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What the genre?
What exactly makes an artist a certain genre? Here’s a handy guide to help you figure it out.
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What exactly makes an artist a certain genre? Here’s a handy guide to help you figure it out.
This year has been a roller coaster for the guys of Man Overboard, but great pain inspires great music, and Passing Ends is the perfect representation of that.
Today might be the last day of the 2014 CMJ Music Marathon but there is still a full day and night of events to go. We’ve made our final “Four Play†picks but it hasn’t been easy narrowing down our choices the last five days. Whether you were able to attend this year in person or are sitting at home looking for some new music, you should check out all of the great artists who played CMJ this year. You might just find your new favorite band among the local, national, and international talent showcased this year.
Why are Gerard Way, Bombay Bicycle Club, and Foster The People all in NYC this week? For the CMJ Music Marathon of course, and you should be here too! There’s nothing like the thrill of discovering a new favorite band, and with over 1,400 artists playing more than 300 showcases at 80+ venues throughout the city, CMJ surely has one for you. The music marathon welcomes veterans like Cold War Kids, newcomers like Zella Day, International acts including the famous Japanese all girl punk band Shonen Knife and countless up and coming artists all hoping to be discovered. These acts are brought together for five days of music and featured speakers from the industry. For each day, idobi Radio will be bring you the CMJ “Four Playâ€: four can’t miss events for each day of CMJ.
I The Mighty frontman Brent Walsh has released the first song from his upcoming solo record ‘7’. The song is called “Free,” and the album will be released November 10th with Equal Vision Records.
If one thing is certain about Metro Station’s new EP Gold, it’s that the electro-pop tunes will make you “Shake It†like it’s 2007.
While Lil Wayne has, to the best of my knowledge, spent around 70% of his career so far behind bars, you don’t need to share his level of passion for drugs and weapon possession to end up in an orange jumpsuit. In this week’s Tuesday Ten, we look at some of the other crimes that have landed musicians behind the ever-so-flattering lens of the mugshot camera.
Yellowcard made true on their intent to go where they’ve never gone before with Lift A Sail. Despite being around for almost 20 years now, the band still continues to challenge and reinvent themselves.
The Goo Goo Dolls dominated the 90s with their timeless single “Iris”. This week, Sleeping With Sirens provide a softer, lullaby rendition that nearly rivals the original.
Even if you’re convinced that a band changing their sound is the worst thing that’s ever happened to you, it’s perfectly natural for someone’s music to develop and shift from album to album. But every once in a while, those shifts are so dramatic that the early work ends up sounding like it was released by an entirely different band than the more recent material.
