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Month: June 2009
MTV MIXTAPE DAILY CATCHES MASSPIKE MILES BUZZ / VIDEO
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Masspike Miles had girls screaming way before he got his first tattoo or signed with Rick Ross’ Maybach Music Group. The Roxbury, Massachusetts native used to get attention as a chubby kid during his stint in a short-lived R&B group in the early ’90s. SKOPE IT HERE!
A CAMP NEW EP ‘COVERS’ OUT NOW
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As A Camp kick off their first North American tour today at the Bowery Ballroom in New York City in support of their North American debut album, Colonia, the band announces the release of their Covers EP on Nettwerk exclusively in North America through iTunes on June 9. The Covers EP features three cover tracks…
AFTER MIDNIGHT RELEASES NEW SINGLE “TAKE ME HOME”
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Having formed in 2004 in the intensity of the Los Angeles rock scene, After Midnight Project has emerged as a band known for their explosive live act and energetic sound.
ELIZABETH & THE CATAPULT NEW VIDEO FOR “TALLER CHILDREN”
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Straight out of their SOLD OUT show at Joe’s Pub in NYC to celebrate the release of their debut. Verve Forecast release the video for “Taller Children.” Elizabeth & the Catapult unveil their darling video for the title track.
VENTURES CO-FOUNDER BOB BOGLE DEAD AT AGE OF 75
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Bob Bogle, who co-founded the best selling rock instrumental band in music history the Ventures after meeting Don Wilson while trying to buy a used car from a dealership owned by his father in 1958, passed away on Sunday at the age of 75 after long battle with Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma. Although he hasn’t played live…
A LOUDER DISASTER OFFER TWO MP3 FROM NEW EP
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For Marie Catastrophe, lead singer and guitar player in A Louder Disaster, a career in music wasn’t always a sure thing. She tried being a drummer in grade school, but that wasn’t a fit.
THE DODOS DISCUSS NEW ALBUM ‘TIME TO DIE’ VIA PITCHFORK
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With a title like Time To Die, you might think the Dodos’ third disc is their ‘mature album,’ a deadly serious undertaking punctuated with string sections and synths. Nice try kid, but you’ve got it all wrong. While indie rock’s go-to guy, Phil Ek (Built to Spill, Fleet Foxes, The Shins), hopped behind the boards…
GREEN DAY PREMIERES VIDEO FOR NEW SINGLE, “21 GUNS,” EXCLUSIVELY ON MYSPACE MUSIC
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Green Day will premiere the video for their new single, “21 Guns,” exclusively on MySpace Music on June 21st at midnight. The video was helmed by noted director Marc Webb, who has lensed clips for such artists as My Chemical Romance, Weezer, and All-American Rejects, and is making his feature film directorial debut in July…
GYM CLASS FRONTMAN RAISING AWARENESS
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Gym Class Heroes frontman Travis McCoy is currently traveling to South Africa, the Philippines and India to raise awareness about youth driven HIV and AIDS prevention initiatives. McCoy, who is the new MTV Staying Alive Special Ambassador, will be writing a new single inspired by his travels and those he meets along the way.…
M.I.A. AND VAMPIRE WEEKEND ON THE VERY BEST DEBUT
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Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig and M.I.A. will appear on the Very Best’s debut album The Warm Heart of Africa. According to Pitchfork, the album will be released this fall and M.I.A. and Koenig collaborate on “Rain Dance” as well as the record’s title track.
LADY GAGA & AKON ON SEAN KINGSTON’S LATEST
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MTV News reports that Lady Gaga and Akon will be appearing on Sean Kingston’s sophomore effort, Tomorrow. The disc boasts Kingston’s new single, “Fire Burning,” which recently has been getting a ton of airplay. Tomorrow will be released August 25th.
CAT STEVENS BACKS OFF COLDPLAY
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Cat Stevens, better known as Yusuf Islam these days, is now acknowledging that any similarities between his track “Forgeiner Suite” and Coldplay’s “Viva La Vida” wasn’t intentional. The famous songwriter told the Daily Express that he feels the British band did copy his song but that they did not do it on purpose. He even…
SANTIGOLD TO WORK WITH PHARELL ON NEW ALBUM
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NME.com reports that Santigold has begun work on a new album and Pharrell will be producing it. She intends to begin recording in August and says that Otis Redding and rapper Egyptian Lover will influence the sound of the album.
LINKIN PARK GIVE DETAILS ON TRANSFORMERS
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It turns out that “New Divide,” Linkin Park’s new song from Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, isn’t just your average movie song. The band revealed to MTV News that they wrote the track after seeing almost half the film and that the song inspired composer Hans Zimmer’s soundtrack for the flick. The guys even disclosed…
NEW KATY PERRY VIDEO
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There’s a new video out for the remix of Katy Perry’s hit song “Waking Up in Vegas” and you can watch it at PerezHilton.com. SKOPE IT HERE!
BEYONCE’S PREMIERES TWO NEW VIDEOS
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Beyonce has unleashed a batch of new videos off her multi-platinum disc, I Am…Sasha Fierce. The latest to be released is “Broken-hearted Girl” and the revamped version of “Ego” featuring Kanye West. The videos are featured in Beyonce’s new video anthology, Above & Beyonce: Video Collection & Dance Mixes, which is in stores now. DIRECT…
THE WOODSTOCK FESTIVAL BUILDS AN ONLINE COMMUNITY FOR THE 21st CENTURY
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Woodstock Ventures has teamed with Sony Music Entertainment to launch Woodstock.com, the official website for the Woodstock community. Woodstock.com will feature a cutting edge live music social network for all concerts, including complete artist and event information, access to ticketing, concert reviews, blogs and a forum to connect with other fan events throughout the world.…
PAPA ROACH NEW VIDEO THAT IS NSFW
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Papa Roach has released their raunchy video for “I Almost Told You That I Loved You.” The clip, which was inspired by singer Jacoby Shaddix’s porn-directing pal Matt Zane, features Shaddix’s wife as a dominatrix as well as a number of other kinky scenes.
YOUNG MONEY PRESENTS: AMERICAS MOST WANTED MUSIC FESTIVAL
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Grammy Award winning, multi-platinum selling artist Lil Wayne headlines this summer’s Young Money Presents: America’s Most Wanted Music Festival. Lil Wayne will be joined by artists Young Jeezy, Soulja Boy and Drake for the twenty one city tour through the United States and Canada. Tickets for the tour will go on sale June 20th and…
Ronda Matson, Truth Be Told
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The CD right away has a real earthy/true-to-heart feel with Ronda Matson smiling away and flowers shown on the back cover. With the background color of a plain-jane light, brown while showing Matson in a natural state of happiness gives off a vibe of eco-friendly trueness. This is ideally what Ronda M. represents,…
BOWL WITH YOUR FAVORITE WARPED BANDS AND HELP FIND THE CURE FOR CANCER
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THROUGH JUNE 18th BID For Your Chance To Bowl With Your Favorite Band At The 2nd Annual Vans Warped Tour / T.J. Martell Foundation Bowling Tournament — all proceeds donated to the T.J. Martell Foundation!
EYE’Z PRESENTS THE ULTIMATE FAN VIDEO CONTEST – $150
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Eye’z is having the ultimate fan video contest and offering $150 to the winner! Do you love to watch Youtube all day? Do you love to post videos that you made on your own Youtube channel or other video sharing site? Do you love & adore Eye’z? If you answered yes, this contest is for…
Jesus H Christ and the Four Hornsmen of the Apocalypse, Happier Than You
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“Happier Than You” brings music out of it’s usual passive attitude. With its earworm worthy infectious pop hooks, and lyrics that are mixed with brilliant spot-on social observations that are often poignant, and heart-felt. With a voice like Sarah Silverman and music reminiscent of They Might Be Giants,…
Lorraine Leckie and Her Demons, Four Cold Angels
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A native of Whitby, Ontario, Canada, Lorraine Leckie is a former world-renowned make-up artist who quit her day job and went on to make music. Since she was young, the music of Hank Williams and Canadian hero Neil Young have played a pivotal role in her life. Bound with her poems influenced by Jean Nicolas…
MARIAH CAREY LOOKING SEXY AS EVER FOR “OBSESSED”
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First came the emancipation, then came energy and power, and now come MEMOIRS OF AN IMPERFECT ANGEL, the new album by interna tional superstar Mariah Carey, scheduled to arrive on August 25th. The first new single pick from MEMOIRS is “Obsessed,” which blasts out to radio today, Tuesday, June 16th. The video…
ATLANTIC RECORDS GROUP CELEBRATES 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF BLACK MUSIC MONTH
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For more than 60 years, Atlantic Records has been home to the most innovative, compelling, and enduring artists in African-American music, spanning soul and R&B, jazz and hip-hop. To commemorate this month’s 30th anniversary of “Black Music Month,” Atlantic has launched a dynamic online promotional campaign, dubbed “Atlantic IS Black Music.” “Atlantic IS Black…
SKOPE EXCLUSIVES: BUJU BANTON “BEDTIME STORY”
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KISS ANNOUNCES BUCKCHERRY AS OPENING ACT FOR THE WORLD’S FIRST FAN-ROUTED TOUR
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Legendary band KISS made headlines last month when they announced their U.S. and Canadian tour will be the world’s first to put fans in charge of where a tour is routed. Now, KISS is adding even more excitement to their tour as they announce the selection of Buckcherry as the opening act for all…
ROBERT GLASPER RETURNS WITH ‘DOUBLE-BOOKED’ TO BE RELEASED AUG. 25
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Pianist Robert Glasper presents both sides of his musical persona with Double-Booked, his third album for Blue Note Records, which will be released on August 25. The album bridges Glasper’s parallel careers as the leader of an acclaimed jazz trio and a first-call sideman with hip-hop artists such as Mos Def, Q Tip and The…
DISTACCATI NEW VIDEO FOR “THE MOON LOOKS BACK”
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The second music video from Distaccati, “The Moon Looks Back” is a collage of archival footage from B-movie sci-fi and monster flicks. It’s the perfect accompaniment to a song about the randomness of being.
SKOPE EXCLUSIVES: NADO “I’m Popular” Feat Ron Browz
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ACCLAIMED IRISH SOUL SONGSTRESS LAURA IZIBOR DEBUT OUT NOW
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Atlantic recording artist Laura Izibor releases her much anticipated debut album, Let The Truth Be Told, today. The album, which features the hit single, “From My Heart To Yours,” is already shaping up as a breakthrough hit for the Dublin-based singer. The song is currently ascending the airplay charts at multi-format radio outlets…
THE BONNAROO MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL TICKET SALES INCREASE
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Superfly Presents and A.C. Entertainment are proud to announce that the 2009 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival has completed another fantastic weekend that was just shy of a sellout. With Bonnaroo as the traditional rite of passage to the rest of their summer, nearly 80,000 fans experienced an incident-free weekend with over 140 bands performing…
SKOPE EXCLUSIVES: DJ SPINZ & TRENCHWERKS ENT PRESENTS “TRENCH ATLANTA”
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SKOPE EXCLUSIVES: GUCCI MANE “AWESOME”
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LIVING THINGS MP3 OF “OXYGEN” OFF NEW EP / DATES
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Jive Recording artist Living Things are set to release their digital EP Oxygen on June 16 via all digital retailers.
THE VEER UNION RELEASE “SEASONS” MUSIC VIDEO
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The Veer Union has just released the video for their breakout single Seasons.” Packed with all the energy of a summer anthem, the clip is loaded from start to finish with driving guitar solos and pure rock adrenaline.
SKOPE EXCLUSIVES: DJ Smallz & Benz “Crumbs To Bricks”
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IT’S “JONAS DAY” ON THE DISNEY CHANNEL
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Today is “Jonas Day” on the Disney Channel. The 12 hour marathon kicks off at 10 AM Eastern and Western and features six episodes of their T-V show Jonas, plus music videos, a sneak peek at Jonas Brothers’ upcoming concert tour, and their June 12th performance of “Poison Ivy” and “Paranoid” on ABC’s Good…
