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Potatohead People Release New Single, “Quest For Love” Dropping by today to slide you one of my favorite new releases of this year- Potatohead People’s “Quest For Love.” The track, a hip-hop meets future electronic single, represents the first cut off the duo’s highly anticipated forthcoming album, Nick & Astro’s Guide To The Galaxy (out…

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LEON BRIDGES RELEASES TWO NEW TRACKS FROM FORTHCOMING SOPHOMORE ALBUM Two-time Grammy nominated R&B artist & songwriter Leon Bridges has released two new tracks from his forthcoming sophomore album. “Bet Ain’t Worth the Hand” and “Bad Bad News” were Zane Lowe’s World Records on Beats 1 on Apple Music today. SKINLESS: New Full-Length, Savagery, To…

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Karabas Barabas Release Music Video For Politically Pointed “That 70’s Song (NPR Tiny Desk Contest 2018)” Psychedelic Alt-Rock trio KARABAS BARABAS have released a retro, live video for their single, “That 70s Song,” off of their December 2017 released Sex with the Devil. SMALL TOWN TITANS Celebrate 24 Years of ‘Superunknown’ “Chris Cornell has been…

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Dynamo ‘Calligraphist’ New Single Artist Overview: Calligraphist is a Bulgarian artist based in Manchester, UK. He is primarily known for his lyricism and presence in the Underground Hip-Hop scene. Winner of Kool G Rap’s emcee competition at age 20. Song Description: Dynamo is an audio vanitas of sorts… a tune reminding the listener about the…

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Vlad Holiday Premieres “Children” via THE WILD HONEY PIE Vlad Holiday began his career at sixteen by dropping out of high school to tour the US after landing a record deal with his first band. He’d only been in the country for six years at that point, having fled his birthplace of Bucharest, Romania after…

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Alison Wonderland announces second album ‘Awake’ and drops new single ‘No’ Making history as the highest ever billed female DJ at last year’s Coachella, Alison Wonderland announces a 14-track LP, titled ‘Awake’, set to land on 6th April. The album features Alison’s previous singles ‘Happy Place’ and ‘Church’ as well as an array of brand-new…

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MUNA RELEASE 3-SONG ACOUSTIC EP “ABOUT U: ONE YEAR ON” TODAY Today, Los Angeles-based trio MUNA release a 3-song acoustic EP entitled About U: One Year On. The EP was recorded live in studio on February 2nd which marks exactly one year since the release of their debut album About U. About U: One Year…

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PERFECT BLUE SKY Release ‘Fiction Man’ Single Multinational Band PERFECT BLUE SKY have released their third classic rock single ‘Fiction Man’ including a lyric video and live video. The live video was at The Preservation Room in London UK by videographer John Kye. The song is taken from the album ‘The Eye Of Tilos’, which…

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Dr Dog Share new single Philadelphia’s beloved Dr Dog are today sharing their new single, ‘Buzzing In The Light’, the latest to be taken from their forthcoming album Critical Equation, due for release via We Buy Gold Records/Thirty Tigers on April 27, 2018. This new cut follows in the footsteps of the Consequence of Sound-supported…

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New Video! Michael W Smith “Surrounded” Master available for Broadcast today! Multi-Platinum artist, best-selling author and acclaimed actor Michael W. Smith continues to live out his dream; he releases new music regularly and performs around the world to sold-out crowds of loyal and inspired fans. During Michael’s storied career, he’s not only been honored with…

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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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