Feature stories and artist interviews
EP ‘Magenta Carta’ sees four piece Worry Party channel bliss in the form of three tracks. Being made from a mix of casual everyday samples and guitar jams, the band communicates that we can find beauty even in the most mundane things, through the talent of their own musicianship. In Chell’s own words, “It was…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope BAKER GRACE CONNECTS WITH CAUTIOUS CLAY ON “UP ALL NIGHT” “‘Up All Night’ is about how too often we judge people or a group of people without getting the chance to know them,” Grace shares about the song. “Everybody has a story and I think it’s important to take the time…
A captivating singer/songwriter born in Bad Kruezenach, Germany, Rachel Bailey takes listeners on a journey through a musical world of freedom of expression! Since her start, she has shared the stage with artists such as Reggae superstar Everton Blender, R&B star Miguel, and rising star Ella Mai. She has also written songs with world-renowned R&B…
Mexican-American up and coming rising Pop star, Alaina Castillo, releases new music video for melancholy and vulnerable song “triste como yo” off of her recently released EP ‘mensajes de voz.’ The illustrated visuals take the viewer on a journey capturing moments of sadness, honesty and introspection while giving us a closer look into Alaina’s internal…
If there’s a silver lining to a global crisis, it’s that it teaches us all that our problems aren’t so different from those of our neighbors. In 2020, everybody on the planet confronts the same dangers: the health emergency, growing inequality, habitat destruction and ecological collapse, and a terrible, regrettable scarcity of love. On the…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Footsie launches Studio 55 YouTube channel with comic book inspired video for Restless Jack Today, Footsie launches his Studio 55 YouTube channel with visuals for ‘Restless Jack’ featuring CASISDEAD, taken from his new critically acclaimed album ‘No Favours’. London based animation team The Fans lend their skills for the marvel-esc video…
Today sees UK singer and songwriter Claudia Valentina release her debut track “Seven” with accompanying live video. “Seven” marks the first track from her forthcoming debut EP. Written alongside James Newman (Calvin Harris, Jessie Ware) the stripped back piano ballad showcases Claudia Valentina’s delicate vocals and piercing lyrics. Whilst the beautifully shot black and white…
Born and raised in L.A., Doja Cat made her first upload to Soundcloud in 2013 at just 16-years-old. She developed a knack for music by studying piano and dance as a kid and listening to the likes of Busta Rhymes, Erykah Badu, Nicki Minaj, Drake, and more. Soon, she went from obsessing over Catwoman (the…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Ellie Goulding Releases “Slow Grenade” Featuring Lauv From the “EG.0” half of her new album, “Slow Grenade” is the newest offering from Ellie following recent releases “Power” and “Worry About Me,” featuring acclaimed artist blackbear. “Slow Grenade” is a collaborative effort with rising star Lauv, who first gained attention in 2015…
New Jersey indie electro-rock group BrickWindow announce the release date of their upcoming album, “Terraform”. The full-length album will be available for streaming on June 26, 2020. Atmospheric and rhythmic, this instrumental album combines distorted synth, pumping bass, layered guitar, with radiant keyboards and a groove-based blend of live and electronic drums. About Brickwindow: Originally…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope NEW MUSIC // Tycho Jones – “Hanging Around” Speaking about the song, which is also Clash’s Song Of The Day, Tycho explains “Hanging Around is a tune, and this is my homage to a band I grew up being really inspired by” KANYE WEST RELEASES “WASH US IN THE BLOOD” FEAT.…
To increase the aesthetic appeal of your home interior, the floral décor is the right option. These are in trend because of different reasons. Most of the people who are using tiles on walls in their kitchen prefer to remove these tiles and install floral wallpapers and other items of floral decor. These are highly…
Milwaukee hip-hop duo Guerrilla Ghost are preparing for the release of their second album, We Get What We Deserve. While the debut single “Wesley Snipes in Demolition Man” showed a growth from the group’s previous efforts, it also built upon what their audience has come to know and love from the group-a sound rooted in…
Every social revolution needs a rallying song and V. Tiarrá has arrived with “Batter Up”. Versatile and genre crossing, V. Tiarrá describes herself as a fusion artist with a heavy lyrical influence. She’s hopeful that the words she puts out into the world can help plant a seed for new thinking and a shift in…
Pennan Brae is the kind of artist who can mine almost anything, chip away at it, and polish it into a perfect radio rock song. Album after album, the singer, songwriter, guitarist, and filmmaker has turned humor, nostalgia, pain, and pleasure into brilliant, intense pop-rock and lush, epic piano-driven ballads. He’s steeped in classic American…
With a title like “Mind Reverse Hypnosis 432Hz meditation with Romantic Indian Flute Binaural 3D,” this Art Tawanghar presentation sets your listening expectations sky high. This is worlds away from mindless pop music, and Tawanghar’s recordings have always existed on a plane far above most other pedestrian instrumental music. Most all of us believe in…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope BLACKPINK’S “HOW YOU LIKE THAT” SHATTERS YOUTUBE RECORD FOR THE BIGGEST 24-HOUR MUSIC VIDEO DEBUT OF ALL TIME With their mind-blowing new video “How You Like That,” BLACKPINK have smashed the YouTube record for the biggest 24 hour music video debut of all time with over 86 million views. The video…
May 15th saw a killer remix of “Unspoken” arrive, and it’s a joint effort between dance/rock duo Dance With The Dead and Hard Rock Four-piece outfit The Dead Daisies. Inspired by 80s synths and strong metal roots, ‘Unspoken’ is given a powerhouse vibe laced with its super-charged vocals from rock and roll legend Glenn Hughes…
When did “fierce” get hijacked and become all about blue-in-the-face bluster? Mark Davison, the principal songwriter behind Baltimore’s Nuke The Soup, is the rare type who quietly lives what he writes and sticks to his guns. In other words, he’s a true warrior soul. DIY from day one, he’s crafted dynamic, gritty rock his way,…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Bombay Bicycle Club Release Acoustic Recording Of “Racing Stripes” From Forthcoming EP, ‘Two Lives” The four track EP is out 24th July, and features three acoustic reworkings of songs from the band’s recently acclaimed “Everything Else Has Gone Wrong” LP, and a cover of Bonnie Raitt’s Two Lives. The stripped-back versions…
With main influences deriving from Pop & R&B AQUIHAYAQUIHAY (Jay Lee, Neqer, Phynx, Zizzy y Nehly) are pioneering the M-Pop genre. Consisting of 5 members, the childhood friends come together to make music that resonates with people of all backgrounds. With four members hailing from Monterrey & the other from Guadalajara, Mexico the members’ creative…
Theatrical Rock Band FABLE CRY have released the official music video for their newest single, “Here Comes Trouble”, a rambunctious introduction to the antagonist of their upcoming concept rock opera. “Here Comes Trouble” is the official “villain song” in a 1930s-era concept album full of vengeful vamps and vixens. In the song, we’re introduced to…
@skopemag HQ –http://smarturl.it/skope Krief – “I Am The Pillar Of Darkness In Your Life” ““I Am The Pillar Of Darkness In Your Life” is out today! Writing this song, I thought about this path I ended up on, in which I gathered the very basics to stay the course and survive. I was sold a…
La cantante, actriz y compositora Cubana Dunia Ojeda, lanza al mercado su mas reciente sencillo titulado “Easy”, un tema de su autoria junto con Angel Arce y Beatriz Cesar, que fusiona lo Tropical y Urbano para lograr un sonido fresco y moderno. Dunia Ojeda, fue finalista de La Voz US en el 2019, competencia que…
When fans press play on a song by Billy Joel, they know exactly what they’re getting. They’ll put themselves in the presence of classic pop – smartly-written story-songs that take inspiration from the Beatles, Motown soul, and the Broadway stage. They’ll hear a certain pugnacious New York attitude, and they’ll encounter a romantic streak as…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope UK’s ALVAREZ KINGS Release New “Emotionally-Charged, Hook-Filled” Single “Words I Couldn’t Say”; Now Streaming Everywhere Vocalist Simon Thompson tells PopMatters, “The song came about when I was turning our spare room at home into our baby’s nursery as the acoustics were awesome. I was writing songs off of the back of…
Rising pop sensation Ella Vos shares a new track “State of Emotion” today—listen here and watch the lyric video here. The track is the latest from her highly anticipated second album Turbulence out July 31. “‘State of Emotion’ is a snapshot of feeling overwhelmed in the lows and the highs,” Vos says. “I wrote this…
Nadine Shah releases ‘Club Cougar’ today, a new single from her fourth studio album, Kitchen Sink. Shah Says of the track: “There’s many names for a woman who dates a younger man. Can you think of any examples of names given to men that date younger women? (Without listing off reams of Hollywood actors!). Much…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Corb Lund’s “Agricultural Tragic” Out Today Corb Lund’s new studio album Agricultural Tragic is available today via New West Records. The 12-song set is his first album of original material in five years and follows his acclaimed Things That Can’t Be Undone (2015), and the Cover Your Tracks EP (2019). Met…
Sisters and best friends Mary-Keaton (16) and Stella (14) Render, a new and harmonious pop country duo suitably named Render Sisters, have released their debut original song, “Lost Boy,” accompanied with a stylish concept video on their YouTube channel, directed by country music superstar Pam Tillis, and Josh Sikkema. “We are very excited to share…
Loyal Lobos—the artist moniker of Bogotá, Colombia-born, Los Angeles, California-based Andrea Silva—today released the vibrant, sensual video for her new single “Si Te Portas Mal (Be Bad)” directed by Diego Trenas & Loyal Lobos. The song is the third released off her forthcoming debut album Everlasting, executive produced by Teddy Geiger (Lizzo, Shawn Mendes, Leon…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope MAD MAX Releases New Single and Lyric Video! Whether it’s in music or in life: clarity is always the best argument if you want to convince people. Everybody knows where they stand, nobody is left in the dark, reliability and dependability are characteristics that everybody appreciates. Mad Max are musically unambiguous…
Pop newcomer SVEA reveals the sensational official video for her latest single ‘All My Exes’. Premiered with CLASH – it is now available to watch now via Universal Music Sweden. Set in a luxurious house – the ‘All My Exes’ visual contrastingly cuts back and forth between SVEA and her “exes” revealing their relationship troubles.…
TripleYoThreat shouldn’t be here. Why? For starters, he almost took an early exit, getting rear-ended by a semi on his motorcycle – so he’s lucky to be walking, never mind rapping. Next, he got into UCLA, was all about it, then dropped out… twice. All that aside, he’s up against a challenge few MCs have…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope The Waking Point revives grunge rock with new single “Bad Girl” “Bad Girl” is a track that portrays an abusive and obsessive relationship with a mentor that went very sour. Bipolar disorder, machiavellian revenge, feminism all included in this disaster batch. The inspiration behind this was sparked after learning a Black…
The Insufferable Paul Scott titles his new four-song EP Radio Station. The title song’s chorus finds Scott declaring, “You’re my radio station.” Presumably, Scott is talking about a girl via this declaration. But maybe not. Whatever the case, some of the song’s lyrics may not make sense unless you’re an alternative music fan. For instance,…
No gimmicks, no costumes and no glazing over the everyday issues that we all encounter, Kelsey Coleman’s songs are raw and will engage listeners from all walks of life. Already working with the likes of Tarro (Blackbear) and writers including Myah Marie (Britney Spears and Lil Wayne) – Kelsey’s stunning debut single ‘Nobody’ has all…
Nigerian musician and creative auteur Cruel Santino has released a new single titled “End of The Wicked” (Monster Boy/Interscope Records). The song featuring French rapper Octavian is sombre in tone, fluttering across a shimmering production of piano keys and 808s. In the track, Cruel doubles down on his ‘Santinese’ — “those whole time kini hickidy…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope MOUNTAIN TAMER sign to HPS Records + new single unveiled! Californian heavy psych mavericks MOUNTAIN TAMER have recently announced their signing with cult and fuzz rock label Heavy Psych Sounds, who will release the band’s third album Psychosis Ritual on September 25th. Preorder start now, with a first single available for…
When the world comes to a screeching halt, what do artists do? We Create. The world needs more art. The beginning of this year saw us all being blindsided with one of the worst pandemics of our lifetime. Many lost jobs, some even lost loved ones. While being stuck in isolation at home, many musicians…
