Feature stories and artist interviews
Singer/Songwriter, Richard Schroder is coming strong with his latest single titled “The One I Run To”. This new release from the Boston-based, Nashville recording artist is certainly one worth checking out as flocks of people will be running toward this single. Richard has a unique way of crafting a song into an enjoyable track that…
Swedish world beat artist Gaeya has released her debut EP Awakening. Alongside the release she has also revealed a stunning video for the new song ‘Tide For The Change’. ‘Tide For The Change’ builds from a delicate piano introduction into a huge anthemic glacial pop gem, while Gaeya’s beautiful vocals look forward to a more…
Today composer and musician Danny Elfman has released “Sorry”, a palpitating new track with tinges of industrial and prog rock influences. The song is his second new track since signing to ANTI- / Epitaph Records in 2020. Animated by Jesse Kanda (Arca, FKA Twigs, Bjork), the song’s intricately animated new video was originally created as…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope (0) Unleashes Intense Official Video for “Skarntyder” Progressive black metal enigma (0) starts off 2021 with an intense official video for their single “Skarntyder”, taken from their debut album, SkamHan, released in April 2020 via Napalm Records. The video leads straight into the pit of a sweaty concert hall, filled with…
There is an old soul that lives in the lo-fi R&B music Maritza Merk. Born in Brooklyn New York and raised in New Jersey, Maritza’s background is a huge element to what you hear, with a big up to her grandmother who held a part in her style of writing. Coming from a Haitian background,…
Route 94 and L Devine have unveiled the stripped version of their collaborative single ‘Sad Songs’, out today. Filmed at Tottenham based warehouse club The Cause, the stripped version of ‘Sad Songs’ removes the electronic elements, allowing L Devine’s emotion packed vocals to take centre stage amidst subtle piano chords. A certified hit, the original…
No stranger to the spotlight, LUCY SPRAGGAN is one of the UK’s most exciting and talented young, female singer songwriters today. Despite shooting to fame after only a short time on the primetime TV show The X Factor, she found herself hitting the headlines and becoming a household name as a feisty, female champion for…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope HURRICANE ON SATURN Release New Lyric Video For ‘Me Versus All’! Italy-based HURRICANE ON SATURN self-released their debut album “Killing Field” on November 13th 2020. Today the band unleashes a new lyric video for the song ‘Me Versus All’, taken from the album. Velvet Skyline Announce Upcoming Single “Circles” and LP…
Visitors to Kuala Lumpur are often struck by the city’s awesome verticality. The Petronas Towers – the twin tapering spires that were, for nearly a decade, the tallest buildings in the world – are a fitting symbol for the Malaysian capital. Other architecture is no less ambitious: the SETIA Sky Residences, for instance, reach forty…
Yes, Kung Fu Hippies is a band name that seems to combine a martial arts movie and the film Easy Rider. The group’s music is not so action-packed or illegal, however. Instead, this song plays out like a sonic call of nature, as ‘back to nature’ was, of course, a big part of the whole…
Stephen Jacques’ album cover for Charmed to Death features a picture of four multi-colored, sexy women. They appear – if we’re blunt – to be stripper quadruplets. That, or four lookalike Bond girls. Or, then again, a quartet of femme fatales. Who knows? Nevertheless, the project’s title track reveals Jacques’ sarcasm when he sings on…
Picking the right and wonderful books for your toddler will bring him on the path to knowledge, improve his ability to identify words and objects, ignite his interest in the world, and establish memorable moments. As he develops, through learning vocabulary, writing, understanding, and academic skills, fantastic book suggestions can help him become excited about…
SM Entertainment’s rookie girl group, aespa set a record with their debut song ‘Black Mamba,’ which became the fastest debut music video to surpass 100 million views in the history of K-pop. The ‘Black Mamba’ music video, released on November 17th, 2020 6PM KST (1AM PT / 4AM ET), surpassed 100 million views in just…
Ringing in 2021 with a new single and unique music video, RMR unveils “Her Honeymoon.” The track, produced by Do Betters, and visual arrive on the heels of a monumental 2020 for RMR, which concluded with his 4th Quarter Medley, a three-track episodic film series showcasing re-imaginations of hit songs. The new video for “Her…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Album & Video: D’Lyfa Reilly – TIME & TIDE Village Live Records are proud to present ‘Time & Tide’, the new album by Mancunian poet and emcee, D’Lyfa Reilly. The 12-track album is entirely produced by Village Live artist Aver and features laid-back sampled grooves that provide D’Lyfa with space and…
As we get further into the cold winter months, we hold onto memories of the warm summer weather and how we can’t wait for it to come back. A certain song will come on, or a video will pop up, which takes us back to that warm summer feeling. Everything about the new track from…
Montreal based, Singer-Songwriter, Ishana, has dropped a new single, “Steady Eyes.” It’s from the second album of what is to be a trilogy, entitled; Old Skin. “Steady Eyes” in and of itself, is an impressive piece of work, so there is much reason to be optimistic for the trilogy. Harkening back to the songstresses of…
Breakout singer/songwriter Charlotte Lawrence is kicking off 2021 with brand new music, dropping her new single “Talk You Down” today. “Everyone deals with their emotions in different ways and we’ve all been dealing with so many different types of emotions in the last year,” says Charlotte. “I wanted to be a part of a song…
Araya is a Brooklyn based, Thai-Chilean singer & songwriter, whose introspective lyrics covering themes ranging from inclusivity to identity coupled with his serene vocal ability has already garnered the attention of various blogs and magazines, (Paper Mag, Fashionably Early), distribution companies (United Masters flagged Araya as an emerging artist and featured him on their collaborative…
After announcing the release of his second EP titled “Continued Survival”, the Italian-born electronica musician and producer unveils another piece of this new work, which was anticipated by the single “7LUNGS” (featuring Slim Gong) at the beginning of November. “Isolation” features Deborah Grandi on vocals and is presented with a stop motion video directed by…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Petey Martin and Lauren Daigle team up on Kygo’s Palm Tree Records Petey Martin – Kygo’s go-to collaborator – is stepping into the spotlight with the release of his Palm Tree Records debut artist single “Come Back Home,” featuring two-time GRAMMY winner Lauren Daigle. “Come Back Home” is an anthemic single…
Acclaimed London singer-songwriter Jake Isaac has joined forces with fellow London talent Samm Henshaw and Grammy-nominated hip-hop star Mumu Fresh on new single ‘Remember’, out today. A rousing, soul-drenched love song, ‘Remember’ sees Jake and Samm flex their head-turning vocal prowess, with Mumu Fresh rounding things off with a slick, commanding verse brimming with powerful…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Hannah Hausman finds her voice & says goodbye to toxic relationships in “will i ever feel like this again?” The track builds on a sentiment we’ve all likely experienced in a situationship – “are we just friends? or more? or less?” – and the inevitable process of walking away from what’s…
Johnny O’Neil’s single, “Snake In The Grass,” taken from his Truth or Dare album, begins with a chugging electric guitar riff and a “Hey, hey, hey” chant. O’Neil then puts the song’s title into use by warning us to be beware of snakes in the grass. Consider this song a warning, with teeth. O’Neil’s song…
Not many artists have what it takes to change their sound, but for Lesibu Grand, it’s a piece of cake. Lesibu Grand is no stranger to shaking things up, and they’re at it again with their new rockin’ single “Hot Glue Gun.” It picks up right where “WFS” left off in terms of message and…
British singer-songwriter RAYE unveils the music video for her track “Regardless” featuring British bass and drum band, Rudimental. The song is featured on her recently released mini album Euphoric Sad Songs and has continued to make waves since its debut racking in over 11M streams worldwide entering the new year. The music video features RAYE…
Austin Texas based Duo “Blue Heaven” have released the first single off their sophomore LP “Volume Two” (out 2.8.21). Jane Doe sways with a heavy amount of 90s rhythm, bass guitar glues a room of dancing guitar work and “matter of fact” vocals together. A brighter palette of colors and moods provide for an “inside…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope HEADACHE Releases New Single and Video For “lifehaspassedmeby” “lifehaspassedmeby” was the first track recorded from Get Off The Internet and is about “feeling like your best days are behind you,” reflects Duce, the former Lower Than Atlantis front man, a band proclaimed as the future of British alternative-rock. “I basically just…
After finding themselves at the center of an unexpected and unwelcome spat with Donald Trump, TWO, the duo of Aja Volkman-Reynolds and Dan Epand, formerly of LA indie rock outfit Nico Vega, have debuted the new video, “Cage Fighter.” The song is taken from the band’s debut, Pull The Knife Out, produced by Epand and…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope A tribute to Donald Trump from British post-punk quartet Angerland, with ‘The Clown King’! British post-punk quartet Angerland are here to pay tribute to president Donald Trump and his circus of compadres, with appropriately named ‘The Clown King’; their debut rage-n-roll single, music video and EP. Branded by Facebook as political…
Poolside and DRAMA are kicking off 2021 with a new collaboration entitled “I Feel High.” “I Feel High (with DRAMA)” is a lean, up-tempo dance record that features vocals from DRAMA’s Via Rosa including spoken word passages plus additional percussion, synths and production from DRAMA’s Na’el Shehade. In a world filled with chaos, “I Feel…
The end of the year is, typically, a time for reflection – and as 2020 comes to a close, we’ve all got more to think over than we usually do. If you’re feeling exhausted, you aren’t alone. You need songs of empathy and compassion, songs that foreground their poignancy and warmth, songs that are a…
What Is Stress? Stress is a sometimes overwhelming sense of psychological, physical, or emotional tension and is induced by existing internal or external factors. It is the body’s natural method of reacting to difficulties. Stress can be a good thing at times, such as in instances where it aids with the aversion of harm and…
Tigers Jaw today released a video for their new single “Hesitation,” off their forthcoming album I Won’t Care How You Remember Me—recently named among 2021’s ‘Most Anticipated Albums’ by Stereogum and Alternative Press, and due out on March 5th via Hopeless Records. Directed by Shane Moran (who came of age as guitarist/art director of the…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Alok & Daniel Blume join forces on new single ‘Rapture’ Brazilian dance music star Alok kicks off 2021 with new single ‘Rapture’, a collaboration with Irish singer, producer and DJ Daniel Blume, out on Friday 8th January via Alok’s label CONTROVERSIA in conjunction with leading UK dance label Positiva – home…
Melanie C is back today with the Graham Cruz-directed official music video for her latest single, “Into You”. The Billen Ted-produced track is a rousing four-to-the-floor anthem, first heard on the deluxe edition of her latest album, ‘Melanie C’, and previewed live during her innovative and hugely successful full-band global live stream concert, ‘Colour And…
Country artist Becca Bowen releases highly anticipated new single “Just be You.” “My daughter was bullied at school for wearing her favorite cowboy boots. She’s always loved wearing her cowboy boots…it’s just a part of her Southern upbringing,” remembers Bowen during a recent exclusive interview with Taste of Country. “I looked at her, and I…
The Sonder Bombs’ upcoming album Clothbound weaves a narrative of loss, letting go, and losing patience with losers – and ‘K.’ certainly falls into the latter. Streaming everywhere today, the song makes masterful use of the band’s acerbic wit with instrumentals that match the inner turmoil, firing off all cylinders while winking to hardcore and…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope BINNY’s new single “Prime” BINNY is a bedroom pop artist born and bred in Maryland. Having sung before he could even talk, BINNY’s musicality runs deep in his veins. Growing up in a family of musicians, he learned piano from the early age of six, before self-teaching the guitar and eventually…
Richard Schroder knows how to write and sing a pop-country song, exemplified by “Let’s See How Far We Can Go,” which is built upon a thumping beat. Over sparse instrumentation, this one is upbeat and optimistic. Like a lot of contemporary country music, the song is driven by positive momentum. It’s a song about looking…
