Los Angeles' FIDLAR channel classic skatepunk and thrash into their surfy, lo-fi indie rock. The group rose from the D.I.Y. underground of the early 2010s to make a surprising run on Billboard's Heatseekers chart with their eponymous full-length debut. Named after an acronym for a skate mantra ("fuck it dog, life's a risk"), FIDLAR's freewheeling party punk was brought to a global audience over the next several years with their 2015 follow-up, Too, and 2019's Almost Free. After several years on the Mom & Pop label, the band went independent on 2025's Surviving the Dream, an al...