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When you’re a touring artist or band, there are many good reasons to have a tour bus. But before you hit the road, it is important that you get your tour bus ready to go with these essential steps. Not only will these steps ensure your safety and comfort while on the road, but they…
Led by Scottish teen sensation Hannyta and eclectic Christian singer-songwriter HeIsTheArtist, clients with the Pittsburgh-based company received a total of 16 nominations. MTS was founded March 1, 2010. PITTSBURGH, PA / LOS ANGELES, CA – February 21, 2023 – Dubbed as New Music’s biggest night, the New Music Awards are the first and only award show…
@skopemag news – tuesday – february 21, 2023 @ 5 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Buy & Sell @skopemag Marketplace https://skopemag.com/category/services HIPPO CAMPUS announce ‘Wasteland’ EP & share lead track ‘Kick In The Teeth’ | out today (Feb 21st) via GRAND JURY US indie heavyweights Hippo Campus announce the release of their new EP…
For frontman Hillel Tigay, Palms Station represents everything that is home. The project’s name is an homage to his light rail stop in LA and a return to his purpose for moving to the City of Angels. The son of a prominent rabbinical scholar, Tigay spent his childhood between Israel and Philadelphia. After depthy studies…
20-year-old London based Max Sarre is looking to reach the very top. His feel-good and intoxicating brand of pop has seems to have sky-rocketed him into full flight mode, and he begins 2023 in the same fashion with ‘Precision’. Confident and empowering lyrics from Sarre fill the air amongst the fresh and modernised production, in…
@skopemag news – tuesday – february 21, 2023 @ 10 am est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Buy & Sell @skopemag Marketplace https://skopemag.com/category/services CHRIS BROWN DROPS “PSYCHIC” VIDEO FEATURING JACK HARLOW AND STARRING CASSIE Directed by Cameron Dean, the visual has expansive vibrant settings from a futuristic city to the ending water dance sequence. Brown is…
The Almas are an all original touring hard rock band hailing from New Munster, Wisconsin. The band is composed of Crystal Teigland [lead vocalist], Frank Slifka [founding member/lead guitarist], Josh Sukowski [guitarist], and Andrew Ehredt [drums]. Through guitar driven licks, road dog attitudes, and a high energy, professional live performance, The Almas showcase the truest…
@skopemag news – monday – february 20, 2023 @ 2 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Buy & Sell @skopemag Marketplace https://skopemag.com/category/services USHER ANNOUNCES NEW DATES FOR HEADLINING LAS VEGAS RESIDENCY AT PARK MGM JUNE & OCTOBER 2023 As he prepares to return to Las Vegas this Friday for his Usher: My Way The Vegas…
Rev Peter Unger offers a sense of rebirth and growth on the delicate “Lifted by the Lord Again”. His vocals rest right in the center of everything. Guitar work plays off each other adding to this sense of complete immersion. The piece brings together elements of country, rock, dream pop and more into this singular…
Michael “Fat Mike” Burkett never slows down. This year, he’ll be wrapping up his long-running, continent-shaking, massively influential punk rock band NOFX with one final, raucous tour — and if that’s not enough activity for him, he’s formed a new group with a new set of accomplices. Codefendants are, in typical Fat Mike style, unprecedented,…
You must invest in marketing to see your music and recording business thrive and beat the competition. You can enhance your company’s visibility and connect with more customers through marketing. In the past, music and recording companies promoted their services via offline techniques like flyers and brochures. But today, with almost everything happening online, many,…
@skopemag news – monday – february 20, 2023 @ 10 am est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Buy & Sell @skopemag Marketplace https://skopemag.com/category/services [Video Submission] Amadeus360 ft. Lil Dee “Gangsta Boogie” Off Amadeus360 upcoming album “The MPC Jedi” Amadeus links up again with Lil Dee for the LL Cool J tribute “Gangsta Boogie”. The video hawkins…
@skopemag news – friday – february 17, 2023 @ 10 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Buy & Sell @skopemag Marketplace https://skopemag.com/category/services ARLINGTON TEXAS RAP PHENOMENON AAP DENO LINKS UP WITH RAW YOUNGIN & DJ KHALED FOR NEW SINGLE & MUSIC VIDEO “SUPA TIES” The track’s skittering beat sets the tone as AAP Deno’s melodic…
When two, award-winning recording artists get together to record an album, special things can happen and magic can sometimes be in the air. That is exactly the case for singer/songwriters, Doug Cox and Linda McRae where everything was clicking on ‘Beyond The Great Pause’. To my surprise, this album was recorded over just 3 nights…
I may not know Mike Berman or where he has lived, but I certainly get a better sense of where Mike Berman is coming from after listening to his new album. ‘Where I’m From’ paints a vivid landscape of Mike Berman’s world through the lens of a skilled artist. Mike Berman is a true singer/songwriter…
@skopemag news – friday – february 17, 2023 @ 5 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Buy & Sell @skopemag Marketplace https://skopemag.com/category/services CYDNEE WITH A C SHARES NEW VIDEO FOR “AS LONG AS YOU LOVE ME” LA-based singer Cydnee With A C returns with a new video for single “As Long As You Love Me”…
@skopemag news – friday – february 17, 2023 @ 11 am est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Buy & Sell @skopemag Marketplace https://skopemag.com/category/services Bristol Alt-Folk Duo Firewoodisland Release Beautiful New Single ‘Who Knew’ The work of Norwegian/Welsh musicians and songwriters Stian Vedøy and Abi Eleri, the now Bristol based duo have built a reputation for their…
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OCCO, the modern alt-pop artist based in Miami, FL, is back to announce the upcoming release of his latest single “WORTH IT,” set to debut on Friday, February 17. The song is the third single of his upcoming 5-song EP of the same name, set to release on March 3rd 2023. “WORTH IT” is an…
@skopemag news – thursday – february 16, 2023 @ 8 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Buy & Sell @skopemag Marketplace https://skopemag.com/category/services WALKING BOMBS: Treble Premieres “Reach For The Light” From Cross-Genre Music Group; Spiritual Dreams Above Empty Promises Nears April Release As WALKING BOMBS prepares to release Spiritual Dreams Above Empty Promises in early…
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Somewhere on an airfield outside of Houston, TX, a current Los Alamos engineer flies military-grade RC planes and rehearses harmonies for a show at the local saloon. That engineer is none other than country music class act Brian Keith. Armed with the mind of a scientist, Keith meticulously studied the likes of George Strait, Alan…
Talent and a set of turntables are all you need to become a deejay, and skills and a microphone are all you need to become an emcee. Shaheed & DJ Supreme know that sometimes returning to fundamentals can remind you of the true beauty of what you create. This timeless duo from Birmingham, AL uses…
@skopemag news – thursday – february 16, 2023 @ 8 am est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Buy & Sell @skopemag Marketplace https://skopemag.com/category/services Canada’s RED CAIN Unveils New Video “We Are Chaos” Off New Album “NÄE’BLISS” Out April 2023 During these past few months, Calgary, Canada’s fantasy metal Red Cain has surfaced two singles “Fisher King”…
If you’ve ever wondered if pop harmonies could be both powerfully crushing and fragile at the same time, then there’s a good chance that DEVORA’s new release God is Dead is going to be one of the more compelling works you stumble across this January. From the self-aware “Pornstar” to the subtle commentary of “Bonesaw,”…
Swagger makes a lot of pop music work, and in the case of the new single “Rock Bottom” by Sheer Haimov, it’s at the heart of every harmony the song contains. Haimov has a voice that shows star-quality potential when it’s balanced with minimalistic instrumentation, and while this track brings in a little more gusto…
Jonathan Roy is an artist who immediately seems to stand tall among the crowd. His voice carries soundscapes for miles and miles, with every single listener surely to be captivated and once again returning to hear his brand new material. He has just released his fourth studio album ‘Life Distortions’, another sonic landscape for Roy…
@skopemag news – friday – february 15, 2023 @ 4 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Buy & Sell @skopemag Marketplace https://skopemag.com/category/services Watch GONDHAWA’s new KEXP live session during TransMusicales 2023 in Rennes, France Psych-prog trio GONDHAWA recorded a live-session during TransMusicales Festival in Rennes, France, in December 2022. It just came out on US…
From AC/DC and Rick Springfield to Tame Impala and Tash Sultana, Aussie rock-n-roll has brought us some greats. Not only is upcoming Oz-rock star and former Miss Australia Cleo Alexandra a student of these acts, she’s also their collaborator. In 2019 she released her self-titled debut album Cleo Alexandra that reimagined hits from the land…
Rock and roll fanatics welcome a new earsplitting entry, the Boston four-piece Benmozes. This progressive formation just released its debut album ‘IMMIGRANT,’ which presents a 10-track journey documenting the not-so-linear line through the highs and lows of life in our age. The members of Benmozes, vocalist and guitarist Amit Ben-Moshe, lead guitarist Neil O’Connor, bassist…
@skopemag news – wednesday – february 15, 2023 @ 10 am est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Buy & Sell @skopemag Marketplace https://skopemag.com/category/services EDIE captivates with ‘Front Row’; highlighting the dynamic of parasocial relationships Drawing deep inspiration from 90’s pop-rock, fandoms of yesteryear & film soundtracks that shaped her youth, EDIE brings a fervent and heated…
@skopemag news – tuesday – february 14, 2023 @ 11 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Buy & Sell @skopemag Marketplace https://skopemag.com/category/services RISING NIGERIAN STAR PHEELZ GETS IN HIS FEELINGS THIS VALENTINE’S DAY WITH ADORING “STAND BY YOU” MUSIC VIDEO In the clip, Pheelz sits at the piano, serenading his significant other and locking into…
Gio is a self-taught, talented 22-year-old musician from Kansas City who has developed the skills to play instruments such as the drums, piano, and guitar all on his own. He has been making music since 2015 and takes inspiration from everything in life to give life to all his songs and projects. The Single “Still…
@skopemag news – tuesday – february 14, 2023 @ 4 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Buy & Sell @skopemag Marketplace NONPOINT Releases New Single “Heartless”; Immersive “Twisted Wizard of Oz” Nonpoint released their new single “Heartless” to all major platforms. The song was produced by Chris Collier, the mind behind Korn’s #1 album on…
@skopemag news – tuesday – february 14, 2023 @ 12 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Buy & Sell @skopemag Marketplace FMB DZ treats us to a “Show” and announces new project! The track serves as an aperitif ahead of his new album, P Rock Baby. Known for his clever wordplay and unadulterated bars, FMB…
With a lot of gusto coming from his backing band the Farm Hands, Tim Graves tells us a story through the majesty of melody in the song “Apple Tree,” one of the more compelling issues from their new album Bluegrass DNA. There’s a lot of deep introspection in Bluegrass DNA, and though it’s often presented to the…
There’s a rusticity to the tone of the strings in Andrew Crawford and Brandi Colt’s “Gambler and Gypsies” that I’m entirely hesitant to deem old school for one big reason; the melody they create is forward-thinking and progressively stylized. This sort of duality can be found in almost every aspect of Crawford’s artistry in this…
INSPIRED – THE 30 SECOND SONG MOVIE – “Nobody Makes Money Anymore!” OUT NOW ON AMAZON PRIME VIDEO – Watch the Film & Trailer: The Pocket Gods really put the cat amongst the pigeons when their efforts to draw attention to what they saw as an inequality in Spotify revenues to artists hit the global…
If you want to learn about a new band quickly, one of the surest ways to do that is to look at their practice space. That’s if they’ll let you check it out. Practice spaces are private, personal places — laboratories for experimentation and flashpoints for the sort of sonic alchemy that all musical innovation…
Lenny Williams has soul in his bones and is no stranger to the music game with a career that spans decades. Lenny is regarded as one of R&B’s most influential soul acts and he has been involved with very successful recordings over the years such as: mega-hit, “Cause I Love You” (recorded on his solo…
