Hello world, here we are again. Did anyone see the Super Bowl halftime show with Beyonce, I bet many of you did. While watching Beyonce dance and sing, I zoned out and had a vision. I saw a Super Bowl where the mainstream stars stayed home and some select Skope bands played the show. Now…
Category: FEATURES
Feature stories and artist interviews
ROCK AND ROLL IS A NATIONAL PASTIME
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It’s somewhat bizarre at times how much multimedia is tearing our young children in two different directions. On the one hand you have numerous shows, programs, and outing ideas designed to nurture a developing brain. On the other hand, you also have a lot of things designed to infantile our youth, with no real benefit…
SEATRAFFIC NEW VIDEO “SUPERFICIAL HEART”
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“Superficial Heart” is the first installment in the series of singles. It’s an emotional piece about being confused and searching for clarity. For the song’s visual component, the duo enlisted local artist Luigi Savino to create the artwork & friend Sean Kelly with video direction. The band is hosting a free download of “Superficial Heart”…
SKIPP WHITMAN VIDEO “IT SUCKS BEING BROKE”
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“5 AM” is Skipp’s first full-length project using no samples, just original melodic inspiration & word instinct. Artists Louie Bello (the upgrade) and Sophia Lauren (wont change) collaborated with him. Most of the album was produced between the hours of 4 and 7 AM.
LADY TAZ NEW SONG “EVERYDAY”
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Following on the release of Everyday, the singer says she has several hot tracks to release for the Jamaican market: “We have a lot of buns in the oven and some of the tracks are reggae while others are dancehall. I try to constantly show my versatility as an artiste and also reflect the flavor…
SCIENCE! NEW VIDEO FOR “SEATTLE SONG”
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Seattle acoustic rock duo, Science!, has released their first music video for their hit tune “Seattle Song”. The award winning group, comprised of Justin Stang and Jim Elenteny, filmed the video on location in Seattle and featured many prominent Northwest landmarks including the Space Needle, Gasworks Park and the Fremont Troll. Their studio debut includes…
TESS HENLEY NEW VIDEO “FROM THE GET GO”
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Bursting onto the scene with horns a’blazin and a set of pipes that will not be denied, Seattle’s Tess Henley reveals From The Get Go today with a video.
JAMAICA QUEENS NEW VIDEO “WATER”
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Vocalist Ryan Spencer explains, “”Water’ is a song that I wrote about an intense experience I had coming down from ecstasy at a festival. Suki, my ex-girlfriend, created the idea for this video and we decided to call it, ‘Adam in the House of Babes.’
JAMIE LIDELL PREMIERES NEW VIDEO “YOU NAKEDâ€
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Jamie Lidell is premiering the video for “You Naked,” a new song from his highly-anticipated self-titled album, out February 19 on Warp Records. The video, which can be streamed and shared here [LINK], was directed and filmed with no added special effects by Flat-e, the London-based studio who designed the album art.
AMARANTHE NEW VIDEO “THE NEXUS”
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Fast-rising modern metal sextet AMARANTHE will release their sophomore album, The Nexus, internationally on March 25th and in the United States on March 26th via Spinefarm Records.
NEW EPK POSTED BY BROKEN HOPE
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Chicago death metallers BROKEN HOPE have now posted a new EPK, which includes a brief recap of the band’s history, information about their upcoming album, and more.
MADISON NEW VIDEO “HOT HOT LOVE”
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With her first EP The Noise Some People Make in 2011 inserting a fresh DIY approach into the world of pop, Madison burst onto the scene and into the playlists of those in-the-know, from bloggers and fashion outlets to music supervisors and club DJs.
JANUARY 2013: MKM NOTES FROM THE SOUND TABLE
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Welcome to 2013 and thanks to all who attended the GMIA HOLIDAY PARTY (www.gmia.org) and participated in the HOLIDAY SONG CONTEST at Edgewater Records Studios — the food was great and we had lots of fun!!
INDEPENDENT RECORDING ARTIST SHINES THROUGH WITH HIS DEBUT ALBUM
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There have been many genres of music that have had their time in the “spotlight” but out of the all them Country / Country Rock saw the least. The popularity of that style of music was typically limited to the southern part of the United States. But with the emergence of recording artists like Carrie…
LUKE ELLIOTT NEW SINGLE “BENNY THE BUM”
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Creating a sound without direct lineage, Luke Elliot’s sound is lived in and familiar, like an old friend. Alongside his band of Dan Peck (drums), Jim McGee (guitar) and Ed Barber (bass), the group brings every song to life onstage with their stunning, Jerry Lee Lewis-esque-piano-wrecking experience. Constant changing of rhythms, tempos and time signatures…
JILL CAGNEY’S MUSIC REMINDS STOLI TO NOT TAKE LIFE TOO SERIOUSLY
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Hello Skope world, man it is good to be back. I usually do not get too personal but I became a father for the second time on Janaury 18th to a babyboy and I want the world to know how thrilled I am. On another note I want to say a prayer for the victims…
THE KNIFE NEW VIDEO “FULL OF FIRE”
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“The film ‘Full Of Fire’ started to grow as an embryo in the song ´s lines ‘Who looks after my story’. Who takes care of our stories when the big history, written by straight rich white men, erase the complexity of human ´s lives, desires and conditions? The film ‘Full Of Fire’ consists of a…
THE FLAMING LIPS NEW LYRIC VIDEO
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THE FLAMING LIPS and Warner Bros. Records will release their thirteenth studio album, THE TERROR on April 2nd but you can see and hear and the new video for an exclusive non-album track, titled “Sun Blows Up Today” right now at RollingStone.Com.
ANiMAL NEW VIDEO “THE ANIMAL CAGE”
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Directed by drummer Andy Mckenzie (who directs and edits all of the band’s videos) and starring the trio themselves, the video is a vicious romp through the band’s kidnapping and terrorization by a demented stalker-fan (played with harrowing and hysterical effect by actor/director Andrzej Sosnowski), leaving us wondering if they’ll make it out alive…”if…
COMMON FUTURE NEW VIDEO “CHINA LAKE”
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The first music video for “China Lake” off the Vague Borders EP is now online! Check it out either on Vimeo or YouTube. Shot and edited by Daniel Bellury, the brains and brawn behind Common Future, “China Lake” is a series of timelapse photography shot in locations ranging from New York City to the wilds…
VICTORY “PLAY IT” VIDEO
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Hot new act Victory will release his new single ‘Play It’ On January 17th. The video, directed by Victory himself, is a neon soaked VHS celebration of the anthemic single.
HORSEHANDS “TIN HORN” MP3 HERE
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Horsehands has solidified both a unique sound and a place in the Boston music scene through frenetic live shows and recordings while remaining somewhat of a well kept secret among the musician and record-collecting sect. This band excels in disassembling familiar musical tropes and regurgitating them out in frantic, confused, frustrated form. The fragmented song…
KATE BOY’S VIDEO FOR FIRST SINGLE OUT NOW
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Northern Lights, the debut EP from trending four-piece synth-pop outfit Kate Boy, will be released January 22 on independent label IAMSOUND Records. The title track has already garnered the attention of NME and Pitchfork, while The Fader hails the song as “emotionally honest.” Directed by SIKOW with additional animations by Oskar Gullstrand at NAÃVE,…
JASON BLUM “I KNOW EVIL” VIDEO
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Like the Radio Dial of yore that serves as its fitting name, Jason Blum’s new album tunes into a wide range of stylistic, emotional and locational signals. It takes the listener on a journey akin to the wide travels that brought him to making such a rich and diverse, yet definitive collection of songs. As…
PENNAN BRAE RELEASE “THE SAME WAY” (UFO MUSIC VIDEO)
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UFOs are invading, Cold War tension is running high & a young couple are on the run in Director Domenic Barbero’s (www.DarkheartVisions.com) ‘The Same Way’ Music Video. [youtube 1BVmRqCorp8] Starring Andrew Entrikin, Kent Loomer & Zoe Schackel, the piece was filmed in Bellingham, Washington with many thanks to all involved for making it happen. https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/amber-glow/id309094260…
HARN SOLO NEW VIDEO “MONUMENTAL”
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New Orleans-based emcee Harn SOLO presents the Reel Spotlite TV-directed music video for “Monumental” featuring Tha Cartel, the first single from his new album Journey To The Sky, produced with live instrumentation by NOLA musicians – Pro Prospek x Coco Dank. After performing in Europe during 2012, Harn SOLO returned eager to collaborate with fresh…
KIDS WITHOUT INSTRUMENTS PREMIERE “NAUSEA NOSTALGIA” VIDEO
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Southern Cali’s Kids Without Instruments return with a brand new music video for their track “Nausea Nostalgia”. This “excellent electro-pop duo,” according to Diffuser.fm, will be releasing their debut EP on Tuesday, January 22nd. The young duo, only 19 and 20 years old, are already making big waves, having signed a deal with Kobalt Music…
STOLI IS FANNING THE MUSICAL FLAMES OF THE LOTUS FIRE
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Good morning world! This weekend as I was playing music on my Amazon player through my Roku, I noticed I had lots of extra music on there. Amazon took it upon themselves to transfer any physical CD’s I bought from them and place the digital versions in my cloud. I thought that was awesome to…
SANTIGOLD VIDEO FOR “GIRLS”
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Check out a sequence of lip-singing, dancing, femmes, in the new music video for Santigold’s “Girls,” an exclusive single release on the soundtrack for the freshly Golden Globe award winning HBO series Girls.
THE AMERICAN SCENE NEW VIDEO “BLOOD ORANGE”
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Indie rock band, The American Scene has released a new music video for “Blood Orange,” a song off their latest album Safe For Now. The DIY video was directed by Evan Henkel in Oakland, CA — near to where the band calls home. To watch the music video for “Blood Orange.”
CARRUTHERS: UNDERGROUND HIP HOP UK STYLE
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Carruthers may not be a household name in the U.S., but he’s making waves in the U.K. as a hardcore rap artist. His brand new video “I Need” tells the story of what the scene’s about and in our interview with Carruthers we learned alot about what it’s like to be a hiphop MC across…
ALAN BONNER NEW SINGLE “LIGHTHOUSE SONG”
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Alan Bonner is a singer-songwriter based in London. After leaving his small village in Suffolk for the bright lights of London at 18, Alan has spent the past few years writing, recording and playing at venues across the UK and Europe, all the while penning lyrics on beer mats and bashing out chords on a…
JAY MULA RELEASES “HEAR ME THOUGH” VIDEO
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New York newcomer Jay Mula has released the video for “Hear Me Though”, the first song from his new Mixtape “The Take Off”, hosted by DJ Big Mike. The video was shot by GATOR 8 FILMS in Brooklyn, NY and features a special cameo from Actor Doug Drucker.
S.O.S. HAITI: “CALLING ALL THE SAINTS” 3 YEARS LATER
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On January 12, 2010, the worst earthquake in over 200 years — 7.0 in magnitude — struck less than 10 miles from the Caribbean city of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. What followed was destruction unlike anything we had ever seen before. The quake only lasted a few seconds but still managed to kill around 300,000 people and…
DIAMOND YOUTH NEW VIDEO “CANNONBALL”
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Alternative rock quartet, Diamond Youth, have launched the pre-order for their upcoming EP, “Orange” and premiered the music video for “Cannonball” today. Watch the new video and pre-order Orange via Topshelf Records, here: http://tpshlf.co/dmndyth.
SEATRAFFIC NEW VIDEO “PUT AWAY”
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Check out the video for “Put Away”, the b-side from Seatraffic’s Crimes 7″, available now on vinyl + digitally from the band directly on bandcamp.
WIRE: INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT – MIKE FRIEDMAN TALKS SKOPE & MORE
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Skope Magazine is a full service music based media company. Mike Friedman created the publication back in January 2001 and from that day on, Skope has had a successful run. Mr. Friedman, who graduated from Northeastern University in Boston, MA, saw a vision that would help all independent musicians get exposure and have their voices…
FRANCE’S BEAT MARK VIDEO “BREEZING”
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Beat Mark are one of a few French bands to strike with the noisy pop spirit of contemporary U.S. music (from MGMT to Dum Dum Girls),who don’t hide their mid-80s to mid-90s English influences. Their sound has been described as nuggets of The Vaselines, and The Television Personalities with a few drops of The…
KEN STRINGFELLOW’S ONE-SHOT VIDEO FOR “SUPERWISE” OUT NOW
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Ken Stringfellow (The Posies, Big Star, ex-REM) recently announced his coast-to-coast North American tour dates for 2013, starting January 23rd in Portland, OR and hitting cities like New York, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Toronto, Austin, Los Angeles, and many others through March.
LENA FAYRE RELEASES THE MUSIC VIDEO FOR “BELONG TO YOUâ€
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Lena Fayre, sixteen-year-old singer-songwriter from Los Angeles, has just released a music video for her highly acclaimed debut single, “Belong To You.” Rendered in stunning black and white, it plays more like a short film than a typical music video, telling the heart-rending story of a young couple torn apart as victims of bad…
