Category: FEATURES

Feature stories and artist interviews

@skopemag news for March 25, 2019 @ 5 pm est

Oh Land Releases Dreamy New Single “Kiss In Songs” Out Now! Featuring backing vocals by Devendra Banhart, “Kiss In Songs” is about forgetting the ways we are used to using language. It’s about finding ways to communicate on a more primal level. Of the single, Oh Land states, “I guess the whole reason I do…

@skopemag Q&A Featuring Chris Eves and the New Normal

We are kicking off the week right here @skopemag. It was a nice weekend but now we must look ahead at the week. So we have hooked up with Chris Eves and the New Normal from gorgeous Syracuse, NY. These guys have so much going on it is awesome to get in at this time…

@skopemag news for March 25, 2019 @ 2 pm est

Dinosaur Pile-Up announce new album ‘Celebrity Mansions’ To mark the announcement the band have released the new single ‘Thrash Metal Cassette’, which premiered last night as Daniel P. Carter’s ‘Rockest Record’ on the Radio 1 Rock Show. The song smacks you in the face then spits on the floor with its chugging grunge riffs and…

New Video By Dajour “Slow Wine”

As a rapper, singer, songwriter, and ghostwriter, there is nothing Dajour can’t do. Now based in New York, he was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and at only 22 years old, his music career is reaching new heights every day. Formally known as “King Buddha,” Dajour is the nephew of the legendary Jadakiss. A passionate live…

New Video By SupaNova Slom “Breathe”

SupaNova Slom released his first studio album in four years, “Love In The Midst of Chaos,” on the date of his birth this passed January 29th. It is the ninth studio album that the musician, best-selling author, and wellness coach has released. Slom’s recent project is a combination of genres: He categorizes it as Trap,…

@skopemag news for March 25, 2019 @ 10:15 am est

SKULLSMASHER: “Negative Pressure Pulverization” Heavy Blog Is Heavy has issued the new single from Los Angeles grindcore squad SKULLSMASHER, the outfit founded by members of Ripped To Shreds, Azath, Draghkar, and more. As the band’s Selfmadegod debut, Rocket Hammer Brain Surgery, nears release next week, the new single “Negative Pressure Pulverization” is now unleashed. DATURA4’S…

Managing your kid’s online activities

Before you give your kids any Android gadget, you should think of repercussions. Devices’ resources can corrupt your kids’ easily. Be one step ahead technologically to tame your loved ones. Keep your eye on your kids’ calls, SMS, MMS, and GPS location. Free SMS tracker can help in everything regarding phone tracking. Many of these…

What To Know Before Whitening Your Teeth

Are you planning on whitening your teeth for a flashy and beautiful smile to show off with other people? We all want to look our best, and our smile is the first thing to enhance for the cameras! And with teeth whitening being a popular and easier process every year, it’s probably tempting for you…

Bongo Boy Records Release ‘Homestead Vol. 3 by Various Artists’

This is the 3rd release in the album series started by Bongo Boy Records to feature Americana talents. The Darryl Morris Band explores a sense of tenderness on the gorgeous “My Name”. Full of passion the song is sung straight from the heart. Instrumentally rich they employ a country twang to great effect. Giddy energy…

Weekend Edition – @skopemag news for March 24, 2019 @ 7:30 am est

Pop Songwriter, Kat Holland, Unveils NEW EP // Premiered on Genre is Dead! At the beginning of 2018, Holland recorded her new EP in the famed Village Studios in Los Angeles. Since then, she has been busy gigging, composing, and working with her band in Charlotte. Holland draws from many musical influences that include Norah…

Sofi Tukker invite you into their ‘Fantasy’

SOFI TUKKER invite you into their “Fantasy” with their new single and video which are the first taste of the next phase of the group following the international success of their debut album Treehouse which culminated in their second GRAMMY nomination, performance at the GRAMMY Awards Premiere Ceremony, and the gold certification of “Best Friend”…

Weekend Edition – @skopemag news for March 23, 2019 @ noon est

BECKY G RELEASES NEW TRACK “GREEN LIGHT GO” Today, global superstar Becky G releases her new track “Green Light Go” via Kemosabe Records/RCA Records. “Green Light Go” follows Becky’s latest track, “LBD”, which received rave reviews with Idolator calling it a “bilingual smash” and Paper Magazine calling Becky a “bonafide urbano star”. INTRODUCING 10.K CAASH…

New Video By A BOI “SEE THROUGH” (CHAPTER 1)

Chances are, if you’re familiar with TaSzlin Muerte’s music, you know him from Austin’s uncompromising trio BLXPLTN. It follows, then, that you think of Tasz as a ferocious punk rocker – one driven by his sense of social justice to thrash against the system. He’s a scourge of the status quo, launching distortion and drumbeats…

Para Lia release LP ‘Soap Bubble Dreams’

Soap Bubble Dreams is a new release by Germany’s Para Lia, which is an Alternative Rock band led by René Methner, and he plays all instruments and is supported by Cindy Methner who sings duets perfectly around the massively layered guitars and synths, which is all done with colossal results between the two which serve…

Dallas Has Many Entertainment Options

Just because Dallas is more of a city then a coastal area doesn’t mean you can’t have any fun. There is so much to see and do in this city. From museums to amusement parks and concerts to green spaces, there’s always something to do in Dallas. If you already live in DFW, then you…

Weekend Edition – @skopemag news for March 23, 2019 @ 8 am est

R.W. Roldan Presents New Single ‘Wyatt Earp’ Tweets by raywroldan SHOR releases new single ‘Gold’ ‘Gold’ leads with a chilled bassline and tropical tinged electronica before breaking into a bold dreamy chorus showcasing SHOR’s distinct and impressive vocals. The result is reminiscent of the seductive genre melding of Glass Animals or Fyfe, while SHOR’s broad…

“The Devil Lives in the South” by the American Revival

Belting out a sensational vocal harmony studded with acrylic guitar textures, “The Devil Lives in the South” opens the floodgates on the shimmering tonality that The American Revival are discharging in their all-new album The Saint and The Sinner, which is out everywhere that independent country music is sold and streamed this March 22nd. The sixty…

Weekend Edition – @skopemag news for March 22, 2019 @ 4:30 pm est

Neo-Soul Group Seba Kaapstad Announce Upcoming Album Via Brooklyn Vegan Seba Kaapstad bring an intoxicating and atmospheric spirit with their new video for “Africa” out today along with the announcement of their upcoming album Thina, out May 15thvia Mello Music Group. With an effortless but captivating approach, “Africa” combines soul, jazz, hip hop, and the…

New Video By Don Silver “Sugar & Gold”

Hailing from Paris, Don Silver is an experienced producer and talented musician responsible for shaping the French urban music scene. His early introduction in the business was as a vocalist – a Rapper to be exact. Don Silver comes from a rich French heritage. From a young age, Don Silver developed a passion for music…

@skopemag news for march 22, 2019 @ noon est

WATCH: LENNON STELLA SHARES OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR NEW SINGLE “BITCH (takes one to know one)” Directed by Drew Kirsch with a cameo by Maddie Ziegler, the visual follows Lennon through a party scene that culminates in her leaving a toxic relationship in the dust. “BITCH” is the latest offering from Lennon, which UPROXX declares “a…

What Should You Know About the World of Online Dating?

If you’re recently divorced, you’ve ended a relationship, or perhaps you’ve been out of the dating scene for a while, you may be surprised at how much it’s changed in recent years. It’s gone high-tech and like nearly everything else, is digitally driven. Even just a few years ago, the idea of dating online wasn’t…

@skopemag news for march 22, 2019 @ 10 am est

Avant Gardner Presents Belgian Techno Star Charlotte de Witte with Monoloc + Victor Ruiz on April 13 Brooklyn’s leading nightlife complex Avant Gardner is pleased to present Belgian techno star Charlotte de Witte as she makes a rare appearance in New York on Saturday, April 13 2019 from 10pm-4:30am. Bringing her heavy-hitting techno to the…

KRISTEN LEE SERGEANT Presents Video For “BALM/BURN”

The first thing that greets a visitor to Kristen Lee Sergeant’s website is a curl of smoke. Not static smoke, either; it’s animated, which indicates that something is on fire. Evidence of that blaze is all over Sergeant’s recordings: the jazz vocalist is always singing about conflagrations of one sort or another. She’s given her…

New Video By LULLWATER “EMPTY CHAMBER”

Special effects are fun to see, and a story can be rewarding to follow. But if a rock band is good – and we mean really good – there’s nothing more exciting to encounter in a video than footage of those musicians playing live. The clip for “Empty Chamber,” the latest single from Lullwater, doesn’t…

How They Choose the Music Played In a Casino

Many of us have spent an evening in a casino or around the slot machines. As we play, we realize there is a thrill and a compulsion to continue playing the games. Naturally, the prospect of winning money and grabbing the jackpot fires us to keep on playing. But why is there so much enjoyment?…

Everything You need to know about Windchimes

Are you able to locate all the inauspicious aspects of your life that affects your well being? Yes, it is true that health is among those major sectors that need to be focused on. If you answered yes then viennaimports windchimes can solve your problem related to both indoor and outdoor. Wind chimes are widely…

Ren Daversa New Album ‘Saltwater’

Saltwater is not just the name of Ren Daversa’s new album, but also a big part of her life. Although raised on a small island off the coast of Rhode Island, Daversa went on to front the San Diego band The Good China, which took her way over to the opposite coast. The album opens…

Melissa Ruth’s ‘Meteor’ Out Now

BANDCAMP: https://melissaruthmusic.bandcamp.com/ With a skipping beat to lead the way, Melissa Ruth’s Meteor comes to life in its first track, “West,” and the chugging drum and bass swagger is quickly met with a sultry vocal from Ruth that is as textured as any of the vivid string play transpiring beside her is. The mischievous grooves wander into…

Greg Kieser Releases ‘Dear Machine: A Letter to a Super-Aware Intelligent Machine’

RELATED URL: https://www.supersystemic.ly/dear-machine Complicated futures deserve complicated analysis. The combination of rigorous logic, imagination, measured judgment and clarity of expression are rare. Those qualities, however, are the bedrock of Greg Kieser’s study on how humanity might potentially interact, prosper, and suffer with the dawn of intelligent, even “conscious”, technology and adept with its assimilation into…

Giudi “Tribe”

Czech Republic music artist Giudi is one of the new breed of self determined musicians who effortlessly combine creating music with fashion and art and taking their music across the world. Her Alt Pop combines uplifting sometimes dark melancholic songs with a future electronic soundtrack, her distinctive vocals managing to be both haunting and melodic,…

@skopemag news for march 21, 2019 @ 2:15 pm est

HIGH REEPER stream hell-raising new album in full via Decibel! Philadelphia Sabbath-worthy apocalypse igniters HIGH REEPER debut their sophomore album “Higher Reeper” in its entirety, before its imminent release on March 22 via HPS Records. Headbang or die! Full Album Stream: High Reeper – “Higher Reeper” X Ambassadors announce London headline show & share ‘BOOM’…

New Video By TIMOTHY J. WILSON “HOW ‘BOUT WE MAKE LOVE”

With a varied rotation of experiences and skills, Timothy J. Wilson is a singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and part-time actor. Growing up in White Plains, New York, Wilson relocated to Atlanta, Georgia for the next chapter of his music career. Within five months, he sold over 1,000 copies of his album Kiss Me and performed…

TYLER MANN & NICOPOP. TEAM UP FOR NEW SINGLE “LOVER LOVER”

LA-based artists Tyler Mann & nicopop. have joined forces to release a hypnotic, guitar-driven new single titled “Lover Lover,” available on all streaming platforms today. “Lover Lover” marks the second collaborative single from Tyler Mann and nicopop., following up on their danceable anthem “Start Again,” which dropped last year. Together, the duo have also worked…

@skopemag news for march 21, 2019 @ 11 am est

Jennifer Cintron Shares the Love with Romantic Single, “Shine Your Light” After the recent successful release of her first single Run, Jennifer Cintron celebrates the official release of her second single, “Shine Your Light,” on February 20th, 2019. Cintron says, “‘Shine Your Light’ is about that person in your life that makes you feel unbelievably…

Taveeta “Catching Feelings” Official Release Video

Inspired by mystery, romance, crime, and cinema, Taveeta creates a compelling and mysteriously sensual fictional atmosphere for the mind with new visuals for “Catching Feelings.” About the Video Process Taveeta say: “I had such a lovely time shooting this video as it was the first time in my music where I really got to bring…

Straw Dogs Release ‘Your Immaculate Machine’

It’s been 10 years since I last heard from Straw Dogs and their infectious sound as I reviewed their last album titled ‘Love And Then Hope’: https://skopemag.com/2009/05/04/straw-dogs-love-and-then-hope.  I can tell you firsthand that it was well worth the wait because ‘Your Immaculate Machine’ is the band’s sixth record and one prized possession that will raise…

Meghan Timony New Single “Up & Down”

Meghan Timony sings straight from the heart on the intimate folk musings of “Up & Down”. Aptly named the song ebbs and flows in a cyclical fashion. Lyrics focus on the poetic musings on relationships. The track lets the relationship and all its complexities fuel the overall narrative. Instrumentation has a rich, surreal quality to…