Riot Fest will celebrate its 20th anniversary this summer with a stacked return to Douglass Park in Chicago, running September 19–21. The milestone weekend will be headlined by blink-182, Weezer, and Green Day, each anchoring a different day. blink-182 kicks things off Friday, Weezer takes the stage Saturday for a full-album performance of The Blue Album, and Green Day will bring the celebration to a close on Sunday. Ahead of the 2005 Riot Fest launch, twenty years ago, festival founder Michael Petryshyn had shared, “I just wanted to put a show together with all of my favorite bands.” And the… Read more »
MxPx is back with their first new music of 2024. Their new single, “Set A Fire” marks their first release since 2023’s Find A Way Home. Additionally, the band has shared an accompanying music video. Uniquely, “Set A Fire” explores themes of rising up against oppression. Plus, the video appears in all black and white with the exception of a bright burning orange torch. Check out MxPx‘s new track, “Set A Fire” below. This winter, you can catch MxPx on tour with The Ataris. Check out all upcoming dates below and grab your tickets here. Tour Dates: “Set A Fire”… Read more »
Following the release of their eagerly awaited full-length album, ~mAntras~, in April 2024, marking their first new collection since 2015’s Always And Forever, Alien Ant Farm stopped by the idobi Radio Studios in North Hollywood, CA to perform their single “Fade.” At the time of the single’s arrival in February 2024, guitarist Terry Corso shared in a press release, “If you’re looking for classic AAF ingredients, ‘Fade’ is well represented. With urgently swung rhythms and heart felt, to the point lyrics, this track brings the band’s creative history with the DeLeo brothers into the present and future.” Without sacrificing the… Read more »
On the heels of their latest long-awaited full-length album, ~mAntras~, Alien Ant Farm stopped by the idobi Radio Studios in North Hollywood, CA, to perform their breakout single “Movies.” The track originally appeared on their 1999 release, Greatest Hits, before it was re-recorded for their debut studio album, Anthology, alongside their cover of Michael Jackson’s “Smooth Criminal,” released in 2001. Stripped down from the prog guitar-laden arrangement of the original, “Movies” erupts throughout the studio space. Led by gentle acoustics that create an intimate atmosphere and steady percussion that maintains the track’s flow, the softer instrumentation highlights the song’s evolved… Read more »
This week I have legendary rockstar Marko DeSantis! He’s played for such bands as The Swingin’ Utters, The Ataris, and his most notable band- Sugarcult! I got to learn all about his career starting in Santa Barbara through today. I got to first tour with Marko 20 years ago and we’ve been friends ever since, he has such a cool story, he even talks about how he grew up with Foo Fighters’ Chris Shiflett. Tune in!
idobi photographer Lindsey Blane covered the Vans Warped Tour in Seattle at CenturyLink Field North Lot.
