The 33rd annual CMJ Music Marathon will take place in New York City October 15th-19th. The event, which spans across 80 venues, aims to break new artists as well as feature established artists. Acts playing the festival this year include You Me At Six, The Sounds, The Dismemberment Plan, NGHBRS, Echosmith, Braid, and more. For more information and to purchase badges, head to the CMJ website. Check out the artists announced so far below! 2/3 Goat * 6:15 Jessica Caplan * 7:00 Lisa Blanco * Aabaraki * Aaron Lee Tasjan * Aaron Lopez-Barrantes * Absolutely Free * The ACBs *… Read more »
We’re excited to unveil another new column, Double Take. In this bi-weekly editorial, idobi writer Marina Oliver explores the subtle connections between two musical concepts from different moments in time, finding the threads that tie the two together. For the column’s debut, we delve into two quintessential summer albums that are musically different from one another but turn out to have a lot in common: Jack’s Mannequin’s Everything In Transit and The Antlers’ Burst Apart.
The Things We Think We’re Missing is a record that boasts true confidence from Balance & Composure. While 2011’s Separation tested the waters of their sound, this release is a cohesive piece that has been crafted with careful thought and execution.
No Sleep Records have released a free Fall 2013 label sampler. The sampler features 27 songs, including new tracks from Sainthood Reps, The Swellers, and State Faults. See the full track listing below and grab the sampler here. Track Listing: 01. State Faults – Meteor 02. Departures – A Song For The Sunset 03. The Swellers – Becoming Self-Aware 04. Sainthood Reps – Shelter 05. TRC – We Bring War 06. Balance and Composure – Tiny Raindrop 07. Maps For Travelers – Matter Of Time 08. Long Lost – Not Worth It 09. Drug Church – Donny’s Woods 10. In… Read more »
The Bouncing Souls and The Menzingers will release a split 7″ on Chunksahh Records. The split will feature a new song from each band, as well as each band covering the other band’s song.
The newest installment of Fearless Records’ Punk Goes… series will be Punk Goes Christmas. The album will be released on November 5th and offers a variety of timeless Christmas classics, like The Summer Set’s version of “This Christmas” as well as unreleased holiday tracks from the likes of New Found Glory, Yellowcard, All Time Low, and Crown The Empire.
Reggie and The Full Effect have announced the release of their first album in five years. Funded by Kickstarter, No Country For Old Musicians will come out on November 19th via Pure Noise Records
Atlanta’s O’Brother have been building their name the past few years on tours with the likes of Thrice, Circa Survive, and Moving Mountains, but with a powerful new album – August’s Disillusion – and two months on the road as first-time headliners, the band is undoubtedly taking things to a new level in 2013. idobi editor Eleanor Grace sat down with vocalist/guitarist Tanner Merritt and drummer Michael Martens to talk about the new record, how life on the road as headliners is treating them, finding hope in disillusion, and more. You guys have been on the road for about a… Read more »
Moving Mountains’ self-titled release is a beautiful compromise of melodic indie and post-rock, offering something for listeners both old & new.
Toronto, Canada’s pop punk quartet July have signed with TDR Records. The band will release their debut album, What We Signed Up For, on November 12th.
