SKOPE NEWS FOR MAY 9, 2018 @ 9 AM EST

LATIN TRAP ARTIST MESSIAH TEAMS UP WITH LATIN GRAMMY-WINNING ELVIS CRESPO ON “SALVAJE”

Latin-American recording artist Messiah has teamed up with legendary Merengue singer, and Latin Grammy Award-winning artist, Elvis Crespo on the video for “Salvaje,” released today via Billboard. The video, directed by Michael Garcia, shows the duo crooning for an intimate crowd at an underground Latin club.

Wes Borland Premieres New Experimental Single Via Rolling stone

Today, Wes Borland releases ‘Matadors & Daughters’, the first single from his upcoming solo album. The single includes ‘Arcturus’ on the B-side and is among the new music that Borland will debut as part of his 4-hour durational performance at Moogfest 2018 in Durham, North Carolina, May 17-20 featuring a custom-built sonic rig. While the single is out today, the new material will be featured on the LP “Astral Hand” via Borland’s own imprint, Edison Sound, and be distributed by The Orchard in the fall of 2018. The single premiered yesterday via Rolling Stone who calls ‘Matador & Daughters’ “phantasmagoric” while ‘Arcturus’ is a more “umbral, cinematic B-side.”

Marlowe (L’Orange & Solemn Brigham) Announce Album

L’Orange & Solemn Brigham are the hard-boiled duo behind the fun house fever dream, Marlowe. The unveiling started today with the video for the first single Lost Arts. The album will be in stores July 13th.

MKJAY Releases New EP ‘First Ride / Ladies’ Out Now Via Psycho Disco!

For most house music fans, cities like Detroit, Chicago, Berlin, and Miami come to mind as epicenters of the genre. Today, Atlanta based label Psycho Disco! is revealing another place to keep your eyes and ears on to uncover new sounds-Brazil.

Nina Nesbitt To Tour With Jesse McCartney This Summer

Today, Scottish singer, songwriter and musician Nina Nesbitt releases a brand new song, “The Sun Will Come Up, The Seasons Will Change,” taken from her forthcoming album, due out later this year on Cooking Vinyl Records.

Songs for Screens: Hear Nina Nesbitt’s New Single, Appearing on CW’s ‘Life Sentence’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Ruen Brothers Share New Music Video For Their Single “All My Shades Of Blue”

The Ruen Brothers premiere their new music video, “ALL MY SHADES OF BLUE,” today with Ones to Watch. Henry and Rupert Stansall, the multi-instrumentalist/songwriter siblings, filmed in their own backyard of Brooklyn, New York, enlisting their actor friends as audience members and set extras. Directed by Ruen Brothers and Matthew Mendelson (Puff Daddy featuring Meek Mills, BOSCO & Speakerfoxxx) the video is an appealing, straightforward performance clip that harkens back to a simplistic time of authentic music-making, both stylistically and visually.

Tory Lanez premieres new video for “B.I.D”

Grammy-nominated artist Tory Lanez today debuts the video for “B.I.D,” taken from his acclaimed sophomore album Memories Don’t Die; watch it here. “B.I.D” has been streamed more than 25 million times to date and is climbing radio charts nationwide.

The Lay Awakes Share Debut LP ‘Home Away From Home’

New York City-based singer songwriter duo The Lay Awakes shares their debut LP Home Away From Home. CelebMix premiered the record praising, “The pair are based in Brooklyn, New York and are ready to take over the world with their sound.” Home Away From Home is available now on all DSPs.

EXCLUSIVE: Premiere of The Lay Awakes’ Debut LP ‘Home Away From Home’

Meet Denton, TX’s Claire Morales

Born to a family of artists and musicians, Claire Morales began to play music and make visual art at a young age. Family gatherings were frequently interrupted by a three year old Claire, insisting on singing a mix of Beatles and Disney numbers upon a makeshift, fireplace stage. By middle-school, she was performing her first solo sets at coffee shops, armed only with her father’s 1960s Gibson and a voice that many well-meaning people throughout her life would deem “more powerful than I thought it would be, looking at you.”

FILM SCHOOL RETURN WITH DREAMY NEW SONG

Bright to Death is Film School’s fifth album and first full-length since 2011’s Fission. Recorded over 8 days in November 2017 on the outskirts of Joshua Tree, this luminescent collection of 11 songs is the finest showcase yet for the band’s signature layered sonic tones, psychedelic atmospheres, and seductive melodies.