Month: November 2010

SNOOP DOGG RELEASES BRAND NEW SONG FOR PRINCE WILLIAM’S BACHELOR PARTY

Today, international superstar and music icon, Snoop Dogg is releasing his brand new single entitled “Wet” via www.SnoopDogg.com at 4:20 pm PST, an anthem made for Prince William’s bachelor party and all bachelor parties around the world to follow.   It is the second single to release from Snoop Dogg’s forthcoming 11th studio album entitled,…

SELF-TITLED ARIA AWARD-WINNING ALBUM GOES PLATINUM

With an ARIA Award winning, self-titled album that surpassed Platinum sales, plus a platinum single (“Plans”) and forthcoming appearance on the Big Day Out, the claim is not quite as far fetched as it may sound. [youtube 4OcpSOUYjlE nolink]   At the 2010 ARIA Awards, Birds Of Tokyo not only received 6 nominations, but walked…

RICO LOVE PRODUCES NEW HAL LINTON HIT

Check out the brand new video, “Southern Hospitality”, from R&B Crooner Hal Linton. Hal is currently working on his album Return From The Future. Hal is also fresh off of tour the Budweiser Superfest Tour featuring Kem, Jaheim, and other acts Hal Linton “Southern Hospitality” (Prod. Rico Love) [youtube QwYgTlew-pA nolink]

CORINNE BAILEY RAE TO RELEASE THE LOVE EP

Following on the heels of her recent digital single “Is This Love,” GRAMMY winning artist Corinne Bailey Rae will release The Love EP on January 25th, 2011, on Capitol Records. The Love EP is a five-song collection of covers that Bailey Rae calls an “homage to some of my favorite musicians, as well as a…

TOBY MORSE TEAMS UP WITH TRAVIS BARKER

Legendary drummer Travis Barker along with FSAS (Famous Stars and Straps) has teamed up with the ‘One Life One Chance’ (OLOC) organization headed by Toby Morse, the front man of the punk rock band H20. OLOC is an organization that promotes a Drug Free culture. Toby introduces today’s youth to his friends who all live…

A BIRTHDAY SONG FOR THE “LITTLE DRAGON”

What happens when two fans of Bruce Lee from different parts of the world first “meet” online? They decide to write a musical tribute to their idol. And which is what happened when Hong Kong-based music marketing executive Hans Ebert, Chairman of We-Enhance Inc and Yorkshire-born singer-songwriter Jon Harrison, based in the UK, have done…

PJ HARVEY NEW ALBUM OUT FEBRUARY 15, 2011

PJ Harvey’s eighth studio album ‘Let England Shake’ is set to be released on the February 15, 2011 on Vagrant Records in the U.S. ‘Let England Shake’ was recorded in a 19th Century church in Dorset with long time collaborator Flood who co-produced the album with PJ Harvey, John Parish and Mick Harvey. The record…

FEEDING THE HUNGER

With the release of “H.F.M. 2 (Hunger for More 2), which dropped on November 23rd, Lloyd Banks feels like a brand new artist all over again and hopes to “regenerate the energy from 2004”.

JUNIP ANNOUNCES EUROPEAN DATES FOR 2011

JUNIP originally formed in Gothenburg, Sweden, ten years ago by José González (guitar, vocals), Elias Araya (drums) and Tobias Winterkorn (organ/moog). Junip have periodically gathered together and recorded when schedules permitted, but this is the first time all the members have focused exclusively on the band. Tuesday 1 February — LONDON — Scala ( £11)…

RUMBLETONE IS NOT EXPECTING A WHITE CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR

Today on Cyber Monday it is important to take a break from all the shopping and perhaps take in some new music. As the weather goes from 75 to 25 degrees here in New England it is nice to know that Hawaii based Rumbletone can offer a sound that can warm us up. I caught…

MTV RADIO’S MORNING FACTS FOR MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29th, 2010

IT’S THE BEGINNING FOR THE PEAS The Black Eyed Peas new album, The Beginning, arrives in stores tomorrow.   The effort is the highly-anticipated follow-up to their multi-platinum album, The E.N.D., which has sold over 2.8-million copies to date.   The E.N.D. debuted at number one on the Billboard album chart and included the number…

CURT SMITH RELEASES ‘THIS IS CHRISTMAS’

Curt Smith, co-founder of seminal music group Tears for Fears, will release “This Is Christmas,” his first original holiday song, on November 29, 2010. Smith is releasing “This Is Christmas” via his KOOK Media label as a standalone single, which will be available in digital format from iTunes, Amazon MP3, and other online retailers. It…

Brennan Dylan, Bullet Ride

Rock and electronica collide like never before on Brennan Dylan’s exciting new album Bullet Ride.   This debut instrumental album from Dylan gives you the best of both worlds from rock guitar to dance-heavy beats.   I remember hearing in the 70s that you either were a rocker or a disco junkie; could not be…

Intended Creation, Awake

What I love about Indie artists is that they take risks and that they have no set boundaries or limitations holding them back.   A big-time record company isn’t telling these musicians what they should play and how it should sound.   The outcome is usually downright raw and unpredictable, which I simply love! Intended…

JUSTIN JONES TO OPEN FOR BADLY DRAWN BOY

9:30 Records is proud to announce that Justin Jones will be playing with Badly Drawn Boy for eleven dates. Justin grew up in a collection of cabins, trailers, and campers known as Rawley Springs, VA.   He believes, like many musicians, that in a career like theirs, you don’t do it for the money, because…

SKOPE EXCLUSIVES: Bubba Sparxxx “Georgia”

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! Bubba Sparxxx “Georgia”: SKOPE IT HERE!

FRIEND SLASH LOVER RELEASES “FIRE AWAY” MP3

A stronger, smarter music is in our future and FRIEND SLASH LOVER is a preview into what lies ahead.   With the release of their six-track EP As American as Ones and Zeros, this groundbreaking Los Angeles group is ready to expand the minds of the listening public as they break away from the standards…

LEMMY THE MOVIE TRAILER

Wanted to give you the early head’s up on the release of an eye-opening (and ear-damaging!) new documentary on Motorhead’s Lemmy coming out next year. Entitled: ‘Lemmy: 49% Mother F**cker. 51% Son of a B*tch.’ the film will be released in February 2011 following its premiere at SXSW earlier this year and showings at film…

ENRIQUE IGLESIAS NEW SINGLE FEAT LUDACRIS

“Tonight” is the follow up single to the smash hit “I Like It”. It is the second single off of his Bilingual Album Euphoria available everywhere. [youtube LDtYkOrV4-E nolink] www.enriqueiglesias.com

BEN TAYLOR TO TOUR FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH JAMES TAYLOR IN 2011

Ben Taylor is currently completing his new album, Listening,   for release in 2011 to coincide with a world-wide tour.   The year will begin with Ben and his father James Taylor sharing the stage in what promises to be a magical evening of music performed on their first ever tour together (tour dates below).…

MTV RADIO’S MORNING FACTS FOR WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24th, 2010

THE BLACK EYED PEAS TALK STADIUM TOUR The Black Eyed Peas are planning on doing a stadium tour to support their new album, The Beginning, which arrives on Tuesday.   After a test-run through stadiums in South America earlier this month, will.i.iam told Billboard.com that the Peas are planning on creating a very big show.…

ENGLISHMAN’S OFFERS MP3 OFF SELF-TITLED DEBUT

Englishman is the song-vehicle for Lexington, KY native Andrew English (The Scourge of the Sea).   From the first handcrafted EP, Taxidermy (2009), through a flurry of east-coast traveling and some handsome compliments, Englishman’s first complete album is here.  

KENNY ROGERS RELEASES FIRST EVER LIVE HOLIDAY ALBUM

It’s that time of year again…and that means Kenny Rogers is gearing up to celebrate the holidays once again on his annual Christmas & Hits Tour — now a holiday tradition.   However, this holiday season Kenny is excited to announce the release of his first-ever live Christmas album: Christmas Live.   Featuring such favorites…

Swift Tongues, The Last MC Mix Tape

When you think of rap meccas — you think of great cities like ATL, CALI, NY. Even Seattle Washington has had it’s share of popular rap artists over the year. Artists like Sir Mix-A-Lot, LaborOldoninion, Blue Scholers, The Boom Bap Project, No Clure just to name a few. Now I’d like to introduce you to…

THE WESTERN STATES MOTEL ANNOUNCES ‘FREEWAY FREEWAY RIVERBED’

The Western States Motel is proud to announce a slew of West Coast tour dates this winter. The band is gearing up for the release of their latest full-length record Freeway Freeway Riverbed, set to drop February 2011. A full list of tour dates is below. If you close your eyes and imagine yourself cruising…

JAMI TEMPLETON RELEASES HOT NEW SINGLE “FALL IN”

Jami Templeton will release her new single, Fall In, November 19, to all major online distributors including itunes, cdbaby, amazon and more. Fall In, was written by Templeton, produced by G’harah “PK” Degeddingseze and recently sung by Fantasia Barrino in the musical film Soul Kittens Cabaret.

THE HUSH NOW OFFER “ON HOLIDAY” MP3

In the spirit of the holidays approaching, The Hush Now is offering a new brand new treat to fans, in the form of their new track “On Holiday,” which the band is giving away as a free download!

DISTURBED NEW VIDEO “THE ANIMAL”

Disturbed have premiered the brand new video for the track “The Animal,” the latest single from their current album Asylum. Check out the haunting new video over here. [youtube dwxUgefMStM nolink] www.disturbed1.com

THIRTY SECONDS TO MARS TELEPHONE TEASER FOR “HURRICANE”

THIRTY SECONDS TO MARS has just released a second clip from their upcoming short film for “Hurricane,” a track from the band’s latest album release, This Is War. The freshly premiered trailer is the second, from a series of six short snippets, aimed at giving fans a sneak peek of the full-length film and each…

MTV RADIO’S MORNING FACTS FOR TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23rd, 2010

NKOTBSB ANNOUNCE MORE TOUR DATES! Fresh off closing the 2010 American Music Awards with a medley of their hits, New Kids on the Block and Backstreet Boys have announced more tour dates.   18 shows have been added to the outing, including second shows added in Chicago and Toronto.   The guys will play in…

Nexcyx, EP

Get ready for a group from Barbados as they unleash their International debut EP and hope to take the world by storm!   They call themselves Nexcyx and the band incorporates many different styles of music such as: hip-hop, rock and pop.   Nexcyx is made up of four members: Mahalia Phillips on vocals, Andre…

NEW FASHAWN VIDEO RELEASED

Fashawn just dropped the new video for “Ride & Smokin’.” This song is on some DJ Quick-esque, serious west coast funk. The video feels like hanging out with Fash (ala Gin ‘n’ Juice). [youtube ZIlrOWcmPaI nolink] www.myspace.com/fashawn

GIBSON RELEASES DVD GUITAR TUTORIAL

Gibson Guitar, in partnership with Legacy Learning Systems, has announced the most in-depth home study course for guitar: Gibson’s Learn & Master Guitar. Developed in cooperation with Legacy Learning Systems, the 20-DVD course takes beginning players from the ultra-basics of guitar all the way through advanced skills training.   Featuring instruction by Steve Krenz, the…