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@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope GAEREA Releases New Song, “Conspiranoia” Speaking of the video, GAEREA comments, “Shot in the ancient Streets of Porto, Gaerea’s birth city, ‘Conspiranoia’ is much more than just an agonizing and mesmerizing voyage into the Vortex’s own Depths. Completely filled with small Easter Eggs throughout the clip which I know very few…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope SERPENT OMEGA: Swedish Doom/Sludge Metal Unit Releases “Land Of Darkness” Video Melding sludge, doom, metal, and crust into a unique and sordid brew, SERPENT OMEGA’s self-titled debut full-length sold out in a few short months back in 2013. Long-awaited sequel, appropriately titled II, was recorded in Stockholm, Sweden by guitarist Jonsson…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope p-rallel Shares New Track “Soulboy” Feat. Greentea Peng The track is the second to be shared from his impending 6-track EP, following “Packed Bags” with Louis Culture. Leaning more on the reggae and dub influences of his childhood, he explains, “It felt quite natural making it, Greentea Peng’s vocals were exactly…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Check Out ECHOBATS TONY HARNELL (the former voice of Norwegian/American band TNT) is racing ahead with one eye in the rear-view fronting ECHOBATS, a new allstar, quarantine inspired project alongside WHITESNAKE/TSO guitarist JOEL HOEKSTRA (guitar), NIGHT RANGER’S ERIC LEVY on keys and the tight, crackling rhythm of MATT (MR.BIG, ACE FREHLEY)…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope George Jones’ “He Stopped Loving Her Today” Hits #1 40 Years Ago Today Today marks the 40th Anniversary of Country Music Hall of Fame member George Jones’ iconic song “He Stopped Loving Her Today” reaching #1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Chart on July 5, 1980. This was Jones’ first solo hit…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope GUERRILLA GHOST RELEASE BRAND NEW SINGLE – ‘THE IMMIGRANT SONG’ Milwaukee hip-hop duo Guerrilla Ghost are preparing for the release of their second album, “We Get What We Deserve”. While the debut single “Wesley Snipes in Demolition Man” showed a growth from the group’s previous efforts, it also built upon what…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Pop Punk & Pink Band Give Me A Reason Debut New Music Video Swiss pop punk quartet Give Me A Reason tap into another era with a music video for their new single “Sad.” The energetic, crystal clear track is about people who try to hold you back while you pursue…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Folk-rock singer-songwriter releases new single via premiere on AUDIOFEMME Folk-rock singer-songwriter, Evelyn Cools, has released the new single, “Gold Woman,” the second offering from her upcoming EP, Misfit Paradise, which will be out everywhere on August 14. Inspired by songwriters such as Stevie Nicks, Simon & Garfunkel, Lana Del Rey, and…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope ABISHA returns with new single ‘ONE NIGHT’ Abisha is an inspirational new British singer/songwriter, using her voice to empower other black, queer women. She recently opened up a compelling conversation across her platform, detailing how it felt to grow up being the only biracial, queer woman in her hometown of Devon,…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope ‘Catastrophic Entertainment’ the new album from San Francisco indie/power pop band Cocktails is out everywhere digitally today ‘Catastrophic Entertainment’ the new full-length album from San Francisco indie/power pop band COCKTAILS is out digitally everywhere today via Berlin-based Alien Snatch! Records and the band’s own imprint Wizards & Potions Records. HARLOE –…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Vwillz Releases Music Video For Single “Pretty Face” On Friday, PoweredByCMG & Vwillz released the “Before The Storm – Day” EP. The EP was lead with powerful singles “Pretty Face” & “Take Me Home”. “Pretty Face” was more Pop/Alternative Rock leaning and “Take Me Home” found itself uniquely and beautifully blending…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope SixForty1’s new single is a Pop-Country love song that embraces simplicity Breakout pop-country duo SixForty1 will release their newest single “Forget Those Heels” this Friday, July 3. “This song was a no brainer when considering songs for our EP. It taps into the intimate sides of our lives that we wanted…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope BAKER GRACE CONNECTS WITH CAUTIOUS CLAY ON “UP ALL NIGHT” “‘Up All Night’ is about how too often we judge people or a group of people without getting the chance to know them,” Grace shares about the song. “Everybody has a story and I think it’s important to take the time…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Footsie launches Studio 55 YouTube channel with comic book inspired video for Restless Jack Today, Footsie launches his Studio 55 YouTube channel with visuals for ‘Restless Jack’ featuring CASISDEAD, taken from his new critically acclaimed album ‘No Favours’. London based animation team The Fans lend their skills for the marvel-esc video…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Ellie Goulding Releases “Slow Grenade” Featuring Lauv From the “EG.0” half of her new album, “Slow Grenade” is the newest offering from Ellie following recent releases “Power” and “Worry About Me,” featuring acclaimed artist blackbear. “Slow Grenade” is a collaborative effort with rising star Lauv, who first gained attention in 2015…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope NEW MUSIC // Tycho Jones – “Hanging Around” Speaking about the song, which is also Clash’s Song Of The Day, Tycho explains “Hanging Around is a tune, and this is my homage to a band I grew up being really inspired by” KANYE WEST RELEASES “WASH US IN THE BLOOD” FEAT.…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope BLACKPINK’S “HOW YOU LIKE THAT” SHATTERS YOUTUBE RECORD FOR THE BIGGEST 24-HOUR MUSIC VIDEO DEBUT OF ALL TIME With their mind-blowing new video “How You Like That,” BLACKPINK have smashed the YouTube record for the biggest 24 hour music video debut of all time with over 86 million views. The video…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Bombay Bicycle Club Release Acoustic Recording Of “Racing Stripes” From Forthcoming EP, ‘Two Lives” The four track EP is out 24th July, and features three acoustic reworkings of songs from the band’s recently acclaimed “Everything Else Has Gone Wrong” LP, and a cover of Bonnie Raitt’s Two Lives. The stripped-back versions…
@skopemag HQ –http://smarturl.it/skope Krief – “I Am The Pillar Of Darkness In Your Life” ““I Am The Pillar Of Darkness In Your Life” is out today! Writing this song, I thought about this path I ended up on, in which I gathered the very basics to stay the course and survive. I was sold a…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope UK’s ALVAREZ KINGS Release New “Emotionally-Charged, Hook-Filled” Single “Words I Couldn’t Say”; Now Streaming Everywhere Vocalist Simon Thompson tells PopMatters, “The song came about when I was turning our spare room at home into our baby’s nursery as the acoustics were awesome. I was writing songs off of the back of…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Corb Lund’s “Agricultural Tragic” Out Today Corb Lund’s new studio album Agricultural Tragic is available today via New West Records. The 12-song set is his first album of original material in five years and follows his acclaimed Things That Can’t Be Undone (2015), and the Cover Your Tracks EP (2019). Met…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope MAD MAX Releases New Single and Lyric Video! Whether it’s in music or in life: clarity is always the best argument if you want to convince people. Everybody knows where they stand, nobody is left in the dark, reliability and dependability are characteristics that everybody appreciates. Mad Max are musically unambiguous…
@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…
