The Bamboozle Roadshow is making its way across the country. One lucky Skope Magazine reader will be given two tickets to the June 26th concert at the Nassau Coliseum. The Lineup includes All Time Low, Boys Like Girls, Cartel, Forever The Sickest Kids, Good Charlotte and Hanson.
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MTV RADIO’S MORNING FACTS FOR THURSDAY, JUNE 3RD, 2010
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GAGA’S ALBUM NOT COMING OUT CHRISTMAS TIME Lady Gaga was very revealing in her interview with Larry King on Tuesday night, and that included some information about her highly anticipated sophomore album. The pop star said that the effort will not be coming out before Christmas, and that the reason she was being honest…
Manuel Bruce, Manuel Is Back With Friends
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Manuel Bruce (pronounced Broo-say) is the man behind this new project that includes SO MUCH! The CD offers wonderful instrumentals, original material and covers that will leave you wanting more. Bottom line, this new record is just all about the music and that’s it! On this album, you are getting a wide range…
MTV RADIO’S MORNING FACTS FOR MONDAY, MAY 24TH, 2010
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USHER TEAMS UP WITH JUSTIN BIEBER FOR NEW SINGLE Usher teamed up with his young protégé, Justin Bieber, for his new single, “Somebody to Love.” The upbeat dance song is a true collaboration and features the two trading lines and singing together. The tune is featured on Bieber’s My World 2.0 album, which…
Mac Leaphart, Line, Rope, Etc.
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I have got to come clean… I am warming up to country music. Albeit slowly… yes, warming up. Now as a disclaimer that doesn’t include all country. I still have no palate for kitschy twang or play on word, hokey lyrics. But the heartfelt, cut-me-I-bleed country that comes from some deep place within, I can…
Dog’s Day at Terminal 5
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Dr. Dog played host to a packed crowd at New York’s Terminal 5 to promote their new album Shame, Shame. The show offered up more proof that Dr. Dog are one of the best and most popular live bands around today.
SKOPE / LIFEHOUSE IPOD GIVEAWAY
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Currently in the middle of a North American tour to celebrate the release of their latest album Smoke & Mirrors, and the success of their single “Halfway Gone,” Lifehouse is partnering up with Skope Magazine to give one lucky fan a 3rd Generation, 32gb iPod Touch loaded with the entire Lifehouse catalog – Smoke &…
FREE MP3 DOWNLOAD OF DOUG KEITH NEW SONG “THE ECHO WILL FADE”
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NYC-based singer/songwriter Doug Keith will be kicking off a summer long national tour on May 18th in Greensboro, NC in support of both his recently released sophomore full-length The Lucky Ones and the newly remixed and remastered re-release of his critically acclaimed 2009 debut album Here’s To Outliving Me on July 13th (both on Doug’s…
STOLI HEADS TO BRAZIL TO MEET UP WITH MEGAREX
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Another weekend has gone and a new edition of Skoped Out is here. This week we decided to head below the equator to check out a band making some heavy noise called Megarex. What caught me most from these guys is their ability to write catchy hooks. I got hooked on Megarex after listening…
XAVIER RUDD SUMMER DATES / VIDEO
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Best-selling Australian singer-songwriter, Xavier Rudd, is set to launch a U.S. tour in support of his new album, Koonyum Sun. The album is his first recording with South African rhythm section comprised of Tio Moloantoa on Bass and Andile Nqubezelo, formerly of the late Lucky Dube’s band. Rudd, known for his must-be-seen-to-be-believed live show–where he…
MTV RADIO’S MORNING FACTS FOR WEDNESDAY, MAY 12th, 2010
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GAGA WILL SLEEP WHEN SHE’S DEAD Lady Gaga reassured her fans on Friday that she will not be taking any time off in the near future. The pop star just added 2011 U-S tour dates, and she told a crowd in Sweden, “I’ll sleep when I’m dead,” because she knows she works hard and…
I Am the Dot, Minimal Love
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Amidst a Young Coyotes’ hiatus, Zach Tipton donned the moniker I Am the Dot and has since been steady releasing a series of terse EPs. Both strange in arrangement and approach, the EPs are replete with multi-layered tracks that run the musical gamut from eerie to comforting. His latest outing, Minimal Love, stays true to…
MTV RADIO’S MORNING FACTS FOR THURSDAY, MAY 6th, 2010
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B.o.B DEBUTS AT NUMBER ONE! Atlanta rapper B.o.B bows at number one on the Billboard album chart this week with his debut, The Adventures of Bobby Ray, selling 84-thousand copies in its first week according to Nielsen SoundScan. It marks the first time a solo male artist has earned a number album on the…
MTV RADIO’S MORNING FACTS FOR WEDNESDAY, MAY 5th, 2010
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USHER & B.o.B TOP ITUNES CHART Usher’s “OMG” featuring will.i.am from the Black Eyed Peas tops the iTunes singles download chart this week. Last week’s number one, B.o.B’s “Nothin’ On You” featuring Bruno Mars, falls to number six, while his latest single, “Airplanes” featuring Paramore’s Hayley Williams, remains at number two. Taio Cruz’s…
Christopher Hawley Rollers, Comes Around Again
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The Christopher Hawley Rollers are a band you find in a juke joint on the side of Route 62, letting the dust come in and coating bar top, boots and guitar fret boards; playin’ crowd-pleasers ‘til sunrise and going home with enough money in the pocket to come back next week. At least, that’s the…
RANDOM STABBINGS & ARTLESS CRITIQUE, MAY 2010
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Hyperbubble, Candy Apple Daydreams (Bubblegum Records) Though incessantly billing themselves as “photogenic,” this lo-tech Atari-punk duo look a bit long in the tooth to take on Fischerspooner and whatnot in the MySpace Music arena, but it could be part of the shtick, who knows. More cheese than a Velveeta factory here, although the somewhat…
MTV RADIO’S MORNING FACTS FOR FRIDAY, APRIL 30th, 2010
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GAGA MAKES THE TIME 100 LIST Lady Gaga has made it! The pop star is on Time’s list of the 100 people who most affect the world. Friend Cyndi Lauper actually wrote the article about Gaga, saying that she has “incredible pop sensibility” and that she’s more than a performance artist, and is…
Robin Stone, Bad Girl
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Get ready for Robin Stone as she brings you her new album full of so much good flavor. Bad Girl proves that Stone is a gifted singer/songwriter and a force to be reckoned with in this business. If I had to use one phrase to describe this record’s overall sound I would call…
MTV RADIO’S MORNING FACTS FOR THURSDAY, APRIL 15th, 2010
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JUSTIN BIEBER CLIMBS BACK TO NUMBER ONE Just one week after Justin Bieber’s mentor, Usher, topped the charts, the 16-year-old singer will climb back to the top of the Billboard album chart next week with his second album, My World 2.0. After falling down to number two to make room for the chart debut of…
MTV RADIO’S MORNING FACTS FOR WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7th, 2010
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ADAM LAMBERT REMIX EP Adam Lambert will release Remixes, a six track digital EP containing remixed version of the first two singles off his debut album For Your Entertainment. Remixes will be made available exclusively at AdamOfficial.com on Friday and at all other digital service providers on Tuesday. The album contains mixes from Jason…
APRIL 2010 SONICBIDS “ARTISTS 2 WATCHâ€
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Welcome to another amazing month of music from the incredible musicians that make up the Sonicbids.com community. We have chose a select group of amazing musicians that will be speaking directly to the Skope readers. As always we encourage readers to dig deeper and check out their EPK’s.
LORI DIAMOND IS LESS OF A MYSTERY AS STOLI GETS TO KNOW HER
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Welcome to a fresh and exciting new week here at Skoped Out. This week we not only have a talented singer/songwriter but this woman is also one of the sweetest people you will meet. Joining us from New England is Lori Diamond. Lori came onto our radar after we received a copy of her newest…
MTV RADIO’S MORNING FACTS FOR MONDAY, APRIL 5th, 2010
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LADY GAGA SPILLS MORE ON NEW ALBUM Has Lady Gaga written “the anthem for our generation?” The pop star certainly seems to think so. In a post on fan site GagaDaily.com, the “Bad Romance” singer said that she has “already written the first single for the new album,” that the record will be…
MTV RADIO’S MORNING FACTS FOR WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31st, 2010
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JUSTIN BIEBER WILL “NEVER LET YOU GO” Justin Bieber has just released the video for “Never Let You Go.” The clip was shot in the Bahamas and features the 16-year-old singing and getting cozy with a lucky young lady. Bieber’s My World 2.0 is the currently the most downloaded album on iTunes. …
WIN A SAMSON AUDIO PRIZE PACK FROM RECORD STORE DAY
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The countdown to Record Store Day is on and the people behind it are excited to bring you another great contest. Samson, a pioneering audio company, and maker of ZOOM products is helping celebrate Record Store Day with some new and awesome audio-video gear. One very lucky winner will receive a Samson prize pack…
MTV RADIO’S MORNING FACTS FOR WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24th, 2010
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NEW CHRISTINA AGUILERA SINGLE SURFACES Christina Aguilera has just released the official artwork to her new single, “Not Myself Tonight.” The song serves as the lead offering from the pop star’s album, Bionic — which is scheduled to hit stores later this year. According to Rap-Up.com, one of the lead producers for the album, Tricky…
TEENAGE FANCLUB OFFER “BABY LEE” MP3
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Teenage Fanclub return on June 8, 2010 with a brand new album, Shadows, and a UK tour.
MTV RADIO’S MORNING FACTS FOR TUESDAY, MARCH 23RD, 2010
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FANS WAIT HOURS TO SEE BEIBER Justin Bieber fans waited hours just to catch a glimpse of the young singer at his taping of The View yesterday. Fans began waiting outside the studio on Sunday afternoon to get a look at the 16-year-old entering and leaving. MTV News interviewed a bunch of fans…
STOLI FINDS OUT WHY THEY CALL L’ILLON THE “WARRIOR ANGEL”
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Welcome to another week here at Skoped Out! This week we have another female singer/songwriter who caught my attention after she took home RadioIndy “GrIndie Music Award” for 2009 for her album, ‘Warrior Angel.’ Coming out of Washington, DC is L’illon. L’illon is an independent artist but she is also one of the hardest working…
Gin Wigmore, Holy Smoke
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Last year, I reviewed a Lucy Woodward album and made a heartfelt confession. I am about to make another one. I have a Kiwi crush on New Zealand songbird Gin Wigmore. Now, the reasoning behind my amorous affections doesn’t revolve around her Aguilera-esque looks or her heavily tattooed right arm (although those would certainly be…
Vitamin-D, Bridge
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Get ready to get a full dose of Vitamin-D as you travel along a well-balanced, musical Bridge. Dennis Cronin is the brains of the operation as he played the role of: composer, producer, engineer, vocalist, trumpeter, bassist, accordionist & vibraphonist. Following him are: Konrad Meissner on drums & percussion, Adam Gold on guitar,…
MTV RADIO’S MORNING FACTS FOR TUESDAY, MARCH 9th, 2010
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KE$HA WANTS TO BE IN KATY PERRY’S WEDDING Will Ke$ha be a bridesmaid in Katy Perry’s wedding to Russell Brand? Well, the “Tik Tok” singer definitely wants to be. Ke$ha told British paper The Sun that Perry had “better ask” her to be in the wedding party, and that she approves of her…
MARCH 2010 SONICBIDS “ARTISTS 2 WATCHâ€
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Welcome to another amazing month of music from the incredible musicians that make up the Sonicbids.com community. We have got ten amazing musicians that will be speaking directly to the Skope readers. As always we encourage readers to dig deeper and check out their EPK’s.
DEVENDRA BANHART HITS THE ROAD
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Critically acclaimed singer-songwriter Devendra Banhart and his band The Grogs will hit the road in March for a series of tour dates in support of Banhart’s current album What Will We Be, which was released by Reprise Records on October 2009. Please see below for all dates. The touring line-up is guitarist Noah Georgeson…
MTV RADIO’S MORNING FACTS FOR TUESDAY, MARCH 2nd, 2010
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JUSTIN BIEBER MEETS CRYING THREE-YEAR-OLD FAN Yesterday was Justin Bieber’s 16th birthday, but before he opened his own presents, he gave a huge gift to one of his youngest, but most enthusiastic fans. Last week, three-year-old became an Internet sensation when her sister posted a video of her crying over the teen heartthrob on…
Balmorhea, Constellations
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“Constellations,” the latest from Austin’s architects of aural density, Balmorhea is one damn freaky listen. Whether or not this five-piece intended on scaring the shit out of listeners, it happens, repeatedly on “Constellations.” It’s such a simplistic record, sparse in every manner of the word, that little more than a pluck of a banjo, a…
The Jardines, Self-Titled
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It looks like there’s more going on in Vancouver this year than just the 2010 Winter Olympics like that isn’t enough! Coming from Richmond BC Canada, I present to you the mother-daughter act of Cherelle and Ajaye as The Jardines. This brand new act was even lucky enough to land a spot on…
SKOPE / THEM CROOKED VULTURES XBOX 360 & ROCK BAND GIVEAWAY
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Them Crooked Vultures, hot off a mind-erasing Saturday Night Live performance, and the release of their debut album are teaming up with Skope Magazine to give one lucky fan a chance to score a sweet prize pack. One winner will be able to jam to Them Crooked Vultures on Rock Band 2 on their brand…
INTERVIEW WITH AMANDA BLANK
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Somewhere in between sassy Philadelphia MC Amanda Blank’s busy schedule, Skope was able to sit down and talk to her about her life in the studio, and out of the studio. Also, she makes it clear for non-Philly natives what a jawn is, and what makes her a “fly jawn”.
Ryan Bonner and The Dearly Beloved, Monsters In The Hallway
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Naturally, the story within a song belongs to the person who penned the lyrics. And interpretations within said lyrics tend to vary greatly from writer to listener. However, I have long found it impressive when a songwriter can package a story and “give” it to a listener by allowing the lyrical content to stand on…
