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NAAM COMPLETES WORK ON DEBUT ALBUM

Brooklyn, NY heavy psych rock band NAAM has completed work on its debut album.   The fast-rising buzz band will drop the self-titled Naam on October 20, 2009 via NYC’s Tee Pee Records.     The follow up to the group’s three-song mega-EP Kingdom, Naam was recorded on an abandoned dairy farm in New York’s…

STEPHEN STILLS YESTERDAY AND TODAY

Stephen Stills has influenced generations with his powerful voice, songwriting artistry, and passionate guitar playing, both as a solo artist and as a member of Buffalo Springfield, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, and Manassas. While Stills spends his summer on the road with David Crosby and Graham Nash, Rhino presents a pair of new releases…

SPIKE LEE’S MJ BLOCK PARTY

Spike Lee is marking Michael Jackson’s birthday with a block party celebration in Brooklyn.   The filmmaker’s bash for the late King of Pop will be held in on August 29th, what would have been Jackson’s 51st birthday.   Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz will proclaim August 29th “Michael Jackson Day” at the celebration.  …

LIL WAYNE CANCELS DATES DUE TO ILLNESS

Due to illness, Lil Wayne canceled the Western Canada tour dates of the Young Money Presents: America’s Most Wanted Music Festival. Doctors told Weezy to scrap his performances as he was too sick. Lil Wayne, Young Jeezy, Soulja Boy and more were all set to play Vancouver and Edmonton Monday and Tuesday nights but were…

R. KELLY ANNOUNCES FALL TOUR

R. Kelly has announced a new fall tour called Ladies Make Some Noise! that will coincide with the release of his new album, Untitled. The trek kicks off on October 8th in Connecticut and hits a variety of cities in Alabama, Nevada, Florida and more, before winding down in Missouri. Tickets go on sale starting…

DAUGHTRY ANNOUNCES TOUR DATES

Just the other day, Daughtry gave a teaser about their fall tour, and now, the band has officially released the dates.   They’ll be hitting the road with Theory of a Deadman starting October 19th in Topeka, Kansas and will be touring for just about the rest of the year, until December 20th in Evansville,…

MILEY TOPS iTUNES SINGLES CHART

Miley Cyrus has the number one downloaded song on iTunes this week with her latest single, “Party in the U.S.A.”   The Black Eyed Peas are at number two with “I Gotta Feeling,” which has been the number one song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the last seven weeks.   George Straight has…

AMY WINEHOUSE IN MIAMI

Amy Winehouse is headed to Miami and apparently, it’s not just to party.   According to British paper The Sun, the embattled singer is going to Florida to work with producer Salaam Remi on the follow-up to her hit album Back to Black.

CELINE DION PREGNANT

Celine Dion is pregnant with her second child. The 41-year-old’s representative confirmed that the singer and her 67-year-old husband and manager, René Angélil, are going to be parents once again. They have an eight-year-old son named René-Charles. Learn more at UsMagazine.com.

MONSTER ENERGY ANNOUNCES SPONSORSHIP CONTEST FOR LOCAL BANDS

This season, Monster Energy and Crüe Fest 2 partnered to put the Monster Energy Stage on the summer’s most anticipated traveling rock festival, turning up the Crüe Fest 2 experience to offer fans ten great bands for one price.   In nearly every market, Monster Energy empowered local radio stations to run contests for the…

ANDY YORKE CONTRIBUTES TO ‘CIAO MY SHINING STAR’

On Sept 29, Shout! Factory will release the Mark Mulcahy (Miracle Legion, Polaris) tribute album, Ciao My Shining Star. The album features Thom Yorke, Michael Stipe, The National, Dinosaur Jr and many others performing the songs of Mark Mulcahy. Proceeds from the album will help Mark to continue making music while taking care of his…

SKOPE EXCLUSIVES: Digital Leather “Photo Lie”

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SKOPE EXCLUSIVES: Streetz & Young Deuces “MAD FLAVOR”

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ROCK THE EARTH AND THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND PARTNER

Environmental advocacy organization Rock the Earth,   announced today that they have partnered with the Allman Brothers Band and Widespread Panic in calling on all attendees of the bands co-headlining North American Tour, to bring their old, unwanted mobile phones (and chargers, adapters, etc) to the Rock the Earth booth at the Allman Brothers Band…

LAKESHORE RECORDS UNVEILS DETAILS FOR ‘FAME’ THE MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK DUE OUT AUGUST 25

Lakeshore Entertainment, Lakeshore Records and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, is proud to present the soundtrack to the 21st Century remake of the 1980 Oscar ®-winning film classic, FAME. Set for release on August 25 via Lakeshore Records and produced by Grammy Award nominated soundtrack album producers Brian McNelis and Skip Williamson with Eric Craig, it teams world-renowned songwriters…

PHISH & NEWBURY COMICS OFFER PINT GLASS

Pre-Order Phish’s upcoming release, Joy, and receive a limited edition pint glass from the “Newbury Comics Artist Pint Glass Series”! This Phish pint glass is a Limited Edition, and it will be available in our stores on Tuesday, September 8th. If you want to be sure you get one, pre-order right here on newburycomics.com. SKOPE…

THREE DAYS GRACE UNVEIL ALBUM COVER

Three Days Grace have premiered the album art for Life Starts Now! The album is set to hit stores September 22nd via Jive Records, with the first single off the record titled “Break.” Visit their official page for more information as the band has been blogging throughout their recording process. SKOPE IT HERE! www.myspace.com/threedaysgrace

LAST GANG RECORDS ANNOUNCES THE RELEASE OF BOYS NOIZE’S SOPHOMORE EFFORT ‘POWER’

Last Gang, the Toronto-based recording, management and publishing outfit responsible for releases by artists including Metric, Death From Above 1979, MSTKRFT and Crystal Castles, is pleased to announce their latest North American release, POWER, by German-based electronic artist, Boys Noize.   POWER will be available nationwide on October 6, 2009 on Last Gang Records courtesy…

CONVERGE’S ‘AXE TO FALL’ ON OCTOBER 20

Groundbreaking hardcore-metal band Converge will release their long anticipated new studio album, Axe To Fall, on October 20 via Epitaph (vinyl on Deathwish).   Considered one of the most intense, important, and influential metal/hardcore bands ever, Converge continue their uncompromising evolution, experimenting and manipulating the fiercest form of music with the most aggressive album of…

BOYS LIKE GIRLS TO RELEASE LOVE DRUNK SEPT. 8

Love Drunk will be released Sept. 8, but is now available for pre-order on www.boyslikegirls.com, where fans can select from three different exclusive packages, and the first few hundred fans who order will have their names printed in a limited edition “Love Drunk” journal. The album is produced by Brian Howes [Puddle of Mudd, Chris…

SKOPE EXCLUSIVES: The Hi-Nobles “SHAKE”

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‘SINATRA: NEW YORK’ OUT NOVEMBER 3

Frank Sinatra may have been born in Hoboken, New Jersey, but the Chairman of the Board always held a special place in his heart for the city that never sleeps–“The Apple,” as he called it. From a surprise appearance with Tommy Dorsey in 1955 to a 1990 concert at Radio City Music Hall, SINATRA: NEW…

ROOKIE COP PICKS UP BOB DYLAN

A 22 year-old New Jersey police officer now has a pretty crazy tale to tell.   Last month she unknowingly picked up Bob Dylan in her squad car. The icon was allegedly found wandering in the rain in Long Branch, New Jersey. After a complaint from a homeowner that said an “eccentric-looking old man” was…

U2 DEFEND CARBON FOOTPRINT

U2 has come under fire for their carbon footprint from their massive tours. Guitarist The Edge is addressing the issue telling the BBC, “I think anybody that’s touring is going to have a carbon footprint. I think it’s probably unfair to single out rock ‘n’ roll. There’s many other things that are in the same…

50 CENT FREE SHOW IN JAMAICA, QUEENS?

According to XXLMag.com, 50 Cent is planning a free show near his hometown of Jamaica, Queens, New York. The concert is set to take place near the projects where Fiddy grew up.   Authorities and residents who live near the area are worried the free show might spark an increase in violence and gunplay and…

PHISH COVERS KATY PERRY

Katy Perry has a lot of fans and now she can count four more, as the legendary jam band Phish covered her breakthough single “I Kissed a Girl” on Sunday night.   The group played the song late in the second set of their final show of their summer tour in New York on Sunday.…

DRAKE SET TO HAVE KNEE SURGERY

Drake announced via Twitter that he will have knee surgery to repair three torn ligaments on September 8th.   In June, the rapper tore his ACL, MCL and LCL while playing basketball.   He was set to join Lil’ Wayne, Young Jeezy and Soulja Boy Tell’em as one of the America’s Most Wanted headliners.  …

BROTHER ALI NEW SINGLE “FRESH AIR” VIA YOUTUBE

A profound personal glimpse into a vulnerability seldom seen or heard in music, Us touches on the strengths and flaws of the human condition, exploring drug abuse, divorce, homophobia and many more topics that most people are scared to touch in their own lives, much less on an album for the world to see. Listen…

THE SOUNDS REMIX “NO ONE SLEEPS WHEN I’M AWAKE”

The Sounds are releasing a remix of “No One Sleeps When I’m Awake” by a young DJ called Viking. “No One Sleeps” is the first single from The Sounds latest album Crossing The Rubicon. You can pull down the Viking remix: SKOPE IT HERE! www.the-sounds.com

LUDO RE-RELEASES OUT-OF-PRINT DEBUT AND EP ON SEPTEMBER 29

Before LUDO became a household name by selling over 100,000 copies of their Island Records debut album, You’re Awful, I Love You, the band had built a strong following in the Midwest by peddling their self-released records out of the back of their van. Blowing through thousands of these albums, Ludo thought they would never…

SKOPE EXCLUSIVES: Felt “Protagonists”

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TECH N9NE PRESENTS BIG SCOOB MONSTERIFIK RELEASE SEPTEMBER 15

BIG SCOOB’s voice, presence and personality are so booming, they’re … Monsterifik. His fans feel it, and so too did Tech N9ne when he signed the Kansas City native to Strange in April 2009. On Sept. 15, 2009, the most successful independent Hip Hop artist in history will introduce the world to BIG SCOOB with…

WARNER BROS. RECORDING ARTIST LIGHTS TO RELEASE ‘THE LISTENING’

Warner Bros Records is proud to announce the October 6, 2009 release of The Listening, the debut full-length album from LIGHTS.   The Toronto singer, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist crafts her own brand of sparkling, otherworldly electro-pop that is, in her words “soft, but not pussy-soft, you know?”   LIGHTS’ songs have already garnered almost…

THE RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS PREMIERE NEW VIDEO FOR SINGLE “PEN & PAPER”

Virgin Records platinum-plus rockers THE RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS will partner with Hot Topic’s Shockhound.com to premiere their new video for single “Pen & Paper” off their sophomore album LONELY ROAD, which debuted this year at #14 on Billboards Top 200 chart. The 48 hour exclusive premiere will begin on August 17 at Shockhound.com.

NEW GOV’T MULE ALBUM OUT OCTOBER 27 VIA EVIL TEEN

Gov’t Mule is proud to announce that their latest record, ‘By A Thread’ is set for an October 27th release through Evil Teen Records. Their first studio album in three years, ‘By A Thread’ finds the Mule, lead guitarist and frontman Warren Haynes, drummer Matt Abts, keyboardist Danny Louis, and bassist Jorgen Carlsson, adding a…

K’JON CHARTS IN TOP 15 ON BILLBOARD ALBUM CHARTS

Accomplished newcomer K’Jon scored one of the most impressive R&B crossover debuts of the year, with his new Universal Republic album I Get Around landing in the Top 15 of the Billboard Top Albums chart this week. The eye-opening debut, logging in at # 12 and # 5 on the R&B chart, is due in…

SKOPE EXCLUSIVES: “XL” (feat. Killah Priest & Sha Dula)

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BROOKE WAGGONER ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM

Brooke Waggoner returns on November 3rd with her second full-length album titled Go Easy Little Doves. All twelve songs on the album were not only written and composed by Waggoner, as with her previous releases, but Go Easy Little Doves was entirely self-produced. With Go Easy Little Doves, Waggoner expands and surrounds her sound with…

EISLEY BACK ON THE ROAD FOR FALL TOUR WITH SAY ANYTHING

Eisley will go back on the road this October for an extensive nationwide tour as very special guests of Say Anything. The tour begins October 14th in Anaheim, CA, and runs through November 22nd where it concludes at the famed Troubadour in Los Angeles. Joining Say Anything and Eisley will be Vagrant Records’ Moneen. Miniature…