Feature stories and artist interviews
@skopemag news – wednesday – december 22, 2021 @ 12 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Simon McBride: New single and video ‘The Fighter’ is out now! The new single, ‘The Fighter’, is out now through earMUSIC and is a clear case of hard rock at its best, with a riff that stays in your…
What would the perfect holiday house look like? It wouldn’t be that big — Santa prefers modesty and likes to visit cottages in the woods. Naturally, it would be covered with the most comfortable-looking blanket of powdery snow. Inside, there’d be tall Christmas trees decorated with sparkling ornaments and presents, wrapped and tied up in…
“This is not a music video, this is an experience.” Atlanta native Frederick Tabiyus Nah IV is an award-winning Liberian-American music artist, film director, producer, and actor. Tabiyus is now an emerging force within the Los Angeles entertainment industry, which is evidenced by his extensive resume and repertoire.Throughout his career, Tabiyus has showcased his musical…
@skopemag news – tuesday – december 21, 2021 @ 1 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope A Rising Force Sign Two Album Deal with Dark Star Records and Release New Single and Video for the Title Track Undertow ‘A RISING FORCE’ is an all-original Minnesota rock act that announce they have signed a new 2…
By now, fans of Alex Woodard are accustomed to winsome, emotionally provocative animated music videos — clips that align Woodard’s forthright pop-rock songs with the long tradition of confessional storytelling. But with “Open Up,” his latest effort, he’s outdone himself. The clip for the single is poetic, graceful, strange and alluring, strategically recursive, and very…
Steph Lyon delivers a confrontation, in-your-face take on rap with the raw, visceral energy of “Keep It Moving.” Here there is an intensity to his vision. The emphasis matters, for his voice has a commanding presence to it. Nods to DMX’s similar urgent atmospherics appear throughout. Lyrics focus on the moment at large, with reference…
@skopemag news – monday – december 20, 2021 @ 11 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope American Hard Rock Band ARTIFAS Releases New Single “Legacy” via IMAGEN RECORDS; Announce Tour Dates with Nonpoint! Hard rock band ARTIFAS released their new single “Legacy” via Imagen Records! The single is from their forthcoming album titled Reflections due…
Dean Friedman is an established singer/songwriter with nine studio albums under his belt and ‘American Lullaby’ is his new release. The record focuses on Dean’s personal take on all of the wild occurrences that have happened in the US and abroad over the last six years. Even though Dean Friedman touches on pressing matters, historic…
@skopemag news – monday – december 20, 2021 @ 12 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope SYMBOLICAL – Feat. Dariusz “Daray” Brzozowski – Unleash “Epiphany & Revival” Music Video! Mystic death metallers SYMBOLICAL – feat. Dariusz “Daray” Brzozowski – have released a music video to the track “Epiphany & Revival” off their upcoming EP “Igne”,…
From the depths of the Far North Queensland tropical jungles, Dee Lunar & Fae’riy Lokks emerge as a powerful sultry/sweet duo in their first collaboration “Soul Song”, which is the second release for electro pop project ‘Lady Serpentine’. Weaving soulful harmonies with an instrumental nod to 80’s synth wave, Soul Song is an uplifting anthem…
With the onset of a global pandemic, Page Sevii found himself in a creative awakening unlike any other. The difficult time of isolation and separation sparked his love for producing lyrically conscious music, and he quickly became dedicated to being a true student of the game. He pulls inspiration from a wide variety of genres…
This is the official video to the holiday song, “Christmas on Cellblock 9”. This fun, whimsical tune is the first holiday offering from the Phoenix based music institution, See Your Shadow Songwriting. See Your Shadow Songwriting is a music creation entity based out of Phoenix, Arizona run by Michael “The Metropolitan Cowboy” Coleman, who conceives,…
Christopher Sluka is no stranger to the music game as he experienced success in the 80s and 90s performing at such iconic venues as: CBGB’s, The Ritz and The Palladium. Sluka has performed alongside such acts as Tears for Fears and Simple Minds and his band at the time was making BIG waves in Japan…
Kick and the Hug is kickin’ the door down with the debut release titled ‘Ladies and Gentlemen, Kick and the Hug’. What a fist-pumping start for this high-octane band that brings an overload of energy to the table with their brand new LP. I’m surprised to discover that this is a debut release for Kick…
If you’re going to name yourself — or your band — after Prince Valiant, you’ve got to be ready for action. You can’t back down from challenges, and you’ve got to face up to difficulties, no matter how harsh they may be. Most of all, you’ve got to be ready to put your charisma in…
@skopemag news – sunday – december 19, 2021 @ 12 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope RZA and Flatbush Zombies Drop “Quentin Tarantino” RZA and Flatbush Zombies have once again teamed up to release the new cinematic track “Quentin Tarantino,” today. The reverent cut was produced by RZA and Prince Paul (with additional production from…
Done with tenderness, Pamela Hopkins embodies the pure soul of Americana on the romantic “One More Last Kiss (feat. Jason Lee Campbell)”. The rhythms have a patient gait to them. Intermingling the two vocalists together results in a kaleidoscopic swirl of color. Every little gesture matter, from the laid-back slide guitar to the gentle keyboards…
Lady Redneck sings to the soul of America with “Don’t Try To Take Our Guns”. Here the lyrics matter for she delivers every single line with gusto. There is a strength to be found within the delicate, fragile arrangement. Every reiteration of the song makes the piece grow ever more poignant. Kept to the absolute…
Remastered enhanced edition of their classic album due Nov 19th Following traditional holiday music back to its roots, Blackmore’s Night (Candice Night and Ritchie Blackmore) approach Christmas songs with their own unique styling. On November 19th, they will celebrate the holidays with the relaunch of their classic album Winter Carols, available as a high-quality 2…
Sung with poise and passion, Doug Kistner crafts an elegant ballad with “There’s The Door (feat. Bill Champlin)”. Vocals dominate the track for they are pure fire. Lyrics here feature verses that cut right to the bone. Elements of pop, classic rock, the blues, and more filter into the fray. Interplay reveals a band that…
For most of us, the recent global shutdown stopped us in our tracks. Well, for the Waves On Waves it only seemed to spur them on more. With their album ‘Live Wire On The Sunset Strip’ set to be released in January of next year, Waves On Waves are setting out to score our daily…
Riku delivers a whole plethora of fragile feelings and thoughts on the tremendous rush “Rin Pun.” All of this deserves to be absolutely blasted, for volume is a must. Vocals run through it all, serving as the very backbone of the work. Elements of metal, industrial, thrash, hard rock, delivered with a bit of balladry,…
@skopemag news – friday – december 17, 2021 @ 5 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope LOS GRANDES DE CUBA SE UNEN PARA “SOY YO” UNA COLABORACION PODEROSA ENTRE CHACAL X LENIER X EL CHULO X YOMIL X EL MICHA Cinco cantantes cubanos, con estilos muy diferentes se unen para grabar el tema “Soy Yo”.…
@skopemag news – friday – december 17, 2021 @ 12 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope The Colombian duo issue a defiant call against sexual harassment A man is on the prowl, expanding his tentacles to touch women; he moves with undesirable naturalness, as and when he pleases, as if he lived in another era;…
Some songs are too good to be forgotten. Most pop fans associate “Tainted Love” with Soft Cell, the UK synthpop duo that took the tune to the top of the charts in 1981. But Gloria Jones’ “Tainted Love” was a Northern Soul hit years before Soft Cell refashioned it into a moody new wave anthem.…
Tom Tikka goes for a propulsive, driving rhythm on the cautious optimism of “By 2022”. The lyrics here are straightforward delivered with so much fire behind them. Within the song there is a degree of 90s indie pop playfulness behind it. Guitar work has a singing, tuneful aspect behind it. Rhythms go for a gliding…
Hailing from NSW’s Central Coast, 17-year-old NEAV has released the stunning video for her new single ‘Talking To The Devil’ today. Directed by Brendan Schoenmaker (Greta Stanley) and choreographed by Kate Woods (Greta Stanley), the concept behind the video is how NEAV imagined the lyrics – the pushing and pulling of a relationship, while the…
Hailing from the same icy darkness of the Scandinavian inland that birthed the Grammy Award-winning theatrical metal band GHOST, PRIEST has come to thaw the icy circuits of your frostbitten, winter-chilled heart with a brilliant new single. “A Signal In The Noise” is the first single from the new album by the enigmatic trio, which…
@skopemag news – thursday – december 16, 2021 @ 9 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Kalen Anzai’s “Genjitsu Camera” Kalen Anzai released a brand new single “Genjitsu Camera” (featured on Laguna Illumination TVC) on December 15h. This song co-produced with Charlie XCX carries essences of the recent trend such as Vaporwave and City Pop,…
“I couldn’t be more excited to share “It’s Almost Christmas” with you. Christmas time is hands down my favorite time of year. Thinking back to when I was a kid, I barely remember any of the specific gifts I got, but what I do remember is the moments with family. I remember the lights, the…
When you come across a band name like The Dirty Moogs, you can’t exactly be sure what you’ll find, but one thing is for certain: you’ve never seen or heard a group quite like this. Embracing their tongue-in-cheek approach to life, bandmates Brenton Viertel, Will Gillett, Pete Thomas, Jared Hallock, and Ryan Donahue united under…
@skopemag news – thursday – december 16, 2021 @ 12 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope SLEEPWULF: new song “Sex Magic Manifestation” streaming! Swedish proto-heavy rockers SLEEPWULF present a delightfully occult new track taken from their upcoming sophomore album “Sunbeams Curl”, due out February 18th on Heavy Psych Sounds. From mountain peak to valley deep,…
‘Lost To A Coastline’ is the debut album from Ellanora DellErba. All ten tracks that make up the divine debut are swimming in soulful folk flavours as the album tells tales of lost loves and lessons learned. Ellanora DellErba speaks with soothing sincerity within her lyrics and it’s this candour that makes this debut so…
@skopemag news – wednesday – december 15, 2021 @ 2 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope SPHERIC UNIVERSE EXPERIENCE signs to UPRISING! Records UPRISING! Records is proud to announce that the French progressive metal unit SPHERIC UNIVERSE EXPERIENCE is now a part of its roster. The quintet from Cote d’Azur will release a new studio…
Recorded in 1989, at the Musker’s Laurel Canyon in Los Angeles, Viper Records retrieves and releases a time capsule album from supergroup World Goes Round. A collation of songs that translate beautifully back to a time in the past, but also somehow feel more relevant than ever, this brilliant album gives us Whistlestop tour around the…
R&B/Pop Artist Tanille Edwards is a multi-talented songstress who writes her own lyrics and produces the musical arrangements for her fresh new songs. Her soulful sound is uniquely reminiscent of those lyrically passionate, club groovin’ beats of the 80’s. A native New Yorker, Tanille’s music has global range. Her passion for entertaining began at the…
@skopemag news – wednesday – december 15, 2021 @ 9 am est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Dashboard Confessional share video for “Here’s To Moving On”; new album out Feb 25 Dashboard Confessional has unveiled the “deeply personal” official music video for their inspiring new single, “Here’s To Moving On.” The touching new video is out…
When you’re meant to achieve greatness, life will keep pulling you back to where it needs you most. JidScan’s passion and heart have always been in rap, and his career has been down many avenues in the industry. From working at a label to learning the back end of promoting music, this artist saw each…
Louise Cappi embraces an old-school funky style with the highly playful “Keep That Dream Alive”. Sung with such soul the song has a limberness to it. With a clear nod to the 70s the track has a classic cadence to it. It helps that the rhythm section has a tautness to it, for every hit…
@skopemag news – tuesday – december 14, 2021 @ 2 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Jay Productions And Mars Return With “5 to 9” From New EP BIPOLAR British rapper/songwriter Mars and producer/singer/songwriter Jay Productions have already had plenty of early success so far – their previous collaboration “Made It” was supported across UK…
