Month: December 2009

SKOPE EXCLUSIVES: NatStar’s “The Collection Vol 1”

We at Skopemag.com get hundreds of exclusive tracks via various vendors on a daily basis. The goal for us is to share with our readers as many tracks that come in. Please note that some of these links expire so you got to get it while it’s hot! NatStar’s “The Collection Vol 1”: SKOPE IT…

Fifth Nation, Flight

Fifth Nation is named after a Native American tribe and the band consists of Julia Richardson as singer/songwriter/guitarist & Music Read on drums.   This duo is bringing a style all of their own here that is full of life.   The two members are blending together so many different musical styles such as:  …

MTV RADIO’S MORNING FACTS FOR WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2nd, 2009

LINKIN PARK, KATY PERRY & MORE FOR GRAMMY NOMS Linkin Park, Katy Perry, Smokey Robinson, Ringo Starr, T-Pain, Dwight Yoakam and George Lopez have been added as presenters for The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live!! – Countdown To Music’s Biggest Night, which takes place on tonight at Club Nokia.     The show will feature performances…

OPM RELEASE VIDEO FOR “FEEL THE VIBRATION”

California rock-reggae hybrid OPM has posted their video for the track “Feel The Vibration” online. The song comes from the band’s latest album, “Golden State Of Mind”, which was released through Suburban Noize Records.

WHAT’S THE DEAL WITH FAN2BAND?!

Fan2Band Inc., a leading social-network marketing technology company, has played a key role in the success of recent album campaigns by Carrie Underwood, Kris Allen and Orianthi.

T BONE BURNETT TO SERVE AS EXECUTIVE MUSICAL PRODUCER OF “TOUGH TRADE”

Multiple Grammy winner and Oscar-nominated producer, musician and songwriter T Bone Burnett will be the executive musical producer and an executive producer for Lionsgate’s “Tough Trade,” the first original series pilot for EPIX (TM), the new multiplatform entertainment service from Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA and VIA.B), its Paramount Pictures unit, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM) and…

SWEDISH NATIVE AGNES READY TO JUMP THE ATLANTIC

Get to know international, pop singing sensation Agnes in a brand new EPK. Watch the clip to learn more about her experience winning Sweden’s version of American Idol, her chart-topping single “Release Me,” and her favorite parts of performing.  

JOEY MCINTYRE TO TOUR IN SUPPORT OF SOLO ALBUM

After wrapping up a whirlwind year on the road with the newly reunited New Kids on the Bock, pop icon Joey McIntyre isn’t slowing down.   The singer/songwriter will release his solo EP, HERE WE GO AGAIN, on December 8th, kicking-off a tour in support of the EP on January 14th in Boston. The sound…

NITZER EBB INDUSTRIAL US TOUR 2009

Nitzer Ebb — on tour now – are performing throughout America and Canada. The tour is slated to run through to Santa Ana on December 19. Check out the full list of dates below. With their latest project entitled “Industrial Complex”, they’ll start touring in support of their first new recording since Big Hit (1995),…

CLAPTON/BECK NORTH AMERICAN DATES

On the heels of a stunning collaboration in Tokyo, Japan last February and after the announcement of two sold-out shows at the 02 Arena in London in February 2010, Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton announced today an eagerly anticipated set of shows in the U.S. and Canada.   U.S. audiences recently saw Jeff Beck’s guitar…

BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB NEW ALBUM MARCH 2010

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club are set to release their fifth studio album, Beat The Devil’s Tattoo, on the 8th March 2010.   This release signifis the band’s first full-length on their own Abstract Dragon label, in partnership with Vagrant Records and Co-Op Music Group.   The band wrote and recorded the majority of the album…

RANDOM STABBINGS & ARTLESS CRITIQUE, DECEMBER 2009

The Swimmers, People Are Soft (Mad Dragon Records) There was a metallish, hard-rock release on Mad Dragon Records a few years ago that had the most slovenly album art I’d ever seen and really bad music to match — I forget who they were, but they left a taste in my mouth that didn’t compel…

Ty Segall, Lemons

Lemons, the second full-length from Ty Segall, calls to mind many genres, including psychedelia and garage punk. Hell, there’s even hints of freak-folk and noise-rock, if you want to get really specific. What doesn’t work in Segall’s favour is how many bands are proliferating knock-off sounds in each of these genres these days, jumping on…

Lake, Let’s Build A Roof

If Let’s Build A Roof, the latest record from Olympia’s Lake is going to be classified as a “Pop” record, then the record may have forged a new genre for eagers ears; patient-pop. From “Breathing,” the budding and rolling opener, one can’t help but envision a young couple in summertime, lying in the cool grass…

The Very Best, Warm Heart of Africa

I’ll admit that I didn’t have the faintest clue what I was getting into before I heard Warm Heart Of Africa, The Very Best’s first official release. Judging by the slight word of mouth I heard, I couldn’t help but wonder: was I for an initiation into the mysterious world of African pop?Well, after hearing…

Lady Gaga, The Fame Monster

Change was a very good thing that happened to Lady Gaga. This time last year, we were introduced to a much different Gaga than the “freak b****h”(as she calls herself on “Bad Romance) that we are coming to know her as. Radio stations were blasting her electro-heavy dance singles, “Just Dance” and “Poker Face”, but…