When the party starts this October, virtual DJ’s and MC’s throughout the universe will fire up two turntable controllers and a microphone and mix it up with Tiësto — one of electronic music’s defining artists, DJ’s and producers — in DJ Hero ® 2, Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) today revealed. Having worked with…
Month: August 2010
GO BEHIND THE SCENES WITH KAFANI
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Here’s the behind the scenes footage for Kafani’s first single, “She Ready Now”, from the forthcoming album due out later this year. The Video for “She Ready Now” shot and will be delivered 2nd week in August. [youtube umW5Z2Ea4Ro nolink]
AUGUST 2010 SONICBIDS “ARTISTS 2 WATCHâ€
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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.
The Gaslight Anthem, American Slang
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Being compared to Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band can be a burden for any young band but The Gaslight Anthem is not just any band. The New Jersey quartet proved it was a force to be reckoned with when it released the fantastic album The ‘59 Sound two years ago. Yes, that release…
YOUNG BUCK HOME RAIDED BY FEDS
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After years of back and forth with the IRS, agents showed up at the Nashville home of former G-Unit artist, Young Buck, seizing assets like recording equipment, jewelry, furniture, and his platinum wall plaques. The action was taken due to a $300,000 past tax bill. Although Buck’s lawyers filed in court last month to protect…
VIDEO FOR EMINEM’S SMASH SINGLE “LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE” FEATURING RIHANNA TO PREMIERE
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Eminem, the Nielsen SoundScan Artist of the Decade for 2000-2009, will premiere the eagerly awaited video for his No. 1 single “Love The Way You Lie,” featuring Rihanna, on MTV and VEVO.com on Thursday, August 5th at 9:00 PM EDT. Shot in Los Angeles, the video was directed by Joseph Kahn, who, in addition to…
MTV RADIO’S MORNING FACTS FOR WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4th, 2010
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2010 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS NOMINEES MTV has just announced the nominees for the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards and Lady Gaga leads the pack with a record breaking thirteen nods, including Best Pop Video, for her smash hit single “Bad Romance.” Eminem follows close behind with eight nominations, including Video of the Year, for…
Lolla Preview: Minus the Bear
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Minus the Bear is a no frills indie rock band that merges electronic bleeps and sonic taps with driving guitars and pounding drums to form a beautiful soundscape; it is a collusion of aggressive rock and atmospheric electronics.
Lolla Preview: Cut Copy
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The Australian electro pop band Cut Copy offer up beautifully composed keyboard melodies layered on rich electronic arrangements. The tall and lanky front man, Dan Whitford, plays synth as he sings his catchy lyrics. His voice has that new wave monotone quality that effortlessly glides over their all-enveloping electronic wall of sound. This is music…
Lolla Preview: The Cribs
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The Cribs hail from Wakefield, England in the county of Yorkshire. The band consists of brothers Ryan, Gary, Ross Jarman and more recently Johnny Marr. They are well known for their out of hand and over the top performances. They’ve had their shows shut down by the police as the melee devolved into chaos and…
Lolla Preview: The Ettes
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The ETTES are a 3-piece rock outfit from Nashville, Tennessee and they will be performing on Friday at 12:30 pm on the Budweiser stage at this year’s Lollapalooza. They deliver garage rock soaked in a 60’s beat-punk sound with heavy, distorted guitars and pounding drums.
REBELUTION – 7 FREE MP3’S…
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“Once again Rebelution on a lovin’ quest”… this year’s Rebelution summer of lovin’ quest will take these living legends of reggae rock to just about every major festival in the United States.
MICHAEL SCHMELLING’S NEW BOOK CAPTURES THE ATL VIBRANT HIP-HOP CULTURE
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Chronicle Books will publish Atlanta, the new book from acclaimed photographer/director/author Michael Schmelling, on November 1st. Atlanta evokes the incredible diversity of the city’s hip-hop scene, capturing the lives of everyone from up-and-coming rappers to club kids to multi-Platinum artists. It also includes a series of insightful essays by The New Yorker’s Kelefa Sanneh.…
GRUM RELEASE VIDEO FOR “THROUGH THE NIGHT”
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Grum grew up in Linlithgow, near Edinburgh, on a diet of classic rock and synth-pop. His dad loved REO Speedwagon and similar Top Gear driving tackle, as did many of his mates, who would drag him to “crappy”, lager-fuelled metal nights around town.
ST. LOLA IN THE FIELDS SIGN WITH NETTWERK
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Nettwerk is excited to officially announce the signing of alt-pop duo St. Lola In The Fields. Their debut full-length High Atop The Houses And The Towns will be released on October 5; first single “Hold Me” will be available for purchase on September 7. Click HERE to listen to “Hold Me,” which was recently featured…
DYNAHSTI SIGN WITH SAVVY MUZIK
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SavvyMuzik is excited to announce that they just signed Urban-Gospel group, Dynahsti, from Dallas, Texas to a World Wide Distribution agreement. Dynahsti formed in 2006 by budding young gospel singers Krystal and Ashley Stepney. Krystal is a junior in College Majoring in Music Education and is also a songwriter, currently studying Opera. Ashley, on the…
BENNY MARCHANT DEBUT SINGLE “CONVERSATIONS MISSED”
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Benny Marchant is a dynamic young singer-songwriter who has entrenched himself in the Los Angeles music scene with a sophisticated, contemporary vibe that speaks to young and old alike about love, loss, journey and victory. Marchant has slowly and steadily built a reputation amongst tastemakers and music fanatics alike by crafting songs that speak…
JIMMY RAE GETS TO KNOW MUSIC FANATIC TANNER GORDON
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At just 19 years young, this immensely talented musician from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada has already got it all figured out. This up-and-coming musician started off playing solo as a folk singer/songwriter at the age of 14.
BOSTON: MIDORI MIXES COCKTAILS AND MUSIC AT SHECKY’S GIRLS NIGHT OUT
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Shecky’s Girls Night Out is BACK in Boston, August 3rd-5th! Gather the girls for an evening of shopping, delicious complimentary cocktails brought to you by Midori(R) Melon Liqueur, plus fab Goodie Bags. Request your favorite jams or dedicate a song to your bestie (awwwww).
MTV RADIO’S MORNING FACTS FOR TUESDAY, AUGUST 3rd, 2010
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JUSTIN BIEBER 3D CONCERT FILM? Justin Bieber took to Twitter to announce he will release a 3D concert film on Valentines Day. He also tweeted that the film will be directed by an Oscar-winning filmmaker and that his show in Madison Square Garden in New York City will be taped for the flick. …
QUAZEDELIC AND SNOOP DOGG OFFER “HOLD ON” MP3
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Long Beach bred producer and performer Quazedelic is excited to announce the release of his debut LP Stan Sly: AnuthaWorld. Featuring guest spots from Snoop Dogg, and others, Stan Sly: AnothaWorld will be released October 5, 2010 on Georgia Anne Muldrow and Declaime‘s fast rising label, SomeOthaShip Connect.
BLACK TIDE TO TOUR WITH BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE AND ESCAPE
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Black Tide will head out on the road this fall joining Bullet For My Valentine and Escape The Fate on their 31 date tour of North America. The tour kicks off September 16th in Wichita, KS at The Cotillon and also includes Drive A on the bill. Black Tide broke onto the music…
MARK OLSON, MANY COLORED KITE
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In the mid 80’s, Mark Olson founded the Twin City band Jayhawks, who have often been described as an alternative, country/rock band. I must admit, out of the tons (literally pounds anyway) of releases I receive, this is the first in years that made me draw comparisons at times to The Youngblood’s, Peter,…
SARAH VONDERHAAR OFFERS MP3 “HOWLING AT THE MOON”
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On August 24th, accomplished singer Sarah VonderHaar spreads her songwriting wings once again with a new EP entitled P.D.L, the follow-up to her critically acclaimed 2008 debut Are You Listening Now?
CD BABY REACHES $150 MILLION IN ARTIST PAYMENTS
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CD Baby, the world’s largest online distributor of independent music, has surpassed the milestone of $150 million in payments to the independent artists who sell their downloads and CDs through the company. Starting from humble beginnings in a garage in Woodstock, NY, CD Baby has become one of the world’s largest digital distributors, and expects…
BAD RELIGION CULMINATE 30TH ANNIVERSARY WITH 15TH STUDIO ALBUM
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Celebrating three decades of influential, thought provoking and groundbreaking punk rock, Bad Religion will release their fifteenth studio album, The Dissent of Man, on September 28. The album’s first single “The Devil in Stitches” made its debut on the world famous KROQ 106.7 in Los Angeles on Tuesday and can be heard now at…
SARAH HARMER NEW VIDEO “CAPTIVE”
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Check out the new video for Sarah Harmer’s irresistible first single “Captive,” here.
PERRY FARRELL INTERVIEWS YOSHIKI
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Lollapalooza co-creator Perry Farrell sat down with Yoshiki, the leader of X Japan, the most successful rock band in Japanese history, and chatted him on camera about X Japan’s U.S. concert debut performance that will take place this Sunday, August 8 (4PM) on the Main Stage at Lollapalooza. The interview took place at Yoshiki’s Los…
RANDOM STABBINGS & ARTLESS CRITIQUE, AUGUST 2010
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Growing, Pumps (Vice Records) In the same way that it’s hard as a reviewer to report correctly on the actual artistry involved in creating such bizarre sounds as this, it’s difficult to tell what this Brooklyn technologist is genuinely hoping to accomplish. In layman’s terms, it immediately demands a reality check of the stereo…
SHELBY LYNNE’S ‘MERRY CHRISTMAS’ SET FOR OCTOBER 12
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Shelby Lynne will release Merry Christmas, her first-ever holiday collection, on October 12th. The album will mark her second release on her own independent label, EVERSO RECORDS, which is distributed through Fontana, the award-winning independent distribution division of Universal Music Group. Tears, Lies, And Alibis, EVERSO’s first release, debuted at No. 16 on Billboard’s Top…
JASON DERULO TO EMBARK ON MAJOR U.S. HEADLINING TOUR ON SEPTEMBER 27, 2010
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Red-hot pop sensation Jason Derulo will embark on his first headlining tour of the U.S. beginning September 27th in Philadelphia, PA. The tour, which features special guest Auburn, will criss-cross the country before winding up October 29th in Fairfield, CT. Pre-sale tickets for AOL AIM Presents Jason Derulo powered by Samsung Mobile will be available…
MTV RADIO’S MORNING FACTS FOR MONDAY, AUGUST 2nd, 2010
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BEP’S “I GOTTA FEELING” HITS SIX-MILLION DOWNLOADS According to The Associated Press, the Black Eyed Peas’ former number one hit “I Gotta Feeling” has become the first song to reach six-million digital downloads. The milestone was announced Friday and confirmed by Nielsen SoundScan figures. The song was the second single released off the…
