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Alexander Tucker is a highly regarded songwriter who has released several recordings on the UK-based ATP imprint but Dorwytch is one of his first proper releases on a US label.   In more experimental circles, Tucker is know for his collaborations with Stephen O’Malley (Ginnungagap), members of Circle and Guapo (Grumbling Fur), and Daniel Beban…

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LADY GAGA TO PREMIERE “JUDAS” CLIP ON IDOL Lady Gaga is set to premiere her “Judas” video the week of May 2nd on American Idol.   Interscope Records made the announcement on Twitter, adding that more details would be on the way.   The video was co-directed by Gaga and her creative director, Laurieann Gibson.…

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Today, Los Lonely Boys have launched a new signature shoe collection exclusively designed for Stacy Adams. The first artists ever to create signature Stacy Adams shoes, the group will donate 10% of all proceeds to “Padres Contra El Cancer” as part of their ongoing partnership to help families fight childhood cancer. Check out the shoes…

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CEE-LO GREEN TALKS “FORGET YOU” Cee-Lo Green knew he liked “Forget You” when he recorded it, but wasn’t’ sure that the label or the masses would be on board. During his Vh1 Storytellers on Tuesday night, he said the song was born out of frustration at his label, who were not happy with the songs…

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Foreigner and the GRAMMY Foundation ® are pleased to announce a new program that will help provide funds for high school music programs across the country.   As part of Foreigner’s on-going commitment to music education in high school, the GRAMMY Foundation will join the band in a combined effort to fund individual high school…

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The video for 18 year old pop/R&B sensation Lily Halpern’s latest infectious pop single, “Wishlist”, has just been released.   Starring Megan Parken, the celebrity blogger best known for “Megan Hearts MakeUp”, the video showcases Shalin Sharman’s stellar direction, and was filmed at Coney Island’s famed boardwalk, as well as The Billiards in Brooklyn, New…

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RIHANNA SCORES 10th NUMBER ONE SINGLE! Rihanna’s “S&M” rises to the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, giving the singer her 10th number one and ownership of a pair of historic chart records.   According to Billboard, Ri Ri logs the shortest span between a solo artist’s first and 10th number one hits…

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Live Nation Entertainment today announced U2 360 ° is the most successful tour of all time.   Following last night’s sold-out show at Morumbi Stadium in Sao Paulo, Brazil U2360 ° will break the previous record held by the Rolling Stones, Bigger Bang Tour which grossed $554 million from 2005 – 07.   With 26…

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Britney Spears announced today that Jessie and The Toy Boys, Nicki Minaj, and Nervo will be joining her on the highly antipated Femme Fatale tour hitting North America this summer. Tickets go on sale starting April 30th at Ticketmaster.com and LiveNation.com. Don’t miss the touring event of the summer!   Can’t wait until June to…

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Multi-platinum rock band, Incubus, is gearing up to release their sixth studio album If Not Now, When? on July 12th. For their latest body of work the band re-engaged renowned producer Brendan O’Brien (Pearl Jam, Rage Against The Machine, Bob Dylan). The highly anticipated new album features lead single “Adolescents”, an inimitable showcase of the…

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The Kottonmouth Kings are celebrating this year’s stoner holiday with the release of their new video for the track for “My Garden” at the group’s newly renovated website online at www.KottonmouthKings.com. The song is the single from Kottonmouth Kings new digital “Legalize It” EP, which is now available through digital retailers.   The “Legalize It”…

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Starting April 14, Indaba Music is offering the opportunity to remix a track from Paul Simon’s just-released album So Beautiful or So What. The individual vocal, background vocal, drum, percussion,   guitar, and textural instrument tracks that Simon and producer Phil Ramone used for the final mix of “Love Is Eternal Sacred Light” are online…

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New Pusha T video link below in case you missed it. Pusha was one of the only guest for Kanye’s set at Coachella last weekend. New project coming on Decon. [youtube Clo0U1BMR5I nolink]

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DEMI LOVATO OPENS UP; LEAVES DISNEY SHOW In Demi Lovato’s forthcoming interview with 20/20, the pop star isn’t holding anything back.   According to TMZ, in the pre-taped interview, Lovato admits that she was a “cutter,” and that she began doing it as early as 11 years old.   The now 18-year-old said that it…

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Having played some three dozen shows to over 1,000,000 fans over the course of 2010, Paul McCartney’s record-smashing Up and Coming Tour will make its first U.S. stop of 2011 on Friday, June 10 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, NV. The announcement of Macca’s return to Las Vegas comes nearly two years to…

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Having earned an Academy Award for “Best Actor” for his portrayal of a grizzled former country music legend in the 2009 film Crazy Heart, actor and musician Jeff Bridges has signed a recording deal with EMI’s Blue Note Records, which will release his major-label debut album in late summer. Inspired by their collaboration on Crazy…

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The call of ¡Mayday! has been answered. Florida-born hip-hop group ¡Mayday! and Kansas City-based Strange Music have inked a deal that brings the group to the roster of hip-hop’s hottest label. When the members of !Mayday! got the news that they are officially Strange’s newest act, they quickly broke out the ceremonial bottle of Flor…

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American Rock Band 3 Doors Down have announced that their much anticipated 5th studio album, Time of My Life (Universal Republic), will be released July 19th, 2011.   Recorded in Los Angeles, with Grammy-nominated producer Howard Benson (Daughtry, Flyleaf, Hoobastank, Three Days Grace) this album shows a clear evolution in 3 Doors Down while maintaining…

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Moby announces the release of a new single, “The Day”, taken from his upcoming new studio album, Destroyed being released May 17th. Available now from all digital service providers, “The Day” is followed by the full remix bundle on May 10th, which includes the original album track and remixes from Lifelike, Basto, Gesaffelstein, Eddie Thoneick…

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The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus recently wrote and recorded their latest album, Am I The Enemy, for an August 2011 release in partnership with Collective Sounds, the new label created by The Collective, a full-service entertainment management, media and content production company. The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus’ third studio album contains 11 politically charged, post hardcore alternative…

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Fresh off this year’s edition of his annual Paid Dues festival, Los Angeles rapper Murs presents the six-song Varsity Blues 2 EP, the sequel to 2002’s first installment. Murs (just about) kicks drugs and alcohol, pulls a gun on the ‘other guy’, dedicates one song to a dead love, another to a lost groupie, and…

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LADY GAGA TO PERFORM AT MTV VIDEO MUSIC AID JAPAN Lady Gaga will perform at the MTV Video Music Aid Japan on June 25th.   Gaga is the first performer to be announced for the 10th annual MTV Video Music Awards Japan, which are being dubbed the Video Music Aid Japan this year in order…

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Due to unforeseen routing and lineup issues, The Bamboozle Roadshow will not be taking place as planned.   Fans who purchased tickets will receive a full refund at points of purchase. www.thebamboozleroadshow.com

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Taking Back Sunday is set to release their new album on June 28, 2011. The self-titled release marks a return to the band’s original line-up from their 2002 debut Tell All Your Friends:   vocalist Adam Lazzara, guitarist Eddie Reyes and drummer Mark O’Connell have reunited with vocalist/guitarist John Nolan and bass player Shaun Cooper,…

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SPIN, the premiere resource for music discovery, and RED Distribution are excited to announce the SPIN special-edition Must-Hear Music mini-mag, available exclusively at Target on Sunday, April 17, 2011. For $4.99, consumers will have access to exclusive interviews, reviews, and photos from SPIN, 32 of the latest must-hear songs courtesy of two bonus CDs,featuring tracks…

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LADY GAGA IS ANTI-PLASTIC SURGERY Lady Gaga said she has never had plastic surgery.   The pop sensation, who graces the cover of the May issue of Harper’s Bazaar with horns adhered to her face, said she’s never permanently altered her body.   Gaga, who reportedly makes upwards of 62-million dollars a year now, currently…

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Jared Evan’s unique, genre-bending sound has already been featured on ESPN, Entourage, MLB Network, X-Games, and the “More Than A Game” soundtrack. Currently, he is in the studio recording his debut album, slated for release in 2011, with such marquee producers as Polow Da Don, ill Factor, Pharrell, Jimmy Douglass, Danja, Boi-1da and !llmind. [youtube…

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Grammy nominated, platinum recording artist, Jordin Sparks will join the New Kids On the Block and the Backstreet Boys as a special guest on the highly anticipated NKOTBSB upcoming North American concert tour.   Sparks was officially confirmed Tuesday, April 5th when NKOTBSB premiered their new single on, On Air with Ryan Seacrest.   Sparks…

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Cris Cab, he’s a 17 year old Cuban reggae rock songwriter who has worked with a ton of heavy hitters including Pharell. His video for “Good Girls” just debuted via Billboard, check it out here: [youtube asE3zMujh1w nolink]

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Greek modern atmospheric metallers SCAR OF THE SUN have signed a deal with Scarlet Records for the worldwide release of their much anticipated debut album “A Series Of Unfortunate Concurrencies”, a multi-dimensional musical concept blending many elements and influences, from gothic and doom atmospheres to modern electronic samples, from symphonic arrangements to the Swedish sound,…

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Indie pop-punkers Lemuria, fresh off their SXSW showcase, will be heading out on tour this summer with Against Me! and Screaming Females. The tour will start on May 31st in Millvale, PA and roll down the east coast to Maryland before heading back north through New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, and finally ending on June…

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NICKI MINAJ JOINS SPEARS’ FEMME FATALE TOUR! After weeks of speculation, Nicki Minaj has at last been confirmed to join Britney Spears’s upcoming Femme Fatale Tour.   The ladies will also be joined by Jessie and the Toy Boys and Nervo on the all-female lineup. Spears took to her webpage Tuesday morning to make the…

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The vessel for Don Miggs singer/songwriter style comes in the form of the “melodic pop/rock with a bit of an alt-rock edge” band MIGGS with bandmates Michael Lombardo and Walker Adams.   The band is currently on tour with KT Tunstall, the famous British artist first known for her breakout performance of “Black Horse and…

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ABRAMS announced today that the company has signed an agreement with George Harrison’s widow, Olivia Harrison, to publish the life of her late husband in pictures–Living in the Material World: George Harrison, named for Harrison’s solo album of 1973. The deal was negotiated by ABRAMS’s editor in chief, Eric Himmel, and Andrew Wylie of The…

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Here is the video for Mother Mother’s “The Stand”. If you haven’t seen it yet, check it out here on Skope!   This first single is off of the band’s recently released third studio album “Eureka” produced by MM’s own Ryan Guldemond and mixed by Mike Fraser (AC/DC, Franz Ferdinand, Elvis Costello). SKOPE IT HERE!

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Video of Jane’s Addiction recording their new track “End To The Lies” has been made available on the band’s official YouTube channel, which can be viewed here http://www.youtube.com/janesaddiction. “End To The Lies” comes from the band’s forthcoming new album ‘The Great Escape Artist’, which is set for an August release through Capitol.

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The song marks the first publicly available taste of the nine album cuts (of 16 total) produced by top 40 pop mastermind Mark Ronson, and features some of the long murmured-about new instrumentation that resulted from the collaboration, including a rare pitch-perfect performance on singing saw. [youtube Gj5NoVOEDNg nolink] www.black-lips.com

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JESSIE J’S ALBUM IS OUT IN THE U-S TODAY Today (4/12) marks the American release of Jessie J’s much anticipated debut album Who You Are.   It’s been out in her native U-K since late February, but Jessie told us that just based on the sheer size of America, releasing a record here is a…

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Jack’s Mannequin has announced a co-headlining summer tour with Guster, which kicks off August 7th in Baltimore and runs through September 4th in Columbus. 2011 is shaping up to be a big year for Jack’s Mannequin.   Originally formed as a side project while he was the frontman for the band Something Corporate, Andrew McMahon…

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John Paul Keith is a blistering guitarist and singer, and the kind of songwriter who makes great melodies and incredible lyrics sound effortless. His new album The Man That Time Forgot will be released on June 21st on Big Legal Mess via Fat Possum Records. Produced by Fat Possum’s Bruce Watson, it captures the spirit…

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