According to Degy Entertainment, Yellowcard are looking to head back on the road soon. The band is hoping to play some college venue shows at the end of 2009 and into 2010. For more information, head to Degy.com. In 2008, Yellowcard announced that they were taking a break.
PARAMORE TALK ALBUM COVER
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Paramore has explained their new album art to MTV News. The cover image for the band’s next record, Brand New Eyes, features a yellow and black butterfly who’s wings have been separated from its body. Front woman Hayley Williams told MTV that the butterfly is one she found in her driveway. The cover art is…
THE GAME SPEAKS ON 50 CENT BEEF
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According to MTV News, The Game revealed that he wants to “apologize to 50 Cent as a man.” The two rappers had a huge falling out a few years back, one that Game says started because he “was young, man” and he admits “I did a lot of dumb things. I felt me and 50…
JEREMIH PROJECTED TO OUTSELL MAINO
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According to HitsDailyDouble.com, Jeremih’s self-titled disc is on pace to sell between 45 and 50-thousand units in its first week. If this is the case, the “Birthday Sex” singer will move more units than Maino’s much anticipated debut, If Tomorrow Comes… and Ace Hood’s Ruthless, combined. Both of the rappers will most likely fall in…
CHRIS BROWN IS RAPPING?
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Chris Brown is on a mission to revive his reputation after facing assault charges for the alleged incident with Rihanna. Over the weekend, the troubled singer showed off a new hairstyle at Diddy’s all-white party in Beverly Hills and he also released a new freestyle. Yes, according to Rap-Up.com, Breezy is rapping with his BFF…
THE MATT SHWACHMAN BAND RETURN TO SKOPE LIVE! ON 7/17/09 IN BOSTON
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Matt Shwachman and his band are back for another live show with Skope Live! Not only did Matt agree to play the show but he also played a major role in producing this awesome night. MSB reside in Worcester but they are making fans all over New England. Come see what the buzz is about…
Sipo, Year of The White Rose
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Freddie Sipo wrote, produced, mixed and engineered all songs on Year of The White Rose. Sipo also took care of the mastering and artwork for the new album. Not to mention, Sipo also handled the vocals & guitars along with some percussion parts. All I have to say before even hearing the…
The Music of Faye Miravite, La Brezza
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Originally from the Philippines but residing in Florence, Italy for the last 20 years, Faye Miravite brings you multi-cultural jazz. On the record, you will hear an array of talented artists contribute their time to make up the recording of La Brezza. Musicians from three different continents helped make Miravite’s compositions come to…
FOLKSTRESS LINGERS IN LOCAL GALLERY
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Just as the roses continue to grow 30 years long at the patio of Cucuru Gallery and Café, sweet and colorful are the simple things in life that remain a constant. Simplicity is what local solo folk artist Lindsay Weidmann explored in “What Else Have I Been Missing” her first CD, in which she performed…
Gala, Tough Love
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Italian-born singer/songwriter, Gala, brings her version of Tough Love to you. Gala Rizzatto is now based in Brooklyn and offers up a mixture of world music, rock, pop, dance and even hip-hop elements. The record is highly eclectic in taste with a bite of the Big Apple and Gala in each song. The…
SKOPE EXCLUSIVES: Havoc “Smells Like Nine/Five”
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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! Havoc “Smells Like Nine/Five”: SKOPE IT HERE!
U2’s 360 TOUR SNEAK PREVIEW
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Take a sneak peak at U2’s upcoming 360 World Tour! Featuring stage construction, sound bites from band manager Paul McGuinness and tour producer Arthur Fogel. Behind the scenes only link: [youtube XZrkRBT3aSA nolink] Full clip link (incl mgmt/crew interviews): [youtube LucNhAWJ8W8 nolink]
INSANE CLOWN POSSE AUDIO PREVIEW & BEHIND THE HATCHET VIDEO
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Insane Clown Posse, the Detroit duo of Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope, are readying their tenth full-length release Bang! Pow! Boom!
SKOPE EXCLUSIVES: Deluka “Cascade”
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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! Deluka “Cascade”: SKOPE IT HERE!
ESSEX CHANEL TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM SEPTEMBER 29
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Chicago’s cross-genre musical project Essex Chanel is releasing it’s 8th (not counting The Album is Dead or the song-a-day January 2007 project) official studio album September 29th, 2009 on Sweet Goodness, a hot new indie label based in Chicago. Entitled Love is Proximity, the project took over 2 years to complete and consists of 42…
NEW RIVERBOAT GAMBLERS VIDEO FOR “VICTORY LAP”
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Here is the brand new video from Riverboat Gamblers for the song “Victory Lap” off their critically-acclaimed album, Underneath the Owl, out now on Volcom Entertainment. The band just finished up a tour with Rise Against and Rancid and will be heading overseas for a European tour including dates at Reading and Leeds Festivals. [youtube…
MOVE OVER J. LO HERE COMES RAINE / AUDIO
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Raine, as beautiful and sweetly exotic as the anticipated calm before a summer Miami storm, Raine is a Latin beauty with the voice of an Angel. Her range is incomparable with the likes of anyone in the industry. A Brooklyn born phenom, Raine calls Miami her home. “CRUSH” Audio: SKOPE IT HERE! “Yo Soy” Audio:…
MISS KITTIN & THE HACKER OFFER MP3 “PARTY IN MY HEAD”
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Hot on the heels of Miss Kittin & the Hacker’s “1000 Dreams” springs “Party in my Head,” also lifted from the duo’s latest release, TWO.
MINI DOC ON THE MACCABEES WITH ZANE LOWE
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The Maccabees are Orlando Weeks (vox and guitar), Hugo White (guitar), Felix White (backing vocals/guitar), Rupert Jarvis (bass) and Sam Doyle (drums), who released their second album Wall of Arms in the UK to rave reviews, blasting the myth of the “difficult second album” out of the water.
SKOPE EXCLUSIVES: Big City Philadelphia “To Da Break of Dawn”
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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! Big City Philadelphia “To Da Break of…
SKOPE EXCLUSIVES: Jojo Pellegrino “Reaper”
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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! Jojo Pellegrino “Reaper”: SKOPE IT HERE!
SAM ASH STORES TEAM WITH TRAEDONYA FOR RMX CONTEST
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Prohibition Entertainment of NYC is excited to officially announce the global remix competition for TRAEDONYA’S new single “I’LL GIVE IT 2 U” in collaboration with venerable music equipment store Sam Ash. “I have been following TRAEDONYA for over two years now. Her time to shine is coming and I know this because talent like hers…
FADER MEDIA NETWORK ANNOUNCES NEW SITE DESIGN FOR THEFADER.COM
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TheFADER.com, the website that brings the aesthetic of The FADER magazine online, today unveiled a brand new site design. Having doubled its traffic two years in a row, TheFADER.com has become a unique space that allows for expanded and immediate coverage of the emerging music, style and culture reported on in every issue of The…
HOWARD JENNINGS OPENS UP ABOUT SKOPE LIVE! SUMMER BASH & MORE
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Howard Jennings will be opening up the night on 7/17/09 at the Skope Live! Summer Bash in Boston. So it is only right that Howard open up the series of features we will be doing with all the artists & bands performing. Howard Jennings is a rising singer-songwriter that has been called a “young, new…
THE BLACK CROWES PERFORM “GOODBYE DAUGHTERS OF THE REVOLUTION” LIVE / VIDEO
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The Black Crowes are one of the all-time great live rock bands. Their shows are legendary and regularly sell out in record time wherever in the world they play.
RANDOM STABBINGS & ARTLESS CRITIQUE, JULY 2009
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UFO, The Visitor (SPV Records) In this installment of SPV Records’s continuing missionary expedition to find survivors of the shredder and power-metal eras and throw them some studio time, we find UFO alive and well to a degree. The hate-fights between current singer Phil Mogg and ex-guitarist/band-drunkard Michael Schenker long consigned to the gossip…
PETER DOHERTY UNVEILS NEW VIDEOS EXCLUSIVELY ON BABELGUM
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Peter Doherty, the English musician and indie laureate, reveals the new video to his track ‘Broken Love Song’ exclusively on independent web and mobile TV service Babelgum this month.
RYE RYE “BANG” VIDEO DIRECTED BY M.I.A
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“I didn’t want to make a video just for the sake of making it but rather, have a video that represents who she is and where she comes from,” M.I.A. tells Spinner. “I thought it was just a natural progression for me to do it because I’ve known Rye Rye since she was 15.” SKOPE…
GINUWINE HAS THE #1 R&B ALBUM IN THE COUNTRY
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R&B superstar Ginuwine has entered Billboard’s Top 200 at #9 with his 6th studio album, A Man’s Thoughts. The album, out June 23 on Notifi/Asylum/Warner Bros. boasts a Bryan Michael-Cox produced hit single “Last Chance,” which has implanted itself in the Top 10 at urban ac and urban mainstream radio helping to make this the…
DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE NAME FAN’S FILM AS OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR “LITTLE BRIBESâ€
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Atlantic recording group Death Cab for Cutie has unveiled a new video for their song, “Little Bribes,” which is featured on their recent EP, “THE OPEN DOOR.”
SOULJA BOY’S FANS’ CALLS TO ENGLAND
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The 12-digit number that appears in Soulja Boy’s hit single, “Kiss Me Thru The Phone,” is actually someone’s phone number. According to the BBC, the non-listed number belongs to a married couple in England and appears on at least 300-thousand Web sites. The couple says they’ve been getting about 60 calls a day…
STEVIE WONDER’S TRIBUTE TO MICHAEL JACKSON
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When it was first announced that Michael Jackson had passed away, a rep from Stevie Wonder’s camp released a statement saying that Stevie was too overwhelmed to describe how he felt. The day after Jackson’s death, Wonder paid tribute to MJ by playing classic Michael songs during a concert in Kansas City, Missouri. Stevie even…
MICHAEL JACKSON’S PUBLIC VIEWING CANCELED!
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The Jackson family has just released a statement saying that the public viewing of Michael Jackson’s body, which was planned to take place at Neverland Ranch on Friday, has been canceled. According to the statement, the family is working on a new public memorial and will announce those plans shortly. Head to TMZ.com for more.
BOB DYLAN SAMPLED ON NEW BEASTIE BOYS ALBUM
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On an recent episode of his radio show, Bob Dylan played a Beastie Boys song and now, as a thank you to the legendary singer, the rap rock trio has included some Dylan in their upcoming album. According to NME.com, the Beasties sampled some of Bob’s music on their new album, Hot Sauce Committee…
RED HOT CHILI DRUMMER ALBUM RELEASE DATE
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Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith has set a release date for the debut album from his new project, Chad Smith’s Bombastic Meatbats. Fans can pick up the disc, called Meet the Meatbats, on September 15th. In addition, it seems album number two might not be too far away, as Blabbermouth.net reports the Meatbats…
HINDER PREPS NEW SINGLE
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Hinder will release their new single “Loaded and Alone” on Tuesday. The track is off their Take it to the Limit album, which was released last July. Hinder has three Canadian shows starting tomorrow before they hook up with Nickelback, Papa Roach and Saving Abel for a big summer tour that begins on…
BOYS LIKE GIRLS GET LOVE DRUNK
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Boys Like Girls’ sophomore album, Love Drunk, will hit stores on September 8th. Fans can hear their new single of the same name over on their MySpace page. Billboard.com reports that the group has been playing some of its new songs during its current tour of clubs and Six Flags amusement parks. …
MR. HUDSON RELEASES “SUPERNOVA” VIDEO
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British singer/producer Mr. Hudson and rapper/producer Kanye West have just release the video for their collaborative track, “Supernova”. The cut, which was produced by ‘Ye, is the lead single from Mr. Hudson’s sophomore album, Straight No Chaser, which drops in August on Kanye’s G.O.O.D. Music imprint. Head over to ConcreteLoop.com to watch the video now.
THE BLACK EYED PEAS BACK ON TOP
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Since Michael Jackson’s albums are older and older albums can’t appear on the current Billboard 200 chart, the Black Eyed Peas once again have the number one album in the country after The E.N.D. sold 87-thousand copies. According to Nielsen SoundScan numbers, The Jonas Brothers’ new effort Lines, Vines & Trying Times, slips from the…
Beware Fashionable Women, Beware Fashionable Women
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One could believe that Beware Fashionable Women derived their moniker from their new surroundings in L.A. However, it is more likely testament to a quirky sense of humor that oozes from the self-titled debut. Diverging from the light-hearted lyrical fare however, is a staunch commitment to musicality and the myriad of genres at BFW have…
