For the last ten weeks, Dylan Hyde fans have anticipated the release of a new episode of “Amazed,” the Hardy Boys-style mystery show starring the teen pop-crooner. Filmed on location in San Diego, the series follows a young pop star who comes home to Coronado Island and his friends after a year on tour. An…
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WIRE: STEVE VAI PREMIERES “JOHN THE REVELATOR” ON ROLLINGSTONE.COM
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Virtuoso guitarist and visionary composer Steve Vai will be releasing The Story of Light on August 14th. The album, which will be released on Vai’s own Favored Nations Entertainment, contains 12 new songs, including the track “John The Revelator,” which just received a premiere on Rollingstone.com. SKOPE IT HERE!
ROLLING STONE PREMIERES NEW ANIMATED SOCIAL DISTORTION VIDEO
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Southern California rock ‘n’ roll heroes Social Distortion have debuted a brand new video on Rollingstone.com for their song “Gimme The Sweet And Lowdown” from their latest album, Hard Times And Nursery Rhymes. The animated video was created by Olya & Vira Ishchuk (known as “The Mad Twins”) and loosely celebrates the life of front…
WIRE: EXCLUSIVE GODSMACK INTERVIEW
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Check out Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival’s exclusive Godsmack interview along with a music video preview for “Come Together” from the band’s recently released Live & Inspired CD. SKOPE IT HERE! The third annual Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival kicks off August 17 in Kansas City, MO and wraps September 30 in Albuquerque, NM. The…
DZ DEATHRAYS RETURN TO NORTH AMERICA
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We’re only just past the halfway point of the 2012 but it’s fair to say that DZ Deathrays have already had quite the year. Having released their critically acclaimed debut album Bloodstreams earlier this year, Shane Parsons and Simon Ridley have spent the majority of this year doing what they do best and tearing up…
BECCA LEVY USING MUSIC TO FIGHT BULLYING
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Skope is supporting Becca Levy and her efforts to use music to raise awareness about bullying. Bullying is an appalling social issue that is plaguing our nation’s youth with segregation, violence, and even suicide. After witnessing firsthand the painful effects bullying can have on adolescents, Becca decided to take a stand by starting the Right…
BRITISH SINGER-SONGWRITER BIRDY TO RELEASE LIVE DIGITAL EP
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Warner Bros. Records’ Birdy will release a digital live EP, entitled Live in London, via all digital service providers on August 7th. The eight-song collection captures the British-born singer and songwriter’s captivating hometown show at London’s The Tabernacle on April 12th. “Jasmine van den Bogaerde (aka Birdy) had the poise and power to captivate a…
BAD RELIGION BEGIN RECORDING NEW ALBUM
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The visionary Los Angeles band Bad Religion has entered the studio to begin recording a brand new album. The yet unnamed work is being recorded at Joe Barresi’s JHOC studio and co-produced by band members Brett Gurewitz, Greg Graffin and Barresi. The group reconvenes amidst a period of heightened activity. Singer-songwriter Greg Graffin…
KISS & MOTLEY CRUE DONATE $25K TO HIRING OUR HEROES
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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce announced that rock bands KISS and Mötley Crüe are donating $250,000 to the National Chamber Foundation’s Hiring Our Heroes program. The band members from KISS and Mötley Crüe presented a check to Hiring Our Heroes at the kickoff of THE TOUR of 2012 in Bristow, VA. [youtube i5-cNNvssx8] “We are…
BLACK LIPS RELEASE NEW VIDEO “NOC-A-HOMA”
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Today VICE & Ray-Ban premiere the video for the Black Lips’ raucous two-minute homage to Chief Noc-A-Homa, the famed former mascot of the Atlanta Braves from the 1950s until 1986. Chief Noc-A-Homa is one of baseball’s most beloved mascots who was best know for emerging from a tepee in the bleachers to rally the hometown…
WIRE: THE INDECENT POST TRACK ON NYLON
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Newly-signed Warner Bros Records artists The Indecent will be releasing their debut EP “Control” on September 18, 2012. The title track recently premiered via Nylon magazine: http://www.nylonmag.com/?section=article&parid=8242 Born and raised in New York City, triplets Emily, Bo and Maddy Brout were influenced by the sounds of Sonic Youth, Black Sabbath and Jefferson Airplane from an…
MISS MAY I TO HEADLINE THE AP TOUR FALL 2012
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Cleveland-based youth-culture magazine ALTERNATIVE PRESS has just announced MISS MAY I as the headliner for their annual fall tour, THE AP TOUR FALL 2012, sponsored by PETERSAYSDENIM. The tour, featuring a line-up handpicked by the AP staff, will be heading out on a 32-day trek that kicks off mid-October till the end of November. Tour…
ERIC BURDON NEEDS BACK SURGERY
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Eric Burdon’s management announced that the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer is scheduled for back surgery later this week and subsequently Burdon has had to cancel more scheduled dates in 2012. Earlier this year Eric, who has been suffering back pain for over 3 years, was forced to cancel his Summer European…
BIRDMAN INTERVIEWS CMC TOP AUTHORS
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Birdman talks to Ashley & JaQuavis about Urban literature and the next phase of his Cash Money Content books – adapting those books into movies. [vimeo 46310214] At age 26, Ashley & JaQuavis, aka Mr. and Mrs. JaQuavis Coleman, are the hottest young couple in African American literature today and are the youngest African American…
WIRE: BLONDS RELEASE “TIME” VIA PASTE MAG
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BLONDS are debuting “Time,” the new single off their upcoming debut full-length The Bad Ones, out August 7th. The track, which is available for posting HERE, premiered via Paste Magazine, who called it “the very definition of what makes BLONDS so incredibly appealing.” Additionally, the band is releasing bonus B-sides to the single, featuring covers…
45 GRAVE BACK AFTER 19 YEARS
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Legendary rockers 45 GRAVE (www.dinahcancer.net) announced today that they will be releasing its first album of new material in more than 19 years entitled Pick Your Poison and it promises to be their most musically adventurous to date. Released on CD, vinyl and digital formats via Frontier Records (www.frontierrecords.com) on August 14, Pick Your…
WIRE: ABANDONED POOLS PREMIERE FIRST TRACK IN SEVEN YEARS
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Abandoned Pools release their long-awaited third album, Sublime Currency on August 28, 2012 via Tooth & Nail Records and today Alternative Press is hosting an EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE STREAM of the title track. Sublime Currency is the culmination of the eleven-year journey of Tommy Walter, bassist and co-founder of the critically acclaimed band eels. Sublime…
ANDRE HOBSON SPEAKS ON BLACK YOUTH VOTE “VOTE 4 JUSTICE”
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When Andre Todd Hobson aka “Champ” originally penned the lyrics for The National Coalition on Black Civic Participation’s Black Youth Vote (BYV!) iThink 2012 campaign, he didn’t know how soon his lyrics would literally become his life. The 19-year-old Richmond, VA native will report to basic training for the U.S. Army on July 31, just…
MEDESKI MARTIN & WOOD NEW ALBUM IN SEPTEMBER
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Medeski Martin & Wood have announced the release of Free Magic due September 25 on the band’s label Indirecto Records. For its latest effort, MMW dip into their archives to present a collection of recordings documenting their first-ever acoustic tour in 2007. The set, stretching out over five expansive tracks, captures the three intrepid improvisers–keyboardist…
OM POSTPONE AUGUST TOUR FOLLOWING PERSONAL INJURY
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OM reluctantly announce they will be postponing their upcoming tour dates following a skateboarding injury sustained by drummer Emil Amos. The trio, which is rounded out by bassist/vocalist Al Cisneros and multi-instrumentalist Robert AA Lowe, are working on rescheduling the full run starting in mid-November. Full list of postponed dates below. The announcement comes just…
OFF! ANNOUNCE HEADLINING TOUR + VIDEO
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In a move to match the velocious tempo of their musical output, OFF! have announced a stretch of headlining dates this Fall even as they are currently winding down a run of dates opening for the reunited Refused. The newly announced dates are part of the quartet’s ongoing world tour in support of their debut…
AUSTIN GALANTE GOES SOLO ON NEW ALBUM
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Austin Galante’s first solo record is a down tempo Trip Hop project. The album was mixed and mastered by the former guitar player for Bad Fathers and long time friend, DJ Jethro. Austin Galante residing in Los Angeles, Ca. is one of the original members of Bad Fathers (Hip Hop Rock and punk rock experimental…
WIRE: CLOSED SESSIONS ANNOUNCES 2ND COMPILATION & DOCUMENTARY
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Closed Sessions, the boutique hip-hop label based in Chicago’s Soundscape Studios, has begun to unveil their latest project, Closed Sessions Volume 2, the product of another year’s worth of artistic collaboration. Last year’s inaugural release helped put the label on the national radar on buzz generated from affiliated curatorial hip-hop website RubyHornet.com, and the second…
VON GREY’S SELF-TITLED DEBUT EP SET FOR OCTOBER RELEASE
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Von Grey’s self-titled debut EP, produced by GRAMMY@ Award winner Nick DiDia (Bruce Springsteen, Train, The Gaslight Anthem), will be released in October. See below for track listing. “Coming For You,” the collection’s haunting first single, will impact Non-Comm/Americana/Triple A radio on August 13th. The indie-alt-folk band’s current headline tour continues with a show…
WIRE: SHEL “FRECKLES” VIDEO OUT NOW
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“Freckles,” the self-created-directed-edited first video from SHEL, the “power quartet of femme fatale wunderkind sisters” (MartianLeaks.com) is out now with first looks from AOL Spinner “Video of The Day” (http://aol.it/MvBTWo) and LuckyMag.com’s “Shop It Out” (http://lcky.mg/R5JWaw). Click here to view/share/embed video: http://bit.ly/PShjiV. Of the song, “Freckles,” Eva Holbrook says, “Happy endings are rarely how…
NEW VIDEO FROM JARED EVANS
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In just a few short years, recording artist JARED EVAN has made a name for himself for his genre-bending sound, winning the 2011 Grey Goose Rising Icon Award, and touring nationally with OneRepublic. [youtube Gl8cfoBxENI] JARED’s music is an unforgettable blend between hip-hop and alternative soul, and has been featured everywhere from Billboard to The…
MIGGS RECORDS NEW ALBUM
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Tampa, FL band miggs will be release their fifth album, 15TH & HOPE, on September 25 via the Elm City Music label (EMI distribution). The album’s first single, “Stars,” will be released to AAA radio stations nationwide later this month and a video for the song will be released soon. In the meantime,…
GALLON DRUNK ARE BACK WITH A NEW ALBUM
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Following the tragic illness and death of their bassist Simon Wring, acclaimed British band Gallon Drunk return as a three piece with their dynamic new album, ‘The Road Gets Darker From Here’. Recorded at Clouds Hills Recordings in Hamburg during the summer of 2011, produced by Johann Scheerer (Faust/Robots In Disguise), the band bring the…
WIRE: AUTUMN OWLS ANNOUNCE DEBUT LP
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Autumn Owls are pleased to announce their debut album, Between Buildings, Toward The Sea, will be the first release from Epitonic.com’s new label, October 23. The Dublin, Ireland trio headed over to the U.S. with twelve of their favorite songs to enter the studio with producer Brian Deck (Modest Mouse/Iron & WIne), creating a…
THE HEAVY “WHAT MAKES A GOOD MAN?” VIDEO & TOUR
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Renegade English soul-rockers The Heavy are excited to announce their upcoming North American Fall headline tour. Beginning in New York City on August 30, the tour will take in a month’s worth of dates throughout September, hitting large markets along the way including San Francisco, CA, on September 4, Los Angeles, CA, on September 7,…
ZEDD TO RELEASE SPECTRUM EP JULY 31st ON INTERSCOPE
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Russian-born German-raised EDM DJ/songwriter/producer, Zedd, is gearing up to release his forthcoming EP, Spectrum, on July 31st via Interscope Records. The record features remixes of Zedd’s massive single “Spectrum” (which became the top track on Soundcloud after only 5 hours, instantly hitting #1 on The Hype Machine) from some of the most important names in…
WIRE: NEW VIDEO FROM SSION ON THE FADER
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SSION has taken on the ambitious task of making a video for every song on the upcoming album (Bent comes out 9/18 on Dovecote)- check the latest for ‘Feelz Good (4-Evr)’, a bit of a trippy ride down the rabbit hole with a cameo from House of Ladosha. http://www.thefader.com/2012/07/20/video-ssion-feelz-good-4-evr/
MAMA FLOCKA NEW ARTIST TARVORIA AUDIO
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Winner of the Female R&B Artist of the Year at this year’s Atlanta Underground Music Awards, Tarvoria is the newest artist from Mizay Entertainment Inc., a talent management powerhouse under the direction of Debra Antney and responsible for catapulting the careers of Nicki Minaj, Gucci Mane, OJ Da Juiceman, Waka Flocka Flame, French Montana, Joe…
FOXY SHAZAM JOIN SLASH FOR FALL U.S. TOUR
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Foxy Shazam, the genre-bending musical merry-makers behind the critically acclaimed album The Church of Rock and Roll, have been chosen to join Slash on tour. The former Guns N’ Roses guitarist is taking out Foxy for a string of high-profile North American dates running from September 4 to October 4, culminating at the legendary Wiltern…
THE OUTLAWS DECLARES ‘IT’S ABOUT PRIDE’
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For THE OUTLAWS (@outlawsmusic), it’s not only about the music they’ve made for decades, it’s also about the pride they’ve always put into creating their legacy. As purely evidenced on their much long-awaited sixth studio album, IT’S ABOUT PRIDE is due out September 25 on Rocket Science Ventures. “Tomorrow’s Another Night,” the album’s…
PENNYWISE ANNOUNCES FALL TOUR
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Southern California’s punk heroes Pennywise will be taking their celebrated brand of edgy, post hardcore punk mayhem across North America this fall in continued support of their latest album All Or Nothing. The “All Or Nothing Tour” begins Thursday, October 11th in Anaheim, CA with direct support from Boston punk veterans Street Dogs. Tickets are…
WIRE: THE RAVEONETTES PREMIERE VIDEO FOR SINGLE
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Getting ready for the release of their new album “Observator” – out September 11th – The Raveonettes have released the video for first single “She Owns The Streets.” Noisey on Youtube, the music channel from the makers of VICE, is currently premiering the video. Check it out HERE. SKOPE IT HERE!
WIRE: SPIN POSTS SINGLE OFF ’50 YEARS OF REGGAE’
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Unstoppable,” “ridonkulously thorough” and “awesome” are just a few words SPIN uses to describe VP Records upcoming box set OUT OF MANY, 50 YEARS OF REGGAE, set for release on July 31. Listen to Peetah Morgan & Hollie Cook “Independent Jamaica 2012” Mp3 premiere and read full story here: SKOPE IT HERE!
MEYHEM LAUREN NEW VIDEO DROPS
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Meyhem Lauren dropped the video for his cut off his recent album on Greedhead. “Fingerless Driving Gloves” is dense, all-up-in-your-face NY boom-bap, courtesy of producers Tommy Mas and Harry Fraud. [youtube uqKgsnKSk3w]
WIRE: SEAN ROWE PROFILED BY WALL STREET JOURNAL
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The Wall Street Journal is currently featuring a fascinating profile of the acclaimed singer-songwriter Sean Rowe. The piece, entitled “Out of the Woods and On To the Stage” details the evolution of Rowe’s intertwining passions for nature and music in anticipation of his new album The Salesman and the Shark which arrives in stores this…
