@skopemag news for September 10, 2019 @ 12:30 pm est

Nooky Jones Announces New EP – ‘Like Candy’ (9.27) // Release Party at Paisely Park on 9.28.19

Fast rising Minneapolis band Nooky Jones is back with a new EP, Like Candy, slated for release on Friday, September 27, 2019. Like Candy represents the evolution in songwriting, arranging, recording, and producing in the two years since the release of Nooky Jones’ self-titled debut album. The band wanted to produce a collection of songs that captures the high octane atmosphere of the Nooky Jones live show experience, a sound that has been described by NPR’s Heavy Rotation as “equal parts Stevie Wonder, D’Angelo and Prince…guaranteed to move both heart and booty.” The band will celebrate the release of their EP at the legendary Paisley Park on September 28th, making it the first live ticketed event at the historic grounds, since Prince’s passing in 2016.

RHEOSTATICS’ HERE COME THE WOLVES ARRIVES.

Directed by Jennifer Baichwal and Nick de Pencier, the team behind Anthropocene (TIFF’s Best Canadian Film Award winner this time last year) and Long Time Running, the video for “Here Come The Wolves” captures the song’s multitudes. With a grindstone-hewn art rock brutalism, the team uses the forge as metaphor for lyrical themes, which speak to the grinding crush of authoritarian power, and as an analog for the band itself, the industrial moil of being a band for nearly four decades.

The Honest Heart Collective – ‘Fine’

In modern English, the word “fine” has two meanings. For example, you can say you’re fine while simultaneously being the opposite of that. We tell ourselves we’re fine all the time when in reality, we’re far from it. Lying to yourself and others only fuels the fire.

TANYA TUCKER & FRIENDS SET FOR JANUARY 12, 2020 AT RYMAN AUDITORIUM

Country outlaw Tanya Tucker has never performed a full headlining concert at the historic Ryman Auditorium, but that’ll change January 12, 2020. The country icon, who recently appeared on “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon” and “TODAY” to promote her new album While I’m Livin’, will bring a set list of iconic hits, new songs and a few special guests for Tanya Tucker & Friends at the Ryman. Tickets, available here, go on sale to the public Friday, September 13.

See Tanya Tucker, Brandi Carlile Sing ‘Wheels of Laredo’ on ‘Fallon’

TOVE LO RELEASES ‘REALLY DON’T LIKE U’ FEAT. KYLIE MINOGUE ‘SUNSHINE KITTY’ OUT SEPTEMBER 20

“Even though it’s now out, I still can’t believe Kylie is on ‘Really don’t like u”!!” Tove Lo reveals. “Kylie and I met last year at an AMFAR event in Hong Kong; when she said she wanted to work together I made serious mental note! Once I felt I had the perfect song to share with her I just hoped she would love it and want to do her magical thing to it. She did, and I couldn’t be more thrilled and honored to have someone I love and respect so much on this track and part of Sunshine Kitty.”

ECLIPSER: Pathos Debut From Canadian Blackened Death Unit Out Now And Streaming Via Noise Salvation Records

Recorded, mixed, and mastered at Topon Das’ (Fuck The Facts) Apartment 2 Studio and engineered by Scott Burniston, Pathos delivers an emotionally disturbing sonic landscape comprised of dense and transcendent atmospheres interrupted by frantic, anxiety-inducing riffs, blastbeats, and a multi-dimensional barrage of ravenous screams, blood curdling shrieks, and harsh guttural lows. Conceptually, Pathos is a cryptic and abysmal collection of bleak philosophies, exploring esoteric theologies such as hermeticism and alchemy. Laden with contrast between religious and blasphemous connotations and the overall notion that the human condition is something to overcome, the record is as pulverizing as it is thought-provoking.

HIDEOUS DIVINITY RELEASE FIRST SINGLE AND VIDEO (CREATED BY OLIVIER DE SAGAZAN) “THE EMBALMER”

“Perhaps more than any other song on ‘Simulacrum’, ‘The Embalmer’ represents the new path in front of Hideous Divinity,” guitarist Enrico Schettino states about the new track. “We knew it was time for ‘not just a video clip’. Something more was needed. When Olivier accepted our proposal and came out with the script, the whole thing hit us like a train wreck. We found the Embalmer. With his art, he created a nightmare and invited us into it: half covered in clay, standing like powerless statues, soon we understood to be in the hands of a maniac. Olivier De Sagazan came and embalmed reality in a distorted image, creating a destabilizing simulacrum. You can see us, blind observers, watching the grotesque repetition as he replaces Stephanie on the surgical field. ‘Rise!’, he cried. ”

Tim Ayre: Australia’s bedroom pop auteur

Australian musician and songwriter Tim Ayre is the latest artist to come out of Melbourne’s vibrant scene of creatives. Recently, he announced a new EP out on Kitsuné Musique, November 15, 2019. This week he’s shared the second single, the groovy, psychedelic “Not Like It Should Be”, an impressively catchy bop made all the more noteworthy by the fact that he produced it all at home.

MISS TESS RELEASES NEW SINGLE “TRUE FLOOD” ft RACHAEL PRICE from LAKE STREET DIVE + LP ANNOUNCEMENT

Her music is upbeat and dance-worthy, with a contemporary and relatable feel – Folk Alley

Miss Tess will never fit easily into just one box, and that’s why her fans look forward to each new eclectic release from the rootsy singer, who used to live here. She is a favorite live act around town – The Boston Globe

Contemporary and timeless, Miss Tess an excellent compendium of modern Americana distilled in all its forms. She is a sweet seductress, one whose charms are increasingly harder and harder to resist. Catch her while you can. – No Depression

FUTURE FEATS – “27” [OFFICIAL VIDEO]

“To give you a little refresher… we’re an alternative band from Hollywood CA. FADER Label originally signed us to a small demo deal and then shit got interesting, moving us to an official signing.

Earlier this summer we wrapped up a 16-date tour with Picture This and shortly before that banged out a great 4-week run with The Kooks / Barns Courtney. Also just completed our full-length debut album with Justin Warfield (producer) / Mark Needham (mixer), set to be released in October.”

Rob Simonsen’s Sony Masterworks debut ‘Rêveries’ out today; Composer releases LP alongside video trilogy

Leading film and television composer, producer, multi-instrumentalist and co-founder of The Echo Society ROB SIMONSEN today makes his solo debut with the release of RÊVERIES, available now from Sony Music Masterworks. RÊVERIES will also be released as a limited edition vinyl beginning Friday, December 6 – preorder now. Putting the piano in the spotlight, Simonsen furnishes the nine tracks encompassing RÊVERIES with blissful embellishments both electronic and analog, resulting in a deeply elegant and affective debut. Taking inspiration from his European surroundings and emboldened by his adventures with The Echo Society as w

MORGXN RELEASES “A NEW WAY” ACOUSTIC

ABOUT MORGXN: Over the past two years, morgxn has been not so quietly releasing new music which culminated in a top 10 hit with “home (ft, WALK THE MOON,) late night performances on JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE, LAST CALL WITH CARSON DALY, festival performances at Lollapalooza, Firefly, LaureLive and HangOut to name a few, toured extensively (X Ambassadors, Phoebe Ryan, Skylar Grey, miike snow, Dreamers, Robert Delong, ARIZONA) received megawatt licensing looks (ABC, HBO, SHOWTIME, NBC, The CW, USA Networks) and has garnered critical acclaim across the board.

Eigenstate Zero to release debut album “Sensory Deception” on November 1st / first Single released

Swedish Death metal project Eigenstate Zero sets November 1st, 2019 as an international release date for their first full-length album “Sensory Deception”.