Feature stories and artist interviews
Independent artists have complete autonomy over their careers, which means many feel like every step must be calculated. While that is true for Kendall Spencer, he doesn’t hold himself to such a stringent agenda. He’s a firm believer in the “just do it” model, and he enthusiastically encourages others just to put out their music…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Hotly tipped alternative rock outfit Ten Eighty Trees release new single ‘Fear of Falling’ Having already received support directly from the likes of Tom Robinson (BBC Radio 6), as well as Hype Machine tastemakers Yack Magazine, Little Indie Blogs, Popped Music, and The Girls at The Rock Show Newcastle-based rock band,…
About a week ago, on May 3, Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Emlyn decided to take a moment and share a sample of a new song she’d been working on with her TikTok fans. Half-jokingly, but also with an air of deserved confidence, she says in the video “Guys, I think I just wrote the song of…
Time is a tricky subject; it’s a constant that often goes overlooked and passed so quickly. Sometimes there are too many hours in the day; other times, not enough. For singer/songwriter T.A. Parker, he reflects on his days behind and days ahead in his first-ever single “Endless.” Originally from El Salvador, the bilingual (Spanish and…
Jeff Goldsmith is a very hard artist to pin down. The composer, musical sound designer, engineer, producer and all around sound sorcerer is blessing our playlists with his upcoming single ‘That Witch’. The Minneapolis based artist is expanding his ever-evolving repertoire as he joins and expands on a canon of artists offering up an audio…
Zandy Storm releases single after becoming the first singing competition winner on the app “Uplive.” Rising emerging artist, Zandy Storm is the champion of last year’s Singing for the World competition. SFTW was a joint collaboration between Uplive and iHeartMedia, where Paula Abdul announced and interviewed the winners live on the app. Her claim to fame…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Jason Mraz Look For the Good Live! Summer Tour 2021 Hits Mohegan Sun Arena on August 22nd Farmer, philanthropist, and Grammy-winning musician Jason Mraz today announced his first US tourfhfhh.jpg dates since the onset of the pandemic. “Look For The Good Live!” kicks off July 30th at Austin’s legendary Stubb’s Waller…
LA-based indie pop duo Middle Child have released their debut single ‘Burn Out’. Featuring gorgeous falsettos over a dope, chill hip-hop beat, the song is an infectious earworm that you’ll want to listen to over and over. It’s no surprise that “Burn Out” was immediately placed on Spotify’s Fresh & Chill editorial playlist. While this…
After the release of his EP “POPLIFE!” in february, Matt Springfield- the singer, songwriter, and composer is releasing his new single “Need You Tonight”. The influences are : the 80’s New wave, U2, Coldplay, Muse, Keane, Pretenders, Depeche Mode and his favourites The Killers. His goal is to write songs that could have been written…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Norway’s DIVEST Announce New EP ‘Mercury Retrograde’ Released 11th June 2021 via Sellout! Music Oslo, Norway-based band Divest are pleased to announce that their new EP Mercury Retrograde will be released on 11th June 2021 via Norwegian independent label Sellout! Music (Beezewax, Pelicat). Lead single ‘By My Side’ is the first…
Jamie Dunphy and True North are thrilled to announce the release of their new album, Dark Night Bright Morning. Beautifully recorded and mastered by Brian Charles at Zippah Recording Studios in Boston, the 10-song album features a tightly-woven song cycle about Dunphy’s formative years. Through up-tempo rockers like “The Girl in the Boat” and poignant…
Jared Hallock’s recent release of “Bleed WIth Who?”, under the moniker of Project213, is a song about metamorphosis accompanied by a video of his body decomposing into beautiful butterflies; a fitting metaphor as he flutters into his next project, Foolish Human. Foolish Human is the synergistic creation of Hallock and band mate Benson Cabiao. With…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Gabe Dixon Shares Soulful New Single “Lay It On Me” / New Album Out June 25 Today, Gabe Dixon shares “Lay It On Me,” the soulful title track off his new album releasing on June 25. Dixon recently spoke with The Boot about the inspiration for the track and shared the…
Matthew Austin Hunt’s “Free” starts off with a big, foreboding electric guitar riff. Although this song is about freedom, it’s not the sort of freedom most men long for. The lyric’s opening lines speak about how someone is free to see whomever they want. Indeed, Hunt is singing about a lover that has recently become…
Over the last quarter century, Long Island Singer/Songwriter Chris St. John has truly led a diverse and successful professional career in the field of law as a prosecutor, judge and practicing attorney. Now, his dream of lateral success in the music business is starting to become a reality, as his instantly satisfying first single “I…
@skopemag news – thursday – may 20, 2021 @ 3 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Country Chart-Topping Singer-Songwriter Larry Jay Finds “That Kind Of Love” On Latest Single With a new single release coming out every month in 2021, one might think that Larry Jay would eventually run out of stories to tell. Well,…
Giudi returns with a beautiful new neo-classical reinterpretation of her current single Icarus along with a music video which features the artist & composer Karel Havlicek. Giudi currently working on her debut album, unveils her new symphonic version of Icarus in collaboration with modern classical composer Karel Havlicek, a successful artist in his own right,…
After releasing a number of hit viral singles earlier this year, singer/songwriter Anna Thompson releases her debut EP: “Centerpiece” on 4/23. The powerful pop-driven 7-track EP is a collection of songs charting Anna’s journey as a rising artist and showcases her knack for blending confessional & personal lyrics with punchy-pop melodies. The lead single from…
How often do you face yourself – actively reflect on your life? How has the circumstance of our current time changed the way you connect with yourself? My new song, “Oh Yeah,” represents a moment of awakening, like when you remember something you had forgotten about a dream that all of a sudden comes back…
Ask any young rapper anywhere: there’s nothing better than support from an influential deejay. If the legendary Bigga Rankin likes your record, you’re doing something right. If he spins it and praises it in a public forum, you know you’re making waves. And if he jumps on the track and appears in your video? That…
@skopemag news – thursday – may 20, 2021 @ 12 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope ENCHANTING TAPS COI LERAY FOR “FREAKY DEAKY” display, the Social That Pays, Announces displayFest Headliners and an A-List Roster of Performances to Continue Virtual Concert Series display, the social that pays, today announces phase two of its displayFest lineup…
@skopemag news – thursday – may 20, 2021 @ 12 am est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope “Inescapably beautiful” new single from Gawain and the Green Knight // New EP coming soon “Fingers” is “a love song for my soon-to-be husband [bandmate Mike O’Malley], simple as that,” says singer/guitarist Alexia Antoniou, and one of her only…
“All Me” Pushes The Boundaries Musically & Creatively As The Artist Prepares For The Launch Of Her Album Later This Month Indie pop artist Kingsley, who has become renown for “creating her own genre with a distinct and unique sound,” according to Music Mecca writer Linsey Rotter, has revealed details for the latest video from…
Yndling is the dream pop project of Norwegian artist Silje Espevik. This musical endeavour is the result of wanting to take complete creative control over her music. Through delicate soundscapes and oscillating synths, Yndling invites listeners into her own world, offering a place of escapism and resonance through her lyricism. Following the release of her…
@skopemag news – wednesday – may 19, 2021 @ 5 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope QUIN NFN DROPS NEW MUSIC VIDEO FOR “HAVING MY WAY” WITH DEREZ DE’SHON The first song Quin ever made was a remix of a track by Chicago’s teenage drill rapper Lil Mouse. The song earned him a local buzz…
Emerging Texan country singer-songwriter Savannah Rae has blossomed on her 4th single, the carefree and melodic “Soft Place To Land,” with the new video exclusively premiering today on The Country Network, along with her YouTube channel. Shot in and around the Antique Capital of the World of Round Top, Texas, the video was produced and…
Singer-Songwriter Don Mai is back with his new single ‘Caught Up’. Influenced by the likes of Juice Wrld and Ed Sheeran, Don’s personal style of songwriting see’s him open up about his emotions and feelings, relying on a song’s natural writing flow and feel to determine its sound rather than being constrained by genre. ‘Caught…
The London-based band Project CONCUBINE have a new single released on 26th May 2021. Fuck Daddy builds on the gauntlet they threw down with previous single I’m addictive. Vocalist and fashion muse Jera Diarc has a style that is semi-spoken and slightly wailing like a more Gothic Mark E Smith in a dance with Bright…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Artefakt share video for “Chimes at Midnight” “Chimes at Midnight” is Artefakt’s new single, released via the German multichannel platform, Sound of Berlin. Nick Lapien and Robin Kopek return with a modern electronic hypnotic techno track with introspective melodies and a bassline that is both groovy and gentle. The track feels…
Willie Jones broke barriers in country music with his song “American Dream” and revolutionary debut album ‘Right Now’ earlier this year. Now he shares “Down by the Riverside,” his first release since signing with Sony Music Nashville in partnership with The Penthouse. – https://wj.lnk.to/DBTR “Down by the Riverside” was written by Jones, Josh Logan, and…
Every genre has boundaries – those areas on the outskirts, no-go zones for the purists. But for the most adventurous souls, what lies beyond those boundaries is the promised land. New millennium trip-hop quartet 10-19 & The Number Men have set up permanent residence on the outer edges. They stretch and bend the boom-bap boundaries…
@skopemag news – wednesday – may 19, 2021 @ 12 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Newcomer Bobby McClendon Releases New Single “Whiskey Burnin’” “For me, the song is about the beginning of a breakup. Where you feel something isn’t right. it burns just like the first shot of whiskey but the more you drink…
Americana singer-songwriter Dan Rodriguez just released “Passenger,” a rootsy ramble through the impact mistakes have on our lives. @skopemag sat down with Rodriguez to talk about this new single. @skopemag: This new single, “Passenger,” takes us back to your more Americana roots. What made you want to head back to a rootsier sound? Dan: My…
Nashville pop songstress Julia Kahn captivates listeners with her authenticity and soul-moving voice, blending indie-electronic production underneath a deep chillwave, RnB, soulful vibe. She carries a vibrant artistic vision that is connective and magnetic through her soulful lyrics and storytelling. Her emotive and bright rhythms heard in her newest single “Breathe” are laced with heart-felt…
Asserting himself as one of the biggest underground artists in the world with over half-a-billion YouTube views, hundreds of millions of streams, and over one hundred thousand albums sold exclusively on CD directly to fans (you read that right), Tom MacDonald once again shocks the system with his new single entitled “Dear Slim.” Recently, he…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Nice Night To Get Lost Guitar and storytelling is what brought me to music in the first place, but by 2013 I had all but abandoned my folky roots for synths, dance beats and pop one-liners. One night while out at the movies with my family, we saw Coen Brothers classic,…
“It’s Too Late” + “For The Sky” ft Grizzly Bear’s Ed Droste both directed by Julian Klincewicz Today, Nini Fabi and Benny Gebert, the German-born, New York-based duo HAERTS are sharing their latest chapter “Days Go By” – from their upcoming third album Dream Nation which comes out next week, May 21st via AntiFragile Records.…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Windsor, ON Rockers RAVENSCODE Set Speakers Ablaze with New Single, “Fire” The latest from their recent album, Fire and Storm, the Windsor-based band releases an inferno off the opening note: heavy electrics, pulsating percussion, pounding bass and an explosion of melodic vox. The listener is drawn into a fury of emotion,…
Rising up from Bradford’s notorious Holme Wood estate, Haze Da Martian crashes into the UK rap scene as an innately talented, disruptive force. Since his emergence with his debut single “Playing with Fire” earlier this year, Haze has established himself at the centre of the SOFU Collective – a like-minded cohort of talented musicians emerging…
Brooklyn dream-psych duo Corbu have teamed up with one of their heroes, legendary Doves frontman Jimi Goodwin, to create “Lost & Found”, which they share today alongside an accompanying video. The track is an upbeat, danceable slice of electronic indie pop, produced by Goodwin as a dubbed-out, reggae-tinged trip to the sun. It serves as…
