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Young The Giant – Mind Over Matter
With Mind Over Matter, Young The Giant have transformed from lovable indie rockers to arena-worthy warriors.
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With Mind Over Matter, Young The Giant have transformed from lovable indie rockers to arena-worthy warriors.
With a certain industry critic quipping recently that the album format is dead, the success of The Visual Album goes to show that the album format is only as alive as the artistic creativity and expression that it possesses from front-to-back, and that that such creativity and talent is still rewarded in the music industry.
Beartooth kicked off their first full US tour with August Burns Red, Blessthefall, and Defeater at Union Transfer on Friday night. Frontman Caleb Shomo took some time between sets to speak with idobi writer Alex Rudisill about tour, what’s next for the band, balancing his projects, and even John Mayer.
Two weeks ago we introduced our new bi-weekly column Double Take, in which we explore the subtle connections between two seemingly-unrelated musical items. For our second installment, idobi writer Marina Oliver looks at the common themes shared between Panic! At The Disco’s mixed-reception sophomore release Pretty. Odd. and Neutral Milk Hotel’s classic In The Aeroplane Over The Sea.
An essay by Chris Barr, from The Eddie Jason & Chris Show This felt like a significant event, even if it was a minor significant event. This past Saturday, September 21st, 2013, was the first day of what is sure to become the annual Riot Fest: Denver music festival, here in the home-town of idobi Radio’s Eddie, Jason, and Chris Show. That evening, as I took in the spectacle of something like 200 people scrambling up onto a stage to cavort with the eternally leathered Iggy Pop, fronting his seminal proto-punk band the Stooges, I had a horrible revelation: The… Read more »
With Bangs, the two-man team behind Brick+Mortar has managed to make untraditional music that will still appeal to traditional ears.
Kevin Devine has a massive announcement today that includes album titles and details for both of his new albums (due out this fall), his upcoming fall tour, and he has released a new song titled “Private First Class.” All of this information, including tour dates, can be found by clicking “Read More.”
On their appropriately titled debut LP, Youth, Citizen unsurprisingly addresses coming-of-age angst – typical fodder for most young, earnest pop punk bands – yet somehow they accomplish it without sounding stale or cliche.
With their third effort J.A.C.K., Forever The Sickest Kids do away with their slew of co-writers and producers, yet the end product, while fun and enjoyable, seems to lack much direction.
The newest release from Captain, We’re Sinking is a collection of desperate, too-close-for-comfort stories that are driven by unexpected instrumental complexities, troubled vocals, and pure punk grit.
