Feature stories and artist interviews
As opposed to the usually informative element that appears in my articles, I have taken the liberty of diverting from that particular element for this month, as I wish to convey a major concern that I find troubling at the most inconvenient of times and, namely, during performances. Now I suppose that most entertainment artists,…
The band’s namesake is its multi-talented violinist, lead vocalist, and songwriter, Jillian Rae. Her creative and dynamic style of violin playing along with her lifelong experience as a performer, lend her an assured stage presence. She has an innate ability to create hook-laden tunes affirming the positives of life in the face of struggle and…
New York production/DJ duo The Chainsmokers are winning the Internet with their newly released official music video for their track “#SELFIE” available now on Dim Mak Records. The track serves as the unofficial selfie theme song and the official music video pokes fun of the viral culture in this tongue-in-cheek clip featuring major celebrity cameos…
Southern California “G-punkers” NEW BEAT FUND have premiered their official music video for the single “Peachez.” The track comes from their recently released EP Coinz, which came out last July via Red Bull Records. Fans can enjoy the bizarre yet innovative music video here at Skope. New Beat Fund is gearing up for a seven-week…
Many bands have to tour regularly in order to make a living. However, hauling musical equipment around from venue to venue without damaging it is not always easy. The good news is that there are some precautionary measures any musician or band manager can take to protect musical equipment and gear while on the road.…
Philadelphia’s Bleeding Rainbow have shared a music video for their latest single “So You Know”. The video, directed by Japhy Riddle, works to capture the emotions of the song and explores the realm of “what if” through the investigation and manipulation of old photographs in a way that’s reminiscent of Michaelangelo Antonioni’s Blow-Up. …
With backgrounds in music and performance ranging from self-taught to classical and theater to conservatory training, Stroamata translate their skills into an edgy sound. Stroamata has been coming into their own and absorbing new vibes and inspirations since their start in 2008. Originally backing MCs and performing as a triphop/psychedelic soul band in…
Hard rock artist Gavin The Third has released the first official music video from his debut self-titled EP. The song is called Cut Through and it features a light and day dynamic that plays well off the intensity of the song. The track’s blaring and infectious guitar riffs, coupled with Gavin’s soaring vocal presence…
Icona Pop’s Aino Jawo and Caroline Hjelt are warming things up on the dance floor with an exclusive new remix EP for their current single ‘Just Another Night’ available exclusively on Beatport.com, along with a new version of their single for iTunes, Amazon, Spotify and all good digital retailers. The seven-track EP features exclusive remixes…
Los Angeles-based producer LE YOUTH returns with the video for new single “Dance With Me.” A breezy Clinton-era RnB-influenced track infused with some toughness from rapper/model Dominique Young Unique, “Dance With Me” is the follow-up to last summer’s single “C O O L,” which made its way up the Hype Machine charts and launched…
You may be asking yourself where is this Daniel Park located? Well…it’s not a Park per se with the green grass, bunches of trees and jungle gyms but in reality it is a Park full of hopes, dreams & determination. It is a Park that is constantly growing in life and his name…
Willie The Kid and Bronze Nazareth have collaborated on a musical effort of grandiose proportions. Appropriately entitled ‘The Living Daylights’ the LP is a 13-track venture containing the earthy and whimsical sound of Bronze’s production and the colorfully complex wizardry of Willie The Kid’s literary prose. The collaboration is seemingly long over due as both…
Slow No Wake is the musical project of Adam Theron-Lee Rensch. A multi-instrumentalist, Rensch wrote and recorded his first full-length album as Slow No Wake in bedrooms and closets throughout Ohio. Rensch, now 29, began writing music at the age of 16 as a guitarist in local metal band. While in college, he worked at…
“Fake Smile” is an international collaboration track and also the debut single by Dancekraft feat. The Shy Project. The guys behind Dancekraft. rising stars in the EDM scene from Russia are Artego & Coolerlong, together they have 10 years background of producing electronic music. Also Dancekraft guys have one of the biggest radio-podcast show in…
If you are a guitar player, you probably have one desire: Always getting better. Many guitar players reach a plateau and then they stop improving. They get content with how well they can play. They may buy new equipment and get excited about it for a while, getting a bit better for a short span…
The Used has released a new single and music video for “Cry” off their upcoming album, “Imaginary Enemy,” set to release on April 1st, 2014. Watch the music video here: http://bit.ly/1n7ZL1l. Album pre-orders are now available on iTunes here: http://bit.ly/1lhbv3c. “Imaginary Enemy,” produced by the acclaimed John Feldmann,is the band’s sixth studio full-length, following the…
To bring in the new year, Atlanta based rapper, RO AKIN gives his fans a new visual for the track entitled, “NOMADIC.” Hailing from his latest mixtape, MIXED FELLINGS. “Nomadic” features a vibrant rising star, Ashly Williams, who has been noted to work with many celebrities and is best known as a leading…
New Amsterdam Records is pleased to announce that David T. Little will release his new album Haunt of Last Nightfall on February 25, 2014. Performed and commissioned by acclaimed ensemble Third Coast Percussion, the piece looks to a tragic moment in El Salvadoran history, the massacre at El Mozote, El Salvador in December 1981. Third…
Laraboyz band which include Fahd Lil and Ziko have released a donation campaign for the dissemination and marketing of their first song in English on a global level. In an unprecedented attempt to realize their childhood dream and to enter into the professional open world, to becoming a professional international band. And the song is…
Hello out there music lovers of earth, hope you are all well. I do not want to overindulge on the Grammys but if you go online & thru social media you hear a lot of negative. All I have to say is you do not have to listen to that mainstream pop and if you…
Having watched the rise of his fellow countrymen, Sebastian Jak set out to become the next success story in Sweden’s already impressive dance music history. The rising star known as Sebjak is breaking into the scene in a big way, and his track “Feel You,” out now on Ultra Music, is poised to take him…
After a massive 2013, The Love Junkies are excited to announce the release of their new single “Chemical Motivation”. Self-produced, recorded and mixed by the band in singer Mitch McDonald’s old bedroom at his parent’s house, the single is a taster of the band’s upcoming EP to be released on limited edition vinyl very soon…
Going through Nicki Minaj withdrawals? Well, here’s a little something to satiate your Boss Ass Bitch cravings until her next track drops. The prolific femcee makes a surprise appearance on Natalia Damini‘s new LP Beautiful. Who? The stunning brunette is popular pop diva in Brazil with a taste for American hip-hop. The ladies join forces…
You just might want to invest in GooD HooD because they’re about to shut it down on their new release called ‘Liquid Assets’. GooD HooD is a dynamic duo made up of lifelong friends Roger “Deuce” Brown & Sab’rey Smith. Growing up in the so-called “North Pole” of Chicago and now living in…
It would be almost too easy to classify Australia’s OUR LAST ENEMY as an “industrial metal band.” While that’s an accurate description of the band, it’s oversimplified, since OUR LAST ENEMY are so much more than the sum of their base parts. OUR LAST ENEMY make music that’s akin to a soundtrack or mix tape…
Chicago-based experimental musician Lykanthea and shoegaze trio Savage Sister are thrilled to announce the release of their collaborative EP sundrowned on January 21, 2014. Co-written by Michael Tenzer of Savage Sister and Lakshmi Ramgopal of Lykanthea (also known for her work in Love and Radiation), the EP blends Tenzer’s glowing synths with Ramgopal’s brooding vocals.…
If you’re considering a career as a DJ or producer, the first thing you need to know is the equipment: how to make and mix tracks. When you have the basics down, you can really let your creativity flow, and your career will take off. At the London Academy of Music Production in Shoreditch, you…
One year after the successful launch of their self-titled debut album, Athenian industrious trance band return with a new brand driving 7inch single as precursor for their upcoming sophomore album. Both tracks were recorded in the summer of 2013 in the studio of Mechanimal in Kessariani, Athens and express experiences that…
Rising star KAT DAHLIA has announced that she’s hitting the road to celebrate the release of her new single “Crazy,” produced by Glass John and available at all DSPs on February 18th. The critically acclaimed “Gangsta” singer-songwriter will headline a nine-city tour of intimate east coast venues, kicking off February 17th at World Café Live…
A new studio album by Damon Albarn – his first solo record – titled Everyday Robots will be released by Warner Bros. Records on April 29, 2014. Recorded last year at Albarn’s West London studio 13, Everyday Robots is produced by Richard Russell of XL, with whom Damon produced Bobby Womack’s The Bravest Man In…
After a massive year, D.O.D is back with Mixmash’s first release of 2014, ”Stomp,’ truly smashing into 2014. Now, a funky new video has been created to accompany the release, that sees a pair of shoes hitting club D.O.D for a rather heavy night out of drinking and partying. The cries of ‘Everybody Stomp’ can…
From historic Saratoga Springs NY comes a band — Skeletons in the Piano — capable of both the heaviness of metal and the psychedelic mysticism of The Doors. They have a new album called Please Don’t Die, which sounds rather less sinister than their debut: Certain Slow Murder. Skope recently tracked them down to ask…
Tan Sister Radio has been recording their new album since April, but really they’ve been working on it for the better part of five years: locking themselves in hot rehearsal rooms, headlining garages for the neighborhood girls, touring dirty floors and shifty stages up and down the west, and wasting hours of digital tape on…
It’s not every day that we are granted the opportunity to meet our idols, but Amanda Renneberg of Alberta, Canada turned her dream of meeting superstar Justin Timberlake into a reality this past Monday. Twenty-seven year old Amanda suffers from the rare and debilitating neuro-muscular disease, Friedreich’s ataxia (FA), which affects 15,000 people worldwide. …
Kevin was hailed as one of hip-hop’s most intriguing and exciting new artists after breaking out in 2013 with the explosive release of his masterful mixtape, “THE LUCA BRASI STORY” followed by his full-length debut “STRANGER THAN FICTION.” Both bodies of work earned Gates both popular success and widespread critical acclaim for his extraordinary emotional…
Born a Capricorn in San Diego, CA, Solomon is a Electronic Hip-Pop singer/songwriter, rapper and producer. Introduced in 2008 on Eminem’s Shade45 Sirius Radio Show, the artist has gone on to release a plethora of singles, remixes, EP’s and mix-tapes. His last single, “Life Goes On…” proved to be a success on Sirius/XM and Pandora…
Anna Rose is a rare breed: graceful yet forceful, always in command. Whether she’s shredding licks straight out of rock and roll’s heyday or dialing it down for the kind of direct pop song that wins over the masses today, she’s always authentically herself, always soulful. Releases Cover Of “Gimme Danger”: https://soundcloud.com/annarosemusic/gimme-danger-the-stooges-cover After first picking…
Glaswegian four-piece Holy Esque have announced the release of a brand new single called ‘Silences.’ The new song is currently streaming at http://bit.ly/1kE9nCc and will be available for purchase on February 10th. Formed in 2011 at the Glasgow School of Art, Holy Esque have spent the past two years building a solid reputation…
This week marks the fourth anniversary of the Haiti earthquake disaster that managed to kill over 300,000 people and leave more than 1.5 million homeless. Against the backdrop of the powerfully emotive song “Calling All The Saints” by Dino Jag, the images used in this video provided by the American Red Cross serve as a…
LA based dance music DJ, Starkillers works his craft on the debut release of Just Ivy’s ‘Paradise’ featuring world-renowned vocalist Akon. With a series of remixes of the feel-good party track set to drop on Black Pearl Recordings including R3HAB, Sean Finn and Wideboys, Starkillers’ rework offers up trademark, high-energy bass pressure, and his remix…
