Category: FEATURES

Last Gang Records is pleased to announce the US release of the latest full-length from Toronto’s Meligrove Band. Shimmering Lights, out September 21, is the highly anticipated follow up to the band’s critically-acclaimed 2006 album, Planets Conspire. The band will release the first single from the record, “Halflight,” as a free digital download.

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u Revolution Entertainment   would like to present Wordsmith in his 3rd single, “As the Art Fades Away” (Produced by Strada) from his debut album “Vintage Experience” OUT NOW on iTunes & Amazon.

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LA-based singer-songwriter Ernie Halter is set to release his next album, “Franklin & Vermont,” on June 29, 2010, on Rock Ridge Music. Featuring 11 tracks — nine originals and two covers — the album was recorded with engineers Spenser Bishop and Carson Liccardi at MixOne Sound in Mission Viejo, CA.

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Ten years in the making but released this month, ODYSSEY: A TWELVE-MONTH REVOLUTION is an epic musical exploration of the passing of days, changing of seasons and the journey though the year. Prodigious pianist Jeremy Weinglass, accompanied by virtuoso violinist Chris Woods, has captured the powerful and the subtle in the cycle of life with…

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Hot Chip drummer and glitch-troubadour Rob Smoughton aka Grovesnor has debuted a heart-breaking and comical new video for the single “Dan,” off his recently released debut Soft Return on Lo Recordings.

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Grammy award-winning group Naughty By Nature premieres the video for the new single “I Gotta Lotta” from the forthcoming album Anthem Inc. (Illtown Records). Directed by The Wonder TwinZ & Jessica Ardito, the street single features Treach’s signature flow over the classic boom bap style with the late Sonny Black on the hook.

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It is undeniable that the Wailers’ legacy is inspirational and renowned, indelible and profound; in essence, the stuff that dreams are made of. The Wailers are the blueprint of reggae, the very foundation upon which reggae was built; and to this day, over 40 years after their origin, they continue to carry the torch. And…

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The album comes galloping out of the gates with opener “8 Years,” where Coppenbarger expels the lyrics detailing the band’s history as though he may run out of time as guitars churn around him, culminating in the larynx shredding howl of “there is nothing more gorgeous or covered I have found than the western part…

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Denver, Colorado rockers Kinetix continue to build upon their DIY success of the previous five years, having spent 2009 logging more than 10,000+ miles criss-crossing the country setting concert hall and music festival audiences on fire with their soul-powered rock and roll.

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You would think a built, tattooed, and statuesque 6’2” cat from the streets of Memphis would be just another hip hop artist. Well, you can’t quite judge this book by his cover, as Eddie “Gypsy” Stokes is quite the opposite.                  

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Devotionals is the new solo project by Tyson Vogel of Two Gallants. His self-titled full-length debut hits stores on July 13th in CD, digital and limited edition vinyl formats through Alive Records.

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Having recently returned to the states after a European tour, Copenhagen-via-NYC musician CALLmeKAT will be performing several dates in June, including a set of dates at NXNE in Toronto.  

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Hot Hot Heat have unleashed the official video for their anthem “21@12,” off their new album Future Breeds, which hits stores this Tuesday June 8th on Dangerbird Records.   The clip features a cast of eccentric, real life characters including a pro-wrestler and a neighborhood grandmother, who were found in Edmonton, Alberta — where it…

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Wow, what a weekend! I am still recovering from the party at Skope Live! Saturday night in Boston. I could have used one more Sunday to rest but music calls so lets get to it. This week we are back with a female fronted band coming out of Cincinatti, OH with a sound that is…

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Grammy nominated and platinum selling recording arts will be in the NYC area June 9 through 12th performing at two concerts in CT, in Norfolk Infinity Music Hall & at the Ridgefield Playhouse and 1 in PA at the Kennett Flash in Kennett Square.  

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HOURCAST have just released a video for the single “Freakshow”, which features the band rocking out under a Carnival tent, and follows each band member as they encounter various reality TV “freaks”.

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The two men at the heart of legendary band Bachman-Turner Overdrive, rock n’ roll legends Randy Bachman and Fred Turner, are finally giving in to overwhelming fan demand and reuniting for the first time in nearly 20 years.

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The Bamboozle Roadshow is making its way across the country. One lucky Skope Magazine reader will be given two tickets to the June 26th concert at the Nassau Coliseum. The   Lineup includes All Time Low, Boys Like Girls, Cartel, Forever The Sickest Kids, Good Charlotte and Hanson.

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Unless you’ve been living in an Amish commune for the last few years, there is no way that you haven’t heard Blue October’s infectiously catchy brand of mood rock. The massive radio singles “Hate Me“, and “Into The Ocean”, (off of their multi-platinum breakthrough album Foiled) have cemented their place in today’s modern rock landscape,…

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Over the past 10 years since they formed, Can’t Hang have played all over the U.S.A., leaving behind them a trail of broken beer bottles, hangovers, broken hearts, and a solid fan-base in their wake.  

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EUREKA is the follow up to the band’s two critically acclaimed albums, ‘ROONEY & CALLING THE WORLD’ which saw the quartet tour the world with artists like Weezer and The Strokes, perform on The Today Show, The Late Show with David Letterman, among many more, impact modern rock & alternative radio stations and infiltrate video…

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Normally I’m not keen on the idea of nostalgia but I think it is okay nowadays concerning music because the music industry is as stable as Courtney Love‘s mental status. As I mentioned in my earlier post, the recent demise of record stores and the popularity of downloading songs from the internet has made the…

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Off the heels of the critically acclaimed Trouble Gang Mixtape, Trevor “Trouble” Andrew returns with the first video from the record for the bangin track “Cadillac”. The video features collaborators Jofo & Stunnaman who also appear on the track.

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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.

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Continuing its ongoing support of aspiring artists, Guitar Center, the world’s largest musical instrument retailer, today announced that it has teamed up with rock and roll icons KISS, and leading digital media company for entertainment, Eventful, for a revolutionary music program: Guitar Center On-Stage, a competition that provides unsigned bands and artists the career-altering opportunity…

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Crossfade debuted the video for their brand new single “Killing Me Inside.” Last month the band posted a brief instrumental sample of the track as the first taste of new material from their album due out later this year.  

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Directed by Philip Andelman (Lenny Kravitz, Beyoncé, John Mayer), the video was shot on the streets of the band’s hometown, New York City, as they performed live on a flat bed truck at night.

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San Francisco Bay Area musician, composer, engineer and producer Bruce Kaphan has been professionally involved in the Music Scene since the mid-’70s. His skills and talents have made their mark on hundreds of projects, and thousands of performances given around the world. On June 1st Bruce will be releasing his long-awaited sophomore full-length album, Hybrid,…

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Luke Wesley grew up in tiny Shelby, Ohio before moving to New York in his early 20s, and credits his family and small-town upbringing with shaping his musical stylings. “Between my parents and my 3 older brothers, I had a lot of differing musical tastes coming out of the home,” he says. “A big family…

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West Coast legends Cypress Hill have teamed up with Skope Magazine, Activision and Skullcandy to give fans the chance to win!

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Lyfe Jennings’controversial new single “Statistics” is #1 most added at Urban Radio this week. The song will be featured on his fourth and last studio album “I Still Believe,” to be released by his own label, Jesus Swings, through Asylum/Warner Bros Records on July 27.

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San Francisco-based The Real Nasty has just released its debut full-length album “Paper City”.   Recorded completely live in the studio, “Paper City” captures The Real Nasty’s gritty, live performance in a studio setting, a feat often difficult to accomplish for live bands.  

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Wumpscut, Siamese (Metropolis Records) This is a review I’ve put off for a while, being that I’m big into Rudy Ratzinger’s one-man operation and this record is as nondescript as he’s ever threatened to get.   As usual, the pickings are all good enough to top the best efforts of most any goth-posturing crew, but…

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Prohibition Entertainment in association with Skope Magazine is sponsoring an exclusive contest for Skope Magazine readers worldwide. The contest will be in conjunction with the release of Prohibition’s vocalist TRAEDONYA! AKA “THE BRIDE OF THE NEW FUNK HIPOPERA” Remix EP of her latest single “I’LL GIVE IT 2 U” to digital stores. The EP will…

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Brooklyn duo The Hundred in the Hands have premiered a video for new track “Tom Tom” directed by Ben Crook, as well as giving away the track “Ghosts” the first song the duo ever wrote together as The Hundred in the Hands) at their website.

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Mr X To Tha Z makes his triumphant return to hip-hop with the explosive “Phenom.”   Already earning the veteran MC rave reviews and critical acclaim, the Matt Alonzo directed visual has taken the Internet by storm.

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Country Singer/Songwriter Erica Sunshine Lee just released her new album “Road to Recovery” in stores and Itunes, and is already turning heads with radio spins from the east to west coast.   B98Country in Missouri just selected Sunshine’s Road to Recovery album as one of their top 10 picks, among the elite list included Alan…

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Snob Doodle is back at it to kick off Memorial Day Weekend 2010. I guess he  did not want to be invited to the Perry / Brand wedding?

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International pop sensation Robyn has premiered the highly anticipated video for “Dancing On My Own.”   Robyn teamed up once again with Max Vitali who also directed her video for “Be Mine.”  

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“When we were recording the song “Set Apart This Dream” for our new cd, “Memento Mori,” I was thinking about the innocence that is so easily and often stolen from so many kids.   Today, there are 2 million children around the world who are victims of sex slavery…  

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