Month: August 2012

NEON HITCH POST NEW SINGLE FEAT TYGA

Neon Hitch has just revealed her latest track, “Gold” which debuted on Pop Justice yesterday. Co-written by Bruno Mars and featuring a verse from Tyga, the song takes Neon Hitch fans one step closer to her long awaited full-length album debut. In conjunction with the song’s premiere, Neon will be performing “Gold” on Late Night…

Benn Bacot Quartet, Stolen Moments

Most would agree most popular artists out there have something truly special to give to their fans. This goes above the typical attributes like raw talent, amazing songs, nice voice, or even a very marketable look, sound & image. There’s something truly infectious at the core of these artists that simply makes us feel good…

Blest, Unleashed

Most would agree most popular artists out there have something truly special to give to their fans. This goes above the typical attributes like raw talent, amazing songs, nice voice, or even a very marketable look, sound & image. There’s something truly infectious at the core of these artists that simply makes us feel good…

Suns of Orpheus, Amoris Orbita

World music conglomerate Suns of Orpheus have been moving and shaking (both literally and figuratively) in Austin since last year when they recorded their debut EP having NEVER played a live show. Recently, they saw their hometown honor their musical endeavors with a special gift all of their own–August 23rd will not only serve as…

ALICIA POSTS NEW SINGLE “HIGHER”

Alicia Lemke (ALICIA) is a fearless and inspiring young talent. A native of Madison, Wisconsin, ALICIA’s wanderlust eventually landed her in New York City. Her extraordinary passion propelled her into the heart of the city’s music scene where she has sparked a growing fan base.   In addition to her newly released singles “Luminous” and…

WIRE: THE JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION PREMIERE

Meat And Bone is the first studio album by The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion in eight years. This is straight up, Grade A Blues Explosion, mixed by Mr. Spencer himself, with no special guests. Meat And Bone is 12 prime cuts of raw rock ‘n’ roll, recorded on Sly Stone’s “Riot” Flickinger console at the…

SILVERSUN PICKUPS ISSUE CEASE AND DESIST TO ROMNEY CAMPAIGN

Seems as if the GOP is once again whimsically ignoring our great nation’s laws to do whatever it wants to do, and shooting itself in the foot in the process. Without any regard for copyright or intellectual property laws, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has, without permission, begun to use Silversun Pickups’ 2009 smash “Panic…

MUBUTV INSIDER VIDEO SERIES LAUNCHES

Just a quick note to let you know that about a new series called MUBUTVâ„¢   Insider Video Series, featuring interviews with some of today’s leading music industry professionals in music supervision, A&R, marketing & branding, publicity and record production among others. The series is set to debut on MUBUTV’s official website (http://MUBUTV.COM) as well…

LECHEROUS GAZE TO RELEASE DEBUT ALBUM

Oakland, California’s mighty LECHEROUS GAZE will release its debut full length album On the Skids on October 9 via Tee Pee Records. The follow up to the band’s celebrated, self-titled EP was recorded in Oakland’s Earhammer Studios (Ghoul, Saviours) and is an up-tempo firebomb of awesome riffage, wailing solos, ’70s fuzz tone guitar and grade-A,…

ALANIS MORISSETTE NORTH AMERICAN TOUR

Multi-platinum, Grammy winning artist Alanis Morissette has announced her first North American tour dates in support of her highly anticipated new studio album, HAVOC AND BRIGHT LIGHTS, out August 28th (Collective Sounds/Sony RED).   Produced by Joe Chiccarelli and Guy Sigsworth, HAVOC AND BRIGHT LIGHTS showcases Morissette at the top of her game lyrically and…

MATTHEW KOMA ON TOUR WITH OWL CITY THIS FALL

New York-bred singer and songwriter Matthew Koma hits the road on select dates supporting Owl City on tour this fall.   Kicking off September 22, in San Diego at the House of Blues the twelve date run wraps up October 7th at Detroit’s Crofoot.       Having already made a splash co-writing the hook…

THE BIRTHDAY MASSACRE NEW ALBUM OCTOBER 9

“We wanted Hide And Seek to have a certain depth and atmosphere, so we took time to create a lot of new sound textures that would complement the themes running throughout it,” explains Rainbow (guitars/programming/vocals) of Canadian synthrock band THE BIRTHDAY MASSACRE about their new album (Metropolis Records; release date October 9, 2012). “In turn,…

Surefire, Frat House Rock

Mike Leone, Peter Hung, Kevin Dallaire and Cymbals Suarez joined forces to create a new band, “Surefire”. They have already hit some well known venues in the Boston area such as BU Central, Hennessy Hooley’s House, and Wellesly College. They’re collecting a hard core fan base who are anxiously willing to let their hair down…

Tyne Darling, The Secret November

There are those of us deeply affected by our environments, whether that is   geographically or atmospherically; our surroundings can sometimes be quite the efficient muse. So seems to be the inspiration behind Tyne Darling’s latest album, The Secret November–12-tracks of emotive lyrical matter tracing a path from coast to coast and rendering a documentation…

Ascent, Secrets of Flight

Varied soundscapes of electronic and classical instrumentation is the crux of Ascent. The fulcrum of their tracks is that place where the natural meets the created; where the organic and the electronic meld. Fitting for the husband and wife duo, with the natural vocal prowess of Christina and the prog rock leanings and vast musicality…

WIRE: OUR LAST NIGHT STREAM NEW ALBUM

In anticipation of their August 21st release, Our Last Night is streaming their defining album, Age of Ignorance in its entirety starting today.   Produced by David Bendeth (Breaking Benjamin, Paramore, Set Your Goals), Our Last Night puts a focus on songwriting as a craft and the resulting achievement is 36 minutes of pure expression.…

TREY ANASTASIO’S UPCOMING SOLO ALBUM

Traveler, Trey Anastasio’s forthcoming solo album, will be released on October 16 via Rubber Jungle Records / ATO Records. Anastasio co-produced the album with Peter Katis (The National, Interpol, Jónsi) last fall in Katis’ Tarquin Studios in Bridgeport, CT. “My goal was to create an album that used the studio as an instrument,” says Anastasio,…

BEAST PATROL POST “PLASTER”

Brooklyn-based Beast Patrol are excited to release the first MP3, “Plaster,” off their forthcoming debut EP Fierce & Grateful.   The band is releasing the EP September 25 via their label Space Camp Radio Records.   You can hear “Plaster” here.: http://soundcloud.com/beastpatrol/plaster For Beast Patrol – Vanessa Bley, Robert Granata and Anthony Marchesi –  …

ALEX CLARE “TOO CLOSE” GOES PLATINUM

Alex Clare rose to prominence as the soundtrack for Microsoft’s blockbuster Internet Explorer 9 Ad, “A More Beautiful Web,” directed by Keith Rivers.   The Internet Explorer team has focused on celebrating the artists that bring the web to life, that bring — beauty to the web.   The power of Alex Clare’s “Too Close”…

PEACHES LAUNCHES CHANGE.ORG PETITION IN SUPPORT OF PUSSY RIOT

Peaches has launched a petition in support of the Russian conceptual art punk activist band Pussy Riot on the social action website Change.org. The petition has acquired over 85,000 signatures in just five days and is available for signature at www.change.org/freepussyriot. In March 2012, Maria Alyokhina, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, and Yekaterina Samutsevich, three members of Pussy…

SKOPE PREMIERE: AJAY MATHUR VIDEO “TAKING THE NIGHT AWAY”

Acclaimed solo artist Ajay Mathur’s new music video, Taking the Night Away,   spells out its socio-political message addressing the struggle and lingering hope that, we the people, can change what has been forced upon us by the misled power and greed of the elite few. The video is inspired by people all over the…

WIRE: JESUS CHILD MAG TO BE STOCKED BY WHSMITHS

Jesus Child magazine (formerly known as ‘I Love Christian Music’ has become the first Christian magazine for all sexes and denominations to be stocked by WH Smiths. It is also the first ever Christian music/lifestyle magazine with international coverage, being available to buy at selected newsagents and WH Smiths across the UK and also at…

KOOL KEITH NEW VIDEO “WHO’S THE MAN”

Nearly two months ago, hip-hop’s favorite quirky uncle, Kool Keith, hinted that he would be stepping away from the rap arena, that he was hanging up the MC gloves, or as he so poignantly put it, going home to the bat cave to take his cape off. This announcement accompanied the release of Love &…

HUNDRED WATERS ANNOUNCE SIGNING WITH OWSLA

The Avant-Pop quintet, Hundred Waters, announce their signing with three-time Grammy winner Skrillex’s OWSLA label.   Hundred Waters is an artistic collective comprised of two women, three men, and one house, in which most of their creation happens.   Being nothing like the label has signed before, OWSLA continues to show its ever morphing and…

Glen Naylor, The Bonza Bobby Dazzler Bush Band

Children’s music has to go on the list of genres I have not done much with. Not having children of my own makes tackling an album from this genre a difficult task at best. But when it comes to Australian artist Glen Naylor, she makes a rather difficult genre easy to write about with her…

JUNIOR BROWN WINNING NEW FANS

About the time that country icon Junior Brown was making the rounds of jam festivals, including the huge the 10,000 Lakes Festival in Detroit Lakes MN, he made his first appearance at a cozy little event in Madrid, New Mexico, called the Crawdaddy Blues Fest. I saw him at both festivals (10KLF back in 2009…

DOCTOR P TO RELEASE “GALAXIES & STARS” EP SEPTEMBER 9TH

Doctor P, co-founder of Circus Records (with close friend and compatriot Flux Pavilion), proudly announces the release of “Galaxies & Stars feat. Ce’Cile”, a banger featuring familiar reworked elements from classics by Blondie and Ini Kamoze, on September 9th on Big Beat in the UK and America. His second release in just 6 months, “Galaxies…

ROBERT GLASPER ANNOUNCES OCT. 9 RELEASE

Robert Glasper’s breakout year heads into a busy autumn with the keyboardist announcing the October 9 release of Black Radio Recovered: The Remix EP. The 6-track EP, which was produced by Glasper, features remixed and previously unreleased tracks from his acclaimed album Black Radio. The remixers include Glasper himself, as well as ?uestlove, 9th Wonder,…

CALLERS TO TOUR WITH WYE OAK

This September, Callers are hitting the road with Wye Oak for a string of North American tour dates in what is the first series of live performances to celebrate the release of their new album, Reviver. Out October 9th on Partisan, the record bursts with charisma, highlighted by its bold instrumentation and the unmistakable electricity…

28-200 RELEASE “GUNFIRE OF ANGELS” VIDEO OFF NEW EP

Denver band, 28-200, has released a video for the title track of their latest EP “Gunfire of Angels.” “Gunfire of Angels” combines video and animation to weave an eerie tale of things that go bump in the night. The band commented that “These days, animation is predominately computer-generated.

MY MORNING JACKET NEW VIDEO “OUTTA MY SYSTEM”

After falling through a hole into a psychedelic, animated, one-eyed dimension in space, My Morning Jacket share their new video for “Outta My System” featuring Zach Galifanakis as the wizard. Click HERE to check out the video, directed by James Frost (Radiohead, Coldplay), which just premiered on VEVO and Pitchfork. [youtube oPYQHQ4-kKo] My Morning Jacket…

BIG BLACK DELTA TO RELEASE NEW TOUR EP

Big Black Delta today announced the upcoming release of a new four track TOUR EP. The digital only EP, due out on August 21st, celebrates Big Black Delta’s new tour with Jane’s Addiction. TOUR EP will be Big Black Delta’s second release of the summer after last month’s “Ifuckingloveyou” (Remixes) EP and available at iTunes…

ENGLAND’S THE MOONS “DOUBLE VISION LOVE”

London-based quintet by way of Northampton in the Midlands — whip up their own incandescent style of 60’s psychedelic pop sounds, underpinned with a timeless British tunesmith sensibility. Fronted by singer, songwriter and guitarist Andy Crofts, the band   — James Bagshaw (guitar), Ben Gordelier (drums), Thomas Van Heel (keyboards) and Thomas Warmsley (bass guitar)…

TUNE IT ON WITH MFON!

With great delight I welcome all readers of Skope to the debut of my column “Tune It On With Mfon!” on this wonderful platform. The idea is to bring varieties of insight from the world of entertainment to you wherever you are. Let me say that I am not promising to keep the column short…

WE ARE THE WOODS WELCOME AUTUMN WITH A NEW ALBUM

New York City musicians We Are The Woods are readying the release of Whales & Roses produced by Jeremy Sklarsky (producer of Freelance Whales debut album Weathervanes.) [vimeo 43535541] Combining Simon and Garfunkle-like harmonies with the wild horse spirit (and mane) of Robert Plant, invoking the evocative lyrical precision of Emily Dickinson. The celestial voices…

WIRE: THE COUP TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM

Revolutionary musical collective The Coup will release their new album Sorry To Bother You this October 30th via Anti- Records. The Coup consists of vocalist-writer and activist Boots Riley accompanied by a versatile cadre of musicians.   To listen to the albums opening track care of Huffington Post, please go to: SKOPE IT HERE! Sorry…

ISLAND RECORDS/ISLAND DEF JAM NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH PHOTO FINISH

As the Island Def Jam Music Group continues to expand opportunities for artists to develop and thrive, the company has entered into a worldwide joint-venture partnership with Matt Galle’s Photo Finish Records. The announcement was made today by Barry Weiss, Chairman & CEO of Island Def Jam Motown and Universal Republic, and Mr. Galle.  …