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The band says: “This song is a call to repair the world. It’s kind of like our revolution song, ya know? Everything we do has a butterfly effect that eventually comes back to us and we hope this song inspires us all to do our part. The world is what we make it; the power…
Not every band can rock a rooftop. It takes a certain combination of talent, guts, and faith in a message to mount a city building and rain sound down to the streets below. Famously, the Beatles did it in London. The Jefferson Airplane took to the roof of a hotel in New York and blared…
Rayne Storm continues to shine in 2021 with the release of 3 new singles. On the self produced track “Grow”, Rayne raps about being a rose out of the concrete over a harmonized vocal sample. A beautifully melodic instrumental plays the background to vivid lyrics about the trials and tribulations of making out the hood.…
@skopemag news – sunday – july 25, 2021 @ 12 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope NINA KRAVIZ – INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED DJ AND PRODUCER – RELEASES “SKYSCRAPERS” FROM UPCOMING EP “Skyscrapers” is a love song that shows Nina exploring a new, more traditional approach to her songwriting. Showcasing her talent as both a lyricist and…
Long gone are the days when children’s music was more one-dimensional and simple. Say hello to invigorating material that will enrich young minds while also providing high-quality productions. Bongo Boy Records is proud to announce the release of ‘Kidz and Katz Volume 1’ by Various Artists that came out June 04, 2021. This is a…
A trained opera singer and multi-instrumentalist, the album “Last Boat To St. Helena” is a return to Martin Colgan’s alternate rock roots. It also truly demonstrates his musicianship once more where he has produced, arranged & performed on all tracks. This is an album that both surprises and turns. Ostensibly acoustic yet bathed in various…
After co-writing Chris Brown songs “You Like That, “Part of the Plan,” and “Cheetah” from his Indigo album, Jordn’s new single is a raw and thought-provoking track that has the artist reflecting on himself and life in its entirety, while setting the stage for his upcoming body of work. “This song for me really was…
Vancouver, BC’s Lydia Hol releases new single and video for “Love & Devotion” From her upcoming new album Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream, arriving Sept. 17th on Amelia Recordings! Love & Devotion was inspired by early 60’s pop and soul music. I was interested in writing a direct and unadorned love song that interacts…
“The world that you grew up in is no more.” Let those words sink in for a minute. It’s a statement of truth, but it’s also a statement open to interpretation. For a fair number of the population, it’s a positive thing. We live in a healthier, safer, and more equitable world than before with…
@skopemag news – saturday – july 24, 2021 @ 12 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope AGAINST THE CURRENT UNVEIL NEW EP fever Elaborating on the EP, Costanza commented, “In some ways, this is a debut. We have so many inspirations from the past, but we merged those with what currently inspires us to create…
Heavy Shoes is a compelling statement of freedom and defeating the struggles of darkness during these post pandemic times. Yet currently the pandemic rages on, and perhaps this fantastic duet of Chris Tapp and Brian Mullins are content on giving us something to celebrate. Certainly, Cold Stares succeeds in delivering a crafty and defining blues…
@skopemag news – friday – july 23, 2021 @ 4 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Siren’s Rain premiere new single ‘Keepers’ exclusively via Ghost Cult Magazine. Folk metallers, Siren’s Rain, unveil ‘Kreepers’, the first single off their upcoming debut album ‘Rise Forth’ releasing this September. Singer/songwriter Jesse Lynn Madera Releases Melodic and Uplifting Single…
Romanian-born and Los Angeles-based Pop / RnB Songstress, Airyen Vay, just releases her visually stunning music video her recent release, “Love Me Like You’re High”, and begs for us to just watch on repeat. Ornamented with pentatonic scales, strong vocals, and vibrato trills that glow in evocative emotion, “Love Me Like You’re High” depicts the…
@skopemag news – friday – july 23, 2021 @ 3 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Noah Cunane Releases New Single + Video “DEAD INSIDE” Following up Noah’s previous release “F*CK ABOUT IT”, a track that continued his tales of relationships and heartbreak through music, Noah has more to say in this contemplative piece. KIANA…
After An 18-Year Hiatus, The Acclaimed Group Releases New Video For Their Latest Hit Single “Hate Me Love Me” Recently-reunited hard rockers Lifer, which comprises Cold, Earshot, and ex-Breaking Benjamin members, have unveiled details for the poignant new video to their latest hit single “Hate Me Love Me.” Exploring the polarizing, and often harrowing, nature…
@skopemag news – friday – july 23, 2021 @ 1 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope KADABRA: get hazy with new video “Settle Me” Spokane, Washington heavy psychedelic trio KADABRA shares their lysergic and intoxicating new video “Settle Me” exclusively via The Obelisk today! “Easily digable for the converted, and one of the best debuts…
What is the Northern Flow? It’s distinctive, relentless, singular, larger than life, a little zany, a little bit menacing, and just dangerous enough to let the listener know he’s in the presence of an artist who defies expectation. It could only have come from a place as offbeat as Seattle — home to one of…
Toronto-based Singer-Songwriter, Matt Von, shines brilliantly in his new single entitled “Mine”, giving words that sometime fall short when expressing how much we love and appreciate the person we share in our lives. – https://open.spotify.com/album/2vgGscXBPPfrPQUTc1keEl To share the experiences, memories, and all that comes in between is what really is true love and finding your…
@skopemag news – friday – july 23, 2021 @ 12 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Londoner Alana Sukul’s R&B-tinged funk-pop single ‘Be Friends’ [July 22nd] “Friendship breakups can sometimes hurt a lot worse than your typical romantic breakup, I hope this song will help listeners to grieve over the loss by dancing it out.”…
Today, New Jersey post-punk outfit Misery! is excited to release their brand new single, “Everything Is Fine” via Revival Recordings. The track is the second single, following the band’s debut single “A Sunny Place For Shady People,” off their forthcoming EP, XOX. Alongside the release, the band premiered the music video for “Everything is Fine”…
Colorado native and alternative-pop artist ENZI has released her new single “Time Flies” – available today via all DSPs. Produced and co-written by frequent collaborators Bobby Campbell and Jeff Cohen (Macy Gray, Sugarland, The Band Perry), the song was also mastered by Nathan Dantzler (Niall Horan, Vince Gill, Lady A). “Time Flies” showcases ENZI’s strength…
@skopemag news – thursday – july 22, 2021 @ 3 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Al Matcott shares new single “Justine” | Debut EP “You Can Be Anyone” out 6th August via Skip Hero Records Today, Australian songwriter Al Matcott returns with a new single titled “Justine”. The song follows his recent debut single…
Making beats, working independent and staying relevant, a sign of the times in the sprawling NYC underground scene, you don’t have to dig to far to hear the NYC Anthems being created by rising star Artist Speedy Babyy Perez. The streets are talking, a common topic of discussion in the industry rap circles are about…
Some new projects come on strong; others tap you on the shoulder, whisper in your ear, and win you over permanently. I Love My Mom, the 2018 debut by Asheville, North Carolina indie pop singer-songwriter Indigo De Souza, wasn’t an overnight success, and it wasn’t designed to be. But it’s fair to say that everybody…
Soul is so much more than a genre, or even a sound. It’s an identity that takes many working parts to completely develop and connect with, and in his new single “It’s a Feeling,” RockLee personifies it better than most any non-singing musician I’ve heard this year has. He isn’t completely without a voice in…
“I was stoked to realize that whatever I was saying, I was incredibly comfortable and had a surge of adrenaline come from within while performing.” These are the words of the immensely impressive artist making waves in the scene right now – Don Esco. You can feel this in his music. He records as if…
@skopemag news – thursday – july 22, 2021 @ 12 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope “periergo” by mynameisleonidas. Fresh off of being named one of Pigeons & Planes’ Best New Artists of June, and after arriving out of thin air with his signing to the respected Parisian label Kitsuné earlier this year, mynameisleonidas has…
Multi-platinum selling and chart-topping recording artist Normani returns with “Wild Side” featuring Cardi B. The track drops alongside a jaw-dropping Tanu Muino-directed visual (recently directed Cardi B’s “Up”) choreographed by the renowned Sean Bankhead, who also choreographed Normani’s “Motivation” video – an iconic visual ode to the late 90s-early 2000s – and her MTV VMAs…
@skopemag news – wednesday – july 21, 2021 @ 3 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope She Drew The Gun shares new single ‘Class War (How Much)’ today, watch the video here Known for being a powerful socialist, feminist, and proud working class scouser, ‘Class War (How Much)’ summarises what many of the nation are…
Sizzla is one of Jamaica’s most unrivalled musical talents, producing classic albums like Black Woman and Child, Praise Ye Jah, Good Ways and many more. Now the musical titan is back with another body of work. This exciting new single titled “Crown on Your Head” available on all streaming platforms, is a word of advice…
“Hate Me Love Me” Epitomizes The Band’s More Evolved Sound After an 18-year hiatus, hard rockers Lifer surprised fans last year when they reemerged with three new songs that even Lead Vocalist Nick Coyle said was a “surreal experience.” Now, the recently-reunited band is back with a fourth track that will be part of a…
Some artists charge out of the gate with their sound cemented, their big ideas all set to go live. Emo-rap – or “Soundcloud rap” – as a genre makes it easy for artists to dip their toes in the water, to test-market a persona and style. Not LA-Pennsylvania rapper LBM, a.k.a. Lil Big Medium; he…
@skopemag news – wednesday – july 21, 2021 @ 12 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Chicago-based art-rock project Alicia Walter to release new album Having already gained enormous notoriety as the lead singer behind the Chicago-based art-rock outfit Oshwa, singer and songwriter Alicia Walter has now announced her plans for her first solo studio…
I’m not sure how many people, at this point, are aware of Bruce T. Carroll’s songwriting abilities, but after hearing “Nobody Knows”, I am certain that many more people will know just who Bruce T. Carroll is. Bruce actually wrote this new song while driving around the country, so literally many miles put in toward…
It takes considerable daring to include an outright progressive track near ten minutes in length, a doo wop song colliding with some classical, and a heartland rocker on a single album. Joe Piket doesn’t care. He goes a step further with the eight track release entitled Everything is Different. The album opener “Now I Have Everything”…
In comparison to the overwhelming success and hectic schedule of S Club’s glory days, Jo O’Meara has kept a relatively low profile in recent years. But when your voice and classic hits have soundtracked so many important moments in people’s lives, fans aren’t going to forget about you. And that was proven when Jo recently…
@skopemag news – tuesday – july 20, 2021 @ 7 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Insomnium Releases New Single and Video For “The Antagonist” “When the Corona outbreak forced us to cancel all the tours and shows, we pretty soon adopted a mindset that we better do something and keep ourselves in motion. We…
Ronnie James Dio has been acknowledged as one of the pre-eminent voices in heavy metal music. Recognized for both his talent and his kindness, he experienced the rare feat of fronting not one, but three, of the world’s most popular, multi-platinum-selling hard rock bands. When Dio lost his battle with gastric cancer in 2010, leaving…
@skopemag news – tuesday – july 20, 2021 @ 3 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope La Bonte throws some shade on new single “American Dance Bands” Today La Bonte shares his second single / video, “American Dance Bands.” The song will appear on his debut LP, Don’t Let This Define Me, out on the…
“Time goes by so fast when you’re having fun” may be a cliche, yet we all know it to be true. New York-based singer-songwriter Kenny Fame has released a summer-fuelled single with this heartfelt message at its core. It’s safe to say that this statement can be proven when listening through his diverse discography; time…
