SKOPE NEWS FOR JULY 26, 2018 @ 8 AM EST

Jerry David DeCicca returns with his second solo album of 2018

Jerry David DeCicca returns with his second solo album of 2018, Burning Daylight.

Out September 28th on Super Secret, Stereogum just premiered the album’s lead single calling it “a love song celebrating a commitment that endures through years of challenges, one that concludes on a note of humble gratitude: ‘You are still here, here with me.'”

New music video release by Afrotronix, “OyO (ft. Seydina).”

AfrotroniX fuses electronic music with African rhythms and Tuareg blues.

Live, the show of AfrotroniX evolves to the rhythm of an original creation mixing DJing, live instruments (drums: Lionel Kizaba) and choreographic performances afro urban (Axelle Munezero) in a futuristic visual universe (Marc-André Cossette).

Seattle rock/pop band Spesh announce debut ‘Famous World’ LP

How do you tell the story of a band? If you had to, there are worse places to start than with a place. In this case, Seattle, present day. The city is beset—or if you’re less inclined to doomsday thinking, enriched—by corporate interests. Neighborhoods that once housed artists, musicians, and weirdos of other stripes have become inhospitable. These people congregate in dive bars or out-of-the-way clubs or someone’s apartment. They drink cheap wine and talk about where they’ll go when they inevitably have to leave. In these dim corners, Spesh first took root. Today the four-piece announce their debut album, ‘Famous World’ and share the catchy, nostalgic “Teflon” with PopMatters. PopMatters says of the track, “Famous World kicks off its own kind of Summer of ’89 with “Teflon”, driven by hi-hat-punishing propulsion and ascending chords, intertwining lines and a sense of overcast optimism.”

The Rad Trads Share “Good Luck Unto Ya” Video Via American Songwriter | New LP ‘On Tap’ Due Out 9/14

New York City-based band, The Rad Trads, share the official music video for their lead single “Good Luck Unto Ya.” Yesterday, American Songwriter premiered the video with praise, stating, “Ahead of On Tap’s release, the band has shared a video for new tune ‘Good Luck Unto Ya,’ a funky kiss-off track with a killer guitar solo and plenty of horns.” The band is currently finishing up the first leg of their extensive US run, which included select shows with Lake Street Dive, and they’ll kick off the next run of national dates, throughout September and early October, with their On Tap LP release show on Friday, September 14th at Mercury Lounge.