Feature stories and artist interviews
Ernest Jenning Record Co. is excited to announce Hunter Simpson’s new LP Goldmine, which will see a release on May 12, 2017. In anticipation of the release, Hunter has shared the new track “Windows.” Hunter has also announced a run of tour dates, beginning with an album release show at Alphaville in Brooklyn on May…
Hit after hit, we have brought you many exceptional, accessible, and timeless tracks from the unique world of AV Super Sunshine. “I Am Alien” created a stir last September with its guerrilla adventure-filled video and funky groove, creating an instant sensation. Today, we’re thrilled to bring you the new dance remix version of “I Am…
TJ Stafford gets sinister with his dark debut single, “Crazy.” A Los Angeles-based songwriter, Stafford performed in various bands before finally stepping out on his own, saying “being a musician for most of my life, not making an album that was just me, with the exact words I wanted to say, and the exact sounds…
Multi-disciplinary artist, producer, composer and vocalist K Á R Y Y N today unveils her new single ‘Quanta 11: PURGATORY’. The track follows debut release ‘Quanta 1’ comprised of ‘ALEPPO’ and ‘BINARY’, a release that Pitchfork called a “stunning solo debut”. ‘Quanta 11: PURGATORY’ is part one of the second instalment of the Quanta series…
Muskets found their birth in Brighton, UK where they quickly engaged in the city’s always-growing music scene. Here, they connected with like-minded peers who held a shared DIY ethos and influence of grunge, punk and emo sounds, such as Broadbay, The New Tusk and Water Canvas. With these names the band put touring and weekenders…
Gabriel and the Apocalypse have been around in their current incarnation since 2011, but frontwoman Lindy Gabriel has been singing since she was six years old. Her parents were in rock bands, so it comes as no surprise that she’s always known she was destined to be a performer. Gabriel is joined by Jake LaCore…
Today Luz has her own band and has played in NYC for over 4 years in venues like Drom, Club Bonafide, Subrosa, Café Vivaldi, Terrazas 7, Brooklyn Warehouse, Silvana, Bar Six, Something Jazz Club, Barbes, Radio City Hall (Americas got talent show), The Path Café, Why not room, Summer on the Hudson Music Festival, Fundraising…
Carolyn Marie has demonstrated that she is not only an exceedingly compelling musician and dancer, but a motivated and determined young woman as well. She has proved herself once again with her newest hit, “Wanna Be Cool.” This Jersey Girl with an insatiable craving for the city lights has given us numerous hits sure to…
Stoners now have two reasons to rejoice today. It is 4/20, the day on which we celebrate all things weed and, in honor of the holiday, budding pop star, Adam Jensen, is releasing his righteous new single, “Marijuana Breath.” “I was watching an old school cartoon where an angel pops up on one shoulder and…
Indie rockers Lilac Lungs have announced the release date for their debut full-length album, Eventide, set for release on May 12, 2017. Recorded by Lee Albrecht at Lee Albrecht Studios, Eventide is a 10-track rollercoaster of emotions that gets personal with the listener while highlighting the band’s ambient indie rock sound. When developing a concept…
It goes without questioning that “Blue-Eyed Soul” singer Frank Shiner has demonstrated his finely-tuned capacity to put his own unique imprint on classic tunes that have been previously recorded by others via his newest release of “Rainy Night in Georgia.” Giving astonishing performances on songs popularized by such artists as The Rascals, Brook Benton, Sam…
So here we go again. It is so good to be alive & here with you all @skopemag on 4-20. Today we are heading to Atlanta to hang with Joe Da Pro. But before that lets do some music news. First up, TuneCore, the leading digital music distribution and publishing administration provider for independent musicians,…
Global superstar, singer-songwriter, Lana Del Rey unveils her latest single and title track today from her upcoming new album Lust For Life. The single features vocals from The Weeknd and is now available to buy and stream on all partners. Lust For Life is the second track to be released from Lana’s forthcoming album, debuting…
Irish artist Elaine Mai has been crafting a reputation for atmospheric and melodic electronic music. She follows up the release of ‘Enniscrone’, the first track taken from her upcoming EP with the title track ‘The Colour of the Night’. A deeply personal track for Elaine, the song builds and builds until Elaine’s voice enters, offering…
Horoscope is Rene J Nunez Cabrera from Miami, Florida. For the past several years, Horoscope has been slowly leading those in the know down a path of self discovery and expression. Nunez Cabrera hypnotizes audiences with a unique brand of cathartic live performances and a slew of releases on labels such as Ascetic House and…
Tajinder Singh, also known as DJ SirTaj, is a one-of-a-kind, diamond-in-the-rough kind of artist. Complete with hard-hitting moods and an irrefutable tenacity, he is an act that you do not want to miss. Hailing from the streets of India, he made his journey to the United States in 1991, landing in Atlanta, Georgia. DJ SirTaj…
Toya Nash, is a women, that has done it all, ranging from working in film, TV, commercials, theater, as well as music, in which she has released a debut EP, and most recent being her newest song called “Paradise”, which was then made into a single with accompanying video. But that is not the only…
Today Avante Black reveal ‘Make A Mess’, the follow-up to top 3 Hype Machine smash ‘Drug Money’. Written by lead singer Ottilia Zimmerman Kjulsten and with psychedelic production from Luke Smith (Foals, Petite Noir), ‘Make A Mess’ tells it straight about the moment when you’re breaking up with someone and realize it’s not fixable. Countering…
With their latest gem, “Duality,” Atlanta-based duo Bells and Robes offers us a more streamlined interpretation of their sound while maintaining their veracity as avant-garde sound creators and technicians. Blending atmospheric chill-wave and brisk bass lines, this electronica duo aims to create a vibrant energy while concurrently soothing audiophiles into a fantasy-like state of reverie.…
Batlimore’s Charles Parker released his first music video from his debut album Bring Back The Sun. Charles says “The concept was to shoot for a bright, happy day in the country with a happy pop song with a country edge. It was time to bring back happy fun positive vibes in today’s music. But the…
Vessbroz has been released their new music video titled ‘ DREAMS”, They wrote and made this song about their life! how in one night they decided to change their life And since that night miracle showed up in their life and anything started to change! http://www.vessbroz.com/ Vessbroz latest music video is all about chasing dreams…
After a rollercoaster twenty-five year career as an artist, curator, and tastemaker, James Lavelle returns with UNKLE’s fifth studio album, The Road Part 1. The Road Part 1 is a collection of fifteen new UNKLE tracks inspired following his curation of 2014’s Meltdown Festival at Southbank, their most successful festival to date. It is a…
Dynamic, unique, and powerful are just a few words that describe artist Bianca Ingram. She is the definition of a triple threat, possessing the immense talent of singing and songwriting, dancing, acting and an added bonus of designing and directing. Bianca will undoubtedly set the world on fire with her originally coined “space jungle” sound…
Phrases come in an assorted amount of shapes, sizes, and sayings of course. For one that tends to be quite popular is one that goes a little like this, “Third time’s a charm”. The belief that the third time, it takes to do something is more than likely to succeed than the previous attempts. Hence…
Greg Luzitano the artistic director and founder behind Striving Artists, a non-profit company, focusing upon the theater, film, writing and music, Where his own flesh and blood sister Mary Beth Luzitano comes in as executive director. The siblings, worked together, but Greg was the leading man behind it really. Thus, they would put together a…
Aside from creating music in preparation for her upcoming release, DAISHA has been hard at work, currently playing the role of Lisa on the VH1 breakthrough TV series, “The Breaks”. “It was an awesome experience working with the producers, cast and the VH1 family. I went from working on the tv-movie to getting the call…
“Gamma Gamma” in 2014. “Anchor” in 2015. “Blackout” in 2016. The soon-to-be seminal EDM duo Tritonal has been giving us hit after hit over the past 3 years. Fast-forward to late-February of 2017 and we are confident that Tritonal has brought another winner to the table with their newest track, “Strangers.” http://www.tritonalmusic.com/ It’s been an…
MY BROTHERS & SISTERS deliver an intense revision of this iconic Johnny Cash hit. A dark and stirring video is due for release in early Summer 2017. Stay tuned to this Art-Pop Juggernaut.
Conscious hip-hop artist, Souleye drops his brand new single “Hip Hop Medicine” featuring Dustin Tavella on May 5, 2017. This is the third single off his upcoming album, Wild Man expected for release in June 2017. “Hip Hop Medicine” will also be accompanied with a lyric video. http://www.souleye.net Infused with contemporary hip-hop soundscapes and bass…
Just days before embarking on a 40+ city tour and taking the stage at Coachella for the very first time, Atlantic Records recording artist KIIARA drops new track “Whippin” feat. Felix Snow. The release of “Whippin” arrives just in time for Kiiara to join The Chainsmokers on their Memories: Do Not Open Tour, which begins…
San Mei returns with a spectacular first release for 2017, with brand new single ‘Until You Feel Good’ and a national tour to follow . After the success of last cut ‘Rewind’, the Gold Coast multi-instrumentalist is gathering some serious momentum, heading straight out on a headline tour in Melbourne and Sydney, capped off with…
PWR BTTM make music for “the coolest kids in the room”, but these aren’t the typical, mainstream “cool kids”; these are the queers, the weirdos, and the craft-store connoisseurs covered in glitter and rainbow face paint, wearing thrift store dresses several sizes too big. Ben Hopkins, (vocals, guitar, and some drums), and Liv Bruce, (drums)…
So we are back at it today and spring is here for sure. Nomatter what the weather the music keeps coming and we love that. Today we head to Czech Republic to chat with musician Johnny B Cooper. But before we get to that lets check some music news. First up, 2016 was a year…
Duncan Lloyd is probably best known as the guitarist and musical driving force behind Mercury Music Prize nominated band, Maximo Park, but Lloyd’s frenetic outpouring has also seen him busy with various projects including Decade In Exile, Nano Kino, experimentalists Res Band, and solo work under his own name. It is his solo work which…
Olivia Szulgowski, known as Olive, is an independent Australian born artist. Inspired by indie-pop, soul and motown, with a hint of old-skool R&B. Olive has embarked on her own original sound journey, with the essence of the late Amy Winehouse ‘Back to Black’ album, fused with modern-day indie-alt radio hits. “Join me for tea, some…
Following the release of single “Swimming On Me” Rainy Milo is back with her new EP ‘I Knew I Had A Heart (Because I Felt It Breaking)’ which is out now. “Knew I Had A Heart (Because I Felt It Breaking)” is my first project release since I was 17 and I’m so excited for…
San Francisco-based performing artist John Haesemeyer fuses folk and popular genres, creating an emphasis on vocals, acoustic guitar, leaning on orchestral and rock instrumentation. Music Emissions described Haesemeyer’s songs as “deep, both musically and lyrically;” clearly inspired by “the great singer-songwriters of the past: Neil Young, Springsteen, Dylan.” http://www.haesemeyer.com/ His latest track, “Maybe If I…
Copenhagen’s Baby In Vain just released “Transcendent,” their first new track since their 2016 EP For The Kids. They also kick off a UK tour with PINS today, all dates below. “Transcendent’ is a darkly foreboding introduction to the band’s new material capturing “how anxiety consumes you and leaves no room for rational thinking or…
Natalie Bouloudis’s debut EP is the perfect document of her humbling creative powers at this point in time. Harbouring her own distinct sound, Dead Sea Scripts channels her experiences and meditations into a deeply enchanting record. By turns evoking sixties’ girl band nostalgia with the concise hook-driven songwriting of ‘Firebird’ or entertaining her darker side…
Blending his knack for striking a balance of pop rock radio and out of the box, creative instrumentation, Roger Jaeger has quickly established himself as an inspiring and refreshing artist. The Oklahoma native’s third album, Start Over, reflects the sentiments and convictions Roger has gathered along his personal journey of discovery. Today we are excited…
