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@skopemag news – weekend – march 7 – 8, 2020 @ 11 am est

@skopemag APP – Apple iTunes – @skopemag APP – Google / Android – Porches Releases New Track & Video “Patience” From his forthcoming new album Ricky Music, due out March 13, Porches a.k.a. Aaron Maine has shared a new track, album opener “Patience”. It comes alongside a video directed by frequent Porches collaborator Nick Harwood,…

@skopemag news – weekend – march 7 – 8, 2020 @ 7 am est

@skopemag APP – Apple iTunes – @skopemag APP – Google / Android – SXSW 2020 canceled due to coronavirus SXSW, the annual tech, music, and film meetup held in downtown Austin, is the latest major conference to be canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak, and just one week before it was slated to start. It…

@skopemag news – friday – march 6, 2020 @ 5 pm est

@skopemag APP – Apple iTunes – @skopemag APP – Google / Android – Toronto sextet JAUNT share new BADBADNOTGOOD produced single ‘Delighted To Be Spoken To’ Toronto-based six-piece Jaunt are set to release their debut album All In One on April 16th. The band formed in 2016 as a casual recording project that, upon the…

@skopemag news – friday – march 6, 2020 @ 10 am est

@skopemag APP – Apple iTunes – @skopemag APP – Google / Android – LIL BABY + LIL WAYNE: “FOREVER” video out today! Today Lil Baby releases the video for his song “Forever” featuring Lil Wayne. Directed by Jon J, the record is off Lil Baby’s newly-released album, My Turn (Quality Control Music / Wolfpack Global…

@skopemag news – friday – march 6, 2020 @ 9 am est

@skopemag APP – Apple iTunes – @skopemag APP – Google / Android – “Monkeys” is the newly released track from NYC act Half Hadley Half Hadley are an independent American rock band from New York City, featuring Scott Rainaud (Lead Vocals), Benji Arnold (Guitar, Vocals), Troy Johnson (Guitar), Forrest Klawunn (Bass) and Winston Vargo (Drums).…

@skopemag news – thursday – march 5, 2020 @ 11 am est

@skopemag APP – Apple iTunes – @skopemag APP – Google / Android – “Mind and Soul” – Chynna Lewis’ New Single Born in Taiwan, Chynna Lewis moved to Canada at the age of ten. Growing up in a musical family, her mother sang, her father taught her guitar, and she and her brothers played music…

@skopemag news – thursday – march 5, 2020 @ 9 am est

@skopemag APP – Apple iTunes – @skopemag APP – Google / Android – MOLASSESS Sign to Season of Mist Season of Mist are proud to announce the signing of Dutch psychedelic rock formation MOLASSESS. A new full length will be released in the fall of 2020. Featuring four musicians from THE DEVIL’S BLOOD, MOLASSESS was…

@skopemag news – wednesday – march 4, 2020 @ 2:30 pm est

@skopemag APP – Apple iTunes – @skopemag APP – Google / Android – BUSH TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM THE KINGDOM MAY 2020 “We are really proud of The Kingdom,” says BUSH vocalist, songwriter and guitarist Gavin Rossdale. “It’s as if all roads traveled over the last few years have gotten us to this point. We…

@skopemag news – wednesday – march 4, 2020 @ 12 pm est

@skopemag APP – Apple iTunes – @skopemag APP – Google / Android – NEWS: Austin trio Nobody’s Girl (BettySoo, Rebecca Loebe, Grace Pettis) release full-length album debut on July 10th “We always joke that it started out by accident,” offers singer-songwriter (and former Voice contestant) Rebecca Loebe when asked about the fortuitous aligning of stars…

@skopemag news – wednesday – march 4, 2020 @ 9 am est

@skopemag APP – Apple iTunes – @skopemag APP – Google / Android – DUTTY MOONSHINE BIG BAND – Release ‘Fever’ Single ‘City of Sin’, will be the second album from this 12-piece musical force of nature, and will be hitting the shelves on 17 April 2020 (via Universal Music Group). Hinting at what to expect…

@skopemag news – tuesday – march 3, 2020 @ 1 pm est

@skopemag APP – Apple iTunes – https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1465224822?mt=8 @skopemag APP – Google / Android – https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=hr.apps.n207414718 Auðn Enter Sundlaugin Studios to Record Third Full-Length Icelandic black metal collective AUÐN have entered Sundlaugin studio in Reykjavik, Iceland to record their third full-length, which will be released later this year via Season of Mist! AUÐN comment: “We have…

@skopemag news – tuesday – march 3, 2020 @ 9 am est

@skopemag APP – Apple iTunes – @skopemag APP – Google / Android – TOXIC HOLOCAUST: Revolver Premieres “New World Beyond” Video Crossover thrashers TOXIC HOLOCAUST are pleased to unveil the official video for “New World Beyond,” now playing at Revolver. The track comes by way of the band’s latest full-length, Primal Future: 2019, released last…

@skopemag news – monday – march 2, 2020 @ 2:30 pm est

@skopemag APP – Apple iTunes – @skopemag APP – Google / Android – Broken Witt Rebels share gritty video for ‘Running With The Wolves’ Birmingham rockers Broken Witt Rebels have shared the video for the track ‘Running With the Wolves’, which features on their second studio album, OK Hotel, set for global release via Snakefarm…

@skopemag news – monday – march 2, 2020 @ 11:15 am est

@skopemag APP – Apple iTunes – @skopemag APP – Google / Android – New artist to check – Elah Hale (INTERSCOPE) 20 year old Elah Hale is an incredibly talented new artist we’re working with, set to release her debut EP on Interscope Records this spring, after she makes her SXSW live debut. She dropped…

@skopemag news – monday – march 2, 2020 @ 10:15 am est

@skopemag APP – Apple iTunes – @skopemag APP – Google / Android – MADISON Unveils Powerful New Single ‘The Wonder (We Are The Dreamers)’ – Out Today The reigning queen of New York indie pop, Madison, is back with her powerful new single “the wonder (we are the dreamers)”, an anthem to support immigrants with…

@skopemag news – weekend – february 29 – march 1, 2020 @ 6 pm est

@skopemag APP – Apple iTunes – https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1465224822?mt=8 @skopemag APP – Google / Android – https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=hr.apps.n207414718 NJ Singer-Songwriter Sahara Moon Releases New Single “Everything Will Be Alright” Today, New Jersey singer-songwriter Sahara Moon released “Everything Will Be Alright,” the first track from her forthcoming EP. This beautiful, soft serenade comes as Moon prepares for a busy…

@skopemag news – weekend – february 29 – march 1, 2020 @ 11 am est

@skopemag APP – Apple iTunes – @skopemag APP – Google / Android – MÖRK GRYNING Announce First Ever U.S. Tour Legendary Swedish black metal formation MÖRK GRYNING will be touring the U.S. for the first time ever! In the last years, the Swedes have returned to the stage triumphantly with live performances in Stockholm (Sweden),…

@skopemag news – weekend – february 29 – march 1, 2020 @ 5:30 am est

@skopemag APP – Apple iTunes – @skopemag APP – Google / Android – The Buttertones Announce ‘Jazzhound’ LP Out April 10th Via Innovative Leisure The Buttertones have announced their upcoming LP, Jazzhound will be released April 10th via Innovative Leisure. With this announcement, comes the release of the title track and first single “Jazzhound” premiered…

@skopemag news – weekend – february 29 – march 1, 2020 @ noon est

@skopemag APP – Apple iTunes – @skopemag APP – Google / Android – ICYMI: Land of Talk share new single “Weight Of That Weekend” Land of Talk—the Montreal-based band led by Elizabeth Powell—today announced its new album Indistinct Conversations will be released on May 15th, 2020, via Saddle Creek. The album’s first single “Weight of…

@skopemag news – weekend – february 29 – march 1, 2020 @ 8 am est

@skopemag APP – Apple iTunes – @skopemag APP – Google / Android – The Blinders release new single ‘Forty Days And Forty Nights’ The Blinders have shared their new single, ‘Forty Days And Forty Nights’, the latest track to be taken from their upcoming album Fantasies Of A Stay At Home Psychopath, out on May…

@skopemag news – weekend – february 29 – march 1, 2020 @ 4 am est

@skopemag APP – Apple iTunes – @skopemag APP – Google / Android – KOKOKO! Share Video For “Zala Mayele” The band comment: “Zala Mayele’s lyrics are about the dangers in Kinshasa’s street (thieves, sorcerers, gangs and more) and the importance of distinguishing what is what, what is hidden under what shape, in disguise around the…

@skopemag news – friday – february 28, 2020 @ 11 am est

@skopemag APP – Apple iTunes – @skopemag APP – Google / Android – INTRODUCING: Picture One (post-punk/new wave) announce new album Self-written and self-produced by frontman Thomas Barnwell, the motifs on Picture One’s new album navigate transcendence, resolve, magic, and creativity, as well as exploring the sometimes stormy waters of love and loss. The music…

@skopemag news – friday – february 28, 2020 @ 2 am est

@skopemag APP – Apple iTunes – @skopemag APP – Google / Android – NCT 127 ANNOUNCE ARENA TOUR, LAUNCHING JUNE 5 AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN Rolling Stone hailed NCT 127 as “a phenomenon-upon-arrival” in a review of the opening night of their 2019 tour and noted, “NCT 127 were given the Beatles’ welcome.” The New…

@skopemag news – thursday – february 27, 2020 @ 1 pm est

@skopemag APP – Apple iTunes – https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1465224822?mt=8 @skopemag APP – Google / Android – https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=hr.apps.n207414718 Freezing Cold Release New Video and Plot North East Run of Shows in Support of Salinas Records LP Salinas Records recently released Glimmer, the debut full-length LP from New York based indie/punk rock band, Freezing Cold. Now the band is…

@skopemag news – thursday – february 27, 2020 @ 9 am est

@skopemag APP – Apple iTunes – https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1465224822?mt=8 @skopemag APP – Google / Android – https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=hr.apps.n207414718 Ben Kunder – BERLIN is out now! ““Berlin,” the first single taken from my upcoming album, Searching For The Stranger (out May 29th), is about finding your strength. While touring Germany, I realized how lucky I am to have the…

@skopemag news – wednesday – february 26, 2020 @ 2 pm est

@skopemag APP – Apple iTunes – https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1465224822?mt=8 @skopemag APP – Google / Android – https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=hr.apps.n207414718 Gothenburg’s Vita Bergen grows old disgracefully on rapturous synth anthem Vita Bergen, aka William Hellström has broken out of his DIY roots, both in sound and in the wider sense.Having begun his musical career in a punk outfit inhabiting the…

@skopemag news – wednesday – february 26, 2020 @ 1:30 pm est

@skopemag APP – Apple iTunes – https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1465224822?mt=8 @skopemag APP – Google / Android – https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=hr.apps.n207414718 Villages share new track “Cremation (Ashes to Ashes)” In the late aughts, traditional music was the furthest thing from the minds of Matt Ellis, Travis Ellis, Jon Pearo, and Archie Rankin. Having left their Cape Breton homes for the allure…

@skopemag news – tuesday – february 25, 2020 @ 2 pm est

@skopemag APP – Apple iTunes – https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1465224822?mt=8 @skopemag APP – Google / Android – https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=hr.apps.n207414718 CLAVVS SHARE “HALF MOON” VIDEO ON KCRW CLAVVS have shared their new video and track “Half Moon.” The video features two dancers falling in and out of love, like stages of the moon. Using juxtaposing settings of a bright sun-lit…

@skopemag news – tuesday – february 25, 2020 @ 9 am est

@skopemag APP – Apple iTunes – https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1465224822?mt=8 @skopemag APP – Google / Android – https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=hr.apps.n207414718 ‘California Dream’ Comes True for Americana Singer-Songwriter TOM SLESS; Debut Album 3/27 – Stream Now! LA-based Americana singer-songwriter-guitar slinger TOM SLESS is set to release his debut full-length album, California Dream, March 27, 2020 on Marina Vista Records. Co-produced by…

@skopemag news – monday – february 24, 2020 @ 2 pm est

@skopemag APP – Apple iTunes – https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1465224822?mt=8 @skopemag APP – Google / Android – https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=hr.apps.n207414718 SONS OF RAPHAEL SHARE NEW SINGLE “SIREN MUSIC” Sons of Raphael – AKA brothers Loral and Ronnel Raphael – have unveiled an official music video for their new song “Siren Music.” The single follows the release of “He Who Makes…

@skopemag news – monday – february 24, 2020 @ 11 am est

@skopemag APP – Apple iTunes – https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1465224822?mt=8 @skopemag APP – Google / Android – https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=hr.apps.n207414718 Canadian indie pop artist Gregory Pepper & His Problems share animated “Maybe I’ll See You” video In 2017, Gregory Pepper threatened to write, record, and release a song a week for a calendar year. Song of The Week was meant…

@skopemag news – monday – february 24, 2020 @ 10 am est

@skopemag APP – Apple iTunes – https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1465224822?mt=8 @skopemag APP – Google / Android – https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=hr.apps.n207414718 For Black History Month, Lesibu Grand Share Lovely Video “Mi Sueño” “Dreams have long been a central theme in the African-American experience. Expressed most famously by Martin Luther King Jr. in his ‘I Have A Dream’ speech, dreams of freedom,…

@skopemag news – weekend – february 22 – 23, 2020 @ 7 am est

@skopemag APP – Apple iTunes – https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1465224822?mt=8 @skopemag APP – Google / Android – https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=hr.apps.n207414718 SUFJAN STEVENS & LOWELL BRAMS SHARE VIDEO FOR NEW TRACK “THE RUNAROUND” Aporia signals a pivotal moment in Stevens and Brams’ relationship, which began in the early 1980s when Brams married Stevens’ late mother Carrie. Stevens and Brams maintained a…

@skopemag news – weekend – february 22 – 23, 2020 @ 6 pm est

­­­­RVBY kicks off new decade with heartfelt single ‘Wildlife’ Exciting young singer-songwriter RVBY kicks off 2020 with new single ‘Wildlife’, out now via Funnel Music. Arguably RVBY’s most mature and complete release to date, ‘Wildlife’ sees the Bristol-born artist combine her trademark soaring vocals with earnest production that finds the sweet spot between traditional and…

@skopemag news – weekend – february 22 – 23, 2020 @ 7 am est

@skopemag APP – Apple iTunes – https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1465224822?mt=8 @skopemag APP – Google / Android – https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=hr.apps.n207414718 New Single & Video: Gaby Jogeix – Fair Green After his successful album “Hermosa Beach” (2013) we can now look forward to the new album “Meanwhile In New Orleans” by Gaby Jogeix, which he recorded, mixed and mastered in New…

@skopemag news – thursday – february 20, 2020 @ 11:30 am est

@skopemag APP – Apple iTunes – https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1465224822?mt=8 @skopemag APP – Google / Android – https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=hr.apps.n207414718 Toronto avant-pop artist SCOTT HARDWARE shares new single ‘Blu Again’ via Telephone Explosion On April 3, 2020, Toronto’s Scott Hardware will be releasing Engel, his second full-length album, and first on Telephone Explosion Records. It will mark the end of…

@skopemag news – friday – february 21, 2020 @ 10 am est

@skopemag APP – Apple iTunes – https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1465224822?mt=8 @skopemag APP – Google / Android – https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=hr.apps.n207414718 CHIKA SHARES NEW SINGLE “INDUSTRY GAMES” Alabama rapper, singer, and poet Chika has announced her debut EP Industry Games is coming soon via Warner Records and has shared her latest single, and the EP’s title track “Industry Games”. The track…

@skopemag news – thursday – february 20, 2020 @ 4:30 pm est

@skopemag APP – Apple iTunes – https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1465224822?mt=8 @skopemag APP – Google / Android – https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=hr.apps.n207414718 Lost 80’s Live 2020 After a massive 2019, LOST 80’S LIVE TOUR is back by popular demand with new dates for 2020. Bringing together some of the most recognizable acts from that great decade, LOST 80’S LIVE is the longest…

@skopemag news – thursday – february 20, 2020 @ 2 pm est

@skopemag APP – Apple iTunes – https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1465224822?mt=8 @skopemag APP – Google / Android – https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=hr.apps.n207414718 Trace Adkins Announces “The Way I Wanna Go Tour 2020” Country icon Trace Adkins has sold 11 million albums over the last two decades with hits like “You’re Gonna Miss This” and “Every Light In The House Is On” fueling…

@skopemag news – thursday – february 20, 2020 @ 9 am est

@skopemag APP – Apple iTunes – https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1465224822?mt=8 @skopemag APP – Google / Android – https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=hr.apps.n207414718 Caroline Blind Shares New Single “First” Sunshine Blind and The Wake have known each other since the early 90’s, when they were often booked to play shows together. Sunshine Blind would put The Wake up at their house when The…