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@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope The Waking Point revives grunge rock with new single “Bad Girl” “Bad Girl” is a track that portrays an abusive and obsessive relationship with a mentor that went very sour. Bipolar disorder, machiavellian revenge, feminism all included in this disaster batch. The inspiration behind this was sparked after learning a Black…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope MOUNTAIN TAMER sign to HPS Records + new single unveiled! Californian heavy psych mavericks MOUNTAIN TAMER have recently announced their signing with cult and fuzz rock label Heavy Psych Sounds, who will release the band’s third album Psychosis Ritual on September 25th. Preorder start now, with a first single available for…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Freak Heat Waves Share New Video/Single: ‘Nothing Lasts Forever’ Canadian post-punk/electronic duo, Freak Heat Waves are today sharing ‘Nothing Lasts Forever’ – stream here – a fuzzy, psychedelic cut lifted from the forthcoming record, Zap The Planet which is out September 4 on Telephone Explosion. The new single follows the Brooklyn…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope MIKE LEPOND’S SILENT ASSASSINS Reveals “Tell Tale Heart” Video Today marks the official unveiling of MIKE LEPOND’S SILENT ASSASSINS’ anticipated new full-length, Whore Of Babylon! Forging a union between the mighty worlds of heavy metal and ancient history, Whore Of Babylon serves as the band’s third studio album and is a…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope MAN WITH A MISSION release brand new single ‘Change The World’ Japanese superstars MAN WITH A MISSION have released their brand new single ‘Change the World’. The huge anthemic rock track is accompanied by an epic video featuring martial arts, parkour and more as an innocent couple battle their way out…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope SUNBATHER debut EP ‘Brown Bread’ OUT NOW Between planning their wedding, a human rights stint in Myanmar working with Rohingya refugees and navigating a global pandemic, it’s been a wild ride for the pair since they laid down the EP tracks at Plutonium studios just over a year ago. First emerging…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Wyatt C. Louis Releases New Single “Dancing With Sue” Wyatt C. Louis is a Cree-Métis folk singer-songwriter, based in Moh’kinstsís (Calgary). He has made an impact on the eclectic city with songs built from soaring melodies, railroad-like finger picking and quiet, haunting vocals and lyrical phrasing. Dark, rustic tales meld folk…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Brooklyn’s Oceanator announces debut full length LP ‘Things I Never Said’ arriving Aug. 28th on Plastic Miracles! There’s a line on Oceanator’s debut full-length when Elise Okusami belts, “I think I think too much.” It’s a plainspoken yet resounding thesis for an album called Things I Never Said, which sees the…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope WATCH: Kyd The Band Reveals ‘Hard Feelings’ Official Video, Out Today. The ‘Hard Feelings’ visual was directed by longtime friend and collaborator Garret Hayes. It was filmed during lockdown in an intimate setting as Kyd The Band records the vocals for the riveting track. Premiered with Complex UK they said that…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Apollo Brown & Che’ Noir “Freedom” (New Single) “‘Freedom’ was a song I wrote at the end of 2019. It was before the George Floyd murder and before all the protesting and looting started happening in the US. It’s a song that I feel like my people needed at the time,…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope New single “Tequila Sunrise” available now – Hollow Graves This EP comes off the back of several months of live shows and working on new material in our live room last year. We self produced “Tequila Sunrise” during the first couple months of 2020, when we spent time in the studio…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Razteria/Renay “BOMS” (electronic pop, indie) BOMS (blood of my soul) represents the beautiful vulnerability we each feel when we love unconditionally. It came as a stream of consciousness three years ago, and developed into this orchestra of intense sound. Razteria is so grateful for the collaboration for the video (EA Films…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope OUT NOW: MATT LOVELL’S SOULFUL DEBUT LP “NOBODY CRIES TODAY” “I often tell stories by first explaining how they end. Somehow the destination of a tale creates something like a center of gravity to draw all the details of the past towards the final point,” Lovell has said of his process.…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope ABSURDIST GLAM ROCKER BABY FUZZ RELEASES “WEEKEND BLUES” SINGLE Baby FuzZ unapologetically jumps all over the genre map, with songs ranging from folk ballads to punk anthems and everything in between. As diverse as the music is, the lyrics are a singular and hyper self-aware narrative with strong political and social…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Charlie Gradon Offers Nostalgic New Single ‘Blurry Ones’ Sydney melancholic strummer Charlie Gradon takes a more upbeat approach on new single ‘Blurry Ones’ from his forthcoming sophomore EP. ‘Blurry Ones’ was written when Gradon bought his wife a vintage camera which took, as Gradon describes, “basically useless blurry photographs”. Born in…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Art Rock Supergroup MANDOKI SOULMATES Release Full-Length Album Feat. Ian Anderson, Jack Bruce, Al Di Meola and Others In Partnership With U.S. Label CLEOPATRA RECORDS! L.A.-based indie label Cleopatra Records and Hungarian-born songwriter/producer/musician Leslie Mandoki, the mastermind behind the living, breathing art rock project Mandoki Soulmates, are proud to announce the…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope out today: Existential Emptiness (CL) “Nevereinding Pain – Everlasting Sorrow” @ Death/Doom/Black Metal EXISTENTIAL EMPTINESS was formed in March 2018 as a way to express our most personal tastes without getting stuck in a particular style. In it, we find innately aspects of old school death metal, traditional doom metal, and…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Brit duo AVAWAVES release single and video “Voyager II” The classically trained pair, Anna Phoebe and Aisling Brouwer, create ambient soundscapes based on intricate interplay between violin and piano. Both are composers in their own right—Brouwer for film and television, and Phoebe for the U.K.’s Royal Ballet School—but it is through…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope JASIAH RELEASES TIMELY NEW SONG “REBEL” After releasing his ferocious aggro-rap single, “Break Shit,” earlier this year, genre-defying recording artist Jasiah returns with his latest release, “Rebel,” a protest anthem which arrives alongside original artwork drawn by Jasiah as well as a powerful visualizer – Sergeant Buzfuz explore lockdown London streets…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Offaiah remixes Crazy Cousinz floorfiller ‘Outline’ Enigmatic East London producer Offaiah has remixed the new Crazy Cousinz and Julie Bergen single ‘Outline’, out 12th June. Announcing itself with an assertive kick drum, Offaiah turns an already dancefloor-focused track into a certified deep house banger, pairing Bergen’s euphoric vocals with an infectious…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope TYGA RELEASES NEW SINGLE “VACATION” In order to say “Thanks” to first responders and others on the frontlines fighting COVID-19 and injustice, the GRAMMY® Award-nominated multiplatinum modern hip-hop icon decided to give back. He teamed up with Karisma Hotels & Resorts and will give away 10 all-expenses-paid vacations at Azul Beach…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Blackberry Smoke’s “Live From Capricorn Sound Studios” EP out today Recorded earlier this year at Capricorn Sound Studios in Macon, GA, the project consists of six new versions of songs that have special ties to the historic studio and town and was created as a lead up to the band’s anticipated…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Lil Gotit Returns with the Black-And-White “Bricks In The Attic” Video Bobbing and weaving through trap tracks with triplets and offbeat melodies, Lil Gotit is one of Atlanta’s most promising young voices. Welcoming us into his world of bricks and racks, the 20-year-old rapper shares “Bricks In The Attic,” a new…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Singapore Kane & DJ Premier “Dreams & Visions” From being the offspring of under-privileged Jamaican immigrants, to living in an environment surrounded by parasites and having constant restrictions/blockages thrown in his path, none of these impediments has stifled Boston [MA] lyricist Singapore Kane from pursuing his “Dreams & Visions,” produced by…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Ask Carol titled ‘Run With You’ Video “Run With You” is Ask Carol’s first ever real music video, made by the band themselves, under the corona-lockdown. Filmed around Carols home in the Norwegian woods, this short story portraits two girls, two sisters, desperate to get away. One of the sisters is…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Bruce Hornsby to release Non-Secure Connection August 14 + “My Resolve” featuring James Mercer debuts The new record follows the release of 2019’s acclaimed album, Absolute Zero, which The New York Times praised as “one more daring, rewarding turn in his catalog: 10 knotty, thoughtful yet rambunctious songs that juggle scientific…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Dan Croll shares new video for ‘So Dark’, shot in an Uber in L.A. (pre-lockdown) Recorded exclusively in the backseat of an Uber and captured by visual collaborators Wild Honey Pie, the singer and songwriter croons his way through this humble and emotive rendition of his newest offering, as he takes…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope A BOOGIE WIT DA HOODIE UNVEILS HIGHLY ANTICIPATED DELUXE VERSION OF ‘ARTIST 2.0’ Multi-platinum recording artist A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie returns with the highly-anticipated deluxe version of his acclaimed third studio album, ARTIST 2.0, available this Friday, June 19, via Highbridge The Label/Atlantic Records. GARZI Reminisces On “SUMMER” Official Music…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope AZURE EMOTE: Revolver Magazine Premieres “Curse Of Life” Video Tune in to Revolver Magazine to see the premiere of avant death metal unit AZURE EMOTE’s stunning new video for “Curse Of Life.” The track is found on the outfit’s third album, The Third Perspective, which saw release in March through Polish…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Kenny Loggins to Appear on Jay Leno’s Garage on 6/17 Legendary singer-songwriter Kenny Loggins will appear on an all-new episode of Jay Leno’s Garage this Wednesday, June 17, at 10pm ET/PT on CNBC. In this episode, Kenny Loggins takes Jay Leno for a ride in a Porsche 365 replica that looks…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope New Release from Looters :”Right At Home” Weigh The Anchor Weigh The Anchor is an emerging band from Oakville, Ontario, Canada. The band released their debut in 2017. Since then, the band has continued to tour and play shows. The band has garnered well over 450,000 streams on Spotify and has…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Venus Furs – Paul Kasner – “Paranoia” as an examination of mental health The accompanying video attempts to capture the associated feelings of isolation and alienation, running after and away from yourself, and the discomfort of being alone whether you’re in a crowd or on your own. Coincidentally, it was filmed…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Ben Kunder – “Stranger” is me really letting go The stranger, from my upcoming album Searching For The Stranger, is the unknown, the different, the fight, the human connection we long for but haven’t yet experienced. The strange and weird that exists inside of us, the genetic makeup that we tend…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope DBK Country Radio – Track: Drinking Whiskey in the Afternoon This song is called Drinking Whiskey in the Afternoon. It’s under the name DBK Country Radio. It is available on Itunes, Spotify, Amazon, and Youtube. It’s a fun and light song in the genre of Alan Jackson’s and Jimmy Buffet’s, 5…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope BRUX’s “Fruit” Gets Reworked by Go Freek, Otira and Sinden The sensual title track off BRUX’s debut EP, Fruit, is explored through a series of dancefloor friendly remixes. Incorporating dark stabs, organ riffs and a fire-starting groove, Go Freek reworks “Fruit” into a vital house offering. Rave enthusiast Otira puts his…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope New Music This Week – Norah Jones, Built to Spill, Jehnny Beth, and More New Releases for June 12, 2020 – Here are the AllMusic editors’ picks for the most noteworthy releases this week. Looking for more? Visit our New Releases page. SE SUPONIA, LO MAS RECIENTE DE “EL JONSON”, J.…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Dennis Ellsworth shares “Step Into The Light” featuring Reeny Smith Charlottetown, PEI songwriter Dennis Ellsworth shares a reimagined version of his song “Step Into The Light,” featuring a powerful vocal performance by Reeny Smith. The song hails from Common Senselessness, a five song companion project to Ellsworth’s critically praised 2019 album…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Checkmark (Skitzofreniks) Is A Father Against Dead Beat Dads With New Video “Thanks For Life” Hailing from Cambridge, MA, Skitzofreniks have been a staple of the Boston Hip Hop scene since the mid-90’s. CheckMark & Eddie Bones (RIP) epic live shows were revered as that of playground legends; while their grassroots…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope HONNE RETURN WITH DREAMY NEW SINGLE, “NO SONG WITHOUT YOU” Written alongside Anderson.Paak collaborator Pomo during a spontaneous trip to Los Angeles in January and later finished at their studio in Hackney and in insolation during lockdown, ‘no song without you’ sees HONNE strip everything back, pick up their acoustic guitars…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Meg Lawrenson Captivates With ‘Use My Body’ Brighton based Meg Lawrenson is cementing her name as a real force in the pop realm and her latest release ‘Use My Body’ will grab you within an instant. It is a track which takes influence from some of the commercial pop greats such…
