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SKOPE NEWS FOR JULY 11, 2014

NEW SINGLE BY WELL$ Following several singles and videos earlier this year, 19-year-old Charlotte, NC-based rapper Well$ released his mixtape, MTYSD: Revenge of the African Booty Scratcher via The FADER. Pitchfork reviewed the album, calling it “a startling peephole into something deeply personal within Well$.” While the project features some upbeat songs such as “Savoire-Faire,”…

SKOPE NEWS FOR JULY 9, 2014

MOA NEW VIDEO “MY NAME IS MOA” MOA is the alter ego of New York-based saxophonist turned electronic music producer Max Wild. Launching his new live electronic project in 2014, MOA effortlessly merges electronic and acoustic sounds, drawing from a rich sonic palette that ranges from electropop, dubstep, jazz, and African sounds.  His debut EP…

SKOPE NEWS FOR JUNE 25, 2014

NEW SINGLE BY KRIS MINOR Kris Minor – a 22 year old Dallas native grew up fascinated with music enthralled in the way sounds and vocals came together. He started working on music production in high school meeting Dalton Smith and Miles Franklin of Self Conscious Music in its early stages. While working on his…

SKOPE NEWS FOR JUNE 16, 2014

SPLIT SCREENS NEW SINGLE “THE SINNER” Jesse Cafiero, a sort of one man band, played all of the instruments on his first album Split Screens EP. To create the more upbeat pop music on Before the Storm he enlisted band members Phil Pristia (guitar), Debbie Neigher (Keys), Kyle Kelly Yahner (percussion) along with Rory O’Connor…

SKOPE NEWS FOR JUNE 12, 2014

NEW SINGLE BY GENE THE SOUTHERN CHILD From a small town called Florence, Alabama, Gene the Southern Child has been quietly releasing music under the radar for years. Florence is part of an area known as “The Shoals,” which houses the legendary FAME Recording Studios and is also the hometown of W.C. Handy “The Father…

SKOPE NEWS FOR JUNE 11, 2014

FLOSSTRADAMUS FEAT WAKA FLOCKA “TTU” Check out the new track from Flosstradamus “TTU (Too Turnt Up)” Ft. Waka Flocka out today via Ultra Music. The collaboration, spawned from an interview Flosstradamus came across where Waka mentioned wanting to work with them, is featured in the upcoming 22 Jump Street film. You can see Flosstradamus live…

SKOPE NEWS FOR JUNE 10, 2014

PSY AND SNOOP DOGG GET WILD IN “HANGOVER” MUSIC VIDEO Last night, PSY and Snoop Dogg invaded Jimmy Kimmel Live! and premiered a snippet of their new music video for their new song “Hangover.” You can watch the whole video in its entirety HERE! The song is available now on iTunes and other digital retailers…

SKOPE NEWS FOR JUNE 5, 2014

JACK WHITE DEBUTS “LAZARETTO” MUSIC VIDEO ON VEVO Jack White is pleased to unveil his glass-shattering, rubber-burning new video for “Lazaretto,” the lead single and title track off his new album out June 10 via Third Man Records/Columbia. Watch the Jonas & François directed video on VEVO here: http://smarturl.it/LazarettoVideo. ‘ WIRE: LOUDWIRE PREMIERES ‘WHEN MY…

SKOPE NEWS FOR MAY 23, 2014

BONNIE RAITT’S ‘NICK OF TIME’ GETS VINYL TREATMENT On June 24, Capitol Records/UMe will release a special vinyl-only edition of Bonnie Raitt’s classic Nick of Time in honor of the album’s 25th anniversary. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer’s tenth album still stands as her signature work and as a turning point in her…

SKOPE NEWS FOR MAY 22, 2014

WIRE: BAND OF SKULLS’ “HOOCHIE COOCHIE” REMIX BY DAN AUERBACH PREMIERES AT ESQUIRE A new version of Band of Skulls’ single “Hoochie Coochie” premiered today at Esquire. The song, which was remixed by Dan Auerbach, is from the U.K. trio’s new album, Himalayan, which is out now to widespread critical acclaim on Electric Blues Recordings…

SKOPE NEWS FOR MAY 20, 2014

BLONDE VIDEO “FOOLISH” Every so often a new act arises that gets everyone talking, and so enter BLONDE. BLONDE are Adam Englefield and Jacob Manson. Two young Bristolians who met over the internet via Adam’s Youtube Channel “Eton Messy” and have been making sweet music ever since. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZN9iOKgYvM http://thewileyone.com NEW SINGLE BY VATO GONZALEZ Dirty…

SKOPE NEWS FOR MAY 13, 2014

WIRE: NEW SINGLE BY LEE COREY OSWALD Recently signed to No Sleep Records, Portland indie-punk band Lee Corey Oswald has announced plans to release a new full-length album titled Regards on August 5th. In conjunction with the announcement, the band has debuted the first new song, “Progress,”which features guest vocals from labelmate Ty Vaughn of…

SKOPE NEWS FOR MAY 5, 2014

WIRE: NEW SINGLE BY TRIBAL SEEDS World-renowned Billboard Reggae Chart-topping group Tribal Seeds team up with Jambase today to release their newest track “Blood Clot” featuring reggae legend, Don Carlos. This song is the second single off their upcoming fourth studio album entitled Representing – due out Tuesday, May 13th. Listen to the new track…

SKOPE NEWS FOR APRIL 25, 2014

WIRE: SO BROWN “RIVERSONG” VIDEO PREMIERES AT GUITAR WORLD’S ACOUSTIC NATION Transgendered Alabaman So Brown released her love letter to her home state, Point Legere this week. Part Gershwin and Muddy Waters, part Johnny Cash and Tom Waits, with some sexy David Bowie androgyny thrown in for good measure, Point Legere paints an almost Faulknerian…

SKOPE NEWS FOR MARCH 31, 2014

SANTANA, WYCLEF, AVICII & ALEXANDRE PIRES SELECTED FOR THE OFFICIAL ANTHEM OF THE 2014 FIFA WORLD CUP FIFA and Sony Music Entertainment announce today that the Official Anthem of the 2014 FIFA World CupTM in Brazil is entitled “Dar um Jeito (We Will Find A Way),” and features a global superstar line-up including music legend…

JUS JACK NEW SINGLE “PARTY PEOPLE”

NYC based DJ/Producer and nightlife fixture Jus Jack is happy to announce the launch of his brand new label appropriately entitled Party People. Party People is a new label, party experience and radio show that debuted Friday, September 6th at Pacha NYC. Curated by Jus Jack, Party People will see releases and collaborations from Feenixpawl,…

Cutting Edge, F – – – The IRS

That tenacious group that we all know as Cutting Edge is at it again with a song titled “F – – – The IRS”.   The song was written by Liza “Leli” Pesnell, William Zimmerman, frontman David Pesnell with additional help from bassist Ryan E. Smith.   The track also features the fine playing of…

CANDLELIGHT RED HITS RADIO HARD WITH “SHE’S GOT THE LOOK”

Candlelight Red continues their march towards the big time by releasing their latest single, “She’s Got the Look,” and also by securing a string of live dates with Trapt. And the word is spreading fast about the band, as evidenced by the fine folks at welovemetal.com, which raved “CANDLELIGHT RED might be the one great…

RANDOM STABBINGS & ARTLESS CRITIQUE, NOVEMBER 2011

Brite Futures, Dark Past (Turnout Records) Jeez man, the way this album was described, I was expecting something that wasn’t completely mediocre — “Abba pop with chainsaws,” I think it was.   Instead, we get the remains of Seattle band Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head worrying away at the too-optimistic sounds of Los Campesinos and all…

MTV RADIO’S MORNING FACTS FOR THURSDAY, JUNE 30th, 2011

PITBULL TO ROCK THE TODAY SHOW ON FRIDAY Pitbull and Marc Anthony will take the stage for the first time together for The Today Show’s Summer Concert Series in New York City tomorrow morning.   Pitbull and Anthony will debut their new single, “Rain Over Me.”   The Miami-based rapper will also be joined by…

MTV RADIO’S MORNING FACTS FOR TUESDAY, APRIL 26th, 2011

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.…

MTV RADIO’S MORNING FACTS FOR WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13th, 2011

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…

MTV RADIO’S MORNING FACTS FOR FRIDAY, MARCH 25th, 2011

LADY GAGA STILL NUMBER ONE WITH “BORN THIS WAY” Lady Gaga holds on to the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for her sixth straight week with “Born This Way.”   Katy Perry’s “E.T.” featuring Kanye West climbs one spot to number two, Rihanna’s “S&M” climbs one notch to number three, Cee-Lo Green’s…

MTV RADIO’S MORNING FACTS FOR TUESDAY, MARCH 15th, 2011

THE PEAS AT THE KIDS’ CHOICE AWARDS The Black Eyed Peas will perform at the 2011 Kids’ Choice Awards next month.   Fergie told UsMagazine.com that she is excited about appearing at the event, but she hopes they don’t get slimed.   Jack Black will host the show for the third time.   Kristen Stewart,…

MTV RADIO’S MORNING FACTS FOR WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3rd, 2010

KE$HA & TAYLOR SWIFT TOP iTUNES CHART Ke$ha’s new single, “We R Who We R,” tops the iTunes chart this week.   The song is the first single off Cannibal, the companion album for her platinum debut Animal, which will be released on November 22nd.   Far East Movement’s “Like a G6” featuring Cataracs &…

MTV RADIO’S MORNING FACTS FOR WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27th, 2010

JUSTIN BIEBER’S FRAGRANCE As we previously reported, Justin Bieber will be releasing a fragrance line.   According to Women’s Wear Daily, Bieber is preparing a unisex fragrance line that will be infused into dog tags and wristbands.   They will be sold at Wal-Mart starting on November 26th.   JUSTIN BIEBER PREMIERES MOVIE TRAILER Justin…

MTV RADIO’S MORNING FACTS FOR FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1st, 2010

BRUNO MARS ON TOP FOR SECOND STRAIGHT WEEK Bruno Mars’ debut single “Just The Way You Are” will stay at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the second straight week.   The song also returns to the top of Digital Songs chart, selling another 188-thousand copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.   After…

MTV RADIO’S MORNING FACTS FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8th, 2010

RIHANNA UNLEASHES NEW SINGLE The wait is over! Rihanna just premiered a new single called “Only Girl (In The World)” from her upcoming fifth studio album. The project has been titled Loud, and Ri Ri promised on RihannaDaily.com that the effort will include material that’s “sassy, fun, flirty, energetic.” She added, “I didn’t want to…

MTV RADIO’S MORNING FACTS FOR WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4th, 2010

2010 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS NOMINEES MTV has just announced the nominees for the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards and Lady Gaga leads the pack with a record breaking thirteen nods, including Best Pop Video, for her smash hit single “Bad Romance.” Eminem follows close behind with eight nominations, including Video of the Year, for…

MTV RADIO’S MORNING FACTS FOR THURSDAY, JULY 1st, 2010

KE$HA WANTS TO BE MORE THAN A PARTY GIRL Ke$ha, who scored a breakout hit with the party anthem “TiK ToK,” wants to be taken seriously.   The pop singer, who is one of the year’s top-selling artists and arguably the most successful newcomer, has a party-girl image, which she said is not the accurate.…

MTV RADIO’S MORNING FACTS FOR THURSDAY, MAY 6th, 2010

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…

MUSIC UP CLOSE, APRIL 2010

Hello, Music Up Close readers, we are finally back up and operating once more. The construction to our virtual club is finally finished, and I’m ready to get this place hopping again. And what a way to reopen our doors and show our wider focus than with a full slate of world music artists!

MTV RADIO’S MORNING FACTS FOR THURSDAY, APRIL 15th, 2010

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 THURSDAY, JANUARY 28th, 2010

HOPE FOR HAITI NOW HAS RAISED OVER 66-MILLION DOLLARS Hope for Haiti Now has raised more than 66-million dollars for Haiti relief and recovery efforts.   The figure includes proceeds from sales of the Hope for Haiti Now album, a collection of live performances from last week’s global telethon that today became the first-ever digital-only…

MUSIC UP CLOSE WITH JANIE – NOVEMBER 2009

My apologies for the lateness of this month’s Music Up Close. I’ve been reveling in unheard of 50 degree temperatures up her in the Northern Plains where I live AND working on details for my debut as a fiction author. The Bowdancer, my novelette, will be published as an ebook by Breathless Press later this…

MUSIC UP CLOSE WITH JANIE – OCTOBER 2009

This month’s Music Up Close takes a look back at artists of the 60s and 70s and see what some of them are doing today.   There are, of course, too many to chose from, but some recent releases helped me narrow the focus for this column.   Main Stage features Gordon Lightfoot   recently…