The Dodos new album, Time To Die, won’t be physically available until September 15th (With One Extra Track On The Vinyl Version That Comes With A Digital Download Card). However, the album went on sale digitally on Amazon MP3 and has currently reached #1. Click Here To Stream ‘Time To Die’: www.TimeToDie.net 10/15 –…
WAX TAILOR RELEASES VIDEO & MP3 FOR “SAY YES”
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•Wax Tailor is back with his third album ‘In The Mood For Life’ which encompasses his immediately identifiable sound of Hip Hop, Jazz, Soul, Funk and 60s Pop blended into melancholic melodies which associated him with the likes of DJ Shadow, RJD2, Avalanches, etc with his debut album ‘Tales of The Forgotten Melodies’.
SKOPE EXCLUSIVES: Psalm One over Drake’s “Uptown”
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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! Psalm One over Drake’s “Uptown”: SKOPE IT…
NEW REMIX TRACK FROM SILENT YEARS
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•Here is a new track from The Silent Years “Vampires Bite The Hands Feed Them Remix” by Deastro. It’s an exclusive stream that is running on RCRD LBL (www.rcrdlbl.com) and is available for purchase on iTunes. The Silent Years – Vampires Bite The Hands Feed Them (Deastro Remix) – Stream: SKOPE IT HERE! www.sidecho.com
SKOPE EXCLUSIVES: OMARION FT. LIL WAYNE “I GET IT IN”
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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! OMARION FT. LIL WAYNE “I GET…
MISSION HILL SALUTE BOSTON WITH “FOREVER ANYWAY” MP3
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•Mission Hill has sent Skope an MP3 of their single, “Forever Anyway” which is tied into Boston lyrically. This band is made up of all Boston residents and Mission Hill is an infamous neighborhood in the city.
SKOPE EXCLUSIVES: Shilpa Ray And Her Happy Hookers “Beating St. Louis”
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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! Shilpa Ray And Her Happy Hookers “Beating…
SAVIOURS LIVE FOOTAGE FROM FUEL TV APPEARANCE
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•Oakland, CA metal masters SAVIOURS made a special appearance on Fuel TV’s “The Daily Habit” on August 6. The celebrated band performed the brand new songs “We Roam” and “Slave to the Hex” from its impending new album Accelerated Living, which is set for an October 27, 2009 release via Kemado Records. “We…
ALBERTA CROSS RELEASE NEW VIDEO FOR “ATX”
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•Alberta Cross has just released a music video for their song “ATX” off their debut album Broken Side of Time (due out September 22 on ATO Records).
BLADEN COUNTY RECORDS PRESENTS EZRA CAREY / MP3’S
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•EZRA CAREY releases his debut album, The Fire Keeps Us Warm, on August 25, 2009 through Bladen County Records. Ezra Carey will perform at Doug Fir in Portland, OR on Friday, August 28, 2009 with The Mint Chicks, The Ascetic Junkies, and Bodhi.
THE BRAVERY COMPLETES THIRD STUDIO ALBUM SET FOR NOVEMBER 10TH RELEASE
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•Off the heels of a North American tour with punk rock mainstays Green Day, New York City’s The Bravery announced an ambitious headlining tour kicking off Friday, September 18th at the Hard Rock in Las Vegas, NV in support of their new release out November 10th . Lead single “Slow Poison” impacts Modern Rock Radio…
ERNIE HALTER TO RELEASE LIVE ALBUM IN SEPTEMBER
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•Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Ernie Halter will be releasing a live album, entitled “Ernie Halter: Live,” on September 8th. Initially, the album will be available exclusively on iTunes, with CDs available beginning September 20th at Halter’s live shows. The album includes eleven tracks recorded on tour in 2009 over the course of a month at a…
INGRID MICHAELSON PREVIEWS NEW ALBUM HERE
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•Ingrid Michaelson will be revealing a song a day from her new album Everybody leading up to her 8/25 release! She will be streaming them on her mypsace page in a special player. You can watch her video intro and description of each track, or just click the “audio” button and listen uninterrupted. Here’s how…
CHRIS BELL’S COSMOS EXPANDS
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•Chris Bell was an immensely gifted songwriter, musician, vocalist and producer who struggled throughout his short life to have his songs heard. Sadly, the Memphis-born artist did not live long enough to see the enormous impact his music — both with Big Star and as a solo artist — would have on future generations. Bell’s…
BYO RECORDS TRAILER FOR “LET THEM KNOW” DOCUMENTARY
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•BYO Records (Better Youth Organization), the seminal Southern California punk label, will celebrate its 25th anniversary with the release of ‘Let Them Know: The Story of Youth Brigade and BYO Records.’
ALICE IN CHAINS UNVEIL NEW SINGLE “CHECK MY BRAIN”
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•Alice in Chains have just posted their newest single, “Check My Brain,” on their Myspace page.
FANS TO PAY RESPECT TO LES PAUL
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•Tomorrow, Les Paul will be buried at a private ceremony in his hometown of Waukesha, Wisconsin. Before then, fans can pay respects to the father of the modern guitar since Paul’s body will be put on display at Milwaukee’s Discover World museum. There will also be a free exhibit at the museum, featuring…
COBRA STARSHIPS BIG DEBUT
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•Cobra Starship’s Hot Mess debuts at a career-high number four on the Billboard album chart, selling over 42-thousand copies. The album sales were fueled by the hit single “Good Girls Go Bad,” which features Gossip Girl star Leighton Meester. The group’s debut album While The City Sleeps, We Rule The Streets bowed at…
BLACK EYED PEAS MAKE HISTORY
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•The Black Eyed Peas have broken the record for most consecutive weeks on top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The band has been in the top slot for 20 straight weeks, their current single has been number one for eight weeks and their previously single, “Boom Boom Pow,” topped the chart for the…
LIL WAYNE’S TOUR BUS ATTACKED
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•According to TMZ, people threw stones and bottles at Lil Wayne’s tour bus after his recent concert in Arizona. At least one gunshot was also fired during the skirmish. While there is no official reason why the vandalism happened, TMZ surmises it might have something to do with some women who were seen…
JAY-Z ANNOUNCES THE BLUEPRINT 3 TRACKLIST
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•Jay-Z has announced the full tracklist for his new album, The Blueprint 3. The 15 tracks listed include a wide range of collaborators including Alicia Keys, Young Jeezy, Pharrell, Rihanna, Kanye West and more. The album drops on September 11th. Head to MTV News for a full track-by-track breakdown. TRACK LIST FOR THE BLUEPRINT 3:…
KINGS OF LEON’S NEW BAND
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•Kings of Leon recently announced that they have started their own imprint label and the first band they’ve signed is The Features. Kings want you to get to know the new band so they’ve uploaded a video from The Features onto KingsofLeon.com. Check it out!
KATY PERRY’S BREASTS MAKE MONEY
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•Katy Perry has raised money for charity and it’s all thanks to her breasts. According to ContactMusic.com, the “I Kissed a Girl” singer raised three-thousand dollars for cancer research when a fan donated the money in exchange for a plaster molding of her bust. The cash benefitted the Web site Keep-A-Breast.org.
THE BILLBOARD ALBUM CHART
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•Michael Jackson steps aside as George Strait’s Twang replaces the King of Pop’s Number Ones as the best selling album in the country, according to Billboard. Strait’s new album sold over 155-thousand copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan, earning the country legend his fifth number one album. Neil Diamond bows at number two with…
EYE’Z EXPLAINS THE STORY BEHIND “DEDICATED” / VIDEO
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•“She was in love with him, and then she disapeared into the magickal waters, she fell and bumped her head, and then she swam and swam and swam in beauty until she could finally find him. and when she did, he was waiting day dreaming of her love bc he missed her….. waiting… waiting… and,…
OPRAH AND WHITNEY HOUSTON THE EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW SEPTEMBER 14
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•Oprah launches her 24th season of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” with what she calls “the most anticipated music interview of the decade,” a must-see television event with singing icon Whitney Houston. This marks Houston’s first interview in nearly seven years and follows the release of her highly touted new album, “I Look To You”…
FRENCH MIAMI TOUR DATES AND MP3
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•French Miami’s raucous live shows use rock music structures to hold together more technical musical ideas. Jagged guitars, pulsing synths, and precise stop-start rhythms launch seductive refrains that have forced the crowd’s feet off the floors in post-punk singalong deliriums from SXSW to CMJ. The first time you catch their live show you might be…
TONY LUCCA AND JAY NASH ANNOUCE US TOUR DATES WITH MATT DUKE & ROY JAY
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•Tony Lucca and Jay Nash will embark on a 25-city US tour through September that will also feature Matt Duke and Roy Jay. The “Evening Of The Feeling Song” tour will kickoff on August 21st at Le Stat’s in San Diego, California and end in the Isle of Palms, South Carolina with the two day…
FREE ENERGY DEBUT VIDEO FOR “FREE ENERGY”
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•Free Energy released their debut 7″ single “Free Energy” on July 21. The single is now available for purchase on iTunes and you can check out the “Free Energy” video here! The band has added new dates to their Summer tour. [youtube thWJ53kS43U nolink]
SKOPE EXCLUSIVES: Glorytellers “Concaves”
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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! Glorytellers “Concaves”: SKOPE IT HERE!
SKOPE EXCLUSIVES: FIZZ & BOOG – “BOUNCE” (Clean Version)
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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! FIZZ & BOOG – “BOUNCE” (Clean Version):…
VIDEO CLIPS FROM ‘DAMON & NAOMI’S 1001 NIGHTS’ MOVIE
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•1001 NIGHTS is a comprehensive anthology of the ethereal Damon and Naomi, including videos and live performances by the duo from 2001 through 2009, being released via Factory 25, a new Brooklyn-based independent film and music label. This decade-long road trip includes live footage of the musicians and friends including Michio Kurihara, The Clientele, Ghost,…
BON JOVI BLASTS FIRST SINGLE FROM NEW STUDIO ALBUM SET FOR NOV. 10
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•2009 has turned into a landmark year like no other for legendary Island Records group Bon Jovi, and now the band is launching their new single, “We Weren’t Born To Follow” an upbeat positive anthem which premiered on radio Tuesday, August 18th. “We Weren’t Born To Follow” is the first single pick from the…
SISTER HAZEL’S NEW ALBUM GOES STRAIGHT TO THE TOP OF iTUNES ROCK CHART
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•Sister Hazel, the Gainesville, Florida, rock five-piece, released their latest album, entitled “Release,” yesterday, and the title shot up the iTunes Rock Charts, where it went all the way to #1. The album also found a spot on the overall iTunes sales chart at #8. “It was really fun process,” says band lead…
HOCKEY’S NEW VIDEO STARS CHARLYNE YI & PAUL RUST
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•Hockey’s new video for “Song Away” featuring break-out stars Charlyne Yi (Paper Heart, Knocked Up) and Paul Rust (I Love You Beth Cooper, Inglorious Basterds) premiered today on Myspace music.
NICAD SET TO EMBARK ON NORTH AMERICAN TOUR
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•From August 27 the international band NiCad from The Hague is on a three-week-tour through North-America. Apart from performing, the band will also visit a renowned American College to give a lecture on self built electronic instruments. Furthermore the band will be the subject of a yearly video competition at this college, with their single…
PRE-ORDER FOR THE DIGITAL VERSION OF THE CRIBS’ NEW ALBUM
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•Yorkshire punk-rock upstarts THE CRIBS will release the digital version of their brand-new album, entitled Ignore the Ignorant, on September 8th, 2009. Fans can pre-order the album on iTunes beginning August 25th – the same day the first single, “Cheat On Me,” goes on sale on iTunes. The actual physical CD release will street on…
Young Galaxy, Invisble Republic
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•Long past the middle of the night, music lovers and record geeks alike sit awake, playing the “What If?” game. What if Elliot Smith’s parents banned Nick Drake from the house? Shit like that. And when one listens to Invisible Republic, the second LP from Vancouver dream poppers Young Galaxy, you get the sense that…
Zeus, Sounds Like Zeus EP
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•It shuffles, it bounces, it somehow manages to rock as much as it rolls; it’s the debut from Zeus, the latest release of Arts & Crafts’s diverse line-up. Two members of Jason Collett’s backing band provide rhythms fit for an island and backbone fit for a steel town on “Sounds Like…” Though short in stature,…
THE BEATLES’ ENTIRE ORIGINAL RECORDED CATALOGUE REMASTERED BY APPLE CORPS LTD.
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•Apple Corps Ltd. and EMI Music are delighted to announce the release of the original Beatles catalogue, which has been digitally re-mastered for the first time, for worldwide CD release on Wednesday, September 9, 2009 (9-9-09), the same date as the release of the widely anticipated “The Beatles: Rock Band” video game. Each of the…