Month: June 2011

ALEX GAUDINO & KELLY ROWLAND NEW VIDEO

Italian DJ and super producer, Alex Gaudino, has teamed with Kelly Rowland (Destiny’s Child) for “What A Feeling,” the anthem that will be heating up pool parties and dance floors all summer. Flipping from an epic piano melody into an unforgettable hook, “What A Feeling” bounces with a modern disco flare and unshakable house groove.…

THE JAPANESE POPSTARS STREAM NEW TRACK “CATAPULT”

The Japanese Popstars stream their latest single “Catapult” in full. Bringing some uplifting amplified electronic elements to the table, “Catapult” is a real crowd pleaser, and recently wowed audiences at festivals like Fuji Rock and Trans Musicales. [youtube OKydJWyOnwY nolink] www.thejapanesepopstars.co.uk

NUGS.NET INTRODUCES THE NUGS.NET APPETIZER

In celebration of its 15 year anniversary, music service provider nugs.net is proud to announce the first of several new products: The nugs.net Appetizer.   Since its inception, nugs.net has passionately delivered live music content to music lovers across the world and now, with The nugs.net Appetizer, bands are able to deliver fans a taste…

BONE THUGS N HARMONY TO STREAM THEIR CONCERT THIS SATURDAY

The Rave Live is proud to announce that legendary hip hop act Bone Thugs n Harmony will be streaming their upcoming show next Saturday, June 11th,   live from The Rave/Eagles Club in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Bone Thugs n Harmony are touring with a full band and will be featuring the Ressurection album along with the…

MEDIASKARE RECORDS SIGNS MUREAU

Mediaskare Records is proud to announce the addition of Thousand Oaks, CA-based band Mureau to its roster of artists. The band’s debut album ‘Rumors and Reputations’ will hit stores this summer through the label. A new track titled “Bedroom Eyes” (feat. Brendan Foley of Betrayal) from the album can currently be heard at the band’s…

STOLI OFFERS A NSFW INTERVIEW WITH OMINOS

Man it is getting hot out there. I do not know if it’s the weather or this interview I am about to post with a metal band out of San Francisco by the name of Ominos. These guys have created a band that I was impressed by how they have totally immersed themselves in what…

RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS ANNOUNCE DETAILS OF NEW STUDIO ALBUM

Multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers will release their upcoming tenth studio album, I’m With You, on Warner Bros. Records on August 30th, 2011. Recorded at East West In Los Angeles and Shangri-la in Malibu, CA, I’m With You was produced by Rick Rubin, who has produced the band’s previous five albums,…

JUNIOR GIANT VIDEO FOR “HEYLA”

Indie rockers Junior Giant will release their studio album True North exclusively on iTunes in May. The album was self-produced with the help of local Salt Lake City engineer/producer Jason Perkins. True North is Junior Giant’s follow up to their debut album, Blue Boy, released in 2009.

LIMP BIZKIT IS BACK

Limp Bizkit’s first single, “Shotgun,” rocketed to #1 on the iTunes Rock Chart upon its release. The single appears on their highly anticipated new album, GOLD COBRA, due out on June 28th! The album, which is the band’s first with the original lineup in 10 years, will come in several configurations, a standard release featuring…

“EVERY TEARDROP IS A WATERFALL” THE NEW SINGLE FROM COLDPLAY

Coldplay’s new single, “Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall,” was released today at 12pm (BST). The track is now available on iTunes and at all digital retailers, except in the UK where the track is released at 12:01am on Sunday, June 5.   It is also streaming on http://coldplay.com. “Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall” was produced…

TRAE THE TRUTH OFFERS THE “STREET KING” TRAILER

After three long years of mix tapes, touring and keeping the music news busy with music, videos, cartoons and lawsuits, Houston’s Trae Tha Truth will finally release his much anticipated third solo album, “Street King” (ABN Entertainment/Prez Entertainment/Fontana) on June 28th. Album features include Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, Wiz Khalifa, Tha Game, Big Boi, Lupe…

WIDESPREAD PANIC AND iCLIPS.NET OFFER LIVE VIDEO STREAMING

For music fans all over the country, it wouldn’t quite be summer without a run of Widespread Panic shows at Colorado’s breathtaking Red Rocks Amphitheatre. For the band’s 2011 visit — happening June 24-25-26 – iClips.net will be onsite documenting the sold out run. “Widespread Panic: Live From Red Rocks” webcast, available at iClips.net and…

DUB SONATA: DIGGIN’ IN HAVANA

A week in Cuba to some can be an enjoyable vacation, an enlightening experience seeing how a country survives under a dictatorship,   while enjoying the culture and the whole experience of what such a place has to offer. For Bronx based producer, the trip was something much more than that, it was a musical…

T-PAIN VOWS TO NEVER USE AUTO-TUNE AGAIN

In an unexpected statement, GRAMMY-Award winning and platinum selling artist T-Pain declared “I’m done with Auto-Tune.” The multi-faceted artist who famously turned Auto-Tune into a mainstream sound used in some of today’s biggest hit songs, continued to say, “I vow right here, right now, to never use Auto-Tune again.   I’m onto something that I…

TRUTHLiVE NEW VIDEO “POETRY IN MOTION”

Roughly a year since the release of his well received debut LP Patience, produced entirely by Jake One and released on his own label Interdependent Media, the California MC and musical jack of all trades, TRUTHLiVE, is gearing up to drop his new EP The Remembering. [youtube pAHM5cCjFXI nolink] http://twitter.com/Truthlive

MTV RADIO’S MORNING FACTS FOR MONDAY, JUNE 6th, 2011

P!NK WELCOMES A BABY GIRL! P!nk gave birth to a baby girl on Thursday evening.   She took to Twitter around 11 PM Eastern to announce that she and husband Carey Hart welcomed Willow Sage Hart to the world.   P!nk said “she’s gorgeous, just like her daddy.”   THE OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT VIA TWITTER: P!nk’s…

HUDSON OWEN: THE MAN BEHIND THE MIND

The eight years I have now written for Skope has afforded me the opportunity to access a myriad of musical styles and the artists within them. I spoke to Eminem collaborator, Proof a few years before he was gunned down in a Detroit nightclub; I got to speak to the usually elusive Evan Dando after…

SORRY BAMBA OFFERS NEW MP3 “SAYOUWE”

After many years of Sorry’s tracks appearing on several highly sought after and very hard to find compilations of African (and more specifically Malian) music, Alex Minoff and Ian Eagleson (both of Extra Golden) have worked closely with Sorry Bamba to compile and restore this collection of songs for official release.  

ELLIE GOULDING ANNOUNCES NORTH AMERICAN HEADLINE TOUR

Cherrytree/Interscope recording artist ELLIE GOULDING returns stateside this summer for her second headline tour in support of her critically acclaimed solo debut LIGHTS. Aptly named, “THE LIGHTS TOUR” begins July 23 in Atlanta and wraps in late August. “I am really excited about the next tour,” says Ellie. “This time we are ready; we are…

ALEX DA KID SIGNS WITH INTERSCOPE RECORDS

Grammy winner and multi platinum music producer, Alex Da Kid has created his own label via Interscope Records, it was announced today by Interscope Geffen A&M Records, a unit of Universal Music Group, the global music leader.   Alex’s new label, KIDinaKORNER, will debut with a solo album from singer-songwriter Skylar Grey, who has been…

TOP SUMMER CONCERT APPS

To help concert-goers in cities and towns across the country, Appitalism.com, the mobile app superstore, has put together a list of the top apps to help them get the most out of their summer concert season. Concert Finder (Free for Android) — Find concerts going on around the U.S.   Search for specific artists or…

WHITE WIVES’ DEBUT LP DUE JUNE 28

Following their EP Situationist earlier this year, White Wives’ debut LP, Happeners, will be released June 28 on Adeline Records. Inspired by the mid-60s Provo movement, a counterculture movement that used nonviolence and absurd humor to provoke violent reactions from the police, the album bears the title of the movement leaders. This quartet brings together…

XIMENA SARINARA SUMMER TOUR WITH SIA

Oh the heels of tours with Fitz & the Tantrums and Ray LaMontagne , Mexican singer, songwriter and keyboardist Ximena Sariñana (hi-MEN-a sa-rin-YAH-na) will be hitting the road this summer with Sia.   The nationwide run, which also features Oh Land, kicks off July 21st in Minneapolis, MN and runs through August 19th in Vancouver,…

THE JIM JONES REVUE RELEASE ‘BURNING YOUR HOUSE DOWN’

The Jim Jones Revue’s new album, Burning Your House Down, will be released through Punk Rock Blues Records on August 16th. Produced by Jim Sclavunos (of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds/Grinderman), Burning Your House Down captures the roar of an untamed band at the top of their game. With the microphone shredding wail of…

NEVER SHOUT NEVER RAISING MONEY FOR JOPLIN, MO / VIDEO

Christofer Drew and his band Never Shout Never call Joplin, Missouri home. The 20-year-old singer/songwriter grew up and currently resides in Joplin. While Drew and his family were not harmed by the devastating tornados last week, many of his friends and band members were greatly affected.

NEIL YOUNG TO RELEASE LIVE ALBUM

Neil Young will release a brand-new album, entitled A Treasure, on June 14th, on Reprise Records. It will be available in stores on CD and Blu-ray, as well as on iTunes and through all participating digital retailers. The limited-edition vinyl pressing will precede the CD street date, hitting shelves on June 7th, and will be…

NEW SINGLE OUT BY SHADE SHEIST “QUEEN”

Former Universal Records alumni and internationally recognized independent recording artist, Shade Sheist, released a brand new single this week titled “Queen,” which features the very graceful voice of former Doggystyle R&R artist Latoiya Williams. The music is arranged by French composer Sovan of VS Productions and showcases Sheist’s infamous deep-toned vocals against live instrumentation. “I…

MTV RADIO’S MORNING FACTS FOR THURSDAY, JUNE 2nd, 2011

GAGA SELLS 1.1-MILLION COPIES OF BORN THIS WAY She’s done it.   Lady Gaga’s new album Born This Way lived up to the hype and managed to sell more than one-million albums in its first week of release — 1.1-million to be exact.   It’s the first album to sell over a million copies since…

CAKE, MASONIC AUDITORIUM, CLEVELAND 5-17-2011

The first leg of their second tour supporting their new release Showroom Of Compassion is being sold out.   The Cake lineup was John McCrea on lead vocals, rhythm guitar, and vibraslap, Vince DiFiore on trumpet, keyboard, harmony vocals, and percussion, Xan McCurdy on lead guitar, and backing vocals, Gabe Nelson on bass guitar and…

RANDOM STABBINGS & ARTLESS CRITIQUE, JUNE 2011

Miracle Parade, Hark and Other Lost Transmissions (Little Record Company) It could be said that this surf-Americana-rock solo project from Everyday Visuals frontman Christopher Pappas mimics the effect of putting CDs from Bright Eyes, Glasvegas and Snow Patrol in the stereo and hitting Randomize.   Owing to the predominance of it, I get the feeling…

Jake Allen, Etherica

When quality & precision clash head on you get ‘Etherica’.   Jake Allen is his name and making dark times sound so wonderful is his game.   The idea behind the new record was originally supposed to be based on dreams but instead Jake is left with a harsh reality. This singer/songwriter from Michigan started…

JONAS GROUP MANAGEMENT SIGNS ADAM BLACKSTONE

Further bolstering its cache of management clients, Jonas Group Management President Jared Rosenberg announced today that the company has signed A-list music producer Adam Blackstone for exclusive management representation.   The news comes as Blackstone’s four episode run as a music coach on NBC’s hit show “The Voice”, comes to an end. Blackstone has been…

DJ Dylan C, Glitch Hop

Dylan John Cameron aka DJ Dylan C offers up nine blazing tracks on his new EP ‘Glitch Hop’.   This guy has been involved with the DJ scene since ’98 and he was only 13 years old at the time!   That’s ALL LOVE for the turntables as DJ Dylan C is ready to put…

STOLI IS TOUCHED BY SILVINA’S HIT SINGLE “NO SE PORQUE”

Well I have finally decided to return back to work after an incredible Memorial Day weekend. Summer is officially here and my guest this week is just perfect to help kick off my favorite season of the year. It is my pleasure to introduce a female Latin singer/songwriter that is the whole package by the…

MTV RADIO’S MORNING FACTS FOR WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1st, 2011

UPDATE ON SEAN KINGSTON’S CONDITION! Sean Kingston was involved in a bad jet skiing accident in Miami that put him in the trauma ward at a local hospital but now, a rep for the singer tells MTV News that Sean is “sedated but fully conscious.” In addition, Sean has a tube located in his throat,…

ABM RELEASES “DAT BODY GYAL” FEAT QWES KROSS

ABM is back at it with his biggest single to date. ABM & his Platinum Trini Entertainment have teamed up with Qwes Kross of 50/50 Konvict Muzik / Universal which is the famous label of Akon & Lady Gaga. ABM has released the single on I-Tunes for purchase and the video is on Youtube now…