StormKing is a whirlwind of sound, the name fittingly descriptive as the songs fluctuate between calm and chaos, capturing the spirit of Hendrix and more modern artists like Monster Magnet. Skope had the opportunity to discuss the band with leader and chief songwriter Duke Adkisson.
Category: FEATURES
Feature stories and artist interviews
COME HEAR STOLI’S NEW FAV BAND BRISTOL TO MEMORY
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•It feels so good to sit down and write this new column. As many of you noticed over the past week, Skopemag.com went through a major theme redesign and server upgrade. After a few days of high anxiety we are back and I think better than before. Skope truly has an amazing & loyal global…
ZACK KNIGHT NEW VIDEO “WHEN I’M GONE”
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•Zack Knight, a singer/songwriter/producer of eastern descent has just released his new single “When I’m Gone”.
NEW ANIMAL SHARES VIDEO “FALLING UP”
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•New Animal’s brilliant visual compliment to the track “Falling Up” tells the story of friendship and love between the two main characters. Nikki of The Wild Honey Pie says, “Like a tap dripping steadily and slowly, this song and its accompanying video will find a way to captivate your mind for at least the next…
TWEAK BIRD OFFER “PEOPLE” MP3
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•Tweak Bird’s “Undercover Crops” EP will be out October 9th. The band is direct support for the Melvins on the ongoing Sept/Oct tour.
COME WITH STOLI TO GERMANY & VISIT MY SECRET ISLAND
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•Good morning to all Skope readers. I was reading about how much $$ Obama & Romney are spending on their marketing for President of the US. I thought what if we had that $$ and we used it to promote musicians that we love. What band would you want to invest in? My guest today…
JIMMY RAE DEEP IN THOUGHT WITH THE MAN OF THE HOUR: ADAM FERGUSON
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•For someone who is just 23 years old, this young man from Vermont has seen and experienced so much in his life thus far. Good times balancing with the bad times, Adam seems to make it all flow so naturally. Highly spiritual in nature, Ferguson studies life and all its wonders with the keenest…
GIRI NEW VIDEO “LOST AND FOUND”
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•The swedish rockband GIRI are now releasing their second album Fidget. The first single Lost and found has already got rotation on radiostations in Europe. Fidget is a twelve track album and the songs are written, produced and mastered by GIRI. The Girisound is a perfect mix of analog synthezisers, distorted Fender jaguar and sitar.…
WILD BELLE SIGN WITH COLUMBIA RECORDS + NEW VIDEO
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•Columbia Records is pleased to announce the signing of Chicago-native sibling duo, Wild Belle. Raised in a musical household replete with family sing-alongs and what the band describes as “old-timey songs, hymns and Dylan tunes,” Elliot and Natalie Bergman each pursued their passion of music at an early age. Natalie made a…
SUPA: THE FRESH VOICE OF HIPHOP
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•Hailing from Texas in the ‘Golden Triangle’ hiphop artist Supa knows a thing or two about the game. Poised to become the ‘fresh voice of hiphop’, this success story is 15 years in the making. Supa’s music and his life is about community and writing from the heart. He lives and breathes hiphop and his…
RUSH MIDNIGHT NEW VIDEO “THE NIGHT WAS YOUNG ENOUGH”
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•Rush Midnight, the solo project of Russ Manning, former bass player for acclaimed new wave revivalist, Twin Shadow, has released a new video for ‘The Night Was Young Enough.’
YUNA PREMIERES “LIVE YOUR LIFE (FEATURING THEOPHILUS LONDON)”
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•Today, FADER Label recording artist Yuna announces the premiere of her single “Live Your Life (Featuring Theophilus London)”. This alternative version of the first single from her self-titled US debut is available as a free download via her Facebook page – http://facebook.com/yunamusic.
AJAY MATHUR’S MUSIC SPEAKS ON THE TIMES WITH “TAKE THE NIGHT AWAY”
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•Hello to all Skope readers all over the world! I have to be honest that I am not feeling too hot today but I decided to take some Dayquil and suck it up. I am glad I did because my guest today, Ajay Mathur, has got me inspired by his new single/video “Taking The Night…
PROLIFIC RELEASES SECOND SINGLE “DIVINE DISRESPECTâ€
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•North American society has been designed to remove power from our grasp. We are taught to prove ourselves to others instead of following our own path. We are taught to be meek, polite, and soft-spoken… and to respect authority. We are lead to believe that if we are truly deserving of power and influence…
KELLY WATERS RELEASES VIDEO TO “SUNNY”
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•‘Sunny’ is a track from Kelly Waters’s latest EP High & Dry, which was released last December. This hugely catchy, fun Summer anthem has had recognition from Kelly’s fans all over the world.
SEPTEMBER 2012: MKM NOTES FROM THE SOUND TABLE
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•Word on the Mirosa Beer Party in the Park is spreading like wildfire–last week, we had a Jazz artist from Detroit named Tim Reid fly down to perform with his band. Out of the blue, my late 90s friend Calvin Jennings from Ed Robinson’s (Cameo’s keyboard player) studio compound appeared. Calvin has some new…
JANA FISHER RELEASES VIDEO “30K”
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•“Spunky lyrical folky piano pop” artist Jana Fisher is set to release a new 3-song EP Ideals & Deals on October 2. The EP will be available on major digital outlets and will also be given away on Fisher’s website. “Building relationships with fans is much more important to me than earning a profit,” she…
DIGDUGDISASTER OFFERS ‘STARS BURN’ EP FREE
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•Douglas Garnett aka DiGDuGDisaster is a published singer, songwriter, musician, producer and media designer with a knack for being creatively unconventional. DiGDuGDisaster is the moniker which rings true for this artist, for out of chaos and madness, Douglas has cultivated a strange brew for the masses titled “Stars Burn”, a 5 song e.p. that showcases…
BUTTERSCOTCH ESPINOSA “MIDDLE AGED RAP” VIDEO
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•Butterscotch Espinosa is the latest creation from rapper/producer Nicky Spesh, a veteran of the music scene who produced tracks for Est’elle many years ago. His debut album ‘The World I Know’ received critical acclaim getting 5 Stars in IDJ Magazine & DMC Magazine, and his follow up EP “Return to the concubine spaceship” was again…
PREMIERE: NEW VIDEO BY NOMAD CALOS “AS REAL AS IT GETS”
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•Continuing to bring Jamaican Hip Hop into the limelight, Nomad Carlos will be premiering a High Definition music video for his new single track exclusively through one of the leading print and digital music publications, SkopeMagazine.com.
U.N.S.I.N’S MUSIC OFFERS STOLI A LOOK AT GREECE AMONGST CRISIS
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•So here we are again, as the Skope site hit major technical difficulties yesterday and my post was lost in the black hole of the Internet. Well I was not going to allow that to stop me from posting one of my favorite bands of the year U.N.S.I.N. U.N.S.I.N is a band from Athens, Greece…
GOT HERB?
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•Big things are happening in Nova Scotia, from Juno sensation Ellen Page to hip hop entrepreneur Herb. You just never know what might come next from this wonderfully weird Ontario Island.
MY SILENT BRAVERY RELEASE NEW SINGLE/VIDEO “BURNT OUT” (ACOUSTIC)
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•Following a successful and widely-hailed launch of their second single off the Can’t Quit album, “To Give” featuring platinum-selling recording artist Matisyahu, My Silent Bravery released its third single and official video for the song “Burnt Out (Acoustic)”.
VALENTE “HOME†FIRST SINGLE FROM EP AVAILABLE FOR FREE DOWNLOAD
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•California based singer/songwriter Valente’s EP Alexandria, out today is a collection of 5 songs using his trademark cinematic, soothing sounds and serves as an appetizer to an upcoming full album to come later this year. The EP available for streaming in MSN’s listening booth was recorded for a large part at Aaron Embry’s studio (Edward…
YAEL MEYER RELEASES NEW MUSIC VIDEO
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•Chilean born – Los Angeles based recording artist, YAEL MEYER will release a NEW MUSIC VIDEO for the song “Used To Be” this coming Thursday September 6th, followed up by a much awaited performance at “It’s A School Night” presented by KCRW DJ Chris Douridas, in Hollywood on September 10th.
COME GET SOME GOOD OL’ COUNTRY WITH THE BILLY K BAND
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•Back at it after a very relaxing Labor Day weekend. Lots of cold beer, BBQ, and music! One artist that I was playing this weekend was just perfect. I must admit that I have fallen for the sounds of the Billy K Band. Billy has created a country/acoustic sound that sounds great & speaks to…
“SLANT”-ASTIC FOUR
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•It’s an early Saturday afternoon and the day after yet another show. With more music in them than ever, Slant’s dance card seems to fill up easily these days with shows booked in multiple venues from the Viper Room and the Whisky in Los Angeles to several venues across New Mexico, Texas and Arizona. The…
J.J. CROWNE: THE MUSICAL CHAMELEON
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•Just as certain chameleons have the ability to change colors at the drop of a hat, so too can J.J. Crowne aka “The Eclectic One.” J.J.’s array of colors comes in the form of musical notes, and this artist has a deep and interesting history. Originally from Jersey and later moving to South…
LADY GAGA PRODUCER RELEASES NEW VIDEO/SINGLE
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•Pop alternative producer and songwriter Cherry Cherry Boom Boom (Martin Kierszenbaum) has recently released the official video for his first solo track and single, “Come Back to San Francisco,” The song is a cover off Magnetic Fields’ acclaimed 1999 album, 69 Love Songs, and is one of Martin’s favorites. “I just felt an urge to…
GREGORY PEPPER AND HIS PROBLEMS 2 NEW VIDEOS
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•A native of Guelph, Ontario, Pepper was acclaimed for his 2009 release With Trumpets Flaring, which was hailed as “conceptually minded and very, very clever” (The Torontoist). Some even pointed out that, “Pepper taps into the demented genius/ ambition of Brian Wilson for his orchestral pop songs, which are head- scratchingly great” (Exclaim!) and that…
PEACE OFFER MP3 “YOUR HAND IN MINE”
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•Suicide Squeeze just signed a rad new Canadian band that we are all super-excited about, so I wanted to follow up with you and leave you with an album stream to check out. The band is called Peace and here’s the first MP3 we are giving away.
ATLAS GEINUS NEW VIDEO “SYMPTOMS”
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•Atlas Genius just released their new music video for their song “Symptoms.” The video was shot and directed by Claire Marie Vogel and her lead actor, Jacob Pinto, is a competitive “tricking” champ. Crazy. The was video was featured on the Vimeo homepage as a staff pick. Check out the video below and spread it.
STOLI HEADS TO SINGAPORE TO EXPERIENCE 7TH STOREY
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•After a two week break, I am back at it! To start off today I want to declare that I am once again an avid music consumer like I was in my teens. During the transition from CD to digital I never found a device that allowed me to buy music with ease and not…
GAME OVER? NOT BY A LONG SHOT
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•Game Over is just beginning for this upcoming hiphop/electro artist with a new single “All Out” that get you pumpin and jumpin. The song combines the crass bass of dubstep, techno riffage and a live sounding beat that gets the blood pumpin. If this is where Game Over is heading, then you’ll be hearing this…
AESOP ROCK NEW VIDEO FOR “CYCLES TO GEHENNA”
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•Continuing the momentum of a successful summer tour, Aesop Rock has announced more dates in support of his latest album Skelethon, starting October 1 in Detroit with tickets are on sale today.
NEW EP FROM O’BROTHER NEXT MONTH + VIDEO
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•Triple Crown Records is pleased to announce the release of Basement Window the new EP from O’Brother. The EP is a bit of a sonic departure for the band, stripping down and re-arranging a few of their favorites from their debut full length Garden Window.
JIMMY RAE THROWS UP HIS GLASS TO MURDER THE STOUT
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•Time to raise up your arms with frosty drink in hand and say CHEERS to Murder The Stout! The Houston-based band plays a fresh mix of Celtic rock with elements of punk, ska and folk that will definitely spark your interests. With Scottish roots, this lively bunch of musicians is sure to entertain…
SKOPE PREMIERE: T.O.N.E-z’ VIDEO FOR “SITTIN’ IN MY ROOM” FEAT MOKSHA
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•T.O.N.E-z says: “I’m soooooo excited to get my new music video for “Sittin’ In My Room” out to the world! It’s been a fun ride working with Vin Nucatola (Director/Producer/Editor), Tom Harmon(Co-Editor) and Jennie Sedlacek (Actress)…
REVIEW: KOOL & THE GANG / COMMODORES LIVE!
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•On Saturday, August 11th at Hoosier Park Racing & Casino in Anderson, Indiana I got the chance to see two incredible music acts that you may have heard of: Kool & The Gang and Commodores. Both groups have been going strong for over four decades playing to countless fans from all over the…
K. ROSE DEBUTS WITH “SLEEP WHEN I’M DEAD†VIDEO
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•Wake up to a new star rising with “Sleep When I’m Dead,” the debut single from sensational 19-year-old singer-songwriter-dancer K. Rose via the Epidemic Music imprint of hip-hop superproducers Cool & Dre and Interscope Records. Cool & Dre are renowned for their work with Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, Game, Wale, Busta Rhymes, Nas, Ludacris, and…