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METAL GOD ROB HALFORD LAUNCHES METAL GOD RECORDS

by Skope • June 18, 2009

Metal God Entertainment and Rob Halford are pleased to announce the launch of Metal God Records – a new music label providing global physical and digital distribution services for the world’s Rock and Metal performers. ‘It’s been a long desire of mine to be a co-owner and participate in the operation of a label focused…

by Skope • June 18, 2009

Check out some great new footage that was taken during Gomez’s visit to Austin, TX, this March at this year’s SXSW Music Festival below. See the band in an intimate rehearsal as well as interesting video taken from a photo shoot in East Austin. “A New Tide,” Gomez’s latest album, is now out on ATO…

by Skope • June 18, 2009

The Guitar Hero Smash Hits 2009 Music Awards are up and running. Fans can vote for their favorite songs and artists in a variety of categories at SmashHits.GuitarHero.com. Bands up for awards include Aerosmith, Foo Fighters, Avenged Sevenfold, Ozzy and Jane’s Addiction! Cast your vote now. SKOPE IT HERE!

by Skope • June 18, 2009

Florida metallers Black Tide have just premiered their video for “Warriors of Time” EXCLUSIVELY on MTV2. The animated video, directed by Lance Sells, follows Black Tide’s mascot, The Bastard, as he travels through the past, present, and future! SKOPE IT HERE! Having already conquered both Ozzfest and the Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival, Black Tide are…

by Skope • June 18, 2009

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by Skope • June 18, 2009

Disney.com announced today the launch of U Rock 2, a stand-out promotion that gives fans the opportunity to create their own music videos set to songs from popular Disney artists and post their original videos on the U Rock site (www.Disney.com/URock). The most popular U Rock video finalists, voted on by fans, will win…

by Skope • June 18, 2009

Check out the latest story behind Tori Amos’ new album, Abnormally Attracted To Sin, as she explains its “spiritual erotica” theme and why the Beatles’ Abbey Road was so important to her as a songwriter. SKOPE IT HERE!

by Skope • June 18, 2009

Beck.com will be undergoing an extensive overhaul in the next month. It will feature several new sections, including Record Club, a regular meeting of various musicians to record an entire album in one day. Due to the time constraints involved in recording a record in a day, an album will be chosen to be…

by Skope • June 18, 2009

Internationally revered French electronic pop duo AIR, Jean-Benoit Dunckel and Nicolas Godin, will release their fifth studio album Love 2 on October 6th, the follow-up to 2007’s acclaimed Pocket Symphony, and the first production to spring to life from their very own state-of-the-art recording facility Atlas Studio. Love 2 tracklisting: 01. Do The Joy 02.…

by Skope • June 18, 2009

by Skope • June 17, 2009

Reprise recording artists Cavo continue to burn up the charts on Rock radio with their propulsive debut single “Champagne.” After hitting airwaves on April 13th, the track has reached an audience of more than 24 million, scoring 124 radio adds amongst all Rock formats. It has claimed the No. 7 slot on Active…

by Skope • June 17, 2009

Pete Yorn’s Back And Fourth was released exclusively via iTunes today, and the album has already shot to No. 1 on the Alternative album chart and No. 5 on the overall sales count… And the West Coast is barely awake yet! Back And Fourth – which was released on iTunes with the bonus track “Rooftop”…

by Skope • June 17, 2009

Great Northern has just released their sophomore release titled, Remind Me Where The Light Is. On their sophomore album, Bixler and Stolte are not afraid to delve into darkness. Taking that risk helped them find beauty in sadness, the uplifting elements in the devastating. “We took a lot more risks by entering uncomfortable territory that…

by Skope • June 17, 2009

Upon its release on May 12, Divided By Night hit #1 on iTunes’ Electronic Music chart and #1 on Amazon. It also debuted on various Billboard charts including: #38 Top 200 Albums, #2 Top Electronic Albums, #3 Top Digital Albums and #4 Top Independent Albums. It features a vast array of guests including vocalists…

by Skope • June 17, 2009

Masspike Miles had girls screaming way before he got his first tattoo or signed with Rick Ross’ Maybach Music Group. The Roxbury, Massachusetts native used to get attention as a chubby kid during his stint in a short-lived R&B group in the early ’90s. SKOPE IT HERE!

by Skope • June 17, 2009

As A Camp kick off their first North American tour today at the Bowery Ballroom in New York City in support of their North American debut album, Colonia, the band announces the release of their Covers EP on Nettwerk exclusively in North America through iTunes on June 9. The Covers EP features three cover tracks…

by Skope • June 17, 2009

Bob Bogle, who co-founded the best selling rock instrumental band in music history the Ventures after meeting Don Wilson while trying to buy a used car from a dealership owned by his father in 1958, passed away on Sunday at the age of 75 after long battle with Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma. Although he hasn’t played live…

by Skope • June 17, 2009

With a title like Time To Die, you might think the Dodos’ third disc is their ‘mature album,’ a deadly serious undertaking punctuated with string sections and synths. Nice try kid, but you’ve got it all wrong. While indie rock’s go-to guy, Phil Ek (Built to Spill, Fleet Foxes, The Shins), hopped behind the boards…

by Skope • June 17, 2009

Green Day will premiere the video for their new single, “21 Guns,” exclusively on MySpace Music on June 21st at midnight. The video was helmed by noted director Marc Webb, who has lensed clips for such artists as My Chemical Romance, Weezer, and All-American Rejects, and is making his feature film directorial debut in July…

by Skope • June 17, 2009

Gym Class Heroes frontman Travis McCoy is currently traveling to South Africa, the Philippines and India to raise awareness about youth driven HIV and AIDS prevention initiatives. McCoy, who is the new MTV Staying Alive Special Ambassador, will be writing a new single inspired by his travels and those he meets along the way.…

by Skope • June 17, 2009

Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig and M.I.A. will appear on the Very Best’s debut album The Warm Heart of Africa. According to Pitchfork, the album will be released this fall and M.I.A. and Koenig collaborate on “Rain Dance” as well as the record’s title track.

by Skope • June 17, 2009

MTV News reports that Lady Gaga and Akon will be appearing on Sean Kingston’s sophomore effort, Tomorrow. The disc boasts Kingston’s new single, “Fire Burning,” which recently has been getting a ton of airplay. Tomorrow will be released August 25th.

by Skope • June 17, 2009

Cat Stevens, better known as Yusuf Islam these days, is now acknowledging that any similarities between his track “Forgeiner Suite” and Coldplay’s “Viva La Vida” wasn’t intentional. The famous songwriter told the Daily Express that he feels the British band did copy his song but that they did not do it on purpose. He even…

by Skope • June 17, 2009

NME.com reports that Santigold has begun work on a new album and Pharrell will be producing it. She intends to begin recording in August and says that Otis Redding and rapper Egyptian Lover will influence the sound of the album.

by Skope • June 17, 2009

It turns out that “New Divide,” Linkin Park’s new song from Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, isn’t just your average movie song. The band revealed to MTV News that they wrote the track after seeing almost half the film and that the song inspired composer Hans Zimmer’s soundtrack for the flick. The guys even disclosed…

by Skope • June 17, 2009

There’s a new video out for the remix of Katy Perry’s hit song “Waking Up in Vegas” and you can watch it at PerezHilton.com. SKOPE IT HERE!

by Skope • June 17, 2009

Beyonce has unleashed a batch of new videos off her multi-platinum disc, I Am…Sasha Fierce. The latest to be released is “Broken-hearted Girl” and the revamped version of “Ego” featuring Kanye West. The videos are featured in Beyonce’s new video anthology, Above & Beyonce: Video Collection & Dance Mixes, which is in stores now. DIRECT…

by Skope • June 17, 2009

Woodstock Ventures has teamed with Sony Music Entertainment to launch Woodstock.com, the official website for the Woodstock community. Woodstock.com will feature a cutting edge live music social network for all concerts, including complete artist and event information, access to ticketing, concert reviews, blogs and a forum to connect with other fan events throughout the world.…

by Skope • June 17, 2009

Grammy Award winning, multi-platinum selling artist Lil Wayne headlines this summer’s Young Money Presents: America’s Most Wanted Music Festival. Lil Wayne will be joined by artists Young Jeezy, Soulja Boy and Drake for the twenty one city tour through the United States and Canada. Tickets for the tour will go on sale June 20th and…

by Skope • June 16, 2009

Eye’z is having the ultimate fan video contest and offering $150 to the winner! Do you love to watch Youtube all day? Do you love to post videos that you made on your own Youtube channel or other video sharing site? Do you love & adore Eye’z? If you answered yes, this contest is for…

by Skope • June 16, 2009

First came the emancipation, then came energy and power, and now come MEMOIRS OF AN IMPERFECT ANGEL, the new album by interna tional superstar Mariah Carey, scheduled to arrive on August 25th. The first new single pick from MEMOIRS is “Obsessed,” which blasts out to radio today, Tuesday, June 16th. The video…

by Skope • June 16, 2009

For more than 60 years, Atlantic Records has been home to the most innovative, compelling, and enduring artists in African-American music, spanning soul and R&B, jazz and hip-hop. To commemorate this month’s 30th anniversary of “Black Music Month,” Atlantic has launched a dynamic online promotional campaign, dubbed “Atlantic IS Black Music.” “Atlantic IS Black…

by Skope • June 16, 2009

Legendary band KISS made headlines last month when they announced their U.S. and Canadian tour will be the world’s first to put fans in charge of where a tour is routed. Now, KISS is adding even more excitement to their tour as they announce the selection of Buckcherry as the opening act for all…

by Skope • June 16, 2009

Pianist Robert Glasper presents both sides of his musical persona with Double-Booked, his third album for Blue Note Records, which will be released on August 25. The album bridges Glasper’s parallel careers as the leader of an acclaimed jazz trio and a first-call sideman with hip-hop artists such as Mos Def, Q Tip and The…