Feature stories and artist interviews
@skopemag – Where are we talking from today and how is summer 2022 going? I’m writing from my home studio in San Francisco, CA. 2022 is going great! I’ve had to be careful with Covid because I have some health problems, so with cases dwindling it has been nice to see friends and travel again.…
@skopemag news – friday – august 19, 2022 @ 8 am est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope NORDJEVEL Release Music Video for New Single “Of Rats and Men” Scandinavian black metal outfit NORDJEVEL are back with yet another new single from their upcoming studio album. The new track, titled “Of Rats and Men”, is aggressive, atmospheric,…
After releasing his self-titled album last year, Kris James is back for a jam-packed season. He is no stranger to hit-making, but with the unveiling of his new single ‘The Way You Move,’ you will feel like we’re in for an impressive collection of releases. ‘The Way You Move’ adds to the global disco-funk obsession…
Vineet Singh Hukmani’s incredible run of successive chart hits during the height of the pandemic and beyond has received a lot of notice and rightly so. It’s a record-breaking run and sets the bar high for Vineet’s musical future, but his new single shows that he’s ready to meet that challenge. “Light of the World”…
@skopemag news – thrusday – august 18, 2022 @ 12 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope 070 SHAKE SHARES NEW VISUAL FOR “COCOON” YOU CAN’T KILL ME OUT NOW VIA G.O.O.D. MUSIC/DEF JAM RECORDINGS Radolescent serve up fiery punk ballad in latest single ‘Tough’, touring East Coast in Sept & Oct Following the release of…
Musician, songwriter and producer Edric DiVo is on a mission to be one of the best in the music industry. Haitian/American, hailing from Brooklyn, New York, this multitalented entertainer has spent the last eight years writing, producing and co-writing songs for other artists. Over time, he’s developed a unique sound and style that has become…
Rap and hip-hop are in Deige’s blood. With an uncle and a cousin fully ensconced in the genre, he’s always had great familial encouragement and support to set foot into the booth. But – as a quiet introvert who never considered himself a singer – he began his creative pursuits in the world of poetry.…
Between his Oakland, California upbringing to his background in Atlanta, Georgia, Hakeem Prime is at home with the music scene. His pride in his musical creations and where he comes from is evident. Beginning his career as ‘Hyphy Da Spider,’ a nod to his Oakland upbringing, he was proud of the representation he offered his…
I want to assume that you, dear reader, like 99% of the world with access to it, have a subscription to Disney+, their streaming subscription service. I was skeptical upon its release if there was truly enough material to sustain a burgerong platform. Hoo-boy, boy was I foolish to think that. I spent a good…
@skopemag news – wednesday – august 17, 2022 @ 5 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Dean Fertita unveils solo project TROPICAL GOTHCLUB, shares “Wheels Within Wheels” single Renowned Nashville musician and multi-instrumentalist Dean Fertita announces new project TROPICAL GOTHCLUB (Third Man Records, November 4) and shares the new single “Wheels Within Wheels,” available now…
@skopemag news – wednesday – august 17, 2022 @ 11 am est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope RIPPED TO SHREDS To Release New Album 劇變 (Jubian) On October 14th Via Relapse Records; Band Shares “Reek Of Burning Freedom” Music Video + Preorders Available Led by guitarist/vocalist Andrew Lee, RIPPED TO SHREDS emerges from the underground with…
All it took was one creative writing class for Sicily Jordan to fall in love with using words to craft stories and create a lens through which her audiences could understand themselves. Jordan’s passion for music started even earlier as she sang on stage and performed in musicals from childhood. Once she started writing songs…
Rob Massard is a progressive, folk singer/songwriter and he has such a pureness to the way he performs. His latest single is titled “Shine Your Shine” and this composition is bursting with shiny, bright melodies. Rob Massard offers plenty of sunshine to go around on the latest release, so sit back, relax and soak up…
@skopemag news – tuesday – august 16, 2022 @ 12 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope FUCKED UP To Release Oberon EP October 7th Via Tankcrimes; New Track Streaming + Preorders Available Long-running Canadian hardcore/punk collective FUCKED UP will release a new EP, Oberon, on October 7th via Tankcrimes! Saliva Reaches Top 30 at Radio…
Every dreamer knows that daylight is far more disorienting than the dark. When the light gets too bright, everything becomes defamiliarized. Should you wake to a day drenched in sun, weird and wondrous, you might think you were still caught in a reverie. Electronic producer Maffmatix knows all about the psychedelic qualities of copious light.…
Sometimes we go around and ’round until we figure love out, and in this case Nina Gi decides it’s time to go another way in their last call for the ghost they’ll never see again. In “Please Don’t Let Me Go” Nina Gi recalls empty promises and lies deemed by a past lover, leaving them…
Ar-Rasheed’s lyrics are becoming the captions of many social media posts. Ar-Rasheed S. Brisco Jr. is a self-taught musician whose strategies have proven to be addictive to his audience and have surely helped him to maintain a strong online presence. Lately, many of his songs have been used in viral videos seen on social media…
Adina Howard is a famed award-winning multi-platinum singer, songwriter, legend, and American icon. Her 90s hit single “Freak Like Me”, album “Do You Wanna Ride?” and cult favorite T-shirt and panties gave rise to a queen and made Adina Howard a global household name. She is revered as one of the pioneers of sexual expression…
@skopemag news – tuesday – august 16, 2022 @ 8 am est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Beltfed Weapon Drops “Head First Into Hell” Single Frank Hetzel explains”‘Head First Into Hell’ emerged from a side project idea with my friend Dagna Silesia who plays bass. She wrote half the riffs and I added my ideas and…
@skopemag news – monday – august 15, 2022 @ 12 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Music Submission: reblGreen In January 2022 reblGreen released his first solo album Love Left Lost, followed by Planet Pandemonium, June 2022, a song themed loosely around lockdown from the perspective of a mental asylum patient. This single contains the…
Agaapi embraces a lighter-than-air ambiance on the sunny “Flying Feeling.” The aptly named track has a whimsy to it, one that feels outright lovely. Without needing to say a single word, an entire narrative comes into view. Melodies waft on by as if in a fantastic cloud. Agaapi makes sure to employ a pulsing groove,…
There’s no place in the world quite like Colorado. It’s a place of stupefying beauty and unbelievable contrasts. Colorado is where the prairie gives way to the leading edge of the Rockies, where the city collides with the wilderness, and where the spirit of growth and enterprise makes contact with traces of history far older…
Daxton is a driven musician who had a true vision in mind and that would be his latest project titled ‘Electric Satellite’. This is the seventh album release for Daxton, who hails from Sydney, Australia. What Daxton brings to the table is an original mix of electric blues to go along with a rustic vibe.…
There’s a lot of tension in the air as we start in on the song “Locker,” one of the eleven included tracks in the new record Cantref from Heddlu, but it’s justifiably present. From the moment we press the play button on any of the songs in Cantref, it’s obvious that giving us as full-bodied…
Kjersti Long’s voice is quickly becoming the soundtrack to the next generation of pop/rock fans. Fueled by teenage rebellion, the artist has been trailblazing her path in the music industry since she was only 12 years old. Kjersti Long’s electrifying voice sparks memories of Ann Wilson and Janis Joplin while remaining deeply connected to the…
Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road is the rare confluence of different bluegrass generations coming together without ego and recording classic material. Jordan, a seminal figure in the genre’s late 20th-early 21st century history, has picked a first-class collection of instrumental partners to help deliver her vision. Allen Dyer, Randy Graham, Ben Greene, and Matt Hooper boast…
@skopemag news – friday – august 11, 2022 @ 6 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Vundabar Announce ‘Good Old’ – a collection of unreleased + acoustic tracks After a decade of being a band and five full-length records, Boston trio Vundabar are marking their time together with Good Old, an 11-track collection of songs…
The 2022 ISSA (International Singer Songwriter Association) Award winners have been announced and winners include Ludlow Creek, Gary Pratt and Ashley Puckett. On Saturday, August 6th the 2022 International Singer Songwriter Association (ISSA) Awards Winners were announced. Among the winners were MTS Management Group artists, Ludlow Creek (Silver – US Band Album), Gary Pratt (Silver…
Featuring pure and untampered acoustic guitar and a rich voice that is reminiscent of Johnny Cash, Pete Miller’s debut album “Live On Record” is a breath of fresh air for folks who like their music raw and real. With elements of folk, country, and rock, Pete digs deep with introspective and poetic storytelling. Pete’s debut…
@skopemag news – friday – august 12, 2022 @ 12 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Izza Gara returns to the scene with ‘Came To Dance’ Swedish/Turkish vocalist, dancer and artist Izza Gara returns to the scene with ‘Came To Dance’ an addictive and upbeat new single featuring Venus Anon. With a background as a…
Vandoliers Loudly Ruminate On Love And Longing Through The Eyes Of Man’s Best Friend On “Howlin’” Announce Tour With Mike and the Moonpies New Album The Vandoliers out August 12th via Amerikinda Records/Soundly Music Currently out on their first European tour, opening for Turnpike Troubadours at the Ryman July 29th, touring U.S. with Old 97’s…
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Like a Ennio Morricone soundtrack gone electronic, Elektragaaz engages in a wonderfully wild style with “Armadas of the Milky Way”. The classical bent and cinematic flourishes work to further enhance this sense of purpose. By making sure every single possible twist is given plenty of time to roam the song becomes quite easy to get…
@skopemag news – friday – august 12, 2022 @ 10 am est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope BLACKSTARKIDS Release “SEX APPEAL” Single with Video and Announce ‘CYBERKISS*’ Project “This song is a homage to 2000s Neptunes, Timbaland, and Missy,” share BLACKSTARKIDS on the song. “As well as, lyrically, a homage to Jay Z. ‘Light Your Ass…
Paper Hands, an incredibly talented musical duo with a passion for the engaging energy of indie-pop music and the blooming melodies of alternative music. The pair have just dropped their new single. Paper Hands’s new project is titled “Early Warning”, and it is a great introduction to the sound and feel of this extraordinary performer,…
The New York metropolitan based electronic multi-fusion gang, Elektragaaz, takes a break from its current ongoing series of EPs to offer fans on August 12 a massive new single, “Armadas of the Milky Way”, a nearly nine minute space epic that both recalls an earlier era of space rock (think early Pink Floyd’s “Set the…
@skopemag news – thursday – august 11, 2022 @ 3 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Gearbox Records to release Roland Kirk “Live at Ronnie Scott’s 1963” | Hear / share “Angelica” | Album out 9th September Next month, London analogue specialists Gearbox Records will unearth yet another lost gem having just announced the worldwide…
Country music is often not a genre that people think of when it comes to innovation and open-mindedness. After all, the genre is often synonymous with classic, timeless songs that are steep in tradition! However, something magical can happen when artists are able to soak in such a traditional approach and repurpose it in a…
Water is purifying, and all living things require it to survive every day. The same can be said about the R&B and jazz stylings from Waterofelegance. In an online interview, she said, “My music is like water — hydrating and refreshing for the mind and spirit.” Add a dash of her evident elegance, and her…
The tumultuous state of the world has caused darkness to overwhelm many, and in such times, it’s vital to find a shimmer of hope in all the hurt. Christina Morgan-Diaz is that shimmer and a dazzling light, too. Her talent, heart, honesty, and faith in the Lord get her through the ups and downs, knowing…
