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@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Last single “Can’t Seem To Recall” from H.B. Nielsens new EP Out Now With musical references rooted in Americana- and Indie Folk traditions Swedish folk and singer-songwriter H.B Nielsen take stand on his fellow swedes Daniel Norgren and The Tallest Man On Earth’s shoulders as he starts off the new year…
Ramshackle and truly rambunctious, John Vento’s classic cadence of “No One Wears A Watch Anymore” stuns with its tremendous force of nature quality. John mixes the blues, country, and rock into a swaggering, singular whole. By far the heart of the track comes from his powerful commanding voice that serves as the true focal point.…
With the world in the grip of an unseen menace which prevents large gatherings of people (impacting live events) is it any wonder that the music-loving world turns inward to recorded sound…where, guess what? …we suddenly realise that most of our genres are stagnant. There has been little in the way of innovation over recent…
The voice of change doesn’t come from those already in charge; it comes from the next generation. It comes from youth who see the hostility and lawlessness and determine that it will not be the future they grow into. Mara and Mini are two high school teens who use their platform to question the norm…
It might be a bit of an oversimplification to call Shimmer Johnson’s new single, “Priceless” a breakup song. The dynamics of the relationship in focus, seem to transcend shared intimacy, but there is little question that the subject is a former lover. What could be a run of the mill piece about heartbreak and the…
Hello to all out there joining us here @skopemag. It is a new day – a new president & vice-president in the USA – we never get political @skopemag – but we hope for the best for the USA and hope to see live music venues open again soon. Now back to the music as…
FaB (Fitzsimon and Brogan) deliver a fantastic piece of alt rock on the celebratory “Persuasion”. With an energy that recalls Blur at the peak of their powers, there is a hazy, dazed quality to the way the many elements intermingle. Parts of the sound feel akin to a dead ringer for Blur’s “Parklife” as there…
“I was stunned when I woke up to see that I had gained over 200K views overnight,” Kylie Trout says of her latest track, “Can’t’ Be Lonely,” which was released today due to growing demand and after the song’s viral popularity on TikTok. Now, sitting at over 250K views on the popular video-sharing social network,…
ANTIBOY’S full length debut album, A Glitch In Paradise, is out now. A Glitch In Paradise, features trending single “Dream.” and its companion video starring transgender model and activist Andreja Pejić, directed by Charlie Chops (Rihanna – Savage x Fenty, Kim Petras, Marina and The Diamonds). The new installment in the ANTIBOY universe continues to…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Dynamomin Presents His Video For ‘Broken’ carobae Releases “Ur Ex From College” – Listen Now! “Ur Ex From College” highlights how the rising indie-darling has used her bedroom pop approach to storytelling to foster a deeply intimate connection with her listeners, rocketing her to over 32 million streams and the cover…
Washington DC-based, soul/funk artist Summer Dennis lays the hammer down as she unveils her new offering, “Video Game.” The new single is from her upcoming project Something’s Gotta Change. “I was definitely a video game kid. Actually I’m a video game adult! My dad was really into comic books and he’s a computer genius so…
Every image on your screen is an assembly of tiny dots. If you’re looking at videos in high resolution, it can be easy to lose sight of this. You might forget that you’re staring at a crafty assembly of pixels – points of light that can be manipulated and rearranged by a skilled videographer. That’s…
Roaring into place like heavy machinery starting up, “Dreamin’ out Loud,” the latest single by rising star Vineet, doesn’t leave us wondering what sort of a song it’s going to be by the time its brief instrumental introduction has concluded. There’s urgency in the beat, to the point where the melody it frames feels like…
South African based punk-duo The SoapGirls have today released tribute to hope and love in pandemic lockdown, with their new single & cinematic video ‘Heart In Bloom’, marking the beginning of their much anticipated fourth album: “Heart In bloom is about being apart through distance whether in life or death from the person or persons…
Mayte Purón, que a los 12 años de edad compuso su primera pieza musical titulada “La madre”, desde entonces, ha demostrado un gran talento y pasión por la música. Debido a la situación social que aún vive su país Cuba, la cantante decidió emigrar a los Estados Unidos en busca del “sueño americano”, de lo…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Mark Ambuter New Video For “When it’s Right Now With You and the World” Until The Sky Dies – Forgotten Pact – (Death Doom Metal) Crushing Post Doom Meets Avant Death Metal from this Adventurous Duo. Until The Sky Dies loves to add odd synths and electronics through out as well…
After the release and success of her most recent single ‘Holdin’ On,’ Lanita takes a more stripped down approach to the song. “Holdin’ On” speaks to the struggles of African Americans and how those struggles have shaped their culture and experience. Lanita partnered with the Black Music Action Coalition on this project in hopes to…
20 year-old rising star Audrey Mika kicks off 2021 by releasing her new track “Excuses” along with an eye popping new music video – “Excuses” is out now via RCA Records and is written by Audrey, Nick Lee, Mason Sacks, Alexandra Veltri, Amisha Sarkar and produced by Nick Lee and Mason Sacks. The music video…
Toronto-based MONOWHALES exploded onto the scene back in 2017, and have spent the last three years firmly establishing themselves as one of the most exciting new bands on the Canadian musical landscape. Their single, “RWLYD (Really Wanna Let You Down),” propelled MONOWHALES into the mainstream, hitting #2 on the Mediabase Canada Alternative Rock Chart and…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope YUENGLING AND COUNTRY MUSIC STAR LEE BRICE ANNOUNCE OFFICIAL PARTNERSHIP Lee will serve as an official Brand Ambassador for Yuengling Traditional Lager. The partnership with Lee includes a variety of elements including personal appearances and performances on behalf of the brand, fan meet & greets, special promotions to meet Lee, a…
Davy Williamson proves to be a deft storyteller on the raging hard rock of “Thin Disguise”. An exceptional guitarist he makes the thing sing, as the riffs are absolutely wild yet infinitely infectious. Rarely has hard rock sounded this good but rarely does it match up the lyricism and the sound with such perfection. The…
Electric Peace’s “Dinah Might” has a title that sounds like, perhaps, an easy woman. That is, of course, until you say it out loud. It comes out as ‘dynamite.’ Then again, this word might also describe the very same woman. Whatever the case, this is rhythmic, rockin’ song. After opening with a guitar riff that…
Cody Lee’s Woodpecker Crisis album is a good example of minimalist rock music. It’s the opposite, in many respects, to headphone music. Headphone music involves recordings where the mixes are busy – an everything but the kitchen sink approach – where sounds bounce back and forth, from right to left and left to right, creating…
“When will we ever meet?” This question, posed in the second verse of “Face To Face,” the latest single from New Jersey indie-pop group America’s Sweetheart, is the unanswerable riddle troubling the minds of lovers – and friends, too – all the world over, as we cope with the involuntary estrangement caused by the pandemic.…
It’s only January and I’m beginning to see the larger musical aesthetic 2021 seems to be sliding towards. There’s an apparent rejection of the traditional pop noises that we’ve become used to, even with Pop music becoming more sophisticated with the rise and inclusion of indie artists blending their honest lyrics and perspectives with flashy…
Panamanian-native singer/songwriter Sofía Valdés shares new single “Lonely” from her forthcoming debut EP, Ventura on Warner Records set for release February 5.The push and pull effect created by Sofía’s vocal layering beautifully mirrors the song’s subject: the feeling of magnetism to a past relationship as a new one fades from view. “Lonely” was written during…
Cuban Deejays se confirman los productores más interesantes de la escena Cubana, con varios sencillos en las listas de ventas mundiales y con colaboraciones de primera, siguen buscando nuevos ritmos para ser originales y “revolucionar” la Música Cubana. Cuban Deejays tratan de nuevo con el mas reciente tema “NewTella” junto a la estrella urbana Jacob…
Dynamomin Presents His Video For ‘Broken’ @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope DreamRich DreMo – “Made Me” – feat. Foogiano & TIMMYTECNICOLOR Road Runna Rio – “Spending Habits” – feat. Bad Dreams & Boofinese Pearl Charles shares “Only For Tonight” from this Friday’s album Magic Mirror on Kanine Records “Only for Tonight’ tells the story of a…
California-born songwriter, pianist, composer, and vocalist Gild Walton introduces herself as an equally poetic and punchy voice on her debut single “Convince My Mind” detailing her struggle through addiction and prostitution to pay her way through in college. Signed to Champagne Therapy Music Group-the label founded by GRAMMY® Award-nominated multiplatinum powerhouse producer Tommy Brown [Ariana…
Following a feverish succession of singles and the release of her Cry EP in 2020, the new year sees San Mei (aka Emily Hamilton) dive headfirst into production for her next body of work, taking charge of her creative vision founded by some exciting ‘new inspo’ – a space between industrial rock and 90s grunge.…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Dr. Dre-collaborator Reza Safinia filters classical & electronics through spiritual lens on ‘Yin’ LP out 3/12/21 Reza Safinia is a multi-instrumentalist composer and producer raised in London and living in Los Angeles. Prior to working in film he was a songwriter and record producer/engineer with work spanning from pop to underground.…
When you have an entertainment portfolio that consists of numerous successful ventures, you have every right to flex (and we’re not talking about a subtle flex, you’re entitled to a shameless, bold flex). If your resume is anything like Kayne Dynell’s, you’re going to be out-“Shining” any competition. The Tacoma, WA native is more than…
Brian Cooney delivers a song of pure devotion on the powerful “Nothing Greater”. The lush arrangement recalls an updated chamber pop spirit one that feels good for the soul. With nods to Grizzly Bear’s baroque take on folk, for the sheer amount of instrumentation results in a vast tapestry of sound. Every single little flourish…
Big welcome to Brett Pruneau! You recently released a new song “Lullaby, My Love”. Tell us how the song came to be? Thanks for chatting with me today! Yes, I just released my latest single ‘Lullaby, My Love’ – it was a gift for my brand new niece Isabelle. I have a twin sister and…
In her new EP, titled Reborn, the wonderfully melodic Caterina J adds color to the sound she introduced us to in 2016’s I Confess LP, and for me personally, she sets a new standard for herself and her scene. 2020 was a lost year for a good ninety percent of the music industry, but even with a pandemic…
The track was co-produced by the legendary Jason Falkner (Beck, Jellyfish), in which he also lent a hand on drums, bass and additional synths. The video was directed and shot by Jessica Calleiro and filmed by Calleiro and Matt Boman. Meg grew up as a classically trained multi-instrumentalist learning violin, piano, harp, cello, synths, bass,…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Mark Ambuter New Video For “When it’s Right Now With You and the World” Pierce with Arrow shares new single + video, ‘Shatter’ LP out 2/19 on Dais Records The collaborative debut of American minimal techno pioneer Troy Pierce and Colombian audiovisual artist Natalia Escobar aka Poison Arrow was conceived in…
Candy is a synth driven alt-pop track brought to you by Los Angeles based artists Cat Clark and Teddy Marquee. “Teddy sent me a beat pack in the beginning of quarantine and I immediately recorded to this fire instrumental at home, which adds to the distorted feel. The song came from a place of me…
Today, legendary punk band Descendents share their new track “That’s The Breaks.” The track follows the politically-charged two-song single Suffrage, released ahead of the 2020 general election encouraging voting to take down the Trump administration. In triumph, “That’s The Breaks” serves as a farewell to 45 ahead of the upcoming inauguration. “Loser. Big time loser.…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Dynamomin Presents His Video For ‘Broken’ Listen and Watch – ‘Poetic Justice’ – new single from Joel Culpepper ‘Poetic Justice’ is the new release from south-east London’s rising contemporary soul and funk purveyor Joel Culpepper produced by Tom Misch, taken from his forthcoming debut album ‘Sgt Culpepper’. The accompanying video is…
