One thing is clear: the music of nihiti exists as living proof that the end of the world has not been exhausted as a subject of musical exploration. Of the little that’s actually been confirmed, what’s known is nihiti is currently based in NYC, has done extensive work scoring films and theater productions in New…
LARI GOSS SIGNS WITH WORLD MUSIC
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Word Music has signed a long-term agreement with Lari Goss, as announced today by Mark Cabaniss, Senior Vice President and Manager of Word Music. “For more than 30 years, Lari Goss has had an incredible influence on music for the church and beyond,” says Cabaniss. “Word Music has published countless arrangements from Lari…
Exile Kings, Shine
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Exile Kings is a New York City based Indie music project started by musician & singer/songwriter Manoo Halati. This is his debut CD entitled “Shine”. When the Exile Kings play live it consists of 3 other members: Hommy Rossa (Drums), Dan Austin (Guitar), Paul Merson (Bass) so it’s a 4 piece in that respect. …
Shade, Highway
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Of all the subjects that popular music has tackled over its long history, one of the most attractive is that of life on the open road. Sure, nearly every artist has an on-the-road song in their catalogue so it is hard for anything on that topic to sound new nowadays. (And let’s face it, the…
SKOPE EXCLUSIVES: YOUNG JEEZY feat OPIUM BLACK & DRAKE “LOSE MY MIND” RMX
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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! YOUNG JEEZY feat OPIUM BLACK & DRAKE…
MTV RADIO’S MORNING FACTS FOR THURSDAY, JULY 22nd, 2010
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EMINEM SCORES NUMBER ONE HIT! Eminem will post the first back-to-back Billboard Hot 100 chart-toppers of his career as “Love The Way You Lie” featuring Rihanna debuts at number one today. According to Billboard, the rapper debuted atop the Hot 100 in May with “Not Afraid,” the introductory single from his current number one…
TEN SPEED TAXI OFFERS “NEXT TRAIN” MP3
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Ten Speed Taxi’s latest CD, Spinning, is now available at the iTunes store, at digstation.com, and at cdbaby.com. According to music reviewer John Berbich of Fourth Coast Entertainment Magazine, the album offers “catchy original songs with clever tongue-in-cheek lyrics, tight, spunky delivery of the music, country influence, a hunk of funk, straight-ahead rock, and…
pureNRG BIDS FAREWELL TO FANS
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Saying goodbye is never easy. This rings true for Carolyne, Caroline and Jordan of Fervent Records’ pureNRG, who are wrapping up their successful music career as one of Christian music’s most popular teen pop groups. Today, July 20, available for physical and digital release, the group will release their sixth and final album — a…
TIM KASHER TO RELEASE DEBUT SOLO ALBUM
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Tim Kasher is set to release his debut solo album, The Game Of Monogamy, on October 5th, 2010 via Saddle Creek. Recorded this past January in Whitefish, MT, at SnowGhost Music and in his rental home in the small town, the album marks the first time Kasher – frontman for celebrated acts Cursive and…
THE PACK OFFER TRACK “KIMBO SLICE”
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Leading up to the release of The Pack’s forthcoming sophomore LP, Wolfpack Party, the group will be releasing one new track a week from the LP. This weeks leak, “Kimbo Slice,” will be a bonus track off of a special version of Wolfpack Party, which will be released on 8-24-2010 on SMC Recordings. “Kimbo Slice”…
XUMANII LAUNCH MARKS THE FUTURE OF ONLINE LIVE
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XUMANII is a revolutionary LIVE media production, marketing, and social networking site that encompasses and surpasses the best of Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, YouTube, Ustream, and others while also providing the capability to monetize one’s online presence. XUMANII (pronounced “zoo-mon-ee”) crashes onto the scene as the one-stop shop and personal channel to the world…
CHRISTIAN TV NEW VIDEO “WHEN SHE TURNS 18”
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Christian Berishaj, aka Christian TV has recently released a hot new video for his song “When She Turns 18”.
FORMER DEF JAM EXECUTIVE J.E. JONES RELEASES DEBUT GOSPEL ALBUM
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Back in the `90s, J.E. Jones was one of Russell Simmons’ key Vice Presidents at Def Jam Records where he was A&R Executive on projects featuring R&B superstars ranging from Mary J. Blige and Montell Jordan to rapper Heavy D. Now, J.E. has stepped from the wings to center stage by releasing his debut solo…
NAKED HIGHWAY NEW VIDEO FOR “IN & OUT”
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Not since Peaches has an artist turned electro sexuality on its head like NYC’s electro-glam outfit NAKED HIGHWAY and its new album MOST HOTTEST! (Disco Life! Records).
WILLIE AMES’ EDUCATION FROM THE SCHOOL OF SELF
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At five-years old, Willie Ames was introduced to guitar, and the rest as they say is history. Over the next several years, the fledgling picker took it upon himself to learn the five-string craft inside and out. And while the event itself is not that extraordinary, it is foreshadowing of Ames’ independence and self-reliance; the…
MTV RADIO’S MORNING FACTS FOR WEDNESDAY, JULY 21st, 2010
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KATY PERRY READIES NEW SINGLE Katy Perry will release her new single “Teenage Dream” on Monday. The song is the title track off her next album, due next month, and the follow-up single to her huge summer hit, “California Gurls” featuring Snoop Dogg. “Gurls” has been the number one song on the Billboard…
Me, Three, The Space Race
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Get ready for Alan Chesnutt’s second release, The Space Race, which is a mix of indie rock, alternative & electronica. The Alabama-based singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist that calls himself Me, Three comes back strong with this solo project. That means Me, Three is the wizard behind all the music on this record, so in this case…
THE DIRTY HEADS MAKE BILLBOARD HISTORY
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The Dirty Heads are not only the first independent label artists to have a #1 song at alternative radio for 11 weeks in a row but the laid back group out of Orange County is also the first independent label artists to go #1 on Billboard’s all format rock songs chart in history! The song…
THE GYPSY NOMADS OFFER MP3 “MAKEOUT”
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Composed of French-born Brit Samantha Stephenson and ex-Deep Wound punkster Scott Helland, the pair evoke a tribalistic miasma of ancient sounds as interpreted by a female Gordon Gano. On their fourth release, Happy Madness, Stephenson and Helland are at their songwriting peak, offering up a dozen leering come-ons and sultry kiss-offs about Magic, Making Out,…
SKY FERREIRA NEW VIDEO “ONE”
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Check out Sky’s newest video for “One” shot by Rankin. Debut album to be released on One/One One/One One. Sky Ferreira is The One?!
TONY LUCCA OFFERS PREVIEW OF NEW ALBUM WITH “UNDERTOW”
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Singer-songwriter Tony Lucca released his sixth studio album, “Rendezvous With The Angels,” on July 13, 2010, on Rock Ridge Music (through Warner Music Group’s Alternative Distribution Alliance). “Rendezvous With The Angels” finds Lucca crafting his most thoughtful, tuneful, and mature work yet. The album includes appearances by Lucca’s 2009 tour mate Sara Bareilles…
JASON MRAZ HITS THE HIGHWAY FOR FALL TOUR
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Jason Mraz has announced details of his upcoming North American tour. The Atlantic recording artist kicks off on September 11th at Bangor, Maine’s Bangor Waterfront and then continues through early October. For up-to-the-minute ticket on-sale, pre-sale and tour information, please visit www.jasonmraz.com. In tandem with his own tour, Mraz will also be making a series…
LANGUAGE ROOM STREAMS NEW ALBUM PLUS NEW VIDEO “IN LINES”
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Austin, TX’s LANGUAGE ROOM is now streaming their upcoming self-titled album online in its entirety.
THIRTY SECONDS TO MARS NEW SINGLE CLAIMS THE NUMBER 1 SPOT
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Multi-platinum rock band Thirty Seconds To Mars single “This Is War” reaches #1 on the alternative radio airplay charts this week, after an 8-week run at #2. This is the band’s second consecutive #1 single from their 3rd studio album This Is War (EMI’s Virgin Records) which was released in December, 2009. The…
JIMMY EAT WORLD CONFIRMS RELEASE DATE FOR NEW ALBUM
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September 28th, 2010 marks the release date of Jimmy Eat World’s highly anticipated new album,Invented. Recorded in Tempe, Arizona at the band’s Unit 2 studio, Jimmy Eat World reunited with Mark Trombino, the producer on the band’s breakthrough album, Bleed American, and their seminal earlier albums, Static Prevails and Clarity. “We’re very excited about Invented,”…
THE MAINE NEW “INSIDE OF YOU” VIDEO
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The Maine have just premiered the video for their single “Inside of You” on MTV.com. Watch the band leave their black and white world behind to enter the crazy, colorful imagination of a young boy via his kaleidoscope.
WYNTER GORDON NEW VIDEO “DIRTY TALK”
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“Dirty Talk,” the new single from Big Beat/Atlantic recording artist Wynter Gordon, has hit #1 on Billboard’s “Dance Club Play Songs” chart! Log on to www.WynterGordon.com NOW for the WORLD PREMIERE of Wynter’s “Dirty Talk” Video. The single “Dirty Talk” was produced by Jupiter Ace. [youtube J7nWBgj83Og nolink]
YOSO ANNOUNCES AUGUST LIVE DATES
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The term “Super-Group” describes a band rising out of two of the most creative bands of the past 30 years: YOSO is formed out of TOTO’s brilliant lead vocalist Bobby Kimball and the creative force of former YES members, Tony Kaye and Billy Sherwood, thus equalling the magic of YES with the voice of TOTO.…
A SCOTT STEWART INTERVIEW WITH CHRISTIAN SCOTT
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Yesterday You Said Tomorrow falls in the category of must have albums. You know the ones that you and your homies always reference and name drop when having convos “A Love Supreme” “In A Silent Way” . YYST will be one of those albums that is studied and name dropped, like the classics of the…
MTV RADIO’S MORNING FACTS FOR TUESDAY, JULY 20th, 2010
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BIEBER COMIC BOOK! According to The Hollywood Reporter, Justin Bieber is getting his own biography comic book, courtesy of Bluewater Productions. The 32-page Fame: Justin Bieber comic, due out in October, will chronicle the 16-year-old singer’s climb from his days as a Toronto street performer through his YouTube phenomenon to his current success. …
LYRICS BORN TO DROP NEW ALBUM / AUDIO
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Bay-Area independent rap legend Lyrics Born has joined forces with New York multimedia powerhouse Decon for the sake of quality trans-national hip-hop. The multi-faceted musician plans to release his third proper solo effort, As U Were on October 26th. The lead single “Lies x 3” is an alt-tinged synth-rocker that is a sure shot summer…
AVENGED SEVENFOLD UNLEASH “NIGHTMARE” VIDEO
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Avenged Sevenfold have just released a video for their new single, “Nightmare.” The clip shows lead singer M. Shadows being strapped down to a gurney and rushed through the halls of a mental asylum where room by room, he encounters different “Nightmares.” “Nightmare” comes off of the band’s fifth studio album of the same name,…
LOOMIS AND THE LUST OFFER “A.D.D.” AUDIO
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The world could use a little California sunshine, and Loomis and the Lust is just the band to bring it. The sunny Santa Barbara based quartet will release their sophomore EP, Space Camp on August 10th, 2011. Loomis and the Lust are also semi-finalists to become the next FreeCreditScore.com band.
SKOPE / RUNNER RUNNER IPHONE 4 GIVEAWAY
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Runner Runner aren’t really fans of cell phones in their new music video for “So Obvious,” but they still want to treat their loyal fans to something nice. The guys are giving you a chance to win an iPhone! Enter now to win!
UNKLE RELEASE SHORT FILM “SAVIORS AND ANGELS”
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In celebration of the release of UNKLE’s fourth-proper full-length record Where Did The Night Fall, UNKLE is releasing the short film trilogy, ‘Saviors and Angels’.
JOSS STONE GOES UNDERCOVER IN ACTIVISION’S JAMES BOND
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Award winning artist Joss Stone is set to debut as the newest Bond girl in Activision Publishing, Inc.’s (Nasdaq: ATVI) James Bond 007: Blood Stone, an original Bond experience from legendary screenwriter Bruce Feirstein. In addition to stepping into a leading role, Grammy and BRIT Award winner Joss Stone will create original music…
THE SPILL CANVAS ANNOUNCE DIGITAL RELEASE
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The Spill Canvas will release new music for Reprise Records, entitled Formalities, on July 27th. Formalities, produced by Mike Green, follows up Abnormalities & Realities, which were released as a three-part body of work earlier this year. A special physical edition of Formalities comes with a limited t-shirt and is available exclusively at…
GOO GOO DOLLS RELEASE EXCLUSIVE TOUR EP
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While electrifying audiences on the road for an explosive summer tour, Goo Goo Dolls have released an exclusive Tour only EP, entitled Waiting For the Rest Of It, which is being sold at all tour stops and will be released by all digital service providers on July 20th. The EP includes four songs from…
ATOM SMASH RELEASE “DO HER WRONG” AUDIO
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Miami- based rock band Atom Smash announces summer tour dates in support of their forthcoming Jive Records debut album Love Is The Missle. Atom Smash will rock fans across the country with stops that include Dallas, Houston and Little Rock and will join Filter, Buckcherry, Cavo, 12 Stones, RED, Shaman’s Harvest, and Black Sunshine on…
Gioia, Flawless
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If there’s one thing I can say about Frank Gioia, or simply Gioia (pronounced ‘joy-ah’, which means ‘joy’ in Italian), the man is truly persistent. Not in the bad way persistent, but the ‘I-know-what-I-want-and-do-what-it-takes-to-get-it’ persistent. Since New Year’s Eve, I’ve received e-mails from Gioia, and yes, sometimes a writer gets caught up in deadlines,…
