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PLUSH is an all-female rock band with a mission––to bring an all-girl rock band back to the forefront of the music industry. PLUSH is composed of four talented musicians, all under the age of 21, whose accomplishments and talent eclipse their age. This female rock force is fronted by singer/guitarist Moriah Formica, drummer Brooke Colucci,…
The longtime Toto frontman is releasing his eleventh solo CD in conjunction with bandmate Steve Lukather’s new solo release. Long involved with scoring movies and lending vocals to other artists, since the mid-80’s he has been Toto’s go to singer. Joining Joseph on this release are a cast of notables including Toto founders and bandmates…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope DANIEL DONSKOY SHARES THE VIDEO FOR NEW SINGLE ‘BRING ME BACK MY SMILE’ ‘Bring Me Back My Smile’ extends his sonic palette, by stirring modern alt-pop production and late ’90s harmonies into the mix. His voice is similarly eclectic as it progresses from an almost rapped introduction into a soaring soulful…
Danica Dares return with their second single, and it is otherworldly, ethereal food for the soul. ‘Paranoia Party’ is a candid examination of isolation, which is both introspective and reflective of how many of us are feeling right now. Lead singer Harriet delivers a raw yet melodic vocal, and does not mask her English accent…
Grammy winning chanteuse, Rizo (fka Lady Rizo) is back with the long awaited music video for “Sometimes the Sky’s Too Bright” featured on her album Indigo. Rizo, known internationally for wild metropolitan nightclub-pop performances in couture, takes to the natural world for this new video. Exploring vivid metamorphosis and time-lapse with photographer and director Matthew…
A shuffle drum groove introduces the song, followed by a melodic riff that repeats throughout the track as a secondary hook. Both the verse and bridge sections are played in a staccato feel, creating tension, which resolves in the chorus. Lyrically, the verse paints a fairly dire situation of someone hanging on for dear life,…
Timaj Garad is an Ethiopian Toronto-based singer-songwriter and poet creating music with a genre-bending mix of spoken word poetry, hip hop, and r&b, soul, afro jazz, and dance. After 15 years performing and writing as a spoken word artist, she is returning to her roots in music, exploring themes about challenging injustice, unearthing truths, and…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope RITT MOMNEY RELEASES NEW TRACK “NOT AROUND” “Not Around” marks Ritt’s first piece of original music since the 2019 release of his debut album Her and All of My Friends and follows the steady success of his cover of Corinne Bailey Rae’s “Put Your Records On,” which he was inspired to…
Good new hard rock is not as easy to come by, but once you find the ideal group, nothing else compares! Rising quartet Silvertung is the unmatched group you’re looking for – they’ll give you a masterclass in progressive rock. The Baltimore band is composed of vocalist Speed Vincent, lead guitarist Codey Red, drummer Boma…
The seminal 80s/90s indie rock band from Pittsburgh received am/fm airplay on more than 125 North American radio stations in 2020. All of my friends are on somebody’s list of Undesirables and Anarchists It’s not even safe to admit that you’re one of my friends. –Robert Wagner, “All Of My Friends” In a year that…
After making his official comeback last summer, Nobleton, Ontario-born country singer Matt Morson has just released his latest single — it’s called “Take a Chance.” Though the powerful country ballad sounds like a bit of a different approach for the Nobleton-based artist, it’s actually a style of song he admits to write in quite frequently…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope White John & Rucci Get Under the Influence in a New Music Video Annihilating L.A. instrumentals with reckless abandon, Inglewood native White John is well-respected in his city’s rap scene. Proving once and for all that he’s harder than your MCM and your baby daddy, White John shares “I Need Drugs,”…
Before its official release today, last night Revenge Wife (Elizabeth Nistico) invited her fans to a midnight screening of “Earthquake,” the first in a series of horror-themed videos directed by Nistico herself, which will culminate in a surreal nightmarish short film. As Revenge Wife, Nistico (formerly the lead singer and co-founder of acclaimed indie pop…
Australian multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Ben Walsh is the brains behind Velshur, his pop music project. Walsh is a rare kind of musician these days; his music, his story and his artistic ambitions are refreshingly simple: ‘Really I just want to create music that makes anyone who listens to it feel great,’ he says. ‘Music that’s…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope MARBLE have just released a music video for their song ‘What Leads Us To’ ‘S.A.V.E.’ focuses on the three theological virtues and the seven deadly sins, and digs deep into the human behaviors of these sins and virtues. Eleonora’s voice blends with powerful and complex rhythm parts in the 11 songs…
Mike Beezy is making noise on the ATL Georgia hip hop scene! Mike Beezy has just released a new music video based around the theme of the classic movie New Jack City but with a positive twist. Instead of killing people with drugs and violence, Mike Beezy is killing the music industry with his dope…
Hot on the heels of November’s ‘Walk On The Ceiling’ and December’s collaboration with label mate HÅN, rising alt-pop artist GIUNGLA has shared new offering ‘Turbulence’. GIUNGLA is the project of Milan based artist Ema Drei, whose recent output has seen her gain support from the likes of BBC Radio 1, The Line Of Best…
Zāna’s new single from her This is Autumn EP is a sugary yet sultry pop song with an RnB vibe about a fleeting encounter that leaves a bittersweet taste. “I was inspired to write ‘Sweet Tooth’ from three repurposed Starbucks Frappuccino bottles that were sitting on my desk,” she reveals from her NYC apartment. “One…
There’s a certain persona that’s important to have if you want to be taken seriously in the hip-hop world. That persona is being the absolute best at your craft and willing to go the extra mile to make your goals a reality. For some, this can take years, but GS11 has had no problem reaching…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope EARTHGANG Announce Album Name, Appear on The Breakfast Club! Atlanta duo, EARTHGANG, have been riding high since the release of their new single “Options” featuring Wale. The single is currently climbing up the Urban and Rhythmic radio charts (currently at #36 at both places) and to celebrate they joined The Breakfast…
James Kevin O’Connor is quite the renaissance man. Yes, as this full-length album testifies, he’s a singer and a songwriter. However, he is also a radio and television personality, as well as a certified Christian chaplain for the prison ministry he started. Although he also creates Christian music, Geography Of The Soul is not an…
Smith OJ is a 19-year-old Irish/Nigerian teenager born and raised in Limerick. He had his first experiences with music around the age of 16 when he decided to drop all the sports he was doing at the time and take up a lead role in his school musical. For Smith, this was a huge decision…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Lockdown NYC music from Kanine Records – Cole Koch The story behind ‘Lockdown NYC’ is a dramatic but all too familiar one these days. After being booked to play The New Colossus Festival, New York in March 2020, Koch found himself at the heart of one of the pandemic’s most dramatic…
Acclaimed rockers Left-Over, who are continuing to ride high after the success of their 2018 debut album Empty Shell, have announced the release of their most patriotic and social conscience song and video to date. “We The People” is available now – and the single is available on all DSPs. The first in a collection…
We chat to North-East, UK rock trio Ten Eighty Trees, who have just released their killer track ‘Born Free’. So, this year has been a whirlwind. How has it been creating your music in lockdown? Not a lot has really changed for us if I’m being totally honest. Face-to-face rehearsals have been thin on the…
Returning in a sparkling pop creation via a proven collaboration, we see multi-platinum singer-songwriter, KIIARA, and platinum producer Felix Cartal defy the usual industry standards and allow their creativity to guide them on their latest single. “Happy Hour” is an uplifting tune paired with wry, personal lyrics that will provide the next anthem for 2021,…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope LA-based electronic/house producer davomakesbeats announces ‘Inexhaustible’ EP davOmakesbeats is an LA based music producer and DJ with over twenty years of experience in the music industry. DavO is also the co-creator and resident of the Bay Area party Swagger Like Us, and label owner of Molly House Records. With both businesses…
Have a look below, as Jason Rylan tells us more about his single “Powerless”: Skope: Was there any one incident that inspired the writing of “Powerless”? Jason Rylan: I would say that COVID-19 and all of last year definitely inspired Powerless. But to take it a step further, I think anyone with feelings of stress,…
A delightful mix of synth pop and funk, Jason Rylan captures the zeitgeist with “Powerless”. Lyrics lead the way for they speak to this very moment with a message of hope. The way Jason explores the hopelessness of the pandemic alongside the optimism for what life will be like after feels gorgeous. Production stuns for…
Breaking Tamil-Swiss vocalist and songwriter Priya Ragu shares her new single, “Chicken Lemon Rice,” today via Warner Records; check it out HERE and watch the official video HERE – Priya says: “‘Chicken Lemon Rice’ is a celebration of unity and diversity. It’s here to commemorate all the beautiful cultures of the world. The world is…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Marie Naffah releases stunning video for ‘Wasteland’ Marie Naffah has released the video for her brand new single ‘Wasteland’, taken from her forthcoming EP out later this year. The video premiered with Clash who said, “Marie Naffah’s punchy vocals speak for themselves. She makes each song feel like a statement, working…
Money can’t buy happiness, but it can motivate you to live a better life! Metro-Atlanta rapper Frank Hugo knows what it’s like to have started from having nothing. Growing up poor, he remembers being four years old, living with his great-grandmother and great aunt in a two-bedroom home with 12 other relatives. At the age…
Anarchist Emma Goldman once said “If I can’t dance, it’s not my revolution”. This is exactly the stance which President Street has taken when writing and releasing their protest song, ‘Time Is Up’. Inspired by the many movements the world saw over the last few years – whether climate change, marriage equality, LGBTQIA rights, police…
Four song EP release Dancing Trees is Federico Balducci’s latest collection in a short but impactful musical journey bursting with jazz inflections yet tethered to the composer’s Latin roots. You hear some of that in the opening track “Roots and Silence”, an appropriate title given the immediately apparent respect Balducci treats music with. There are…
The beat pounces on us like a wild animal in the middle of the jungle, but the assault it unleashes is surprisingly tame in comparison to the hazing harmony soon to adorn its percussive presence. The melodies are as strong as an overproof rum, and yet they’re constructed to draw us ever closer with every…
Raveena returns today to share a new song and accompanying visual. Produced by Everett Orr, “Tweety” adopts the same whimsical energy of the song’s namesake, with the accompanying visualizer directed by Raveena and Chris Cadaver bringing it to life as Raveena makes her way through a series of surrealist, candy-colored backdrops. “Tweety,” out via 12Tone…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope SYML to share new EP DIM April 16, new single “STAY CLOSE” + video out today “This is a personal song,” says SYML about “STAY CLOSE.” “My father has been slowly dying of pancreatic cancer for almost two years. It’s certainly about grief, but it’s also about a love so deep,…
Music history is packed with songs featuring happy music put to otherwise sad lyrics. One good exemplar of this practice is The Cure. Robert Smith and his various rotating backing musicians have always created bouncy little tunes that many times also include morose lyrics. This is an unusual combination we’ve become quite accustomed to, and…
A soulful blend, Pascal Bokar delivers something that feels good for the heart on the joyous burst of “American Trails”. Described as Afro Bluegrass, the depiction feels accurate. There is a celebratory atmosphere that permeates the entirety of the collection one that draws the listener into something so vivid and outright beautiful. So many instruments…
Artist Lucy & La Mer teamed up with LGBTQ Influencer/Author Haley Faulkner to create a romantic, light-hearted music video about long-distance relationships. The pair, already known for their own individual content on social media, self-filmed an entire music video on their phones from opposite sides of the US. Lucy, based in Los Angeles, plays a…
