Elephant 12 are ready to make their U.S. debut with the infectious new single “Holiday.” Already garnering the attention of fans and critics alike in the U.K., the group has been creating quite a buzz! Elephant 12 has a truly unique sound that will stun your ears as they create music that is so sensational,…
FUN. & DESIGNER RACHEL ANTONOFF LAUNCH THE ALLY COALITION
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The band fun. and designer Rachel Antonoff have joined forces to create The Ally Coalition (TAC), a partnership devoted to encouraging and inspiring the music, fashion, and entertainment communities to take action in support of LGBTQ equality. The Ally Coalition believes it is the responsibility of all “allies” to use their voices and influence to…
WIRE: PSYCHOBUILDINGS PREMIERE NEW VIDEO FOR “WONDERCHAMBER”
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PSYCHOBUILDINGS released the Hearts (Remixes) EP on September 4, 2012 via WonderSound Records following the recent release and success of the Hearts EP (July 2012). The EP features remixes from Wool, AIMES, Discmann & Sixtraxx, Peter Wade, HedNorton’s Touch, F.r.a.c.t.a.l, and The Statue of David. SKOPE IT HERE!
CLEMENTINE & THE GALAXY VIDEO “HEART SHAPED BOX”
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Clementine & The Galaxy has released a new video for their version of “Heart-Shaped Box”, bringing a gritty pop sensibility to the Nirvana classic. Producer/Guitarist Mike Macallister says of the video, “We sat around brainstorming a direction one afternoon and wound up settling on the idea of the whole thing taking place in a tunnel.
HATEBREED JOINS RAZOR & TIE’S U.S. LABEL ROSTER
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Razor & Tie announces the addition of Hatebreed to its North American label roster. The band has completed work on its forthcoming new studio album which will be released in January, 2013 on Razor & Tie in North America/Canada and on Nuclear Blast in Europe and various additional international territories. The new album will…
MIRAH ANNOUNCES UPCOMING NOVEMBER TOUR DATES
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A graceful songwriter of heart and breadth, Mirah makes exquisite music that shines light into the dark spaces of worlds and souls. Her songs swing from intimate confessions of love found and lost to vivid, compassionate allegories of life on the brink of catastrophe. She’s as rambunctious as she is sweet: Pitchfork has praised her…
CARLA THOMAS POSTS “LEAVE ME ALONE” AUDIO
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Carla Thomas, a former backing singer for Alexander O’Neal, has previewed online another new track from her upcoming EP. The track entitled “Leave Me Alone” is now available to listen to on YouTube. The London based Neo-Soul singer, who was born and raised in Leicester, earlier this week premiered the song “Sunshine”. Both tracks will…
WIRE: MATT & KIM NEW VIDEO ON FUNNY OR DIE
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Matt and Kim are thrilled to release their brand-new video for “Let’s Go” from the album Lightning. The video features Matt and Kim and an interesting cast of characters captured in some very funny (and downright weird) group portraits. Directed by and featuring Dugan O’Neal, Matt and Kim’s new “Let’s Go” video is sure…
RICHARD HAWLEY GUITAR CONTEST
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Richard Hawley is inviting fans, artists and creators to take inspiration from his brand new Mercury Music Prize shortlisted album Standing at the Sky’s Edgeby designing a brand new Gretsch ® guitar skin. The winning design will receive a black Gretsch ® G5420T Electromatic ® Hollowbody. Sheffield-born Hawley released his seventh album Standing at the…
PAUL BUCHANAN NEW SINGLE “WEDDING PARTY”
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Blue Nile frontman, Paul Buchanan, will release his already acclaimed solo debut full-length, Mid Air, in the U.S. on October 30 via Essential Music. The U.S. edition will contain a bonus disc of alternate takes, a live recording and remixes from fellow Blue Nile member, Robert Bell. Buchanan released Mid Air in Europe this…
MURS & FASHAWN “THIS GENERATION”
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Cali emcees Murs and Fashawn present the APLUSFILMZ-directed music video for the title track of their collaboration album This Generation, out today on Duck Down. The “Generation” clip follows the music video for first single “Slash Gordan”. Murs recently dropped visuals for “Animal Style”, from his recent album Love & Rockets Vol. 1: The Transformation,…
ALICIA POSTS NEW SONG “COMING DOWN”
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Alicia Lemke (ALICIA) is a fearless and inspiring young talent. A native of Madison, Wisconsin, ALICIA’s wanderlust eventually landed her in New York City. Her extraordinary passion propelled her into the heart of the city’s music scene where she has sparked a growing fan base. In addition to her newly released singles “Luminous” and…
SISTER SIN LAUNCHES NEW MUSIC VIDEO FOR “END OF THE LINEâ€
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Swedish heavy metal band SISTER SIN has released a brand new music video for their hit single “End Of The Line” from their forthcoming album Now and Forever, out next Monday, October 22nd! Watch the video here and download the track on iTunes /Amazon.
JAMES HAND’S OFFERS “NOW NOT LATER” OFF NEW STUDIO ALBUM
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Texas music legend, James “Slim” Hand’s Mighty Lonesome Man contains timeless music that will please the yearning ear of today, while transporting you back to the days of hayrides, drive-in movies and huddling around the radio listening to the Grand Ole Opry. JAMES HAND – “Now Not Later”: http://soundcloud.com/pavement-pr/james-hand-now-not-later Said to be one of the…
WIRE: THE COUP PREMIERE AMBITIOUS NEW VIDEO AT WIRED.COM
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Wired.com is premiering a brand new music video from incendiary band The Coup today, October 12th. The clip is for the group’s fuzzed out call for class equality entitled “The Guillotine” from their new record Sorry To Bother You out this October 30th on Anti-. The clip was directed by Beau Patrick Coulon and…
M. WARD NEW VIDEO “ME AND MY SHADOW”
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M Ward has just unveiled a rather entertaining video to “Me And My Shadow” from his critically-acclaimed six album, A Wasteland Companion. In this promo we find a young popstar stalked by his evil manager with laser beam eyes before being rescued by a teen fan, whilst Conan O’ Brien and even M Ward himself…
WIRE: THEE OH SEES NEW VIDEO ON PITCHFORK
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What’s the first thing that comes to mind when someone mentions Thee Oh Sees? Probably their riot-sparking live show, right? Visions of a guitar-chewing, speaker-smothering, tongue-wagging John Dwyer careening across your cranium, chased by a wild-eyed wrecking crew that drives every last hook home like it’s a nail in the coffin of what you thought…
VICTORY RECORDS WELCOMES FALL CITY FALL
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Victory Records proudly welcomes FALL CITY FALL from Calgary, Alberta to their roster. [youtube dN_FKuVGuJA] Stay tuned for updates and the announcement of FALL CITY FALL’S debut album on January 8th, 2013. New merchandise is now available through the Victory Records Webstore. https://www.facebook.com/fallcityfall
MUSICCONTRACTSTORE.COM TO LAUNCH THIS MONTH
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The Musician’s Guide and Avenant Law have announced a partnership to launch http://www.musiccontractstore.com, a new online portal to help artists and music companies download high quality music contracts. The website, which is due to launch at the end of October, aims to be the ‘go-to’ source for music contracts in the music industry. Marcus Taylor,…
34 BLISS: BORN AND BUILT IN DETROIT
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34Bliss is a Rock-n-Roll band out of Motor City. They have their engines revved and are hitting the scene with positive energy soaring them to new heights. This 5 piece band consists of Rocquel singing leads, Palmer on drums, Patrick on bass, Phil on guitar and Jonny Guitar on leads. All 5 of them have…
CASEY HURT & LAURA HUGHES COVER “ALL I WANT”
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Casey Hurt winds down his European Tour in Ireland this week. It’s been a great run of packed houses and sold out shows in the UK, France and Ireland. [youtube Hu6fybV-1Io] Watch for Casey’s new CD, “Half as Much as Love” to be debuted right here on Skope on it’s release date of October 30!…
ELLIOTT BROOD TOURING US + DAVID BOWIE COVER MP3
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Early 2012 saw Canadian trio Elliott BROOD’s widely successful release of “Days Into Years” through Paper Bag Records. Receiving accolades for the album’s lush, energetic instrumentation and the raspy croon of front man Mark Sasso’s vocals, the band sold out shows and gained multitudes of new fans across the nation.
WAYNE WONDER DROPS BRAND NEW MUSIC VIDEO
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Wayne Wonder reveals his second music video “Drop It Down Low” from his upcoming album My Way, which will now hit stores November 20. The vibrant dance anthem was produced by Triple Dee and the accompanying video was shot in the Netherlands and directed by Sicerow & Ruben Solognier. [youtube X4-R2j1zYN0] 25 years deep, 12…
OCTOBER – DECEMBER 2012 ARTISTS TO WATCH
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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.
Et Tu Bruce, Suburban Sunshine
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NEWSFLASH: London based 4 piece band Et Tu Bruce just released their latest CD entitled “Suburban Sunshine” (2012). URL — http://www.ettubruce.com/ Review: Right from the start of the track “Dress Me up in Bruises” the music reminded me of pop starts of the past like The Beatles, Steel Wheels,…
WIRE: RADICAL FACE PREMIERES VIDEO FOR “ALWAYS GOLD”
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Radical Face aka Ben Cooper premiered a new video for the song “Always Gold” today via Paste Magazine. The song, originally released on 2011’s The Family Tree: The Roots, is now the title-track of a new EP, due out November 23 on Bear Machine Records. The six-song record features a new edit of the title…
NEW VIDEO BY CRUSHING BLOWS
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Crushing Blows are a two-piece, noise pop band from Derbyshire who have drawn comparisons to Battles, Broken Social Scene and Arcade Fire. Despite their broad influences (My Bloody Valentine, Talking Heads, Neil Young, Pixies) the band have a developed a sound that is both extremely distinctive and exceptional. [youtube BAeQYJmpG5E] http://www.crushingblows.co.uk
WIRE: STREAM NEW BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD EP
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Blackbird Blackbird is the moniker of San Francisco-based wunderkind Mikey Maramag. His unique style of dreamy folktronica recalls influences from all ends of the musical spectrum; deeply textured, hypnotic songs pay homage to psychedelic pop the likes of Caribou and Washed Out, while the warmth of analogue instrumentation spliced with digital artifacts hints at contemporaries…
Lionel Ziblat, Songs from the Drawer
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Born in Argentina, raised in Israel, Lionel Ziblat now lives in The Netherlands. His eclectic tastes and versatile compositions are befitting of such a heterogeneous background. This background is also strongly musical. Ziblat’s father was an Argentine rocker; his mother, a classically-trained pianist. Both genres are found on his album, Songs from the Drawer. There…
A STORM IS BREWING IN WASHINGTON
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StormKing is a whirlwind of sound, the name fittingly descriptive as the songs fluctuate between calm and chaos, capturing the spirit of Hendrix and more modern artists like Monster Magnet. Skope had the opportunity to discuss the band with leader and chief songwriter Duke Adkisson.
COME HEAR STOLI’S NEW FAV BAND BRISTOL TO MEMORY
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It feels so good to sit down and write this new column. As many of you noticed over the past week, Skopemag.com went through a major theme redesign and server upgrade. After a few days of high anxiety we are back and I think better than before. Skope truly has an amazing & loyal global…
MUGZ NEW VIDEO “THE DREAM”
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Check out the new video from Canadian MC muGz. ‘The Dream’ features on the Montreal entertainers recent release Gone One Day which can be downloaded HERE. ‘The Dream’ was directed by Brian Finlay and has already been featured on sites such as AllHipHop.com, Thisis50.com, YouHeardThatNew.com and HotNewHipHop.com and has amassed almost 15k views in four…
ETERNAL TAPESTRY POST NEW SINGLE
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Portland-based purveyors of epic psychedelic rock Eternal Tapestry return for their second full-length of 2012. Following Dawn In 2 Dimensions, a vinyl-only collection of tracks that emphasized the power of their live performances, and Night Gallery, a collaborative album with Sun Araw, the band retreated to the Tapestry Space to record A World Out of…
WIRE: JOYCE MANOR NEW VIDEO ON FILTER
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JOYCE MANOR have premiered their first ever music video today on Filter Magazine, it can be seen at http://tinyurl.com/9cxk84g. Created entirely by award winning Toronto filmmaker Grandson and Son, the video combines “Drainage” and “If I Needed You There”, two songs from their latest release, Of All Things I Will Soon Grow Tired. All the…
VINTAGE TROUBLE ANNOUNCE US FALL TOUR DATES
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After 80 shows in 100 days, playing in front of an estimated 400,000 people throughout Europe, Los Angeles newcomers Vintage Trouble are excited to return to the US for a series of dates beginning September 28th in Portland, Oregon with Joss Stone. This four-week tour, that also includes an appearance at this year’s Voodoo Festival…
Mayhem Deranged, Here I Go Again
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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: WIN WIN ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM TRAILER & SINGLE
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WIN WIN, the Brooklyn-based post-electronic trio of Alex Epton (aka XXXchange, founding member of Spank Rock who produced the genre redefining album yoyoyoyo), Chris Devlin (of Baltimore Bass Connection and Devlin and Darko), and Ryan Sciaino (aka DJ Ghostdad), have announced their sophomore long player Double Vision will be issued by VICE Records on October…
BASSNECTAR NEW FREESTYLE MIXTAPE
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Bassnectar’s new Freestyle Mixtape, not to be confused with his Freestyle EP out 10/16 or the Freestyle song which features Angel Haze and is on both the EP and mixtape). Basically he loves the word Freestyle. Take a listen below (it’s right on the front page to grab): http://www.bassnectar.net/freestyle/
FILTHY J: SHOCK RAP ALIVE AND WELL DOWN UNDER
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It goes without saying that ever since there has been music; there has been explicit lyrical matter and innuendo within it. Blues singers made famous the term “jelly roll” (if you don’t know; look it up) and entire careers were made possible because of suspect lyrical matter and profanity…
Oxford Train, Mister Oxford Train
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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 &…
