Feature stories and artist interviews
@skopemag news – monday – september 12, 2022 @ 6 am est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Tisoki Keeps His Priorities In Check With Rap-Fueled Bass Single “NOHO” feat. Bansaint on Bassrush Records. – Sept 9 Tisoki upcoming gigs at Nocturnal Wonderland, Lost Lands festival, as well as headline gigs at HB Social Club (Hawaii), Zydeco…
From her latest EP, With Love, Tia McGraff has released the title track to much anticipation and delight. This acoustic, country-inspired songwriter’s journey is a wonderful, harmonious experience that will be quick to garner interest in many industry investors. With the blend of a simple banjo pedal tone, an expressive guitar melody, and a deep-rooted…
Jazz From The Valley is rebranding the “valley girl” subculture into a lifestyle of pure dedication and hustle while still approaching life with an optimistic outlook. Fully immersed in the music scene from an early age, she moved around between girl groups as a singer and rapper but knew her talents would shine the brightest…
A fluffy white mattress. A curled-up cat. The play of morning sunlight on a windowpane. The embrace of a friend. We’re attracted to soft things for excellent reasons: this world is a hard place, and comfort and understanding can be difficult to find. One of the best things we can be for those we love…
Can two people constitute a ferocious rock band? When they’re as mean, tight, and talented as Intruder 424 are, they certainly can. Brothers Pete and Chris Biggiani prove they don’t need extra wattage, copious overdubs, or elaborate arrangements to make an indelible impression. Instead, they’ve perfected the basics: distorted, ringing six-string, pounding drums, impassioned vocals,…
@skopemag news – saturday – september 10, 2022 @ 12 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope JUSTUS BENNETTS UNLEASHES NEW BANGER, “DEAD INSIDE” On his new track “Dead Inside,” Justus Bennetts grapples with one of life’s most perplexing questions – why does it feel so good to be with someone who’s so bad for you?…
Staytus finds beauty in ugliness on the intense industrial folk fibers of “Disease of the Mind”. These nightmarish odes present absolutely spellbinding works. Rhythms here feature a tribal presence to them. Volume is a given for they bludgeon the listener with such fierceness. Beyond the industrial roots, elements of hard rock, punk, and noise enter…
Part of the beauty of dance is the ability to express universal feelings without a single word. Taking in the music and its meaning, dancers tell a whole story through song with their facial and emotional acting along with their body movements, which naturally makes dancers outstanding performers. Add in brilliant singing and songwriting, and…
@skopemag news – friday – september 9, 2022 @ 6 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Tei Shi shares new video for “GRIP”; NY and LA headlining shows announced Colombian-Canadian singer-songwriter and producer Tei Shi returns today with a captivating lyric video for her latest single, “GRIP.” The single served as Tei Shi’s first independent…
Following the release of several singles, Staytus is proud to present Disease of the Mind, her debut album, available now on all the major services. LISTEN TO STAYTUS With an aggressive industrial metal sound that would make fans of genre heavyweights like Nine Inch Nails, Odonis Odonis, Black Dresses, Orgy, Static-X and God Lives Underwater…
@skopemag news – friday – september 9, 2022 @ 10 am est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope BLACKSTARKIDS Release “CYBERKISS 2 U*” Single Featuring beabadoobee “We were inspired by electronic and colorful music from our childhood like Daft Punk and Jamiroquai,” share BLACKSTARKIDS on the track. “Also New York culture in general, the scene that kids…
One-to-watch talent Jazmine Flowers returns with a sultry offering ‘detached’ that might hit the spot for those trapped in unrequited situationships. Flowers takes her angelic vocals on a voyage through the random series of emotions after the one-night-stand bliss disappears. Alongside the release of Flowers’ latest single, ‘detached,’ she performed at this year’s Reading &…
Joe Marcinek Band is a pure extravaganza of sound and production because this group has so many layers and dimensions. Fittingly enough, ‘5’ is the fifth installment for Joe Marcinek Band and the idea behind the record stemmed from an idea to record a live album at the Dunedin Brewery in Florida. Later on, ‘5’…
It’s interesting to discover that Barkhouse formed after a one-night show where the band played some long lost material and previously unrecorded songs. It was this particular event that sparked interest in all three members to perform officially as Barkhouse from that moment on. These bandmates are also no strangers to eachother as they have…
Elam McKnight is a talented singer/songwriter from West Tennessee with many years behind him as a recording musician. Elam’s latest project titled ‘The Walter Gray Starnes Album’, is near and dear to Elam McKnight for many reasons. First and foremost, Elam’s daughter aka Lil Bit is featured on this new album and further proves that…
Phil Hurley is an accomplished musician with an extensive background in music. Phil has been playing in rock bands with his brother since he was eight years old and he started playing professionally in New York at just 14. The art of music obviously runs through his blood and consumes his soul and now we,…
Blessed with a knack for storytelling, emerging musician Timothy Isaiah paints vivid portraits of his life and experiences through his raps. Fueled by a desire to develop creative concepts from a psychological perspective, the artist brings thought-provoking themes to the mainstream. Shaped by the dynamic and cultural roots of South Florida and Atlanta hip-hop, Timothy…
About Jiggy Germ, an up-and-coming artist, was born and raised in New Jersey. He possesses a part of him that is musical. Early on in life, he decided that he wanted to pursue a career in music and began composing and recording his lyrics and voice. Since then, he has continued to play at venues/shows,…
@skopemag news – thursday – september 8, 2022 @ 12 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Presley Tennant’s Bold Proclamation: “Break My Heart” “‘Break My Heart’ is about the feeling when you love someone so much you never want to be with anyone else,” says Tennant. “There’s an infatuation with them and you could deal…
When author CW Hanes released his debut book Grandfather’s Journal: In Search Of he introduced a series of terrific characters (Jacob and Catharine) immersed in a fantastical world of mystery and intrigue imbued within a series of mystical occurrences in the spirit world. Not only were the characters well received, but interest from the TV…
Trust Fall marks the third of several forthcoming singles for Iva in 2022 ahead of her 2023 planned album release, “Dead Reckoning”. The Bay Area-based multi-instrumentalist and Rock artist, Iva Toric, has been making music for many years and is releasing her new single, Trust Fall, on September 9, 2022. Trust Fall is the third…
Kchristian Aspinall A.K.A De Royce or Royce, is 26 years of age born in Brooklyn, NY Raised in Brooklyn mostly Queens, NY. He is of Caribbean parentage, mother being Puerto Rican and father Jamaican. His Caribbean culture and love of music is a driving force in his music and makes him a bilingual melodic force…
Professional Extra should gain traction fast as one of the indie scene’s pre-eminent electronica projects on the basis of the singles “Where It Goes” and “Yahoo”. It’s a bold statement, without question, but both of these compositions and recordings back up the idea that William Sawikin’s songwriting has a multitude of strengths distinguishing it from…
@skopemag news – wednesday – august 7, 2022 @ 4 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Jon Batiste Sweet Music Video Release Today, the renowned Oscar and multi-Grammy® Award-winning recording artist, songwriter and composer Jon Batiste, 3x Grammy® Award-winning and multi-Platinum-selling recording artist Pentatonix and the iconic Grammy winning and 13-time Oscar nominated songwriter Diane…
@skopemag news – wednesday – september 7, 2022 @ 12 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope GONEMAGE Release New Single “Father Time’s Grandfather Clock” GONEMAGE, the video game themed solo project of Cara Neir’s Garry Brents (or Galimgim), will release his new album Handheld Demise on September 30th via WereGnome Records (Cassette), Xenoglossy Productions (Cassette)…
by Nick Christophers Among the ancient ruins and historical venues in Greece we find the twelve-piece band of PanArmonia performing to an intense crowd. Their music has captured the minds and ears of many as it inspires and elevates in its delivery. They were founded by the pair Apostolos Stamos and Katerina Ritter in 2011.…
If you really want to know your way around New York, don’t ask a city planner. Save your questions for location scouts – the people who scour every block in every neighborhood for unrecognized architectural majesty, accidental beauty, and sites of visual and conceptual interest. Motion pictures and television shows would be impossible without their…
@skopemag news – tuesday – september 6, 2022 @ 10 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Metal Powerhouse DEAD BY WEDNESDAY Releases Intense New Lyric Video, goes #1 on the NACC National Radio Charts & Set to Play Wasteland Weekend Festival! Heavy metal powerhouse DEAD BY WEDNESDAY, from New England, continues to pummel people’s eyes…
The title of this new track by Spencer Goldman is absolutely perfect because you get the feeling and sense that this is a “Breakthrough” song. The energy is electric on this new song by Spencer Goldman and this composition has “Breakthrough” hit written all over it! As soon as you push play, you will be…
@skopemag news – tuesday – august 6, 2022 @ 1 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Finnish Melodic Death/Black Metal Discovery ARCTORA Signs With Wormholedeath Finnish Melodic Death/Black Metal Discovery ARCTORA signed a licensing deal with Wormholedeath for their album “The Storm Is Over”, due for release on September the 30th, 2022. “I wrote the…
Blind Uncle Harry immediately captures your attention with his earlobe-raising single titled “Burn Down The High School”. One will be thinking to themselves what in the world is this “Burn Down The High School” all about and then you push play and find out. What the listener experiences from Blind Uncle Harry is an intoxicating…
Who is King Zaae? He’s 15 years old, a young musician from Seattle. His music encompasses many different messages and genres. Some of his musical influences are Micheal Jackson, J. Cole, and Kennyhoopla. Zaae started making music early 2018, with influences from hip-hop and R&b that were being played around him. His early mixtapes like…
Reviewed by: Lee Callaghan Evolution Music Press With a blend of contemporary and classic Country voicings, Gary Pratt utilizes the intricate stylings and instrumentation of the genre to create an exclusive approach. With his latest single; Sounds Like Whiskey To Me, Gary Pratt delivers a Country jam that listeners can party to, a theme provided…
MIDDLESPOON is the brainchild, passion project, and life mission of Alexander Beatz. Working with producers/songwriters Lonely Child, Jinx McGee, and MSTR WTVR, he’s crafted a set of catchy, thoughtful pop songs with the swagger of hip-hop, the shimmer of electronic pop, and the irresistible dance beat of disco. “Pop with Purpose”, as he puts it.…
‘Joe Macre – When You’re Smiling At Me’ Reviewed by: Lee Callaghan Evolution Music Press Every now and then, a song comes across my desk that peaks my interest a little more than the rest. A song that leaves a mark, a happy kind of impression that changes my entire day. This happened today when…
@skopemag news – Labor Day (USA) – september 5, 2022 @ 2 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Khujo Goodie – “BILLS” (Download + Video ) | Happy Labor Day Weekend Khujo Goodie has been part of the Atlanta Hip Hop scene since day one. He cut his teeth with the legendary Goodie Mob, chop…
The award-winning singer-songwriter’s new EP “With Love” will be released on the anniversary of her beloved dog’s passing. Tia McGraff is a multi-talented singer, songwriter and children’s book author from Ontario, Canada. Best known for her emotionally-charged music and her authentic personality, Tia has been topping charts on both sides of the Atlantic for the…
@skopemag – Where are we talking from today and how’s your summer going so far? Thanks so much for this interview piece from my home studio. I have to be honest, that my summer took a sudden turn when my mother in law passed away unexpectedly at the beginning of June and the world within…
For over 30 years Franklin Williams aka Frankie Sly has been churning out songs that make the connection. His craft has taken him all over Europe, the Caribbean and the United States as well as Japan. Born and raised in East Kingston, the Windward Road All-Age and Wolmers High School past student had only one…
When it comes to singer-songwriters, K.K. Hammond is a particularly interesting breed of performer. Combining many different eclectic influences into her music, she’s a one of a kind musician, especially with a slide guitar in her hands. She channels a very specific type of sound through her various inspirations, and as she grows that scope…
