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SHIRA releases “Am I Beautiful” video in celebration of International Women’s Day The video depicts the relationship between the Israeli-American singer/songwriter and her friend Iranian-American photographer-director Shirin Tinati, for whom Shira penned the track when she was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer. Shirin is fortunately in remission now and the two powerful artists came…

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Blackberry Smoke’s “Let Me Down Easy” feat. Amanda Shires Self-produced by the acclaimed 5-piece band, Find A Light is Blackberry Smoke’s sixth full-length studio album and features 13 new songs written/co-written by lead-singer and guitarist Charlie Starr. In addition to Starr and band-members Richard Turner (bass, vocals), Brit Turner (drums), Paul Jackson (guitar, vocals), and…

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Jam In The Trees Announces 2018 Lineup Jam In The Trees is proud to announce the lineup for the 2018 festival, which will be held on August 24th and 25th. The annual music festival returns with a diverse lineup for the third year to Pisgah Brewing Company in Black Mountain, North Carolina. The roster includes…

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NPR’S Folk Alley premieres new Parsonsfield release- Out FRI. March 9 Despite ‘WE”s short length, the band touches on more than a few of life’s major themes: depression, love, loss, fear, living life to the fullest – the list goes on. From the opening “Light of the City,” which, for all that it’s a rich,…

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Lil Texas Makes New Noise Debut With “Club Storm” DJ/producer Lil Texas has been active in the underground electronic music scene since 2012. He is best known for his involvement in M|O|D crew, which he co-founded alongside fellow artists C.Z., Arnold and REWROTE. Lil Texas’s music is influenced by and incorporates a wide variety of…

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Guided By Voices Share ‘Space Gun’ LP On COS Exclusively through Consequence Of Sound, Guided By Voices has shared its new LP ‘Space Gun’ which will be out March 23rd. Along with the album stream, COS had guitarist Doug Gillard do a track by track breakdown for the LP. The band also recently announced a…

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Will Fraker Shares “It Must Have Been Love” (Roxette Cover) Today, Brooklyn-based singer and songwriter Will Fraker premieres his cover of Swedish duo Roxette’s ballad “It Must Have Been Love” via PopMatters. The track release coincides with the launch of Headroom dB’s new cover series. “Headroom dB is doing something special by allowing a wide…

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The Watchers, Premiere The New Video “Starfire” San Francisco doom rock band The Watchers will release its new album, Black Abyss, March 9 via Ripple Music (Mothership, Wo Fat, BANG). Recorded in California’s Sonic Room Studios (Forbidden, Zed) and mixed by the legendary Max Norman (Ozzy Osbourne, Y&T), the record features eight tracks of heavy…

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Capital North Stream Debut EP Ahead of Release & Unveil Music Video for “Sea/Broken Vessel” Hard rock dynamic duo Capital North have been busy in preparation fortheir debut EP, Sea To Sky, available tomorrow, March 2nd, 2018. The band made their official debut earlier this year with the release of their music video for “Glass…

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Tony Njoku Shares Shapeshifting and Arresting New Track Remain Calm In ‘Remain Calm’s’ lyrical micro-statement and crudely sharded synth-sound can be detected Suprematism’s ‘zero degree’ proto-abstractionist art. In an appropriate follow up from ‘Drifting Off In A Care Powered Balloon” the cosmic pavilions, synthetic horizons and social utopianism of Olafur Eliasson’s work is coded into…

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Asal Hazel Shares R&B Noir Track “UTMT” Her debut EP Like Water will be out on March 30th, 2018 and features production from Swarvy, Stones Throw heavy hitters and Grammy-winning producer Knxwledge, amongst others. Die – Debut release from new Swedish Artist Constine Hanna Lindgren, known as Constine, is a Swedish singer, songwriter, musician and…

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New Music Friday: New Young Rising Sons Alt/Rock Anthem New single ‘Whiskey’ is the ultimate alt/rock banger, bursting with electrifying energy, enhanced by deep, pulsating synthsand powerful dynamics. Young Rising Sons are back and ready to unleash their new statement sound. P!NK RELEASES MUSIC VIDEO FOR “WHATEVER YOU WANT” International pop icon P!NK releases the…

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QUIX Bears His Soul On “I’ll Give You The World” Experimental electronic DJ/producer QUIX releases “I’ll Give You The World,” a soul-bearing future bass single featuring vocalist JVMIE, premiered on ThisSongIsSick.com. Driven by tension-building soaring melodies and unsuspecting drops, QUIX returns to Dim Mak with an aural thriller. The single arrives as QUIX appears on…

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4x Platinum Cheat Codes and Kiiara team up for ‘Put Me Back Together’ Multi Platinum, Pop/electronic dance music trio Cheat Codes (comprised of Trevor Dahl, Matthew Russell and Kevi Ford) return with a euphoric new track, “Put Me Back Together,” featuring pop fave, Kiiara. CALUM SCOTT RELEASES “WHAT I MISS MOST” TODAY Breakout U.K. artist,…

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Grammy nominated British producer & songwriter Maths Time Joy releases new single ‘Going Nowhere’ Hunger described it thus “‘Going Nowhere’ is the third single from Maths Time Joy’s Sunset Motel EP, a record that defines the British artist’s signature fluid, low-key R&B and confirms him as a key player in the UK’s production revolution. Joined…

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BONG set to release new full-length rite, ‘Thought and Existence’ The cosmos has now aligned, and with great honour Ritual Productions announce BONG’s return after three years with a new and momentous rite. ‘Thought and Existence’ is their sixth album for Ritual Productions and will be unveiled in its entirety this May 4th. A continuation…

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Chicha Summit IV: Money Chicha and Dos Santos take their Noir-Cumbia-Psychedelia across the Southwest and West Coast After touring in Texas, the Midwest, and along the East Coast, Money Chicha and Dos Santos will convene the 4th installment of the Chicha Summit, and this time they are heading across the Southwest and out to the…

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STONE SOUR ANNOUNCE NEW SPRING HEADLINE TOUR DATES Internationally acclaimed rock band Stone Sour has announced new spring headline tour dates. The trek features support from The Bronx, Palaye Royale and 68 on select dates and includes festival stops at Welcome To Rockville, Fort Rock, Carolina Rebellion and Lunatic Luau before wrapping up at Columbus,…

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Tallies (formerly Thrifty Kids) share new video single “Mother” Tallies (formerly Thrifty Kids) is a 4-piece indie pop band from Toronto, Ontario, founded in 2014 by lead singer and guitarist Sarah Cogan and guitarist Dylan Frankland. While studying recording engineering in Ottawa, Cogan and Frankland worked together on a school project for which they formed…

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Ladysse – ‘Eleven’ single Appropriately enough, Ladysse’s new single Eleven took about eleven minutes for multi-instrumentalist/vocalist Stephanie Lauren to write. Thematically, however, it’s a speculation years in the making: timeless and complex and wistful. Through the lens of Netflix series “Stranger Things,” Lauren recognizes the idiomatic complexities and simplicities of friendships, relationships, and young love,…

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Reach The World & Advertise @skopemag News STOLAR Announces New Single “Erase You’ STOLAR, the Brooklyn-based songwriter whom Village Voice called a “poly-genre multi-instrumentalist,” announces his latest single, “ERASE YOU”, a soulful, R&B-tinged piece replete with guitars and 70’s style vocal synthesizers, which is a piece mourning the loss of a love through heartbreak, the…

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Joyner Lucas And Chris Brown Releases Video To “Stranger Things” Atlantic Records artist Joyner Lucas teams up with multi-platinum singer/performer Chris Brown to release, “Stranger Things.” The joint single is accompanied by an official music video directed by Joyner Lucas himself. Known for his compelling music visuals, the video showcases the two leads sharing rapid…

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Joanna Alina to release ‘Back To You’ on February 23rd Joanna Alina is a singer songwriter who crafts personal narratives through strong melodies that combine pop, country and electronic styles. With an ear for pop sensibilities, she writes thoughtful lyrics with catchy hooks on guitar and piano. Inklings are Here to Fix your Doomed Love…

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Young Galaxy releases ‘Catch Your Breath’ Showcasing the band’s new independence, “Catch Your Breath” tackles neo-liberalism and the rise of nationalism in so-called democratic countries As the band puts it, “Catch Your Breath was written for that feeling of arrival at the frontier – a place outside the wave of fear, corruption, and capitalist greed…

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Frank Turner Releases Title Track “Be More Kind” Today Of the track, Turner says, “‘Be More Kind’, the song, is at the heart of the album, both lyrically and musically; when I finished it, I could see the rest of the album coming together around it.” TRITONAL RELEASES “OUT MY MIND” FT. RILEY CLEMMONS “Out…

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Mitch Shares Debut Track “Jersey” R&B’s newest bad boy, Houston-born-Phoenix-raised Mitch, shares his debut track “Jersey”. Intertwining classic 90’s R&B undertones with contemporary scenarios, “Jersey” explores the trials and tribulations of modern romance and the complex decision between love and the pursuit of your dreams. Company of Thieves return with “Better Together” EP Currently on…

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Manchester Orchestra + Julien Baker Cover Pedro The Lion’s “Bad Things To Such Good People,” “When the time came to release this cover, I thought it would be a good opportunity to raise money and gain attention for 1 Million 4 Anna, with which we have a deep connection and history,” explains Andy Hull of…

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INTERSCOPE RECORDS AND AIR JORDAN COLLABORATION Interscope Records and Jordan have collaborated on a limited-edition Air Jordan III sneaker in celebration of this year’s NBA All-Star Weekend, taking place in the label’s home city of Los Angeles. This is the first time the record label and brand have collaborated on a shoe. In addition to…

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Blake Brown & The American Dust Choir Shares “Between The Lines” Today, Denver-based group Blake Brown & The American Dust Choir shares the second track off their debut LP Long Way Home. “Between The Lines” was released exclusively via Atwood Magazine, who writes, “Blake sings ‘Between the Lines’ with his spouse Tiffany Brown, to offer…

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Jake Ward’s “Not Too Far to Reach” Soars to #1 on Texas Regional Radio Country singer-songwriter, Jake Ward, is celebrating his 4th consecutive #1 single on Texas radio with “Not Too Far to Reach” as it tops Texas Regional Radio Report. “Not Too Far to Reach” was written by Jake Ward, Mark Addison Chandler, and…

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Reach The World & Advertise @skopemag News The Henry Millers Founding Member has new single “Mismatched” Nashville based King John releases his brand new single “Mismatched” for all those whose Valentine’s Day did not go as planned. EDM Sauce says about the track, “In a genre filled with generic blah after blah, King John’s latest…

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“Crystal Clear” is a newly released track from Nebraskan act Shy Spell Shy Spell is a music project from an artist with extensive playing experience on the Los Angeles live circuit, now based in the Lincoln/Omaha, Nebraska area. One day, he stumbled upon a free piano from Craigslist, meant for someone else. “I kept walking…

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VICTORY IN SOUTH KOREA FOR 47 DOGS RESCUED FROM DOG MEAT HORROR Dozens of dogs destined to be eaten have been saved from the butcher’s knife by In Defense of Animals and Jindo Love. 47 puppies and dogs were among the survivors rescued from horrific conditions in slaughterhouses and backyard dog meat farms across South…

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Claude Hay Hits the Trail Once More with ‘Still Want More’ Claude Hay has become a permanent fixture on the festival circuit and rightly so. He has clocked up four albums since hitting the scene a decade ago and his music has taken him across the country and the world. After coming home after a…

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Get Ready to Sing Along to this Infectious Anthem When a band makes their entrance into the scene, it takes finding a song that perfectly encompasses the sound they are trying to achieve. Ottawa’s Write Home, makes a strong debut with the infectious “Overgrown” that the band is proud to premiere at Alternative Press. AP…

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Young Lyric “I Got The Juice” Produced By DJ X.O At only 17 she’s already preformed all over the The United States and starred in a nationally syndicated television show “The Rap Game” with Jermaine Dupri in it’s debut season on The Lifetime Network. Her stardom has never let up and this new effort is…

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Blair Sound Design ‘Console Humidity’ EP Having been steadily absorbing the flowery humidity in steamy spa towns of central Florida since his debut outing Chillax, Floridian $1 house music purveyor Blair Sound Design aka Kyle Lyon emerges into the Lobster forest with all 16-bit brass and duvet filters blazing. NOLATET Announces ‘No Revenge Necessary’ Nolatet—the…

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Dermot Kennedy & Mike Dean Team Up for “Moments Passed” Remix Fast-rising Irish artist Dermot Kennedy will release a remix of his single “Moments Passed”, which has received a special treatment from producer Mike Dean (Kanye West, Jay Z, Travis Scott, Desiigner). Dean maintains Dermot’s hauntingly beautiful melodies on the remix and adds his signature…

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British Folk Three-piece Tors Present Uniquely Crafted Harmonies in ‘Wilder Days’ Matt and Theo; two brothers that make up two thirds of Tors, started out their musical careers writing tracks featuring in critically acclaimed Channel 4 Drama – Skins. Alongside Tors, Matt writes music for multiple Japanese and Korean pop bands, and has also written…

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Sonny Alven Unveils Official Video for New Single ‘Backseat Lovin’ Norwegian breakthrough artist Sonny Alven has unleashed the official video release for his latest production, ‘Backseat Lovin’, via Universal Music. The track, a soft, and melancholic production guided by a sultry female vocal, was released on 2nd February, and follows Sonny’s various 2017 successes, including…

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