The first thing that blew me away was the simple fact that this was a debut album. Incredible news to my ears because the quality & professionalism put into this disc was undeniable and damn near impeccable. This artist seemed to be a seasoned vet in the studio based on the overall sound…
Month: October 2009
CRGruve, Naughty and Nice
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Two men make up CRGruve and they are bringing you some Naughty and some Nice. This Portland, Maine-based duo offers up a fun & party-like atmosphere that everyone can jam to. They go by Craig Handley & Ramone Jones and they are set to take the world by storm with their infectious sounds. It is…
Lights, The Listening
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One year and and a hot, sweaty summer of Warped Tour later, Canadian sweetheart Lights has finally released her full-length record, The Listening. Half of the record will already be familiar with fans, featuring previous releases like opening track “Saviour” and “The Last Thing On Your Mind” from her past EPs, and the rest is…
TOTO TO BE INDUCTED INTO MUSICIAN’S HALL OF FAME
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Fresh off his stint as conductor and bandleader for the critically praised 61st Primetime Emmys live primetime telecast on CBS, Toto founding member David Paich, along with bandmates Steve Lukather and Steve Porcaro, will be inducted into the Musicians’ Hall of Fame in Nashville on Oct. 12. The group is being honored by fellow Nashville…
RAY DAVIES PRESENTS “DAYS” FROM ‘THE KINKS CHORAL COLLECTION’ OUT NOVEMBER 10
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After massively successful career spanning more than 40 years, Ray Davies, the legendary lead singer of The Kinks, is back with creative and unusual interpretations of songs from his extensive catalog.
MXPX MIX THINGS UP FOR AN INTERNATIONAL RUN IN JAPAN AND MALAYSIA
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Bremerton, WA’s punk trio MxPx will be embarking on an International tour to Japan and Malaysia, but with a slight twist. An MxPx All-Star line-up has been announced featuring MxPx lead vocalist and bassist Mike Herrera along with Kris Roe of The Ataris on guitar and Chris Wilson of The Summer Obsession on drums.…
INFECTED MUSHROOM BREAK INTO BILLBOARD TOP 200 & LAUNCH IPHONE GAME
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For an Israeli-born band plying their own aggressive rock subgenre, known as psy-trance, Infected Mushroom look an awful lot like mainstream artists these days. In fact, they’ve infiltrated the retail, new media and culinary worlds simultaneously. For one thing, their latest album, Legend of the Black Shawarma (Perfecto Records), has broken into the Billboard Top…
SKOPE EXCLUSIVES: X WIFE “On The Radio”
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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! X WIFE “On The Radio”: SKOPE IT…
SAN FRANCISCO ROCK BAND NOVA SETS OUT ON NATIONWIDE FALL TOUR
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San Francisco-based rock band NOVA announced today that they are embarking on a 30-city, nationwide fall tour that will kick off in their hometown on October 7, 2009 at The Red Devil Lounge. Best known for their heavy, atmospheric and ever-shifting rock anthems, the band has become nationally known for their energetic live shows.…
BROOKLYN’s NAAM PREMIERES NEW SONG “ICY ROW” TODAY VIA STEREOGUM
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Brooklyn, NY heavy psych rock trio NAAM has completed work on its debut album. The fast-rising buzz band will drop the self-titled Naam on October 20, 2009 via NYC’s Tee Pee Records. A taste of what NAAM’s debut holds in store can be sampled now as the brand new song “Icy Row”…
HOT CHELLE RAE ALBUM COVER CONTEST
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With all the excitement around Hot Chelle Rae’s debut release of “Lovesick Electric” on October 27th, www.friendsorenemies.com has a surprise for everyone. The site will be revealing the album cover for Lovesick Electric, piece by piece over the next couple days. The first person to fit them together, and leave a comment with the right…
PHISH LAUNCHES FALL TOUR
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Phish’s fall tour will kick off at Detroit’s Cobo Arena on November 18th. It will include three shows at New York City’s Madison Square Garden (December 2, 3 & 4) and conclude at John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, VA on December 5th. Tickets will go on sale to the general public on October 23rd…
FOCUS FEATURES OFFERS TRAILER TO ‘PIRATE RADIO’ MOVIE
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Pirate Radio is the high-spirited story of how 8 DJs love affair with Rock n Roll changed the world forever. In the 1960s this group of rouge DJs, on a boat in the middle of the Northern Atlantic, played rock records and broke the law all for the love of music.
ONEREPUBLIC NEW VIDEO “ALL THE RIGHT MOVES”
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OneRepublic have just premiered the video for their new single “All The Right Moves.” The band takes the stage at a beautiful masquerade ball in the Wayne Isham (Britney Spears, Michael Jackson, Metallica) directed clip.
DESTROPHY OCTOBER TOUR DATES
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Victory Records newcomer, DESTROPHY will be heading out on an October tour with Type-O Negative in support of their self-titled label debut, out October 27th. The tour kicks off at the Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, New Jersey on October 16th and rounds up October 31st at Harpo’s in Detriot, Michigan. DATES ARE AS FOLLOWS:…
SHERYL CROW’S TUESDAY NIGHT MUSIC CLUB DELUXE EDITION
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The spectacular debut album that launched Sheryl Crow into rock music consciousness has been expanded both musically and visually for the 2CD/1DVD Tuesday Night Music Club — Deluxe Edition (A&M/UMe), released November 17, 2009. Along with the original 1993 album, the package adds a second CD containing B-sides, rarities and out-takes, as well as…
OUR LADY PEACE KICK-OFF U.S. HEADLINING TOUR OCTOBER 19
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OUR LADY PEACE–Raine Maida (vocalist), Duncan Coutts (bass), Jeremy Taggart (drums), Steve Mazur (guitar)–will be kicking off a U.S. headlining tour starting October 19 in Solana Beach, CA to promote their seventh studio album, BURN BURN, which was released July 21 via Coalition Entertainment (Records) through Warner Music Group’s Independent Label Group. While the…
LINKIN PARK TEAM UP WITH STUDENTS FOR GRAMMY SOUNDCHECK
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On September 30th, Linkin Park hosted a GRAMMY Soundchecks event in which they invited students from Southern California to a recording studio where they held a Q&A session. The band used their latest single, “New Divide,” as an example of how they craft their songs. For more information on upcoming GRAMMY Soundchecks, head to GRAMMY.com.…
LL COOL J’S NCIS A HUGE HIT FOR CBS
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Wooha.com reports LL Cool J’s new NCIS: Los Angeles show is CBS’ number one program of the year. Even though the series has only aired three episodes, it has already attracted over 17-million viewers for each showing. Congrats!
KEANE TO RERELEASE ALBUM
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Keane is set to rerelease their hit 2004 album Hopes and Fears. It’s a two—disc deluxe edition and in addition to the original effort, it will feature rare material including B-sides and recordings from the band’s earliest sessions. It’s due out on November 17th. Learn more about Hope and Fears — Deluxe…
PAT MONAHAN LIKES BRANDI CARLILE
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Brandi Carlile has a fan in Train frontman Pat Monahan. Pat took to his Twitter account to write about the singer-songwriter’s new album, Give Up The Ghost, saying that he was “about to go get it” and that he recommends “you do too.” Train’s new record, Save Me, San Francisco, comes out on…
TAYLOR SWIFT EXTENDS TOUR
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Taylor Swift is extending her Fearless tour with new concert dates through June 2010. Tickets will go on sale later this month with prices starting at 25-dollars. Taylor will begin the 2010 itinerary with five Australian shows in February, before beginning a North American tour with 37 headlining dates in 29 cities. For…
SNOB DOODLE
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A very happy TGIF to all Skope readers. What better way to kick off a three day weekend than with a new Snob Doodle.
CORINA BARTRA INTRODUCES STOLI TO AFRO-PERUVIAN MUSIC
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I like to consider myself a true music enthusiast who is always open to try new genres & sounds. My next guest has opened up my eyes to a genre I never knew existed but I am happy I do now. Corina Bartra is a native of Peru who now splits her time between there…
Sex Slaves, Wasted Angel
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This 3-member rock band from NYC is bringin’ the dirty ‘n’ nasty goods here on Wasted Angel. Sex Slaves offer a real hard-edged rock sound that really has some ballz to it. The new record has attitude, it has got rawness and it has a whole lot of substance! Coming off their…
“IT IS WHAT IT IS, AND I’M A GROWN UP”
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The former Chiodos frontman speaks up about his leave from the band, and how he is handling it.
AUSTRALIA’S BIGGEST HIP-HOP GROUP BLISS N ESO NEW VIDEO & US DATES
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Australian hip-hop heavyweights, Bliss n Eso, are set to bring their highly acclaimed live show to the US for the first time on tour with Swollen Members, Big B, and Common Market. The group will hit US shores for their first show on American soil starting October 20th in San Luis Obispo, CA, and will…
ENTER SHIKARI VIDEO FOR “ZZZONKED”
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Enter Shikari has just released a video that captures the band performing their hit song “Zzzonked” from their debut album Common Dreads. The recently shot video directed by Bob Harlow and produced by Stitchthat was created with an extremely small budget and showcases the band at their finest. Check out the video here and head…
TADDY PORTER SIGNS RECORDING DEAL WITH PRIMARY WAVE MUSIC PUBLISHING
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Primary Wave Music Publishing has entered in to a recording deal, alongside a publishing agreement, with Stillwater, Oklahoma based quartet Taddy Porter. Primary Wave Music Publishing CEO Larry Mestel shared, “Simply stated, we love this band. While we have purposely stayed out of the record business for the past three years, Taddy Porter’s…
LOS LOBOS HEAD TO THE WHITE HOUSE
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“In Performance at the White House: Fiesta Latina” is a concert hosted by the President and Mrs. Obama on the South Lawn of the White House that will be broadcast by PBS. The sixty-minute program, to be taped live by WETA Washington, D.C., on October 13, will celebrate Hispanic musical heritage and airs on…
The Box Elders, Alice And Friends
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The Box Elders are a throwback to simpler times. When making eight-minutes ambient, difficult to digest post-rock tunes wasn’t considered cooler than thou, but when drawing as many eager kids out to the dancefloor (With guitars, no less) was the only way to gauge cool. And on Alice And Friends, The Box Elders crank out…
Rah Rah, Going Steady
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Certain bands remind you of certain things. Neil Young and campfires. U2 and a breach of trust. You get the idea. Rah Rah, an auspiciously named eight-piece indie-pop opera of a band out of Regina, Saskatchewan remind me of something even more vague and non-descript: colours. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. Rah Rah,…
MUSIC UP CLOSE WITH JANIE – OCTOBER 2009
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This month’s Music Up Close takes a look back at artists of the 60s and 70s and see what some of them are doing today. There are, of course, too many to chose from, but some recent releases helped me narrow the focus for this column. Main Stage features Gordon Lightfoot recently…
NEW MARIAH CAREY SINGLE
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According to her official fan site, Mariah Carey has selected “H.A.T.E.U.” as the third official single of her new Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel album. The diva’s latest effort debuted at the number three spot on the Billboard 200 chart with over 168-thousand units sold. It is the lowest debut of her music career. Here’s…
TRAIN TO HEAD OUT ON TOUR
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Train is heading out on tour in support of their forthcoming album, Save Me, San Francisco. It kicks off October 20th in Seattle, Washington and goes until December 11th in San Diego, California. Uncle Kracker is going to be supporting the band for the entire trek. Save Me, San Francisco is due…
WALE GETS MINOR PUSH BACK…AGAIN
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According to Rap-Up.com, Wale’s upcoming debut Attention: Deficit album won’t be arriving in stores on November 3rd. Instead, fans will have to wait an additional week because the project has been pushed back to November 10th. In related news, the D.C. rapper will be joining N.E.R.D. and J Cole for Jay-Z’s North American college tour…
JENNIFER LOPEZ IS “FRESH OUT THE OVEN”
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Jennifer Lopez is making a strong comeback with a new single, “Fresh Out The Oven” featuring Pitbull, and a new alter ego. Following in Beyonce’s “Sasha Fierce” campaign, Jenny from the block is now being called “Lola.” The Neptunes-produced track can be heard via J Lo’s new “Who Is Lola” official MySpace page. Visit WhoIsLola.com…
BARBRA STREISAND TOPS PARAMORE AND MARIAH
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Barbra Streisand debuts on top of the Billboard 200 chart as her Love is the Answer album sold over 180-thousand copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan numbers. Streisand’s ninth number one album narrowly beat out Paramore’s Brand New Eyes, which bows at number two selling over 175-thousand copies, while Mariah Carey’s new album, Memoirs of…
JAY SEAN TO KNOCK BEP OUT OF TOP SPOT
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According to Billboard, Jay Sean will put an end to the Black Eyed Peas’ record reign atop the Hot 100 as his single, “Down,” will move into the top slot on the chart today. The Peas had held the number one spot for 26 straight weeks with “Boom Boom Pow,” which was on top…
One Flesh, Twelve Gates
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Right away from the front cover, you get a gloomy, dark-type setting. This flows right into the CD where you definitely get a dose of what I like to call Gloom Rock. One Flesh and their newest release, Twelve Gates, offers up some darkly-layered gothic rock with some tinges of alternative & psychedelic…
