Brother Ali’s last album, the critically acclaimed The Undisputed Truth, was a landmark in hip-hop, an album that carried weight equally with critics and fans alike, an album of bold statements and bolder beats, politically and socially aware without being preachy. His new album, Us (out September 22nd on Rhymesayers Entertainment), is a progression…
SKOPE EXCLUSIVES: Rasheeda “Juicy Like A Peach”
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CINEMA BIZARRE RELEASES NEW SINGLE “I CAME TO PARTY”
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Dance-rock anthem “I Came to Party” will be the first single from Cinema Bizarre’s upcoming release BANG! A collaboration between Cinema Bizarre and “digital rock” artist Space Cowboy, “I Came to Party” features pulsing beats and an infectious hook.
RAY LAMONTAGNE ANNOUNCES FALL TOUR SCHEDULE
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Ray LaMontagne announced his North American fall tour schedule today, starting with two dates with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra on October 15 in North Bethesda, MD followed by an October 16 show at Meyeroff Symphony Hall. Following the orchestra shows, LaMontagne’s next dates will offer a polar opposite experience in which the Maine singer-songwriter will…
SKOPE EXCLUSIVES: Good Brother “I See You”
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SPECIAL VIDEO ANNOUNCEMENT FROM JEFFREE STAR
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Jeffree Star’s debut album Beauty Killer drops September 22nd on his own Popsicle Records via Warner Music Group’s Independent Label Group. With tracks produced by Ultra Violet Sound, Nathaniel Motte (3OH3!), Lester Mendez (Shakira, Nelly Furtado), Luke Walter (Limp Bizkit), Nico Hartikainen (Danger Radio), Beauty Killer is a blaring, all-out onslaught of rock, pop, and…
ANNOUNCING GUION PARTNERS, INC.
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Entertainment industry executive Lindsay Guion has announced the formation of Guion Partners, Inc., an Integrated Management Consultancy. Based in New York City, Guion Partners features a top-shelf roster of multi-talented artists, including: the Grammy Award-winning, multi-Platinum RCA/Jive recording artist D’Angelo as well as the Iconic R&B/Soul singer-songwriter Jaguar Wright. www.guionpartners.com
NEW SLAYER SINGLE “HATE WORLDWIDE” / VIDEO
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Last October, one of Slayer’s brand new songs, “Psychopathy Red,” leaked online, and since then the song has been streamed more than a half-million times.
ALBERTA CROSS RELEASE FIRST SINGLE “LEAVE US AND FORGIVE US”
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Alberta Cross are poised for the release of their much-anticipated full-length debut, Broken Side of Time, set for release September 22 on ATO Records.
SKOPE TV INTERVIEW WITH JADA IN BOSTON
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Last Thursday night the Skope TV crew ventured out to Bristol Studios in Boston, MA to interview & chill with Motown/Universal new group, JADA. Skope has covered JADA twice before but that was before their major label deal.
PLAIN WHITE T’S SUPPORT SNOW PATROL
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The Plain White T’s are going to be opening up for Irish band Snow Patrol on their U-S tour. The trek gets underway on September 10th in St. Paul, Minnesota. For tour dates, head to PlainWhiteTs.com.
GREEN DAY TEAM UP WITH HOT TOPIC FOR TICKET GIVEAWAY
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Green Day has teamed up with Hot Topic for a ticket giveaway. Fans who head to HotTopic.com right now can enter for a chance to win two tickets to see the band when they play L-A on August 25th. Winners get round trip airfare for two, a hotel room for two nights and tickets to…
COLLECTIVE SOUL FRONTMAN HAS A BABY
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Collective Soul frontman Ed Roland and wife Michaeline welcomed a new baby boy into the world last week. Lennon E. Roland was born last week in Atlanta, Georgia. Congratulations to the happy couple!
DAUGHTRY AND DANE COOK PLAY SOME MUSIC
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In honor of Daughtry having the number one album in the country, comedian Dane Cook met up with frontman Chris Daughtry, guitar in tow, to play a little tune. The song they chose? None other than a hilarious rendition of the theme song to Growing Pains! See it now at DaughtryOfficial.com.
ROB THOMAS DONATES TO CHARITY
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Rob Thomas and his wife Marisol started a charity a little while back called the Sidewalk Angels Foundation. It’s a New York-based non-profit that works with many different charities in and around America’s larger cities. And the matchbox twenty frontman just announced that he is donating one-dollar from every ticket sold to his…
GET SOME GRAMMY GOODS
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The GRAMMY Foundation and MusiCares have teamed up for a back-to-school auction via eBay. Music fans will find up for bids one of a kind collectibles like photos and original artwork from Paris Hilton and Taylor Swift, signed postcards from Lil Wayne and Kanye West, signed guitars from John Mayer, Depeche Mode, Tom Petty and…
MARIAH RELEASES VIDEO WITH GUCCI MANE
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Mariah Carey is treating her fans to two videos for her new song “Obsessed” — which is the first offering from her upcoming album, Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel. On Thursday, Mi Mi premiered the video for the official remix to “Obsessed” featuring Gucci Mane on BET’s 106 & Park. Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel…
AKON’S IDOL IS WARREN BUFFET
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In the summer issue of Rap-Up magazine, Akon spills on who he looks up to. The singer says he loves Donald Trump and Russell Simmons, but his “idol is Warren Buffett.” Apparently, it’s not because Warren is “the richest man in the world” but because Akon “admires people like that, who actually make a lot…
DUFFY PERFORMS AT A WEDDING
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It’s not cheap to get Duffy to come perform at your wedding. According to British paper the Daily Record, the GRAMMY winner was paid a “small fortune” to sing at the ceremony of an unnamed businessman in Italy over the weekend. No exact details on the price were given, but one can assume…
CAROLINA LIAR’S MUSIC IN MOVIE TRAILER
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The movie The Time Travelers Wife hits theaters on August 14th, and in the time leading up to that, you’re going to be hearing a lot of Carolina Liar in the commercials for the film. That’s because their song “Show Me What I’m Looking For” is featured in the movie’s trailer! Be sure…
JAY-Z FILLS IN FOR THE BEASTIE BOYS AT ALL POINTS WEST
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Jay-Z will be filling in for the Beastie Boys at the All Points West festival in New Jersey this Friday. This is the first time in his career that the rapper will play a U-S festival. Jay is taking over the Beasties spot after MCA announced that he has cancer and would be undergoing…
HANSON TO TOUR WITH HELLOGOODBYE
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Hanson will head out on a fall tour with HelloGoodbye. The outing will kick off in the trio’s hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma on September 30th and end in San Diego, California on November 8th. The band is currently recording their fifth studio album, which will hit stores sometime in 2010. Before then though,…
LMFAO AT SUNSET STRIP MUSIC FEST
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LMFAO, Shwayze and many more will perform at the second annual Sunset Strip Music Festival. The event will take place in September at various clubs on the famous strip like the Cat Club, House of Blues, Key Club, The Roxy Theatre, Viper Room and Whisky A Go-Go. Chris Cornell, Pepper, Kottonmouth Kings, Shiny…
SHAKIRA GETS WILD IN NEW VIDEO
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Shakira’s new video for “She Wolf” features the Latin songstress working with real-life wolves. According to MTVNews.com, the singer had to keep her composure while wolves circled and sniffed at her heels. She said that one of the animals was, well, a lone wolf explaining, “He was a little bit of an antisocial…
NE-YO WON’T WRITE CHRIS BROWN BASH SONG
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Ne-Yo told MTV News that Rihanna fans shouldn’t expect the altercation between Ri Ri and Chris Brown to be referenced on her upcoming album. The “Closer” singer is working on Rihanna’s new project, however he refuses to write a bash song directed at Breezy because he feels it shouldn’t “be glorified.” Ne-Yo added that even…
THEY ARE CALLING FRANK TURNER A LEGEND IN THE MAKING / MP3 / VIDEO
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If you haven’t heard of Frank Turner yet, do yourself a favor and check him out right now. If you’re a fan of good music, you’ll like him.
CHILDREN OF BODOM ANNOUNCES RELEASE DATE FOR
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CHILDREN OF BODOM, the esteemed Finnish Heavy Metal band that features frontman and modern day Guitar Hero Alexi Laiho will release a full album of cover tunes containing 17 impressive remakes of the group’s all-time favorite songs this fall. Titled Skeletons in the Closet, the record will drop on September 22, 2009 via Spinefarm…
Varshons, The Lemonheads
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Evan Dando and the Lemonheads have just released this beautiful mix of covers inspired by Butthole Surfers lead singer Gibby Haynes’s mixtapes that he has exchanged with Dando over the years. “Varshons” features covers of songs from such mainstream acts as Gram Parsons, Leonard Cohen, and Christina Aguilera/ Linda Perry to obscure nuggets…
Various Artists, New Tales to Tell: A Tribute to Love and Rockets
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Former Bauhaus (first gothic rock group) rockers Daniel Ash, David J and Kevin Haskins became Love and Rockets in 1983. Named after the ground-breaking comic book by the Hernandez Brothers, Love and Rockets have been putting out influential genre-spanning music for decades. Proof of Love and Rockets influence can be found in the…
ENTER SHIKARI “NO SLEEP TONIGHT” VIDEO
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ENTER SHIKARI has just released their video for “No Sleep Tonight” off the album Common Dreads.
SKOPE EXCLUSIVES: Mason Proper “Remix EP”
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RYAN DANIEL READY FOR AIR FORCE BASE TOUR
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Ryan Daniel’s debut country CD, Love Life and Memories, includes a memorable track titled Unknown Soldier. Written about 15 years ago by Bob Dellaposta and Todd French, Unknown Soldier is a timeless patriotic song and the perfect fit for a Memorial Day playlist! “The song hit me because I served 10 years in…
NSFW: STEEL PANTHER “COMMUNITY PROPERTY” VIDEO
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Steel Panther has just unleashed their video for “Community Property” – a classy ballad about love and being on tour. Check it out! This is the ditry version of the video and it is 100% NSFW. Enjoy! SKOPE IT HERE!
HONOR SOCIETY PREMIERE “WHERE ARE YOU NOW” MUSIC VIDEO
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HONOR SOCIETY’S new video for the single “WHERE ARE YOU NOW,” featured in the summer music-comedy BANDSLAM. Rising newcomer HONOR SOCIETY was recently hailed as “a breakout band to watch” by RollingStone.com and is currently on tour with the Jonas Brothers while simultaneously headlining its Full Moon Crazy Tour.
SKOPE EXCLUSIVES: NatStar “I Know”
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THE VITAL MIGHT SIGNS WITH 10T RECORDS
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Charging onto the world stage from their strategic bunker in Boston (USA), newly signed The Vital Might are poised to conquer and destroy the modern Indie and Progressive Rock landscape. On their second full length CD release, “Red Planet” from 10t Records, the band’s unique sonic palette is on full display with a winning mixture…
CHERRY POPPIN’ DADDIES TO RELEASE TWO ALBUMS IN SEPTEMBER
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In celebration of the bands 20th year in the music business, Eugene, Oregon’s horn-heavy, genre-bending, multi-platinum-selling Cherry Poppin’ Daddies are giving store shelves a double shot of musical goodness in September: both “Susquehanna” and “Skaboy JFK: the Skankin’ hits of the Cherry Poppin’ Daddies” are scheduled for release on September 29, 2009, on Rock…
THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE, LIVE 1968 PARIS/OTTAWA
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Guitar fans and players alike, never tire of guitar legends like Jimi. Okay, we’re tired of Page/Zeppelin, but that’s due to the airwave overplay of the same damn material for the past 20 years! Any newly released work by Jimi, shows you some element of his playing style in a new light. …
SKOPE EXCLUSIVES: LIVING COLOUR “BEHIND THE SUN”
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SKOPE EXCLUSIVES: MOMMIE “Dumptruck”
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