SKOPE NEWS FOR MAY 16, 2018 @ 4 PM EST

Lyric video premiere: LOSTAIR “Where the Angels Die”

Thrash metal band Lostair has released the brand new lyric video for the song Where the Angels Die, the song taken from the last album Ad Jubilaeum released in october 2017 via Revalve Records.

Ricardo Bacelars beautifully smooth cover of Antonio Carlos Jobim’s ‘Somewhere In The Hills’

For Brazilians, Antonio Carlos Jobim’s catalogue is as iconic, influential and impactful as George Gershwin’s contributions to the Great American Songbook. Making the inclusion of a classic from the legend’s repertoire is therefore a must for pianist Ricardo Bacelar’s “Sebastiana” the newly-released album heralding the works of Brazilian composers along with celebrating the Latin music diaspora.

CHRISTINA AGUILERA RELEASES NEW SONG “FALL IN LINE” FEAT. DEMI LOVATO

Today, global superstar Christina Aguilera releases her highly anticipated new song “Fall in Line” feat. Demi Lovato along with the lyric video. It was previously announced that Aguilera and Lovato would be performing together at the “2018 Billboard Music Awards” which will broadcast live from MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 20 at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT on NBC.

NYC Avant-Pop Star Katie Rush Premieres “Stage Life” Video via VENTS MAGAZINE

Singer/Songwriter Katie Rush makes her video debut with “Stage Life,” an indie-pop love song dedicated to music and Brooklyn. The synth-heavy “Stage Life” is a nectarous pop confection; one bite and it oozes 80’s electro heartache and 90’s club escapism.

WALE JOINS FORCES WITH WARNER BROS. RECORDS

GRAMMY® Award-nominated multiplatinum Washington, D.C. MMG superstar and culture iconoclast Wale announces his signing to Warner Bros. Records. The critically acclaimed, history-making rapper will unleash his sixth full-length album in 2018.

“I am delighted that Wale has joined Warner Bros. Records,” says Tom Corson, Co-Chairman & COO, Warner Bros. Records. “He is a pillar in the hip-hop community and beyond; with his cultural relevance and lyrical prose, he continues to elevate the game. Wale is truly a force to be reckoned with and we look forward to a successful partnership for years to come.”

Sonny Elliot Share “One Day With You” Track Via The Line Of Best Fit

“It never feels forced or desperate, and instead is like having some intimate insight into the Peden brother’s very private inner feelings and thoughts or reading through their diary. The production is rich with atmosphere where every corner is full of the emotion that enriches the very melodies that float along with beautiful ease.” – The Line Of Best Fit

Oh Joy announce debut EP and share new single

Oh Joy are set to release a new EP entitled Good Grief on June 8th. The band, who jokingly describe themselves as “mope rock” follow up two critically acclaimed singles that came out last year. The miserabilist tag is something the band embrace but that melancholy is equally drenched in humour and their intention is to subvert the depressing rock band stereotype. The video for lead single Cab Sad perfectly sums up that over-the-top melodrama juxtaposed with knowing wit.

The Essex Green premiere second single off Hardly Electronic, “The 710”

Premiering today on Brooklyn Vegan, “The 710” is the second single from The Essex Green’s Hardly Electronic (out June 29) and the first from the anticipated album to feature lead vocals from band member Sasha Bell, who says the song “describes innocently stumbling into an internecine web of secrecy and betrayal, a web begun generations ago…” The band’s video collaborator Michael Barrett created a visual for the song, cut up from nostalgic stock footage (and some of the band for good measure). Don’t delay, click play today!

JAY ROCK PREMIERES NEW SINGLE “WIN”

Top Dawg Entertainment recording artist Jay Rock has shared his new single “WIN.” Released via Top Dawg Entertainment/Interscope Records, “WIN” is set to appear on Jay Rock’s third album, due out later this year.

jesse saint john arrives with bold new song, “FAKE IT”

Queer pop artist jesse saint john has written with some of the biggest names in pop – from Britney Spears to Sia, saint john has already proven himself to be a renowned songwriter. Earlier this year, jesse released his high energy, bloghaus tune “MOVE,” and later the lyric visualizer for his debut single.

Phil Cook’s New Single “Another Mother’s Son” Out Today, from PEOPLE ARE MY DRUG, out June 1

Cook’s newest single is “Another Mother’s Son,” a modern-day civil rights song about police shootings, and a plea for community in a world full of disconnect. Cook enlisted another Durham NC hip hop artist and slam poetry-champion Kane Smego to help write this deeply personal track.

AFROPUNK ANNOUNCES CONTEST TO DISCOVER NEW MUSIC FROM INDEPENDENT ARTISTS FOR THE UPCOMING SEASON OF INSECURE

Issa Rae and HBO® have teamed up with AFROPUNK to discover fresh innovative music from independent artists. For the next week, artists and bands can enter the #InsecureTracksContest by uploading their music submissions.

Contest closes May 22, 2018 at 11:59pm. The contest winner will have the opportunity to be featured in the upcoming season of Insecure and its accompanying soundtrack on RCA Records.

“SOUR” BY LOU THE HUMAN OUT TODAY

Lou the Human returns today with the release of “Sour.” The song, produced by Onlunchbreak is accompanied by a video directed by justicewearscoolpants. “Sour”‘ is the first new music from Lou since the release of his Humaniac mixtape last year.

Kat Edmonson’s “Old Fashioned Gal” debuts #3 Billboard Jazz Chart

The Associated Press lauds, “Kat Edmonson’s Old Fashioned Gal sounds like an alternate soundtrack to an Audrey Hepburn film, 11 self-penned songs of gentle romance and vulnerability in a decades-old style sparkling with modern sensibilities…and then there’s her voice. Part bashful debutante, part starry-eyed fiancée, part world-wise seductress, it possesses a singular expressiveness.” Read full piece HERE.

Austin360 video premiere: Watch Kat Edmonson ‘Sparkle and Shine’ in Manhattan

THE KOOKS TO RELEASE FIFTH ALBUM LET’S GO SUNSHINE ON AUGUST 31

The Kooks are set to release their long-awaited fifth studio album, Let’s Go Sunshine, on August 31 via Lonely Cat / AWAL Recordings. The album is brash and bold with songs that mix melancholy and euphoria. The band has released two new songs off the album, “No Pressure” and “All The Time” and will embark on a sold- out US tour beginning May 21 in Boston, MA at the House of Blues and wrap June 7 in Los Angeles, CA at The Wiltern. The Kooks will also be hitting cities across Europe this summer, including shows opening up for The Rolling Stones.

Rising Seattle artist Ruler’s “Get To You” video premieres at MAGNET

MAGNET is premiering the video for the new single “Get To You” from up-and-coming Seattle artist Ruler, hailing the track as “the kind of catchy and grown-up indie rock you’ve come to expect from Barusk.”

Jim Lauderdale announces two new albums; new song available now

Yep Roc Records is proud to announce the simultaneous release of two records from Nashville legend Jim Lauderdale on Friday, August 3 — TIME FLIES and JIM LAUDERDALE AND ROLAND WHITE. Both are “new,” but only TIME FLIES was recently recorded.

Whitney Fenimore’s EP streaming RIGHT NOW!!

Just wanted to give you a head’s up that former NBC’s The Voice star Whitney Fenimore’s new EP Battle Within is now streaming in full via Arizona Republic.