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@skopemag News For October 8, 2018 @ 3 PM EST

Rock Legends KING’S X Join Golden Robot Records, Set to Release First New Album in Over a Decade in 2019 Australia’s leading international independent record label, Golden Robot Records, continues to grow at an unprecedented pace. The label is absolutely thrilled to announce that globally revered, Billboard-charting rock icons KING’S X are now part of…

Jerad Finck Releases ‘New Kids SEAWAVES remix’

Making it in pop music in 2018 has little, if anything, to do with selling catchy hooks anymore. For today’s sophisticated audience, it’s about capturing the moment, the vibe, the raw emotion of a culture that is rife with creative thinking that goes well beyond that of generations who came before. Making it in pop…

KALIDIA: “FROZEN THRONE” MUSIC VIDEO RELEASED

The Italian melodic power metal band KALIDIA just released a music video for “Frozen Throne”, the first single from their new album “The Frozen Throne”. “The Frozen Throne” will be released on November 23rd via Inner Wound Recordings. The album will be available on CD, digital and as an exclusive black wooden box edition, limited…

@skopemag News For October 8, 2018 @ 11 AM EST

Mozes & the Firstborn announce new record ‘Dadcore’ with single ‘If I’ | Out Jan 25th via Pop Up Records Today, Netherlands four-piece Mozes and the Firstborn have announced that their new album ‘Dadcore’ will be released on January 25th. As the next taster after previous single, ‘Hello’, the band have released a brand new…

THE SEA ATLAS releases new ‘Goodbye’ EP

Hidden away on an island in the Outer Hebrides, Calum Buchanan is The Sea Atlas. Residing in his ancestral home in the North Atlantic, The Sea Atlas skippers boats up and down the West coast of Scotland, working the land on his croft, all the while writing and recording his own brand of hauntingly beautiful…

@skopemag Q&A Featuring Katie Garibaldi

We are so excited to kick off this week with Katie Garibaldi. Katie has been so busy of late and so we had to stop and get the 411. If you celebrate Christmas year round like us she has her album ‘Home Sweet Christmas’ out now. She also has the video for – “Safe and…

@skopemag News For October 7, 2018 @ 5 PM EST

Witness the vintage sound of ‘Red Telephone’ with their latest single ‘Victoria Park’ There is a timeless quality an other-worldly melancholic sadness that hangs on every passing note from Cardiff’s most exciting psychedelic night urchins Red Telephone latest single ‘Victoria Park’. It could be a long lost song from the 1966 ‘Blow-Up’ soundtrack, The Yardbirds…

Maggie Szabo “Wide Awake’ – Electro-pop Dance Anthem – 13 + Million YouTube Views

Entitled ‘Wide Awake’ the single features dreamy synthscapes, powerful vocals and dance-worthy beats. Szabo has over 13 million Youtube hits and is known for collaborating with high profile artists across genres. She was recently profiled by Billboard, as well as having garnered features on Huffington Post, Yahoo! Music, Perez Hilton and PopCrush. Maggie Szabo is…

@skopemag News For October 7, 2018 @ 9 AM EST

Nashville based indie rock trio Coyote Choir release new single “Kingdom of Love” Nashville based indie rock trio Coyote Choir have just premiered a new single titled “Kingdom of Love.” The track, which premiered on , is featured on the band’s debut album, Vol. 1, which drops on 11/2. “Coyote Choir bellows a message as…

James Lee Baker Is Excited To Release ‘Home Again’

2018 has been a big year for singer/songwriters, but no one has been getting more buzz than James Lee Baker, a Midwestern folk singer with a country bend whose new album Home Again has taken the world by storm. Home Again isn’t your average collection of roots rock songs – it’s a larger than life…

Jason Rylan Inspiring New Single ‘Strong’

Aptly named, Jason Rylan’s “Strong” proves to be a truly inspirational piece of work. Representing the best of what pop has to offer, Jason Rylan’s powerful, deep vocals add to the song’s undeniable emotional core. Everything comes together in a pitch-perfect sort of way. His understanding of how to build a song up has a…

Reliant Tom release the eerie new music video for “Happy Birthday”

Today, New York-based indie-pop duo, Reliant Tom, released the accompanying video to their dark and brooding single, “Happy Birthday.” The equally eerie video depicts lead singer, Claire Cuny, wasting away in her bedroom shrouded in stark, surrealist lighting. We’ve partnered with MXDWN to bring you the premiere of “Happy Birthday” the music video. The track…

SAINT SISTER RELEASES THEIR DEBUT ALBUM ‘SHAPE OF SILENCE’

Today Irish electro-folk duo Saint Sister release their debut album ‘Shape of Silence’. The album is inspired by the connections between people, and the conversations borne from figuring yourself out in relation to another person. Of the album, Saint Sister say: “This record is the culmination of the past 4 years of making music together…

Trio of Awesuhm Release New Album ‘cowboys&aliens’

Singer/songwriter Monica Uhm goes by the name Trio Of Awesuhm. Her album, a collaboration with fellow New York musicians, is a folkish collection of sincere songs. Many of these compositions lean toward progressive social messages, best exemplified by the determination expressed with “Nevertheless.” The album’s overall sonic vibe might remind you of Natalie Merchant and…

@skopemag News For October 6, 2018 @ Noon EST

NEW VIDEO: EMINEM “VENOM” – WATCH NOW! Adam Miko Closes Out the Summer with Love Sick Debut Single “It Only Happens In The Summer” Los Angeles pop singer-songwriter Adam Miko is thrilled to share the music video for his debut single “It Only Happens In The Summer.” The track is a summer fling gone sour.…

New Video By Nadia Lanfranconi “Italian Country Song”

It was the philosopher Brad Paisley who called America “one big Country Nation”. What Brad meant was that modern country music has less to do with geography and more to do with a certain state of mind: respect for tradition, a straight-shooting attitude, a taste for musical economy and simplicity, and, perhaps most importantly a…

WILD Shares New Song + Announces Debut EP       

Los Angeles trio WILD have announced their debut EP, Lace & Layers, will be released on November 2nd via Nettwerk Music Group. In advance of the EP they have shared catchy, smile-inducing single, “Just Begun.” Discussing the EP’s title, WILD says, “It is a lyric from the song ‘Brighter Side.’ The song has to do…

PETE YORN & SCARLETT JOHANSSON RELEASE MUSIC VIDEO FOR “IGUANA BIRD”

Today, Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson share the music video for their latest single “Iguana Bird.” Directed by actress, producer, and filmmaker Bonnie Wright (best known for her role as Ginny Weasley in the Harry Potter series), the clip serves as the perfect visual companion to the song. “Pete Yorn and Scarlett Johansson’s new single…

@skopemag News For October 6 2018 @ 9 AM EST

ESP EVOLUTION Amazing New Single ‘FAKE & PHONY’ Jessie Ware Releases Brand New Track “Overtime” Today “Overtime” is Jessie’s first release in a year and the follow up to her critically-acclaimed third album, GLASSHOUSE in 2017. The album further cemented Jessie’s reputation as one of the strongest and most successful songwriters and vocalists in UK…

@skopemag News For October 5 @ 11 AM EST

Slothrust Share “Birthday Cake” Video Via Paper Paper has premiered the video for Slothrust’s song “Birthday Cake”. COS originally premiered the track, which was accompanied by an Origins piece. Prior to this video release, Stereogum premiered the track “Planetarium”, Alternative Press premiered the video/track for “Double Down” and Billboard announced the new LP, plus premiered…

@skopemag News For October 5, 2018 @ 9 AM EST

Check Out The New Video BY BLOW_FLYY ‘MY DREAMS’ The Natvral (Kip Berman) Shares New Video, Debut EP Out Friday (10/5) on Kanine Records The Natvral is the new project from Kip Berman, singer and songwriter of The Pains of Being Pure at Heart. His debut EP, Know Me More, is due out this Friday,…

New Video: Sam Era Shares “Nothing Was The Same” Music Video

Sam Era quickly returns with the music video for her single “Nothing Was The Same.” Just like the single, the “Nothing Was The Same” music video is dark and murky, an intimate look into a relationship that’s full of secrets. Small editing effects make viewers feel like they’re watching from inside of the apartment, like…

Sarah Clanton Releases ‘I Can See You’

With a countrified guitar lick serving as her salutation, Sarah Clanton pulls us into her orbit with the song “I Can See You,” the opening track of her incredible new album Here We Are. Over the next three minutes we listen to Clanton dispatch the most enchanting melody of 2018 like she’s reading us a recipe…

American Songwriter premieres “Boogeyman” from Dallas-based RZA protégé Stone Mecca

Dallas-based blues-funk guitar god STONE MECCA announced his forthcoming album Alienman and unleashed new single “Boogeyman,” via American Songwriter Magazine yesterday. Stone Mecca’s silky vocals glide atop bass-heavy grooves and psychedelic sounds to create a mysterious landscape perfectly suited for the song’s message. “I was thinking about how the media perpetuates this idea that people…

Review: JunkYardFieldTrip by Erika Torres

Introducing a new, heartfelt, and gifted band first created as a songwriting vehicle! This band first began by two of the members, Mike Gladstone and Rob Smith. Later on, they added Emmett Lentilucci and Don Torpy, who are known as New York’s top rhythm sections! This album as known as JunkYardFieldTrip, released by the Spectra…

@skopemag News For October 4, 2018 @ 1 PM EST

Swiss Hardcore/Noise/Metal/Punk rebels Coilguns unveiled new music video “Music Circus Clown Care” A few weeks before hitting the road all over the european territory, Coilguns just unveiled a brand new (short) official music video for the song “Music Circus Clown Care” directed in China by their long-time co-conspirator Augustin Rebetez and extracted from their recent…

@skopemag News For October 4, 2018 @ Noon EST

COHEED AND CAMBRIA DEBUT “OLD FLAMES” OFFICIAL VIDEO Roadrunner Records group Coheed and Cambria have debuted an official music video for “Old Flames,” the latest track to be released from their highly anticipated LP, THE UNHEAVENLY CREATURES. The official video for “Old Flames,” which is streaming today exclusively via Entertainment Weekly, is directed by Charles…

Shane Palko Presents New Album ‘Pick Me Up’

Shane Palko’s biography describes the performer as an “alternative folk musician and socioenvironmentalist.” He’s traveled a lot internationally and has already released nine studio albums. Speaking of mobility, the song that opens the Pick Me Up album is “Traveling / Wandering,” which meditates upon the differences between traveling, and mere wandering around. With “Circus Dog,”…

IRAINA MANCINI – DEBUT SINGLE – OUT NOW

London singer / songwriter Iraina Mancini releases her debut single ‘Undercover’ 01-10-2018 Co-written & produced by legendary producer Jagz Kooner (Primal Scream / Kasabian) they have created a little slice of french 60s inspired pop, with Bond-esque brass and sweeping strings, powerful vocals and a tip to Serge Gainsbourg’s rhythm section. Iraina started writing songs…

MAWD – ‘Wandering Eye’ – 60’s Soul Infused Rock’n’Roll New Visuals

MAWD is the moniker of Madeleine Mathews, a California singer songwriter and multi instrumentalist (piano, guitar, ukulele, bass, accordion & banjo), whose influences include, The Head and the Heart, The Staves, First Aid Kit, Nancy Sinatra, Lord Huron, and the Alabama Shakes. MAWD’s sound gravitates towards an eclectic mix of genres including indie rock, folk,…

@skopemag News For October 4, 2018 @ 9:22 AM EST

INDIE ROCK BAND THE DOSE RELEASE “SALINE” Fans can catch the band performing “Saline,” “Thrill Of It” and “Vervain” during sets on the upcoming Good Charlotte tour, which kicks off October 16 at the Hard Rock Live in Orlando, FL. This fall they’ll join some of the biggest names in rock, including Nine Inch Nails,…

How Tour Bus Drivers Can Learn to Transport Their Cargo

Going on tour with a musical act can be one of the most exhilarating experiences on the planet. It’s also one that calls for a lot of knowledge that involves logistics and more. If you want to be a smart tour bus driver who knows how to manage cargo well, there are a handful of…

New Video By Pop Noir “White Jazz”

Even to those who know Tokyo well, Harajuku and Shibuya can still feel like a dream. These crowded commercial districts are places where traditional Japanese iconography and international youth culture exist side by side. Every block contains arresting juxtapositions and fresh surprises. Pop Noir shot the clip for “White Jazz”, their latest single, right in…

Kylie Odetta Releases New Single “Flame” Video

This song is Kylie’s heart for the world… her heart for you, written in lyrics and performed by a gospel choir, saxophone, drums, and piano. It’s got soul and spirit and is filled with a light that this world so desperately needs. Kylie’s voice soothes and challenges as the song builds to a final crescendo…

Rolling Loud Drops Miami 2018 Aftermovie

Attracting dozens of hip-hop’s biggest names for a nonstop weekend of great music, Rolling Loud is the biggest festival brand in hip-hop. Co-founders Matt Zingler and Tariq Cherif just released an Aftermovie full of BTS footage from their 4th Miami-based festival from this past May. The 10 minute mini-documentary features incredible performances and intimate snippets…

@skopemag News For October 3, 2018 @ 6 PM EST

Hamish Anderson Debuts Video on Billboard “‘My previous videos had been very story driven, so for this video I wanted to strip it all back to just what it feels like when we’re performing. I was influenced by imagery from the late 70s videos of The Rolling Stones (really from Some Girls/Emotional Rescue era) where…

Baauer & Miquela share “Hate Me” video

Baauer and Miquela have shared the video for their collaborative track, “Hate Me,” marking Miquela’s first ever appearance in an official release. The song confronts those who say Miquela doesn’t matter simply because of who and what she is. She gets real about her struggle with fame and the negativity from followers that comes as…