A&M/Octone recording group Flyleaf announce the departure of long time singer Lacey Sturm today. The band’s final album with Lacey, New Horizons, will be out on October 30th on A&M/Octone Records and is available now for pre-order. Flyleaf are pleased to announce that Kristen May formerly of the band Vedera will be stepping in as…
BIG HARP NEW ALBUM TRAILER
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Big Harp will release their sophomore album Chain Letters on January 22 via Saddle Creek. Chain Letters is available for pre-order at the Saddle Creek web store. The album was recorded at Omaha’s ARC studios with engineer Ben Brodin and partly at the band’s Los Angeles home. Chain Letters was mixed by Mike Mogis (Bright…
ATO RECORDS TO RELEASE A TRIBUTE TO JOHN DENVER
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15 years after his death and 40 years after the release of his widely beloved song “Rocky Mountain High,” ATO Records will celebrate John Denver’s life and music with The Music Is You: A Tribute to John Denver, slated for February 2013 release. The album features covers of Denver’s most popular songs by a diverse…
CANDICE NIGHT VIDEO “CALL IT LOVE”
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Former Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore and wife Candice Night are releasing new music this month with their traditional folk rock duo, Blackmore’s Night. The band’s third live album, A Knight In York, spans their 15 year career and takes their devoted audience on a musical journey through the ages.…
JRAND NEW VIDEO “DON’T JUDGE ME”
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JRand has just unveiled an official music video for “Don’t Judge Me,” a reworked version of Chris Brown’s powerful ballad from his latest album, Fortune. The remix will appear on JRand’s debut mixtape, The Heartbreak Kid, coming soon. http://youtu.be/b6Vv9HjAhb4 The Miami performer also recently shared a new video diary from behind the scenes at the…
AUTUMN OWLS PREMIERE VIDEO FOR “BYWAYS OF THE LIFELESS”
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Dublin, Ireland trio Autumn Owls have premiered a new video for the song “Byways Of The Lifeless” via Impose Magazine – repost via YouTube here. The video coincides with the band’s return to New York for the CMJ Music Marathon on Thursday, October 18, and leads them in to…
ELLIE GOULDING ANNOUNCES WINTER 2013 HEADLINE TOUR
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Cherrytre e/Interscope recording artist ELLIE GOULDING hits the road this winter for a four week tour commencing January 16th in Miami. The Halcyon Days Tour visits major North American cities before wrapping February 12th in Los Angeles. Pre-sale is underway on Wednesday, October 24 and tickets go on sale to the general public Friday, October…
BEN HARPER SELECTS SONGS FOR NEW CAREER-SPANNING RETROSPECTIVE
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Ben Harper has selected his favorite ballads for a career-spanning retrospective titled By My Side, to be released October 16 by Virgin/EMI. The collection, available in CD and digital formats, features 12 of Harper’s most unforgettable songs, including “Forever,” “Diamonds On The Inside,” and “Waiting On An Angel,” and also introduces a new ballad, “Crazy…
STOLI IS @ HARD ROCK CAFE IN BOSTON FOR MY SILENT BRAVERY
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Hello to all Skope readers all over the world, how do you like the new Skopemag.com? I think its pretty awesome if I may so myself. I just read this great article on VentureBeat.com that states, digital music sales are expected to reach record-breaking numbers in 2012, according to…
WIRE: THE STELLA SISTERS WILL PERFORM ON STAGEIT
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Lennon & Maisy – a sister duo with nearly 20 million YouTube views and recurring roles on the new hit ABC series “Nashville” – will perform their first-ever concert on Tuesday, October 23rd, at 9 PM ET. The pair will play a half-hour set in their own living room – and fans around the world…
CHERRYTREE RECORDS SIGNS JESSIE WARE
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Cherrytree Records is pleased to announce that they have signed British singer and songwriter Jessie Ware and will release a digital and physical EP via Interscope, entitled 110%, in December, a month before Ware launches her first U.S. tour in January 2013. [youtube eblGD5yuid8] “I’m extremely excited to be joining Cherrytree,” said Ware. “Not only…
PARKWAY DRIVE UNLEASH “OLD GHOST / NEW REGRETS”
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Global metal phenoms Parkway Drive have just unleashed a brand new track from their soon to be released, spellbinding fourth album, Atlas out October 30th via Epitaph Records. The new track titled “Old Ghost / New Regrets” takes listeners on the epic journey of life and death of the world today, complimenting the overall…
UNI V SOL NEW VIDEO “LOVELY”
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Releasing the first visual from his recently released EP, “The Wonderful World of Jermaine Liriano”, Uni V Sol brings the track LOVELY, directed by Jose Santiago, to life with a futuristic love-story theme. As two robots, one of which is keen to appear more human like fall in love, in the premier video from Uni…
ALEX KELLY NEW VIDEO “CATALYST”
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The stunning New York City-based electro-pop singer Alex Kelly releases her new music video for “Catalyst,” the second single off her first full-length CD Orange Circle, which she released in June 2012.
P.O.S CANCELS FALL TOUR
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P.O.S has to cancel his entire fall tour (with the exception of the First Avenue show on 10/26) and he has to postpone future tour plans due to his emergent need to have a kidney transplant. Please watch the following video statement from P.O.S explaining his medical situation. P.O.S talks on his need for…
S.O.G. CREW NEW VIDEO POSTED
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The S.O.G Crew announces release date for new single ‘Got to Believe’. The recently dubbed Indie group continues to blow fans away with new stimulating material. Their music has created a totally new genre they call ’cause’ music. It is a wonderful collaboration of hip-hop, west coast, down south, pop, rock, and R&B sounds mixed…
ALL TIME LOW SELL 50K + UNITS FIRST WEEK
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What a whirlwind of a week it has been for the 4 piece pop punk band from Maryland. After returning from a 3-day tour around the world, All Time Low announcestheir new album, “Don’t Panic,” has sold 48,300 copies in its first week of sales and charted at #6 on the Billboard Top 200, via…
SENNHEISER TO SPONSOR “ROCKIN’ THE WALL” DOCU
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Audio specialist Sennheiser announced that it has sponsored the documentary film Rockin’ the Wall — an engaging film and history lesson about the Berlin Wall, and an entertaining exploration of the power of rock music as a force for social change and liberation. The documentary will be broadcast on public television stations nationwide in celebration…
SUNSET SESSIONS VEGAS NOVEMBER 8 – 10, 2012
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Michele Clark’s Sunset Sessions, a music industry convention and talent showcase, is coming to the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, NV from November 8-10, 2012. This is the first time in Sunset Sessions’ 15-year history that it will be open to the general public. The event is a key opportunity for musicians and industry power players…
WIRE: K’LA HOOKS UP WITH NAS FOR “BLAME” ON VEVO
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Have you heard Def Jam’s newest signee K’LA’s first single “Blame” ft Nas? Well you can finally see the official music video, and BET 106 & Park’s “New Joint Of The Day” for “Blame” on VEVO. Check out K’LA’s Blame featuring Nas (Official Video): http://vevo.ly/VaR2L1
JACK DAVEY VIDEO “RIDE ON”
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Since Jack Davey released L0-F! Side A, the first half of her three-part solo project last week, the eclectic J*DaVeY frontwoman has shown her evolution as an artist. Previous singles from the EP, such as “Howl At The Moon” and “Eye Can See,” have proven her ability to impart and express herself in new mediums,…
WIRE: THE SOUP HOSTS LYNYRD SKYNYRD
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See the Lynyrd Skynyrd boys have some fun on a special episode of “The Soup” on E! this Sunday at 1030|930c during a special episode featuring “The Goodest Moments Of Redneck Shows.” The band members educate each other about “The Soup” and question their own hillbilly status. See how much Southern flair they’re willing to…
DINAH THORPE OFFERS MP3 OFF ’12’
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With a commanding presence, uncompromising style and powerful harmonies, Dinah Thorpe makes electro-folk-pop that is not afraid to be smart. Tackle her bluesy, alternative country single “Song for Dolly”; a bouncing banjo hymn about daydreaming which name checks Dolly Pardon and Robert Johnson.
JIMMY RAE ENJOYS A LITTLE HARMONY & MELODY WITH LUKE GARTNER-BRERETON
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Luke Gartner-Brereton hails from Brisbane, Australia and he has been into music since he was a little kid. All along he has played “anything he could get his hands on” and as a classically-trained guitarist Luke blends together Folk, World music and Latin rhythms. When he’s not…
RANDOM STABBINGS & ARTLESS CRITIQUE, OCTOBER 2012
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Bright Little Field, Treatment Bound: A Ukelele Tribute to the Replacements (Bar None Records) No, it’s not a collection of early Chinese punk rock played by armless midgets or anything weird, it actually is what it says, a bunch of old Replacements songs played on ukulele, in this case played by…
Lannie Flowers, New Songs Old Stories
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From Texas comes an amazing male artist known as Lannie Flowers who just released his latest effort “New Songs, Old Stories” (2012). Flowers is strongly established in that region and this latest released is a collection of his best material. I always listen to the opening track extremely carefully.…
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE TO RELEASE NEW TRACK
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Bullet For My Valentine will release a brand new track entitled “Temper Temper” on October 30th worldwide and November 25th in the UK across all digital providers. The song will be debuted live by the band on Monday, October 22nd at Radio 1’s Rock Week where they will be performing at Maida Vale Studios. “Temper…
JERZEY STREET BAND, BREAKING RADIO SCIENCE
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The seven piece English group has made their ambition a modified country rock based genre, complete with a pedal steel player. It’s easy to tell their influences when listening. You can hear a mixed bag of folk, country, a touch of rock ala Dylan, The Boss, Alabama…
NO SLEEP RECORDS RELEASES 2012 FALL SAMPLER COMPILATION
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Orange County based No Sleep Records has released its annual fall sampler which features new and unreleased music from the label’s burgeoning roster. The digital sampler is available today for a “name your own price” at http://nosleepsampler.com/. The 2012 fall sampler features 22 tracks including new music from upcoming albums by Departures, Major League,…
WIRE: ANTIDOTE PREMIERES NEW TRACK “THE HATE MACHINE”
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Check out the brand new track, “The Hate Machine”, on HailsandHorns.com. Additionally, Bridge Nine Records has launched pre-orders for their forthcoming album, No Peace In Our Time, in the B9Store. “To honor the 30th year of New York hardcore we have decided to take a trip back to the Old School”, said Robb Nunzio, guitarist…
BELIEVE ENTERTAINMENT GROUP PLANS ORIGINAL SERIES ON TWITTER
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Believe Entertainment Group (BE Group) announced plans for “EpicEDM,” a new, ongoing original content series featuring top electronic dance music (EDM) artists, festivals and clubs worldwide that will be the first studio originated content series designed specifically for the Twitter platform. Financed by Believe Entertainment Group and executive produced by studio co-founders Dan Goodman and…
FILIP FILIPI RAISES MEDICAL SUPPLIES FOR KOSOVO
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After a long history of turmoil in The Balkan Peninsula, including the Kosovo War that began in the mid 90′s, Kosovo has been plagued by a massive shortage of medical support and supplies. In 2008, the Republic of Kosovo declared independence, but the acknowledgment and legality of said independence remains heavily disputed by many nations,…
LISA RICHARDS OFFERS “BEATING OF THE SUN” MP3
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With the spacious songs of her fifth album, Beating of the Sun, Lisa Richards explores the tough subjects of grief and loss with both strength and fragility. Richards’ nuanced voice, surrounded by cello, accordion and melodica augmenting the guitars, bass and organ, which, though rich, give the songs openness,…
DANK RELEASES REDNEK “SILENCE” RMX
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NYC Bass Boss Dank has been hard at work representing New York’s heavy bass culture and with his latest release, a Remix of Rednek’s single “Silence” featuring 2TON, Dank continues the reign over his kingdom. Get Rednek – “Silence” feat. 2Ton (Dank Remix) Now on Beatport: http://www.beatport.com/track/silence-dank-usa-remix/3850388 It has been said Dank eats, sleeps, and…
JAE RETCH POSTS “GREATNESS”
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Jae Retch new song to promote his upcoming project King Shit is on via Youtube. This song shows off his growth vocally, lyrically and spiritually. The song is about his ambition and passion in the music business. Something very inspirational for all of us to listen to. http://youtu.be/np7SpoJc46Q
WIRE: HEARTLESS BASTARDS DEBUT “MARATHON” VIDEO
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Rolling Stone has premiered the new music video for Heartless Bastards single, “Marathon,” off their widely acclaimed 2012 record, Arrow (Partisan Records). With Halloween rapidly approaching, the video finds the band indulging in the holiday spirit, with an homage to The Wizard Of Oz. In lieu of a twister or hot air balloon,…
MAXDMYZ IS BRINGING BACK UK METAL
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Hailing from the UK, Maxdmyz harkens back to the days when metal was the prime British export, when ‘Maiden and ‘Priest ruled the airwaves, before Britpop took down the 90’s and boybands ruled the lands. Maxdmyz is a testament to the infinite appeal of heavy metal throughout the years, despite…
JACK JOHNSON RECORDS 2 VIDEOS FOR CLEAN WATER
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Artist and songwriter Jack Johnson has recorded a new video forWaterkeeper Alliance sharing his clean water story in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Clean Water Act. The video was recorded while Jack Johnson was participating in the Farm Aid 2012 concert for family farmers in Hershey, Pennsylvania in September. In…
SHARKS UNVEIL VIDEO FOR “LUCK”
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UK band Sharks today revealed a new music video for “Luck” from their debut full length album, No Gods, which was released last March via Rise Records. The video was shot in Northampton and directed by Ryan Macktfall.
SEVYN STREETER SIGNS TO ATLANTIC RECORDS
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SEVYN STREETER has been an in-demand writer and vocalist, who has been called upon by a remarkable roster of top studio superstars, including Timbaland, Swizz Beatz, Babyface, Polow da Don, Jean Baptiste/Free School, Pop & Oak, and The Runners, among others, over the last few years. Check out SEVYN’S debut single on Atlantic, “I…
