SKOPE NEWS FOR APRIL 16, 2018 @ 10 AM EST

ICYMI: Jack White on Saturday Night Live

White will kick off the BOARDING HOUSE REACH world tour next Thursday, April 19th with his first hometown arena show at Detroit’s Little Caesars Arena.

Alert: Awolnation’s “Run” Featured in new SOLO TV Spot!!!

Now add in my attempt at a small connection to the upcoming Solo film as Awolnation’s “Run” is featured in the new TV spot released on the internet today, AND making its broadcast debut tonight during American Idol! Thrilled for Awolnation! Lead singer and founder Aaron Bruno is speechless fanboy right now in Europe on tour! Typically commercial spots rely on score for the music bed which makes this even more special!

New Music: Parisian/German producer Bluestaeb releases hip-hop instrumental single “Left & Right” (via Jakarta Records)

Paris based producer Bluestaeb releases new single Left & Right, from his upcoming album Everything Is Always a Process. Out via tastemaker label Jakarta Records, Left & Right follows on from the infinitely soulful single “Mind” with Noah Slee and MAÏA.

SHIRINA Releases ‘Wild’ Single

Shirina is a young singer/songwriter who has made a name for herself through busking around Sydney’s CBD. Her recent releases have surprised supporters and have received wonderful feedback with many praising her genre ambiguity and exploration.

WINNERS ANNOUNCED FOR THE 53rd ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS™

Winners have been announced for the 53rd ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS™, which aired LIVE earlier this evening on the CBS Television Network from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV. Hosted by multimedia superstar, Reba McEntire, the ACM Awards named Jason Aldean as Entertainer of the Year, the evening’s biggest honor. This is the third consecutive win for Aldean in this category and his 13th overall ACM Award win.

THE SEA ATLAS releases new video and track

Hidden away on an island in the Outer Hebrides, Calum Buchanan is The Sea Atlas.

Residing in his ancestral home in the North Atlantic, The Sea Atlas skippers boats up and down the West coast of Scotland, working the land on his croft, all the while writing and recording his own brand of hauntingly beautiful tracks, locked away in a cabin on the shores of a sea loch.

When the storms batter his home, that’s when he works, the energy of the island resonating in the music, creating the atmosphere that shape The Sea Atlas, a map of sheltered havens to open expanses that brave the harshest storms.

Brent Cobb releases new single ‘Mornin’s Gonna Come’

Recorded at Nashville’s RCA Studio A with Grammy Award-winning producer Dave Cobb, the album features eleven songs including ‘King of Alabama’. Each digital pre-order comes with an immediate download of ‘King of Alabama’ and ‘Mornin’s Gonna Come’ as well as ‘Ain’t A Road Too Long’, which was released last year.

CARDI B GOES STRAIGHT TO THE TOP WITH “INVASION OF PRIVACY”

KSR/Atlantic recording artist Cardi B is continuing to break records and make history with her blockbuster debut album, “INVASION OF PRIVACY,” available now at all DSPs. The album – which was certified Gold by the RIAA on its day of release, the first-ever album by a female artist to achieve that milestone – has now made an equally extraordinary chart debut atop the Billboard 200, entering at #1 with 255K album equivalents – the top Billboard 200 debut for a female this year as well as 2018’s second biggest chart debut thus far. Cardi B has become the fifth female rapper to top the Billboard 200 albums chart. What’s more, “INVASION OF PRIVACY” has topped a number of additional charts, including a “Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums,” “Top Rap Albums,” and “Top Digital Albums.”

Swedish Thrashers DEFIATORY Premieres New Single “Bane Of Creation” At New Noise Magazine

DEFIATORY are far from done with taking over the cyber space with their aggressive hard hitting Thrash Metal. Their impending new album “Hades Rising”, covers all the basses of what good metal should be. A fantastic trip to the Emergency room, to have neck fusion surgery, to repair it from the continuous beating it just received from this album.

Song Premiere: Defiatory – “Bane Of Creation”

Pat Pat New Single

Pat Pat born Josh Patterson, April, 10, 1989 is an up and coming hip hop artist/ rapper from Denison, Texas. His hard southern style originates from the day-to-day struggle of what it’s like growing up in a notorious, insolvent neighborhood. With the odds against him he chose to spend his free time making music. His new single, “903 Texas” has been blazing the streets and landing him on stages with Nipsey Hussle, Lil Flip, Lil KeKe, Beat King, AfroMan and kirko bangz. The wait is finally over as he is currently releasing his long anticipated album “Nawf Baby.” an ode to North Texas as well as his neighborhood in Denison TX referred to as NawfTown! This project is a well rounded body of work.