SKOPE NEWS FOR OCTOBER 7, 2016

DAVIDO RELEASES NEW VIDEO FOR “GBAGBE OSHI”

Born in Atlanta, Georgia and raised in Nigeria, 23-year-old Davido (real name David Adedeji Adeleke) has ­­­always infused his Nigerian roots into his music and has been a major force in helping to cross over Afrobeats music globally. The singer/songwriter/producer chose to chase his music dreams after giving college a try, first releasing his Afropop crossover hit “Way Back When,” which planted him firmly in the Afrobeats music scene. Davido then charged forth into the mainstream with singles “Dami Duro,” “Omo Baba Olowo” “Gobe,” “Aye” and “Skelewu,” which attracted the attention of Major Lazer and Wiwek to create a remix to the track. Davido has collaborated with many artists such as DJ Snake, Tinashe, Rae Srummerd, Trey Songz, Young Thug and more. Additionally, he has performed all over the world at sold out shows including the One Africa Music Festival at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. Davido has earned two MTV Africa Music Awards and a 2014 BET Award for “Best African Act.”

Happy Lives premiere “Give up With” on All Things Go

Yesterday LA-based pop impresario Mike Lande aka Happy Lives premiered his newest single “Give up With” on All Things Go.

When asked for a quote about the song Lande provided this interesting tidbit of click bait: “Two teenagers fuck then kill themselves.” All Things Go noted the single “captures the lust, angst and nostalgia of being a teenager in love”

My Body New Single “Blowout”

My Body excels at thoughtful arrangement, every track carefully pieced together according to the relation between sound and meaning. On “Blowout,” My Body uses the clashing beats and rhythms to describe a desperate kind of claustrophobia, the lyrics likewise capturing an obsession with pleasing someone. “I just wanna make them beats, get my boy to move [SIC]” she sings, and though the track covers darker subject matter, the upbeat tempo and catchy chorus would get anyone to move for sure. “When we lived in Brooklyn we felt so claustrophobic and strangled by our small apartment, the weather, the noise, people.” “It was like I was losing nerve connections to my limbs and all I could center myself on was the man I loved and writing songs for him that he would like.”

Post-Noise/Hardcore/Jazz trio Lilium Sova stream new full-length album

After some weeks spent to unleashed various audio exceprts from its third full-length album, Swiss post-noise-hardcore/jazz/experimental trio Lilium Sova just released ‘Lost Between Mounts and Dales / Set Adrift in the Flood of People’ for CD/LP on Cold Smoke Records (Challenger, Das Röckt, Ogmasun…) // URGENCE DISK Records (Rorcal) and Digital through the main legal platforms (iTunes, Deezer, Spotify).

Go Suburban “Somewhere Somehow”

Go Suburban consists of Brian and Dave Swanson, Jonas Swanson (Brian’s 15 year old son), and high school friend Nick Park. Their new album ‘WWDK’ was written and recorded from June 2015 – Jan 2016 and released on April 15th 2016 at Velour Live Music Gallery in Provo. “Self engineered and produced, this album stole the better part of a year of our lives to create,” the group explains. “While not intended to be a concept album, much of this record does center around common themes concerning the struggle and purpose of life, learning, and growing up. We hope everyone who listens can feel the spirit, emotion, and energy put into this record. The very fact that it now exists as an entity in the world is the source of immense satisfaction to us as its creators.”

Sarantos “Dreamer”

Sarantos continues releasing a new song and music video every month in 2016 as he unveils his highly anticipated 3rd album. This CD will expand on his unique signature style that merges 80s rock with modern pop rock music while continuing with edgy experimentation! Fans and fellow musicians marvel at his humble down-to-earth demeanor, his dedication to his mission and the wealth of free content that continues to drop every month along with his contributions to charity!

“Powerful Mind” by DROPLET will be released 14th of October 2016

‘Powerful Mind’ is the debut single by Melbourne’s newest and most elaborate electronic artist, Droplet. A track entirely about retrospect, ‘Powerful Mind’ attempts to empower listeners with messages of self-awareness and a complete acceptance of reality that alters one’s perception of themselves and others around the them.

“Before I started adding lyrics, the two words that kept floating in my head were resilience and perseverance, it was almost like a person in a boxing ring completely on their own, fighting someone that is invisible to others but so visible to them,” says the brainchild behind the project, singer-songwriter and producer Demi Papazoglou.

UPON SHADOWS presents “Geometry Of Music”

Upon Shadows is proud to present their new single “Geometry Of Music” to be released on October 18th, 2016.

Moanaa Streams Full “Passage” Album

oland’s post-metal alchemists Moanaa just released it’s sophomore effort – ‘Passage’ It comes in waves. Mounting. Slowly unfolding. The second coming of Moanaa.

Being no newcomer to their country’s ever-blooming metal scene, the band streams new album which just been released by Arachnophobia Records.

MONSTERNAUT: stream fuzzy debut “Monsternaut” via The Sludgelord

“Monsternaut” is the Finnish power trio’s debut album, compiling recording sessions from 2012 and 2014. Driven by the fuel, the fire and fuzz of the likes of all-time havoc-mongers Fu Manchu, this is one super pumped up album filled with perfect road trip… and pit anthems! The album is due out October 7th on Heavy Psych Sounds Records.

New Release from OneRepublic “Oh My My”

After putting out their third album Native—a 2013 release that debuted at #4 on the Billboard Top 200 chart and has sold over 5 million units worldwide—OneRepublic spent more than two years traveling the world in a series of sold-out tours. During that time, the Grammy Award-nominated quintet hit 154 cities in 26 countries and—true to their standing as a singularly global rock band—drew major musical inspiration from each place they visited. As lead singer/songwriter Ryan Tedder transformed that inspiration into new songwriting material, OneRepublic soon began the brilliantly whirlwind process of recording their fourth album all across the planet.

The follow-up to Native (whose host of smash singles include “Counting Stars,” a #1 hit in 54 countries), Oh My My came to life in nearly 20 cities around the world, including Rio, Moscow, Mexico City, Tokyo, Paris, and London. From track to track, OneRepublic—which features bassist Brent Kutzle, guitarists Zach Filkins and Drew Brown, and drummer Eddie Fisher—parallel the extraordinary scope of the album’s creation by blending alt-rock, gospel, synth-pop, nu-disco, and folk. With its abundance of sweeping, stadium-ready anthems, Oh My My shapes those eclectic elements into songs built on both masterfully expansive arrangements and bravely intimate lyrics.

Rising Hip Hop artist EL.i.BE releases new hit single “Make A Move”

Electrifying “Make a Move” is the latest track from EL.i.BE and happens to be one of the most motivating anthems orchestrated by the Minneapolis based Liberian hip-hop artist. “Piercing, tangible stimulus behind the lyrics has the power to raise those who have fallen down in the pursuit of their dreams, and must ring second nature to all achievers out there who never ceased working until they had something to show for their name.” A blend of contagious instrumentals and a steel contemporary beat paired with EL.i.BE’s wise-beyond-years message make us want to rise up with a fist in the air and pursue our goals with perseverance only music can inspire.

NPR MUSIC PREMIERES JOSIENNE CLARKE AND BEN WALKER’S VIDEO FOR “SOMETHING FAMILIAR”

Today, NPR Music premiered Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker’s new video for “Something Familiar,” from their forthcoming album ‘Overnight’ out October 14. The video was directed and produced on 8mm film by Bob Gallagher, who won Best Irish Music Video at the Cork Film Festival, earned multiple nominations at the Berlin Music Video Awards, and was nominated for the UKMVA for Best Rock/Indie Video Newcomer. NPR Music called the song “timeless and ephemeral.”

Substream Premieres Brother Moses’ “Sandwich Bags” Live Video

Fayetteville, Arkansas-based indie rock band Brother Moses premiered their live video for “Sandwich Bags” at Substream, who called it “a smooth slow-builder that will surely accumulate interest from fans of acts like Local Natives and Grizzly Bear.”

PREMIERE: Watch Brother Moses chill-jam through “Sandwich Bags” in live video

PIXIES FIND RURAL ROADSIDE PROSTITUTION IN “UM CHAGGA LAGGA” VIDEO

Written, storyboarded, produced and directed by Pixies frontman Black Francis, “Um Chagga Lagga,” the new music video for the band’s album
Head Carrier (released September 30/Pixiesmusic/Play It Again Sam), makes its premiere today. True to the song’s esoteric storyline, the part concept, part performance video is infused with a rousing, old-school Pixies urgency.

KJARTAN SVEINSSON ANNOUNCES DEBUT SOLO RELEASE

Kjartan Sveinsson, former member of Sigur Rós, is set to release his first solo project, a four act opera, Der Klang der Offenbarung des Göttlichen – which translates as “The Explosive Sonics of Divinity.”

Sveinsson composed the score for his and Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson’s opera, inspired by Nobel Laureate Halldór Laxness’ novel World Light.

SAM BRUNO UNVEILS “TIP OF MY TONGUE” MUSIC VIDEO

Singer-songwriter, Sam Bruno, debuted the companion video for her sultry single, “Tip of My Tongue”. The fun-filled, ‘90s inspired video premiered yesterday via PopCrush, with the publication praising Bruno for delivering “saccharine, moody pop with maximum club potential”.

L.A. Salami Shares “Day To Day (for 6 days a week)” Video On Brooklyn Vegan

Lookman Adekunle Salami (known as L.A. Salami) has shared the video for “Day to Day (for 6 days a week)” Video on Brooklyn Vegan. The video is directed by Lookman himself who said “”The song itself is about time – I’m speaking to time, who is in the form of someone I thought I really once loved. Of course, I didn’t know what love was, and I’ve still no idea what time is. The video is a self portrait based on Andy Warhol’s Clockwork Orange, and his Factory portraits.

DIA FRAMPTON PARTNERS WITH ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY TO PREMIERE FIRST SINGLE “GOLDEN YEARS”

The aptly titled Bruises is the sophomore solo album from singer/songwriter Dia Frampton. Set for release on March 3, the 12 songs form an autobiographical narrative arc that intersperses light and dark, traveling from self-doubt to fierce determination. Partnering with Entertainment Weekly, Dia shares first single “Golden Years.”

REGINA SPEKTOR’S STUNNING NEW VIDEO FOR “SMALL BILL$”

Regina Spektor’s seventh album Remember Us To Life is out now on Sire/Warner Bros. Records. In celebration of the release, the video for the track “Small Bill$,” directed by Steven Mertens, is premiering via YouTube HERE.

NO LIGHT: Gemini Debut LP To See Release On Indisciplinarian

After releasing their debut EP this past August, alternative rock quintet NO LIGHT is now set to release the debut album Gemini through Indisciplinarian in November- a record boasting with fine songwriting and intense musical performances from a team of competent musicians with urgent matters on their mind. The first single “I.R.W.M.A.M.W.T.O.” is now premiering exclusively via New Noise Magazine.

Song Premiere: No Light – “I.R.W.M.A.M.W.T.O.”

The Dig Share New Single “Simple Love” with SPIN Magazine

The Dig will release their Roll Call Records debut album Bloodshot Tokyo in February 2017. The album is the follow up to 2013’s acclaimed Midnight Flowers. Today SPIN premirered “Simple Love,” the first single from the forthcoming release. SPIN says, “‘Simple Love’ leads with a jovial organ hook that’s punctuated with twinkling synths and upbeat drums. Singers Emile Mosseri and David Baldwin still coo as wistfully as they did before, but their voices take on a more whimsical, perky tone. It’s excellently composed pop that manages to cross genres while simultaneously sounding fresh.”

New Music: Listen to the Dig’s New Single “Simple Love”

VOODOO TERROR TRIBE Releases “Cell”

Alternative hard rockers VOODOO TERROR TRIBE are just one month away from the November 11, 2016 release of their third full-length offering, entitled The Sun Shining Cold. Following the release of a new track entitled “Cell” last week via Loudwire (featuring guest vocals by The Sun Shining Coldproducer Cristian Machado of Ill Niño), the band is revealing a guitar playthrough video for the track featuring guitarist Emir Erkal.

Protest The Hero To Release “Pacifici Myth” November 18th

Protest The Hero will release Pacific Myth via Razor & Tie on November 18th. The six track record will be available in a variety of merch bundles available for preorder beginning today. Pacific Myth will be available on 180 gram purple swirl vinyl, with a colored insert of all six covers from the original releases. Additional bundles will include the band’s artwork on stretched canvas, hoodies and t-shirt designs. Preorder Pacific Myth vinyl and merch here – http://protestthehero.merchnow.com/.

WILD FUR Share New Single, “Can You See Me”

Wild Fur is two songwriters re-imagining their process. Wylie Hunter (The Cazadores) and Nick Jaeger (The Tomahawks, Roman Candle, Schooner) had both fronted bands that leaned toward 70’s AM radio glow. After passing demos of new material back and forth the two decided to collaborate. Currently the band is sharing their dreamy new single, “Can You See Me,” which is from their upcoming release, Feel Free, out November 4th.

SUBURBAN LIVING PREMIERE FULL STREAM OF NEW ALBUM

Suburban Living will celebrate the release of Almost Paradise with a hometown show this Saturday, October 8th at The Foundry. The band will also head to Chicago, IL next month on November 10th to support Day Wave at Schuba’s. A current itinerary is below and more dates will be announced soon.

VEVO Premieres Look Park’s “Aeroplane” Video

Look Park (Chris Collingwood of Fountains of Wayne) announces the official music video premiere of “Aeroplane” on VEVO. The video was directed by Mount Emult who specializes in super 8 and stop motion videography and has created videos for The Pixies, Mini Mansions, and Panda Bear, among others.

Cool Ghouls share new music video for title track “Animal Races”

Empty Cellar Records is stoked to announce the third full-length release by San Francisco’s Cool Ghouls, Animal Races. Fans of their self-titled debut and 2014’s A Swirling Fire Burning Through the Rye will be similarly stoked to hear how this band has continued to evolve. If the first album was a celebratory debut, and the second an earnest venture into deeper waters… this third album is like the crystal born of the murky womb that was the second, fertilized by the initial intention of the first. Not only have the ghouls reaped the crop they sowed; they’ve baked it into some new kind of bread!

Swedish guitar-pop band Francobollo announce ‘Wonderful’ EP

With their origins in Sweden, and now based in London, Francobollo’s new EP, ‘Wonderful’ is a hugely impressive statement of intent. Today they’re sharing their new single, and the EP’s title track, ‘Wonderful’.

CHECK OUT K CAMP’S NEW VIDEO “LYRIC AVE”

Interscope recording artist K Camp digitally released his second EP, Lyric Ave, on Friday, September 2, 2016. The six track EP will be accompanied by six videos which will premiere exclusively on select media outlets. Slim Jxmmi of Rae Sremmurd is featured on the track “Free Money.” K Camp serves as executive producer with Bobby Kritical, Musik Majors and Zaytoven providing additional production.

Blackberry Smoke’s “Like An Arrow” streaming at The Wall Street Journal

Blackberry Smoke’s anticipated new album, Like An Arrow, is now streaming exclusive at The Wall Street Journal’s Speakeasy blog.

Atlanta’s Ralo Handles His Business in “This One For”

With cosigns from all of Atlanta’s best and most respected rappers, Ralo is a torrent of high-pitched energy and a deep source of street knowledge and wisdom. Riding an energetic, melodic flow over piano-led trap produciton, and buttressed by shoutouts from Future, Ralo creates a hustler’s anthem with “This One For.” Premiered today by HotNewHipHop, the video single depicts a successful transaction in an abandoned Georgia warehouse, ending in a cliffhanger as Ralo asserts his authority. A highlight from Ralo’s Diary of the Streets II, “This One For” is the latest in a long line of bangers from Ralo and proves why he is one of the most promising talents in the south.

Tunji Ige wants you to “Bring Yo Friends” out in new video

“The idea behind this video was to bring together different directors with different styles, and have them contribute their personal visions for the song toward an eclectic visual. The video does as the title says, bringing together a diverse group of artists from different walks of life, with scenes shot in NYC, Los Angeles, Philly, London, among many other cities we hit while on the Bring Yo Friends tour. Directed & edited by Glassface, along with Marcus Hyde, Child Artt, Molly Rose, & animator Manbaby.” – Glassface

LITTLE CHILDREN PREMIERES NEW SINGLE “(we used to feel) HIGHER”

f.f is an album born out of crisis. Linus lost his faith in everything, quit his job of nine years and spent months walking the streets of Stockholm overthinking, before experiencing an awakening, and the ability to put his feelings into words. The strikingly beautiful melodies and the fateful lyrics on f.f binds together the subtle grooves and finely tuned guitars into pop songs of a quality that you rarely see anymore.

COGNITIVE: Brutal Death Metal Behemoths Premiere “Haunted Justice” Lyric Video

“‘Haunted Justice’ is about a town of tortured people attempting to exact their revenge on the witches that have stolen, sacrificed, and consumed their children,” elaborates the band. “The only problem is, when you kill the Host body to Pure Evil, you only wind up doing it the favor of releasing it and unleashing true terror onto the world. Give it a listen, read, and learn the lyrics so you can sing with us next time we’re in your town. Also, listen closely to the amazing guest spots from Misery Index’s very own Mark Kloeppel who absolutely killed the track and brought a visceral sound of hate to life in his performance.”

AN NCS VIDEO PREMIERE: COGNITIVE — “HAUNTED JUSTICE”

Kastle Offers Captivating Visual for “The Future” feat. MICHAELBRAILEY

Symbols label head Kastle presents another offering from his highly anticipated album “Reflections”. The second single off the LP, “The Future” featuring vocalist MICHAELBRAILEY, is a melodic and sonic gem accompanied by a powerful music video. A seductive woman steals the spotlight in the music video and takes the viewer on a sensual odyssey throughout scenic parts of Tokyo.

Falling into the same sentiment, the music video is a photographer’s fantasy full of encompassing shots and enthralling compositions. Combinations of daytime and nighttime settings make up this impressive work of art which meticulously compliments the music. The realism, mixed with strongly edited scenes of a surreal capacity, adds a nice touch of dynamics to the video. Director and Editor Jeff Vash did an incredible job of creating a video which effortlessly accompanies the tone of the song. Kastle had the vision of teaming up with Jeff Vash on the video production for his eye for symbolism and attention to detail.

LACEI Premieres New Video

Premiering today on Impose Magazine, the video shows a “beautiful and delicate struggle,” showcasing the healing process that the single’s emotional lyrics describe. It follows singer Jessica Lombard as she progresses from being alone and confused to freeing herself of the emotions that held her back. “Cold Moon” has been called “an indietronica track with a folk-pop spine” by All Things Go, and is currently available on Spotify and iTunes. The group have collaborated with DJ Dahi (Drake, Kendrick Lamar) on their new EP, which will be released on October 21st. They will also be performing that night at The Study in LA.