@skopemag news for january 28, 2019 @ noon est

Pink Milk Skip SXSW to Record Epic New Single

Following their critically acclaimed debut album, 2017s Purple, Swedish duo Pink Milk have released their brand-new single, Heart of Fire, a devastatingly powerful and cinematic shoegaze ballad – a mini-masterpiece in its own right. With further releases and live appearances already planned for the rest of 2019, this is the year that Edward and Maria are set to redefine shoegaze and post-rock.

Boston Is 2019’s 2nd Best City for Football Fans – WalletHub Study

With Super Bowl LIII just days away, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2019’s Best & Worst Cities for Football Fans as well as accompanying videos, together with its Super Bowl LIII By The Numbers infographic.

To determine the best places for loving on America’s favorite sport, WalletHub compared more than 240 U.S. cities with at least one college or professional football team based on 21 key metrics. The data set ranges from number of NFL and college football teams to average ticket prices.

John Mayer Adds North American Concerts to 2019 World Tour

GRAMMY Award®-winning artist JOHN MAYER has added North American concerts to his 2019 World Tour, which will kick off in Albany, New York, on Friday, July 19, at the Times Union Center and will run through September with two shows at the “Fabulous” Forum in Inglewood, California. Tickets will go on sale to the general public beginning Friday, February 1, at noon local time through Ticketmaster.com.

American Express® Card Members can purchase tickets before the general public beginning Tuesday, January 29 at 10 AM local time through Thursday, January 31 at 10PM.

Sasha Siem Returns with New Track ‘HOLEY WHOLLY HOLY’ – OUT FRIDAY

GRAMMY AWARD WINNER TIM MCGRAW TAKES CENTER STAGE AT SUPER BOWL LIII PREGAME FESTIVITIES

TIM MCGRAW will headline the Super Bowl LIII pregame festivities in Atlanta, GA on Sunday, February 3, the NFL announced today. His performance will take place at the NFL Tailgate Party with his new single “Thought About You” televised live on CBS’s Super Bowl LIII Pregame Show, THE SUPER BOWL TODAY.

Magnetic Skies nod to Disintegration-era Cure with ‘Dreams And Memories’

Magnetic Skies formed in early 2018 when singer-songwriter Simon Kent and vocalist/programmer Jo Womar were commissioned to collaborate for a one-off arts/charity live show. During rehearsals the pair discovered that they had a common love for electronic music and mapped out dates to experiment with writing songs for a potential band project. Simon’s latest solo album had received airplay on national radio, and live shows included touring with established artists like Echo & The Bunnymen, Emma Stevens and The Christians – but things went so well that he decided to take a hiatus to concentrate on the new project.

Jackie Greene Premieres New Video For “Fragile and Wanting”

Jackie Greene’s music video for “Fragile and Wanting”, the heartfelt and earnest ballad from his 2018 release The Modern Lives Vol. 2, was released on Friday via Relix Magazine. Directed by Anthony Simpkins of GemsOnVHS, “Fragile and Wanting” paints a picture of tender memories interspersed with some visual trickery allowing Jackie to appear as every member of the band in a live performance, as he did on the record, playing every instrument himself. Greene told Relix Magazine, “Like most romantics, I’ve always been a sucker for a sappy ballad.

Chain Wallet try to find order in millennial chaos on new track 

Following up on the success of the debut album, Bergen-based dream pop act Chain Wallet will release their second album in February 2019. The band channel the moody eighties-inspired melancholia of bands such as Wild Nothing, paired with shimmering guitar work which nods to The Jesus and Mary Chain and Johnny Marr.

LIZZO UNVEILS “CUZ I LOVE YOU” ALBUM + TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT

Nice Life Recording Company/Atlantic recording artist Lizzo has announced the release of her long awaited full-length debut album. CUZ I LOVE YOU arrives on Friday, April 19th.

Birthday Releases New Music Video for “No Fun”

“‘No Fun’ is one of our more bombastic and wide eyed tracks. It basically covers the perils of having fun in a busy city and the good and bad ways it can affect a person, especially all you optimists out there,” states birthday’s Duran Visek about the song.

WHAT SO NOT FT HERIZEN REVEAL “WE CAN BE FRIENDS” VIDEO OUT ON COUNTER RECORDS

Justin Frick and Corrin Evans co-directed the video: “When we conceptualized the music video, we envisioned the emotional cloudiness that people often experience when going through a heartbreak. We created a visual landscape of reflections, projections and distortions to capture the feelings of unclarity and confusion that often plague us during times of pain… the inability to see things as they truly are. In the video, What So Not and Herizen are lost in their own minds and images of what could have been – or perhaps what actually is being experienced in another dimension.”

L.A. Foster Startles On New Song ‘Honestly’

“Honestly,” just as the name of the song suggests, is about the raw truth.

Taliwhoah’s ‘Love Cycle’ Is An Ode To Late Night R&B’

“Love cycle is a story so many have experienced! The triumph of a “forbidden” love going against all odds to make it happen! I wanted to tell a story that I could relate too myself and so many of my close friends have experienced also”

NJOMZA SHARES “ME & YOU” MUSIC VIDEO TODAY

Of Njomza, Hypebae wrote, “the sultry songstress…has been solidifying her sound which features hints of the sonics and neo-soul beats directly found in ’90s R&B.”

LONDON-BASED RUDIMENTAL RELEASE NEW ALBUM ‘TOAST TO OUR DIFFERENCES’

Madchild video that just dropped for “Death Race”

Madchild returns with a new single “Death Race” from his upcoming new album “Demons”, set for release April 12th, 2019 via Battle Axe Records.