Music industry veteran Madelyn Scarpulla has been named General Manager, Loud & Proud Records. The announcement was made today by Loud & Proud Owner and President Tom Lipsky, to whom Scarpulla reports. Scarpulla’s responsibilities in her new post will include designing marketing, sales and promotion strategies and originating creative material and content for the…
WIRE: BLACKBOOK PREMIERES LIVE EMILY WELLS VIDEO FOR “DARLIN'”
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BlackBook has premiered the stunning new video for the acoustic re-visioning of Emily Wells song, “Darlin.” off her forthcoming album, Mama Acoustic Recordings (out June 11th). “The delicate and lovely track,” says BlackBook, “soars with her ethereal voice and sparse guitar, creating a melancholic moment shown through the black-and-white video work of Ruben Woodin Dechamps…
FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE AND NELLY TO PERFORM ON STAGEIT TODAY (6/3) AT 5:30PM PST
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Stageit, a web-based platform that enables artists to easily create paid live shows directly from their laptops, continues to expand its range of unique experiences for viewers with a performance by breakout duo Florida Georgia Line and hip hop superstar Nelly. Viewers can join the intimate, online show at 5:30PM PST today here. http://www.stageit.com/florida_georgia_line_nelly/live_online_charity_show/24391 …
WIRE: DAN AUERBACH OF THE BLACK KEYS TO BE FEATURED IN GUITAR MOVES SERIES
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Monday, June 3rd will see the launch of Noisey and D’Addario’s third episode of the Guitar Moves series. This episode to feature Dan Auerbach, guitarist for The Black Keys. Don’t forget to tune in at www.noisey.com/guitarmoves! Hosted by Matt Sweeney, Guitar Moves features tutorials and in-depth interviews with some of the most legendary…
JOELLA DEVILLE POSTS “DANCE WITH ME”
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Songstress Joella Deville releases her latest music video for the smash hit entitled “Dance With Me”. Watch the video here! . The track, which is produced by Strange-boy; lives on her latest album “Round 2”. Mixing elements of pop and EDM, Joella rounds out the track with her powerful vocals, adding her unique flair to…
EDM TRIO KREWELLA SELLS 500,000+ “ALIVE”
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Breakout EDM trio Krewella have garnered their first gold certified single with over 500,000 copies sold of their crossover hit “Alive.” The single, off of the group’s critically acclaimed debut EP Play Hard, spent an impressive 32 weeks on the Billboard Dance/Mix Show Airplay charts before hitting #1 earlier this month. As…
PRO ERA VIDEO FOR “LIKE WATER”
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Brooklyn’s Pro Era are sharing a video for “Like Water” from their 2012 mixtape, PEEP: The aPROcalypse. The track is a cathartic slow burner jam that showcases Joey Bada$$, CJ Fly & the late Capital Steeze. Watch the video here. Capitalizing the name “Capital STEEZ” is now as good as remembering any credible historic leader…
LOREN BENJAMIN POSTS “LIVE ABND DIE”
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NYC-based singer-songwriter Loren Benjamin announces his debut EP on May 21st while embarking on his first Northeast regional tour spanning sixteen dates from North Hampton, MA to Nashville, TN this spring. Loren Benjamin’s main musical influences range from The Beatles to Elton John, which are evident in his classic rock ‘n’ roll songs. …
Class Reunion, Life Goes
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JAD aka Jonathan A. Demas and Shaggy Docious aka Mark L. Sanchez are back for another Class Reunion visit with their latest installment ‘Life Goes’. This time around the duo is hoping for an even bigger turnout with their new release. ‘Life Goes’…on for both JAD & Shaggy D as they hope that…
WATCH CO LA’S “MAKE IT SLAY”
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Co La is the primary project of musician and producer Matt Papich, whose explorations of sample-based electronic music have culminated in Moody Coup. Papich describes the working Co La method on Moody Coup as “employing the hegemony of delete.” He likes to be interrupted, and is fond of working in places where domestic concerns are…
SKILLET FLYAWAY TO ‘RISE’ VIP EXPERIENCE
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Skillet are heading out on tour starting June 14th to support their upcoming new album, Rise, releasing June 25th. During the tour, Skillet will stop in Nashville and Chicago to give fans a VIP experience to hang out with the band all day. Skope is launching a flyaway contest to send a winner plus a…
LEE DEWYZE NEW ALBUM TO BE RELEASED ON AUGUST 20TH
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Lee DeWyze will be releasing his Vanguard debut entitled Frames on August 20th. This new album will launch the momentous next stage of what is already a high-profile musical career. (Cover art is shown above and track listing below.) DeWyze played guitar, piano, mandolin, banjo and drums during the recording sessions, during which he collaborated…
JONES BEACH THEATER REOPENS AFTER SANDY’S DEVASTATION
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Live Nation Entertainment today opened the doors of one of its most unique concert venues, Nikon at Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh (Long Island), NY, which was damaged catastrophically by Superstorm Sandy in October of last year. After months of reconstruction at a cost of more than $20 Million, Jones Beach is ready to open…
CHERRY POPPIN’ DADDIES LEAD SINGLE “I LOVE AMERICAN MUSIC”
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Cherry Poppin’ Daddies are happy to announce the release of “I Love American Music” on iTunes. The song is the lead single from White Teeth, Black Thoughts, the forthcoming full-length album from the Eugene, OR based band. Out July 16th on Space Age Bachelor Pad Records, the album marks CPD’s first jazz and swing-powered outing…
ELI MARDOCK OFFERS TITLE TRACK TO NEW ALBUM
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Speaking on the forthcoming full-length debut LP, Eli Mardock says “I think things that are dark can also be uplifting to our universal consciousness. Creating music that is always uplifting is boring in the same way that creating music that is always dark is boring. Life isn’t like that, it is more complicated.” Mardock’s…
SLAYER WELCOMES PAUL BOSTAPH BACK TO THE FOLD
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Slayer’s Tom Araya and Kerry King are very pleased to announce that Paul Bostaph has rejoined the band on a full-time basis. Bostaph will be behind the drum kit beginning June 4 when Slayer kicks off the first leg of its 2013 international tour in Warsaw, Poland. Gary Holt will continue to fill…
KEN FRANCIS SPILLS BEANS ON SNOOP DOGG IN NEW BOOK
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Before there was Snoop Lion there was Snoop Dogg aka the Doggfather, one of hip hop’s most iconic figures. And though the rap legend has rebranded and refocused his image, it is no secret that he made his original mark by getting “buckwild.” In fact, the rapper is quoted in a recent issue of…
NEW ALBUM BY COURT YARD HOUNDS
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After releasing their self-titled debut, Court Yard Hounds, to much critical acclaim, Emily Robison and Martie Maguire are at it again. Today the sisters announced they will release their highly anticipated follow up album Amelita on July 16th on Columbia Records. Containing 11 new tracks, Robison and Maguire took a different approach with Amelita…
WIRE: NEW SINGLE BY VALIENT THORR ON METALSUCKS
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Chapel Hill, North Carolina hard rock heavyweights VALIENT THORR will release their highly anticipated sixth studio album Our Own Masters on June 18 via Volcom Entertainment. Recorded at Ronnie Jone Sound Studios in Athens, GA and produced, engineered and mixed by Kyle Spence of experimental rockers Harvey Milk, Our Own Masters shines a bright light…
DAFT PUNK SELLS OVER A MILLION COPIES WORLDWIDE IN DEBUT WEEK
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Internationally, the album hit the #1 spot on digital charts in 97 countries, dominated UK charts to become the fastest selling album of 2013 and had the biggest first week album sales in France since 2007, where the album is already triple platinum. Daft Punk also earned their first official #1 album in multiple countries,…
WISE BLOOD VIDEO FOR “RAT”
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Wise Blood returns with another cinematic music video, this time for the single, “Rat,” off the forthcoming debut id, out June 25th on Dovecote Records. Co-directed by Wise Blood’s Chris Laufman and Michael Lawrence, the video finds Laufman cruising around Pittsburgh, making a series of bad decisions and wreaking havoc on the city. Speaking on…
BRUNO MARS SIGNS ON AS INVESTOR WITH NJOY
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NJOY, America’s number one electronic cigarette company, has announced that global music superstar and 13-time Grammy Award nominee Bruno Mars has joined the company as an investor. While the terms of the investment were not disclosed, Mars stated that he often uses NJOY’s King product in place of traditional cigarettes and is convinced that…
CONTINENTS RELEASE “PEGASUS, PEGASUS” MUSIC VIDEO
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CONTINENTS have premiered a music video for “Pegasus, Pegasus”, the dynamic track from their Victory Records’ debut album Idle Hands, on VEVO. Watch the video for an exclusive look into their explosive live performance and crazy antics as they transport music fans from all over the world, straight into the middle of their chaotic and…
WIRE: NEW PHILIP ANSELMO SINGLE ON LOUDWIRE
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“Walk Through Exits Only,” the title track from Philip Anselmo’s upcoming solo album, due out July 16 on his own Housecore label, is making its premiere today at Loudwire.com Produced by Philip Anselmo and Michael Thompson, and recorded over the past couple of years at his New Orleans studio, Nodferatu’s Lair, with his band…
GRENOUER VIDEOS FROM SEVENTH ALBUM “BLOOD ON THE FACE”
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Russian rock metallers GRENOUER, who have been active since 1992, have signed with Mausoleum Records, the legendary label from Belgium. In previous years GRENOUER were famous for playing extreme kind of music, yet today these ambitious performers switched over to songs with clean signing and high profile melodies. Their seventh brand new full-length album “Blood…
ARTISTS ON THE UP WITH LABELLED INDEPENDENT
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We take a look at some of the top independent artists in the UK in association with Labelled Independent, the new music podcast! At Labelled Independent, we pride ourselves on keeping our minds open. For those who may have read our contributions to Skope before, you’ll hopefully remember that the artists we recommend have only…
Maxim Senin, The Taming Of The Wolf EP
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Having relocated from Latvia to Long Beach CA, Maxim Senin is a software engineer who took a break from all his coding to put forth his debut EP The Taming Of The Wolf. Every perceivable sound here is made by Senin, who plays the acoustic guitar, piano, ukulele, harmonica, keyboard, and all percussions. Though he…
Focus@Will LAUNCHES TODAY MAY 30
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Focus@Will, the first productivity-enhancing music streaming service will be launching its iOS app, available in the iTunes store on Thursday, May 30th. The LA startup’s “focus and relaxation” inducing music service has a completely new custom built audio engine on it’s iOS app. The sound has a smooth quality with truly seamless transitions between tracks,…
WIRE: BEFORE YOU EXIT NEW SINGLE ON SEVENTEEN
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The pop trio, know as Before You Exit, have released their video for hit single, “I Like That” exclusively on Seventeen.com today, May 29th! The band will be supporting Cody Simpson on his Summer Headline Tour, along with special guest, Ryan Beatty, which kicks off tomorrow, May 30th at The Moran Theatre in Jacksonville, FL.…
WIRE: CHUCK INGLISH ALBUM ON KARMALOOP
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The inspiration for Droptops came to Chuck during SXSW. Says Chuck, “While in Austin, my homie who has a dope droptop Bonneville drove us around to my showcases and the idea for the tape came to me on the way to The Illmore. Shout-outs to Sascha, Scoremore, and Illroots. When I got back to LA,…
WIRE: LUCY SCHWARTZ SINGLE “BOOMERANG”
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“Boomerang,” the first single from artist Lucy Schwartz’s highly anticipated album Timekeeper, is available for streaming on YouTube at http://youtu.be/4KxRwZaLAKQ. The song recently premiered on Entertainment Weekly’s website at http://bit.ly/15g4fJb and is featured as the last song in the final episode of the new season of “Arrested Development,” which premiered Sunday on Netflix. Mitch Hurwitz,…
SKY’S EDGE FILMS LAUNCHES NEW SITE
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Sky’s Edge Films, which continues to earn a reputation for high-quality and entertaining music videos, has launched its official website. Established by writer/director/producer Freddy Heath and writer/assistant director/production designer John Hart, the independent company began its run with the well-received video for Portland legend Smoochknob’s “Meet Me Half the Way”, the first single from…
WIRE: NEW TRIXIE WHITLEY VIDEO AT VOGUE
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Trixie Whitley has premiered her new video at Vogue.com. The video is for the deep and soulful stunner, “Breathe You In My Dreams,” one of the centerpieces from her debut, Fourth Corner (Strong Blood). View it HERE. Matthu Placek, who also directed the gorgeous video for “A Thousand Thieves”, directed the clip. SKOPE IT HERE!…
DANCING HEALS POST “SOMETHING”
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One week after announcing the July 5th release date of their new album, You Will Never Be Younger Than You Are Now and Australia tour, Dancing Heals are back at it again. Having just released their second single off the album, making it available as a free download, the new track is a trademark Dancing…
SAMSUNG & CHICARONES COLLAB ON NEW VIDEO
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The Chicharones, a Portland duo on CamoBear Records are thrilled to announce their involvement with the Samsung GALAXY S4 music video for ‘Hi, Hey, Hello”. The video, directed by Joseph Khan, multiple Grammy winner for video direction, tells the story of a college boy crushing on a girl in his class- and campus wide dancing…
LEGITMIX LAUNCHES FIRST EVER REMIX-ONLY SEARCH ENGINE
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Having already been embraced by pioneering producers like Diplo, El-p and Dave Nada, Legitmix launched in 2011 with a technological solution to the sample-clearance problem that enables remixers to sell their work while getting the artists they sampled get credited and paid. Legitmix has just launched the first ever remix-only search engine and digital store.…
ADRIAN LUX NEW SINGLE “DAMAGED”
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For many, the name Adrian Lux will be synonymous with his breakout hit from 2010, ‘Teenage Crime’, a bona fide smash, which exceeded platinum sales in Australia and appeared on Swedish House Mafia’s debut album, Until One. Not only did it rocket to top the Dance Charts through out the world, it also went large…
VISAGE TO RELEASE FIRST ALBUM IN 29 YEARS
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Founding fathers of the New Romantics and pioneers of the ’80s sound, Visage return with a new album Hearts and Knives. “It has been 29 years since the last Visage album and during that period it often seems like we have all lived through several lifetimes,” comments Steve Strange, the band’s creative force and flamboyant…
SAIDAH BABA TALIBAH VIDEO “HIGH”
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Toronto-based “stalwart soul-rock firebrand” Saidah Baba Talibah is excited to release a brand new video for her crowd-favourite “High”, off of her debut album “(S)Cream”. Aside from satiating hungry Saidah fans, the new video also serves to fuel the crowd-funding campaign for Saidah’s sophomore album. As a follow up to her crowd-funded debut album (S)Cream,…
SOL, Senses
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One might expect 6 piece Funk-Rock band from Maryland SOL to deliver music that could be categorized as somewhat dated. I mean this is 2013 and before I even listened to a single note of music from SOL that’s honestly the impression I got. I expected them to be a kind of 70’s Rare Earth,…
