Month: January 2012

MGK ON RECORD-SETTING 2012 HOSTILE TAKEOVER TOUR

ST 19XX/Bad Boy/Interscope Records signee MGK (aka Machine Gun Kelly) will be joining Tech N9ne on the record-setting hip-hop tour for consecutive show dates in a 99 day span. The 2012 Hostile Takeover Tour will consist of an astonishing 90 tour dates in 99 days that kicks off March 22 with stops in New York,…

NEW ALBUM BY EMMURE VIDEO ANNOUNCEMENT

Emmure are preparing to release their fifth full-length album, Slave To The Game, after re-signing with Victory Records. The forthcoming effort is slated for an April 10, 2012 release. The group is currently recording with producer Joey Sturgis, who previously worked with the band on 2011’s Speaker of the Dead. On the personnel front, the…

JADA RELEASE NEW EP

Jada, Boston’s popular female vocal group, released their latest EP “Supersonique” to iTunes and Amazon.com on January 24th, 2012. Jada’s new five-song EP follows on the heels of their RIO-produced single and Vassili Shields-directed music video “This Party’s On Fire” and two Universal Motown releases, “American Cowboy”, produced by Akon and RedOne (Lady Gaga), and…

PAPA GROWS FUNK RELEASE ‘NEEDLE IN THE GROOVE’ ON MARCH 27th

Booty shaking party music best sums up the inimitable Papa Grows Funk, one of the most successful funk bands to emanate from New Orleans. The group of all-star musicians teamed up with the legendary Allen Toussaint and fellow ‘who dat’ Tom Drummond of Better Than Ezra to co-produce their new album of   “Mardi Gras…

UNSANE NEW ALBUM MARCH 20th

Legendary NYC rock powerhouse UNSANE has completed work on its long awaited new album, titled “WRECK”. The seventh full length recording of the band’s storied career will see a March 20, 2012 release date via Jello Biafra’s Alternative Tentacles label. Recorded by the band and producer Andrew Schneider at Brooklyn’s Translator Audio (Pelican, Keelhaul, etc.),…

THOUGHTFUL & TALENTED DONNIE DONKOV

From Sofia/Bulgaria comes Donnie Donkov a talented man who began writing songs since he was very young.   Over time he learned to play classical and electric guitar, piano, drums, bass and flute and studied at the University for three years.     He tried being in a band with some friends but prefers not…

THE LOVE LOAD: COMING @ YOU FULLY LOADED

Ted Watts is the front man for the band, The Love Load. He is currently promoting their latest release, “The Human Resourceful”. It is a concept album about human adaptation for survival and rebirth. Sounds pretty intense does it? Well it is a rocker and worthy of a listen.

T.O.N.E-z TO BE FEATURED ON FX SERIES JUSTIFIED

Many musicians have it, but most don’t have “it”– that being the celebrity wow factor to leap from acclaimed musician to certified media star. That crossover appeal is driving the rapid rise of T.O.N.E-z, the Emmy-nominated rapper generating the sort of buzz that lifted the profiles of predecessors like ICE-T and Will Smith. And now…

MUSIC UP CLOSE – JANUARY 2012

Well, hello, Music Up Close clubbers. Sorry for all of the packing boxes. We’ve been moving the club across the country and have been in transit and out of touch with all of our wonderful Music Up Close regulars. We are temporarily set up in an old warehouse in SOCAL as they say there, southern…

Charlie Dane, Dreamland

Charlie Dane is a 13 year old singer & guitar player who has already accomplished a lot at her very young age, including, and this is the reason you’re reading this review, releasing a full length album called “Dreamland”. She played South by Southwest, a festival most bands dream of playing. She’s quite heavily trained…

DECLAIME VIDEO “SHIP’S DOCTOR”

Since Declaime aka Dudley Perkins and Georgia Anne Muldrow co-founded their own label, SomeOthaShip in 2010, the duo has been releasing projects from artists including Quazedelic, Riff Raff McGriff, and others. The pair is also focused on developing a collection of their own releases, and while Georgia will release Seeds, a collaborative effort with Madlib…

SANTIGOLD NEW VIDEO “BIG MOUTH”

Santigold’s 2012 take over has officially begun! Following a pair of hometown shows at Music Hall of Williamsburg that sold out in five minutes, she is releasing “Big Mouth,” from her forthcoming album Master of My Make Believe, due out this spring on Downtown Records/ Atlantic Records. [youtube cxdQ_uD5IWk nolink] Santi calls out all trash-talkers…

MUSIC VIDEO DIRECTED BY ACTRESS SCARLETT JOHANSSON

“One of the greatest gifts of growing up with Jessie has been watching her develop as a musician,” Director Scarlett Johansson said. “This song has a dreamy Brian Wilson sort of feel; I wanted to build on that and allow the video to carry on dreamily and use the changing tone and Jessie’s expression to…

UNSANE NEW ALBUM MARCH 20th

Legendary NYC rock powerhouse UNSANE has completed work on its long awaited new album, titled “WRECK”. The seventh full length recording of the band’s storied career will see a March 20, 2012 release date via Jello Biafra’s Alternative Tentacles label. Recorded by the band and producer Andrew Schneider at Brooklyn’s Translator Audio (Pelican, Keelhaul, etc.),…

SPARTAN, A New Age

Spartan is a young, up-and-coming heavy metal quartet hailing from Portsmouth, England. Their debut EP “A New Age” is a testament to the enduring nature of metal, and much like rock, the enthusiasm it’s enjoyed from its devotees. The band started their metal training early, as the average age amongst them is 15. I, for…

NAT & ALEX NEW VIDEO “ILLUMINATED”

Nat & Alex are formerly of Nickelodeon fame and have shed their old clothes and recently released a killer indie rock album called Black Sheep. Their latest album release and music videos have recently been featured on Teen Vogue.com, Seventeen.com, MTV’s Buzzworthy Blog, EW.com, and Just Jared Jr. to name a few.   Nat is…

LUCERO ALBUM PREVIEW VIDEO

On March 13, Memphis’ own Lucero will release ‘Women & Work,’ their debut for ATO Records, and an album which establishes them as the 21st century voice of that great musical city. ‘Women and Work’ once again finds the core six-members of Lucero joined by Memphis horn legends Jim Spake (Solomon Burke, Ray Charles) and…

JAY BRANNAN TO RELEASE SOPHOMORE ALBUM

New York-based singer/songwriter Jay Brannan returns with sophomore full-length album Rob Me Blind on March 27, 2012.   Jay released his critically lauded debut album goddamned in 2008, but first gained attention with his role in John Cameron Mitchell’s 2006 indie film Shortbus, where he performed his original song, “Soda Shop.”

JASON CRABB LIGHTS UP TWITTER WITH 34.5 MILLION IMPRESSIONS

GRAMMY Award-winning Christian vocalist Jason Crabb rang in the New Year with a Twitter chat with Country Music Chat (#CMChat), generating 34.5 million impressions and reaching 1.4 million people. #CMchat, the only registered chat devoted to country music on Twitter, is hosted by Jessica Northey, who is ranked as the most powerful woman on Twitter…

DANIEL ROSSEN ANNOUNCES DEBUT SOLO

Having written some of the most critically-acclaimed songs of the last several years as part of Grizzly Bear and Department of Eagles, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Daniel Rossen is sharing a brand new collection of wholly personal songs on his debut solo release Silent Hour/Golden Mile. It is an output from a musician you know, yet…

KOAN SOUND “FUNK BLASTER” VIDEO

Bristol-based Glitch duo KOAN Sound have posted the new video for their lead single off Funk Blaster, the EP released on Skrillex’s OWSLA earlier this year- the label is branching out into even more left-field territory, definitely not all Dubstep. [youtube mpokVJjCRfo nolink]

SONS OF BILL TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM SIRENS

Virginia-based rock band Sons Of Bill are thrilled to announce the release of their new album SIRENS. Set for a March 27th release, this powerful collection of guitar-driven rock songs and reflective alt-country was produced by long-time fan, and fellow Virginian, David Lowery (Cracker, Camper Van Beethoven). To get fans excited, Sons Of Bill has…

Peter Galperin, Perfect World Today

Over the years we’ve seen pop, rock, and even alternative rock bands slowly erode into over-commercialized, corporate puppet shows. Talking to many music fans out there, the response is overwhelming. Give me something new, something that makes me feel good. Something that’s pure and is going to kick me in the heart. Something that doesn’t…

GEORGE HARRISON RELEASES NEW IPAD APP

BANDWDTH Publishing, in conjunction with the George Harrison Estate, announces the release of a special iPad app celebrating the guitarist and his historical guitar collection. The Guitar Collection: George Harrison iPad app will be released through iTunes on February 23, two days before Harrison’s birthdate.   The app brings George Harrison’s private guitar collection to…

JOISTARR READIES THE RELEASE OF HER NEW MUSIC

My Block Records’ newest R&B star, JoiStaRR, is set to release a new music project, Magic Monday, which is a compilation of original and cover tracks from her popular “Magic Monday” music release series. The mixtape of sort is a follow up to her critically acclaimed Broccoli & Noodles (2011) mixtape and is set for…

KEITH MODDY NEW VIDEO “ONE BIG ENDING”

Dreaming Out Loud   is dedicated to you. The album consists of 11 songs with 7 new songs and remastered versions of the four songs from the Lines EP. They say an artist has a work that he just knows needs to be heard. Well that is what Dreaming Out Loud is to me. It…

JANUARY 2012 SONICBIDS “ARTISTS 2 WATCH”

Welcome to another amazing month of music from the incredible musicians that make up the Sonicbids.com community. We have chose a select group of amazing musicians that will be speaking directly to the Skope readers. As always we encourage readers to dig deeper and check out their EPK’s.

VEVO PREMIERES VIDEO FOR DEUCE’S ‘AMERICA’

VEVO premiered Deuce’s his new video “America,” which will be featured on his debut solo album Nine Lives via Five Seven Music on March 27, 2012 worldwide.   This is follow-up to his first video release, “Let’s Get It Crackin’” – http://bit.ly/deucelgic DEUCE, ‘AMERICA’ VIDEO – http://vevo.ly/zoXyhi http://www.myplaydirect.com/deuce

BEAK DEBUT SET FOR APR. 3 RELEASE

Beak, the post-metal quartet formed by local Chicago luminaries Chris Eichenseer and Jason Goldberg previously of The Timeout Drawer, release Eyrie, the band’s debut album on Apr. 3 via Someoddpilot Records.   Recorded and mixed in late-2011 at Engine Studios by Neil Strauch (Sage Francis, Bonnie Prince Billy), the five-track release highlights the band’s adept…

WILL JOHNSON, JAY FARRAR, YIM YAMES & ANDERS PARKER TO TOUR

Will Johnson (Centro-matic, South San Gabriel), Jay Farrar (Son Volt, Gob Iron, Uncle Tupelo), Yim Yames (My Morning Jacket, Monsters of Folk), and Anders Parker (Varnaline, Gob Iron) will tour   in support of their collaborative Woody Guthrie tribute, New Multitudes.   The select run of dates will begin on March 6 at the legendary…

Julie Clark Shubert, From the Inside Out

It all began on Julie Clark Shubert’s 50th birthday when she unwrapped a Fender Stratocaster — a gift from her husband of over thirty years.   Schubert had never touched a guitar nor was it her intention to craft a full studio album but strumming some strings has been on her bucket list for a…

FABIO TRENTINI RELEASES “MOONBOUND”

Capturing the essence of 80s pop rock without coming off derivative or passé is no mean feat, but Italian singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Fabio Trentini (Subway to Sally, Le Orme) has done just that. “Peak of Eternal Light,” the latest album from Trentini’s pet music project Moonbound, is a loving and often rocking tribute to a bygone era…

ALABAMA SHAKES RELEASE DEBUT ALBUM

Boys & Girls, the full-length debut album from Alabama Shakes, will be released in North America on April 10 by ATO Records. Rough Trade will release it internationally on April 9. See below for track listing. Beginning today, fans can stream the album’s first single, “Hold On,” at www.alabamashakes.com. Alabama Shakes will make its television…

THE MARS VOLTA: NOCTOURNIQUET

Known for such landmark releases as the gold-certified De-Loused In The Comatorium and Frances The Mute and 2008’s The Bedlam In Goliath which featured Best Hard Rock Performance Grammy winner “Wax Simulacra,”   The Mars Volta returns in epic and unexpected fashion with its sixth album: Noctourniquet which will be released March 27 by Warner…

MYLES NEW VIDEO “I CAN BE YOUR LOVER”

20-year-old West Coast rapper, Myles,   dropped his debut solo video today for the Adrian Trujillo produced “I Can Be Your Lover.”   The video was directed by an amazing film student, Melissa Raszick.

LAMB OF GOD ALBUM TEASER

Following two album teasers featuring the songs ‘Ghost Walking’ and ‘Desolation’, LAMB OF GOD releases today the final teaser for the CD Resolution, set for release on January 24th.   This video features the song ‘King Me’, which closes the CD.   The track, one of the most musically ambitious the band has ever put…

PETER WHITE TEAMS UP WITH DAVID SANBORN AND KIRK WHALUM

After nearly four decades of writing, recording and touring — either as a sideman or a solo artist — Peter White still seeks out the road not yet traveled. Whether it’s new songs, new ideas, new styles or new collaborators, this virtuoso of contemporary jazz, classical, pop and Spanish guitar is at his best when…

SAY ANYTHING NEW ALBUM OUT MARCH

Equal Vision Records is excited to announce that Say Anything will release their fourth studio album, Anarchy, My Dear, produced by Tim O’Heir (Say Anything, Sebadoh, Superdrag), on March 13th, 2012. Say Anything has been making odd, unclassifiable indie rock music since they were 14 or 15 years old, playing strangely literate and loud rock,…

NEW VIDEO BY AARON COHEN

Aaron Cohen let’s loose the visuals for “Never Should Have Let Me Go” as featured on his forthcoming mixtape Crack, which drops next week.   Directed by Shervin Nassi, the video depicts the bi-coastal AC marauding through the woods in a ’71 Plymouth Fury with his entourage of zombified models…stay tuned for that Crack music!…