Category: NEWS

Alicia Lemke (ALICIA) is a fearless and inspiring young talent. A native of Madison, Wisconsin, ALICIA’s wanderlust eventually landed her in New York City. Her extraordinary passion propelled her into the heart of the city’s music scene where she has sparked a growing fan base.   In addition to her newly released singles “Luminous” and…

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Texas music legend, James “Slim” Hand’s Mighty Lonesome Man contains timeless music that will please the yearning ear of today, while transporting you back to the days of hayrides, drive-in movies and huddling around the radio listening to the Grand Ole Opry. JAMES HAND – “Now Not Later”: http://soundcloud.com/pavement-pr/james-hand-now-not-later Said to be one of the…

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Wired.com is premiering a brand new music video from incendiary band The Coup today, October 12th. The clip is for the group’s fuzzed out call for class equality entitled “The Guillotine” from their new record Sorry To Bother You out this October 30th on Anti-.   The clip was directed by Beau Patrick Coulon and…

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M Ward has just unveiled a rather entertaining video to “Me And My Shadow” from his critically-acclaimed six album, A Wasteland Companion. In this promo we find a young popstar stalked by his evil manager with laser beam eyes before being rescued by a teen fan, whilst Conan O’ Brien and even M Ward himself…

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What’s the first thing that comes to mind when someone mentions Thee Oh Sees? Probably their riot-sparking live show, right? Visions of a guitar-chewing, speaker-smothering, tongue-wagging John Dwyer careening across your cranium, chased by a wild-eyed wrecking crew that drives every last hook home like it’s a nail in the coffin of what you thought…

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Victory Records proudly welcomes FALL CITY FALL from Calgary, Alberta to their roster. [youtube dN_FKuVGuJA] Stay tuned for updates and the announcement of FALL CITY FALL’S debut album on January 8th, 2013. New merchandise is now available through the Victory Records Webstore. https://www.facebook.com/fallcityfall

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The Musician’s Guide and Avenant Law have announced a partnership to launch http://www.musiccontractstore.com, a new online portal to help artists and music companies download high quality music contracts. The website, which is due to launch at the end of October, aims to be the ‘go-to’ source for music contracts in the music industry. Marcus Taylor,…

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Animal love!   An uptown girl & diva dog are pursued by a downtown guy & mangy mutt in Pennan Brae’s single, ‘Won’t You Spend The Night With Me’.   Starring animal actors Parker Pup (www.parkerpup.com) & Daisy of Portland & actors Heather Kegler & Todd Hanson of Bend, Oregon.   A ‘Far From Earth…

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Casey Hurt winds down his European Tour in Ireland this week. It’s been a great run of packed houses and sold out shows in the UK, France and Ireland. [youtube Hu6fybV-1Io] Watch for Casey’s new CD, “Half as Much as Love” to be debuted right here on Skope on it’s release date of October 30!…

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Wayne Wonder reveals his second music video “Drop It Down Low” from his upcoming album My Way, which will now hit stores November 20. The vibrant dance anthem was produced by Triple Dee and the accompanying video was shot in the Netherlands and directed by Sicerow & Ruben Solognier. [youtube X4-R2j1zYN0] 25 years deep, 12…

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Radical Face aka Ben Cooper premiered a new video for the song “Always Gold” today via Paste Magazine. The song, originally released on 2011’s The Family Tree: The Roots, is now the title-track of a new EP, due out November 23 on Bear Machine Records. The six-song record features a new edit of the title…

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Crushing Blows are a two-piece, noise pop band from Derbyshire who have drawn comparisons to Battles, Broken Social Scene and Arcade Fire. Despite their broad influences (My Bloody Valentine, Talking Heads, Neil Young, Pixies) the band have a developed a sound that is both extremely distinctive and exceptional. [youtube BAeQYJmpG5E] http://www.crushingblows.co.uk

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Blackbird Blackbird is the moniker of San Francisco-based wunderkind Mikey Maramag. His unique style of dreamy folktronica recalls influences from all ends of the musical spectrum; deeply textured, hypnotic songs pay homage to psychedelic pop the likes of Caribou and Washed Out, while the warmth of analogue instrumentation spliced with digital artifacts hints at contemporaries…

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Check out the new video from Canadian MC muGz. ‘The Dream’ features on the Montreal entertainers recent release Gone One Day which can be downloaded HERE. ‘The Dream’ was directed by Brian Finlay and has already been featured on sites such as AllHipHop.com, Thisis50.com, YouHeardThatNew.com and HotNewHipHop.com and has amassed almost 15k views in four…

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Portland-based purveyors of epic psychedelic rock Eternal Tapestry return for their second full-length of 2012. Following Dawn In 2 Dimensions, a vinyl-only collection of tracks that emphasized the power of their live performances, and Night Gallery, a collaborative album with Sun Araw, the band retreated to the Tapestry Space to record A World Out of…

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JOYCE MANOR have premiered their first ever music video today on Filter Magazine, it can be seen at http://tinyurl.com/9cxk84g. Created entirely by award winning Toronto filmmaker Grandson and Son, the video combines “Drainage” and “If I Needed You There”, two songs from their latest release, Of All Things I Will Soon Grow Tired. All the…

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After 80 shows in 100 days, playing in front of an estimated 400,000 people throughout Europe, Los Angeles newcomers Vintage Trouble are excited to return to the US for a series of dates beginning September 28th in Portland, Oregon with Joss Stone. This four-week tour, that also includes an appearance at this year’s Voodoo Festival…

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WIN WIN, the Brooklyn-based post-electronic trio of Alex Epton (aka XXXchange, founding member of Spank Rock who produced the genre redefining album yoyoyoyo), Chris Devlin (of Baltimore Bass Connection and Devlin and Darko), and Ryan Sciaino (aka DJ Ghostdad), have announced their sophomore long player Double Vision will be issued by VICE Records on October…

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Bassnectar’s new Freestyle Mixtape, not to be confused with his Freestyle EP out 10/16 or the Freestyle song which features Angel Haze and is on both the EP and mixtape). Basically he loves the word Freestyle. Take a listen below (it’s right on the front page to grab): http://www.bassnectar.net/freestyle/

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Irish indie roots rockers Glimmermen trace their name back to a time in Dublin’s history when gas workers known as “glimmer men” lit gas street lamps by hand. The trio is leaving Dublin at the end of October to record their debut full-length album with producer J. Robbins (Jawbox, Against Me!, Engine Down) at his…

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Believers is the long standing, ever-gestating brainchild of Wesley and Tyler Powell, a collaboration that has spanned time, state lines and an ocean.

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LAMB OF GOD is looking to honor the brave men and women of our United States military by incorporating soldier

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Black Bird White Sky, the hot electronica rock trio out of Brooklyn, recently shot and produced a kickass video promoting their upcoming EP The Fall that just premiered on NME! http://www.nme.com/nme-video/youtube/id/dgvvwhro9N0

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Chunksaah Record’s newest rising stars, LUTHER, seem to be popping up everywhere this month. From song premieres on Huffington Post (http://tinyurl.com/8j8sja9) and RCRD_LBL (http://tinyurl.com/8f54o94) to a US tour with Timeshares to a Canadian tour with The Bouncing Souls, the indie-rock band is inescapable – which is a very good thing. Their debut full-length, titled Let’s…

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Spin.com is debuting a brand new track from Grandaddy front man Jason Lytle’s new solo album Dept. of Disappearance. The track is a melodic and bittersweet anthem entitled “Get Up and Go” and can be found here: SKOPE IT HERE! The new album comes out this October 16th via Anti- Records.   As a solo…

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Earlier this month, Oh No announced a new collaborative album with upstart producer Chris Keys. The album, titled Ashes, in which Oh No, for the very first time, relinquishes totally his producer reins, will be released October 23rd via Heavy Keys Records. In announcing the project, Oh & Chris gave fans an early preview with…

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It’s a huge achievement for any artist to make the cover of Rolling Stone, but for Karmin, it’s doubly impressive.   The editors of the venerable magazine selected them for their “Women Who Rock” competition, and Karmin’s fans voted them onto the flip cover out this Friday.   Read Rolling Stone’s story breaking the news…

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Indie roots rock band Yarn has released the music video for “Annie,” the newest single from Almost Home, released March 20. http://www.cmt.com/videos/yarn/837115/annie.jhtml “Annie” is currently featured on CMT.com and the band’s official YouTube page. “Annie” was directed by Anthony Leo and features cameo appearances by legendary sound engineer and Almost Home producer Bil VornDick, as…

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On October 5th, the fifth season of the innovative music series Live from the Artists Den will premiere nationally on public television with an episode featuring nine-time Grammy Award winner Norah Jones (check local listings). The New York Emmy-nominated show-about which the New York Times said, “on this show, the setting is a headliner, too”-connects…

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LP Includes Appearances from Busta Rhymes, Bun B, Styles P, Freeway, and Billy Danze, plus production from Fizzy Womack, DJ Premier, The Alchemist & Statik Selektah and more. Fizzyology Will Be Released On 11-6-2012. [youtube Ixgy3x2h5vc] When Lil Fame aka Fizzy Womack (of the world famous Brooklyn duo M.O.P.) and Termanology (of ST. Da Squad…

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Legendary blues/rock musicians (present or former band members with Toto, Asia, Eric Clapton, Guns N’ Roses, Dave Matthews Band, Carole King, Billy Preston, Sergio Mendes, Lionel Richie, and many others) are forming a new all-star band to promote world peace through music. They will combine with internationally-renowned music masters from nine world cultures to launch…

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MIKA has just released a short film for “The Origin of Love”, the title track from his forthcoming album due out on Universal Republic on October 16.   About the film, Mika said:   “This latest short film is a collaboration with the Chilean director Cristián Jiménez. After seeing his film Bonsai, this seemed like…

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Ashland HIGH, the band featuring Trace Cyrus, formerly of the pop rock band Metro Station, has released his newest video “Highs and Lows.” You can check out the video on Perez Hilton or check it out on YouTube here! Watch “Highs and Lows” Here: http://bit.ly/NSGbSJ Debut Album “Geronimo” For Free Download Here: www.AshlandHigh.com

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BETTYE LaVETTE has a lot to offer these days with her new single “Crazy” available now at all digital outlets and starting Tuesday, September 18, Paste.com will exclusively stream her entire forthcoming album–Thankful N’ Thoughtful–a full week prior to release. Meanwhile, Bettye’s autobiography (co-written with David Ritz), A Woman Like Me is due out September…

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Muse launched the Social Connectome (http://connectome.muse.mu/), a 3-D Google Chrome visualization of the Muse fanbase, created in homage to the Human Connectome project which inspired the artwork for the band’s forthcoming new album The 2nd Law, due out on October 2nd via Warner Bros. Records.           The Social Connectome allows people…

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Brazil and hard rock/heavy metal have gone hand in hand for decades by this point (spawning Sepultura, hosting massive stadium shows by Queen and Kiss, etc.). And the most promising Brazilian-metal connection to come along in some time is Shadowside, which manage to combine metal and melody in an irresistible sonic cocktail – as evidenced…

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The Groundbreaking debut album ‘PARANOISE VOID’ was mixed & engineered by Grammy winning Multi-Platinum production team Sylvia Massy & Rich Veltrop.   The album features an All-Star cast of characters consisting of the original Ska/Punk pioneers Fishbone, New Orleans funkster Ivan Neville, UK legend Don Letts (Big Audio Dynamite). Percussion maestro Leon Mobely (Ben Harper)…

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On October 9, 2012, acclaimed 16-year old singer-songwriter Hayley Reardon will issue the second single from her forthcoming full-length debut album, Where The Artists Go (due October 23 via Kingswood Records). Containing the album version and an instrumental version, “Tribe” will be available at iTunes, Amazon and other digital service providers. “Tribe”: http://soundcloud.com/1888media/hayley-reardon-tribe Coinciding the…

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OurStage.com, the innovative online social platform for discovering music, announces a new program geared to give emerging musicians the chance to advance their career on a national scale with a performance on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live”. Kicking off this September, musicians across the US will compete in a monthly competition via OurStage.com to win the…

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The votes have all been counted and it’s official – DJ Times magazine and Pioneer DJ are proud to announce that Markus Schulz has been voted ‘America’s Best DJ’ for 2012. The talented Miami-based DJ will be honored October 7 in Las Vegas for the ABDJ Closing Party, which will include a press reception, at…

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