Editorial
(Un)Covered: I Wan’na Be Like You (The Monkey Song)
Patrick Stump doesn’t monkey around when it comes to covering a classic Disney song.
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Patrick Stump doesn’t monkey around when it comes to covering a classic Disney song.
idobi photographer Audrey Lew spent the day with Kevin Burke before he opened for the Marshall Tucker Band at The Paramount on Long Island.
In late January, the New Jersey-native band Man Overboard announced a hiatus that will take place after a final run of farewell shows in the summer. Love them or not, Man Overboard were one of the first bands to fully propel 2010’s revival of pop punk back into the hearts of music lovers worldwide, an effort that can only be described by their iconic tagline: “Defend Pop Punk.” Today’s pop punk music scene would definitely not have been made possible without Man Overboard, and with that in mind, the idobi staff reflects on their favorite memories of the band that… Read more »
Pinpointing the exact moment when you go from 100 fans to 10,000 fans, to 100,000 fans is a pretty daunting task, if not impossible. Even when progression takes years, hindsight makes huge moments feel like they happened overnight.
Grayscale’s What We’re Missing might be exactly what you were missing.
It’s that time of the year, when snow flies, cities are covered in Christmas cheer, and music festivals are nothing but a distant memory of summer–but wait, what’s this? A saving grace to our poor mosh pit free hearts? Four Chords Music Festival is set and ready to rock your minds on December 13th, so you can log one music fueled party into your 2015 journal. Equip your tires with snow chains, and hit the road to Pittsburgh for sets from Yellowcard, Hit The Lights, Patent Pending and more. Need more than more? Here are four reasons you need to… Read more »
I guess it’s true what they say, you can never go home. For some of us home isn’t a place, it’s a place in time. A time where everything made sense and we all fit in. A time where the scene was our family. The Matches video for their song “Life of a Match” is like a high school reunion where we suddenly realize everyone has grown up and everything has changed. The video features all of our favorite bands from the glory days of pop punk and emo as they time travel forward to sing along to that… Read more »
Ladies and gentlemen show your appreciation for: the ultimate face off between UK legends Enter Shikari and… Enter Shikari. No, this isn’t some kind of Inception/Parent Trap-style stunt, this is a musical experiment.
Electronic dance music and punk rock may not seem like two peas in a pod, but they’re similar in more ways than you’d think. Structurally, EDM shares the same elements of punk music—both are fast paced, melodic, and employ catchy, memorable riffs.
The Alternative Press Music Awards is making its second annual appearance this year in Cleveland on July 22nd. Because I grew up in Cleveland, I had the privilege of watching many of this year’s APMAs nominees perform live early on in their careers. Some of these bands have been a part of my life since I was 13, while others are a bit newer to me. When I think about all of the journeys I’ve taken with them as people, and to see them perform live–just in this city alone–I can’t help but feel a sense of pride about where… Read more »
