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What the genre?
What exactly makes an artist a certain genre? Here’s a handy guide to help you figure it out.
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What exactly makes an artist a certain genre? Here’s a handy guide to help you figure it out.
Why are Gerard Way, Bombay Bicycle Club, and Foster The People all in NYC this week? For the CMJ Music Marathon of course, and you should be here too! There’s nothing like the thrill of discovering a new favorite band, and with over 1,400 artists playing more than 300 showcases at 80+ venues throughout the city, CMJ surely has one for you. The music marathon welcomes veterans like Cold War Kids, newcomers like Zella Day, International acts including the famous Japanese all girl punk band Shonen Knife and countless up and coming artists all hoping to be discovered. These acts are brought together for five days of music and featured speakers from the industry. For each day, idobi Radio will be bring you the CMJ “Four Playâ€: four can’t miss events for each day of CMJ.
With all the millions of songs out there, it’s inevitable that a few will end up sounding similar to one another — but sometimes, the resemblance gets a little too close for comfort.
PVRIS have unleashed themselves upon the world in the biggest way they could have with White Noise, proving beyond a shadow of a doubt that they’re one of the most exciting new acts out there.
The trend of streaming songs, and even entire albums, ahead of release is fast becoming the norm. But while it seems great for music fans, how is it affecting bands?
Nonpoint are back and out for blood, with a sound that’s more ferocious than ever. If they once paled in comparison to their counterparts, those days are long gone, and the proof comes in the form of their latest and greatest effort, The Return.
Even if you’re convinced that a band changing their sound is the worst thing that’s ever happened to you, it’s perfectly natural for someone’s music to develop and shift from album to album. But every once in a while, those shifts are so dramatic that the early work ends up sounding like it was released by an entirely different band than the more recent material.
Losing yourself in a ten-hour marathon of your favorite tv show is always fun, but it’s even more fun when you suddenly wake from your reverie at the sounds of some unknown, perfect song emerging from the speakers. For this week’s Tuesday Ten, we asked our writers about ten songs they fell in love with after hearing them on tv.
Autumn is just around the corner, and that means one thing: it’s almost time to throw on your comfiest sweater and trade in the upbeat sunny anthems you’ve been singing the past four months for something a little more chilled out. It’s always fun to return to your usual favorites, but it’s even more exciting to add something unexpected to the playlist — which is why for this week’s Tuesday Ten, we asked our writers about ten songs they didn’t like until they heard them acoustic.
Each month For The Record is here to bring you the best places to find your next favorite band in different cities all over the world—right to your screen. This month we’re diving into Grand Rapids, MI.
