sat down with Janet Devlin in New York City to talk about her new EP, birthday celebrations, her future plans, and more.
Monday, we brought you an exclusive listen of “A King’s Departure Is Never Silent†by Pyro, Ohio. If that taste of the hard rocking quartet wasn’t enough for you, we have good news. Today, we’re bringing you their entire new album.
A lot of life has happened in the past ten years. Just think about everything that has consumed the world since 2005—graduations, weddings, the rise of the smartphone, and an entire language understood only by twelve year olds (**insert fourteen emoticons to thank Instagram here**).
The Selfie Sticks Have Been Banned From More Music Festivities A couple of months ago I told you about a venue in the U.K. banning selfie sticks. Well, it just got better. Both Coachella and Lollapalooza have now also banned the death sticks that people use to take selfies with (side note: I totally wasn’t using one at the Grand Canyon last weekend or anything…) Anyway, this is a VERY good thing. Music festivals often involve an abundance of of alcohol, crazy people, and unmentionables with medical cards that validate their “back problems”. We don’t need to add metal poles… Read more »
Indie pop songstress Allison Weiss and her backing band were involved in an accident yesterday morning. Their van rolled at approximately 10AM due to dangerous weather. Luckily, all passengers walked away without any serious injuries.
Crowdfunding. Is it good? Is it bad? How does it function in the music world? There are a lot of questions surrounding this campaign platform, and we’re here to get to the bottom of the basics.
It’s a struggle most of us have experienced with our families, at least to some degree — the parents think the kids’ music is unlistenable garbage, and the kids think their parents’ music was recorded by the first dinosaurs to ever hold guitars. But when you find those rare few bands that occupy the middle ground between everyone’s tastes, it’s a special moment that brings the family together way better than getting a pet fish ever could.
