MEAXIC RELEASE NEW SINGLE Progressive rock/metal band Meaxic releases latest single “On Instinct” off of forthcoming debut EP, Synergy, due in early 2015. The band has received airplay on renowned radio stations such as Metal Express Radio, Cyanide Radio and Bullspike Radio. The band has made appearances at Dingbatz, The Trash Bar, Blackthorn 51 and…
JASMINE JORDAN “BEST I CAN”
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Contemporary R&B songstress Jasmine Jordan releases her new single “Best I Can,” a track off of her forthcoming debut EP Time Travel. Set to release on Jan. 20th, 2015, Time Travel is the Los Angeles artist’s sweet rendition of the 90s R&B sound. Staying honest to the femininity of the genre, Jasmine explored the different…
JOHN CARPENTER SHARES NEW TRACK “NIGHT”
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John Carpenter, the Legendary Director and Composer behind Halloween, Escape From New York, They Live, Assault on Precinct 13 and many more shares a brand new track “Night” from his debut solo album ‘Lost Themes’ out February 3rd on Sacred Bones Records. Listen to “Night” here. John Carpenter has been responsible for much of the…
JEANINE “RUNNIN'” NEW SINGLE
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Jeanine is kicking off 2015 in style with her infectious new single, “Runnin’,” from her current release, Thank You. Jeanine’s style is equal blends of quirky, street, Soul, Pop, Hip Hop, and R&B. Her ear for harmonies and selecting quality beats stands above the rest. Her songs have been placed on “America’s Next Top Model,”…
GREATEST MUSIC CONCERTS THAT ATTRACTED THE WORLD
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There was a song sung in the 1980s by Gloria Estephan with the Miami Sound machine. The song predicted that ‘the rhythm is gonna get you’, and that is what Electronic Dance Music (EDM) has done. EDM has come a long way, from techno and trance to house and dubstep, the revolution continues. EDM has…
ABOUT SKOPE
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SONICBIDS A2W JANUARY – MARCH 2015 ARTISTS TO WATCH (A2W)
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Welcome to another amazing month of music from the incredible musicians that make up the Sonicbids.com community. We have chose a select group of amazing musicians that will be speaking directly to the Skope readers. As always we encourage readers to dig deeper and check out their EPK’s. …
NEW LAWS NOW IN EFFECT FOR 2015
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The New Year’s Eve ball drop didn’t just symbolize the passing of a calendar year. On January 1, a number of brand new local, state, and federal regulations passed in 2014 went into effect. Check out what’s changed, and if these laws might affect you, according to NBC News. The minimum wage increases. In 20…
Seconds Before Landing – Seconds Before Landing 2
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Progressive music project Seconds Before Landing headed up by John Crispino seems to making all the right moves. Make no mistake about it: he’s becoming a household name around some Progressive Rock blogs I’ve been reading. This latest release entitled Seconds Before Landing 2 includes a few impressive names you may have heard before. Most…
SKOPE NEWS FOR JANUARY 9, 2015
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HAPPY FANGS “LONE WOLVES” Guitarist Michael Cobra states: “Lone Wolves” is one of the last songs we wrote for the album. Rebecca and I collaborated on the lyrics as we wanted them to fit well with how heavy and fast the music was. It originated as vignettes about people I hung out with as a…
EDDIE MURPHY RELEASES BRAND NEW REGGAE SINGLE “OH JAH JAH”
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VPAL Music, VP Records’ subsidiary label and distribution arm for reggae music, teams up with the revered comedian/actor/singer Eddie Murphy to release his new single “Oh Jah Jah,” available January 27, 2015. This song is not the first time Eddie Murphy has dabbled in the genre. “Oh Jah Jah” follows his 2013 collab “Red Light”…
CHARLI XCX COLLABORATES W/ RITA ORA ON ‘DOING IT’
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Global breakthrough star, Charli XCX, is delighted to announce details of her forthcoming single ‘Doing It’, which will feature Rita Ora. The new single ‘Doing It’, produced by Charli’s long-time friend Ariel Rechtshaid (Beyoncé, HAIM) and Mr. Rogers, is a Madonna-tinged, feel-good anthem and the Charli/Rita collaboration is set to firmly bring girl power into…
IREN “READY FOR LOVE”
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What happens when a club shattering beat meets the right voice? A new hit is born! With one of the first songs released in 2015, Iren makes the perfect blend between the radio friendly EDM and vocal-driven type of pop with her new single: “Ready For Love”. The catchy crazy pitched vocals on the chorus…
Mind the Journey – Mind the Journey EP
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Mind the Journey explore the playful side of psychedelic music. With lyrics akin to Mayo Thompson at his most surreal and arrangements that recall Ariel Pink at his best, “Mind the Journey EP” is a truly wonderful journey. The collection works best when taken together for each piece comes together to create a unified vision…
SKOPE NEWS FOR JANUARY 8, 2015
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THE AMAZING (MEMBERS OF DUNGEN, GRANADA) SHARE NEW SONG “THE HEADLESS BOY” Following the late 2014 unveiling of “Picture You,” the lead single off of The Amazing’s forthcoming album of the same name, the Swedish five-piece have now released a second song titled “The Headless Boy.” Debuting on NPR’s All Songs Considered podcast yesterday, NPR…
STARS RELEASE JENSEN SPORTAG REMIX OF “NO ONE IS LOST”
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Montreal’s Stars just unveiled electronica artist Jensen Sportag’s remix of “No One Is Lost”, the title track from the band’s latest release via The Line of Best Fit. Listen to it HERE. In an attempt to scratch the seven-album itch, Stars uprooted themselves from their comfort zone and began work on No One Is Lost…
RICHARD SAX ROSS “TOWN SLUT”
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Richard Sax Ross has been part of the underground L.A. music scene for many years. Most recently he was a member of Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti. Ross performs and records various instrument parts on a MIDI saxophone, including: Guitar, Bass, & Synth, as well as using traditional saxophones. He is an eclectic talent having also…
SEPTEMBER MOURNING “CHILDREN OF FATE”
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September Mourning has just recorded her debut album. It tells a story in 12 songs, an epic tale of “heartbreak, loss, pain, joy, love, redemption, but most of all, courage…” Produced by Howard Benson (Chris Cornell, My Chemical Romance) and mixed by Chris Lord-Alge, September Mourning revives the concept of rock star meets superhero. If…
NOTES FROM THE SOUND TABLE
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HAPPY 2015—may it be a prosperous one, too!! Personally, I find it hard to believe 2014 zipped by so fast, but here we are – did you make any ‘resolutionary’ plans? Things sure got busy last year on my end – there was hardly enough time to get everything done, but I finally published my…
SKOPE NEWS FOR JANUARY 7, 2014
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SHAGGY RELEASES NEW SINGLE “I NEED YOUR LOVE” Multi-platinum Grammy award winning musician Shaggy has not stopped presenting his versatile style of reggae and dancehall to a global market in the years since he achieved worldwide success with hits like “Boombastic” and Billboard #1s “It Wasn’t Me” and “Angel.” Most recently, in collaboration with longtime…
NATALIE LA ROSE “SOMEBODY” FT JEREMIH
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Signed to Flo Rida’s I.M.G label & Republic Records, La Rose’s debut single “Somebody” [featuring Jeremih] is 2015’s new dance anthem! Over smooth production from Future Classic, the song updates the melody from Whitney Houston’s “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” for a new millennium. Fresh out the gates, “Somebody” is already climbing at multiple radio…
BROTHERS OF THE SONIC CLOTH ALBUM VIDEO TEASER
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Slated for release next month via Neurot Recordings, Brothers Of The Sonic Cloth was captured at Robert Lang Studios and Doyle’s own Witch Ape Studio in Seattle, Washington and mixed by Billy Anderson (Sleep, High On Fire, Melvins et al). Thrusting forth five hauntingly heavy tracks, with two bonus hymns included on the CD edition,…
COREY DARGEL RELEASES “THERE’S NOTHING THERE”
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New Amsterdam Records is excited to announce the release show for OK It’s Not OK, the fourth studio album from “baroquely unclassifiable” (The New Yorker) composer and “prince of postclassical song” (Time Out New York) Corey Dargel. OK It’s Not OK will be released on January 27, and the release show will follow at SubCulture…
NOVO AMOR ANNOUNCES NEW SINGLE “WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE”
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UK-based folk singer/songwriter Novo Amor announces his new single “Welcome To The Jungle.” The song is in conjunction with the new AXE® BLACK campaign. Click HERE to watch. Novo Amor’s version is presented in an advertisement in which he worked alongside director Nabil Elderkin whose credentials include Kanye West, Bon Iver and Frank Ocean. The…
BLASTING OFF WITH JUPITER IN VELVET
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Get ready to be blown away by the one-man band Jupiter In Velvet whose music is simply out of this world! Just think of adding dozens of interesting ingredients into a blender, mixing them all together just so and then consuming it all; that is Jupiter In Velvet. And you’ll be pleasantly surprised at how…
KID ROCK PREMIERES FIRST VIDEO AND SINGLE FROM “FIRST KISS”
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Kid Rock premiered the first single “First Kiss” from his Top Dog / Warner Bros. Records album of the same name today with a new music video and the song shipping to radio. The album, which comes out February 24th, marks his first on Warner Bros. Records. On New Years Day fans were asked to…
FIVE WAYS IGGY AZALEA TRANSFORMED DRAI’S NIGHTCLUB INTO LAS VEGAS’ HOTTEST NEW YEAR’S EVE BASH
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In a town jam-packed with parties, celebrities and revelry, Iggy Azalea stood high above the rest (literally—11 stories above the Strip) by hosting the first ever live New Year’s Eve concert event at Drai’s Nightclub atop The Cromwell. Transforming the nightlife venue into a full-blown live concert spectacle, Azalea gave the standing-room-only crowd a powerful…
Absoloot – Banksters
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This might be some of the most fun I’ve had in listening to social commentary coming back over the mic combined with the beats coming out of these speakers. I’m pretty much guaranteed to enjoy music that has a message buried in there somewhere, but rarely do the sounds that come along with it feel…
SKOPE NEWS FOR JANUARY 6, 2015
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FOSSIL YOUTH STREAM NEW SONG Oklahoma’s own Fossil Youth have teamed up with Modern Vinyl to premiere their new song “Wick” today. The song comes from their upcoming EP entitled “Intertwined With You”, which will be available on 7″/CD/Digital February 3rd via Take This To Heart Records. http://bit.ly/1FaUmST JD MCPHERSON’S NEW SONG PREMIERES AT THE…
THE LITTLE SECRETS “ALL I NEED”
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Liverpool’s The Little Secrets are Kevin Dixon and Stacy Jo. Formed in 2010 after meeting at Liverpool’s world famous Cavern Club, Stacy was singing with another band when Kevin spotted her. Blown away by her talent, Kevin decided on the spot to ‘steal’ Stacy for his new project, and after two years of writing together…
A HIGHER DEMISE “ALL THESE REASONS” VIDEO
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Kent (UK) based melodic metal-core outfit ‘A Higher Demise’ announce the launch of their latest video single for ‘All These Reasons’. Taken from their 2014 EP release ‘The Doctor Will See You Now’ the track delivers an almighty punch of all the ingredients expected from one of Britain’s most promising emerging rock/metal acts. Featuring footage…
FIREFLIGHT CELEBRATES 15th ANNIVERSARY OF BAND + “RESUSCITATE” LYRIC VIDEO
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After an immensely fruitful run under an arm of Sony that yielded a GRAMMY nomination, the soundtrack for NBC’s “Bionic Woman” promos and victory in Taco Bell’s “Feed The Beat” campaign that catapulted the band onto a performance at the Winter X Games, Fireflight announces INNOVA, its first new album in over three years. INNOVA…
BECOMING PICASSO: 5 WAYS TO BRING OUT YOUR ARTISTIC SIDE
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Contrary to popular belief, artists aren’t always full of life and zeal. They can get stuck, bored, and uninspired just as much as anyone else. If you’re experiencing these sensations yourself, here are just five ways to break free of apathy and unleash your creativity in brand new ways. 1. Know Thyself Where does inspiration…
NEW ROCK FROM THE PAST: MOUNT CARMEL
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Mount Carmel from Columbus, Ohio is a blues rock trio with sounds from the 70’s but with a fresh current taste and original hooks. It must be their respectful love for the music of that era that influenced them to remake and refine sounds from decades ago into something I can certainly relate to. Their…
Tony Levitas – Black Sky Blanket
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Tony Levitas is in a jovial mood throughout “Black Sky Blanket”. Playing the songs through a nostalgic filter the songs possess a keen sense of warmth. By keeping the pieces relatively low key Tony Levitas explores the quieter impulses in life. Day-dreamlike in tone the pieces are well-crafted pieces of art. Lyrically the songs convey…
TEEN DAZE “ANOTHER NIGHT”
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The last two years have been busy for Jamison of Teen Daze: three LPs released, several EPs and singles, and months of touring throughout North America and Europe. With each step, Teen Daze has matured from its humble bedroom-project beginnings, to a fully-formed, diverse, musical expression. Always shifting sounds, trying never to repeat himself, Jamison…
Bridgend – Directed by John Michael Williams
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Bridgend explores one community’s experience with what appears to be an ongoing tragic series of events. Incredibly tight-knit it has seen a large amount of media attention for the large percentage of individuals who took their own lives. While John Michael Williams explores some of the explanations for these events ultimately it is impossible to…
SKOPE NEWS FOR JANUARY 5, 2015
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JACK WHITE’S LAZARETTO #1 SELLING VINYL RELEASE OF 2014 It’s official: with the final sales week of 2014 having drawn to a close, Jack White’s Lazaretto (Third Man Records/Columbia) is the #1 selling vinyl release of 2014. With 86,707 copies of its ULTRA LP sole vinyl configuration sold in the U.S. since its June 10…
ENL1TE X VALERIE BROUSSARD “VERTIGO”
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With a mixture of indie, soul, gangsta, sexy, guitar and bounce, Mexican producer ENL1TE contours a dope new tune with a tricky-sound. Clad with the soul voice of Valerie Broussard, the official track brings off a vibe that will transcend to the masses bringing a new audience to enjoy more of what ENL1TE has to…
KING – Imperial Majesty (feat. The Band of the Hawk)
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“Imperial Majesty” is all about being smooth: smooth flows and smooth samples. KING has impeccable taste in how each song is arranged. As KING states in “Bulletproof Wallet”: It’s that smooth shit right here. The number of references thrown into the mix is incredible. Kaleidoscopic at times it is an incredible assortment showing off KING’s…
