Fresh off of the No Doubt tour, The Sounds, led by the jaw-dropping Maja Ivarsson came through Club Revolution in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and delivered an adrenaline-pumped, beer soaked set.
Category: FEATURES
Feature stories and artist interviews
OCTOBER 2009 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.
PLEASURE P NEW VIDEO “UNDER” & R KELLY TOUR
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Swagga Entertainment / Atlantic Recording artist, Pleasure P has just linked up with R. Kelly on his upcoming “Ladies Make Some Noise” Tour!
HOT CHELLE RAE ARE HITTING THE ROAD WITH THIRD EYE BLIND / MP3
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Chelle Rae will be the main support to Third Eye Blind for two weeks in October. The tour leads up to the release of the band’s debut album Lovesick Electric, coming out October 27th on Jive Records.
FALLBROOKE NEW VIDEO FOR “TAKE ME UNDER”
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The LA (by way of Florida) pop punks made waves with their video for “Losin’ It,” featuring their friend Mandy (Miley Cyrus’s bud, aka Manders) and deemed a “Buzzworthy Obsession” by MTV.
ZERO 7 LIVE FOOTAGE PERFORMING NEW TRACKS FROM ‘YEAH GHOST’
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Check out new live performance videos of songs from Zero 7’s new album, Yeah Ghost, out today.
JOHNNY RICHTER RELEASES “EVOLUTION” VIDEO
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Kottonmouth Kings’ frontman, Johnny Richter, has released the video for his solo track, “Evolution”, online. The track appears on Kottonmouth Kings’ upcoming new album “Hidden Stash 4:20”, which lands in stores on October 13th, 2009 on Suburban Noize Records.
JUMP CLUBB RELEASE MP3 & VIDEO FOR “RATHER BE PLAYED”
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Meet Jump Clubb. A band from Beverly Hills whose music combines dance, disco, and electronic styles with indie mentalities and vocals straight from the height of the lo-fi era.
TWO NEW VIDEOS FROM MACK 10 ‘SOFT WHITE’ ALBUM
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West Coast gangster rap icon and Hoo-Bangin’ Entertainment label owner Mack 10 set the summer ablaze with the release of the single “So Sharp” from his ninth CD, Soft White (Hoo-Bangin’/Fontana/Universal) in stores now.
RISE AGAINST PREMIERE VIDEO FOR “SAVIOR”
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“We just finished the fourth video from our latest record, Appeal To Reason…
MATT LOWELL SINGLE “SECOND STORM” FROM NEW EP
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Matt Lowell’s combination of soulful rock sounds set his new EP apart from the new generation of attention grabbing musicians. Matt is set to release this “Second Storm EP” this fall.
CARMEN REECE RELEASES NEW SINGLE “RIGHT HERE”
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“My music makes you want to move but also moves you emotionally,” says singer-songwriter-pianist Carmen Reece.”
THE ANGEL OFFERS “ULTRA LIGHT” MP3 FEAT JHELISA
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This is a slice of downtempo/progressive soul goodness, with a heavy dubby bassline. The Angel’s production paired with Jhelisa’s soulful vocals make this a magical collaboration.
STOLI BECOMES MORE COMFORTABLE WITH HIMSELF THANKS TO SUZIE COCKTAIL
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The Internet is one of the greatest inventions to discover new things. That is exactly how I found out about my next guest Suzie Cocktail. I got caught up watching Suzie’s videos on her Youtube page and I was hooked. There is just something so unique and entertaining about her that I had to dig…
ATREYU RELEASES FIRST SINGLE “STORM TO PASS”
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Atreyu has officially released the first single, “Storm To Pass,” from their upcoming October 27th release, Congregation of the Damned.
DOWNLOAD “SWOLLEN AND HALO” FROM THE NEW BARONESS ALBUM
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Blue Record announces the re-awakening of Savannah’s rock giants BARONESS. The sister recording to 2007’s Red Album, Blue Record is an instantly-classic album, with all the peaks and valleys, textures, and nuances that timeless records yield over repeated listens.
BREAKING BENJAMIN SITE TO HOST LISTENING PARTY FOR UPCOMING ALBUM
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To celebrate the release of Breaking Benjamin’s latest brand new album, Dear Agony, Shallow Bay (the official website of the band) will be hosting a special, radio program at Midnight Eastern time on 9/29.
THIS PROVIDENCE PERFORMS AT THE CULTURE ROOM IN FORT LAUDERDALE, FL: REVIEW AND PHOTOS
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With the huge touring schedule This Providence has had this entire year, you would think the Seattle-based rockers would be all rocked out by now. That is where you would be wrong.
INTERVIEW w/ GAVIN PHILLIPS OF THIS PROVIDENCE
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On Day 2 of The Almost tour, Skope was able to do an interview with Gavin Phillips from This Providence on the tour’s stop in Ft. Lauderdale, FL at the Culture Room.
ALFONZO RELEASE NEW VIDEO FOR “BLIND AS FAITH”
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Alfonzo are a four-piece band from Edinburgh. They are made up of brothers Mikey (guitar) and Chris Cook (bass), drummer Andy Innes and lead singer and keyboard, Daniel McGeever. Having all grown up close to each other the band have been best friends since they were kids, which has helped them become a great live…
FOOL’S GOLD NEW VIDEO “SURPRISE HOTEL”
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Los Angeles musical collective Fool’s Gold are taking their vivacious and welcoming, yet undeniably compelling live show on the road in support of their self-titled debut album, out 9/29 on IAMSOUND.
WINTER GLOVES “PARTY PEOPLE” VIDEO / MP3
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Montreal’s Winter Gloves are set to release A Way To Celebrate, a new digital-only complement to their debut album, about a girl, which will be available from iTunes on October 6th at a special low price.
CRAIG OWENS KICKED OUT OF CHIODOS
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To the surprise of many Chiodos fans, the band has announced that they have kicked lead-singer Craig Owens out of the band.
PLIES NEW VIDEO FOR “BECKY”
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Check out Plies’ new music video for his hit song “Becky” off his forth album Goon Affiliated. Have you figured out who or what Becky is yet?
LOLENE RETURNS WITH “SEXY PEOPLE” SINGLE
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With her quirky, tongue-in-cheek lyrics, universal pop melodies and trademark curly hair, British dance floor Barbarella is a hot topic.
PORT O’ BRIEN GETS REMIXED BY BODEGA GIRLS / AUDIO
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Port O’Brien’s introspective foot-stomper “My Will is Good” from their forthcoming album threadbare (out October 6th on tbd records) just got the remix treatment by Boston’s heathens of sweaty dance the BodegaGirls.
SALLY SHAPIRO RELEASES BRAND NEW VIDEO FOR SINGLE “MIRACLE”
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Swedish italo-disco artist Sally Shapiro is excited to release a brand new video for the first single, “Miracle,” off her sophomore release, My Guilty Pleasure, out now on Paper Bag Records!
THE FLAMING LIPS RELEASE MSUIC VIDEO FOR “I CAN BE A FROG”
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After the new Lip’s album Embryonic, which is slated for an October 13 release, streamed at Colbert Nation, the band put out a new video for the song, “I Can Be A Frog”.
ONE REPUBLIC NEW SINGLE “ALL THE RIGHT MOVES”
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Check out OneRepublic’s new single “All The Right Moves.” The powerful, drum-heavy track will appear on their forthcoming album, Waking Up, which is due out on November 17th.
JOHN FORTE OFFERS NEW MP3 FOR “NERVOUS”
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Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter and producer John Forté is pleased to announce StyleFREE the EP, his first collection of new music to be released in eight years.
STOLI HANGS WITH FICTION 20 DOWN ON THEIR “COMFORTABLE FOOLS TOUR” / MP3’S
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My next guests are four cool musicians from Baltimore, MD. I became familiar with them when their new album, ‘Comfortable Fools’ ended up in my mailbox and onto my car stereo. I am a huge fan of reggae and these guys merge reggae and rock like I have never heard before. The guys have been…
MAPS NEW VIDEO “I DREAM OF CRYSTAL”
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Maps – aka James Chapman — will release his new album, “Turning The Mind” via Mute on October 20th 2009. The album’s first single “I Dream Of Crystal” — released digitally September 15th 2009 — features the album version plus remix and dub versions from Solo and Steve Lawler.
SNOB DOODLE
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Oh yes, what is a Monday without a new Snob Doodle?
BIRDMONSTER OFFER “YUMA” MP3 FROM EP BLOOD MEMORY
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FADER Label, is pleased to announce the release of Blood Memory, an EP by San Francisco indie rockers Birdmonster. The songs on Blood Memory were recorded during the sessions for From The Mountain To The Sea, the band’s 2008 album produced by Tom Schick (Ryan Adams, Rufus Wainwright, Norah Jones). The 8 song EP will…
THE PRODIGY VIDEO “TAKE ME TO THE HOSPITAL” FROM NEW EP OUT OCTOBER 20
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Take Me To The Hospital is the exhilarating car crash sound of all three members … a sound so frenetic, unhinged and deeply bass driven it could only come from the minds of Liam, Keith and Maxim. Steeped in the history early 90s rave The Prodigy themselves pioneered but given a suitably awe inspiring…
ANTHONY MARTONE NO LONGER DRUMMER FOR VERSAEMERGE
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On Sunday, it was announced by Anthony Martone and band mate Devin Ingelido via Twitter and Myspace that Martone would no longer be drumming for Versamerge.
LITTLE GIRLS OFFER ARTERY COVER “HEINZ”
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Toronto-based group Little Girls (Josh McIntyre and co.) are preparing for an extensive North American tour performing with Japandroids, Monotonix, You Say Party! We Say Die!, Wavves and Nurses among others.
‘THE ROD STEWART SESSIONS 1971 – 1998’ LISTENING PARTY
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Warner Bros. began reissuing Rod Stewart’s Warner Bros. catalog a year ago with remastered and expanded versions of some of the artist’s best studio work.
AAR TOOK OVER NYC THIS WEEK / VIDEOS
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The All-American Rejects got busy in New York City this week starting off with a special performance of their hit single “Gives You Hell.”
A ROCKET TO THE MOON OFFER “MR. RIGHT” AUDIO
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“ON YOUR SIDE” follows last year’s acclaimed Fueled By Ramen debut, “GREETINGS FROM…” The EP was highlighted by the singles “If Only They Knew” and “Dakota,” the latter of which ARTTM performed live on MTV’s TRL as part of a feature on America’s best unsigned bands.
