Berklee College of Music and Lollapalooza today announced the founding of the Berklee Lollapalooza Endowed Scholarship at the 20th Anniversary of Lollapalooza in Chicago. The four-year, full tuition scholarship will be awarded annually to a talented musician in financial need and is being endowed by Goldman Sachs Gives, a donor-advised fund. This exciting partnership is…
Month: August 2011
ALBOROSIE UNLEASHES NEW VIDEO “RESPECT” FT JUNIOR REID
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Alborosie unleashes his brand new video “Respect” ft Junior Reid off of 2 Times Revolution (Greensleeves), the recent album from the Italian-born, Jamaican-based multi-faceted musician. The 33-year-old Sicilian with waist-long dreadlocks – who Wiz Khalifa goes to for reggae samples (“Still Blazin”) and Pitchfork once claimed was the best artist of the year for reggae/dancehall,…
TEEN POP DUO MICHAEL AND MARISA OPEN FOR GREYSON CHANCE / VIDEO
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The sibling pop-rock duo Michael and Marisa have just confirmed that they are once again joining teen sensation Greyson Chance on tour this summer. The brother sister team will open for Greyson on 4 upcoming tour dates: August 11th, 2011 — Buffalo, NY at Town Ballroom August 13th, 2011 — Lancaster, PA at Chameleon Club…
BOSTON NATIVE CAM MEEKINS HEADS TO NYC NEXT WEEK / VIDEO
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Cam writes his own lyrics and beats with a ‘storyteller mc’ approach and has a similar sound to Mac Miller, Mike Posner and B.o.B. Below is a link to check out his new music video “Rain” as well as a link to his mixtape “1993”, which is self-produced along with Matty Trump, Big Jerm, Ski…
SLEEPER AGENT NEW VIDEO “GET IT DADDY”
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The group’s debut music video for their single “Get it Daddy” premiered on Spin.com yesterday. Early champions of the band, Spin.com, hailed back in March that the band “are about to be something massive” and that their “playful Southern-fried, boy-vs-girl power pop is instantly loveable.”
CHAIN SWANGAZ RELEASE THIRD VIDEO
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Note: This is has not been approved for all audiences but if you like ridiculously good looking men in eyeliner rapping along to dope beats, check this out. If you are uncomfortable with inappropriate humor or don’t want your co-worker to see, do not click this link. [youtube I3UQ6aqPNeE nolink] The sensationally entertaining rapper…
BRISK ICED TEA LAUNCHES ‘BRISK BODEGA’ PILOT PROGRAM
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Brisk Iced Tea is pleased to announce the soft launch of Brisk Bodega, a branded entertainment platform consisting of both digital content and live shows that represent the evolution of the partnership between Shady Records and Brisk, which began earlier this year with the release of the immensely successful Super Bowl TV spot featuring a…
CAROLINA LIAR NEW VIDEO “DOWN”
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The video for “Drown,” the first single off of Wild Blessed Freedom recently premiered on VEVO. The album was recorded with producers Max Martin (Katy Perry, Avril Lavigne, Pink), Shellback (Usher, Ke$ha) and Tobias Karlsson at Maratone Studios in Stockholm and Thunderhoney Studios in Los Angeles. Wild Blessed Freedom is the follow up album to…
MIDDLE CLASS RUT NEW VIDEO “BUSY BEIN’ BORN”
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The California-based alternative rock duo showcases their heavy sound in “Busy Bein’ Born,” the latest single from their critically-acclaimed debut album. The dark, stunning video follows a young boy who is kidnapped and forced to participate in violent combat. [youtube mvqtWjN7lOI nolink]
YELAWOLF TO RELEASE FIRST SINGLE FROM HIS UPCOMING ALBUM
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Fast-rising rapper Yelawolf has announced that he will release the first single from his upcoming full-length studio album Radioactive, “Hard White (Up In The Club)” Monday August 8th. The song, which features Lil Jon, is produced by Hydrox and will be available everywhere digital music is sold. Radioactive is the Alabama-born rapper’s first…
FALLING IN REVERSE DEBUT A SMASH SUCCESS
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The Drug In Me Is You, the brand new album by Falling In Reverse is out now and it’s an undeniable hit. The debut album from this electrifying young band has received an enthusiastic welcome by fans, immediately hitting the #4 position on the iTunes rock charts. The album also made the top 10 album…
SKOPE / CONQUEST LLC / BELIEVE DIGITAL MARKETING & DISTRIBUTION
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Skope Entertainment is very excited to officially team up with Conquest LLC & Believe Digital (http://believedigital.com) to offer a one-stop for all your marketing & digital distribution needs. Your album or single will gain access to a direct and global network of digital music stores to distribute your music and effective marketing & promotion to…
INDIGO CHARLIE NEW VIDEO “COOL LOVE”
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SoCal based FIDM fashion student, Giorgio Armani intern and indie alternative artist, Indigo Charlie, has partnered up with lyricists JusTT&GifTT on her most recent single, “Cool Love.” A video was shot for the song this month with director, Tyren Redd.
AUGUST 2011 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.
REL NEW VIDEO “PUBLIC TRANSIT”
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Amid protest and outrage, what are quickly becoming non-isolated incidents of Police brutality continue to impact the Bay Area community. In January, Oscar Grant, unarmed, was shot to death by BART Police officer Johannes Mehserle, and just last month another unarmed victim, Ernesto Duenez, Jr. was fatally shot. Others, names including James Rivera and Rita…
BROOKE WHITE & JACK MATRANGA RELEASE DEBUT EP
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Brooke White and Jack Matranga are thrilled to announce the release of their debut EP, GEMINI. Set for an August 30th digital release on June Baby Records, these two talented musicians, together known as Jack and White, have created a compelling and memorable six-song collection full of skilled pop songwriting, luminous guitar picking and warm…
MGK GETS A MAJOR RECORD DEAL
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MGK, the rising rapid-fire rapper from Cleveland who became the first MC in history to win the famed Amateur Night competition at the Apollo, has been signed to Bad Boy/Interscope Records. Information about his forthcoming debut album, Lace Up, will be announced in the near future. MGK has continuously impressed with his exciting…
METALLICA ANNOUNCE SERIES OF SAN FRANCISCO SHOWS FOR MET CLUB MEMBERS
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Thirty years of Metallica… can you believe it? We think it’s cause for a major celebration! You’ve been asking for a while now “just what the hell are you going to do to mark 30 years as a band?” closely followed by “why don’t we have more exclusive shows for Fan Club members?” We’ve heard…
DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE SET FALL TOUR
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Atlantic recording group Death Cab for Cutie has unveiled details of their upcoming fall tour. The dates — which celebrate the recent release of the band’s critically acclaimed new album, “CODES AND KEYS” — begin September 30th in Cincinnati and then continue through a major hometown headline show at Seattle’s Key Arena at Seattle…
BLITZEN TRAPPER ANNOUNCE CO-HEADLINING TOUR WITH DAWES
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Portland, Oregon’s Blitzen Trapper is excited to hit the road in support of their upcoming album “American Goldwing” out September 13th on Sub Pop Records. Beginning October 7th in Petaluma, CA, the alt-country quintet who has been praised by The New York Times, Pitchfork, Filter and countless others for their captivating live performances, will embark…
CHUCKIE OFFERS FANS CHANCE TO JOIN HIM
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To further stoke anticipation for the performances, Chuckie has unveiled a brand new “Roll With Chuckie” competition with a prize for one lucky winner and a friend, allowing them a glimpse into the jet-setting life of an international DJ. To participate, fans are asked to engage the Fanrank Facebook application- users gain points by updating…
BEBE BUELL TEAMS UP WITH NIJI ENTERTAINMENT FOR ‘HARD LOVE’
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Not many people can say that they opened for Alice Cooper and the Ramones, recorded with the Cars, was a fashion model/Playboy Playmate, penned a New York Times best-selling autobiography (‘Rebel Heart”) and has been praised by such rock icons as Steven Tyler, Joey Ramone and Lemmy Kilmister. But Bebe Buell…
SONNIE SEEGZ INKS WORLDWIDE RECORD DEAL WITH MUSIC UNLIMITED
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Sonnie Seegz has just signed a recording deal with Music Unlimited. A Full Length mixtape will be ready to hit the streets fall 2011. Sonnie Seegz, signs an international record deal with Music Unlimited International. The label is setting up the Bridgeport, CT recording artist, for a late fall 2011 release of his forthcoming mixtape…
SOULBLENDR IS A DIY PLATFORM FOR FAN INSPIRED MERCH
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Music fans of all kinds love nothing more than proudly supporting their favorite artists by buying cool merch. The problem is that most merch just isn’t that cool! SOULBLENDR is inviting music fans to an entirely new “social commerce” marketplace, a site built around fan inspired, designer made music merchandise. Experience a self serve,…
THE SHEEPDOGS WIN ATLANTIC RECORDS AND ROLLING STONE’S COMPETITION
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Atlantic Records and Rolling Stone have announced The Sheepdogs as the winners of the first-ever “Do You Wanna Be A Rock & Roll Star?” competition, presented by Garnier Fructis. The Saskatoon, Saskatchewan-based rock band were selected by consumer votes to be the first-ever band or artist not signed to a major label to appear…
V-ROYS RELEASE “SOONER OR LATER†MP3 OFF NEW COMPILATION
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Landing September 27 is Sooner or Later, the first-ever compilation from The V-Roys, the seminal roots rock band that influenced a generation of Alt-country revelry.
CUTE LEPERS OFFER MP3 “TRIBUTE TO CHARLIE”
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The Cute Lepers are members of the Briefs (great NW new wave punk band – very much 77 type power pop pogo punk stuff). The Cute Lepers are pretty similar, maybe even a bit more power pop (ala Stiff Records, etc), but also has a bit of a Motown/60s girl group thing going. They…
RACHAEL YAMAGATA RETURNS WITH NEW STUDIO ALBUM
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Acclaimed singer-songwriter, Rachael Yamagata, will release Chesapeake, her first studio album in three years on October 11, 2011. The album, produced by John Alagia, producer of Yamagata’s Happenstance album as well as albums from Liz Phair, Dave Matthews Band and Jasaon Mraz, will be self-released on her very own Frankenfish Records. Twelve days following the…
INDIGO GIRLS TO RELEASE BEAUTY QUEEN SISTER OUT OCTOBER 4th
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Grammy-winning folk-rock duo Indigo Girls will release their fourteenth studio album, Beauty Queen Sister, October 4, 2011. The new album is a stunning 13-song collection featuring the signature storytelling that fans have grown to love, touching on modern-world worries and romanticizing the simplicity of days gone by. Recorded in Nashville, the duo reunited with producer…
GO BEHIND THE SCENES AT DEF JAM
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In anticipation of the launch of our art book “Def Jam Recordings: The First 25 Years of the Last Great Record Label” we’d like to share a series of webisodes cut from our interviews. The first is a clip of Russell Simmons recalling his first encounter with Rick Rubin. The book tells the storied history…
JOHN OATES: FLYING SOLO
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I’d interviewed John years ago, and had a chance to catch up with him and his new solo venture and tour supporting the release of Mississippi Mile. Half of the most potent rock/soul duo to hit the airwaves, John has always piled his passion into his solo projects.
STOLI IS LOVING ROSE OF JERICHO HIT SONG “MIDNIGHT EYES”
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August is here again, that means we better get outside as much as possible before the temps start dropping. I never want summer to end. My guests this week do not have that problem as Rose of Jericho is a rock band from San Antonio, TX, lead by singer Andrea Russie. I must admit that…
DEREK SHERINIAN’S OCEANA TO BE RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 27th
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Music Theories, a division of the Mascot Label Group, has announced a September 27 release date for Derek Sherinian’s Oceana. Recognized by many as the premiere rock keyboardist of his generation, Sherinian has performed for millions via the vehicles of Black Country Communion (of which he is a current member alongside Glenn Hughes, Jason…
RHETERIC RAMIREZ NEW VIDEO “BREAK THA BANK”
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Raised in NYC in the ’80s and L.A. in the ’90s, Dominican-American emcee Rheteric Ramirez has been making a home for himself at the sweet spot where brains meet fist for the last fifteen years. His unique brand of ‘intellectual mauling’ has made him one of underground hip-hop’s most most unique emcees much like Nocando,…
RANDOM STABBINGS & ARTLESS CRITIQUE, AUGUST 2011
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Razer, Dark Devotion [expanded] (Blind Monkey Records) Expanded version of of the Sony-propelled release from the melodic-nu-metal crew, who’ve opened for Judas Priest and whatnot in their native Phoenix. Like so many Metal Blade-level non-thrashers, there are tales of brushes with near-fame along their journey, in this case one of the guys touring as…
HARVESTBLOOM SET TO RELEASE NEW EP “LET IT GO” AUGUST 2 / VIDEO
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HarvestBloom follows up the success of their 2010 EP Release DEVIL’S POISON with another EP entitled LET IT GO. The LET IT GO EP features 3 songs plus a remix of LET IT GO. The EP is being released on August 2nd.
SKOPE TV INTERVIEW FEAT JOHNNY CROME
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On Friday July 29 Skope was visited by an emerging artist by the name of Johnny Crome. Johnny did not want to settle for just a phone interview so he drove over 4 hours to come see us, and we are glad that he did. With his two hits “Amnesia” and “Porn Star” making waves…
RICK SHAFFER HAS THE BLUES…(“DOWN TO A T!”)
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Johnny Lee Hooker once said: “The Blues had a child and that child was Rock N’ Roll.” And it is no secret that the success that British Invasion era bands enjoyed stateside was due in large part to their obsession with the Blues. The Yardbirds did it. The Rolling Stones did it. Zeppelin even did…
