Stu’s Track Of The Week 19/08/16

This weeks track of the week comes from Massachusetts Punk band The Unseen and the track Scream Out taken from there State Of Discontent album which was released in 2005.

The album was produced by  Brett Gurewitz of Bad Religion and Ken Casey of the Dropkick Murphys the album pulled on a more Post Hardcore edge than there earlier work. The album also contained guest appearances from  Lars Frederiksen of Rancid and Dicky Barrett of the Mighty Mighty Bosstones. The album also included a cover of Paint It Black by The Rolling Stones.

The Lyrics of the song go as follows.

1, 2, 3, Go!

Well all my life this music saved me
I can’t afford no therapy
My frustration it needs release,
So cut me open and hear me bleed
Playing punk keeps me sane
I don’t need drugs to numb the pain
It keeps me alive, I hope it helps you
I won’t let your worthless America ruin me
NO WAY!

I’m screaming out, somebody listen,
It feels so good, this therapy!
[x2]

I lost control and hurt myself
I knew deep down that I needed some help
That self-abuse it would not stop,
No matter how hard I tried
So I lied when I tried
To pull my life together
Am I going insane? Think again
I just got so fed up with being unstable
NO MORE!

I’m screaming out, somebody listen,
It feels so good, this therapy!
[x4]

I’m screaming out, somebody listen,
It feels so good, this therapy!
[x4]

I’m screaming out! [x7]
Get me some help!

As always turn it up loud and bang your head and I’ll see you again next week for my track of the week.

As always for all your alternative music needs stick with @Deadpool_1984 only at skatronixxx.com

 

Your 2016 BET Hip-Hop Award Nominees

The 2016 BET Hip-Hop awards are fast approaching an it is no surprise that Drake is leading in the nominations for this years awards along with DJ Khaled, Future and Kanye West just to name a few. Drake a Toronto native has a staggering 14 nomination for the up coming awards including, Album of the Year and Best Live Performer

Future received 10 nominations, DJ Khaled has received 9 nominations and Kanye West has received 8 nominations. Also up for grabs is Best New Hip-Hop Artist, which is set to be an interesting contest, between several different artists including Anderson .Paak, Bryson Tiller (who took out Best Male R&B/Pop Artist at the BET Awards in June), Chance The Rapper, Tore Lanez and Desiigner, it will be a close contest given the calabar of artists. Ok so lets take a look at the rest of the nominees for this years BET Hip-Hop awards.

THE 2016 BET HIP-HOP AWARDS NOMINEES

Best Hip-Hop Video

Nominees are:

•  2 Chainz – Watch Out
• Desiigner – Panda
• DJ Khaled Feat. Jay Z & Future – I Got The Keys
• Drake – Hotline Bling
• Fat Joe & Remy Ma Feat. French Montana & Infared – All The Way Up
• Kanye West Feat. Rihanna – Famous

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Best Collab, Duo or Group

Nominees are:

• Fat Joe &Remy Ma Feat. French Montana & Infared – All The Way Up
• Drake Feat. Wizkid & Kyla – One Dance
• Drake & Future – Jumpman
• DJ Khaled Feat. Jay Z & Future – I Got The Keys
• DJ Khaled Feat. Drake – For Free

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Best Live Performer

Nominees are:

• Drake
• Future
• J.  Cole
• Kanye West
• Kendrick Lamar

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Lyricist Of The Year

Nominees are:

• Chance The Rapper
•  Drake
•  J. Cole
•  Kanye West
•  Kendrick Lamar

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Video Director Of The Year

Nominees are:

• Benny Boom
• Colin Tilley
• Director X
• Hype Williams
• Kanye West

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DJ Of The Year

Nominees are:

• DJ Drama
• DJ Envy
• DJ Esco
• DJ Khaled
• DJ Mustard

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Producer Of The Year

Nominees are:

• DJ Mustard
• DR. Dre
• Metro Boomin
• Mike Will Made-It
• Pharrell Williams

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MVP Of The Year

Nominees are:

• DJ Khaled
• Drake
• Future
• Kanye West
• Kendrick Lamar

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Track Of The Year

Nominees are:

• All The Way Up – Produced by Cool & Dre and Edsclusive (Fat Joe & Remy Ma Feat.)
• Controlla – Produced by Boi-1Da (Drake)
• Hotline Bling – Produced by Nineteen85 (Drake)
• I Got The Keys – Produced by Southside (DJ Khaled Feat. Jay Z & Future)
• Panda – Produced by Menace (Desiigner)

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Album Of The Year

Nominees are:

• DJ Khaled – I Changed A Lot
• Dr Dre – Compton
• Drake – Views
• Fetty Wap – Fetty Wap
• Future – DS2
• Kanye West – The Life Of Pablo

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Best New Hip-Hop Artist

Nominees are:

• Anderson .Paak
• Bryson Tiller
• Chance The Rapper
• Desiigner
• Tory Lanez   

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Hustler Of The Year

Nominees are:

• DJ Khaled
• Drake
• Future
• Jay Z
• Kanye West

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Made-You-Look Award

Nominees are:

• A$AP Rocky
• Drake
• Future
• Kanye West
• Nicki Minaj

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Best Mixtape

Nominees are:

• Chance The Rapper – The Coloring Book
• French Montana – Wave Gods (Hosted By Max B)
• Future – Purple Reign
• Lil Uzi Vert – Lil Uzi Vert vs. The World
• Young Thug – Slime Season 3

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Sweet 16: Best Featured Verse

Nominees are:

• 2 Chainz – No Problem (Chance The Rapperr – Feat. Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz)
• Drake – Work (Rihanna Feat.Drake)
• Kendrick Lamar – Freedom (Beyoncé Feat. Kendrick Lamar)
• Kodak Black – Lockjaw (French Montana Feat. Kodak Black)
• Nicki Minaj – Down In Then DM – Remix (Yo Gotti Feat. Nicki Minaj)

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Impact Track

Nominees are:

• J. Cole – Love Yourz
• Jay Z – Spiritual
• Jidenna – Long Live The Chief
• Raury – Trap Tears
• Sir The Baptist Feat. Chuchpeople – Raise Hell

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People’s Champ Award

Nominees are:

• Desiigner – Panda
• DJ Khaled Feat. Drake – For Free
• Fat Joe & Remy Ma Feat. French Montana & Infared – All The Way Up
• O.T. Genasis Feat. Young Dolph – Cut It
• Travis Scott – Antidote
• Young Thug – Best Friend

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The 2016 BET Hip-Hop Awards this year will be taped on 17th September at Atlanta’s Cobb Energy Performing  Arts Centre and will premiere on 4th October at 8 p.m. ET/PT (US time). A this stage, it has not been announced as to who will host this years awards, so stay tuned! We will also bring you the winners and action from the awards in October, so be sure to follow Skatronixxx.com  to stay in the loop, you will also find us on Facebook and via Twitter.

 

[MUSIC NEWS] Lady Gaga Anounces A New Single

Image Source: Getty / Jamie McCarthy

Lady Gaga surprised her Little Monsters on Wednesday (17th Aug) when she posted a series of Instagram teasers that created mosaic which spelled out the name of her upcoming single, “Perfect Illusion“. Gaga said that the new single will be released in September, a source close to Gaga told Billboard that the new track was produced by Mark Ronson, BloodPop, Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker and Gaga. At this stage no information about the specific release date or if there is an accompanying album. Watch this space Little Monsters!!

 

Links

Official Lady Gaga Website

Lady Gaga Twitter

Lady Gaga Instagram

Two Of The World’s Festivals Heavy Weights Are Collaborating

Two of the worlds festival heavy weights, from the opposite sides of the world are set to collaborate. I am of course talking about South Australia’s Fringe festival and Edinburgh International festival. How exciting for both this beautiful cities, I have been privileged to attend Adelaide’s Fringe Festival many, many  years ago (2002 ish) and it was my first arts festival and it was such a great experience back then, so I could only imagine how awesome it has become come and whats more how,  awesome it will be in the future with the collaboration.

The representatives from the Adelaide Festival, Adelaide Fringe and Festivals Adelaide each have signed official agreements with their Edinburgh counterparts to set joint goals for artistic, business and community collaboration over the next three years. Rachel Healy, Co-Artistic Director of the Adelaide Festival, said the agreement between the Adelaide Festival and the Edinburgh International Festival watershed for both organisations.

“It is thrilling to contemplate a shared future which involves creative collaborations, commissions, and artistic exchange; opportunities to share market insights and new audience and business initiatives; and celebrating the commitment of audiences in both cities to a rich and diverse cultural life,” Healy said.

Adelaide will see an immediate result of the agreement as the United Kingdom’s largest ticketing company, Red61 will be opening in Adelaide.

According to South Australian Arts Minister Jack Snelling, the new $350,000 digital platform will be South Australian owned and will put Adelaide Fringe at the forefront of digital technology in the international festivals industry by streamlining and integrating the way all groups connect with the Fringe, Snelling added that,

“This platform will also provide a sophisticated matchmaking for interstate and international buyers looking to purchase new work and improve media and PR interaction with the artists and events and increase access to the Fringe by educators and students of all ages”.

The industry alliance that represents the top 10 arts festivals in South Australia, Festival Adelaide announced that Adelaide will host a meeting of the International Festival Cities Network in March 2017, where representatives from Edinburgh, Barcelona, Krakow, Montreal and Berlin will gather in Adelaide to share their knowledge, Ideas and experience.

Big things are set for Adelaide and Edinburgh in the near future, so watch this space!!

 

links:

Adelaide Fringe Festival

Edinburgh International Festival

The Lead

Adelaide Fringe Facebook Page

Adelaide Fringe Twitter

Edinburgh Festival Facebook Page

Edinburgh Festival Twitter

 

On This Day 18th August 2016 In Music History

 

Welcome to the latest edition of OTD! For those that have just discovered us, On The Day is a weekly article where we look back on what happened in music history on that day through the years. This week we kick off in 1962, with some of the usual suspects.

On This Day……

1962

🎙 Ringo Starr made his debut with The Beatles at the horticultural society Dance, Birkenhead, England, having had a two-hour rehearsal in preparation and was the first appearance of The Beatles as the world would come to know them: John, Paul, George and Ringo.

1964

🎙 Over 9,000 frenzied fan met The Beatles as they arrived in San Francisco, to begin an American tour. The Beatles were driven into a protective fence enclosure so that photographers could take pictures. As the 9,000 fans pressed against the fencing, it gave way, with The Beatles managing to get out split-seconds before it came crashing down.

1966

🎙 Paul Jones left Manfred Mann just as ‘Pretty Flamingo‘ was climbing the US charts, Jones was replaced by singer Mike D’Abo who would take over lead vocals on the bands next hit, ‘The Mighty Quinn‘ which was written by Bob Dylan.

1969

🎙 Mick Jagger was accidentally shot in the hand during filming of Ned Kelly in Australia. The film was dogged by problems; Jagger’s then girlfriend, Marianne Faithfull, had gone to Australia to play the lead female role (Ned’s sister, Maggie), however Jagger-Faithfull relationship was breaking up and Faithfull too an overdose of sleeping tablets soon after her arrival in Sydney which resulted in being hospitalised in a coma, and pulling out of the film.

1973

🎙 Diana Ross scored her second US No.1 single with ‘Touch Me In The Morning‘. The song marked a turning point in her career, coming immediately after her Academy Award nomination for Best Actress in her acting debut in Lady Sings The Blues.

1976

🎙 ‘Variety’ reported that Marvin Gaye faced tow consecutive five-day prison terms in Los Angeles county jail for contempt of court after failing to pay alimony and child support.

1977

🎙 The Police made their live debut as a three-piece band when they played at Rebecca’s Birmingham, England. The Police became globally popular in the late 1970s and are generally regarded as one of the first New Wave groups to achieve mainstream success, playing a style of rock that was influenced by punk, reggae, and jazz.

🎙 Two Missouri girls were killed and a third was critically injured when a car being driven by an 18-year-old Memphis teen swerved into a crowd of over 2,000 mourners standing in front of Graceland’s music gate at about 4am. The driver was charged with drunk driving, leaving the scene of and accident and two counts of second degree murder.

1979

🎙 British singer, songwriter, producer Nick lowe married Johnny Cash’s stepdaughter Carlene Carter in Los Angeles. The couple is now divorced.

🎙 Chic went to No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Good Times‘, the group’s second US No.1, and a No.5 hit in the UK.

1982

🎙 The City of Liverpool named four Streets after the fab four: John Lennon Drive, Paul McCartney Way, George Harrison Close and Ringo Starr Drive.

1984

🎙 George Michael was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with his first solo single ‘Careless Whisper‘. It made George the first person to reach No.1 as a solo artist and a member of a band in the same year. It gave Epic records UK their first UK million seller and the song was No.1 in nearly 25 countries, selling over six million copies worldwide.

1986

🎙 Bon Jovi released their third studio album, Slippery When Wet, which peaked at No.1 on the US charts, going on to sell over 28 million copies worldwide. The set featured two US chart toppers ‘You Give Love A Bad Name‘ and ‘Livin’ On A Prayer‘.

1991

🎙 Rick Griffin, died after being forced off the road by a van he was attempting to pass on his Harley Heritage Softtail motorbike. On of his best known album covers was for The Grateful Dead’s ‘Aoxomoa‘ LP, and the legendary “Flying Eyeball” poster he designed for a series of concerts in San Francisco featuring the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Albert King and John Mayall.

🎙 Sweet Jesus appeared at the Boardwalk, Manchester. Support act was The Rain (later to become Oasis) minus Noel Gallagher who had yet to join his brothers band.

1992

🎙 Kurt Cobain became a father when his wife Courtney Love gave birth to a daughter, Frances Bean Cobain.

2003

🎙 Tony Jackson bass player with The Searchers died of cirrhosis of the liver. The Searchers had the 1964 UK No.1 & US No.13 single ‘Needles And Pins‘.

2005

🎙 Kanye West called for an end to homophobia in the hip-hop community during an MTV interview saying “hip-hop was always about speaking your mind and about breaking down barriers, but everyone in hip-hop discriminates against gay people. Not just hip-hop, but America just discriminates, I wanna just, come on TV and just tell my rappers, just tell my friends, ‘Yo, stop it’. “

2006

🎙 Justin Hawkins the lead singer of The Darkness checked himself into the Priory rehabilitation clinic suffering from exhaustion after three years of non-stop work.

🎙 US film-maker Adam Muskiewicz set up elviswanted.com as part of a documentary exploring the myth that the singer was still alive and offered a $3m (£1.59m) reward for anybody who found Elvis Presley alive. The film was due for release in August 2007, to coincide with the 30th anniversary of Presley’s death.

🎙 Babyshambles front man Pete Doherty appeared at Thames Magistrates court in London to face seven charges of drug possession.

2008

🎙 Soul singer Pervis Jackson died of cancer. Jackson was a member of The Spinners (also known as The Motown Spinners and The Detroit Spinners). They had the 1980 UK No.1 and US No.2 single ‘Working My Way Back To You‘.

2010

🎙 French beauty brand Etat Libre D’Orange announced that they have teamed up with The Sex Pistols to bottle the scent of the Punk era by launching the band’s first fragrance. Company executives said “to wear this scent, you must resist tradition, fight conformity, and disregard aromatic conventions.”

2014

🎙 Ed Sheeran’s album X notched up eight weeks at No.1 on the UK chart, becoming the joint longest chart-topper by a male solo artist. The last man to achieve the feat was James Blunt for his 2005 collection Back to Bedlam.

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Well folks that brings us to the close of yet another awesome look back on this day in music history. If you want to keep up with the latest music articles, you can do so by following  Skatronixxx.com, you can all so find us on Facebook or via our the following, Twitter handles: @Skatronixxx  or @Presh81

This weeks OTD also has a great spotify playlist which you will find below.

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The Top 50 Singles Weekly Chart Wrap Up

Welcome back to this weeks Top 50 singles chart wrap up where  we look at the Area, Billboard and official UK charts, so lets take a look at what’s happened on the charts tis week.

ARIA CHART

☆ 1.  Closer – Chainsmokers Feat. Halsey (UP – LW 2)

☆ 2.  Cold Water – Major Lazer Feat. Justin Bieber & MO (DOWN – LW 1)

☆ 3.  Let Me Love You – DJ Snake Feat. Justin Bieber (NEW)

☆ 4.  Papercuts – Illy Feat. Vera Blue (DOWN – LW 3)

☆ 5.  Heathens – Twenty One Pilots (UP – LW 19)

☆ 6.  Treat You Better – Shawn Mendes (DOWN – LW 4)

☆ 7.  Perfect Strangers – Jonas Blue (UP – LW 11)

☆ 8.  Alarm – Anne-Marie (DOWN -LW 7)

☆ 9.  One Dance – Drake Feat. Wizkid & Kyla (DOWN – LW 5)

☆ 10.  This Is What You Came For – Calvin Harris Feat Rihanna (DOWN – LW 6)

☆ 11.  Can’t Stop The Feeling – Justin Timberlake (DOWN – LW 8)

☆ 12.  Too Good – Drake Feat. Rihanna (DOWN – LW 9)

☆ 13.  We Don’t Talk Anymore – Charlie Puth Feat. Selena Gomez (UP -LW 16)

☆ 14.  Send My Love (To Your New Lover) – Adele (DOWN – LW 13)

☆ 15.  Crash – Usher (DOWN – LW 10)

☆ 16.  Rise – Katy Perry (DOWN – LW 15)

☆ 17.  Sucker For Pain – Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa & Imagine Dragons, X Ambassadors, Ty Dolla $ign, Logic (NEW)

☆ 18.  Final Song – Mo (UP – LW 23)

☆ 19.  Don’t Let Me Down – The Chainsmokers Feat. Daya (DOWN – LW 17)

☆ 20.  Say It – Flume Feat. Tove Lo (LW 20)

☆ 21.  Into You – Ariana Grande (DOWN – LW 12)

☆ 22.  The Ocean – Mike Perry (UP – LW 27)

☆ 23.  In My Blood – The Veronicas (DOWN – LW 18)

☆ 24.  Me Too – Meghan Trainor (DOWN – LW 21) 

☆ 25.  Don’t Mind – Kent Jones (DOWN – LW 22)

☆ 26.  Don’t Be So Shy (Filatov & Karas Rexmix) – Imany (DOWN – LW 14)

☆ 27.  Panda – Desiigner (DOWN – LW 25)

☆ 28.  Cake By The Ocean – DNCE (UP – LW 31)

☆ 29.  This Girl – Kungs vs. Cookin’ On 3 Burners (UP – LW 37)

☆ 30.  Cheap Thrills – Sia (DOWN – LW 28)

☆ 31.  Ride – Twenty One Pilots (DOWN – LW 29)

☆ 32.  Don’t Hurt Me – DJ Mustard Feat. Nicki Minaj & Jeremih (DOWN – LW 24)

☆ 33.  I Took A Pill In Ibiza – Mike Posner (UP – LW 36)

☆ 34.  I Hate U, I Love U – Gnash Feat. Olivia O’Brien (UP – LW 35)

☆ 35.  All In My Head (Flex) – Fifth Harmony Feat Fetty Wap (DOWN – LW 32)

☆ 36.  Kill Em With Kindness – Selena Gomez (UP – LW 45)

☆ 37.  Hair – Little Mix (DOWN – LW 33)

☆ 38.  Never Be Like You – Flume Feat. Kai (UP – LW 39)

☆ 39.  Purple Lamborghini – Skrillex & Rick Ross (NEW)

☆ 40.  Just Like Fire – P!nk (DOWN – LW 38)

☆ 41.  Cruel – Snakehips Feat. Zayn (DOWN – LW 34)

☆ 42.  Hotter Than Hell – Dua Lipa (DOWN – LW 30)

☆ 43.  Setting The World On Fire – Kenny Chesney Feat. P!nk (DOWN – LW 26)

☆ 44.  Brad Pitt’s Cousin – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Feat. Xperience (DOWN – LW 40)

☆ 45.  Sex – Cheat Codes Feat. Kris Kross Amsterdam (DOWN – LW 44)

☆ 46.  Work From Home – Fifth Harmony Feat. Ty Dolla $ign (DOWN – LW 42)

☆ 47.  Home – Topic Feat. Nico Santos (DOWN – LW 43)

☆ 48.  No Money – Galantis (DOWN – LW 41)

☆ 49.  1955 – Hilltop Hoods Feat. Montaigne & Tom Thum (DOWN – LW 46)

☆ 50.  Needed Me – Rihanna (DOWN – LW 48)

Top Three Singles: Closer – The Chainsmokers (1), Cold Water -Major Lazer (2), Let Me Love You – DJ Snake (3).

New Singles This Week: Let Me Love You – DJ Snake (3), Sucker For Pain – Lil Wayne (17), Purple Lamborghini – Skrillex (39).

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BILLBOARD CHART

☆ 1.  Cheap Thrills – Sia (LW 1)

☆ 2.  One Dance – Drake Feat. Wizkid & Kyla (UP – LW 3)

☆ 3.  This Is What You Came For – Calvin Harris Feat. Rihanna (UP – LW 4)

☆ 4.  Can’t Stop The Feeling – Justin Timberlake (UP – LW 5)

☆ 5.  Cold Water – Major Lazer Feat. Justin Bieber & MO (DOWN – LW 2)

☆ 6.  Don’t Let Me Down – The Chainsmokers Feat. Daya (LW 6)

☆ 7.  Ride – Twenty One Pilots (LW 7)

☆ 8.  Needed Me – Rihanna (LW 8)

☆ 9.  Closer – The Chainsmokers Feat. Halsey (NEW)

☆ 10.  Send My Love (To Your New Lover) – Adele (DOWN – LW 9)

☆ 11.  Heathens – Twenty One Pilots (UP – LW 15)

☆ 12.  Panda – Desiigner (DOWN – LW 10)

☆ 13.  For Free – DJ Khaled Feat. Drake (UP – LW 14)

☆ 14.  Me Too – Meghan Trainor (DOWN – LW 13)

☆ 15.  Don’t Mind – Kent Jones (DOWN – LW 11)

☆ 16.  Work From Home – Fifth Harmony Feat. Ty Dolla $ign (UP – LW 17)

☆ 17.  Just Like Fire – P!nk (DOWN – LW 12)

☆ 18.  Treat You Better – Shawn Mendes (DOWN – LW 16)

☆ 19.  We Don’t Talk Anymore – Charlie Puth Feat. Selena Gomez (UP – LW 22)

☆ 20.  Too Good – Drake Feat. Rihanna (LW 20)

☆ 21.  Controlla – Drake (DOWN – LW 18)

☆ 22.  Into You – Ariana Grande (UP – LW 23)

☆ 23.  H.O.L.Y. – Florida Georgia Line (DOWN – LW 19)

☆ 24.  All In My Head – Fifth Harmony Feat. Fetty Wap (UP – LW 25)

☆ 25.  Never Be Like You – Flume Feat. Kai (DOWN – LW 24)

☆ 26.  I Took A Pill In Ibiza – Mike Posner (DOWN – LW 21)

☆ 27.  I Hate U, I Love U – Gnash Feat Olivia O’Brien (LW 27)

☆ 28.  Broccoli – D.R.A.M. Feat. Lil Yachty (UP – LW 29)

☆ 29.  Setting The World On Fire – Kenny Chesney Feat. P!ink (NEW)

☆ 30.  I Got The Keys – DJ Khaled Feat. Jay Z & Future (UP – LW 31)

☆ 31.  Work – Rihanna Feat. Drake (DOWN – LW 26)

☆ 32.  Gold – Kiiara (LW 32)

☆ 33.  Stressed Out – Twenty One Pilots (DOWN – LW 28)

☆ 34.  7 Years – Lukas Graham – (DOWN – LW 30)

☆ 35.  Low Life – Future Feat. The Weeknd (LW 35)

☆ 36.  No Shopping – French Montana Feat. Drake (UP – LW 80)

☆ 37.  Tiimmy Turner – Desiigner (UP – LW 46)

☆ 38.  Sucker For Pain – Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa & Imagine Dragons with Logic, Ty Dolla $ign Feat. X Ambassadors (UP – LW 64)

☆ 39.  Love Yourself – Justin Bieber (DOWN – LW 33)

☆ 40.  Hymn For The Weekend – Coldplay (UP – LW 42)

☆ 41.  Cake By The Ocean – DNCE (DOWN – LW 37)

☆ 42.  Sorry – Beyonce (DOWN – LW 34)

☆ 43.  Rise – Katy Perry (LW 43)

☆ 44.  My House – Flo Rida (DOWN – LW 39)

☆ 45.  Sorry – Justin Bieber (DOWN – LW 41)

☆ 46.  Luv – Tory Lanez (UP – LW 50)

☆ 47.  Let It Go – James Bay (DOWN – LW 38)

☆ 48.  Dangerous Woman – Ariana Grande (DOWN – LW 36)

☆ 49.  Wicked – Future (DOWN – LW 47)

☆ 50.  Record Year – Eric Church (DOWN – LW 44)

Top Three Singles: Cheap Thrills – Sia (1), One Dance – Drake (2), This Is What You Came For – Calvin Harris (3).

New Singles This Week: Closer – The Chairnsmokers (9),  Setting The World On Fire – Kenny Chesney (29).

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OFFICIAL UK CHART

☆ 1.  Cold Water – Major Lazer Feat. Justin Bieber & MO (LW 1)

☆ 2.  Let Me Love You – DJ Snake Feat Justin Bieber (NEW)

☆ 3.  Dancing On My Own – Calum Scott (DOWN – LW 2)

☆ 4.  Perfect Strangers – Jonas Blue Feat. JP Cooper (DOWN – LW 3)

☆ 5.  Don’t Let Me Down – The Chainsmokers Feat. Daya (DOWN – LW 4)

☆ 6.  One Dance – Drake Feat. Wizkid & Kyla (DOWN – LW 5)

☆ 7.  Treat You Better – Shawn Mendes (DOWN – LW 6)

☆ 8.  Too Good – Drake Feat. Rihana (LW 8)

☆ 9.  Heathens – Twenty One Pilots (UP – LW 20)

☆ 10.  This Is What You Came For – Calvin Harris Feat. Rihanna (DOWN – LW 7)

☆ 11.  This Girl – Kungs vs. Cookin’ On 3 Burners (DOWN – LW 9)

☆ 12.  Closer – The Chainsmokers Feat. Halsey (UP – LW 33)

☆ 13.  Don’t Mind – Kent Jones (DOWN – LW 10)

☆ 14.  Final Song – MO (UP – LW 15)

☆ 15.  Can’t Stop The Feeling – Justin Timberlake (DOWN – LW 11)

☆ 16.  Tears – Clean Bandit Feat. Louisa Johnson (DOWN – LW 12)

☆ 17.  Cheap Thrills – Sia (DOWN – LW 14)

☆ 18.  Good Grief – Bastille (DOWN – LW 13)

☆ 19.  Into You – Ariana Grande (DOWN – LW 16)

☆ 20. Tilted – Christine & The Queens (UP – LW 21)

☆ 21.  Send My Love (To Your New Lover) – Adele (DOWN – LW 17)

☆ 22.  Alarm – Anne-Marie (LW 22)

☆ 23.  We Don’t Take Anymore – Charlie Puth Feat. Selena Gomez (UP – LW 26)

☆ 24.  I Hate U, I Love U – Gnash Feat. Olivia O’Brien (DOWN – LW 19)

☆ 25.  All In My Head (Flex) – Fifth Harmony Feat. Fetty Wap (UP – LW 36)

☆ 26.  Who Do You Think Of – MO (DOWN – LW 18)

☆ 27.  No Money – Galantis (DOWN – LW 23)

☆ 28.  Sucker For Pain – Lil Wayne Feat. Wiz Khalifa & Imagine (UP – LW 65)

☆ 29.  Controlla – Drake (DOWN – LW 25)

☆ 30.  Hymn For The Weekend – Coldplay (DOWN – LW 24)

☆ 31.  Sunshine – Tieks Feat. Dan Harkna (UP – LW 68)

☆ 32.  Sex – Cheat Codes Feat Kris Kross (DOWN – LW 29)

☆ 33.  Hotter Than Hell – Dua Lipa (DOWN – LW 27)

☆ 34.  Cake By The Ocean – DNCE (DOWN – LW 30)

☆ 35.  You Don’t Know Love – Olly Murs (DOWN – LW 32)

☆ 36.  I Took A Pill In Ibiza – Mike Posner (DOWN – LW 31)

☆ 37.  Work From Home – Fifth Harmony Feat. Ty Dolla $ign (DOWN – LW 28)

☆ 38.  Cruel – Snakehips Feat. Zayn (DOWN – LW 35)

☆ 39.  Panda – Desiigner (DOWN – LW 34)

☆ 40.  Kill Em With Kindness – Selena Gomez (DOWN – LW 37)

☆ 41.  In The Name Of Love – Martin Garrix & Bebe Rexha (UP – LW 52)

☆ 42.  Give Me Your Love – Sigala Feat. Newman & Rodgers (DOWN – LW 39)

☆ 43.  Is This Love (Remix) – Bob Marley Feat. Lvndscape & Bolier (LW 43)

☆ 44.  Lush Life – Zara Larsson (DOWN – LW 42)

☆ 45.  Needed Me – Rihanna (LW 45)

☆ 46.  Light It Up – Major Lazer Feat. Nyla (DOWN – LW 44)

☆ 47.  Piece Of Me – MK & Becky Hill (DOWN – LW 40)

☆ 48.  The Ocean – Mike Perry Feat. Shy Martin (UP – LW 51)

☆ 49.  This One’s For You – David Guetta Feat. Zara Larsson (DOWN – LW 38)

☆ 50.  Middle – DJ Snake Feat. Bipolar Sunshine (DOWN – LW 41).

Top Three This Week: Cold Water – Major Lazer (1), Let Me Love You – DJ Snake (2), Dancing On My Own – Calum Scott (3).

New Singles This Week: Let Me Love You – DJ Snake (2)

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CHARTS SUMMARY

This week for the first time all three chats have different singles at the top in #1, The Aria chat No.1  is held by The Chainsmokers, Billboard charts No.1 is held by Sia and last be never lest the official UK charts No.1 is held by Major Lazer. Most of movement across the three charts this week were down, with the exception of a few big movers and a few new singles. To stay up to date with the weekly chart wrap up, the be sure to follow the Skatronixxx.com and you can also find us on Facebook  and  Twitter.

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Fresh Friday’s Featured Artist – Show Me Island

Welcome back to another stellar edition of Fresh Friday’s, this week’s featured artist is the band Show Me Island. The band just released their new album Ring Around & Run on the 6th Aug so let get to know a little more about Show Me Island.

Show Me Island is a ska band from Salt Lake City, Utah, the band formed in 2011 and their musical style is Influenced by an assortment of ska, reggae, and soul revival which has tastefully transitioned their sound into a widely appreciated genre within itself. So lets me the members of Show Me Island

Lauren Hoyt – Vocals
Nick Felming – Guitar
Ken Vallejos – Drums
Christian Lucy – Keys
John Hoang – Bass
Devon Wooley – Trombone
Clark Holzworth – Trumpet
David Hillyard – Saxophone Tracks 2, 6, 8, 9, 10 and 12.

Show Me Island where have you been all my life? I have had Ring Around & Run on repeat for a week, Lauren’s vocals are spot on and her voice has a stunningly beautiful uniqueness to it, like that of Amy Winehouse, it’s full of soul. The guys on the instruments are just unbelievably talented and they have the hit the sweet spot nailed the balance between vocals and music. Their music and sound is infectious and before you know it, the music has taken control of your body and you are taping away. If this music doesn’t get into your soul then my friend you are missing out! (currently getting my groove on to Show Me Island in my arm-chair).

The album features a broad range of sounds from deep undertones of reggae to soul infused ska with modern flair, they have four albums including the new release, Ice Cold Water (2011), MV:MMXII (2012), Show Me Island (2013) and Ring Around & Run (2016).

Guys, I think you will love them as much as I do once you hear the soulful reggae! So check out Show Me Island give them some love and buy their new album ‘Ring Around & Run’,  Show Me Island is definitely one for your playlist. Links for Show Me Island are below.

Show Me Island Q&A

Decribe Show Me Island in five words.

Ska, reggae and dark meme

When did the band form and what was the inspiration for the bands name?

We formed in the summer of 2011 with a typical story of most members coming from other various local ska bands. The name came from our bassist, John. He was watching Futurama  and Hermes said, “I’m from Jamaica, the show me island!” So, I don’t think he wasted any time in suggesting it as the band name and here we are!

Who are your major musical influences?

Each member has a little bit of a different taste in music but all share a love for some form of ska. So the influences range from Amy Winehouse, the Specials to Westbrown Train, Metallica and more!

What has been your most memorable band moment?

Okay, so, we got asked to open for The Mighty Mighty Bosstones. While filled with excitement, we got some shirts made so we had something to sell at the big show. The design wehad was pretty much a circle with Show Me Island written on the inside and as for shirts, we thought a gray shirt with another shade of grey ink would look cool… That sounds kind of cool, right? Well, we get the shirts back and unless you looked at them juuuust right, it looks like a shirt with a big dark dot right in the middle. We still bring them to the show beacuse it’s all we got. Before the show, Dicky Barrett, the frontman of the Bosstones comes to say hi and asks if we have any shirts. (Side note – nicest guy, 10/10 would meet again) We show him the shirts and he just starts laughing. “This is straight out of Spinal Tap, “he said, “gotta get some new shirts for the Bosstones show, I hope they look good!” After a few minutes of laughing with us (at us?), he brought a shirt and we got  this photoand a fun story. We have much better shirts now, check them out at ShowMeIsland.com

What’s the song writting process like for Show Me Island?

Our song writing process is a collaborative effort. We usually start with a chord progression or sometimes a melody and work from there. Once we have a skeletal version of the song, Lauren will start writing lyrics and melodies and we build the rest around that. 

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Here is a little teaser for you:

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Links:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ShowMeIsland/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ShowMeIsland

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/showmeisland/ Website/

Bandcamp: http://showmeisland.com/

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Music News – Graceland Set For A $137 Million Upgrade

Photo: Graceland Website/ Michael Ochs Archives/Corbis

Graceland is set to add a 200,000-square-foot entertainment complex that will be built across the street from Elvis Presley’s former home-turned-museum. Officials with the Memphis-based tourist attraction said Thursday (11th Aug) that the $45 million complex will included exhibits that highlight Elvis’s life and career exploits in music and film. Presley died in Memphis on 16th August, 1977.

Photo: Graceland Website

The entertainment complex is part of a $137 million expansion that includes the construction of a $92 million hotel, The Guest House at Graceland, the 450-room hotel is set to open on 27th October. The Commercial Appeal reports that the new complex will replace the existing complex, which contains a car museum, restaurants and memorabilia shops. Graceland says it is set to be completed in the spring of next year.

Here is a sneak peek of The Guest House, that will open 27th October

The Guest House / Photo Source: WMC Action News 5

One of the Bars in The Guest House/ Photo Source: WMC Action News 5

Hotel Lobby / Photo Source: WMC Action News 5

The Theater/ Photo Source: WMC Action News 5

 

 

 

 

Who Will Win The Sing-Off? The Flash Or Supergirl?

Since the day Grant Gustin (Glee) was announced as Barry Allen on The Flash people hoped he would be singing a bit on the show. We got a little tease of his amazing singing voice when his character Barry Allen is in karaoke bar with Caitlin Snow (Danielle Panabaker).

Just as Grant Gustin Melissa Benoist is a Glee Alumni. So the fire for a sing-off was lighted even higher when Melissa Benoist was announced as Kara Zor-El on Supergirl and went sky-high when a crossover was announced between The Flash and Supergirl. Now that Supergirl is at the CW crossovers are easier (no negotiations between networks) and new crossovers will happen this season between The Flash, Arrow, Legends of Tomorrow and Supergirl. The shows have hinted they wanted to do something musical as they have so many musically gifted people working on them (John Barrowman, Victor Garber, Jesse L. Martin and Jeremy Jordan). And they would have regretted it not having done something about it, so they have been plotting a musical crossover. Some of this talent has allready been demonstrated on The Flash. (Damn what a voice.)

Arrow fans should not hold their breath because Stephen Amell, the lead of Arrow, doesn’t like this idea for his show. So for now that is a no-go. But never say never.

As for Supergirl and The Flash a musical crossover is now a fact, it has been confirmed by producers and actors. This musical crossover will happen around episode 13 or 14 in the season from what I have gathered. It just leave me to wonder which numbers they would use. They have hinted they would use existing songs but they hope to have one or two original songs.

There are so many existing songs to choose from that both hint to the Flash and Supergirl’s speed, but I am drawing a complete blank. (Which is weird for a music aficionado like me.) So hit me up with your suggestions what would make the ultimate crossover song for you.

 

Music News – Rihanna To Receive The Michael Jackson Vanguard Award

Joining the likes of Beyoncé and Kanye West, Rihanna will receive the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards on Aug 28th.

Following the announcement Rihanna took to twitter:

 “Honored to take the #VMAs stage as your video #VANGUARD award recipient LIVE from NYC on August 28!”

Rihanna is known for her amazing and beautiful visuals that can both shock and leave you in awe like her 2015 short film for “Bitch Better Have My Money” and her 2011 Calvin Harris collaboration “We Found Love” her YouTube page has had over 9.6 bilion yes I said billion views!

https://youtu.be/B3eAMGXFw1o
Rihanna has also got herself four VMA nominations for: Best Female Video for the Drake-assisted “Work”, Best Male Video for her contributions to Calvin Harris’ “This Is What You Came For” and two in the Best Collaboration category for the “Work” and “This Is What You Came For”

This years awards ceremony will be held in New York’s iconic venue Madison Square Garden for the first time in VMA history. The VMAs air live on Sunday Aug. 28 at 9p.m. ET/PT.

If you miss it don’t worry Skatronixx Music will have all the winners in the VMA wrap up.