Music and entertainment news
@skopemag news – wednesday – june 9, 2021 @ 12 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope ASAP Rocky, Akala and Ice Cube among top 10 artists singing about alcohol & drugs… Alcohol and drugs will always be an important part of music culture. Whether it’s Afroman vocalising his admiration for marijuana “Because I got High”…
@skopemag news – tuesday – june 7, 2021 @ 5 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Blood Cultures Lifts The Veil on Eight-Track Project LUNO Today, experimental psych indie act Blood Cultures lifts the veil on their anticipated eight-track project, LUNO, out now on Pack Records. Having long been an artist centered around anonymity, LUNO…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope ROWDY REBEL & A BOOGIE WIT DA HOODIE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED MUSIC VIDEO FOR “9 BRIDGE” TODAY! They not only bring together Rowdy Rebel’s neighborhood of Flatbush, Brooklyn and A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie’s home of Kingsbridge Avenue in The Bronx, but they also fuse their respective movements with Rowdy Rebel repping…
@skopemag news – thursday – june 3, 2021 @ 3 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Watch: Dublin rapper Malaki shares powerful visuals for ‘The Riddler’ Having made impact with previous release ‘Someone Like You 2’ which transformed a Van Morrison classic into a bone-chilling commentary on toxic masculinity and its effect on Irish youth,…
@skopemag news – thursday – june 3, 2021 @ 12 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope LOTUS THRONES: Decibel Magazine Premieres “Fatigue” Video Philadelphia-based LOTUS THRONES, the solo project formed by former Wolvhammer and Across Tundras drummer Heath Rave during the 2020 quarantine, presents a new video for the song “Fatigue,” through an exclusive premiere…
@skopemag news – wednesday – june 2, 2021 @ 5 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Amber Liu, Yultron & Kellin Quinn Reveal “No Fear” Out Now! “No Fear” is Yultron’s second release from his upcoming project featuring global stars of the East and West. The hybrid electronic / rock track features Kellin Quinn from…
@skopemag news – wednesday – june 2, 2021 @ 3 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Rakkatakka! VAN CANTO Reveals New Single and Video for “Faith Focus Finish” The world’s most exciting acapella metal masters VAN CANTO return with their energetic and unique Rakkatakka-power. The inimitable new offering, To The Power Of Eight will be…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope ZOE WEES’ DEBUT EP, GOLDEN WINGS, IS OUT TODAY Zoe Wees – who was named as “One To Watch” in this recent Billboard article – explains, “This is a song about losing someone you really love and feel close to. It’s dedicated to my great-grandmother, who sadly passed away. She was…
@skopemag news – tuesday – june 1, 2021 @ 3 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Meggie Lennon (ffo Melody’s Echo Chamber, Helena Deland) | Shares new single / Announces debut album The album is out via the Montreal DIY label, Mothland on July 9. The record features contributions from Gabriel Lambert of Elephant Stone…
@skopemag news – tuesday – june 1, 2021 @ 12 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope DRAWN AND QUARTERED: Death metal stalwarts debut “Carnage Atrocity” Remarks Herb Burke, the band’s vocalist and bassist: “With jagged slashing and frenzied disembowelment, ‘Carnage Atrocity,’ is a neck-snapping orgy of violence that will sear itself upon the mind; a…
@skopemag news – monday – may 31, 2021 @ 7 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope CASPR RELEASES NEW SONG “COKE NOSE” ALONGSIDE POLARIZING MUSIC VIDEO Over the past few years, New York artist Caspr (formerly known as PPG Casper) has been building a cult-like fanbase via Soundcloud drops, music videos and underground shows. It…
@skopemag news – monday – may 31, 2021 @ 12 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Scotland’s Laurence Murray Project release swirling soul-psych-pop ‘NPD’ Laurence Murray Project recorded their sophomore release ‘NPD’ at the UK’s most remote recording studio: Black Bay Studio on the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. This setting helped create the…
@skopemag news – monday – may 31, 2021 @ 10 am est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Deryck Whibley of Sum 41 “Catching Fire” after healing from wife’s suicide attempt Sum 41 fans from all over the world collectively submitted their stories of loss seen in the beautifully shot black and white video for “Catching Fire.”…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope OLIVER TREE UNVEILS UGLY IS BEAUTIFUL: SHORTER, THICKER & UGLIER Oliver Tree has released the deluxe version of his chart-topping 2020 debut album. Ugly is Beautiful: Shorter, Thicker & Uglier arrives today with seven brand new songs, including the recently released single “Out of Ordinary” as well as the long-awaited official…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope DUDE TRIPS Sign To Venn Records + Return With Fourth EP Rising Scottish emo band DUDE TRIPS are delighted to announce that they have signed to Gallows’ label Venn Records for the release of their fourth EP, You Are The Reason I Hate Leaving, on 6th August 2021. Jonas Blue &…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope MØ returns with “Live To Survive” – track + video out now “‘Live To Survive’ is a song about pulling yourself back up after the crash of a toxic relationship to someone or something,” says MØ. “It’s a reminder that life is a constant dance of ups and downs, and that…
@skopemag news – thursday – may 27, 2021 @ 12 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Pop Artist Jillian Rossi Releases New Single “Fever Dream,” “Fever Dream” has independently become one of the most viral songs on the internet and made Spotify’s Viral 50 Charts this week (#22 in USA, #26 in Canada, #32 in…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Waterparks Release New Music Video for “Violet!” The purple-hued video is simultaneously fun and avant garde, fitting for the undeniably brilliant track. ‘Violet!’ is the most recent single off of Greatest Hits – the song is playful with an addicting beat and Awsten’s catchy lyrics will be stuck in your head…
@skopemag news – wednesday – may 26, 2021 @ 3 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope CRASHING WAYWARD RELEASE -“DISCO KILLS” Sonically there is something different here, whether it provokes or invokes an emotion, a beat, an attitude, “Disco Kills” delivers from beginning to end. The vocals arouse the groove calls and are all timely…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Royal & the Serpent says “phuck u” Royal & the Serpent released her last single “i can’t get high” in February, which she played in her set on YUNGBLUD’s ‘The Weird Time of Life’ global digital tour last year. “ICGH” follows “bad kids” ft Yoshi Flower and Royal’s October ‘get a…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope SUNRISE has released the new video “Equilibrium” along with the album ‘Equilibria’, the 4th full-length album of Ukrainian power metal band SUNRISE, has been officially released today, on May 25th. Along with the album, SUNRISE presents the official video for the title track “Equilibrium” about the eternal fight between the light…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Morray Doesn’t Have Time for Relationship Drama in “Nothing Now” Video With sharp songwriting and a passionate singing voice, Morray is one of the biggest breakout stars of 2021. Coming through with another video from his debut project Street Sermons, Morray shares “Nothing Now.” Emoting over twanging guitar and thumping low-end,…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Gone To Color shares debut single “The 606” feat. Jessie Stein of The Luyas Gone to Color is an experimental rock/electronic music duo originally formed in Cincinnati and currently coexisting in Atlanta and Washington D.C. Core members Tyler Bradley Walker and Matt Heim frequently use the collaborative space to explore their…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope SCHISMOPATHIC: Decibel Magazine Premieres “Vote For Me” Video From Cult Polish Grindcore Outfit SCHISMOPATHIC’s The Human Legacy was recorded and mixed at 125 Studio between May 2020 and March 2021, and produced by Michal “Maly” Kwiecień. The record’s intro features Kwiecień and Artur “Janek” Jasiński, and the outro features Sebastian “Stecyk”…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Hotly tipped alternative rock outfit Ten Eighty Trees release new single ‘Fear of Falling’ Having already received support directly from the likes of Tom Robinson (BBC Radio 6), as well as Hype Machine tastemakers Yack Magazine, Little Indie Blogs, Popped Music, and The Girls at The Rock Show Newcastle-based rock band,…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Jason Mraz Look For the Good Live! Summer Tour 2021 Hits Mohegan Sun Arena on August 22nd Farmer, philanthropist, and Grammy-winning musician Jason Mraz today announced his first US tourfhfhh.jpg dates since the onset of the pandemic. “Look For The Good Live!” kicks off July 30th at Austin’s legendary Stubb’s Waller…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Norway’s DIVEST Announce New EP ‘Mercury Retrograde’ Released 11th June 2021 via Sellout! Music Oslo, Norway-based band Divest are pleased to announce that their new EP Mercury Retrograde will be released on 11th June 2021 via Norwegian independent label Sellout! Music (Beezewax, Pelicat). Lead single ‘By My Side’ is the first…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Gabe Dixon Shares Soulful New Single “Lay It On Me” / New Album Out June 25 Today, Gabe Dixon shares “Lay It On Me,” the soulful title track off his new album releasing on June 25. Dixon recently spoke with The Boot about the inspiration for the track and shared the…
@skopemag news – thursday – may 20, 2021 @ 3 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Country Chart-Topping Singer-Songwriter Larry Jay Finds “That Kind Of Love” On Latest Single With a new single release coming out every month in 2021, one might think that Larry Jay would eventually run out of stories to tell. Well,…
@skopemag news – thursday – may 20, 2021 @ 12 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope ENCHANTING TAPS COI LERAY FOR “FREAKY DEAKY” display, the Social That Pays, Announces displayFest Headliners and an A-List Roster of Performances to Continue Virtual Concert Series display, the social that pays, today announces phase two of its displayFest lineup…
@skopemag news – thursday – may 20, 2021 @ 12 am est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope “Inescapably beautiful” new single from Gawain and the Green Knight // New EP coming soon “Fingers” is “a love song for my soon-to-be husband [bandmate Mike O’Malley], simple as that,” says singer/guitarist Alexia Antoniou, and one of her only…
@skopemag news – wednesday – may 19, 2021 @ 5 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope QUIN NFN DROPS NEW MUSIC VIDEO FOR “HAVING MY WAY” WITH DEREZ DE’SHON The first song Quin ever made was a remix of a track by Chicago’s teenage drill rapper Lil Mouse. The song earned him a local buzz…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Artefakt share video for “Chimes at Midnight” “Chimes at Midnight” is Artefakt’s new single, released via the German multichannel platform, Sound of Berlin. Nick Lapien and Robin Kopek return with a modern electronic hypnotic techno track with introspective melodies and a bassline that is both groovy and gentle. The track feels…
@skopemag news – wednesday – may 19, 2021 @ 12 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Newcomer Bobby McClendon Releases New Single “Whiskey Burnin’” “For me, the song is about the beginning of a breakup. Where you feel something isn’t right. it burns just like the first shot of whiskey but the more you drink…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Nice Night To Get Lost Guitar and storytelling is what brought me to music in the first place, but by 2013 I had all but abandoned my folky roots for synths, dance beats and pop one-liners. One night while out at the movies with my family, we saw Coen Brothers classic,…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Windsor, ON Rockers RAVENSCODE Set Speakers Ablaze with New Single, “Fire” The latest from their recent album, Fire and Storm, the Windsor-based band releases an inferno off the opening note: heavy electrics, pulsating percussion, pounding bass and an explosion of melodic vox. The listener is drawn into a fury of emotion,…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Embracing your Uniqueness – Sugary Pop New Single Gina Naomi Baez is an actress, singer/songwriter, YouTuber and influencer from New York City. With a flourishing acting career having landed roles in Spike Lee’s She’s Gotta Have It, Orange is the New Black and numerous Off-Broadway and Regional theatrical productions, Baez has…
@skopemag news – tuesday – may 18, 2021 @ 12 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Check out my new single Lemonade! You’re always supposed to give things your all, but be careful about putting your energy into people or things that won’t give any energy back. I sing about the slow-burning nature of the…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Release Day: NYC Queer Art-Pop Artist Prince Johnny releases cathartic debut EP “Stupid Sex” Stupid Sex is an introspective & unflinching exploration of self-loathing, shame, hyper-sexualization, solitude, and the modern queer experience as a sensitive soul in the shadow of the AIDS crisis. Prince Johnny melts down and fuses genres within…
@skopemag news – monday – may 17, 2021 @ 5 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Saskatoon, SK Singer/Songwriters CAMERON & CRAWFORD Muse Aloud in New Single “Sometimes In September” Following their Latin-influenced critique of modern political hi-jinks, Saskatoon, SK singer/songwriter duo Cameron & Crawford are back to break your heart with their impassioned new…
