Producer / remix master extraordinaire Eric Frederic, he of the Das Racist “Combination Pizza Hut & Taco Bell” remix fame and the hot new Wallpaper. concept album ‘Doodoo Face’ (Eenie Meenie Records), is back with a new series of jams entitled “SiSTRS from different MiSTERS” with a new remix being released every two weeks.
RED IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THE RELEASE OF ‘INDIE ROCKS! A BENEFIT ALBUM FOR MALARIA NO MORE’ / AUDIO
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RED Distribution has produced a benefit compilation for the non-profit organization Malaria No More. Indie Rocks! A Benefit Album For Malaria No More is comprised of 14 songs from artists including Juliette Lewis, The Walkmen and Youssou N’Dour, in addition to an exclusive unreleased live track from Third Eye Blind, and an exclusive cover…
ZERO 7 LAUNCH TWITTER CONTEST
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Visit http://www.zero7.co.uk/USTour09 for a chance to win Logitech goods from Zero 7. Retweet the webpage to be instantly entered. Three winners will win one of the following: Squeezebox Radio, Pure-Fi Anywhere 2, or Ultimate Earphones with Voice Capability. Don’t miss Zero 7 when they kick off their North American tour on Nov. 26 in…
TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS LAUNCH VIRTUAL TOUR
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Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers have launched The Superhighway Tour, a first of its kind online-only music experience that delivers 24 of the 48 tracks from the forthcoming Live Anthology as high-quality digital downloads and on-demand streams in advance of the Live Anthology’s release.
BLESTENATION SIGNS WITH SUBURBAN NOIZE
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Suburban Noize Records have inked a deal with New York hip-hop trio Blestenation. The group has been building a buzz throughout the hip-hop scene for the past few years touring alongside the likes of Bone Thugs – N – Harmony, Scarface, Killah Priest, and the Warped Tour, while working with everyone from Method Man and…
TOM WAITS’ LANDMARK COLLECTION ‘ORPHANS: BRAWLERS, BAWLERS & BASTARDS’ TO BE RELEASED ON VINYL ON DECEMBER 8
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TOM WAITS’ gold-certified triple-disc masterpiece ORPHANS: BRAWLERS, BAWLERS & BASTARDS (Anti-) will be reinvented on December 8 as a limited edition vinyl set, complete with a deluxe 12″ booklet and six new bonus cuts. The collection totals 62 tracks over seven full length LPs, all pressed on 180 gram vinyl. (In the original CD collection,…
BILL COSBY SCORES STRONG DIGITAL RATINGS IN ‘STATE OF EMERGENCY’ CAMPAIGN
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Bill Cosby is now busy conquering the digital world. No stranger to bridging the generation gap, the legendary comedian became a newly branded digital force on Oct.19 when his virtual town hall meeting registered high-level traffic across several social media platforms. Those platforms include Ustream, Facebook, Twitter, Urban Radio station websites and Cosby’s own interactive…
RECORD CLUB #3 LIVE NOW AT BECK.COM
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RECORD CLUB, the informal and irregular gathering of various musicians to record an album in one day’s time, has begun posting tracks from its third endeavor. The current album is SKIP SPENCE’s classic OAR and as reinterpreted by Beck, Wilco, Feist and Jamie Lidell. First track “Little Hands” is up now at Beck.com and new…
THE MUSIC OF DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES, DO WHAT YOU WANT, BE WHAT YOU ARE (BOX SET)
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This four disc boxed set covers the career of the most successful duo in pop/rock history. Since 1966, the guys (who originally thought they could have careers as background singers) have been banging the chart tops with memorable tunes, and amazing collaborations, such as the monumental gig with the original Temptations at the Apollo…
CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL: THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG, Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, and Jo-Ann Geffen
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As part of the feel good series penned by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen, the two have collaborated with Jo-Ann Geffen on a book filled with 101 stories behind popular songs. I knew many of the stories already (having been working on a book of this sort myself), but there was a lot…
SLAYER, MEGADETH TEAM UP FOR “AMERICAN CARNAGE”
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Slayer. Megadeth. Two names synonymous with fierce, crunching power. Two bands whose histories are inevitably intertwined in defining the thrash/metal genre. Individually, their respective prowess and accomplishments are impressive; but together, they’re brutal and unstoppable. Megadeth and Slayer will join forces to co-headline “American Carnage,” the most blistering, the most…
COMEDY & POP CULTURE ICONS CHEECH & CHONG CONFIRM 2010 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR
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November 16, 2009 Comedy visionaries Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong announce their 2010 North American Tour, Cheech & Chong: Get It Legal, partnering with the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) to promote policy change through laughter. The Live Nation-produced tour will kick off on January 16, 2010 in Boulder, Colorado at the Macky Auditorium. …
NEW DEAD BY SUNRISE VIDEO “LET DOWN”
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Check out the latest video from Dead by Sunrise, “Let Down”, from their debut album Out of Ashes in stores now! “Let Down” Video: [myspace 100619292 nolink] Dead By Sunrise is a band consisting of Chester Bennington (Linkin Park), Ryan Shuck (Julien-K), Amir Derakh (Julien-K), Elias Andra (Julien-K), Brandon Belsky (Julien-K) and Fu.
CASH MONEY HOSTING 13th ANNUAL TURKEY GIVEAWAY NOVEMBER 24th IN NEW ORLEANS
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Cash Money Records Co-CEOs and founders Ronald “Slim” Williams and Bryan “Birdman” Williams have never forgotten their roots in the projects of New Orleans. Even before they achieved massive success with artists like Lil Wayne, Kevin Rudolf, Drake and Jay Sean, they were giving back to the community in their hometown, and this year will…
DEFTONES TO PERFORM TWO BENEFIT SHOWS
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Deftones, one of the world’s most respected and influential hard rock bands will perform two very special benefit concerts at the Avalon in Hollywood, CA, this week to raise money for the Chi Ling Cheng Special Needs Trust. The trust has been set up to help pay for the growing medical costs required for Deftones…
HOT CHIP ANNOUNCE FIRST NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES
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To herald the release of their new album One Life Stand, Hot Chip will be bringing their explosive live show back to North America in April. The band will be playing tracks from new album as well as old favorites. The xx will be the band’s special guests on this tour. Hot Chip have become…
MUSIC UP CLOSE WITH JANIE – NOVEMBER 2009
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My apologies for the lateness of this month’s Music Up Close. I’ve been reveling in unheard of 50 degree temperatures up her in the Northern Plains where I live AND working on details for my debut as a fiction author. The Bowdancer, my novelette, will be published as an ebook by Breathless Press later this…
MORNING FUZZ WILL NOT TELL STOLI WHAT’S UP WITH THE BROWN BAG
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Morning Fuzz is a Brooklyn, NY based melodic rock outfit exploiting the talent and showmanship garnered by Frank Fussa and Chris Johanidesz, both former members of Ultra High Frequency. I caught wind of this trio after giving a listen to their really impressive, ‘Morning Fuzz EP.’ I also must admit that there is something special…
MTV RADIO’S MORNING FACTS FOR MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16th, 2009
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RIHANNA PREPARES 3-CD BOX SET Attention Rihanna fans! The Princess of Pop is gearing up to release a 3-CD collector’s package featuring the singer’s biggest hit songs. Rap-Up.com reports the box will include her first three albums Music of the Sun, A Girl Like Me, and Good Girl Gone Bad, with a slot for her…
FREEWAY TO RELEASE UPCOMING ALBUM ‘THE STIMULUS PACKAGE’ FEBRUARY 16th 2010 / VIDEO
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February 17th, 2009, in an effort to stimulate the U.S. economy, President Barack Obama signed into law The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, better known as the stimulus package. On February 16th of 2010, another bad brother Philadelphia Freeway, seizes the moment and sets out to stimulate the Hip Hop industry by signing into…
Sinatra: New York, Box Set
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I will admit that if it was not for my absolute obsession with Mafia movies & shows like Goodfellas, The Godfather, and Sopranos I may not have such a love for the music of the legendary, Frank Sinatra. So when I was pitched to review the brand new box set of CD’s and a DVD…
GOLDEN SHOULDERS GIVE AWAY “MOUNTAIN” MP3 FROM ‘GET REASONABLE’
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Golden Shoulders is a collective of talented musicians from Nevada City, California, lead by songwriter Adam Kline. Formed in 2001, the group operates with a constantly rotating lineup with the contributors varying from performance to performance, song to song.
DJ DRAMA SERVING TURKEY IN ATL
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Atlanta’s streets will not be safe for the likes of hunger this holiday season, as Drama partners with Hosea Feed the Hungry (HFTH) and all of the Radio One-Atlanta stations (Hot 107.9, Majic 107.5/97.5 and Praise 102.5) for the first annual Turkey Challenge. This is not just another turkey call. This challenge will make…
LAWSON ROLLINS NEW ALBUM JANUARY 19
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Many believe that the arts mirror what is happening in the world and if that is the case, perhaps Lawson Rollins’ Espirito serves as a monumental soundtrack to the unification of our disparate cultures. The guitarist’s epic thirteen-song collection, to be released January 19th by Infinita Records, which is distributed by Baja/TSR Records, serves…
WARNER BROS. RECORDS TO RELEASE DIGITAL HOLIDAY ALBUM
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Warner Bros. Records will release a digital holiday album, entitled Gift Wrapped: 20 Songs That Keep On Giving, exclusively through iTunes beginning December 1st. It’s the first comprehensive holiday album release of its kind from the label. In keeping with the holiday spirit, Gift Wrapped features both Christmas and Hanukkah songs, and includes classic…
MARY J. BLIGE CO-EXECUTIVE PRODUCES NEW SOUNDTRACK FOR PRECIOUS
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Lionsgate Music, the music arm of Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF,) the leading next generation studio,in association with Matriarch/Geffen Records, will release the official soundtrack for Lee Daniels’ highly anticipated, prize-winning film PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL “PUSH” BY SAPPHIRE. The soundtrack will be available online November 3rd and in stores November 23rd. It was…
FINK ANNOUNCES US TOUR DATES
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Ninja Tune Records is excited to announce that acclaimed UK artist Fink will be performing dates in the US this coming December. In support of his latest album, Sort Of Revolution, the tour begins on Friday, December 4 at Spaceland in Los Angeles, CA, and will culminate with an intimate performance at New York City’s…
MARIONETTE LIVE FOOTAGE FROM SWEDEN
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Gothenburg Sweden based metal sextet MARIONETTE posted a collage of high quality footage from its September 24, 2009 show at Sticky Fingers in Gothenburg Sweden. [youtube csOi21Vz6v8 nolink] www.myspace.com/marionettesweden
LITTLE FISH SET TO TAKE USA BY STORM WITH 2010 CUSTARD/UNIVERSAL MOTOWN DEBUT
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Once in a very long while a band comes along with a sound that is more than just music…it is raw seductive impulse revealed through mesmerizing vocals, raucous guitars and driving drums; this band is Little Fish. Hailing from Oxford, England, Little Fish is comprised of vocalist/guitarist/principal songwriter JuJu, a rail-thin force of nature (think…
6 TRE G SAMPLES SLICK RICK ON HIS VIDEO “FRESH”
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As a child of 11 in Fayette, Alabama, 6 Tre G’s cousins brought him a Slick Rick and Doug E. Fresh record, La Di Da Di. As a direct result of that record, Tre became fully immersed in beats and rhymes.
SLIK HELVETIKA DEBUT VIDEO FOR FIRST SINGLE “WIDE”
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The roaring sounds of vintage metal blended with modern rock are on display throughout ‘Hafnium’ – the third release overall by the Pennsylvania-based outfit, Slik Helvetika, and their new video, for the lead-off single, “Wide.”
SKOPE EXCLUSIVES: PLIES Releases “3 Headed Monster”
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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! PLIES Releases “3 Headed Monster”: SKOPE IT…
SNOW PATROL RMX INXS “NEW SENSATION” ON ‘LATE NIGHT TALES’ / MP3
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Pop quiz. What do Arthur Russell, TV on the Radio and Tribe Called Quest have in common? Stumped yet?
DANNY BOY’S BROTHER KALI SIGNS WITH UNIVERSAL / AUDIO
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On October 20th, West Coast rapper, Kali, signed a six figure deal with Universal Music Group.
MTV RADIO’S MORNING FACTS FOR FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13th, 2009
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TAYLOR SWIFT ACTUALLY WON 5 AWARDS AT THE CMA AWARDS Taylor Swift was surprised backstage during the dress rehearsals for The 43rd Annual CMA Awards when Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn presented her with the 2009 CMA International Artist Achievement Award. Brooks & Dunn were last year’s recipients of the award, which recognizes outstanding achievement…
JIMMY RAE FLOWS ALONG WITH MIRANA COMSTOCK OF THEORY OF TIDES
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Mirana Comstock is ½ of the group known as Theory of Tides. Comstock handles vocals, percussion, keyboards and songwriting while her husband, Rick Comstock, takes care of guitar, bass, percussion and producing. Infectious dance beats are heard along with hip-hop, pop, techno-ish, trance-like, club-worthy and tribal-sounding vibes. Everything appears to be fresh…
IS KACI BATTAGLIA GETTIN’ IT IN FOR STOLI?
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I was going to wait until Monday to post my new interview with Kaci Battaglia but I really just could not wait. Kaci is making serious moves with her new single, “Crazy Possessive.” At first glance you might mistake Kaci for an actress or a model even, but that is not the case. By the…
GUITAR CENTER REVOLUTIONIZES THE HOLIDAY WISH LIST
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Guitar Center, the world’s largest musical instrument retailer, today announced the unveiling of its innovative online “Wish List Poster Creator” (www.guitarcenter.com/wishlist). The brand new application advances the art of the online wish list by allowing musicians to share what they truly want this holiday season and share their passion by creating and presenting their holiday…
2009 CMA ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR TAYLOR SWIFT TO PLAY GILLETTE STADIUM
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Kraft Entertainment has announced that newly-crowned 2009 CMA Entertainer of the Year Taylor Swift will headline Gillette Stadium next spring, with tickets to the June 5, 2010 Fearless Tour date going on sale Dec. 5. On Wednesday, Swift won all four Country Music Awards for which she was nominated, including best album, female vocalist, music…
SCANNERS OFFER “SALVATION” MP3 OFF NEW ALBUM COMING FEBRUARY 2010
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Scanners are a London-based rock outfit formed by Matt Mole (guitar, vocals, synths) and Sarah Daly (vocals, bass, violin), later rounded out with the addition of Amina (guitar, keys) and Tom (drums), resulting in the sound and on-stage chemistry that the band is acclaimed for. 2009 saw Scanners finish up recording their second album ‘Submarine’…
