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SKOPE NEWS FOR DECEMBER 8, 2017

The Reverend Shawn Amos Releases New Video for “2017” Critically acclaimed American roots artist, The Reverend Shawn Amos has released a new animated lyric video for his recent single “2017”. The video launched today via The Alternate Root. With a string section reminiscent of B.B. King’s “The Thrill Is Gone“ and Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going…

SKOPE NEWS FOR DECEMBER 7, 2017

Chris Stapleton performs “Millionaire” on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” The appearance celebrates Stapleton’s new album, From A Room: Volume 2, which is out now Mercury Records Nashville (purchase digitally and with exclusive limited-edition bundles). Already receiving widespread acclaim, NPR Music praises, “…folding these songs into his repertoire lends greater emotional weight to his entire body of…

SKOPE NEWS FOR DECEMBER 6, 2017

KEHLANI INTRODUCES NEW VIDEO FOR “HONEY” GRAMMY® nominated R&B singer Kehlani has revealed a new video for her latest track “Honey.” The acoustic ballad is now accompanied by a companion visual available for viewing here. Jamaican Callaloo Sessions Rebel Sound Records is proud to partner with United Reggae on the Jamaican Callaloo Sessions. United Reggae…

SKOPE NEWS FOR DECEMBER 5, 2017

Jack Massic brings us “The Mirror” Jack Massic once again brings the good vibes and feel good lyrics to everyones ears with “The Mirror”, a track about overcoming the bad impressions one can have about themselves. Collaborating this time with rapper Wes Writer, this is also the first single in which Jack Massic sings himself…

SKOPE NEWS FOR DECEMBER 4, 2017

‘TALK TO YA’ THE NEW EP FROM HRVY HRVY returns with his second EP of 2017 – Talk To Ya – and a brand new video. The five-track EP is available now at all digital retailers. FLO RIDA RELEASES VIDEO FOR “HOLA” FEATURING MALUMA Earlier today, Flo Rida released the companion video to his new…

WEEKEND EDITION: SKOPE NEWS FOR DECEMBER 2 – 3, 2017

Line & Circle’s new EP is out today, Ohio-born, Los Angeles-based Line & Circle follows up their acclaimed singles and debut LP with their new EP Vicious Folly, out TODAY via Grand Gallop – it’s now available on all platforms, including Spotify / Apple / TIDAL / Bandcamp. Today they share the music video for…

SKOPE NEWS FOR DECEMBER 1, 2017

Introducing Brisbane’s newest punk outfit DELUSO Following their debut in early 2017, Brisbane’s newest pop punk trio comes out swinging with new single and ‘Don’t Look’ and accompanying video, premiering via CONTROL Zine this week. Reminiscent of house parties in rickety Queenslanders, on warm Brissy nights with cheap beer and good mates, Deluso capture the…

SKOPE NEWS FOR NOVEMBER 30, 2017

MIGUEL ANNOUNCES THE WAR & LEISURE TOUR With less than three days until the release of his highly anticipated fourth studio album, Grammy Award-winning singer / songwriter Miguel has announced a North American tour in support of his upcoming album, War & Leisure. The 35 date THE WAR & LEISURE TOUR kicks off February 22nd…

SKOPE NEWS FOR NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Reach The World & Advertise @skopemag News Brooke Moriber Performing National Anthem LIVE at MSG During NY Knicks Game On Wednesday, November 29th as the NY Knicks get ready to take on the Miami Heat, they certainly won’t be the only ones entertaining the crowd at Madison Square Garden as singer/songwriter Brooke Moriber takes the…

SKOPE NEWS FOR NOVEMBER 27, 2017

The Next One Direction: Undecided Future Wins Duet with Jason Derulo on YouTube’s “Best.Cover.Ever.” “Best.Cover.Ever.” is a cutting-edge talent competition series hosted and executive produced by Grammy Award-winning artist Ludacris and produced by Ryan Seacrest Productions and Endemol Shine North America. The series premiered exclusively on YouTube Monday, November 20th and features superstar artists Jason…

SKOPE NEWS FOR SUNDAY NOVEMBER 26, 2017

David Lee Murphy Hits The Top 40 in 2 Weeks When times are tough, a good ole boy’ll figure out how to stay sane – and then write a song about it. But for David Lee Murphy, he took things a step further when he wrote “Everything’s Gonna To Be Alright.” Rather than just write…

SKOPE NEWS FOR NOVEMBER 22, 2017

TOTO BONA LOKUA Announce Long-Awaited Return with ‘Bondeko’ The musical adventure known as ‘Toto Bona Lokua’ began 13 years ago when three renown world musicians came together to form a magical bond. Now Gerald Toto, Richard Bona, and Lokua Kanza have reunited in 2017 to pick up where they left off. With soulful, CSN-esque harmonies…

SKOPE NEWS FOR NOVEMBER 21, 2017

SOREN BRYCE Premieres New Video “Cellophane” Brooklyn based singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist, Soren Bryce, teamed up with Refinery 29 to premiere her brand-new video for “Cellophane.” The track, which draws parallels between love and addiction, layered with chilling synth lines and ominous vocals, is off her debut full-length, Discussions With Myself, which will be released early 2018. Stream…

SKOPE NEWS FOR NOVEMBER 20, 2017

SSION LAUNCHES “COMEBACK” 2018 will mark a decade for Cody Critcheloe releasing music as SSION (pronounced SHUN) and appropriately the first new single from SSION, out now, is called “Comeback”. SSION has gained a cult following in art /film/ fashion/ music for writing infections pop songs that blur gender and genre. SSION’s videos, directed by…

WEEKEND EDITION: SKOPE NEWS FOR NOVEMBER 18-19, 2017

NEW MUSIC VIDEO AVAILABLE Chris Cornell’s Original Song “THE PROMISE” Pioneering recording artist Chris Cornell, who sadly passed away in May, wrote the title song for the film, The Promise, the first major film about the Armenian Genocide. The song and its video compellingly weave the Genocide with humanitarian crises of today. The song focuses…

SKOPE NEWS FOR NOVEMBER 17, 2017

SIDDHI KID Releases Drops His Newest Single Today With the newest single, SIDDHI KID peers into the duality between man’s emotions and primal urges that define our very nature. Perceivably human, but not so far from animalistic. Conjuring a wild and free infectious dance groove, Siddhi Kid delves into the deepest recesses of our mind…

SKOPE NEWS FOR NOVEMBER 16, 2017

The Poodles – New video out today The Poodles are back with “It’s no good”, the second single from the coming album “PRISMA”, in virtual and physical stores early 2018! “We took on the challenge to do our version of an iconic song from a different genre”, says lead singer Jakob Samuel. “Depeche Mode is…

SKOPE NEWS FOR NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Reach The World & Advertise @skopemag News NSTASIA shares new song “Chains” Haitian-American singer/songwriter NSTASIA shares her new song “Chains” from her upcoming debut New Religion EP out this Friday, 11/17. The smoldering track chronicles NSTASIA’s own affinity for Atlanta playboys and the fiery passion that engulfs those relationships. She’s released a line up of…

SKOPE NEWS FOR NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Reach The World & Advertise @skopemag News SINARO RELEASE “BREAK THE PARADIGM” OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO New York City-based heavy metal band SINARO has just shared their long-awaited official music video for the single “Break the Paradigm.” Led by Brazilian born guitarist Gus Sinaro, the band has been paving a name for themselves in the New…

SKOPE NEWS FOR NOVEMBER 13, 2017

‘The Knells II’ Combines Art Rock and Classical Sophistication on Second Album The brainchild of guitarist and composer Andrew McKenna Lee, The Knells trace their roots back through nearly 1000 years of western classical music and refract them through the lenses of progressive, psychedelic, and experimental rock. On Knells II, releasing November 10 on Lee’s…

VETERANS DAY – WEEKEND EDITION: SKOPE NEWS FOR NOVEMBER 11 – 12, 2017

EVANESCENCE RELEASE FOURTH STUDIO ALBUM SYNTHESIS TODAY Today, two-time GRAMMY award-winning group EVANESCENCE release their fourth and most ambitious album to date SYNTHESIS via Sony Music Entertainment. The new album is a reimagining of some of EVANESCENCE’s best-loved songs – as well as a couple of new ones – recorded with a full orchestra and…

SKOPE NEWS FOR NOVEMBER 10, 2017

LÉON SHARES NEW MUSIC VIDEO FOR “I BELIEVE IN US” The charismatic singer had appearances at Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, Bumbershoot and Meadows Festival in the summer and just recently wrapped up her second North American headline tour this fall. Sweden’s LÉON shares the Origins of her new song, “I Believe In Us”: Stream NF UNVEILS OFFICIAL VIDEO…

SKOPE NEWS FOR NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Spotlite App Continues Growth Bursting Into Top 10 Emerging FREE sing app Spotlite continues to gain momentum jumping into the top 10 over the weekend and holding firmly on the #10 spot on the iTunes Top Free Music App Chart, announced today! Boasting more than 30,000 downloads per week, Spotlite has already won support from…

SKOPE NEWS FOR NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Reach The World & Advertise @skopemag News Grant-Lee Phillips To Release ‘Widdershins’ February 23, 2018 “I’m drawing from the urgency of the moment,” says acclaimed Nashville-based singer-songwriter Grant-Lee Phillips of Widdershins, his ninth solo album set for February 23, 2018 release on Yep Roc Records. Inspired by “the things that eat away in the late…

SKOPE NEWS FOR NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Reach The World & Advertise @skopemag News PLIES RELEASES VIDEO FOR “CHECK CALLIN” Today, Plies releases the video for his new track “Check Callin” ft. YoungBoy Never Broke Again. The hit track is currently featured on BET JAMS as the Jam of the Week. “Check Callin” follows the May release of Plies’ track “Real Hitta”…

SKOPE NEWS FOR NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Cameron Bloomfield Debut EP ‘The Night Before’ Following the release of upbeat funk track ?Get In Get Out?, rising star Cameron Bloomfield gives us his mesmerising, slick debut EP ‘The Night Before’, available now to stream and buy via Insanity Records. MADISON BEER ‘SAY IT TO MY FACE’ Say It To My Face is the…

WEEKEND EDITION: SKOPE NEWS FOR NOVEMBER 4-5, 2017

DYLAN DILI RELEASES NEW MUSIC VIDEO ‘ITS OK’ FROM ALBUM ‘PAIN 2 POWER’ This song was made for the people! Inspired by the trials and tribulations of everyday life, it encourages you to inhale positive energy and exhale the negative! Filmed by the legendary Erick Sermon from “Def Squad Films” and produced by Xpert Productions,…

SKOPE NEWS FOR NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Reach The World & Advertise @skopemag News Phono Pony’s Single “Tattoo Of My Face” Consisting of guitar, drums, synth and vocals, “they elicit more than they suggest with their barebones methodology scattered like a broken beer bottle. There’s something demented and gluttonous about Phono Pony.” Their first EP, Phonography, was well received by Vancouver’s critics…

SKOPE NEWS FOR NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Jennifer Hanson Releases Animated Music Video For Song “Only Thing I Really Need” Ahead of the Friday release of her Christmas EP, Under the Tree, Jennifer Hanson has released a wonderfully retro animated music video for the song “Only Thing I Really Need.” The feel of the lyric video is intentionally reminiscent of the classic…

SKOPE NEWS FOR NOVEMBER 1, 2017

The Dead Milkmen Release New EP Philly punk icons the Dead Milkmen are pleased to announce their new EP, Welcome to the End of the World, out this month on The Giving Groove. And to celebrate, the band is launching a remix contest in partnership with The Giving Groove and TASCAM. For nearly 35 years,…

HALLOWEEN EDITION: SKOPE NEWS FOR OCTOBER 31, 2017

Reach The World & Advertise @skopemag News slowthai drops new video for ‘Round & Round’ It’s been just over six months since Northampton-bred rapper, Slowthai, barged his way to the fore with his debut EP, ‘slowitdownn’. The project quickly earned him a cult following and plenty of industry co-signs and nods from fashion innovators like…

SKOPE NEWS FOR OCTOBER 30, 2017

Former Homeless Drug Addict singer RONALD TROY COLLINS Drops First Single Release of the first single from Ronald Troy Collins on Goat Records, “Hell or High Water.” The release represents a stupendous achievement for a man who was homeless less than a year months ago. The single is the coming together of all the amazing…

WEEKEND EDITION: SKOPE NEWS FOR OCTOBER 28 – 29, 2017

MICHAEL ALEXANDER & BIG WHISKEY RELEASE VIDEO FOR LYNYRD SKYNYRD’S SIMPLE MAN Michael Alexander & Big Whiskey, the Southern Rock band from Madison, WI, have released a video for “Simple Man” which appears on their debut album Sandman out now. MAJID JORDAN’S NEW ALBUM THE SPACE BETWEEN ARRIVES TODAY Majid Jordan release their second full-length…

SKOPE NEWS FOR OCTOBER 27, 2017

Reach The World & Advertise @skopemag News The Poodles “IT`S NO GOOD” New single out today The Poodles are back with “It’s no good”, the second single from the coming album “PRISMA”, in virtual and physical stores early 2018! “We took on the challenge to do our version of an iconic song from a different…

SKOPE NEWS FOR OCTOBER 26, 2017

Reach The World & Advertise @skopemag News Katie Armiger’s sexual harassment claims Yesterday, country singer Katie Armiger gave an interview with FOX News where she detailed how her railing against sexual harassment in the music industry (including by radio hosts) ended her music career. The head of her former label, Cold River Records, gave a…

SKOPE NEWS FOR OCTOBER 25, 2017

Reach The World & Advertise @skopemag News The Struts release video for ‘One Night Only’ UK rockers The Struts’ have just unveiled the video for their US hit single ‘One Night Only’. Directed by Ryan Hunter Phillips the video captures the band’s high energy, colourful and captivating live performance. Hunter Phillips has worked with the…

SKOPE NEWS FOR OCTOBER 24, 2017

Reach The World & Advertise @skopemag News OVERDOZ. DELIVERS NEW TRACK “BACKSTAGE” Los Angeles hip-hop collective OverDoz. releases a new track, “Backstage” featuring Grammy-award winning, ByStorm Entertainment/RCA Records recording artist, Miguel, from their long awaited forthcoming debut album, 2008 due out this Friday, October 27th via Polo Grounds Music/RCA Records. P!NK SCORES BILLBOARD 200 #1…

SKOPE NEWS FOR OCTOBER 23, 2017

Reach The World & Advertise @skopemag News AYO & TEO RELEASES NEW VIDEO FOR “BETTER OFF ALONE” Dance and rap duo Ayo & Teo release their new video for “Better Off Alone” today – HERE. The energetic track follows their viral platinum hit “Rolex.” The electrifying video for “Better Off Alone” captures the energy of…

WEEKEND EDITION: SKOPE NEWS FOR OCTOBER 21 – 22, 2017

Trupa Trupa Share ‘Jolly New Songs’ Album Trailer http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/new-music/trupa-trupa-jolly-new-songsToday, Gdansk, Poland post-punk-psych band Trupa Trupa share the trailer for their third LP Jolly New Songs. Impose Magazine reviewed the album and premiered the trailer, stating, “With many genres interlaced – from post-rock, to grunge, to psych rock, to alternative, it swirls with through the body…

SKOPE NEWS FOR OCTOBER 20, 2017

Robokid & Phem New Single “Judge Me” The track is a collaboration between LA-based producer Robokid (of the Moving Castle label) and phem (who has collaborated with G-Eazy and Gnash in the past). Nest HQ says “The duo appear to be a match made in heaven, precisely complementing each other’s sounds and personalities for an…