Category: NEWS

With blown minds still reeling from a record-breaking one-off headline appearance at this year’s Coachella festival, Gorillaz have confirmed that their worldwide “Escape To Plastic Beach” tour will begin in North America with a 20 date stretch commencing October 3 at Montreal’s Bell Centre and including the band’s first ever performance at Madison Square Garden…

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Bon Jovi has sold more than 130 million records worldwide and performed in front of more than 34 million fans but little is known about how Bon Jovi rose to superstardom as he doesn’t often talk about the early years. For the first time, take an all-access backstage ride into the early years (1983-89) through…

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Frontier Records the independent Los Angeles-based record label founded in 1980, celebrates its 30th anniversary this year with their 100th release, YES L.A., scheduled for later this year. Owned and operated by Lisa Fancher, Frontier is instrumental in releasing classic punk, alternative country, paisley underground, goth and pop records that are considered classic ‘must-haves’ to…

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Rock sensations Good Charlotte are proud to announce that they have signed to Capitol Records and will be releasing their highly anticipated fifth full-length album Cardiology on October 26, 2010, almost exactly 10 years after their self-titled debut put them on the map as one of the most exciting bands of the decade. Originally formed…

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Word Music has signed a long-term agreement with Lari Goss, as announced today by Mark Cabaniss, Senior Vice President and Manager of Word Music.   “For more than 30 years, Lari Goss has had an incredible influence on music for the church and beyond,” says Cabaniss.   “Word Music has published countless arrangements from Lari…

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We at Skopemag.com get hundreds of exclusive tracks via various vendors on a daily basis. The goal for us is to share with our readers as many tracks that come in. Please note that some of these links expire so you got to get it while it’s hot! YOUNG JEEZY feat OPIUM BLACK & DRAKE…

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EMINEM SCORES NUMBER ONE HIT! Eminem will post the first back-to-back Billboard Hot 100 chart-toppers of his career as “Love The Way You Lie” featuring Rihanna debuts at number one today.   According to Billboard, the rapper debuted atop the Hot 100 in May with “Not Afraid,” the introductory single from his current number one…

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Ten Speed Taxi’s latest CD, Spinning, is now available at the iTunes store, at digstation.com, and at cdbaby.com.   According to music reviewer John Berbich of Fourth Coast Entertainment Magazine, the album offers “catchy original songs with clever tongue-in-cheek lyrics, tight, spunky delivery of the music, country influence, a hunk of funk, straight-ahead rock, and…

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Saying goodbye is never easy. This rings true for Carolyne, Caroline and Jordan of Fervent Records’ pureNRG, who are wrapping up their successful music career as one of Christian music’s most popular teen pop groups. Today, July 20, available for physical and digital release, the group will release their sixth and final album — a…

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Tim Kasher is set to release his debut solo album, The Game Of Monogamy, on October 5th, 2010 via Saddle Creek.   Recorded this past January in Whitefish, MT, at SnowGhost Music and in his rental home in the small town, the album marks the first time Kasher – frontman for celebrated acts Cursive and…

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Leading up to the release of The Pack’s forthcoming sophomore LP, Wolfpack Party, the group will be releasing one new track a week from the LP. This weeks leak, “Kimbo Slice,” will be a bonus track off of a special version of Wolfpack Party, which will be released on 8-24-2010 on SMC Recordings. “Kimbo Slice”…

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XUMANII is a revolutionary LIVE media production, marketing, and social networking site that encompasses and surpasses the best of Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, YouTube, Ustream, and others while also providing the capability to monetize one’s online presence.   XUMANII (pronounced “zoo-mon-ee”) crashes onto the scene as the one-stop shop and   personal channel to the world…

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KATY PERRY READIES NEW SINGLE Katy Perry will release her new single “Teenage Dream” on Monday.   The song is the title track off her next album, due next month, and the follow-up single to her huge summer hit, “California Gurls” featuring Snoop Dogg.   “Gurls” has been the number one song on the Billboard…

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The Dirty Heads are not only the first independent label artists to have a #1 song at alternative radio for 11 weeks in a row but the laid back group out of Orange County is also the first independent label artists to go #1 on Billboard’s all format rock songs chart in history! The song…

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Singer-songwriter Tony Lucca released his sixth studio album, “Rendezvous With The Angels,” on July 13, 2010, on Rock Ridge Music (through Warner Music Group’s Alternative Distribution Alliance).   “Rendezvous With The Angels” finds Lucca crafting his most thoughtful, tuneful, and mature work yet.   The album includes appearances by Lucca’s 2009 tour mate Sara Bareilles…

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Jason Mraz has announced details of his upcoming North American tour. The Atlantic recording artist kicks off on September 11th at Bangor, Maine’s Bangor Waterfront and then continues through early October. For up-to-the-minute ticket on-sale, pre-sale and tour information, please visit www.jasonmraz.com. In tandem with his own tour, Mraz will also be making a series…

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Multi-platinum rock band Thirty Seconds To Mars single “This Is War” reaches #1 on the alternative radio airplay charts this week, after an 8-week run at #2.   This is the band’s second consecutive #1 single from their 3rd studio album This Is War (EMI’s Virgin Records) which was released in December, 2009.   The…

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September 28th, 2010 marks the release date of Jimmy Eat World’s highly anticipated new album,Invented. Recorded in Tempe, Arizona at the band’s Unit 2 studio, Jimmy Eat World reunited with Mark Trombino, the producer on the band’s breakthrough album, Bleed American, and their seminal earlier albums, Static Prevails and Clarity. “We’re very excited about Invented,”…

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The Maine have just premiered the video for their single “Inside of You” on MTV.com. Watch the band leave their black and white world behind to enter the crazy, colorful imagination of a young boy via his kaleidoscope.

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“Dirty Talk,” the new single from Big Beat/Atlantic recording artist Wynter Gordon, has hit #1 on Billboard’s “Dance Club Play Songs” chart! Log on to www.WynterGordon.com NOW for the WORLD PREMIERE of Wynter’s “Dirty Talk” Video. The single “Dirty Talk” was produced by Jupiter Ace. [youtube J7nWBgj83Og nolink]

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The term “Super-Group” describes a band rising out of two of the most creative bands of the past 30 years: YOSO is formed out of TOTO’s brilliant lead vocalist Bobby Kimball and the creative force of former YES members, Tony Kaye and Billy Sherwood, thus equalling the magic of YES with the voice of TOTO.…

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BIEBER COMIC BOOK! According to The Hollywood Reporter, Justin Bieber is getting his own biography comic book, courtesy of Bluewater Productions.   The 32-page Fame: Justin Bieber comic, due out in October, will chronicle the 16-year-old singer’s climb from his days as a Toronto street performer through his YouTube phenomenon to his current success.  …

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Bay-Area independent rap legend Lyrics Born has joined forces with New York multimedia powerhouse Decon for the sake of quality trans-national hip-hop. The multi-faceted musician plans to release his third proper solo effort, As U Were on October 26th. The lead single “Lies x 3” is an alt-tinged synth-rocker that is a sure shot summer…

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Award winning artist Joss Stone is set to debut as the newest Bond girl in Activision Publishing, Inc.’s (Nasdaq: ATVI) James Bond 007: Blood Stone, an original Bond experience from legendary screenwriter   Bruce Feirstein.   In addition to stepping into a leading role, Grammy and BRIT Award winner Joss Stone will create original music…

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The Spill Canvas will release new music for Reprise Records, entitled Formalities, on July 27th.   Formalities, produced by Mike Green, follows up Abnormalities & Realities, which were released as a three-part body of work earlier this year.   A special physical edition of Formalities comes with a limited t-shirt and is available exclusively at…

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While electrifying audiences on the road for an explosive summer tour, Goo Goo Dolls have released an exclusive Tour only EP, entitled Waiting For the Rest Of It, which is being sold at all tour stops and will be released by all digital service providers on July 20th.   The EP includes four songs from…

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P!NK FINE AFTER INJURY IN GERMANY We reported last week that P!nk had to be taken to the hospital in Germany after her harness malfunctioned during a show and she was thrown into a barricade.   The pop star posted on her Twitter account that she’s going to be just fine, that nothing was broken,…

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Kaskade’s first video for his first single ‘Dynasty’ from the chart topping artist album of the same name, premiered on AOL’s uber-cool Spinner site today. Featuring a fresh powder blue tuxedo worn by Kaskade himself who also drives a station wagon in the music video – a short story that follows the California based artist…

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This Sunday, rap superstar Drake is bringing fans behind the velvet ropes this weekend, teaming with the newly launched LIVE media and social networking site XUMANII to offer a ‘’Virtual’’ VIP Pass for his After-Party in his native country of Canada.   For the first time ever, fans can get up close and personal with…

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Legendary rocker and main man Berzerker Zakk Wylde is calling on Berzerkers worldwide to put on their directors caps and get creative!   Wylde is asking aspiring Black Label Society auteurs to make their video submissions for the slamming new Black Label Society single, “Parade Of The Dead” in the “Lead The Parade” video contest.…

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Poe Boy/Atlantic recording artist Flo Rida has teamed up with E!’s “Daily 10” to exclusively air the worldwide premiere of his new video, “Club Can’t Handle Me (feat. David Guetta)” this Friday, July 16th at 7:30pm ET/PT. The song is the latest single from the “Step Up 3D” Soundtrack (Atlantic Records), which arrives in stores…

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Indie label End Sounds is bringing to life the vision Montgomery, AL’s female fronted quintet, EVOLETT through the release of their debut album, For Your Consideration available on August 24. The bands unique name is based off the ancient tribal character of Evolet in the film 10,000 B.C., and their inspiration with a similar mission…

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Jersey Shore’s DJ Pauly D, The Situation and pals will soon be fist-pumping to the sounds of Skiddalz in the upcoming Season 2 of the hit show (Episode 2, to be exact), as MTV licensed the unsigned femcee’s song, OMG! for the show, along with 5 other songs for shows yet to be announced. The…

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Multi-platinum rock band Thirty Seconds To Mars have added new dates to the U.S. return of their massively successful “Into The Wild” world tour.     The new U.S. leg will start on August 30th in Syracuse, NY at the New York State Fair and run through Oct. 16th in Pensacola, FL at Deluna Festival…

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P!NK HAS ACCIDENT AT GERMAN SHOW P!nk apparently had a rough ending to her concert in Nuremberg, Germany.   The pop star wrote on her Twitter account that she “didn’t get clipped” into her harness correctly, and was dragged offstage into a barricade.   She had to go to the hospital to get x-rays, but…

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Iconic and often unpredictable golfer, John Daly, has added a new shot to his repertoire, releasing an album of heartfelt and semi-autobiographical songs through Nashville-based digital label, GMV Nashville. His latest effort, titled I Only Know One Way, is Daly’s second album release and features a mix of Country and blues-infused rockers (“Hit It Hard,”…

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Pete Wentz knows a thing or two about earning fans, both for his own music with Fall Out Boy and as a record label, philanthropic, art and fashion impresario. We know there are lots of you out there who want to know the very latest details from him about Fall Out Boy and his many,…

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Jason Simon, guitarist and vocalist for critically acclaimed Washington, D.C. hard rock band and Matador Records recording artists DEAD MEADOW has completed work on his debut solo album.   Simon will release the self-titled Jason Simon on September 14 via NYC’s Tee Pee Records. As the voice of the celebrated psychedelic trio DEAD MEADOW since…

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Acclaimed guitarist/composer Steve Morse has teamed up with breakout singer/songwriter Sarah Spencer to release Angelfire, an album of haunting, harmony-laden acoustic songs. Steve Morse is often described as a “musician’s musician,” acclaimed amongst artists but eschewing the public limelight. The six-time Grammy nominee is renowned as much for his writing as his guitar playing, garnering…

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Singer-songwriter ZacPoor has just released a music video for his debut single “She’ll Be Breaking Hearts.”   Created by Zac, his brother and a few friends, the video pays homage to film noir and is definitely worth a watch. [youtube JDPDmAiz490 nolink]

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