After former lead singer Craig Owen’s departure from Chiodos, the big question on everyones’ mind was “Who would will replace him?”. Come Bamboozle, all those questions will be answered.
Category: FEATURES
Feature stories and artist interviews
VP RECORDS PRESENTS ROMAIN VIRGO / VIDEOS
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Romain Virgo will be releasing his introduction EP in March and debut album in May. In 2007 singer Romain Virgo, then just 17 years old, made history as the youngest person to win Digicel Rising Stars, this TV talent competition is the equivalent to the U.S. American Idol.
ASHLYNE HUFF NEW VIDEO “HEART OF GOLD”
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Multi-talented newcomer Ashlyne Huff is the first artist signed to the Anderson Companies new innovative music marketing and recording company, Liquid Digital Media.
SNOB DOODLE
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We just got in the first Snob Doodle of February 2010. I guess somebody was tuned in to the Grammy’s on Sunday night. Snob Doodle better watch out talking about Jay-Z’s main squeeze!
LUCY SCHWARTZ PREMIERES NEW VIDEO FOR “HELP ME! HELP ME!”
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Lucy Schwartz is home-made to the extreme. A true artist through and through, you can find her showcasing her talents in costuming, prop production, and choreography in her newest video for “Help Me! Help Me!”.
GERALD CLAYTON “TWO HEADS ONE PILLOW” OFF DEBUT CD ‘TWO-SHADE’
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In 2007, The New York Times predicted that we would “be hearing more about (Gerald Clayton)” in the near future elaborating “there just aren’t a lot of pianists who have so much organized at such a young age.” Jazz.com noted “Clayton’s apparent skills as a composer foreshadow the impact that he will have on jazz…
JIMMY RAE TALKS WITH “DIVA-ON-THE-RISE”: L’ILLON “THE WARRIOR ANGEL”
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Recently, I had a chance to talk with a real life Warrior Angel who is ready to set the music world ablaze! With her new album, Warrior Angel, L’illon is ready to bring her own “Lucid Pop” brand to the forefront. This D.C. artist blends together an exciting mix of pop, classical &…
GOBOTRON GIVES AWAY “NEVER TURN AROUND”
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Gobotron, the solo project from Manchester Orchestra guitarist Robert McDowell, released its debut album On Your Mark, Get Set… on January 19 via Favorite Gentlemen Recordings.
FEBRUARY 2010 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 got ten 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.
SKOPE EXCLUSIVE: DIRTY HEADS NEW SINGLE “DRIFTIN'”
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The Dirty Heads have just sent Skope their new single off their new album, “Any Port In A Storm.” We have placedv it here for all all Skope readers to enjoy!
THE DISCO BISCUITS OFFER MP3 “ON TIME”
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After plowing through four sold-out dates in Boulder, CO’s Fox Theatre, The Disco Biscuits are getting ready to release their long-awaited new album, Planet Anthem, which will be available March 16th.
PEANIZLES
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Lets kick off February with a brand new Peanizles. This strip brought me back to grade school!
RANDOM STABBINGS & ARTLESS CRITIQUE, FEBRUARY 2010
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Phantogram, Eyelid Movies (Barsuk Records) Odd that in the Information Age this New York boy-girl chill-techno duo tie themselves up in such pretzels trying to categorize their sound, babbling comparisons like “Kanye meets Radiohead” or slick-sounding non sequiturs like “street beat psych pop.” These kids offer trip-hop done the way Air might have interpreted…
My Morning Jacket Hit the Road With The Preservation Hall Jazz Band
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It’s been almost a full year, but the wait is finally over. My Morning Jacket are ready to bring their electrifying live show back on the road. The guys will make their way around the Southeastern United States this Spring, including a performance at this year’s Jazzfest in New Orleans.
THE ENTRANCE BAND RELEASE “LOOKOUT” VIDEO
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LA’s The Entrance Band, currently on Thurston Moore’s Ecstatic Peace Records, is about to begin a two-week tour of the US. Teaming up with Brooklyn-based band, Lights, they will be beginning on the east coast and heading west, bringing their signature sound and backwards left-handed guitar playing with them along the way.
HELLOWEEN CELEBRATE 25 YEARS WITH DR. STEIN VIDEO
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The End Records, under exclusive license from Sony Music Entertainment Germany, is pleased to announce the North American release of Helloween’s long awaited album UNARMED – Best Of 25th Anniversary, out March 30th.
THE CLASSY & CLASSICAL AMAEL PIANO TRIO
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New York Concert Review – Amael Trio at Carnegie Hall: Amael Piano Trio is a very fine group. The string player’s intonation is impeccable, their tone is rich, beautiful and homogeneous and can vary from floating delicacy to vibrant full bodied sonorousness… A large multi-national audience rewarded the performers with warm approval and prolonged ovations…
DAY OF FIRE OFFER MP3 “LATELY”
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Nashville-based rock band DAY OF FIRE have just released their third CD LOSING ALL–a powerful hard-rock record that explores the meaning of rebirth–January 26 via Razor And Tie. After four special CD release shows in the Southeast, DAY OF FIRE will join Cold and Nonpoint on the road February 16 for a run of…
HIM PRESENT FANS WITH VIDEO FOR “LIKE ST. VALENTINE”
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Finnish rockers HIM have presented their fans with an early Valentines Day present in the form of a new video for “Like St. Valentine” – see it here. The song comes off the band’s seventh studio album Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice, which will be released on Sire Records February 9th.
BOSTON INSPIRED STATE RADIO RELEASE VIDEO FOR “KNIGHTS OF BOSTONIA”
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Boston trio State Radio has unveiled an epic music video for their punk-fueled song “Knights Of Bostonia,” featuring a battle at a historic fort that dates back to the Revolutionary War, an army of State Radio fans, and a retired Boston Police horse. The track is from the band’s latest release, ‘Let It Go’ (Ruff…
ARIKA KANE DEBUT ALBUM COMING FEBRUARY 23 / VIDEO
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Thompkins Marketing, BSE Recordings and MVD Audio are proud to announce the CD release of Arika Kane ‘S/T’ on February 23, 2010.
STEVE AOKI + SIR BOB CORNELIUS RIFO = RIFOKI / MP3
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Rifoki is the New Punk Hardcore project of Steve Aoki & Sir Bob Cornelius Rifo, better known as The Bloody Beetroots. Recorded in Italy with Giulio Favero (ZU), Franz (Il Teatro Degli Orrori) & Rocco Rampino (La Quiete, The Death Of Anna Karina), Rifoki is the maximum level of expression of a lifestyle that has…
THE GO FIND NEW VIDEO FOR “IT’S AUTOMATIC”
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Here is the brand new video from electro-pop artist The Go Find for the song, “It’s Automatic,” off their third album, Everybody Knows It’s Gonna Happen, Only Not Tonight, coming out on Morr Music on Feb. 16th.
RICH HIL OFFERS MP3 “LADY IN THE HALL”
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Emerging from a thick haze of hallucinogenic rhymes and vintage beats comes Rich Hil, the latest ground-breaker riding the next wave of hip-hop.
KIDD KIDD VIDEO DIRECTED BY SHA MONEY XL
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Check out the new video from New Orleans rapper Kidd Kidd. Former Sqad Up/Young Money member Kidd Kidd recently dropped his DJ Whoo Kid and DJ Scream mixtape New Kidd on the Block.
DAVID SANBORN FEAT JAMES TAYLOR “HALLELUJAH I LOVE HER SO” AUDIO
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‘Only Everything’ the new album from legendary saxophonist David Sanborn shows Sanborn paying homage to the aesthetic of Ray Charles with new passion and vigor.
SOCIAL CODE DEBUTS “SATISFIED” VIDEO
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Social Code has just released the video for “Satisfied,” the first single from their forthcoming U.S. debut album, ROCK ‘N’ ROLL, which is due out March 23, 2010 on Fifth Season Music.
SWAZY STYLES DROPS “SOUNDS LIKE MONEY” STREET VIDEO
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Block Starz Music (BSM) recording artist and Miami’s #1 draft pick, Swazy Styles, presents the official street video for his hit single “Sounds Like Money” featuring Unda Surveillance & Nonsense.
JOYO VELARDE OFFERS “CERTAIN SPECIAL WAY” OFF HER FULL-LENGTH DEBUT
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Joyo Velarde’s debut full-length album Love and Understanding is set to be released on February 16, 2010 (Quannum Projects). Joyo was born in Manila but later relocated to the Bay Area, where she is known as the female voice behind the seminal independent label Quannum.
DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS NEW SINGLE IN SUPPORT OF ‘THE BIG TO-DO’ DUE MARCH 16
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The Drive-By Truckers announce the first part of The Big To-Do tour, screenings of their documentary, The Secret To A Happy Ending, unveil the album cover for The Big To-Do and offer free MP3.
STOLI HEADS TO WA STATE TO KICK OFF THE SIDEWAYS REIGN TOUR
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This week we have a band coming out of Washngton state by the name of Sideways Reign. I caught wind of these guys after being told of their first nationwide tour that they are kicking off this week. Sideways Reign will be playing venues from San Francisco to NYC meeting up with old fans and…
JASON DERULO SCORES AGAIN WITH “IN MY HEADâ€
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“In My Head,” the new single from 2009’s breakout pop star Jason Derulo, is climbing the charts as the follow-up to the Miami-born artist’s smash No. 1 debut single “Whatcha Say.”
SAMBASSADEUR OFFERS “STRANDED” MP3 OFF ‘EUROPEAN’
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Sambassadeur has just released “Stranded,” their second single from their forthcoming album “European” due out February 23rd on Labrador Records.
DEATH ON TWO WHEELS OFFER TWO TRACKS FROM ‘THE VIOLENT KIND’ MOVIE
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Atlanta-based rock band DEATH ON TWO WHEELS will premier two songs world-wide in the new movie THE VIOLENT KIND at Sundance 2010. The featured songs are Calling Us All Back Home and Two Dollar Bills from their current release SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND FATE on The Ghost Umbrella Records.
MORGAN PAGE NEW VIDEO FOR “FIGHT FOR YOU”
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Morgan Page is becoming accustomed to finding his name among the best and brightest in today’s musical landscape.
WINIFRED ADAMS RELEASES VIDEO FOR “YOU ARE MY ROSE”
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Winifred Adams is a singer/songwriter with a twist. She’s talented. A young woman with a heart and soul geared toward goodness, who writes compelling songs and who delivers a smooth, sincere vocal performance.
SAADI RELEASES NEW SINGLE “BAD CITY” MP3
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As Paper Garden Records continues to expand its PR roster with the best up and coming acts across all genres, the radiant pop eccentric mastery of NYC’s SAADI is the perfect electropop delight to start off the new year!
RJD2 brings the heat to Hotlanta
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RJD2 performed at Masquerade in Atlanta last Saturday to a jam-packed crowd of backpack hip hop fans and college kids.
TIESTO RELEASES NEW VIDEO FEATURING NELLY FURTADO
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Tiësto releases his video directed by Alan Ferguson (Katy Perry, John Legend and Andre 3000, Fall Out Boy, Jay-Z) for the stunning new single ‘Who Wants To Be Alone’ featuring global superstar Nelly Furtado through his own label, Musical Freedom, the third single to be taken from his fourth studio album ‘Kaleidoscope’.
JOHNNY ACTION FIGURE VIDEO FOR “YOUNG RIDER”
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Johnny Action Figure is self-releasing a brand new, full-length album titled Good Eye on Tuesday, January 19, 2010. Since their inception in 1999, their bright and melodic pop rock music has grown in both lyrical and musical complexity.
