Feature stories and artist interviews
Soulful alt pop singer and songwriter Spencer Sutherland unveils the retro official video for his single “Too Many Friends.” Shot entirely on film and directed by Jason Lester (Jeremy Zucker, Lauv, Julia Michaels), the music video premiered on MTV’s Friday Live Stream, MTV’s TRL-esque fan requested show that airs every Friday on their Youtube channel.…
Compton’s Channel Tres returns with new single, “Skate Depot,” the first to arrive off his forthcoming mixtape, I Can’t Go Outside. Out on Channel’s own Art For Their Good label, the liquid house groove comes with a nostalgic roller skating video from Toro y Moi director Mancy Gant. Skating through LA neighborhoods enveloped by palm…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope London-based electro-pop, Stats (Dua Lipa, Elton John, Phoebe Waller-Bridge) – Share New Single, ‘Old Flames’ / Album out Nov 13 The first Stats record, Other People’s Lives, found fans in Elton and also Phoebe Waller-Bridge who considers Seed’s single ‘Lose It’ to be the unofficial soundtrack for Fleabag – the album…
BSC consists of Chris Robertson (lead vocals, lead guitar), Ben Wells (rhythm guitar, backing vocals), Jon Lawhon (bass guitar, backing vocals), and John Fred Young (drums, backing vocals). This release by the Kentucky band is their seventh, and will be available also on red transparent vinyl, Limited Edition CD Box Set and Digitally. Ride is…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope CCR HEADCLEANER SHARE VIDEO FOR ‘SWEETS’ London/LA popstar LAUREL shares new single “Best I Ever Had” “I really loved the songs on Dogviolet, but they were very heavy,” explains LAUREL. “At one point in my life I was in a pretty dark place and it was really comforting to sing about…
Philip Scott Poli has been active in the Toronto area music scene for many years as a tenor vocalist for the band The Fabulous Haircuts. However, ‘One Sky’ is Poli’s first solo album and what a fantastic One it is! Spanning a decade’s worth of creative thoughts & material, ‘One Sky’ digs deep and supplies…
New York is the birth of Hip-Hop music. Some of the greatest lyricist and rap storytellers originated from the concrete jungle ‘New York.’ KRS-One, Big Daddy Kane, LL Cool J, Run DMC, NAS, Jay Z, Eric B & Rakim, Public Enemy, and more cast a legendary shadow over every emerging artist in NYC. Entrepreneur/Major Recording…
“As an artist, we have the privilege to use ourselves in a vulnerable way in order to speak on important topics that surround us daily. ‘Listen to the Wind’ is extremely personal to me because I wrote this song using myself as an experiment. I struggle with anxiety almost on a daily basis and wanted…
ANE BRUN has announced details of a brand new single, ‘Crumbs’ which will be released by her label, Balloon Ranger Recordings, on October 9, 2020. It’s the eight taste of her upcoming studio albums After The Great Storm and How Beauty Holds The Hand Of Sorrow. “I think many people can recognise a situation like…
R&B songstress Ayia Gold serves soulful, spine-tingling vocals on new single Missing You, out 9th October via Two Way Street and Awal. The 90’s R&B inspired slow-jam is a journey through the rollercoaster of 2020, “Missing You is a very special song to me. We all know how it feels to miss someone or something,…
Manchester based Abbie Ozard releases escapist, 90s-tinged new single ‘True Romance’ on today via LAB Records. Quickly building acclaim with her penchant for wistful coming of age tales, Abbie Ozard nails the ennui, anxieties and liberation of early 20s social navigation in her beachy indie. ‘True Romance’ follows in this vein – tackling listlessness by…
Patrick Topping returns to his TRICK imprint to release new single ‘New Reality’, out 16th October. “During lockdown whilst experimenting with writing lyrics, I managed to blag Hayley into the studio to do some vocals for the first time. New Reality was born and it ended up being one of the most ID’d tracks from…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope GRiZ + JAUZ release new single “No Doubt” on Deadbeats Records Today, multi-instrumentalist producer GRiZ and BITE THIS bossman JAUZ have released their heavy-hitting collaboration, “No Doubt”. The track is part of GRiZ’s Bangers[6].Zip EP, which is out today on Zeds Dead’s DeadBeats Records. “No Doubt” is a full body banger…
GRAMMY Award winning and multi-platinum artist Daya is back with a pulsating new single “First Time” – available everywhere now on AWAL/Sandlot & Kasher Records. “First Time” doubles down on Daya’s distinctive vocals and pop-EDM origins as she offers intimate vulnerability over palpitating beats. The song co-written by Daya, SHY Martin and multi-platinum selling Swedish…
King SwaVay™ (SWAH-VAE) was born on April 28 in Bay City, Michigan. Raised in one of the most smallest yet, violent cities in the country Saginaw, Michigan – he grew up in the roughest of neighborhoods brushing elbows with the most rugged but was never engulfed by the streets. Humbled by life’s dealings but very…
Swedish alt-pop artist GRANT releases her brand new EP, ‘Vertigo,’ alongside a brand new music video for ‘Don’t Recall Growing Old.’ Talking about the EP, GRANT reveals, “I’ve thought of happy love like a really good pop song – easy, instantly touching, revealing and after a while kind of repetitive – and this repetitiveness can…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Bedroom-pop experts ROSEHIP TEAHOUSE share sprawling new cut ‘A Million Times’ Speaking ahead of the release, Rogers revealed: “‘A Million Times’ is a lot of my anxiety manifesting in a song. I was finding that I would try and mould myself into what I thought everyone else wanted from me, not…
Today Lana Del Rey releases her new track ‘Let Me Love You Like a Woman.’ Written and produced by Lana Del Rey and Jack Antonoff, the song was recorded in Los Angeles at Conway Studios and in New York at Electric Lady Studios. The track is available now to stream and download on all partners.…
Let’s be real, it’s high time for something to come along and lift our spirits out of the funk of this year; well, the upcoming release of the rising band China Bamboo is proving to be just the ticket. Made up of four life-long friends from Brighton, China Bamboo is storming the scene with their…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Queen Naija Bares All In New Sexy Teyana Taylor Directed Visual Today, Platinum-certified R&B singer/songwriter Queen Naija shared her new single, “Love Language” and the accompanying video. The track, which she recorded with producers Boston and Mike Woods (Kiana Ledé, Bazzi), is from her debut album, missunderstood, which will be released…
tiny deaths is a Los Angeles, CA based project making moody, dreamy pop. Listening to tiny deaths is like taking a nostalgic trip down memory lane, reminiscing on those hazy memories of warm summer evenings. Like etchings in an old scrapbook, unfiltered hues and muted tones exude a fondness and familiarity, allowing you to see…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Pandora Launches Artist-Made ‘Endless Playlist’ with Alicia Keys, Billie Eilish, and more Pandora today introduced the Endless Playlist, where artists can share their favorite songs along with personal messages, then pass the mic to fellow artists to make their picks. Beginning today, listeners can journey through handpicked songs and discover the…
When it’s done right, pop music shares more than a little with fortune-telling. The pop musician addresses an audience he doesn’t know – yet it’s his or her task to provide clarity for his anonymous listener, and maybe some guidance and encouragement, too. To understand things as they are, the pop musician must have a…
The never-ending tumultuous state of the world is hard to wrap our heads around; every day is overcrowded with uneasy headlines and another breaking news story. The emotional labor required to keep up with it all takes a lot from our mental strength. When we’re surrounded by negativity, what do we turn to for optimism?…
Heistheartist offers a beautiful bit of bliss with “Landslide”. Done with the greatest level of care, they provide a fantastic cover of Fleetwood Mac’s gentle ode. Cascading gestures gingerly work their way through with a compassionate tact that feels ever so welcoming. Guitar work opts for a nimbleness for it deftly slides on through with…
Hemisphere opens its album, American Dream, appropriately with one titled “America.” Unlike much of the rhetoric we hear in the media today, this is a positive assessment of the United States. In fact, much of this 11-song album is overwhelmingly positive. There’s lots of really nice keyboard instrumentation working throughout the album. That, and harmony…
Following the breakout success of her single “Mad at Disney,” 21-year-old pop singer and songwriter Salem Ilese debuts an accompanying music video, available now via 10K Projects/Homemade Projects. Released in July, Salem’s viral hit “Mad at Disney” discusses the young artist’s disillusionment with Disney’s obsession around creating unrelatable fairytale endings, and portraying women as people…
In the current climate, an upcoming single discussing the joys of a good night out clubbing might not seem that appropriate, yet AXLS’s upcoming single ‘discotek’ scratches a musical itch that’s been bugging us all lockdown. The North-East based trio – made up of Victoria, Conrad and Chris – is the up and coming electropop…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope MISTERWIVES SHARE “SUPERBLOOM” OFFICIAL FAN VIDEO MisterWives commented on the clip, stating, “We had a different vision for the ‘SUPERBLOOM’ music video but due to COVID restraints it wasn’t possible to safely bring the idea to life at the time. Luckily, we were able to rely on these amazing individuals who…
Colorado-based thrashers Havok release a brand new music video for their song “Fear Campaign”, off their recent full-length album V, which was released earlier this year. Check out the official music video for “Fear Campaign”, directed by K. Hunter Lamar and produced by Digital Myle, here: “Although it was written in 2019, ‘Fear Campaign’ sounds…
The wait is finally over. Australia’s dark-pop princess CXLOE today releases her debut body of work; a six-track EP titled Heavy Part One – out now via Sandlot Records/AWAL. Expressing her excitement for the release, CXLOE explains, “Having my debut EP, Heavy Part One, out in the world is so exciting and therapeutic for me…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope JINJER Releases Intense Music Video For “The Prophecy” Sticking their heads in the sand during a pandemic has never been an option for Ukrainian groove metal juggernaut JINJER. Instead of drowning in self-pity and using the current global situation as an excuse to be lazy, the band has not only unleashed…
We always need that daily reminder that it’s ok to be different and uniquely ourselves, Elle Vee dropped her anthemic single “Wildflowers” today serving as that daily mantra that we our loved no matter how different we are from anyone else. – https://open.spotify.com/track/2j40un8hxRLgltRhPzyKod With Elle’s powerhouse vocals, “Wildflowers” is that daily affirmation and that anthem…
You haven’t heard of Sean Payton, but he’s responsible for some of the West Coast’s underground rap scenes’ most popular sounds and styles. Sean’s been making music since he was 13. He’s rapped, written, engineered, and recorded well over 1,000 records and has over 100 live performances. Sharing the stage with some of the biggest…
After performing the Online Female Fest with Lacey Sturm (ex Flyleaf) and Share Ross from Vixen, Linda Varg drops new single You Gotta Come Home. The song is dedicated to her grandmother and the memory of her grandfather, who lost a battle with cancer in 2013, while Linda’s grandmother was hospitalized with severe memory loss.…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope LIL LOADED RELEASES A DEMON IN 6LUE To celebrate the project’s arrival, he just dropped the music video for the new single “While I’m Here” [feat. Polo G]. Produced by Seph Got The Waves [Ty Dolla $ign, Trippie Redd], a smooth guitar lead cries out before the skittering beat takes hold.…
How many extraordinary talents are delivering pizza, waiting for the recognition they justly deserve? How much in dues does a single artist need to pay? Those are just two of the questions raised by Luca Pizzoleo’s gorgeous, aching, trenchant seven-minute music video – really more of a short film! – for “Back To Me,” the…
A physical bluesy quality permeates “Stick It To Ya” proving Izzie’s Caravan to be purveyors of deep, meaningful rock n’ roll. Their powerful interplay proves that they are a band that listener to each other. Much of the riffing results in a kaleidoscopic series of colors and patterns. Vocals seemingly rise out of these epic,…
For many years, Jamaica has been recognized for its delicious cuisines and beautiful places. Today, we bring you a talent from Jamaica which is raising the good reputation of her country, Wendy Nikola. She is not only popular in her native country, but also America and other countries. Introduction Wendy Nikola, who is in her…
Rev Peter Unger offers an ode to humility and admiration with “If I Were a Hero”. Lyrics focus on the self and the desire for self-improvement. Full of a sense of self-reliance that defines the American experience, there is a kindness and a quiet joy to the way that the piece evolves. Small gestures here…
