AUDIO: JAHRED (HED)pe INTERVIEW
May 15, 2012
The quest to uncover the truth has given California-based hardcore pioneers (Hed)p.e. new life. While the band has weathered the stormy waters of the music business for over a decade and enjoyed a slew of successful albums, it’s their quest for answers that has given them purpose. Now with the release of their eighth studio album, “Truth Rising”, (Hed)p.e have become the voice for a movement that empowers youth and reveals the seedy underbelly of our current political affairs.
THE AMAZING WALLACE RONEY
May 1, 2012
Wallace Roney is having a career that many jazz musicians would envy. He is the protégé of Miles Davis, played with Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, but has worked hard to create his own sound. He recently shared his thoughts with me on where jazz has been and where he thinks it could go. Read more
THE YOUNG BLOODS ON SKOPE
April 4, 2012
When Streaker Records first approached Young Bloods they were at the beginning of starting their 2nd album yet to be titled. We expressed our marketing plan and how we felt Young Bloods would fit into it for the 2011 year. After some back and forth over the phone frontman Joey Arena and Streaker Co-Founder Rob DPiazza decided this new CD needed to signify a growth in Young Bloods. Read more
DIRTY ROCK & ROLL: AUTOMATIC LOVELETTER
December 30, 2010
“It’s a dirty… rock & roll song.” This is how Automatic Loveletter frontwoman Juliet Simms describes the sound of one of the band’s flagship tunes, “Heartsong.” Her same words could just as easily describe herself: dirty rock & roll chick.
A SCOTT STEWART INTERVIEW WITH CHRISTIAN SCOTT
July 20, 2010
Yesterday You Said Tomorrow falls in the category of must have albums. You know the ones that you and your homies always reference and name drop when having convos “A Love Supreme” “In A Silent Way” . YYST will be one of those albums that is studied and name dropped, like the classics of the past. Much like Miles did, Christian Scott has changed the face of Jazz and offered something “new” to the genre. I caught up with him while he was out with Marcus Miller on a string of dates; the band was revisiting Miles (TUTU).
AN INTERVIEW WITH LOU KOLLER OF SICK OF IT ALL
June 28, 2010
Trends come and go, but Sick Of It All has stood the test of time; waiving the flag of pure New York hardcore for the last 25 years- unwavering to the world around them. Selling hundreds of thousands of albums worldwide, and gaining a rabidly loyal fan base with a DIY work ethic and relentless touring, Sick Of It All have more than earned their status of legends in the hardcore scene.
EXCLUSIVE: THE MOVEMENT INTERVIEW PLUS GIVEAWAY
June 18, 2010
South Carolina rock/reggae band shares a tireless work ethic, diverse musical influences, and a mutual dislike of Afroman. At the end of this article is a Q&A Giveaway where The Movement are offering autographed copies of their album, ‘Set Sail’ to four lucky Skope readers!
AN INTERVIEW WITH BLUE OCTOBER
June 4, 2010
Unless you’ve been living in an Amish commune for the last few years, there is no way that you haven’t heard Blue October’s infectiously catchy brand of mood rock. The massive radio singles “Hate Me“, and “Into The Ocean”, (off of their multi-platinum breakthrough album Foiled) have cemented their place in today’s modern rock landscape, and amassed them a rabid and loyal, “sing every word aloud” fan base as well. (Thanks largely in part to singer Jeremy Furstenfeld’s cathartic and emotionally heavy lyrics, striking a resonate chord in his listening audience.)
