What would you do with an evening, some mirrors, lights and your living room? If you’re LA’s The Morning Birds, you’ll combine all of these things and your creative genius to produce a music video that feels like a trippy 60s variety show.
Category: FEATURES
Feature stories and artist interviews
THE VOODOO JETS HONOR FALLEN DRUMMER IN NEW VIDEO
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The Voodoo Jets have announced the release of the band’s first ever music video to honor former drummer John Fowler, who passed away three years ago today. Fowler, a brilliant and colorful talent who also toured and recorded with Steelheart, worked with The Voodoo Jets for over 5 years before suffering a brain aneurism in…
TONY DESIMONE HAS A PHD IN PHYSICS & GREAT MUSIC
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It is not supposed to be snowing today, the first day of spring. It’s a good thing that my guest today has the kind of music for sitting outside on a nice spring day. Coming from NJ is a very talented musician by the name Tony Desimone. Tony was reffered by Airomee Wind who has…
THE CARS RELEASE VIDEO FOR “SAD SONG†FROM NEW ALBUM
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New album in-stores May 10, 2011 from Hear Music / Concord Music Group. Check out the video for the first single from The Cars’ long awaited new album Move Like This. The video for “Sad Song ” is available now on Youtube here.
ELECTRIC EEL SHOCK – JAPAN’S FRIENDLY METAL BAND
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The Ruby Room in Shibuya Tokyo probably has an actual “legal” capacity of 125, but at Electric Eel Shock’s recent show there, any Fire Marshall would have had a heyday trying to count how many extra people were packed in the small venue. The audience was already pumped up from the opening acts of Red…
EYE LEVEL ART LIVE: A MOST CREATIVE OF SPACES
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In a town that has seen a rapidly diminishing number of music venues over the past few years, available space has become a valuable commodity. Pair that space with a mantra of mass functionality and you have Eye Level Art, one of the most unique and forward-thinking venues in Charleston, SC. Equal parts gallery/event space/concert…
DONWILL FEAT NICKY GUILAND “BREATHE” VIDEO
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“Inhale. Exhale. Inhale. Exhale.” It’s not that hard of a concept. But for Donwill, these acts take on a much bigger role in his new single, “Breathe,” off of Donwill’s concept album, Don Cusack in High Fidelity.
THE GIFT OFFER MP3 “MADE FOR YOU”
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Portuguese band The Gift may be a new to some, but many already know the psychedelic synth-pop group. The band has been together since 1994, and they toured the U.S. with The Flaming Lips in 2003. This year they return to the United States, bringing us their amazing new album, Explode, which was produced by…
SCARLET HAZE RELEASES JAPANESE EARTHQUAKE RELIEF SINGLE
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Dirtbag/ILG/Warner Music Group recording artist Scarlet Haze just released a new single entitled “Hero” for the recent victims of the Japanese earthquake.
A.M. BREAKUPS CONTROVERSIAL NEW VIDEO FEAT TEDDY FALEY
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The first video off NY producer A.M. Breakups’ forthcoming debut album, The Cant Resurrection, featuring Baltimore rapper Teddy Faley. The Cant Resurrection will also feature guest spots from Billy Woods of the critically-acclaimed Super Chron Flight Brothers, Chicago’s V8, and Eleven. The latest release from Backwoodz Studioz, the label behind Vordul Mega’s Megagraphitti and Super…
STOLI HEADS TO SXSW AND MEETS UP WITH INDOFIN
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I do not have to tell Skope readers that most music lovers are partying & experiencing amazing music down in Austin, TX this week for SXSW. So I decided to feature a band from Austin by the name of Indofin. I must warn you this interview is no holds barred so hide the children. The…
THE DYNAMIC DUO OF MONEY STAX & NEEKY EVERO
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Best Friends and rap duo, Money Stax & Neeky Evero, have been coined as playful and fun but their work has set them apart as serious lyricists and artists.
FREE MP3 DOWNLOAD OF JAMES LEG’S NEW SONG “DROWNING IN FIRE”
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James Leg, growler, shouter, composer, and Fender Rhodes finger-f*cker, of the Black Diamond Heavies, steps out with some friends for more songs of hedonistic excess, crazy-ass women and Southern salvation.
JESSIE AND THE TOY BOYS VIDEO FEAT YELAWOLF
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Check out the world premiere of the official video for Jessie and The Toy Boys’ new single “Push It” featuring Yelawolf.
LIGHTOUTS RELEASES “SEE CLEAR” MP3
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Robert Smith/Emily Haines, where are you?” Lightouts started out with that one simple question, posted as a want ad by group founder Gavin Rhodes near the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn, New York. The only sane person to reply to this query was vocalist Greg Nelson, a seasoned veteran of the NYC music scene (Lady Gaga…
ANNI ROSSI OFFERS MP3 OFF ‘HEAVY MEADOW’
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On May 2, 2011, critically acclaimed, multi-instrumental pop songstress Anni Rossi will release her second album Heavy Meadow via boutique label 3Syllables Records.
SIERRA HULL’S VIDEO “EASY COME, EASY GOâ€
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“Easy Come, Easy Go,” the video for the single from Sierra Hull’s forthcoming album Daybreak is premiering today on CMT (Country Music Television). The video was directed by award winning director David McClister (Lady Antebellum, Dierks Bentley, Leann Rimes) and was filmed in one day at the Two Rivers Mansion in Nashville, features her…
CATHERINE DUC CAN PUT YOU IN A TRANCE OF MUSIC BLISS
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Well here we are another week is upon us. This week I am taking it light as this is my birthday week. My guest this week is the epitome of how I feel about the week and how I plan to spend it. Allow me to introduce a musician from Australia that goes by Catherine…
TINY ANIMALS RELEASE MUSIC VIDEO FOR “WAIT FOR MEâ€
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New York City power-pop trio Tiny Animals have a reputation, as American Songwriter put it, for leaving folks “head over heels in love.” With prominent placements on popular television shows like MTV’s Jersey Shore, Teen Mom 2 and The Real World, it’s clear that Tiny Animals offer what the Washington Post Express called “unapologetically hooky…
MAKIN’ THAT CASHA MONET
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Some kids want to grow up to be teachers. Some want to be doctors or lawyers. Some have an idea in their minds of what they want to be when they grow up, and some just don’t.
THE MORNING CODE RELEASE OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO FOR “SILVERâ€
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What better way to celebrate the release of your album than by releasing a video for the first single on the same day? NYC’s The Morning Code release both Tell Someone and the video for “Silver” on March 1st.
MARCH 2011 SONICBIDS “ARTISTS 2 WATCHâ€
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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.
YELLE RELEASES TWO NEW VIDEOS FOR MINI FILM
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Today Yelle is releasing not one but two new eye-popping videos, which together form a miniature film for their forthcoming album Safari Disco Club (March 29th; V2/Cooperative Music USA/Downtown Records). In the first half, which is fthe video for the album’s title track, the trio hit the dance floor to create a real-life safari…
BRIANNA KAHANE PERFORMS ON OPRAH AT 9 YEARS OLD
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Nine-year-old violinist Brianna Kahane was chosen by Oprah Winfrey to perform in the widely-celebrated grand finale episode of Oprah’s ALL-TIMEWORLD’S MOST TALENTED & AMAZING KIDS show to air in Oprah’s final season.
MY M.O. DEBUT VIDEO “BONFIRE MAN”
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“Bonfire Man” is the first single from their sophomore EP aptly titled Bonfire. For a limited time only, the Bonfire EP is available for free download at http://mymo.bandcamp.com/album/bonfire-ep, and then will be officially released through iTunes on Unemployable Music this June.
THE LOW ANTHEM NEW VIDEO “BOEING 737”
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Here is the new video for The Low Anthem’s stomping jam ‘Boeing 737’ folks, a song of epic proportions that sees the Rhode Island quartet stray from their delicate folk sounds. ‘Boeing 737’ is taken from the new record ‘Smart Flesh’ and the video was shot by friend of the band Thom Zimmey within the…
NEW VIDEO FROM NYC BAND MAKE OUT
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Trading on Mortensen’s manic take on pop music and the musical sensibility Hennessey developed from her own frenzied upbringing (and influence of her stepfather, The New York Dolls’ David Johansen), the band hooked up with producer Nicolas Vernhes (Dirty Projectors, Animal Collective, The Fiery Furnaces) at his Rare Book Room studios in Brooklyn. Crafting a…
STACIE ROSE LAUNCHES MUSIC WEB SERIES: ‘SUITE SONGS’
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NJ/NYC based songstress Stacie Rose has just launched an exciting and original, new independent music series SUITE SONGS! SUITE SONGS is an intimate series about the personal & collaborative process of song making.
IT’S SAFE TO SAY ELIZ CAMACHO GOT IT GOING ON
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It looks like Stoli and Windows Media Guide both agree that Eliz Camacho is an artist on the rise. While they beat me to it by a week or so I am real excited to have Eliz here on Skoped Out. Eliz knows what looks good, sounds good, and she knows how to juggle multiple…
DEPUI: FROM COURT JESTER TO MODERN DAY MINSTREL
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Bent Ivar Depui Tversland can trace his lineage back to the royal courts of France where a presumed ancestor named Depui served as court jester. As the tale goes, eventually the king’s fool was banished from not only the court, but the entire country due to certain improprieties. And while Bent may be carrying on…
SIDEWAYS REIGN HEAD ON TOUR MARCH 2 / MP3
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Sideways Reign, based in Union, Washington, is a band representative of the artistic sensibilities of the masses. They’re your local barkeep, the hard-hat wearing construction worker, or the ice cream maker on the corner; on and off stage they remain the approachable, everyday guys you grab a beer with after work. In the same sense…
ORGANICARMA RELEASES FIRST VIDEO FROM DEBUT ALBUM
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organicArma, Miami’s acclaimed duo of conceptual electronica unveils the long-awaited debut single, “Love Is Not It All,” available on February 28th, 2011 through all major digital music outlets worldwide.
Q-UNIQUE RELEASES VIDEO “GREEN GRASS”
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Brooklyn native and former Arsonists member Q-Unique has been painting vivid pictures of the grime and drab of New York life throughout his sophomore album, Between Heaven And Hell, his first project since the 2008 release of Vengeance Is Mine.
GRAND MAL UNVEILS NEW VIDEO FOR “GUITARS STRUM IN DEJECTION”
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The latest creation from Grand Mal comes via a beautiful video for the song, “Guitars Strum in Dejection.” Experimental underground filmaker Kenny Curwood directed, shot, edited and animated the video on Super-8 film.
ARI HEST NEW VIDEO “HOW WOULD I KNOW”
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The video for the first single “How Would I Know” from Ari Hest’s upcoming album, Sunset Over Hope Street, is now out! Here is the video for “How Would I Know” directed by Josh Franer.
CRIS CAB NEW VIDEO “MY LIFE”
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Check out the latest video from young reggage/pop/rock sensation & Miami native Cris Cab for “My Life” here.
ARE THE SLANTS OFFENSIVE? / VIDEO
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Portland, Oregon-based Asian American dance-rock band The Slants’ trademark application for their name, “The Slants” has been rejected by the United States Patent and Trademark Office on the grounds that the term is deemed to be disparaging to persons of Asian descent and not sufficiently embraced by the Asian Pacific Islander (API) community. The dispute…
CLINTON CURTIS COVERS VAN MARRISON / MP3
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With the release date for his debut album 2nd Avenue Ball a month away, Clinton Curtis holds fans over with the freebie “And It Stoned Me,” a Van Morrison tune from one of Clinton Curtis’s favorite albums, Moondance.
EVA AINE: SINGING ACROSS THE CONTINENTS
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Singer and songwriter Eva Aine was born in Seattle and raised both there and in Japan. Her musical gifts began developing in high school where she studied classical voice and then Southern Japanese tradtional music. With a five octave range and looking like a classic beauty, Eva is making her mark across the continents.
YOKOSO! WELCOME TO TOKYO!
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If you were to stop a pedestrian on the streets of Tokyo and ask them “What bands or singers do you like?” you may receive an answer of “I really like Arashi, Dir En Grey, and Utada Hikaru.” If you don’t know these bands, imagine you have asked the average Westerner their favorite musicians and…
