This Oxford Train from Rochester, NY has so many tricks under their sleeves it’s not even funny! What do I mean by this you ask; well I’ll tell you! This band incorporates so many different styles & genres within their music that there is no way you could categorize them. Everything from Pop, Jazz &…
Amanda Kind, Hello Heartache
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Most would agree most popular artists out there have something truly special to give to their fans. This goes above the typical attributes like raw talent, amazing songs, nice voice, or even a very marketable look, sound & image. There’s something truly infectious at the core of these artists…
Industrial Rhapsody: Halovox, Everybody Lies
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With their second album Everybody Lies, halovox brings the seductive sound of urban risk and venture. Somewhat reminiscent of Depeche Mode, most of these heavily electronic tracks waste no time in gathering energy. Despite the heaviness of the actual music, the vocals are clear; every lyric is accessible. And…
WIRE: BLACK BIRD WHITE SKY NEW VIDEO ON NME
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Black Bird White Sky, the hot electronica rock trio out of Brooklyn, recently shot and produced a kickass video promoting their upcoming EP The Fall that just premiered on NME! http://www.nme.com/nme-video/youtube/id/dgvvwhro9N0
D. Gookin, Prey on the Prize
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This time “Here I Go Again” is not the Whitesnake monster ballad but the single from Mayhem Deranged, a band that is sure capable of evoking the sleaze and splendor of 80s metal. “Here I Go Again” is good ol’ dirty, guitar-driven rock with crunchy riffs that make one think of Slash circa 1987. About…
WIRE: LUTHER NEW SONGS POSTED
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Chunksaah Record’s newest rising stars, LUTHER, seem to be popping up everywhere this month. From song premieres on Huffington Post (http://tinyurl.com/8j8sja9) and RCRD_LBL (http://tinyurl.com/8f54o94) to a US tour with Timeshares to a Canadian tour with The Bouncing Souls, the indie-rock band is inescapable – which is a very good thing. Their debut full-length, titled Let’s…
The Love Load, Three On A Match
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The D.C. band The Love Load is back for more with their brand new EP titled ‘Three On A Match’. They are following up their debut release ‘The Human Resourceful’ with four energizing tracks. The Love Load is made up of three members: Ted Watts on bass & vocals, Blaine Misner on guitar…
These Curious Thoughts, What is it, and how did it get in there?
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The songwriting duo known as These Curious Thoughts is a Trans-Atlantic collaboration between Sean Dunlop and Jamie Radford from Detroit and London, respectively. The two met through a musician’s web site and the nature of their international friendship and work together began in earnest. Radford pens lyrics, which are…
Nico Rivers, To The Bone
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Deconstruction has seen its place in music since, well… forever. It makes sense that as soon as an artist lays down a “final” track he or she could very easily return to the same track and strip it down to its base. Such was the case when singer/songwriter took an inventory of some of the…
Miles Jones, The Jones Act (Part III)
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On the heels of his five-track EP release, Act So Strange, Toronto Hip Hop artist Miles Jones has expanded upon his newfound sound with The Jones Act (Part III). The full-length follow-up is 12-tracks of effects-laden Rap, raw beats and with a healthy dose of electronica nuances. The style and flow of the albums bring…
WIRE: OH NO & CHRIS KEYES DEBUT ON MTV HIVE
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Earlier this month, Oh No announced a new collaborative album with upstart producer Chris Keys. The album, titled Ashes, in which Oh No, for the very first time, relinquishes totally his producer reins, will be released October 23rd via Heavy Keys Records. In announcing the project, Oh & Chris gave fans an early preview with…
NEW ANIMAL SHARES VIDEO “FALLING UP”
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New Animal’s brilliant visual compliment to the track “Falling Up” tells the story of friendship and love between the two main characters. Nikki of The Wild Honey Pie says, “Like a tap dripping steadily and slowly, this song and its accompanying video will find a way to captivate your mind for at least the next…
WIRE: KARMIN’S COOLEST COVER TO DATE: ROLLING STONE
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It’s a huge achievement for any artist to make the cover of Rolling Stone, but for Karmin, it’s doubly impressive. The editors of the venerable magazine selected them for their “Women Who Rock” competition, and Karmin’s fans voted them onto the flip cover out this Friday. Read Rolling Stone’s story breaking the news…
WIRE: YARN RELEASES VIDEO FOR NEW SINGLE “ANNIE”
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Indie roots rock band Yarn has released the music video for “Annie,” the newest single from Almost Home, released March 20. http://www.cmt.com/videos/yarn/837115/annie.jhtml “Annie” is currently featured on CMT.com and the band’s official YouTube page. “Annie” was directed by Anthony Leo and features cameo appearances by legendary sound engineer and Almost Home producer Bil VornDick, as…
FIFTH SEASON OF “LIVE FROM THE ARTISTS DEN”
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On October 5th, the fifth season of the innovative music series Live from the Artists Den will premiere nationally on public television with an episode featuring nine-time Grammy Award winner Norah Jones (check local listings). The New York Emmy-nominated show-about which the New York Times said, “on this show, the setting is a headliner, too”-connects…
TWEAK BIRD OFFER “PEOPLE” MP3
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Tweak Bird’s “Undercover Crops” EP will be out October 9th. The band is direct support for the Melvins on the ongoing Sept/Oct tour.
LIL FAME (M.O.P.) & TERMANOLOGY = ‘FIZZYOLOGY’ + VIDEO
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LP Includes Appearances from Busta Rhymes, Bun B, Styles P, Freeway, and Billy Danze, plus production from Fizzy Womack, DJ Premier, The Alchemist & Statik Selektah and more. Fizzyology Will Be Released On 11-6-2012. [youtube Ixgy3x2h5vc] When Lil Fame aka Fizzy Womack (of the world famous Brooklyn duo M.O.P.) and Termanology (of ST. Da Squad…
MUSIC LEGENDS TOUR FOR WORLD PEACE
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Legendary blues/rock musicians (present or former band members with Toto, Asia, Eric Clapton, Guns N’ Roses, Dave Matthews Band, Carole King, Billy Preston, Sergio Mendes, Lionel Richie, and many others) are forming a new all-star band to promote world peace through music. They will combine with internationally-renowned music masters from nine world cultures to launch…
MIKA RELEASES “ORIGIN OF LOVE” VIDEO
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MIKA has just released a short film for “The Origin of Love”, the title track from his forthcoming album due out on Universal Republic on October 16. About the film, Mika said: “This latest short film is a collaboration with the Chilean director Cristián Jiménez. After seeing his film Bonsai, this seemed like…
ASHLAND HIGH NEW VIDEO
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Ashland HIGH, the band featuring Trace Cyrus, formerly of the pop rock band Metro Station, has released his newest video “Highs and Lows.” You can check out the video on Perez Hilton or check it out on YouTube here! Watch “Highs and Lows” Here: http://bit.ly/NSGbSJ Debut Album “Geronimo” For Free Download Here: www.AshlandHigh.com
COME WITH STOLI TO GERMANY & VISIT MY SECRET ISLAND
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Good morning to all Skope readers. I was reading about how much $$ Obama & Romney are spending on their marketing for President of the US. I thought what if we had that $$ and we used it to promote musicians that we love. What band would you want to invest in? My guest today…
WIRE: HEAR BETTYE LaVETTE’S NEW CD AT PASTE.COM
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BETTYE LaVETTE has a lot to offer these days with her new single “Crazy” available now at all digital outlets and starting Tuesday, September 18, Paste.com will exclusively stream her entire forthcoming album–Thankful N’ Thoughtful–a full week prior to release. Meanwhile, Bettye’s autobiography (co-written with David Ritz), A Woman Like Me is due out September…
JIMMY RAE DEEP IN THOUGHT WITH THE MAN OF THE HOUR: ADAM FERGUSON
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For someone who is just 23 years old, this young man from Vermont has seen and experienced so much in his life thus far. Good times balancing with the bad times, Adam seems to make it all flow so naturally. Highly spiritual in nature, Ferguson studies life and all its wonders with the keenest…
MUSE LAUNCH SOCIAL CONNECTOME
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Muse launched the Social Connectome (http://connectome.muse.mu/), a 3-D Google Chrome visualization of the Muse fanbase, created in homage to the Human Connectome project which inspired the artwork for the band’s forthcoming new album The 2nd Law, due out on October 2nd via Warner Bros. Records. The Social Connectome allows people…
BRAZILIAN METALLISTS SHADOWSIDE SET TO TAKE THE U.S. BY STORM
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Brazil and hard rock/heavy metal have gone hand in hand for decades by this point (spawning Sepultura, hosting massive stadium shows by Queen and Kiss, etc.). And the most promising Brazilian-metal connection to come along in some time is Shadowside, which manage to combine metal and melody in an irresistible sonic cocktail – as evidenced…
EXCLUSIVE UK RELEASE IKIL ORIION ‘PARANOISE VOID’ OUT ROCTOBER 29TH
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The Groundbreaking debut album ‘PARANOISE VOID’ was mixed & engineered by Grammy winning Multi-Platinum production team Sylvia Massy & Rich Veltrop. The album features an All-Star cast of characters consisting of the original Ska/Punk pioneers Fishbone, New Orleans funkster Ivan Neville, UK legend Don Letts (Big Audio Dynamite). Percussion maestro Leon Mobely (Ben Harper)…
GIRI NEW VIDEO “LOST AND FOUND”
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The swedish rockband GIRI are now releasing their second album Fidget. The first single Lost and found has already got rotation on radiostations in Europe. Fidget is a twelve track album and the songs are written, produced and mastered by GIRI. The Girisound is a perfect mix of analog synthezisers, distorted Fender jaguar and sitar.…
Science!, Science!
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Having known each other since their childhoods in New York, Justin Stang and Jim Elenteny find themselves thousands of miles from home and reunited as the two-man outfit, Science! The move and collaboration has rendered their first self-titled EP–7-tracks of guitar driven rock that ebbs and flows between Country-tinged riff work to bent note Blues…
J.J. Crowne, Another Day of Love
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The one-man band J.J. Crowne is at it again with an exciting, new EP out titled ‘Another Day Of Love’. The first time I came across J.J. and heard his music for the first time was last year when I did a Review + for his album called ‘Songs Of Innocence And Experience’ (http://skopemag.com/2011/07/22/j-j-crowne-songs-of-innocence-and-experience).…
WILD BELLE SIGN WITH COLUMBIA RECORDS + NEW VIDEO
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Columbia Records is pleased to announce the signing of Chicago-native sibling duo, Wild Belle. Raised in a musical household replete with family sing-alongs and what the band describes as “old-timey songs, hymns and Dylan tunes,” Elliot and Natalie Bergman each pursued their passion of music at an early age. Natalie made a…
SUPA: THE FRESH VOICE OF HIPHOP
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Hailing from Texas in the ‘Golden Triangle’ hiphop artist Supa knows a thing or two about the game. Poised to become the ‘fresh voice of hiphop’, this success story is 15 years in the making. Supa’s music and his life is about community and writing from the heart. He lives and breathes hiphop and his…
HAYLEY REARDON NEW SINGLE “TRIBE”
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On October 9, 2012, acclaimed 16-year old singer-songwriter Hayley Reardon will issue the second single from her forthcoming full-length debut album, Where The Artists Go (due October 23 via Kingswood Records). Containing the album version and an instrumental version, “Tribe” will be available at iTunes, Amazon and other digital service providers. “Tribe”: http://soundcloud.com/1888media/hayley-reardon-tribe Coinciding the…
Hosts of Heav3n, Self-titled
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Fledgling artist, Richard Fendler is making a name for himself not only behind the turntables as DJ Heavenly but has now stepped into production and has released a series of electronica tracks under the name Hosts of Heav3n. The eight tracks are trancey, house tunes rife with layered soundscapes, electronic instrumentation and catchy transitions. This…
DO YOU WANT TO PLAY “JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE”?!
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OurStage.com, the innovative online social platform for discovering music, announces a new program geared to give emerging musicians the chance to advance their career on a national scale with a performance on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live”. Kicking off this September, musicians across the US will compete in a monthly competition via OurStage.com to win the…
MARKUS SCHULZ VOTED “AMERICA’S BEST DJ’ 2012
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The votes have all been counted and it’s official – DJ Times magazine and Pioneer DJ are proud to announce that Markus Schulz has been voted ‘America’s Best DJ’ for 2012. The talented Miami-based DJ will be honored October 7 in Las Vegas for the ABDJ Closing Party, which will include a press reception, at…
ROOM8 POSTS NEW SINGLES FROM ‘TRANSDUCTION’
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ROOM8 “Transduction” is a crossroads on the electronic highway. An audio film that takes place in a musical past, present, and future. The brain child of Ezra Reich and Nic Johns, “Transduction” features Electric Youth (from the neon noir hit “Drive”), Martha Davis (leader of classic New Wave icons, The Motels), the sax work…
RUSH MIDNIGHT NEW VIDEO “THE NIGHT WAS YOUNG ENOUGH”
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Rush Midnight, the solo project of Russ Manning, former bass player for acclaimed new wave revivalist, Twin Shadow, has released a new video for ‘The Night Was Young Enough.’
PATRICK DRONEY ON ‘TAKE ME HOME’ SERIES
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At just age 12, child guitar prodigy Patrick Droney graced the stage with B.B. King and James Brown. Earlier this month, the now 20-yr-old NYU student gave Arden Myrin— host of the SPACEStv channel’s Take Me Home series — a private acoustic performance on his dorm room bed in NYC’s East Village. [youtube hAhOjoiwgGc]
ESHAC LAUNCHES
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Just launched, Eshac stands alone as the only social networking site that gives music fans the exclusive power to directly impact the careers of independent artists. Eshac awards artists with single song and full album contracts when they reach designated milestones determined by music lovers’ ratings. Founded by Ben Bechar, the brand new social network…
TORI AMOS NEW ALBUM OCTOBER 2
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Tori Amos re-imagines a personally handpicked collection of songs spanning her entire catalogue with her thirteenth studio album, Gold Dust. Produced by Amos with arrangements by long-time collaborator John Phlip Shenale, the new album features reworkings of songs in orchestral settings which Amos recorded with the renowned Metropole Orchestra, conducted by Jules Buckley. Slated…
