Belize’s top reggae artiste Tanya Carter has once again teamed up with Christopher Birch, this time for a dancehall song called Mr. Dj Boy. Tanya, who has been getting rave reviews since the release of her hit Exboyfriend, also produced by Birch, is making steady progress in creating her own space on the international reggae…
VALIENT THORR NEW VIDEO “TORN APART”
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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 on VALIENT THORR’s singular sound, delivering twelve tracks of balls-to-the-wall rock that yearns to be played at full volume. Behold, the brand new Valient Thorr music…
D’Nero, Story Of A Young Boss
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Not to be confused with Robert De Niro, Jersey’s own D’Nero is a young up-and-coming rapper, audio engineer, producer & songwriter who is looking to make a huge statement. Succeeding is in D’Nero’s DNA as he single-handedly sold over 20,000 units in 17 different countries all on just a $400 budget! This D’Nero…
MARCUS DEBUT ALBUM OUT
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There’s magic in the music of songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Marcus Linon. Passion, urgency, energy, gorgeous melodies and creative lyrics, served by a sharp voice that sometimes reminds you of Peter Hammill’s. Here are some of the attributes of Marcus, a talented young musician from Paris, whose first album, ‘Catch 22’, is about to be released. Add to…
NEW SINGLE BY MIKE ANGELLO ON YOUTUBE
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Mike Angello introduces his second single, Supernatural woman, this song being an interesting featuring with Randi (Morandi), speaking about the love of a man for his woman. He describes his beloved one in beautiful words, as you can guess from the title of the song. After Belong To You, his first single, Mike is ready…
WIRE: RASPBERRY BULBS STREAM A TRACK VIA PITCHFORK
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Raspberry Bulbs are a band from New York City. Since their debut LP “Nature Tries Again” (Hospital Productions, 2011) RB has grown from the solo project of M. del Rio (HWCT from Bone Awl) into a five-piece of extraordinary force and focus. The first studio version of Deformed Worship was scrapped, and its songs re-recorded…
TITLE FIGHT ANNOUNCES FALL HEADLINE TOUR
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TITLE FIGHT are announcing a four week headlining tour that kicks off mid-September in Baltimore, MD and circles the US. They will be taking Balance & Composure, Cruel Hand and Slingshot Dakota with them as support. NPR hailed the band, saying “Title Fight hits the sweet spot between the heartfelt, road-trip-proven pop-punk of Jawbreaker’s Dear…
E-DUBBLE VIDEO “CYCLE OF NIGHTMARES”
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In the months leading up to recording the Reset EP, e-dubble wasn’t on the road playing shows and meeting fans. An assumed path, following two years of releasing over 60 free songs, praised for candid lyricism and uncanny production. Instead, days before a Midwest show, e-dubble found himself forced to put his music career on…
LOVERBOY HITS THE ROAD FOR THE SUMMER
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Legendary Canadian rock and roll band Loverboy continue “Working for the Weekend”–and all week long, for that matter–with a crowded summer tour schedule that follows up their nearly year-long, 60-date stint with Journey and Pat Benatar + Neil Giraldo, that had fans and critics alike “lovin every minute of it.” The iconic rockers, with…
JUNE 2013: MKM NOTES FROM THE SOUND TABLE
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Hello again folks and welcome to our summer SKOPE edition! Join us as we support our latest Press Release: In conjunction with the print offering of music veteran L.A. Jackson’s new book MUSICOLOGY 2101: A QUICK START GUIDE TO MUSIC “BIZ” HISTORY, the author will appear at the Atlanta-Fulton County Central Library, as the library…
ENTER THE INDEPENDENT MUSICIAN SWEEPSTAKES FOR OVER $15K IN PRIZES
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The greatest collection of Recording Software & Equipment we’ve ever assembled. And it could be yours. Attention all you independent musicians out there. We’re giving away one heck of a prize package and you could be the lucky winner. We’re giving away everything you need to record and produce a new album, from computers and…
WIRE: ILIA DARLIN NEW VIDEO ON EARMILK
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Radical and self-made, Maria Callas and Chase and Status inspired, Ilia Darlin boasts a rebellious yet sultry voice that is a fair match to the dub heavy and rave influenced beats that she gracefully belts over. In an effort to remain honest and true to her vision, Ilia’s chopped and screwed video for ‘We Do…
CHARLI XCX SETS MAJOR HEADLINE TOUR
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Riding high on Billboard’s “Hot 100,” with a song she penned within minutes in a hotel room, “I Love It (Feat. Charli XCX),” her RIAA platinum certified collaboration with Swedish pop duo Icona Pop; Charli XCX has announced details of her next North American headline tour. The dates celebrate the acclaimed singer/songwriter’s breakthrough debut…
THE POSTAL SERVICE “A TATTERED LINE OF STRING” VIDEO
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The Postal Service has unveiled its new video for “A Tattered Line Of String” today at http://youtu.be/K2xNj630NBU. The arresting and dreamlike clip finds one of two previously unreleased songs from the Give Up Deluxe 10th Anniversary Edition (Sub Pop) transformed by Parisian video team AB/CD/CD (Lily Allen, Factory Floor) into a surreal tale of…
WIRE: MYSPACE LIVESTREAM OF EMPIRE OF THE SUN PERFORMANCE
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Late night powerhouse Jimmy Kimmel Live! And the recently launched Myspace kicked off its yearlong collaboration to livestream concerts to fans’ bedrooms, kicking it all off with Empire Of The Sun’s mini-concert directly following the band’s on-air performance yesterday. https://myspace.com/jimmykimmellive/live/empire-of-the-sun-concert-live/3 The recently relaunched Myspace and ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live are teaming up for a…
CODY SIMPSON + JUSTIN BIEBER+ ASHER ROTH
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In this week’s episode of The Paradise Series, experience an all-day all-access pass and go behind the scenes with Cody Simpson at his LA show of The Paradise Tour. Check out surprise appearances from JUSTIN BIEBER and ASHER ROTH. Stay tuned for new episodes of “The Paradise Series” following Cody through his everyday life while…
WIRE: MTV CLUBLAND EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE PANTyRAiD’S VIDEO
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Caught somewhere between the dream world, a lover’s embrace, a dazzling cosmic galaxy, a spooky subconscious and sex-rumpled satin sheets exists this mesmerizing video for PANTyRAiD’s “That’s The Spot” and “Jokes From The Backseat”, a mashup of two songs off their new LP PillowTalk (May 28, Glass Air Records). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yv2PsLjETpM
ROBBY ARMSTRONG NEW SINGLE “RODEO”
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California native Robby Armstrong’s debut single, “Rodeo,” is currently at Country radio. Written by Armstrong and Darrell Brown, the toe-tapping track is Robby’s first single from his forthcoming 2013 full-length album, which is additionally produced by Brown (LeAnn Rimes, Ty Herndon, Radney Foster). Robby has three songs, including “Rodeo” in the upcoming feature…
JAMIE N COMMONS ANNOUNCES WEST COAST DATES
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U.K. singer/songwriter Jamie N Commons will head back to the U.S. this summer for a string of west coast tour dates. First stop will be a performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live on August 5th (ABC, 11:35pm/10:35c) followed by a show in Denver, CO at Soiled Dove on August 6th. Jamie N Commons west coast dates…
REVERB SET TO MAKE TOURS MORE ENVIRONMENTAL
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On Monday, REVERB, a non-profit focused on making music tours more environmentally sustainable, launched 2013’s “Last Summer on Earth” tour at the Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie, Texas. The tour features Barenaked Ladies, Guster, and Ben Folds Five. Each of the concert venues will include an interactive and educational “Eco-Village” with tents where music fans…
LIBRARY OF CONGRESSES PASSES THE HOMEGROWN CONCERT SERIES
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Traditional music and dance drawn from communities across the United States will be showcased on the historic Coolidge Auditorium stage at the Library of Congress throughout the summer. The popular “Homegrown: The Music of America” concert series is presented by the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress in cooperation with the Kennedy Center…
WIRE: GRAPHS.NET NAMES THE GREAT KAT TOP 10 “FASTEST GUITAR PLAYERS IN THE WORLD”
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“There are many fast guitar players in the world but here is a list of the fastest of them all. The Great Kat is the sixth fastest guitar player in the world and her real name is Katherine Thomas. She plays Guitar and Violin.” – Graphs.net http://www.graphs.net/201306/fastest-guitar-players-in-the-world-infographic.html http://www.greatkat.com
NEW VIDEO BY CALI AGENTS FEAT AGALLAH
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The Dynamic Duo is back. Rasco & Planet Asia New video from their forthcoming album “King Kong Godzilla”. First official single “Never Left” Produced by Agallah. Video Directed, Filmed and edited by Rasco for Swannworks Films 2013. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JUE2omcMRg
WIRE: BT NEW ALBUM COMING IN AUGUST
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With the remixes to ‘Skylarking’ still sitting at the top of the charts (Ilan Bluestone’s has remained at #1 on Beatport’s trance top 100 for almost a week), respected DJ and producer BT has set the bar high for his ninth artist album A Song Across Wires. Releasing on Armada Music on August 16, A…
WIRE: EROS AND THE ESCHATON POST NEW SINGLE AT COS
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North Carolina duo, Eros and the Eschaton have announced their debut album, Home Address For Civil War will arrive in stores August 13 on Bar/None Records. The band has premiered the first single off the record, “Heaven Inside”, via ConsequenceofSound.net. In addition, Eros and the Eschaton have announced a slew of upcoming tour dates, including…
TEDO STONE TO RELEASE DEBUT STUDIO ALBUM + “TASTE”
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You can hear this carpe-diem passion in Stone’s new record, which he recorded with Goldman and longtime bassist Billy Lyons. It’s in everything from the anthemic rockers to the little whispered ukulele ballad Tedo recorded on his cellphone back in Hawaii and ended up using as-is. It ripples through the pensive, psych-tinged bedroom pop numbers,…
TRAVIS TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM ON AUGUST 20th
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Travis, one of the UK’s best known bands, return after a five year hiatus with an impressive new album Where You Stand, out August 20th on their own re-launched label Red Telephone Box via Kobalt Label Services. Sounding more invigorated than ever, the multi-million-selling Scottish quartet have delivered a stunning new album full of the…
JOSH XANTUS NEW VIDEO “S.A.D.”
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Rising artist Josh Xantus takes the Maserati for a spin in the lyric video for “S.A.D.”. Watch the talented singer-songwriter-producer whip through the city with a million thoughts racing his mind. The single is available on iTunes now. VIDEO: http://youtu.be/Ma960Dfh6BI At only 26, Josh Xantus, which means golden in Greek, has already caught the likes…
Peter Galperin, A Disposable Life
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Let’s be honest for just a second shall we. I get a lot of albums sent my way for review and I mean a lot. Most of them don’t do anything for me. They don’t always get happily placed in the CD player, but the ones that do usually get a three song stay of…
X ANNOUNCES U.S. FALL TOUR WITH BLONDIE
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X, one of the leaders of the L.A. punk-rock movement, announce plans to join their east coast comrades, BLONDIE, as a Special Guest on their fall U.S. “No Principals Tour”. Set to kick off September 5th, the bands will hit U.S cities including Atlantic City, Washington, DC, Chicago, San Francisco, Austin, Houston, Dallas,…
CULTURE REJECT POST “TALKIN EASY”
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Culture Reject began as the pop experiment of Toronto’s multi-instrumentalist Michael O’Connell. The self-titled debut on Whitewhale Records introduced his fresh collection of prose-induced, 60’s soul inspired, lo-fi pop songs soon to be characterized as “epitomizing the boldness of the new Canadian sound.” Much of the attention came from the underground hit “Inside the Cinema”…
NEW ENGLAND NATIVE CHRISTIE LEIGH COUNTRY POP STAR
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Born in a small New England town, Christie Leigh grew up in a family that encouraged her creativity from a very young age. Her father’s rock and roll band rehearsed in the basement and Christie was the girl with her ear pressed to the door. It was no surprise she developed a love of classic…
Angel Paint, CPR
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Chicago-based songwriter Jeanie B! is taking a respite from her acclaimed children’s music album making to reflect and revive, on her new album, CPR. Inspired by a series of personal obstacles over the past several years, the six-track EP confronts issues of separation, loss and love renewed. Jeanie wrote: “…having recently gone through a divorce,…
WIRE: PITCHFORK POSTS SINGLE FROM LA LUZ
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Seattle quartet La Luz immediately brings to mind the girl groups of the ‘50s and ‘60s. The immaculate four-part harmonies, the luscious layers of reverb, the occasional choreographed dance move, even the band’s penchant for oldies-style artwork–it all conjures images of beehived ladies singing sweetly on grainy black-and-white television. http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/15566-la-luz-brainwash/
FARM AID MUSIC AND FOOD FESTIVAL HEADS TO NEW YORK ON SEPTEMBER 21
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Farm Aid announced today that its annual benefit concert will return to the Northeast on Saturday,Sept. 21, taking place at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. “In New York and across the Northeast, family farmer sare pioneering change in our farm and food system. This region has strong agricultural roots and…
WIRE: NEW VIDEO BY ATTRAKIONZ ON NOISEY
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When standing alone, who do you hold in the back of your mind? Oakland hip-hop duo Main Attrakionz keeps its kinfolk close in their newest video. “My life is crazy but my family is usual,” raps Squadda B, explaining how he stays bonded to his extended circle through the insanity. Tynethys, a Sacramento producer who…
DR. LUKE’S KEMOSABE AND RCA RECORDS INTRODUCE G.R.L.
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Co-written by hitmakers Dr. Luke and Max Martin as well as Bonnie McKee and Henry Walter and produced by Dr. Luke, Max Martin, and Cirkut, “Vacation” is a perfect introduction to G.R.L., which is Simone Battle, Lauren Bennett, Emmalyn Estrada, Natasha Slayton, and Paula Van Oppen. G.R.L. – “Vacation” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avOhYJjoJw0 The roots of G.R.L. lie…
PHOTOG: THE LONE BELLOW LIVE AT THE SINCLAIR IN CAMBRIDGE, MA ON JUNE 14, 2013
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The Lone Bellow released its debut self-titled album at the end of January via Descendent Records. The album was recorded live at Rockwood Music Hall in New York City and was produced by Grammy Award Winning Producer Charlie Peacock (Civil Wars). NPR has supported the band across First Listen, All Songs Considered and most recently…
Q-DANCE COMES TO USA WITH VIDEO PROMO
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Rebellious, antagonistic, authentic, counter-culture; Sounds like electronic music before EDM came along. But for some spectrums of dance culture these are still the abiding principles. This Fall, America will welcome back the misfits and beat junkies as Q-dance, the world’s premier hard dance brand, returns. Last year Q-dance was the biggest story at EDC…
PET SHOP BOYS UNVEIL THE VIDEO FOR THEIR NEW SINGLE
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The video for the new Pet Shop Boys single ‘Vocal’ is now available on VEVO here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNR8gQAoYCs. This short film has been produced and directed by the filmmaker and photographer, Joost Vandeburg. He has created it using authentic amateur film footage shot at various raves in the late 80s, along with some footage from the…
