Feature stories and artist interviews
Sometimes there’s nothing like a great comedy to lift your spirits and help you forget about your troubles. After you’ve experienced some laughs, you’ll likely have a better outlook on life’s ups and downs. Try watching a funny movie when you’re feeling down and need a couple hours of bright and cheery movie magic. Taking…
Neomythics return with More Protection their third record of 10 original songs that connect a generational sound with contemporary social concepts. Musicians Matt Montgomery and Gregory Howe create rock and roll minded compositions with a driving rhythm section, beautiful piano, intense vocals and big guitars. Legendary guitar innovator and recording artist Harvey Mandel is…
Adan Jodorowsky had led the kind of charmed life that will leave you shaking your head in wonder. As a youngster, he was given his first dance lesson by the Godfather of Soul James Brown, got his first guitar lesson from none other than George Harrison, and was the star of a feature film (Santa…
Ida Maria just revealed her brand new EP, Accidental Happiness [LAVA/Republic Records]. The EP showcases every side of her dynamic songwriting from the swaggering saucy swing of “Boogie With The Devil’s Soul” to the prickly, punk-y pop declaration “I’m Bad News”. Simultaneously, the title track exudes entrancing emotion wrapped up in another unshakable refrain. …
Now in their early twenties, their efforts came to fruition when they released their single “Division” under the name Fiancé, mid-2013. “Division” quickly gained the attention on the blogosphere as well as drummer Brian Bruce who was living in the area. Brian soon joined Fiancé as they continued to formulate and hone in on their…
Eclectic and affable, Nap Eyes release their debut full-length album, Whine of the Mystic, on March 25. The album will be available on Montreal’s Plastic Factory Records. Heavily introspective and devoid of presumption, Nap Eyes frontman Nigel Chapman writes songs that are at once literal and fearless. Rounded out by guitarist Brad Loughead (Each Other,…
When he was just 9-years-old, young vocalist Oliver Richman (www.oliverrichman.com) released his first music video, “Defying Gravity” from “Wicked.” Now 13, he has launched into his teen years with an equally emotional rendition of one of the most beautiful and heartfelt pop ballads of recent years, Bruno Mars’ “Count on Me”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jMu49cvGbE Richman’s grandfather was…
Hello there good people of the world, hope your week is off on a good note. Last week Justin Timberlake was in Boston for a show at the TD Garden. I was walking by the morning after and I was just started thinking about how many trucks and tour buses it takes. JT is obviously…
Travel can be a great way to expand your horizons and explore new places. Travel helps people better understand their world. Unfortunately, travel can be expensive. However, there are jobs that allow people to travel as part of their duties. If you love being on the road and seeing new towns, one of these jobs…
The upcoming album by Yasmine Hamdan, Ya Nass (Crammed Discs) is an elegant, borderless stream of electro folk pop, with acoustic guitars, vintage synths, and spellbinding atmospheres. The record is grounded in Yasmine’s evocative voice, which make these songs familiar, even as they are sung in various Arabic dialects. To illustrate the new video for…
Along with recently working on Ludacris and Jill Scott David Banner’s A Banner Vision is teaming up with Kmart for an amazing advertising campaign. A Banner Vision has done music for companies such as Gatorade, Mercedes, Marvel, Capcom, and Pepsi, continuing to expand past the boundaries of Hip Hop, while blazing a trail…
A new video for “Lonely Press Play,” a track taken from Damon Albarn’s forthcoming album Everyday Robots, is available now via http://smarturl.it/lonelypressplay. The video for “Lonely Press Play” is made up of scenes edited from Albarn’s personal video notebook showing glimpses, moving snapshots and observations collected by him on recent travels. Filmed on a tablet,…
MISS MAY I’s blistering new offering, Rise Of The Lion, is set to hit stores in North America on April 29, 2014 via Rise Records (April 28 in the UK, April 25 in Australia). This is MISS MAY I’s fourth album and the first to be produced by the legendary Terry Date (Pantera, Deftones, White…
Tied seamlessly to the full-spectrum electro-psychedelic aesthetic of their debut LP, this new video by Seattle-based designer and videographer Christian Petersen is the perfect visual partner to the pusling, droning, sparkling instrumental meditation “Slip.” http://youtu.be/f-40QP6gORQ www.newweathermusic.com
Spottiswoode & His Enemies release their sixth studio recording, English Dream on April 15, 2014 via Old Soul Records. Produced by Riley McMahon and recorded in Brooklyn at The Bunker and New Warsaw Studio, the album is a haunting departure for the New York septet, as the band returns with a beautiful and…
Atlanta based artiste Cian has debuted on the dancehall scene with her exciting new track Get it Anywhere. A fusion between dancehall and hip hop, Get It Anywhere Pushes Cian front and centre in a new wave of exciting female recording artistes of Jamaican Roots. The new kid on the block, Cian, explains her…
From the vibrant setting of The Dominican Republic comes an artist named KAL: composer, dancer, singer and active proponent of Salsera Dominicana. After an extensive a widely-traveled period of touring, he returned to his native land to release the album Solo Diferente, a 13-track affair of vivacious and soulful music. Skope recently tracked KAL…
Phoenix is set to soar and burn the broadcasting airwaves with her upcoming UFO lyric video release and you are the flames that heat her fire! She sends her warmest love to you and hopes you enjoy the creative journey UFO is about to charter! Charting the charts and setting a course through outer space!…
Another exciting signing for Calvin Harris’ own Fly Eye records, rising Dutch DJ / producer and the often proclaimed “future star of Electro”, Sandro Silva gets ready to release his new single Throne on March 3rd. With a crazy, heart-pounding build up, Throne has been specifically crafted to tear the big club systems apart, as…
LA Band, Thick As Thieves have released the video to their latest single ‘Ghosts’ off their EP ‘These Days’ Ghosts is about the desire to suppress the longing for someone you can no longer be with, but fearing that the feeling will always haunt you. The video follows the downward spiral of a legendary gaming…
Mayra Veronica’s “Mama Mia” meshes vintage tropical sounds with an infectious electronic dance beat to mold an unforgettable tune. Dance music luminaries such as Axwell, Chuckie, Laidback Luke, John Dahlback and Thomas Gold have all mixed “Mama Mia” into their sets. Adding to the phenomenal international success of Mayra Veronica’s mega-hit single, “Mama Mia”, including…
French electro-pop chanteuse Owlle is pleased to unveil her gorgeous new video for ‘Don’t Lose It’, the first single off her debut album ‘France’. The clip, directed by Sailor Lvne, features a stunning Owlle in the midst of a triangular maze as her flaming red hair and gold painted face enchants the screen. The song…
Obel’s sophomore album Aventine has been well received by European critics, entering the Top 5 album chart in four countries, and reaching No.1 in her native Denmark and No.2 in France. With Agnes on the piano, she performs as a trio accompanied by Anne Müller and Mika Posen on cello and viola respectively. All of…
International music sensation Pitbull is back with another global soon to be smash hit entitled “Wild Wild Love” featuring rising girl group G.R.L. The track is available for sale at iTunes, Amazon.com, and all digital providers. The follow up to Pitbull’s worldwide #1 smash, “Timber” featuring Ke$ha, “Wild Wild Love”is produced by hitmaker Dr.…
This black history month we are concluding by introducing Matt U Johnson who considers himself a Pop island artist, originally from Staten Island, New York. By living throughout the world Matt feels that his style of music has an eclectic sound with a message! He got his stage name from his Jamaican grandmother, Isolyn McDonald…
Sheffield, UK-based romantics, The Crookes, are pleased to share their latest video. This time for “Holy Innocents” drummer Russell Bates shot the video using captured footage from Sant’ Antonio Chapel in Northern Italy. Check it out from the link below. As previously announced the track will be available on The Crookes’ upcoming SOAPBOX LP available…
Walnut, California rapper David May presents the EM3-directed music video for “Store Runs”, the new single from VIDEO 94, his new free EP out now featuring DAMAR, Phantom Thrett and produced by fellow OSA (One Step Ahead) affiliate Gunnah. Born to a drug-addicted mother, David lived in foster homes before being adopted by a couple…
Cute Heels is the solo project of BogotaÌ born, experimental producer Victor Lenis. Since the early 2000’s Lenis has been working on a myriad of electronic projects, including the management of the labels Black Leather Records and Romance Moderne, in his current home of Brussels. Drawing on the influences of the radical punk scene that…
Typically most people will grow up, live their lives, and pass away without ever having stepped a foot on a ballroom dance floor, but for others, their lives revolve around, and are mainly spent on the dance floor. Thanks to shows like Dancing With The Stars and So You Think You Can Dance, ballroom dancing…
Matthew Mirliani is a surging 20-year-old singer-songwriter from Alexandria, Virginia. Influenced by Tears for Fears, Sky Ferreira, and Lana Del Rey, Mirliani combines New Wave music with alternative electro-pop. Similar to Del Rey and Ferreira, he writes lyrics that are reflective, honest, and at times dark, and employs a nostalgic, 1980’s sound inspired by films…
Benbrick is the artist project of Platinum selling songwriter/producer Paul Carter. Self produced, and self released; Forever Holding On is a beautifully-honest story chronicling the end of a break up, and Benbrick’s attempts to move on. The sparse but modern production surrounds a chilling ambient vocal that will leave you thinking about that…
Today The Library is on Fire have Released, “Red Flags”, the first single from their upcoming LP, Halcyon and Surrounding Areas, to be released this Spring. “Red Flags” was written and produced by the band to sound something like a mixtape of various college rock, alternative, goth, and punk music from different 80’s and early…
With his highly-anticipated fourth solo-LP, “P.T.S.D.” (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), Pharoahe Monch re-emerges with a new concept project which finds the ground-breaking emcee tackling PTSD; a severe anxiety disorder that can develop after exposure to any event that results in psychological trauma. Throughout the duration of the LP, Monch narrates as an independent artist weary…
British artist Kate Nash has never been one to shy away from voicing her opinions, and on her latest offering, with her single ‘Sister’ things are no different. The video was shot in LA, and the track marries classic Kate Nash pop with her signature 90’s punk rock sound. She premiered the brand new video…
This is an incredible disc. Mind you, it’s an understated release featuring just the jazz guitar of Charles Davis and the dreamy vocals of Lisa Star. It’s also incredibly beautiful. The format never gets old and there are some truly exceptional moments here. PASSION STAR RECORDS: http://www.passionstarmusic.com/lisa-star.html The disc opens with “On a Clear Day…
Sleep Thieves release their second single on February 25th via Minty Fresh. “City Of Hearts” features haunting, dreamy, cinematic vocals backed by a pulsing synth beat, kicking off the countdown to their upcoming album You Want The Night due this Spring. Solar Bear’s Rian Trench mixed the track. You Want The Night…
For the second cut off of his upcoming full-length project, “Along Came Joyner”, New England wordslayer Joyner Lucas goes upbeat. Whilst he gave us pure vitriol on “Lame Hoes” and “F*ck Your Feelings”, contemplated the end on “Take a Bullet” and waxed poetic about the perils of materialism on “Eyes on the Ceiling”, this Khep-produced…
On their debut album, Plateau Below flow like a river: serene yet strong, their sound recalls the passage of water. Bright, layered vocal melodies float and shimmer over rippling guitars. Lyrically, the theme of a flowing river is evoked throughout to wonder on the passage of time. On Still Paradise, their newest release due out…
Los Angeles-based indie songstress Kina Grannis celebrated Valentine’s Day weekend by delivering her fans a trifecta of details surrounding her sophomore release. Driving fans to her Instagram feed through a week’s worth of subtle teasers, Friday’s announcement included an album title, album artwork and a release date. Elements — produced and recorded by…
The non-profit organization Heartbeat’s ensemble of Israeli and Palestinian youth musicians (ages 18-22), who work to overcome conflict in their region by countering segregation and xenophobia, will tour the U.S. beginning February 20. The itinerary (see below) includes universities and clubs, and concludes with a performance and briefing at the U.S. Congress, where Heartbeat members…
