Category: FEATURES

Feature stories and artist interviews

@skopemag news for january 24, 2019 @ 9 am est

TWENTY ØNE PILØTS SHARE “CHLORINE” OFFICIAL VIDEO ALKYMIST Premieres Live Video For “Paradise” Danish progressive doom quartet ALKYMIST is now releasing a new live music video for their ten-minute-long track “Paradise,” which is found on their 2018-released self-titled debut album. The clip, which makes its public debut through a premiere at Invisible Oranges, was filmed…

New Video By CLEO ALEXANDRA “WHO CAN IT BE NOW” FT. RICK SPRINGFIELD

Cleo Alexandra is an indie goddess with flair. Inspired by theatrical and powerhouse acts like AC/DC, Stevie Nicks, Janis Joplin, Lady Gaga, and Kurt Cobain, she taps into modern and powerful sounds that are brutally eye-opening and unforgivingly raw. The stories she tells in her tracks contain bursts of emotion in a rare display of…

@skopemag news for january 23, 2019 @ 2 pm est

LA Bedroom Pop Band Small Forward Premieres “Kind of Funny” via THRDCOAST While attending college in Los Angeles, songwriters and multi-instrumentalists Michael Stevenson and Rounak Maiti converged on a desire to collaborate and meld their love of Americana and pop music. Informal bedroom jam sessions resulted in hours of demos, constructed from the duo’s rudimentary…

ESP EVOLUTION New Single ‘Growing Up’

ESP Evolution speaks truth to power on the highly personal “Growing Up”. With a video that further emphasizes the unequal way children grow up, one’s environment can dictate the opportunities available. Lyrics really do rest front and center of the entire thing. By wrapping them in an updated soulful style at times ESP Evolution taps…

Cassadee Pope Debuts New Single “If My Heart Had A Heart”

Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Cassadee Pope premieres powerful new single “If My Heart Had A Heart” ahead of the February 1st release of STAGES, which Billboard has declared one of the “40 Most Anticipated Albums of 2019.” Following previously released tracks “Take You Home” and “One More Red Light,” which celebrate the excitement of new love, the…

@skopemag news for january 23, 2019 @ 11 am est

Introducing: Dark Tea :: First single features Hand Habits High Tides announce new album ‘Paradise Daze’ on Rad Cult High Tides create gorgeous spells to burn down the nearest beach club. Chopped and screwed surf music. Psychedelic pop to drown your eardrums while a strange riptide drags you under. If Boards of Canada sipped a…

My Silent Bravery Releases ‘Holding Out (feat. Maurico)’

Matthew Wade aka My Silent Bravery symbolizes persistence, perseverance and inner strength to overcome obstacles in the face of adversity. Through personal work and transformation, he learned the importance of “paying it forward” and now feels one of his missions in life is to help inspire others to do the same by delivering his positive…

New Video By Mala Reignz “Greener Side”

Award winning Hip-Hop artist, designer and entrepreneur, Mala Reignz is one of the music game’s best kept secrets. Mala spent years performing on some of New York City’s most notable and legendary stages including S.O.B.’s, The Knitting Factory, Club Pyramid, Webster Hall, The Green Space and CBGB’s to name a few. https://www.scholarvmg.com/ She has been…

Chrissie Romano Band New Album Release ‘Photo’

The title track to the Chrissie Romano Band album Photo speaks to how a picture can quickly bring back a flood of memories. Romano’s band is a small one, a trio in fact, and the music they create together is tight, folk-ish pop. Romano sings these nine songs with a pure, expressive voice. She also…

@skopemag news for january 23, 2019 @ 10 am est

Simon Lunche Announces Single “Cherry Wine” The new soul pop single from Simon Lunche, “Cherry Wine,” smolders with the intoxicating aroma of a crackling fire melting away the winter’s bite. Its indulgent mix of silky smooth guitar licks and caramelized vocals is a hypnotizing dance between two enamored lovers. The romantic sway leans in slowly…

@skopemag news for january 22, 2019 @ 2:30 pm est

dodie shares new video “Monster” Following the release of her third EP Human last Friday and North American headlining tour announcement, dodie has shared the video for her latest single “Monster”. The video premiered exclusively on Billboard and follows an unlucky-in-love monster entering back into the scary world of dating through a series of comically…

Ex:Re (Elena Tonra of Daughter) Releases Video for “The Dazzler”

Ahead of the vinyl and CD release of Ex:Re, the debut album from Elena Tonra’s eponymous solo project, the Daughter lyricist, vocalist and guitarist has shared stunning visuals for the single ‘The Dazzler’. Directed by Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard (creators of Daughter’s triptych of videos for their second record Not To Disappear), the video…

New Video By Wavvyy Montana “Keep it Fendi”

Straight out of Freeport Long Island New York, Wavvyy Montana dealt with a rough upbringing by his mostly single mother. Later on he relocated to Summerville SC where he spent time outside of school playing basketball & listening to Jay Z, 50 Cent & ASAP Rocky.          

@skopemag news for january 22, 2019 @ 10:30 am est

LUCKY DAYE SHARES NEW TRACK “KARMA” Beartooth Releases New Music Video ‘You Never Know’ James Blake Releases “Mile High (Ft. Travis Scott & Metro Boomin)” Ahead of the release of his eagerly-awaited fourth album Assume Form tomorrow via Republic Records, James Blake debuts brand-new track “Mile High (ft. Travis Scott & Metro Boomin)” on Beats1…

New Video By BRONCHO “BIG CITY BOYS”

If you’re going to tour with Queens of the Stone Age, you’d better have your rock – and your grooves – in place. The QOTSA audience is famously discerning, and those fans will settle for nothing less. But when Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age personally selected Broncho to warm up the crowd…

@skopemag news for january 22, 2019 @ 9:30 am est

SWANES | Share new single, ‘Cozy’ I The Victor Returns with Alt-Pop ‘Hypotheticals’ Self-proclaimed positivity project I The Victor returns with alternative pop single ‘Hypotheticals’, after supporting Vinyl Theatre, featuring on Alt Press and playing multiple dates on Vans Warped Tour. FUR announce latest single HIM & HER Following the release and significant interest, including…

Violet and the Undercurrents – ‘The Captain’ New Single

Violet and the Undercurrents operates, in many ways, on both sides of a political divide. “Whenever I write more socially conscious songs,” says singer/songwriter Violet Vonder Haar, “I like to write in the space that, wherever you are on the political spectrum, you can still take something from it. I don’t want to offend people…

@skopemag news for january 21, 2019 @ 4 pm est

Bjork Meets Arcade Fire | Line Of Best Fit Premiere Mesmerising New Music From Lailien “What happens when you love yourself or someone else unconditionally, with all your heart and soul, but you know that suffering will disrupt said love? Exploring the complex interrelationship between life and death, the song and video features principles of…

New music from Australia’s ‘Vaudeville Smash’

Vaudeville Smash continue their ongoing musical evolution, teaming up with Nashville’s Grammy Award winning producer, Bobby Holland. The result is ‘La Plume De Ma Tante’… a bass popping, tongue in cheek, funk, jammation of the nation and first single off their third studio album, set for release in late 2019. ‘La Plume De Ma Tante’…

@skopemag news for january 21, 2019 @ 11:30 am est

Mabel Announces New Single ‘Don’t Call Me Up’ – NOMINATED FOR BRIT AWARD! Mabel has today announced details of anthemic new single ‘Don’t Call Me Up’, which is available now on Polydor Records and arrives hot on the heels of her nomination for British Breakthrough Act at the Brit Awards 2019 . This follows an…

@skopemag news for january 21, 2019 @ 10:30 am est

FREDERICO7 ANNOUNCES DEBUT ALBUM Austin TX based musician Frederico7 is proud to announce his debut solo album Exótico Americano, set for release on February 23, 2019. The album is an amalgamation of Frederico’s diverse background and experiences living in Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina before setting his roots in the “Live Music Capital of the World.”…

Skope Magazine Chats with Jonathan Wax of 4×4 Artist Management

Jonathan Wax entered the music business in 2009 while a student at the University of Miami, to help develop the career of his brother, pop-rock artist Mikey Wax. With the music scene becoming an over-saturated market, he was challenged to think out-of-the-box to build Mikey’s career, and founded 4×4 Artist Management. With a humble yet…

Erica Sunshine Lee New Release “Renew Me”

Erica Lee is back to spread more, must-needed Sunshine in the music world. Dubbed as “The Hardest Working Woman in Country Music”, Lee proves this by indulging fans from all walks of life with her tenacious spirit/attitude. Erica Sunshine Lee is a real firecracker and one of Georgia’s finest proving that the peach isn’t the…

RIVAL SONS SHARE NEW SONG “LOOK AWAY”

Rival Sons have shared “Look Away,” the fourth new track to be released from their widely anticipated Low Country Sound / Atlantic Records debut LP, FERAL ROOTS. “Look Away” – which is available now at all DSPs – unfolds in a scorching social commentary over a soaring guitar anthem. Furthermore, “Look Away” is currently serving…

@skopemag news for january 20, 2019 @ 1 pm est

Mac Miller Day // Luna Loxx This is for a human who inspired and saved a generation… Here’s To You Returns With New Single “Burning Alive” “The way this song came to be was kind of crazy and all happened at once. Greg had around 8 bars of this instrumental laid out in a demo,…

Dahlia Sleeps release much-anticipated new EP, ‘Love, Lost’

London based alt-pop quartet Dahlia Sleeps today release their much-anticipated new EP ‘Love, Lost’ via Beatnik Creative. Recorded and produced in the band’s own basement studio in South London, the new EP is a stunning 7 track journey through human emotion – navigating themes including struggle, intimacy, and defiance. Deeply emotive, the subject matters are…

NewTown releases “Long Hard Road” video

Lexington, Kentucky-based bluegrass band NewTown has released a video for “Long Hard Road,” a song about the sharp sting felt after leaving a loved one. Written by acclaimed songwriter Tyler Childers, “Long Hard Road” tells of the intense longing a couple feels while they are apart, and how the feeling of home can change depending…

@skopemag news for january 19, 2019 @ 4:30 pm est

Robin Trower Announces New Album – Coming Closer – March 22nd Robin Trower will release his new studio album COMING CLOSER TO THE DAY globally on March 22, 2019 via Provogue/Mascot Label Group. It’s rare to find a ’60s legend still on trailblazing form in their eighth decade. The 73-year-old guitarist finds himself in a…

Bongo Boy Records Releases ‘Various Artists – Millennials 1’

Giddy synthesizer magic lets Sharon Lia Band’s “Fairytales (Now I Know)” bounce with tremendous energy. Embracing a pop house aesthetic, the song builds. Vocals have a great chillness to them as they unfurl pitch-perfectly. Korvez brings industrial, ambience, and EDM together into a soothing whole on “Gravity Defied feat. JR Hilcher”. Stripping things down to…

EQ Channel – EMERGING ARTIST RELEASES NEW ALBUM AND NEW MESSAGE

Hailing from the exotic country of Colombia, EQ Channel is working hard to plant her musical seed in America in a unique way. There have been other successful Colombian women who have taken America by storm like Shakira. EQ is on a similar mission and has already begun to slowly find her way in the…

Terry Ohms releases ‘Terryfirma’

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/terryohmsandthem/ Rigidly arranged drums color the opening bars of the song “Mind Blow” as we enter the hollow, chilling grounds that Terryfirma, the new album by Terry Ohms, makes it home upon. It doesn’t take much time before Ohms slides into focus, penetrating the robotic beat of the drums with his signature vocal stylings and…

RV Farms’ New Single “Too Much”

A galloping beat stutter-steps as it comes into the spotlight, hesitant of its place in the forefront of the dynamic mix that brings RV Farms’ new single “Too Much” out of the silence and into the full-bodied warmth of our stereo speakers. A synthesized melody ominously skirts the line between dissonance and sheer unadulterated ambience,…

@skopemag news for january 19, 2019 @ 11 am est

STEEL ENGRAVED Release ‘Rebellion’ Music Video German Heavy/Power Metal machine STEEL ENGRAVED, have released a new single & music video for ‘Rebellion’, the song is taken of their new self-titled album, out on January 25th, 2019 via ROAR Rock Of Angels Records. STEEL ENGRAVED’s third studio outing will comprise 13 tracks guaranteed to please the…

Lauren Aquilina releases new single ‘If Looks Could Kill’

Bristol born vocalist and songwriter Lauren Aquilina has delivered the release of her brand-new single, ‘If Looks Could Kill’, the punchy follow up to recent comeback release ‘Psycho’ – a production made in the wake of Lauren’s 3 year hiatus. Written by Aquilina and frequent collaborator Lostboy (who has previously worked with Nina Nesbitt, Liam…

@skopemag news for january 18, 2019 @ 5 pm est

STATEMENT FROM FAMILY & BANDMATES OF LORNA DOOM OF THE GERMS Teresa Ryan a/k/a Lorna Doom was always a woman of mystery. So much so, that even in her final days as she fought a tough, year-long battle with cancer, very few people even knew she was ill. She kept a very close knit social…

ELLA MAI RELEASES NEW VIDEO FOR “SHOT CLOCK”

Coming off of a stellar 2018, Ella Mai (10 Summers/Interscope Records) has continued her reign into the New Year. Having recently embarked on The Debut Tour in support of her self-titled album, the singer has now blessed fans with a brand-new video for “Shot Clock.” Directed by Colin Tilley, the visual showcases the starlet’s style…