Month: November 2009

TONI BRAXTON AND TREY SONGZ “YESTERDAY” VIDEO

Check out the new music video for “Yesterday” from Multi-Platinum Grammy Award Winner Toni Braxton featuring Trey Songz. The video also features cameos from NBA Lakers Ron Artest and Shannon Brown as well as Brooke Hogan. SKOPE IT HERE! Tune in to the American Music Awards on Sunday, November 22nd to watch Toni Braxton present…

THE CRIBS NEW VIDEO “WE SHARE THE SAME SKIES”

Wakefield + Manchester + Portland = melodic punk rock quartet THE CRIBS who celebrate the release of their brand new, critically-embraced Warner Bros. Records album IGNORE THE IGNORANT, with news of a coast-to-coast American tour beginning January, 2010.  

ROB CARLTON FEATURED GHS STRING ENDORSEE

Rob Carlton is now featured on GHS Strings website as an endorsee. This is a huge honor as only a select group of musicians are featured on the GHS Strings website. GHS Strings produce a full line of strings for fretted instruments: electric, acoustic and classical guitar; electric bass; banjo; mandolin; pedal and steel guitar…

Justin Levinson, Predetermined Fate

Why someone from Vermont with a soft, mellow Ben Folds-esque voice would desire to write a country album is beyond me, but something about it just works. Maybe it’s the something different that comes from pop/rock/country composition without the vocal twang. Perhaps Levinson says it best:   “I’ve come supplied with duct tape and a…

KRS-ONE: HOME AGAIN FOR THE HOLIDAYS

Twenty years ago, hip hop artist/activist KRS-One wrote an inspiring op-ed in The New York Times “A Survival Curriculum for Inner City Kids,” in which he addressed the city’s failings to take care of its most needy; in the article, he also mentioned how he’d spent many of his formative years in the 1970s in…

PLANETARY NIGHTS BLAST OFF WITH ‘ELLIPTICAL MOTION’

Planetary Nights’ debut album “Elliptical Motion” is as singer-songwriter RJ McSweeney describes it “original Americana rock n roll”. It was produced by Mark Hermann and includes Rob Clores (Black Crowes) on keyboards and percussionist Graham Hawthorne (David Byrne).

SNOB DOODLE

A very happy Friday to all Skope readers! It seems that Snob Doodle caught wind of whether Miley Cyrus does or does not listen to Jay Z. She says she doesn’t, but we beg to differ!

BIZ TALK: A FEW FACTS ABOUT BARCODES

I recently attended a SWSW Music and Media Conference in Austin Texas. The first day I was there I witnessed a punk band walk over to give a Top Music Executive one of their CD’s following a hot live performance. Everything was going fine until she turned the CD over and noticed there was no…

THE BRAVERY NEW VIDEO “SUGAR PILL”

Be sure to check out the new music video for the song “Sugar Pill” from The Bravery below. This particular video was directed by the band’s bass player Mike Hindert, the same person who directed the band’s previous chilling clip for “Hatefuck.” The new album by The Bravery, Stir The Blood, comes out on December…

DARYL HALL AND JOHN OATES TO APPEAR ON THE CLEVELAND SHOW THIS SUNDAY

The number-one selling duo in music, Daryl Hall and John Oates, are appearing as themselves on the hit comedy, THE CLEVELAND SHOW this Sunday, November 22nd at 8:30pm ET/PT. Cleveland (Mike Henry) celebrates his first Thanksgiving with his new family, as well as his own parents, Cookie (guest voice Francis Callier) and Freight Train (guest…

E.P. HALL OFFERS “EMPEROR’S NOTE” OFF NEW ALBUM

Mommy Crow is a pensive folk album that mixes in strings, story book narratives, and various sounds such as the wind. The acoustic guitar carries the listener through the album, as though one were walking along, leafing through the pages of Mommy Crow.

MTV RADIO’S MORNING FACTS FOR FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20th, 2009

JUSTIN GOES TO SEE LEONA Leona Lewis played a special concert on Tuesday night in Los Angeles, the day her sophomore album Echo came out in stores, and she had a pretty prominent musician come to her show.   According to the L-A Times, Justin Timberlake took in the show from Lewis’ private table where…

BONNAROO 2010 DATES ANNOUNCED

The 2010 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival is confirmed for June 10-13! The four-day music and camping festival will once again be held on our beautiful, 700-acre farm in Manchester, TN, 60 miles southeast of Nashville.   Check back soon for lots of surprises – We’ll be announcing our spectacular 2010 line up and more…

MCS NEW VIDEO “DISAPPEAR”

Motion City Soundtrack — Justin Pierre, Josh Cain, Matt Taylor, Tony Thaxton and Jesse Johnson — are gearing up for their major label debut — My Dinosaur Life — due out January 19th on Columbia Records.   In anticipation of the new album, the band released their first new song “Disappear” from the album on…

A FIRST FOR JAY-Z

On the heels of unprecedented performances at the World Series and the New York Yankees’ victory parade, JAY-Z has scored a # 1 Billboard HOT 100 single with “Empire State Of Mind.”   Featuring Alicia Keys, the song has become an unofficial hometown anthem.   This is the first time JAY-Z has topped the Billboard…

SKOPE EXCLUSIVES: D.V. ALIAS KHRYST DISSING DRAKE

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! D.V. ALIAS KHRYST DISSING DRAKE: SKOPE IT…

THE BEATLES ON RECORD

In 1962, an unknown group from Liverpool walked into Abbey Road Studios in London to record their debut single. Over the next eight years, they would create what many consider to be the greatest collection of studio recordings of the 20th century. THE BEATLES ON RECORD, a new documentary premiering on HISTORY on Wednesday, November…

ALKALINE TRIO FORM HEART & SKULL LABEL

Alkaline Trio has announced the birth of Heart & Skull, the band’s own label formed in partnership with Epitaph Records. The band will release its seventh album through Epitaph/Heart & Skull in early 2010. Commenting on the formation of the new imprint, named for the band’s longstanding logo, Alkaline Trio singer/guitarist Matt Skiba said, “We…

COMING OUT OF LOS ANGELES IS EVOLOVE / MP3 / VIDEO

This year, the band reemerged as EVOLOVE, with a much more immediate, but still accessible, sound. EVOLOVE’s first EP, 2012: Countdown to the End, an ode to the pending Mayan prophecy of the global Apocalypse set to occur on December 21, 2012.

DRES RESURRECTS BLACK SHEEP / MP3

Dres is back to represent the legendary group Black Sheep with “Forever Luvlee,” the first single from his forthcoming EP, From The Black Pool Of Genius: The Prelude. The song showcases Dres’ unmistakable flow, proving, yet again, that although he is one of hip-hop’s originators he has yet to loose a step.

SKOPE EXCLUSIVES: WORDSMITH “You Never Know”

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! WORDSMITH “You Never Know”: SKOPE IT HERE!

NEW FOUND GLORY GO UNPLUGGED WITH DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL ON FALL TOUR

Pop-punk pioneers New Found Glory have announced an acoustic tour with Dashboard Confessional this fall in support of their latest release Not Without A Fight. Tickets for the intimate shows will be available through a special presale that begins Tuesday, Nov. 10, at 5:00PM (local time).   By buying tickets through the presale, you will…

U2 SPEAK ON RE-RELEASE OF ‘THE UNFORGETTABLE FIRE’

U2 have just released three never before seen interview clips on MySpace Music, AOL’s Spinner, and The Wall Street Journal to coincide with the 25th anniversary of their creative breakthrough release, The Unforgettable Fire. The largest rock band in the world sat down to discuss their favorite tracks from the album, what they really thought…

WOLFMOTHER PLAY “WHITE FEATHER” LIVE

Aussie quartet Wolfmother have just confirmed “White Feather” as the second single from sophomore album Cosmic Egg. “White Feather,” which the band recently played on the UK’s Later with Jools Holland, has been described by critics as a track with a, “heavy-funky groove” (LA Times), “crammed with brilliantly crunch riffs” (BBC) and “immensely likeable” (Pop…

Katie Garibaldi, Next Ride Out

Katie Garibaldi is coming strong with her sixth full-length album titled Next Ride Out. At just 25, this young singer/songwriter wrote all the songs on the new record, handled all vocals & acoustic guitars and even came up with the outdoorsy & rustic album design. There are many other talented players on the new release…

TOKIO HOTEL TAKE FANS QUESTIONS / VIDEO

Tokio Hotel sat down with MTV’s Buzzworthy Blog to answer questions from their biggest fans. Watch the video clips to find out their thoughts on religion, pranks and celebrity crushes. Tokio Hotel’s new album Humanoid is available on iTunes now. MTV Shows MTV Shows

CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG NEW VIDEO FEAT BECK “HEAVEN CAN WAIT”

Charlotte will be releasing a new album, IRM (produced by Beck) on January 26th. This is the first time Beck has been so involved in another artist’s work. IRM is Gainsbourg’s first album in nearly four years, following 5:55, which was released in 2006 to much acclaim, selling half a million copies worldwide.

THE LOW ANTHEM RELEASE NEW VIDEO FOR “CHARLIE DARWIN”

Rhode Island trio The Low Anthem have released a brand new stop-motion video for the lead song, “Charlie Darwin” on their Nonesuch debut,Oh My God, Charlie Darwin.   The band has been touring the US with Blind Pilot, and after a brief stopover in Europe, will finish out the year with Josh Ritter in December.

EMILIE AUTUMN CONTINUES “THE ASYLUM TOUR”

Chicago-based rock violinist and advocate for freedom of all kinds EMILIE AUTUMN has extended her inaugural U.S. Asylum tour in support of the recent release of the Deluxe Edition release of her seminal album OPHELIAC on The End Records. Her not-to-be-missed two hour plus live show is an extravagant event involving music, burlesque, fire, trapeze,…

PHISH ANNOUNCES FOUR SHOWS AT MIAMI’S AMERICAN AIRLINES ARENA

Phish will cap off an extraordinary 2009 – which included its first performances in over four years and the release of Joy, which Rolling Stone hailed as “a genuinely great album” – with four consecutive shows at American Airlines Arena in Miami on December 28th, 29th, 30th and 31s. Phish will perform three sets on…

ROBBIE WILLIAMS NEW ALBUM “REALITY KILLED THE VIDEO STAR”

ROBBIE WILLIAMS, one of Britain’s most talented entertainers and singer-song writers, releases his new album Reality Killed The Video Star digitally on Astralwerks today. The CD version will be released on November 17 and will be enhanced to allow the user access to exclusive bonus content when the disc is inserted into a computer. The…

BACKYARD TIRE FIRE TO RELEASE ‘GOOD TO BE’ ON FEBRUARY 16, 2010

Backyard Tire Fire will release Good to Be on February 16, 2010 through the band’s own Kelsey Street Records with distribution provided by Thirty Tigers/RED.   Good to Be was produced by Los Lobos’ Steve Berlin, who makes an appearance on every track on the album. Good to Be is a culmination of guitarist/vocalist, Ed…

SKOPE EXCLUSIVES: Cage the Elephant “Back Against The Wall”

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! Cage the Elephant “Back Against The Wall”:…

KAM MOYE VIDEO FOR “LET’S BE HONEST”

“Sometimes you have to be grateful for the things you already have.” With Kam Moye’s new video for “Let’s Be Honest,” the North Carolina emcee continues to display his down to earth sensibilities, and now finds himself fleshing out those sentiments with a strong set of visuals. [youtube _54mi8aAT5c nolink] www.myspace.com/supastition