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SKOPE NEWS FOR MAY 11, 2018 @ 2 PM EST

Fantastic Negrito releases new single ‘The Duffler’ Grammy award-winning artist Fantastic Negrito has announced his new track, ‘The Duffler’, the second to be taken from his upcoming album Please Don’t Be Dead, out June 15th via Cooking Vinyl and Blackball Universe. The track will be available as an instant grat with each pre-order of the…

SKOPE NEWS FOR MAY 11, 2018 @ 10 AM EST

Charlotte Lawrence Reveals New Track “Keep Me Up” Via Teen Vogue Charlotte says on creating the track: “Writing this song served as a personal, emotional outlet for me to be vulnerable about my anxiety and to learn about myself through the process. But in sharing the song with the world, I also want to give…

SKOPE NEWS FOR MAY 10, 2018 @ 2 PM EST

JOHN MAYER’S “NEW LIGHT” RELEASED TODAY JOHN MAYER has released “NEW LIGHT,” the first new music from the GRAMMY Award®-winning singer/songwriter since 2017’s The Search for Everything. Produced by John Mayer and No ID, “New Light” is being released through Mayer’s own label, Snack Money. The track premiered today (May 10) on Apple Music’ Beats…

SKOPE NEWS FOR MAY 10, 2018 @ 11 AM EST

Video premiere: KANTICA “And Then There Was Pain” The power/symphonic metal band Kantica are proud to present the first official videoclip for the song “And Then There Was Pain”, taken from the album Reborn in Aesthetics (released by Revalve records). Bonny Doon shares “A Lotta Things” music video and US tour dates Arriving in the…

SKOPE NEWS FOR MAY 10, 2018 @ 9 AM EST

New music video from Siimba Liives Long, “Hooked?” Ethiopian-American artist Siimba Liives Long has become equally renowned for his skills as an MC, as well as for his penchant for daredevil stunts in both a live and controlled setting. Described by NPR as “sportive yet serious, playing equal parts esoteric and quizzical,” “Hooked” is the…

SKOPE NEWS FOR MAY 9, 2018 @ 4PM EST

Guilt Coins – “Iza Crime” – Single and Video Out Today! “Guilt Coins are a rock and roll band – four men split between Essex and London who come together every week to make a noise. The songs recorded for their debut album are the result of endless jams. Each jam different with no preconception…

SKOPE NEWS FOR MAY 9, 2018 @ 1 PM EST

Site Endorsed by Various Health Officials, Ethicists and Doctors across the Country 22 people die every day in the United States waiting for a kidney transplant, most waiting 7 to 9 years. The team at MatchingDonors.com is working hard to make sure that doesn’t happen by finding altruistic living organ donors for people needing kidney…

SKOPE NEWS FOR MAY 9, 2018 @ 9 AM EST

LATIN TRAP ARTIST MESSIAH TEAMS UP WITH LATIN GRAMMY-WINNING ELVIS CRESPO ON “SALVAJE” Latin-American recording artist Messiah has teamed up with legendary Merengue singer, and Latin Grammy Award-winning artist, Elvis Crespo on the video for “Salvaje,” released today via Billboard. The video, directed by Michael Garcia, shows the duo crooning for an intimate crowd at…

SKOPE NEWS FOR MAY 8, 2018 @ 1 PM EST

TOMI Shares Video For “What Kind Of Love,” Director Thom Kerr explains the video’s glam and glittering visuals saying, “I wanted to [simulate] a surreal live stage show dripping with color and movement. A nod to the simplicity we saw in ’80s rock videos that really showcases TOMI’s attitude, style and energy.” TOMI adds, “I’ve…

SKOPE NEWS FOR MAY 8, 2018 @ 10 AM EST

Will Thomas Reed Releases Single, “Home is Where the Bar is” Nashville based country music artist WILL THOMAS REED has released his new single, “Home Is Where the Bar Is.” Originally premiered on Country Music News, “Home Is Where the Bar Is” is the first single off of his upcoming To Whom It May Concern……

SKOPE NEWS FOR MAY 7, 2018 @ 3 PM EST

Watch now: SHIRT reveals Woman Is God “WOMAN IS GOD” was filmed in Freetown, Sierra Leone and various surrounding provinces this past year. SHIRT spent ten days exploring the region, having conversations, and witnessing first hand the complexities and perseverance of its people and land. The experience was both the most beautiful and heartbreaking of…

SKOPE NEWS FOR MAY 7, 2018 @ NOON EST

Reach The World & Advertise @skopemag News French alternative/blues rockers Watchers premiered new single “How long is your night” About a year after the release of its debut single EP ‘Two²’ still available for digital on Bandcamp and some months of hard work, French alternative/blues rockers WATCHERS just premiered their new song called “How long…

SKOPE NEWS FOR MAY 7, 2018 @ 9 AM EST

TOO $HORT LEAKS SEX TAPE The Sex Tape marks the third installment of a four-part series preceding the upcoming arrival of his 20th and final studio album—The Pimp Tape—out this summer. Living up to its name, The Sex Tape undresses 12 of $hort’s most raunchy, ratchet, and raw tracks ever. Hyphy production bubbles under the…

SKOPE NEWS FOR MAY 4, 2018 @ 2 PM EST

ATM releases electric debut single ‘One Touch’ With years of experience writing and producing with global artists like Sigrid (NO), Alessia Cara (US), Rebecca & Fiona (SE) and Killian & Jo (DE) – Henrik Jonzon and Per Eklund met on tour one day and quickly found out that they had a love in common. A…

SKOPE NEWS FOR MAY 4, 2018 @ 11 AM EST

ELIZA SHADDAD shares video for new single “White Lines” Eliza Shaddad today shares the video for her new single ‘White Lines’, the first preview from her long-awaited debut album Future. “White Lines is all about moving on and we wanted to make a video that was full of movement and serenity and beauty, but also…

SKOPE NEWS FOR MAY 3, 2018 @ 11 AM EST

Typhoon Share New Music Video for “Remember” Earlier this spring, Typhoon announced additional tour dates in support of Offerings, starting the end of May, following a performance at Sasquatch Festival, and ending at Arroyo Seco Music & Arts Festival in Pasadena, CA. For the majority of Typhoon’s June tour dates, melodic rock band The Fourth…

SKOPE NEWS FOR MAY 2, 2018 @ 1 PM EST

Frog Eyes shares one last single from their farewell album via tinymixtapes, launches tour soon Frog Eyes have made their last album. 17 years after their teetering debut, the Vancouver band unveils Violet Psalms—a giddy lament; a gnashing jubilee; a rain-drenched allocution on hope vs. horror, paradise vs. pride, Marx and Brexit and bad acid…

SKOPE NEWS FOR MAY 1, 2018 @ 4 PM EST

2018 TONY AWARD NOMINATIONS Nominations in 26 competitive categories for the American Theatre Wing’s 72nd Annual Antoinette Perry “Tony” Awards® were announced today by Tony and Grammy Award-winner, Leslie Odom, Jr. and Katharine McPhee, who is currently starring in the Tony nominated musical Waitress, at the Tony Award Nominations ceremony, sponsored by IBM, held at…

SKOPE NEWS FOR MAY 1, 2018 @ NOON EST

NY’s Nite Haus Share “Calling You” Today, American / German electronic duo Nite Haus, released their new single and music video for “Calling You.” The track is the first to be released from their forthcoming self-produced project, Saturation, due June 2018. The DIY album was recorded throughout 2015-2017 and was heavily influenced by Carrie Turner…

SKOPE NEWS FOR APRIL 30, 2018 @ 3 PM EST

THE STARS REVOLT Release Official Music Video for “Be Careful What You Wish For” Louisville, KY Rock Band THE STARS REVOLT has released the official music video for “Be Careful What You Wish For,” the lead single off of their debut, self-titled EP. Due out May 18th, The Stars Revolt is available for pre-order through…

SKOPE NEWS FOR APRIL 30, 2018 @ 1 PM EST

Rocky Morningside Releases Video for Single “Tricks Up My Sleeve” in Observance of the Pink Full Moon Rocky Morningside announced the release of his video for single “Tricks Up My Sleeve” off of his B-side record in observance of tonight’s full Pink Moon. “I’ve always been a night owl. My most creative ideas have manifested…

SKOPE NEWS FOR APRIL 29, 2018 @ 8 AM EST

Greg Jacquin Shares “Floating” Video | Hudson River LP Out Now New York-based americana artist Greg Jacquin shares the video for “Floating” via Pure Grain Audio, who writes about the track, “‘Floating,’ is a lazy but upbeat tune that whisks the listener away to a nearby stream on a warm, sunny day.” Bobi Andonov Drops…

SKOPE NEWS FOR APRIL 28, 2018 @ 8 AM EST

GLADIUS JAMES RELEASES NEW SINGLE “RICH” FT. WIZ KHALIFA Breakout Island Records artist Gladius James, the singer, writer, producer, and all-around stealth provocateur who caused a quiet uproar with his smoldering debut single “Too Bad,” and its soul-drenched follow-up “We All Got Issues,” returns with a brand new track, “Rich” featuring Wiz Khalifa. “Too Bad,”…

SKOPE NEWS FOR APRIL 27, 2018 @ 4 PM EST

Ruel Drops New Track “Dazed & Confused.” Announces “Ready” EP On the new track and forthcoming EP, Ruel explains: “I wrote ‘Dazed & Confused’ in the front room of my Air BNB in LA last November with my friends and the song has come so far. The song started with some simple, light-hearted piano chords…

SKOPE NEWS FOR APRIL 27, 2018 @ 2 PM EST

Jordan Lovelis ‘Black & White’ Introducing Skope to former professional skater now turn singer / song writer – Jordan Lovelis from LA. “I spent 4-5 years on the road touring for skateboarding, until a broken ankle ended my career. I became Shaun White’s videographer after that. We traveled all over the world and there was…

SKOPE NEWS FOR APRIL 27, 2018 @ 9 AM EST

SURMISER: Upstate New York Punk/Grunge Trio To Release Hold The Static EP In June Upstate New York outfit SURMISER has completed their newest EP, Hold The Static, and is preparing to release the album in June. The band has just issued a video for the EP’s “Trains,” which has made its debut through a premiere…

SKOPE NEWS FOR APRIL 26, 2018 @ 5 PM EST

Machine Gun Kelly Releases Visual For “27” On the eve of his 28th birthday, Machine Gun Kelly releases the music video for his song “27.” The track, which was featured on his album bloom, is an ode to fully living until the infamously-damned aged of 27. The EST 19XX/Bad Boy/Interscope recording artist delivers the Ryan…

SKOPE NEWS FOR APRIL 26, 2018 @ 2 PM EST

New Katie Von Schleicher: “Party Dawn” Von Schleicher on “Party Dawn:” “On a break from touring this winter I went alone to Maryland, where I am originally from, and made these two songs, taking the gear I’ve very happily accrued since making my album Shitty Hits. I built a fire, I set up my gold…

SKOPE NEWS FOR APRIL 26, 2018 @ 11:30 AM EST

Seinabo Sey “Breathe” “Breathe” is a bold anthem drenched in quivering strings and a choir’s layered harmonies. Seinabo wrote its central message about self-love and self-acceptance while on an impromptu solo trip to Dakar, Senegal in early 2017. Feeling content, she found herself “sitting there, thinking about why I really enjoyed being there. I love…

SKOPE NEWS FOR APRIL 26, 2018 @ 8 AM EST

THE FRATELLIS Video for “I’ve Been Blind” – US Tour Starts April 26! THE FRATELLIS have just released their latest video for “I’ve Been Blind”, a track off the just-released record, IN YOUR OWN SWEET TIME. “I’ve Been Blind” is the perfect brisk and energetic anthem for emerging into Spring after this long Winter. The…

SKOPE NEWS FOR APRIL 25, 2018 @ 1 PM EST

Kenny Fame Presents ‘Deeper – a short film’ Kenny Fame is an actor, singer-songwriter, performing artist who first launched his career working at the World Famous Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York and has since moved on to perform all over the NYC metropolitan area. Fame who was born in Paterson NJ and was raised…

SKOPE NEWS FOR APRIL 25, 2018 @ 9 AM EST

Paste is Exclusively Streaming Clint Michigan’s ‘Centuries’ – Listen …”It’s an emotional listen; folk-pop that feels both winsome and weighty at the same time. Feather light but connected to the earth and the struggles that so many of us face in our lives.” – Paste/Robert Ham Harrison Lipton shares new track “Clouds” Growing up in…

SKOPE NEWS FOR APRIL 24, 2018 @ 3PM EST

video: AMINA BUDDAFLY, “LOVE MY LIFE” “Love & Hip Hop: New York” star Amina Buddafly presents the music video for “Love My Life”, the lead single from her forthcoming album MOTHER. The track was produced by Amina with co-production from Mike City (Brandy, Carl Thomas, Sunshine Anderson), and the video was produced and directed by…

SKOPE NEWS FOR APRIL 24, 2018 @ 11 AM EST

RICARDA COMETA: New Album By Argentine-Peruvian Duo To See June Release Argentine-Peruvian duo RICARDA COMETA will release their new album, Ricarda Cometa 2, in June through Nefarious Industries, in conjunction with the band’s upcoming European tour. An advance preview of the album’s intense world music rhythms and diverse realms of songcraft has been issued through…

SKOPE NEWS FOR APRIL 23, 2018 @ 1 PM EST

Wifisfuneral Recruits Curren$y For “25 Lighters” Remix For 4/20 Just in time for 4/20, wifisfuneral recruits New Orleans veteran Curren$y for the remix to “25 Lighters.” The two trade bars over the homage to the DJ DMD classic, based on a phrase originally used by Memphis legends 8 Ball & MJG. Wifi’s signature double time…

SKOPE NEWS FOR APRIL 23, 2018 @ 9 AM EST

JOSIE DUNNE RELEASES NEW SINGLE AND VIDEO FOR “GOOD BOYS” Atlantic recording artist Josie Dunne has announced the release of her new single. “Good Boys” – which follows Dunne’s breakthrough pop debut, “Old School” – is available today at all digital music retailers and streaming services. Wesley Jensen & the Penny Arcade deliver a joyous…

SKOPE NEWS FOR APRIL 21, 2018 @ 10 AM EST

KC Hardcore Band SPINE Premiere Music Video for “Warm Now Cold” As they prepare for the release of their second full-length album, Faith, on June 15th, Kansas City’s SPINE have premiered the album’s first single. “Warm Now Cold” is the first peek at the record; the track seamlessly blends the sounds of NYHC bands like…

SKOPE NEWS FOR APRIL 20, 2018 @ 1 PM EST

Andy Jenkins reveals brand new track + video feat. Matthew E. White Andy Jenkins has today shared brand new single “Sweet Bunch” along with its accompanying video. The title track of his debut album of the same name is out June 15th, 2018 on Spacebomb Records (Matthew E. White, Natalie Prass, Bedouine). Jenkins originates from…

SKOPE NEWS FOR APRIL 20, 2018 @ 9 AM EST

FLOW New Video ‘Our Story’ GRAMMY®-Winning Guitarist Will Ackerman, Pianist Fiona Joy, Guitarist Lawrence Blatt and Trumpet & Flugelhorn player Jeff Oster have just won an INDEPENDENT MUSIC AWARD for “Best New Age Album for FLOW. FLOW is also nominated for Two ZMR Awards (Album of the Year and Best Contemporary Instrumental Album).” FLOW is…

SKOPE NEWS FOR APRIL 19, 2018 @ 3 PM EST

88 Palms Announce New EP, Share “Bright Lights” Video NYC-based synth-pop duo 88 Palms announce their new EP Love Safari out May 25th. Recorded at Midnight Sun Studios in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, the EP features Caito Sanchez (Midnight Magic, Charles Bradley, Lee Fields) on percussion, Jim Orso (Escort) and Tyler Pope (LCD Soundsystem) on bass, and…