Feature stories and artist interviews
Here’s an important name from the past that far too few Americans know: Olympe de Gouges. Before she met the guillotine in 1793 during the French Revolution, she spoke out against slavery, oppression, and discrimination. Declaration Of The Rights Of Woman And Of The Female Citizen, her book, is one of the first recognizably feminist…
Deborah Lee Fong’s appearance as Leticia, non-binary Che’s (Sara Ramirez) grandma in the new HBO Max series And Just Like That heralds a new day in Fong’s long career. She’s tasted success, critical praise, and the respect of her brethren for over thirty years now without ever translating those blessings into the sort of widespread mainstream victories…
@skopemag news – monday – march 21, 2022 @ 11 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Southern Rock Artist CAGE WILLIS Releases New Single “Who I Am” to all major platforms! Southern rock artist Cage Willis has released a new single titled “Who I Am” to all major platforms. The single is from his full…
Uplifting and invigorating – the single, “Trust In Me” from Francesca Beghe shines even if it’s a decades-old song. Proving that time doesn’t matter, Beghe originally co-wrote the track that was eventually picked up and recorded for The Bodyguard soundtrack by Joe Cocker and Sass Jordan. Still resonating all these years later, “Trust In Me”…
@skopemag news – monday – march 21, 2022 @ 3 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope SEVI Releases KANE CHURKO Mixed / Mastered, Official Music Video for “HATE YOU”! Bulgarian Heavy Rock Band SEVI has revealed the official music video for their new single, “Hate You”. Mixed and mastered by the legendary KANE CHURKO, “Hate…
JUS10H is a men’s and women’s clothing brand delivering a unique connection blending the creativity and impact fashion and music have on Black culture. The founder and designer of JUS10H, Justin Haynes, offers a diverse background having worked as a fashion coach in Singapore, Ukraine, London, and India to accomplish looks that resonate in audiences…
@skopemag news – friday – march 21, 2022 @ 12 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope ICYMI: Yxngxr1 kicks off 2022 with melancholic new single ‘Sweatshirt’ Yxngxr1 combines melancholic guitar strings with trap snares and his own impassioned vocals on ‘Sweatshirt’. The track will feature on his forthcoming project Teenage Motel, set to become his…
@skopemag news – monday – march 21, 2022 @ 10 am est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope French cyber-rock/metal/electro combo OG•EZ•OR shared new single “The Space-Time Travellers”. A couple of weeks after already unveilling the single “Quantum Relay”, Cyber-Rock/metal/electro combo OG•EZ•OR – formerly known as Entropy Zero – just shared another audio excerpt from its forthcoming…
As he came from a well-educated family, the pressure was high for King Riley to follow in the footsteps of his older siblings. But the budding artist had different plans, and he set off on a journey to forge his own destiny. A true poet at heart, he needed an outlet to express his inner…
Over recent times, much of the world lost some of the momentum that drove it and this was never more so than in the creative world. The isolations and lockdowns meant that many talented people, whose work requires an audience found themselves cut off from their usual outlets. This too is true of singer/songwriter, Ignacio…
Luis Silverio Silverio, better known in the world of art and entertainment as Luigui Bleand, is a Dominican singer-songwriter, producer and musician. Born in Haiti on February 24, 1991. He grew up and lived all his life in the Dominican Republic. At the age of 13 he has his first contact with music building his…
A powerful physicality adorns the entirety of Noor’s “Phoenix EP.” The title proves to be aptly named for it rises from the ashes to come into bright, brilliants bursts of color. Flows feature this fiery presence with exquisite detail added to heighten the entirety of the experience. Elements of trap, classic hip-hop, R&B, and EDM…
The R Train explores a riotous strain of classic rock with “We Gotta Get Out Of This Place”. Here is a song that deserves to be played as loudly as possible. Whether that volume helps to drown out the screech of the train brakes at each subway stop or more commonly just a wonderful thing…
When Grizzly John and Lewis I Am teamed up in 2012, they didn’t realize it at the time, but they were ahead of the music game by a decade. The dynamic duo was fusing genres in a never-before-seen way. Whether it was melting together pop and indie or country with hip-hop, each new track pushed…
@skopemag news – saturday – march 19, 2022 @ 12 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Helen Reddy’s “I AM WOMAN” Video Restored by National Film & Sound Archive of Australia Today, in conjunction with Women’s History Month and the 50th anniversary of Helen Reddy’s hit song “I Am Woman,” UMe is releasing a fully…
With the release of 2020’s “Undesirables And Anarchists,” PA-based indie folk troupe Little Wretches re-emerged as one of the area’s premiere exports. The album was heard on over 115 AM/FM stations in the country, and it included the #1 international iTunes hit, “The Ballad of Johnny Blowtorch.” In 2021, a live acoustic album, “Live at…
Combining sounds and artists from across the pond, electronic duo Ready, Steady, Die is here to destroy your expectations. New York-based composer, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist Morgan Visconti respectfully brushes his pop’s name off his shoulder with an enhanced ear for more modern sounds. He lobs up crafty gems for his powerhouse partner, London-based Sam K,…
@skopemag news – friday – march 18, 2022 @ 3 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope New Music // Hedda Mae – “Rhythm To Myself” Norway’s rising talent Hedda Mae opens up a time warp to the great 90’s pop movement in her latest single “Rhythm To Myself” and the result sounds incredibly refreshing. Leaving…
@skopemag news – friday – march 18, 2022 @ 12 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Nox Holloway Release New Song “Draw The Line” About the song, the band says, “‘Draw The Line’ is an ode to the ones that we can never seem to leave out of our lives, regardless of whether or not…
@skopemag news – friday – march 18, 2022 @ 5 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope SYD ANNOUNCES SOPHOMORE SOLO ALBUM – OUT APRIL 8 About the album Syd said, “The album is about a relationship I had that ended in my first real broken heart. It almost felt like I joined a club because…
Drummer, producer and studio manager, Jussi Vuola handles all instruments on “Under Above Orion Venus Loves,” out on March 17th. A spring album is planned. “These are the fruits of the beautiful summer I spent under the sun and stars, in peace and harmony, surrounded by the people I love”— Jussi Vuola VUOLA is a…
@skopemag news – friday – march 18, 2022 @ 6 am est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope NIN3S Announces New Single & Video “Khokhoba” Out Now TombSnakes Unveil New Track “Concrete” “‘Concrete’ is about that feelin’ of being locked in the city, and pushed in a corner,” says TombSnakes vocalist Rafael Vigilantics. “We tried to write…
@skopemag news – thursday – march 17, 2022 @ 5 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope ECHO RESPONSE: MXDWN Streams Entire Triangles Debut From Maine-Based Instrumental Avant Reggae/Funk Act; Album Out This Friday Through Pax Aeternum The brainchild of multi-instrumentalist Jason Ingalls (El Malo, formerly of The Baltic Sea, Seekonk, and more), ECHO RESPONSE’s debut…
It feels like Rob Alexander is always the subject of some serious underground buzz from one year to the next, and while his last LP Dream out Loud already made plenty of waves in 2021, the new single from its tracklist – “Yesterday’s News” – is starting to feel like one of the key songs of the…
@skopemag news – thursday – march 17, 2022 @ 1 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Watch: Dutch/Moroccan producer EAUXMAR and London artist Tahir collab on bold video for ‘Vexed into Bliss’ Amsterdam producer and visual artist, EAUXMAR and London artist TAHIR have released the visual for ‘Vexed into Bliss’, directed by Bior Elliott (DAZED).…
“I bet you thought I was less than I am,” sings Chaz Kiss on the tense, smoldering verse of “Goliath,” her 2021 single that’s primed for takeover this year. That’s not just a challenge to the song’s title character, a lover who may well be underestimating her strength; it’s also a message to listeners who…
@skopemag news – thursday – march 17, 2022 @ 12 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Flames of Fire debut album hitting the stores March 18, 2022 Flames of Fire’s is set for to finally release the debut album of Flames of Fire and their video for the song Solution the focus song on this…
British singer/songwriter Maddox Jones opens up to a new chapter of self discovery in both his work and himself, demonstrated through his latest single ‘Ready To Be Better’. This newest release comes in preparation for his highly anticipated debut album. A catchy yet honest self-reflection and critic, ‘Ready To Be Better’ is a track that…
@skopemag news – thursday – march 16, 2022 @ 11 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope THE AMERICANS – Release New Single ‘Stand True’ | Taken From The New Album Out 6th May The Los Angeles-based band The Americans return today with their new single ‘Stand True’, the title track taken from the band’s upcoming…
The Midwestern wilds of the Dayton, Ohio area aren’t renowned for producing memorable popular music acts but that changes when you take Ludlow Creek into account. The quintet once known as Southbound began playing together as a cover band. A few years passed before the band eliminated covers from their typical set list and, instead,…
You can’t get any more Chicago than Matt B. The celebrated artist belongs to the South Side forever: he’s been praised by Rhymefest and other city luminaries, he’s made himself a local attraction and constant presence, and he’s even taken the stage at Soldier Field and the annual The Magnificent Mile Lights Festival Parade. Eden,…
@skopemag news – wednesday – march 16, 2022 @ 12 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope French Art-Rock/progressive-rock project Far From Your Sun shared new song “The Hand and the Voice” // New album ‘The Origin of suffering’ to be digitally released on March 31st 2022 A few weeks after unveilling a first glimpse from…
@skopemag news – wednesday – march 16, 2022 @ 10 am est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope QUEEN KWONG Releases Provocatively Visceral Video “I Know Who You Are” via Flaunt “Though it looks like I’m screaming my head off, I had to stay nearly silent the entire time because we couldn’t draw attention to ourselves and…
@skopemag news – tuesday – march 15, 2022 @ 4 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Aubrey Haddard announces second LP & shares first single + video, “Just A Wall,” out now “Just A Wall,” arrives as the first single from the forthcoming LP, one that sets the tone for what’s in store, and continues…
@skopemag news – tuesday – march 15, 2022 @ 12 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Dylan Mccarthy – ‘LOVE IT’ OUT NOW LOVE IT by Dylan McCarthy is a very unique song because of it’s wordplay, mixed with catchy melodies and funny/creative video. This fun and upbeat song acts as a fresh new kind…
It was 2013, the height of YouTube, when Milky Chance captured the hearts of electro-pop fans on a global scale with their first hit, “Stolen Dance.” It was the spark to their decade-spanning career with more than 6 billion streams, multiple platinum certifications, chart-topping songs in dozens of countries, and three critically acclaimed full-length studio…
Between the chiming strings of “Baby, You’re My Weakness” and the lusty harmonies that cling to a rock-inspired rhythm in “A Girl Like You,” Barry Muir is covering a lot of aesthetical ground in his latest album Gentle, much of which is summed up in the record’s lead single “She’s a Little Wildflower.” Artistically speaking, Gentle unites the…
@skopemag news – monday – march 14, 2022 @ 11 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Dazy & Militarie Gun Share Collaborative New Single/Video “Pressure Cooker” Recorded on opposite coasts, then mixed and mastered by Justin Pizzoferrato (Dinosaur, Jr., Pixies, Wild Pink), “Pressure Cooker” is paired with a striking Audri Kenley-directed video that finally puts…
The Sun, the newest release from See Plus, couples the indie and alternative sound that the band does so well with vocals and lyrics that are powerful in their vulnerability. Hailing from Rutherford, NJ, the single ushers in a new era of the band’s sound, which was introduced with their song I’m So Cold (released…
@skopemag news – monday – march 14, 2022 @ 1 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Hell & Then Release A New Lyric video For “Curtains Close” TEMPLE INVISIBLE – Shine Bright On New Single: “Stardust” | New EP: ‘Chiasm’ Set For Release 29 April 2022 Merging industrial foundations with celestial rhythms and sparkling space-age…
