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Dear Producers of all things Pop-Punk,
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Dear Producers of all things Pop-Punk,
This year there are only two things I want for Christmas,
If you’ve never heard the name Dr. Brixx before, you’re missing out on some incredible remixes.
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.
Fearless Records have announced the release of Punk Goes Pop Volume 5. The cover album will come out November 6th and features bands such as Mayday Parade, The Maine, Craig Owens, and Memphis May Fire.
Hollywood trade newspaper Variety has lost in its attempt to pursue a trademark claim in Delaware against the punk band The Vandals.
The case will now move to a California federal court, since Vandals bassist and lawyer Joe Escalante, who is representing the band in the lawsuit, is based in Los Angeles.
New Jersey pop-punk outfit Man Overboard released an album Tuesday that every pop punk band will be trying to duplicate in the future.
Of course everyone knows you can listen to idobi over our website (through idobiradio.com), through the ShoutCast directory (at shoutcast.com) and on iTunes (through the radio guide) but if you’ve ever wanted to listen to idobi without needing an internet connection, we have the solution for you! idobi Radio is now available nearly everywhere you go! UpSnap is now allowing us to bring the best alt/punk station on the internet to your cell phone! Listeners on ANY mobile carrier can “dial in” using our short code 2SNAP (27627). By sending the text message “Play” to 2SNAP they can be connected… Read more »
It’s a big month for Tegan Quin of the Canadian sibling rock duo Tegan and Sara. She and her twin are embarking on the final leg of their tour supporting their 2007 album “The Con,” she’s co-headlining a benefit event in New York with author Augusten Burroughs, and she’s filming a video for her duet with Florida punk outfit Against Me! Also, one day very soon, she will obtain her driver’s license. “In 28 years, I’ve never had a desire to drive,” Quin told Billboard.com from Los Angeles, where she was set to shoot a video for “Borne on the… Read more »
The upcoming closure of New York’s famed punk-rock club CBGB is lamented by locals as the loss of a legendary venue; for others it symbolizes another Manhattan neighborhood becoming corporate and bland. Standing underneath the club’s red awning on Thursday evening, several young musicians smoked cigarettes and bemoaned the loss of the dank, grimy club that began in 1973 and will have its last show on Sunday, featuring Patti Smith. The venue — its full name is CBGB & OMFUG, or Country Bluegrass Blues and Other Music For Uplifting Gormandizers — spawned the Ramones, Talking Heads and Blondie, whose lead… Read more »
It’s been a big year for Jesus. Mel Gibson made a fortune at the box office with “The Passion of the Christ,” Kanye West has huge plans for his single “Jesus Walks”, and now Green Day have recorded a concept album about their own Jesus character. “The record has a story line throughout it that follows a character by the name of Jesus of Suburbia,” singer Billie Joe Armstrong said Wednesday during a break from rehearsal. “It’s [about] him coming of age and the growing pains that are involved in it and seeing if he makes the right choices or… Read more »
