Category: FEATURES

The Lions are writing new songs at a feverish pace, touring incessantly, and enjoying all the freedoms that come with being a true indie band.   The Lions have been able to release two full length albums called Sounds Familiar and Live Love Laugh, 2 EP’s-The Lions & Rock N Roll Lounge (EP Sessions) and…

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This year’s breakthrough pop sensation Iyaz will release his eagerly anticipated debut album, Replay, on Beluga Heights/Reprise Records on June 8th, 2010. The album was produced by Beluga Heights founder J.R. Rotem, who has also produced scores of hits for Rihanna, Leona Lewis, Britney Spears, Sean Kingston, Jason Derulo, Rick Ross, and many others.

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Those familiar with Necro, the Brooklyn bred rapper/producer/label-owner know that he single handedly re-defined the term “hardcore” while gaining an enormous cult following behind his flourishing indie rap empire. “asBESTos,” the first leak from his forthcoming sixth album, DIE!, finds Necro taking listeners on another ride through the darkest side of hip-hop’s rugged terrain where…

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The Rolling Stones are preparing to re-release their 1972 classic album Exile On Main Street. Regarded as one of the greatest albums in rock ‘n’ roll history and one of the most defining of the Stones’ catalogue, Exile On Main Street will be re-released on May 18th.

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Amanda Palmer and Jason Webley’s amazing discovery, Evelyn Evelyn, the world’s only conjoined twin singer-songwriter duo, are thrilled to share their new video for “Elephant Elephant.”

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It’s been a while since See Green (formerly going by the name of their singer Courtenay Green) has been back in the spotlight, but now the band is back and bringing their fabulous synth pop combined with “fuzzy guitar riffs” to their new Violet EP set to be released digitally on May 4th!

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Steven Ansell and Laura-Mary Carter haven’t slowed down since their new album exploded onto the scene. The band have stopped off in almost every European city you can name, and are set to play festivals throughout Europe this Summer.

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Hip hop has lost a true legend and today is a very sad day for fans of Guru & hip hop. Skope TV was fortunate enough to get an exclusive with Guru last year and we wanted to post it to share and celebrate this incredible man & emcee!

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Sultry pop-soul newcomers Nikki & Rich will release their debut album, entitled Everything, this summer on Reprise Records.

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The rock trio Miggs will be releasing its fifth album, “Wide Awake,” on May 18, 2010, via Rock Ridge Music.   The first album to feature drummer Ryan Scarbrough (who joined vocalist/guitarist Don Miggs and bassist Michael Lombardo in the group in 2008), “Wide Awake” was recorded in Tampa in December 2009 with multi-platinum producer/engineer…

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To celebrate the release of Diamond Eyes on May 4th, Deftones and Skope Magazine are excited to offer you the chance to win an ESP LTD SC-207 guitar signed by Deftones.

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To call Minneapolis-based Jeremy Messersmith a musician is half-truth: He’s also a storyteller, who has carefully crafted a trilogy of songs that narrate life.   His forthcoming full-length, The Reluctant Graveyard (out May 4), contains “11 songs about death, and perhaps, unexpectedly, life,” according to Messersmith, completing an album trilogy of lifelong (ahem, literary), observations.

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This week we are covering a situation that a musician we have covered in the past has gone through. You may recall us having Eye’z here in the past. Eye’z was raped a few years back which subsequently put her music career on hold. After years of pain & struggle E’yez has reemerged and is…

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Slow Club are excited to present the video (Click Here) for their single “Giving Up On love” off their critically lauded full-length debut Yeah, So. Shot at a carnival in Hampton Court Palace in London, the video is a single take shot of Mackenzie Crook (Gareth Keenan of “The Office” UK) riding on a ferris…

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Post-modern rock trio Sun Domingo shot onto the international stage when DIY prog-rock legends Marillion invited them to Montreal as direct support for two nights in April 2009.  

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When listening to his debut EP, “We Come and Go” you get a sense Campisi has a lot to say. “On the EP, Campisi offers up cheerful jams (“Falling Into Place”) and wistful folksy numbers (“We Come and Go”) with some serious heart and soul” (SB Independent).  

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Rich Hil has teamed up with Boo Bonic (formerly of Philly’s Most Wanted) for a video for their collaboration, “Where Did They Come From.”  

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The notion of “traditional hip hop” has changed forever. Whether you’re talking about genre bending projects from superstars like Kanye and Lil Wayne or new artists like Kid Cudi hip-hop has reached a tipping point and it’s followers are expanding their horizons.

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On July 13, The Love Language will release their Merge Records debut, Libraries.

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After a long hiatus, the boys from Houston, best known to us as H-Town, are back, with their forthcoming album, “Child Support”, set to release this month.  

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I am very excited to start my own column here at Skopemag.com called, “In My Opinion.” I plan on writing & exposing anything & everything that I find interesting going on in music & Skope today. My hope is to touch a nerve with Skope readers and I encourage all that want to leave comments…

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Soul crooner Darryl Moore is excited to announce the release of his debut album, Where I’m At. Following collaborative work with the likes of Gorilla Zoe, Cornell West, and Bobby Brown, Darryl’s May 4th release will serve as one of two initial releases for Georgia Anne Muldrow and Declaime’s brand new label, SomeOthaShip Connect.

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On April 27th The Essential Carole King will be available at both physical and digital retail outlets courtesy of Ode/Epic/Legacy Recordings.  

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Brooklyn-based soul singer Eli “Paperboy” Reed will make his major label debut with the August 10 release of Come And Get It on Capitol Records in the U.S.

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South Carolina southern rockers NEEDTOBREATHE recently performed an acoustic version(complete with banjo and harmonica) of the title track from their critically acclaimed third album The Outsiders.

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A fearlessMary J. Blige is taking on rock icon–Led Zeppelin.   Her covers of two of rock’s greatest songs, “Stairway To Heaven” and “Whole Lotta Love,” will be available in the U.S. digitally on April 13 on iTunes.  

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The wait is over for Wolfmother fans!   The band’s music video for “Far Away” has finally premiered.

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This week we are heading down to Baltimore, MD to meet up with an emcee whose resume & rap sheet are all legit. My guest this week is an emcee who is not only cool but he defines real. I caught wind of Young Fame after listening to his debut single “My Star” and peeping…

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Krankit Records recording artist Anthony Smith is set to release his new single, “Love Is Love Is Love,” from his upcoming album, Sunshine, to radio on April 26, 2010.   This song marks Smith’s debut single from the album and the first since launching his own record label, Krankit Records, earlier this year.

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For a very long time now, the idea of a time capsule where someone puts objects and memories in a box and buries it so future generations can discover it seemed to me to be one of stupidest fads ever. In fact, I always thought a time capsule makes as much sense as such ridiculous…

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While on tour in hopes of becoming the legendary band that they have made their mission to be, Skope got the chance to sit down with lead singer Eric “Sean Nally”, guitarist Loren Daniel Turner, and trumpeter Alex Nauth.

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California quartet ALO head out on the road this summer to promote their new album Man of the World. The band will headline clubs throughout the east coast in May and perform throughout the summer at popular music festivals including Mile High Music Festival, The Hangout Music Festival, Summercamp, Mountain Jam and Wakarusa. In July…

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Iconic Mazzy Star vocalist Hope Sandoval is set to return to Europe with The Warm Inventions this May for a string of dates throughout the UK, France and Spain. Accompanied by My Bloody Valentine’s Colm Ó Cíosóig and Irish group Dirt Blue Gene, the group continue to tour their hauntingly gorgeous live show in support…

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In celebration of their tour with Nickelback, Sick Puppies and Virgin Records are giving you a chance to win a 32″ Flat Screen TV and 8.0 megapixel camera phone, brought to you by Samsung Mobile and Virgin Records.

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Midnight Juggernauts’ highly anticipated sophomore release is drawing closer and closer having recently made the final touches in the studio downunder the band are happy to unleash their second single ’Vital Signs’ worldwide today via iTunes.

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Seven years since the release of their first record, The Futureheads, Barry Hyde (vocals, guitar), David “Jaff” Craig (bass), Ross Millard (vocals, guitar) and Dave Hyde (drums) have long since outgrown scenes, shed immediate ties with their post-punk and new wave influences and outlived many of their peers as a real British favorite.

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It looks like Snob Doodle was one of the thousands to buy a new I-Pad this week. Wonder what he thinks about the new gadget?

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This summer Jack Johnson will embark on a world tour in support of his new studio album, To The Sea which is out June 1st. The European dates have already been announced and are currently on sale.

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