1. At a Warped Tour date, a girl gave me these sketches that she had made of me in the same style as the Scott Pilgrim comic books. They looked awesome. 2. At another Warped Tour date, another girl made me this small, intricate mini-sculpture of the horse artwork from my debut album Beating a Dead Horse. She made another sculpture for Pierce The Veil that was 100x more impressive, but hey, it’s Pierce The Veil. 3. Back when “Every Pop Punk Vocalist” was a thing, a group of friends that I had never met got matching Sunrise Skater Kids… Read more »
Dissonant, by definition, means “clashing†or “inharmoniousâ€, but you won’t find any examples of dissonance on this third full-length from Hands Like Houses.
In late January, the New Jersey-native band Man Overboard announced a hiatus that will take place after a final run of farewell shows in the summer. Love them or not, Man Overboard were one of the first bands to fully propel 2010’s revival of pop punk back into the hearts of music lovers worldwide, an effort that can only be described by their iconic tagline: “Defend Pop Punk.” Today’s pop punk music scene would definitely not have been made possible without Man Overboard, and with that in mind, the idobi staff reflects on their favorite memories of the band that… Read more »
Pinpointing the exact moment when you go from 100 fans to 10,000 fans, to 100,000 fans is a pretty daunting task, if not impossible. Even when progression takes years, hindsight makes huge moments feel like they happened overnight.
Listening to new music can sometimes feel like déjà vu; many bands tend to stay within the comfortable bubble of their genre. Waterparks’ EP Cluster burst that bubble and the outcome is five songs that are both refreshing and infectious.
You’ve seen them at Vans Warped Tour and SXSW, you’ve watched them play with Avril Lavigne, The Color Morale, and Rookie Of The Year, you’ve sung your heart out to each of their three EPs. Now, get ready to dance along to the lyric video for their cover of Rachel Platten’s “Fight Song”. Kansas City’s Get Busy Living is premiering the video exclusively below. The band, who’ve recorded with Kevin Gates (Never Shout Never, Cady Groves), are also preparing to play a show with The Ready Set on February 26th. Pick up tickets for that here, then check out the video… Read more »
It’s that time of the year, when snow flies, cities are covered in Christmas cheer, and music festivals are nothing but a distant memory of summer–but wait, what’s this? A saving grace to our poor mosh pit free hearts? Four Chords Music Festival is set and ready to rock your minds on December 13th, so you can log one music fueled party into your 2015 journal. Equip your tires with snow chains, and hit the road to Pittsburgh for sets from Yellowcard, Hit The Lights, Patent Pending and more. Need more than more? Here are four reasons you need to… Read more »
Spoke to the first announced band of the 2016 Vans Warped Tour, Marina City, on my show! The guys won the Ernie Ball Battle Of The Bands and will be recording their new EP with John Feldman and then be on the entire 2016 Vans Warped Tour! Keep up with Marina City: Facebook.com/MarinaCityBand Twitter.com/MarinaCityBand
You might not be familiar with ONE OK ROCK yet, but they fill stadiums overseas and it won’t be long before do the same thing here in the US.
A lot of life has happened in the past ten years. Just think about everything that has consumed the world since 2005—graduations, weddings, the rise of the smartphone, and an entire language understood only by twelve year olds (**insert fourteen emoticons to thank Instagram here**).
