Month: September 2018

@skopemag News For September 27, 2018 @ 2 PM EST

Filipino singer Jess Connelly shares new video + tour Manila-based R&B singer / songwriter Jess Connelly shares her dreamy new video for her song “On My Way Up” from her JCON mixtape out now. Half Filipino & half Australian, the classically trained vocalist has quickly amassed millions of plays online and a large following in…

Australian Electro-Pop with Heart: Georgia Mae Premieres Track “Fools”

Australian singer/songwriter/producer Georgia Mae, hit the ground running with her 2016 single “Time With You” quickly moving to high rotation on national radio and Spotify viral charts. Since graduating on a scholarship from the Queensland Conservatorium with a degree in Music Technology, she has released four singles, co-written with artists at home and abroad, been…

@skopemag News For September 27, 2018 @ NOON EST

SHAWN MENDES & ZEDD RELEASE “LOST IN JAPAN” REMIX Shawn and Zedd teased the remix and artwork throughout the week, leading up to the song’s release today. “Lost In Japan” is now the official 2nd single from Shawn’s self titled 3rd album, following smash hit “In My Blood,”. The original version of the song has…

Paris & Gunna Drop “Po’ed Up” Music Video

Today, buzzing new artist PARIS released his highly-anticipated music video “Po’ed Up Ft. GUNNA.” The visuals are Paris’ latest release from his debut EP, One Night In Paris. This summer Paris toured with rap superstars, POST MALONE and 21 SAVAGE. After working with celebrated hip-hop star, GUNNA the California native impressively acquired features from BLINK-182’s…

@skopemag News For September 27, 2018 @ 9 AM EST

Col3trane shares “Tyler” official video; BOOT out now Today sees 19-year-old vocalist, musician and rapper Col3trane share the brand new video for “Tyler”. Directed by Felix Brady, who also directed Cole’s innovative video for “Language”, “Tyler” is the latest in a long series of visually-arresting visuals from Cole and finds the artist appear in a…

The Weeklings Present New Video “In The Moment”

“In The Moment” is the new song and video from The Weeklings, and it’s yet another standout track in the world of Beatle-inspired power pop. Like many others, The Weeklings have immersed themselves in ‘60s magic, but the band twists the past with a unique ability to reconstruct the influences of the masters in a…

New Video By PSYRUS “Hitcher”

PSYRUS came up in 2016 looking to bridge the gap between rock and EDM, aiming to take the sounds of The Prodigy and Pendulum and inject them with the stuff they grew up on. Raised on The Sex Pistols, GBH, and The Exploited, today the band are pushing nearly 2 million fans. Andrew K, Tony,…

Singer-Saxophonist Danny Bacher’s New Album ‘Still Happy’

Wild, unpredictable, Danny Bacher’s “Still Happy” represents the very best intersection of jazz, pop, delivered with the utmost of joy. Positively bursting at the seams, everything about the album passes by in a glorious blur of color. A kaleidoscopic range touches upon every aspect of the album, from the intense saxophone work to Danny Bacher’s…

Lindsay Clark Presents New ‘Crystalline LP’

Lindsay Clark’s new full-length Crystalline is a compendium of quiet moments. And “quiet moments,” perhaps, is also the phrase that most accurately exemplifies the album’s milieu – not just for its stillness and subtlety, a singularly rare folk endeavor that employs rhythmic elements, acoustic guitars in open tunings, and soft-but-potent harmonies that rise in and…

The Prodigy premiere new single, ‘Light Up The Sky’

‘Light Up The Sky’ is the explosive new single from The Prodigy, the second track to be lifted from the band’s much-anticipated seventh studio album, ‘No Tourists’ (out November 2nd). The band has also confirmed details of a twenty-date winter tour, which includes two dates at London’s Alexandra Palace on November 14th and 15th. ‘Light…

Cindy G Releases ‘Moonshiner’s Daughter’

The blood of ancient Appalachia and all of the incredible music it has yielded runs through the veins of Cindy G’s new album Moonshiner’s Daughter like a furious river fighting to reach the ocean. I’ve always said that it’s harder to make a stylized bluegrass record in the modern age that encompasses the wide ranging color that…

@skopemag News For September 26, 2018 @ 7 PM EST

Jeff Cramer Releases “Forgive” via PopMatters, Announces Debut Album Colorado singer-songwriter Jeff Cramer is pleased to announce the upcoming release of his debut solo album, Northern 45, releasing January 25th, 2019. The songs on Northern 45 were a decade in the making, with each of them heralding back to Cramer’s Midwestern roots and sense of…

Perfume Release New Music Video For Song “Future Pop”

Multi-platinum selling J-pop girl group Perfume recently released their highly anticipated 7th album, Future Pop. Available now to stream, the album features hit singles “Tokyo Girl,” “If You Wanna,” “Mugenmirai,” and “Let Me Know.” The follow up to their critically acclaimed album Cosmic Explorer, Future Pop was an instant success, reaching #1 on the iTunes…

QUALITY CONTROL PRESENTS NEW LIL BABY DOCUMENTARY ‘PREACHERMAN’

Quality Control presents PREACHERMAN, an original documentary starring Lil Baby. It is directed by Mandon Lovett and executive-produced by Pierre “Pee” Thomas and Kevin “Coach K” Lee. PREACHERMAN – is more than a music documentary, it’s also a narrative of the streets of Oakland City in SW Atlanta. Told through candid interviews about Lil Baby’s…

@skopemag News For September 26, 2018 @ 2 PM EST

Stephen Kellogg shares Will Hoge-produced single “Symphony Of Joy” Stephen Kellogg has shared a new single, “Symphony Of Joy,” from his forthcoming Will Hoge-produced full-length Objects in the Mirror due out November 23, 2018. The song is a buoyant Americana-rocker that harkens back to Tom Petty and Bob Seger, in a style that brings to…

BRANT BJORK: intimate video for “Too Many Chiefs”

To celebrate his reissues on Heavy Psych Sounds, BRANT BJORK has just released a wonderfully intimate new music video for the track ‘Too Many Chiefs…’, taken from the reissue of 8-track acoustic album ‘Tres Dias’. Lay back and hang with the desert rock icon below. “Some days I just like to sit outside under the…

@skopemag News For September 26, 2018 @ NOON EST

You need to stream ESP EVOLUTION New Single ‘RASTA MOVEMENT’ Mantell – ‘Lulu’ Single Left to their own devices, the boys were able to showcase their flair for all things music as they wrote, recorded and produced thirty-two single-handedly. The process spanned over a year in their home studio/garage and the final product features five…

Julie Kember shares revealing new single ‘Undone’

With critical acclaim, chart success, international TV syncing and awards a-plenty, it is hard not to see Australian songstress Julie Kember as a bona fide overachiever. The beating heart of all her wild success is wonderful music that touches the soul. Built around the gorgeous timbre of her voice, Kember’s songs are majestically poetic, cinematic…

@skopemag News For September 26, 2018 @ 7 AM EST

ESP EVOLUTION Amazing New Single ‘FAKE & PHONY’ Interscope Records’ Artists Occupy Three Spots In Top 5 On This Week’s Billboard Hot 100 Chart Interscope Records recording artists occupy the three spots on the Billboard Hot 100 chart this week, in addition to the Top 20. Maroon 5’s “Girls Like You,” featuring Cardi B, has…

@skopemag News For September 25, 2018 @ 7 PM EST

Katie Garibaldi New Single “Safe and Warm (Lullaby for Jesus)” New Music: K. Sparks – Midnight Drive (Produced By: Kurser) Midnight Drive is the fourth single from K. Sparks collaborative album with French Producer Kurser entitled Note To Self. The album contains a combination of live instrumentation and collaborations with various musicians from several locations.…

Alya Michelson Releases ‘Puppet Strings’

This is unique, but accessible. Alya Michelson’s single “Puppet Strings” will be an enjoyable introduction to her talents and the Russian native has obviously toiled to realize her craft in a way not enough modern songwriters and musicians aspire to. The obvious care and deep feeling invested in this single will win over anyone willing…

@skopemag News For September 25, 2018 @ 1 PM EST

Christian O “HellFyre” Video Christian O is a Zürich based song-writer and recording artist. A poet and lover of music, he’s released multiple singles and EP’s, including his latest song , “HellFyre”, which is available everywhere music is sold. Christian has worked with award winning producers, and draws from the experiences from his travels, relationships,…

@skopemag Q&A Featuring Steven Blane

We are so excited to hang out with incredible musician Steve Blane. Steve released his newest album, ‘So New York’ in August. The album is a collection of ten original love songs to the city he loves best. Steven’s style incorporates a jazzy pop influence along with a 1950’s rock vibe that gives his sound…

@skopemag News For September 25, 2018 @ 10 AM EST

Calvin Johnson Shares “(I’ve Still Got) Sand In My Shoes” Track Feat. Michelle Branch Via Paste The new Calvin Johnson album A Wonderful Beast [KLP269] is an experiment in sound. Calvin entered the Audio Eagle Studio in Nashville, TN. using the premise “Rock’n’roll Will Never Die” as a starting point. Working closely with Producer Patrick…

New Video By My Demons Galore “Carry Your Own Light”

From the hub of heavy electronic and modern sound, My Demons Galore have brought rock back to Brooklyn. With hard-hitting riffs, striking lyrics and anthemic melodies, their theatrics mirror those of Queen, Muse, and My Chemical Romance. They hold the torch for the lost and the broken as they balance these contrasting forces. Triumphantly, they…

Five Tips for Finding Local Home Builders

When it comes to building a good home, it can be confusing at first. That’s why it’s imperative to find and hire a good team to keep the project going well, starting off with a quality home builder who knows what he’s doing. While you can find a number of home builders on websites like…

Lord & Lady New Video ‘The Lift’

There isn’t much to say about where mainstream pop music is right now, and that isn’t just a problem for the artists who rake in two or three Grammys every year, but more of a problem for our artistic world as a whole. When the top starts to crumble, it’s up to the artists occupying…

The Interplanetary Acoustic Team Release New Single ‘Light Sketch’

If you’re looking for something vastly unusual that is like nothing you’ve ever heard or experienced before, then The Interplanetary Acoustic Team’s “Light Sketch” is your golden ticket! The song is like something from another galaxy just free-floating in space & time for all lifeforms to witness. Right away, I was taken a back and…

@skopemag News For September 24, 2018 @ 3 PM EST

VOUNA: Eponymous Debut Album To See Release In November Wolves In The Throne Room proudly announces that they will be releasing the sorrowful and grand self-titled debut album by synth-driven funeral doom band VOUNA through their own Artemisia Records in November. The album’s artwork, track listing, and penultimate album track “Drowning City” have been issued.…

Spotify Becomes a Record Label

In a strategic war with Apple and the Major Record Labels Spotify launches itself into the A&R business. It is very important that as an artist you have access to a record label contract and what it entails. For the past 12 months Spotify has been negotiating with artists and artist managers in order to…

Garth Adam New Single ‘Seawall’

“Seawall” is a track that begins with a guitar strummed pattern, before being joined by a fluid bass line. It’s later accompanied by an acoustic piano pattern. Garth Adam sings its words to someone who’s lost a faith of some kind. A seawall is defined as “a wall or embankment erected to prevent the sea…

@skopemag News For September 24, 2018 @ 11 AM EST

Famous Dex, Lil Baby, Rich the Kid & Jay Critch Team Up for “Nervous”     Famous Dex kicks off the fall with his newest single, “Nervous” featuring hip-hop heavy weights, Lil Baby, Rich the Kid, and Jay Critch. The high energy record is produced by Take A Daytrip, one of the producers for Sheck Wes’s…

Eli Paperboy Reed Releases New Single “Ninety Nine Cent Dreams” Featuring Legendary Rapper Big Daddy Kane

Eli Paperboy Reed’s new single, “Ninety Nine Cent Dreams,” featuring legendary rapper Big Daddy Kane premiered over the weekend on Elton John’s Apple Music Beats 1 Radio Show. Now available at all digital service providers, check out the official video shot in New York City. “Ninety Nine Cent Dreams” (feat. Big Daddy Kane) reflects Reed’s…

Fia Moon Launches Blissful New Single ‘Take’

Irish singer/songwriter Fia Moon has delivered her stunning latest release, ‘Take’, a slick aural embodiment of the vocalist’s jaw-dropping vocal range. The brilliantly soulful single showcases the instantly recognisable signature sound of Moon, who was classically trained from the age of 5. Renowned for her honest and heartfelt lyrics and inspired by names like Dua…

@skopemag News For September 24, 2018 @ 11 AM EST

Minsk – The Chalice And The Dagger // New song from the upcoming split album BIGOD with Zatokrev “The Chalice And The Dagger” is a snapshot into the world of paradox. Life is a disgusting grind, yet our experience vibrates with ecstasy and potentiality. This song hopes to present the hymn of the out-lier; with…