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HEALTH, GET COLOR

If My Bloody Valentine were to ever make a baby with Crystal Castles, you’d basically be able to figure out what electronic, noise-rock nightmare you’d be getting yourself into with HEALTH. Fans of Crystal Castles should already be familiar with HEALTH; “Crimewave”, in it’s “Crystal Castles vs. HEALTH” form(as opposed to the very different version…

Built to Spill, There Is No Enemy

Built to Spill has served as the influence and inspiration for many other indie bands. They inhabit a secure area in indie rock, which gives them credibility, but where fame remains out of reach. Their folk-infused, bluesy rock teeters along the postmodern lines of Pavement while hailing to an earlier era evoking the likes of…

LIGHTS, LIGHTS

Hailing from Toronto, LIGHTS is formerly Valerie Poxleitner; a girl who cooled off Warped Tour-goers with her light hearted synth-driven melodies and pop-ballads, while toting a keytar. At the age of 22, LIGHTS has come far from sitting in her room creating music, already gaining much attention in her home of Canada, and will soon…

COBRA STARSHIP LAND ON WEST PALM BEACH

The indie dance-pop phenoms Cobra Starship descended on West Palm Beach last night amongst rabid teenage fandom. This was their hometown show for Ryland Blackinton and Alex Suarez, who grew up in Boca Raton.

500 Days of Summer soundtrack

The movie “500 Days of Summer” starring Zooey Deschanel and Joesph Gordon-Levitt is an offbeat comedy about a girl who doesn’t believe in love and the unfortunate and hopeless romantic that falls for her. Of course its makes sense to cast Deschanel in the role of Summer – she’s had a successful foray as a…

HEADLINING TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED FOR THE USED

With their brand new album ‘Artwork’ coming out later this month, platinum-certified Reprise Records artists The Used have announced a nationwide headlining fall tour.   The month-long run, which kicks off October 9th in Las Vegas, NV and runs through November 14th in Portland, Oregon.  The Almost and TK will be supporting. Early critical acclaim…

CHECK OUT PHOTOS FROM FRIDAY AT ALL POINTS WEST!

Couldn’t make it to the “East Coachella” in it’s second year this time around? Well, we can’t supply you the experience of stomping through the mud and being poured on by buckets of rain, but we got the pictures! PICTURES AT THE SKOPE GALLERY PHOTOS BY GREG JACQUIN  

Mutemath, Armistice

Armistice is Mutemath’s second full length album. The New Orleans based electro alt rock band broke out on the music scene with a self title release in 2006. Here they continue with their shiny brand of electronic rock. The band constructs a full and lush sound through samples, chords and keys. The album starts off…

John Vanderslice, Romanian Names

John Vanderslice isn’t new to the music scene, Romanian Names is his seventh album in only nine years. He is a prolific artist with a wide berth of work and production experience plus collaborations with bands like The Mountain Goats and Spoon. His expressive and poetic spirit is delivered in a signature sound which is…

Grizzly Bear, Veckatimest

Grizzly Bear is currently enjoying indie darling status – it is a band that is unanimously being lauded for its brilliance by The New York Times and other purveyors of taste. The genius of some bands can be overestimated and the hype of the blogosphere can get out of hand. But in this case they…

NEW THOM YORKE TRACK – “ALL FOR THE BEST”

The one and only Thom Yorke is one of many to contribute to Ciao My Shining Star: The Songs of Mark Mulcahy, a tribute album made after the sudden death of Mulcahy’s wife who is pictured on the cover of the album. Thanks to Stereogum, you can now hear the opening track of the album,…

YEAH YEAH YEAHS PAY TRIBUTE TO SCOTLAND WITH T IN THE PARK PERFORMANCE

Over the weekend, Scotland’s own huge three day music festival, T in the Park, commenced and featured performances by Blur, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Kings of Leon, Nine Inch Nails, Crystal Castles, and many others. But the one band that stood out, and probaby the absolute favorite among the concert-goers that day, was…

PANIC AT THE DISCO SPLIT IN HALF

Via Myspace and a follow-up confirmation by their two former band mates, Ryan Ross and Jon Walker of Panic At The Disco have called it quits for the band, in order to “embark on a musical excursion of their own”.

JENNY LEWIS CHARMS ORLANDO AT THE PLAZA THEATER

Last Sunday, Jenny Lewis of Rilo Kiley made a stop on her solo tour in Orlando, FL at the Plaza Theater. Things started of with a showing of the film “Welcome to Van Nuys”, a documentary about the making of Jenny Lewis’ recent album, Acid Tounge, with Heartless Bastards opening up.

White Rabbits, It’s Frightening

It’s Frightening is the second album from the six-piece indie rock band White Rabbits and is a strong follow up to their first effort, Fort Nightly. Here they have the added benefit of working with one of indie rock’s prolific trendsetters, Britt Daniel, from the band Spoon. Daniel’s produced the album and his influence is…

SIX BANDS TO PAY ATTENTION TO ON WARPED TOUR THIS YEAR

It’s Saturday, June 20th. In six days, is the kick-off of the one and only Vans Warped Tour in Pomona, CA! Since it’s not very likely you’ll be able to see every band perform that day, Skope has picked six bands you definitely shouldn’t miss when the the tour comes to your city!

Mastodon, Crack The Skye

The fourth album, Crack The Skye, from heavy metal rockers Mastodon takes you on an epic journey through space and time. The subject matter of their lyrics has always involved a mix of science fiction and myth. The layered and textured guitar chords create a fittingly grandiose soundscape to add emphasis and drama to their…