On December 24, Glen Hansard of the Swell Season was joined by fellow Irishmen Bono, Damien Rice and Mundy for a busking session on Dublin’s famed Grafton Street.
Category: FEATURES
Feature stories and artist interviews
KID SISTER HOOKS UP WITH PETA / VIDEO
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Kid Sister is the latest hip-hop starlet to pose for a peta2 anti-fur ad! In the ad, she poses next the tagline “Fur? I Don’t Think So.”
SEMI PRECIOUS WEAPONS ARE FILTHY GLAMOROUS
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Filth, sex, and glamour. Those words can sum up what New York City’s-own Semi Precious Weapons are all about.
CARMELO ROSADO JR OFFERS STOLI NEW PERSPECTIVE ON FATHER-SON RELATIONS
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I always say it but music is best performed by those that do it for the love rather than the money & fame. If the music is good, the money & fame will come. My next guest is the definition of doing it for the love. Coming out of lovely Visalia, California is Carmelo Rosado…
CHICANE RELEASES NEW VIDEO FEATURING NATASHA BEDINGFIELD
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The song, “Bruised Water,” is a mashup of Chicane’s hit “Saltwater” with Natasha Bedingfield’s “I Bruise Easily,” and is off Chicane’s comprehensive greatest hits collection, The Best of Chicane, out now on Ultra Records in celebration of his twelve years of influential dance and pop music.
SHOOTER JENNINGS NEW SINGLE “WAKE UP”
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Shooter Jennings’ new single, Wake Up! is available tomorrow from your favorite digital music store, including iTunes! “Wake Up” is the first single from the forthcoming album “Black Ribbons”, set for release March 3rd, 2010.
THE HOUSTON BROTHERS OFFER “CONFEDERATE DUNCE” MP3
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Songwriter, Justin Faircloth explains the origins of the song:
SANCHEZ RELEASES VIDEO “WON’T SURRENDER”
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If you haven’t heard the song or seen the “video” here is The new Sanchez Ft. Tiger Woods song called Won’t Surrender, off of his New album Now and Forever due out Febuary 9, 2010.
SIA RELEASES NEW VIDEO “YOU’VE CHANGED”
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If you’re a regular follower of siamusic on Twitter than you already know that she posted a link to her new video yesterday for the song, “You’ve Changed,” directed by Dennis Liu!
D.C. DON JUAN RELEASES “LOOKIE LOOKY” VIDEO
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Battery Records has signed Washington, DC based rapper, D.C. Don Juan. The label is set to launch his first single, “Lookie Looky,” and is now proud to release the official video for the song.
NEW NORAH JONES WIDGET & AUTOGRAPH GIVEAWAY
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In support of her new record The Fall, a Norah Jones widget is now available for Skope Magazine readers to stream the single and watch the video for “Chasing Pirates” as well as keep up-to-date on the latest Norah news.
STOLI HEADS TO OHIO TO SPEND CHRISTMAS WITH IHSAAN KHATIM
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For all “Skoped Out” readers that love themslves some soul/R&B music my next guest has got your number. I caught wind of Ihsaan Khatim after receiving an advance copy of his new EP, ‘Speak Life.’ I played the track, “Pump Our Brakes” and that was all I needed to hear. Ihsaan is the real deal…
INSANE CLOWN POSSE UNLEASH VIDEO FOR “IN YO FACE”
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Insane Clown Posse have just released a new video for the song “In Yo Face”. The video takes place at the “Theatre Bizarre” and features dancing show girl Juggalos, flames, and a Juggalo children’s choir.
TETINE NEW VIDEO FOR “TROPICAL PUNK”
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Here is the music video for “Tropical Punk” taken from Tetine’s forthcoming album ‘From A Forest Near You’ out in Feb 2010. The video was directed by Eliete Mejorado.
THE FLAMING LIPS & STARDEATH AND WHITE DWARFS VISIT “THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON†/ NEW YEARS
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The world’s most predictably unpredictable band, THE FLAMING LIPS, have teamed up with their Oklahoma City brethren, STARDEATH AND WHITE DWARFS to record their own unique take of Pink Floyd’s 1973 classic album THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON, which will become available online only beginning December 22nd, under the title of “THE FLAMING LIPS…
NUKE THE SOUP RELEASES VIDEOS FOR “BLIND” & “FILLED WITH DREAD”
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Nuke the Soup made their debut at Delaware’s Dewey Beach Music Conference in 2006. The band’s first single “Filled with Dread” was one of the most added radio tracks on FMQB’s Triple A chart its first week out. The eleven track album features a host of top flight East Coast musicians (keyboardist Brian Simms, bassist…
CORINNE BAILEY RAE NEW VIDEO “I’D DO IT ALL AGAIN”
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Grammy winner Corinne Bailey Rae is premiering her new video for “I’d Do It All Again,” the first single from her forthcoming album The Sea (scheduled for a January 26 release). The video is directed by acclaimed film director Jamie Thraves, the man responsible for such iconic videos as Radiohead’s ‘Just’ and Coldplay’s ‘The Scientist’.
JULIA NUNES NEW SINGLE “I THINK YOU KNOW” MP3
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The 20-year-old upstate New York native is pleased to announce the release of her 5-song EP, I Think You Know. The record was produced by Jack Conte of Pomplamoose and will be released February 2, 2009 on Rude Butler Records.
SAM AMIDON PREVIEWS TRACK FROM ‘I SEE THE SIGN’
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Singer and multi-instrumentalist Sam Amidon’s fourth solo album I See The Sign will be released March 1 by Bedroom Community. Amidon transforms age-old secular ballads, gospel, folk songs and hymns through his direction, vision, vocals, banjo, guitar and contributions from Shahzad Ismaily, Nico Muhly, Beth Orton and Valgeir Sigurðsson.
ONEREPUBLIC FEATURED ON WALMART SOUNDCHECK
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OneRepublic’s full Walmart Soundcheck concert and interview is now live! The band performed songs from their new album Waking Up including the title track, “All The Right Moves,” “Everybody Loves Me,” “Secrets,” and “Good Life” as well as their smash hit “Apologize.”
SKOPE TV PHONER WITH SEAN GARRETT
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Last night the phone rang in the Skope HQ and on the other end was a superstar in the music business. Sean Garrett is a jack of all trades as he writes songs, produces, is an artist, and a mogul in the making. Sean has been doing amazing work with artists like Gucci Mane, Jay-Z,…
KOTTONMOUTH KINGS RELEASE TIGER WOODS PARODY VIA YOUTUBE
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Kottonmouth Kings have released a new parody song and video about the recent exploits of Tiger Woods online at. The song was recorded while the Kottonmouth Kings were in the studio working on their new album, “Long Live The Kings”, which is slated for release on April 20th, 2010 on Suburban Noize Records.
BLUEBRAIN RELEASE “ROYAL BLUE” VIDEO
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DC-based brother duo Bluebrain unveil the video for “Royal Blue”, the opening track from their forthcoming debut album Soft Power out February 9th via Lujo Records.
DAISY MCCRACKIN RELEASES “EVERYTHING” VIDEO
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Here’s the latest video from Daisy McCrackin, “Everything” animated by Daisy’s friends Dani Katz and Steven Synstelien from her debut release ‘The Rodeo Grounds.’
AVATAR THEME SONG “I SEE YOU” VIDEO
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MySpace Music debuts the “I See You” music video from Leona Lewis featuring the AVATAR theme song, which was just nominated for Golden Globe Best Original Song – Motion Picture.
BETTIE SERVEERT NEW VIDEO “DENY ALL”
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Bettie Serveert’s new album, Pharmacy of Love, will be released on March 23rd by Second Motion Records in the U.S. and by Sound of Pop in Canada. But fans will get a preview of the new material with the acclaimed Dutch indie rock band’s digital EP, Deny All, which will be available beginning January 26th…
SNOB DOODLE
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Another new year is upon us here at Skope and another year has passed. Lets see what Snob Doodle thinks about all this change. I think he is trying to rhyme?!
NY’S DAVOICE OFFERS SKOPE ACCESS TO NEW SINGLE “WE GETTING DOUGH”
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In early 2010, Davoice is set to release his first mixtape ‘So Determined.’ It will be made available via his website and official MySpace page. He anticipates the success of the upcoming mixtape will lead to additional mixtapes on the underground circuit before signing with a major label.
CHEVONNE WELCOMES THE HOLIDAYS WITH “MY MENORAH†VIDEO
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Who’s that funk-nasty Jersey girl with the mile-high pink ‘fro? She’s CHEVONNE, a one-girl girl group – songstress, vocals, keys, sax – a pop/funk/soul scream machine from straight up outer space!
JIMMY RAE ROCKS ALONG WITH ROB CARLTON
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Straight rock and awesome guitar solos is what Rob Carlton is bringing to the music scene. This guitar extraordinaire has a new album titled Beautiful Collision that simply rocks! Rob also endorses with GHS Strings, Morley Pedals and Halo Guitars & will also be busy with Specraflex Cables and Rocktron Amps & Effects. Not…
GAME REBELLION OFFER NEW SINGLE “BLIND”
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The world has been awaiting the coming of Game Rebellion for a long time: An all Black all outta Brooklyn band whose metal, punk and rudeboy skanking licks sound as credible and crunchy as their hiphop lyrics and headnodding bounce.
VITALIC OFFERS NEW VIDEO FOR “SEE THE SEA”
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Vitalic is pleased to announce the North American portion of is world tour kicking off on February 19th in Los Angeles, CA in support of his sophomore full-length Flashmob.
NICHOLAS MROZINSKI’S GOT “THE FEELIN”
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With his captivatingly passionate vocals, liquid piano and purposeful songwriting, Saint Paul, Minnesota native Nicholas Mrozinski is making music that is connecting with people, all around the world, on a deeply human level. Nicholas integrates many schools of music into his own blend of “Conscious Global Pop” that is honest, real, and magnetic. Nicholas has…
SHARAM JEY RELEASES VIDEO OF “ARMY OF MEN”
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The established European DJ and artist Sharam Jey releases US single “Army of Men” from his anticipated album due out January 2010.
ALL MIGHTY WHISPERS RELEASE NEW VIDEO “COMING HOME”
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All Mighty Whispers are an independent Norwich based 3 piece currently releasing music on our own label. They have recently lreleased ‘Coming Home’ and the animated film clip created specifically for the song which is inspired by the Austrian painter Hundertwasser.
STOLI PREDICTS A HEAT WAVE AS PHOENIX JONES MAKES HER DEBUT
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Lets face it here folks, it can be double hard for a female musician as she must not only have looks but talent as well to make it. My next guest has the looks, the voice, and the hot single to break on through. Let Stoli introduce you to canada’s own, Phoenix Jones. I caught…
THE WOODLANDS PERSONALLY RELEASE “CAN WE STAY” VIDEO TO SKOPE READERS WORLDWIDE
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“We are so excited to announce that our new music video for Can We Stay is done and it is beautiful!
NEW EELS VIDEO “IN MY YOUNGER DAYS”
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Check out the brand new video for “In My Younger Days” from the upcoming EELS’ “END TIMES” album out January 19 right now, right here.
LAY LOW RELEASES MP3 & VIDEO FOR “BY AND BY”
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Lay Low, the alter ego of Icelandic singer/songwriter Lovisa Elisabet Sigrunardottir, will make her North American debut on March 9, 2010, with the release of ‘Farewell Good Night’s Sleep’ on her own Loo label.
STS9 NEW STUDIO ALBUM STREAM
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Ad Explorata – the band’s third release of 2009 (following their iTunes LIVE Exclusive NYE.ATL.08 / May 2009 and Peaceblaster : The New Orleans Make It Right Remixes / June 2009) and tenth in their full discography – finds STS9 once again exploring new musical terrain never before heard.
