idobi editor Eleanor Grace sat down with Citizen guitarist Nick Hamm and drummer Jake Duhaime in Toronto to talk about the writing and recording of their debut full-length Youth, the band’s own youth, winter tour survival tips, bowling analogies, and much more.
Packed with colossal hooks and melodies, State Champs’ debut album The Finer Things stands out as one of the best pop punk releases this year and raises the bar sky high for the genre.
On The Other Side, Tonight Alive display a newfound maturity and confidence accumulated over the past two years. These twelve tracks of passionate, driven pop rock are guaranteed to launch the band onto an entirely new level of success.
We Came As Romans’ new album Tracing Back Roots contains a lot of what their previous fans loved as well as a few surprises thrown in. While the album feels a bit stale at points, altogether it proves to be cohesive, uplifting, and appealing.
UK pop punk act Save Your Breath have signed with Animal Style Records and will release There Used To Be A Place For Us on October 8th. The band have released a lyric video for “Lessons”, the first track of the album, which can be seen along with the album artwork and tracklisting by clicking “Read More”.
Listen to Rock The Walls with Patrick Walford tonight at 8pmET featuring interviews with letlive and iwrestledabearonce. Listen on iTunes Radio and download the free idobi Radio app on iTunes, Google Play, and Windows App Stores.
New Found Glory will release Kill It Live on October 8th via Violently Happy/Bride Nine records. The recordings come from when New Found Glory played two sold out shows at Southern California’s Chain Reaction on March 27th and 28th of 2013.
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.
You’ve been crossing off the days on your calendar for months now, and the time is finally almost here – the 2013 edition of the Vans Warped Tour kicks off this Saturday. With so many bands to check out and only so many hours in a day, our writing team has put together a list of our must-see artists on this year’s Warped – some you already love, some you may not have heard yet, but all you should make an effort to see this summer.
With musical diversity, catchy melodies, and compelling lyrics, Transit have managed to produce thirteen tracks that are both unique and enjoyable, as well as giving their fans a much better understanding of who they are as people and the place that made them that way.
