Over the years we’ve seen Rock, Americana and even Folk music slowly erode into over-commercialized, corporate puppet shows providing music that is extremely sing-songy, predictable, popish and highly corporate. I hereby call this new breed of music “Poser Rock” & I want to personally thank all the corporate giants for successfully transforming “Sex Drugs &…
NEFEW DELIVER VISUAL FOR “YOUR OWN”
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Director Flavio Leone was eager to depict ‘ an elegant and classic style combined with an urban roughness’ utilizing the skills of the Ryhner and the impressive backdrop where the video was shot. “We decided to work with a dancer because we felt that Ballet is a perfect reflection of struggle and hardship and how…
SOUL CONTROL FINISHES RECORDING BORE CORE
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Providence, RI’s SOUL CONTROL recorded six new tracks for their forthcoming E.P., titled Bore Core, last weekend weekend with producer Trevor Vaughan. Five songs are set to be featured on the vinyl version of the release, while the sixth track will be a digital-only bonus. While the official release date is still tentative,…
GERMANY’S BLUE ANGEL LOUNGE KICK OFF US TOUR
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Germany’s The Blue Angel Lounge follow up their 2010 album, Narcotica, with the intense and brooding 4 track EP entitled, Ewig (German for eternal). The past year has seen the band tour extensively throughout Europe and America, with a breakthrough performance at 2011’s Austin Psych Festival. Their ascent continues with an invitation to support…
THE PREP SCHOOL TRAGEDY NEW VIDEO “THOUGH I TOLDJA”
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The Prep School Tragedy brings chaos to the digital realm in the official music video for the single, “Thought I Toldja”.
SIMON RICHARDS SIGNS WITH PYRAMID RECORDS/ UNIVERSAL DISTRIBUTION
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World musician, Simon Richards has officially announced a distribution deal through Fontana/Universal for his debut album Kaleidoscope Worlds. The album will be available for purchase to the public in September 2012. Richards recently signed a record deal with Pyramid Records and this will be his first studio album to date. Pyramid Records, established in 1989,…
ALICE COOPER & RYAN ROXIE REUNITE
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Alice Cooper has announced his band line-up for his 2012 “No More Mr Nice Guy” tour, with guitarist Ryan Roxie back with the band after several years absence. Ryan joins an extraordinary team. Longtime Alice bassist Chuck Garric, jaw-dropping drummer Glen Sobel and guitarists Tommy Henriksen and Orianthi make up one of the…
THE M MACHINE ANNOUNCES DEBUT ALBUM
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After months of silence, San Francisco’s The M Machine will release the first half of their debut album, a six track release dubbed Metropolis Pt. I, on multiple Grammy Award winner Skrillex’s OWSLA, on April 24th. Boldly bridging genres, The M Machine’s latest release offers an original sound that justifies the increasing buzz surrounding the…
PENNAN BRAE RELEASES NEW VIDEO “FLING”
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Here is a new silent film-themed music video, it’s entitled ‘Fling’ & it goes into silent film-mode after a 15-second introduction. Time travel to the 1920s Silent Film era via ‘Fling’, starring Brittany Dixon & Jared Rasic. A ‘Far From Earth Films’ Production (www.ffefilms.com). Directed by Tim Cash with Main Grip Robert Slaney. ‘Fling’ is…
SKOPE EXCLUSIVES: TK Soul “ZYDECO BOUNCE” OFFICIAL VIDEO
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We at Skopemag.com get hundreds of exclusive tracks via various vendors on a daily basis. The goal for us is to share with our readers as many tracks that come in. Please note that some of these links expire so you got to get it while it’s hot! TK Soul “ZYDECO BOUNCE” OFFICIAL VIDEO: [youtube…
SOSO OFFERS NEW ALBUM FREE
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Taking DIY to a whole new level, emerging Swedish indie pop act Soso wrote, recorded, and self-produced each track in the bedroom of her apartment. The result is a record that is lyrically raw yet undeniably pop, and most of all, an intensely personal journey into the heart of Soso. Again taking matters into her…
EDIDION POSTS NEW SINGLE “BIRTHDAY” VIA YOUTUBE
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Edidion hailing from Los Angeles, California is an unsigned astronomical R&B artist with the heart of sunlight. Music has been a major force in his life since he was a baby. With an over abundance of talent, he works for himself, makes his own music, arranges his own features, and maintains his own sanity. [youtube…
KC Jockey, Girl You’re Free
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KC Jockey is a pop/r& b artist from Brooklyn, New York. Having been born in Jamaica and moving to New York at a young age must have done good things for his creative side, as his music seems to effortlessly unite the dance hall/traditional party music of Jamaica with the urban pop/club scene of the…
FREE MUSIC FROM THE CASSETTES
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The Cassettes are a four or five-piece Mystic Country/Psych Garage/Stomp band from Washington, D.C. started by Frodus frontman Shelby Cinca as a solace from his post-punk screaming endeavors. The Cassettes ballooned from a lineup that originally contained members of Dead Meadow to a group of modern day vagabonds and dreamers consisting of multi-instrumentalists that…
LOVERBOY WILL BE “LOVIN’ EVERY MINUTE” OF JOURNEY TOUR
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They’ll not only be working for the weekend, but almost every night in between, as legendary Canadian rockers Loverboy return to the road and keep it up with Journey and Pat Benatar featuring Neil Giraldo for an arena tour that gets underway July 21 at the San Manuel Amphitheatre in San Bernardino, CA, running all…
ANNA TERNHEIM ALBUM TRAILER
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Anna Ternheim and V2 Records/Cooperative Music proudly announce the release of The Night Visitor, out June 5th 2012. The Swedish born performer’s latest work was recorded in Nashville and produced by her good friend and fellow musician Matt Sweeney (Chavez, Bonnie “Prince” Billy & Matt Sweeney) along with Dave Ferguson, Johnny Cash’s longtime engineer (best…
ALICE & MICHI RELEASE “TIME TO TAKE” VIDEO
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It was just before 2011, a jazzy feel-time season. Michi wrote Alice a letter urging her to come to New York and collaborate on a musical project. Alice was driving around Los Angeles deep in her annual autumnal malaise. Skimming the message at a stoplight before stopping at her favorite Subway, she read the remainder…
DONAVON FRANKENREITER TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM
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Donavon Frankenreiter announces the release of his fifth studio album, Start Livin’ out through his own label, Liquid Tambourine Records. The album was produced alongside Frankenreiter’s longtime friend and band member Matt Grundy as well as Adam Ableman from Southern California. The follow-up to 2010’s Glow, Start Livin’ is a nine-track selection of folk-infused songs…
BROOKE VALENTINE CELEBRATES MOTHERHOOD IN “FOREVER”
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Complete with a new outlook and a new son, Brooke Valentine releases this celebratory track about the joys of motherhood. Her forthcoming album hits stores this summer!
IT BOYS! TO RELEASE DEBUT ALBUM
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Los Angeles rock-pop group IT BOYS! are excited to announce the release of their debut album, INTRODUCTION, out June 5th on Hollywood Waste Records. INTRODUCTION, a 12-song record built on the band’s credible strengths as musicians and songwriters, offers listeners tightly crafted songs and floor-shaking rhythms that burst with big hooks and unforgettable melodies. With…
The Jim Ivins Band, Everything We Wanted
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The Richmond, VA bunch is back again with their new EP titled ‘Everything We Wanted’. Following up their 2009 self-titled debut release, (http://skopemag.com/index.php?s=Jim+Ivins+Band), Jim Ivins & company have some fresh new sounds for you. Staying in the realm of pop/rock with acoustic elements added in, The Jim Ivins Band is giving you everything you…
NORAH JONES GOT “HAPPY PILLS”
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The brand spanking new, and very Mad Men — ish video for Norah’s “Happy Pills” is now available via the official EMI supply chain. It’s gorgeous, and dark and a perfect lead in to “Little Broken Hearts”, available May 1, 2012. [youtube a9s0DCQJq4I nolink]
MATILYN MANSON NEW VIDEO
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“No Reflection” is the lead track from Marilyn Manson’s forthcoming album Born Villain which is set to drop on May 1st. “The new record put simply has the ambition and determination of how I started making music in the first place,” Manson says. “It sounds like the first record in that it’s not afraid to…
PRINCE ROYCE RELEASES HIS SECOND ALBUM
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Prince Royce, the biggest breakthrough artist the Latin music industry has seen in years, will release his sophomore Bachata album, “PHASE II”, this coming Tuesday, April 10th. “PHASE II” will be available worldwide, in stores and digitally. “Recording this album has been the biggest challenge of my career. After having had such a successful…
SKOPE EXCLUSIVES: Bo Deal Feat Andre McCray “Outta Them Clothes”
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We at Skopemag.com get hundreds of exclusive tracks via various vendors on a daily basis. The goal for us is to share with our readers as many tracks that come in. Please note that some of these links expire so you got to get it while it’s hot! Bo Deal Feat Andre McCray “Outta Them…
CONVERSE RELEASES SINGLE “WARRIOR”
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“Warrior” is part of Converse’s ongoing Three Artists. One Song music series. Three dynamic and distinct artists, Mark Foster of the break-out band Foster The People, rising star Kimbra, and trendsetting DJ A-Trak have written, recorded and produced the new single. Directed by Daniels–the two-man directorial team who’ve previously infused their energetic style, humor and…
CHURCH OF MISERY HEAD TO USA
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Highly respected Japanese doom metal band CHURCH OF MISERY has announced a U.S. headlining tour that will kick off on May 24 in Providence, RI. Presented by Brooklyn Vegan, the two week trek will showcase one of metal’s most bizarre and exotic bands and one that Rolling Stone called “a dynamic articulated hell, like…
LUCY MICHELLE MUSIC VIDEO/DOWNLOAD “JUST A KID”
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Minneapolis sextet Lucy Michelle And The Velvet Lapelles are pleased to announce the premiere of their new music video for their song “Just A Kid” through VEVO. The video was created by Picture Machine Productions, the same team who produced last year’s music video for Bon Iver’s “Calgary.” Watch the video for “Just A Kid”…
SKOPEMAG.COM LAUNCHES “HIT OR SHIT?”
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Welcome to the first edition of Skope’s weekly new music game show “HIT OR SHIT?.” This is where you the listener and music enthusiast judge whether the song/video presented is a HIT that you love or its SHIT that you do not. Feel free to place your vote and leave comments/suggestions/praise as well. Skope &…
DAN SARTAIN TO RELEASE ‘TOO TOUGH TO LIVE’ ALBUM
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‘Too Tough To Live’ finds Dan Sartain operating at the opposite end of his range, with this album becoming a tribute to when punk was real, MAAAAAAN!!!!! 13 tracks delivered in less than 20 minutes; an average rate of a new tune every 1 minute, 30 seconds. Recorded at Lucky Cat, San Francisco, ‘Too Tough…
SRC/UNIVERSAL PRESENT JUSTINA
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Recording artist, songwriter, rapper and vocalist Justina debuts the new video for her single, Bubble Gum, this week on Idolator.com (one of the leading independent sites for pop music fans). The Bubble Gum single is off her forthcoming mix tape, Route 80, which is dropping this spring.
The Como Brothers Band, The Speed of Sound EP
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The Como Brothers Band are a rock band from Long Island, New York currently promoting their newly released “The Speed of Sound” EP. While their promo shots look a little similar to those representing boy bands, their sound is surprisingly rock on some of their tracks. This could work well in their favor though, as…
THE YOUNG BLOODS ON SKOPE
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When Streaker Records first approached Young Bloods they were at the beginning of starting their 2nd album yet to be titled. We expressed our marketing plan and how we felt Young Bloods would fit into it for the 2011 year. After some back and forth over the phone frontman Joey Arena and Streaker Co-Founder Rob…
LP TO RELEASE MAJOR-LABEL DEBUT CD+DVD
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LP, who recently charmed audiences at SXSW with her exuberant live performances, is a new edition to the Warner Bros. Records family. The acclaimed vocalist and renowned songwriter will release her debut EP for WBR, a 5-song CD + DVD package, titled Into The Wild: Live At EastWest Studios, on April 24th. She will…
MASTODON RELEASE LIVE VIDEO CLIP OF NEW SINGLE “DRY BONE VALLEY”
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MASTODON have posted a live video of their new single “Dry Bone Valley.” The performance was shot live at London’s Brixton Academy – the band’s biggest UK headlining show to date in front of a sold-out manic crowd. View “Dry Bone Valley (Live)” here. [youtube tkcL1yP3qGI nolink] “Dry Bone Valley” is the second single from…
ATLANTA QUARTET GIRLYMAN TRIUMPHS OVER CANCER
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“Really good, really unexpected, and really different” is how Village Voice describes Girlyman’s lyric driven folk-pop. But that can also describe the year that inspired their fifth studio album Supernova, available June 19th (distribution through Burnside). “A supernova is a dying star,” explains Girlyman member Doris Muramatsu, who was diagnosed with leukemia in…
THE HITCHHIKER RELEASES VIDEO SERIES FOR “THE GIANT” OFF ‘INSATIABLE CURIOSITY’
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Post rock with progressive tendencies, drones, modern classical characteristics in our works. Deeply inspired from the arts, literature which interests us. The Hitchhiker from Seoul, Korea is currently seeking musical representation to expand globally.
Overhate, Relentless Is Our Strength
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“Relentless Is Our Strength” is the most recent offering from the popular Venezuelan thrash/progressive metal quartet Overhate. The progressive elements are welcome, as they add both complexity and dynamic variance to the music, much like renowned prog/death metal veterans Decapitated and Death. With an extensive production team working on the mixing and mastering of the…
Keith Moody, Dreaming Out Loud
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Keith Moody is a talent above the rest. His latest release, “Dreaming Out Loud” is one of the coolest CD’s I have heard in a long time. Moody takes the best of several genres and mesh them together creating a sound of perfection. He is an amazing writer, can tear up a guitar and…
STOLI IS POSITIVE TAYLOR FREDRICKS HAS WHAT IT TAKES
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April is here finally. I filled up my tank today and paid $3.94 per gallon today. Can someone help me convert my tank to use vegetable oil? But I am not going to let it bother me as my guest today is a man and his band by the name Taylor Fredricks. These 4 guys…
