Albert Cummings’ ten albums from the last decade are a testament to his incredible work ethic and the countless hours producing mixtures of soul-stirring country, powerful rock, moving soul, soothing blues, and distinct americana. The sounds that derive from these genres are evident in his work as he combines exhilarating instrumentals with emotionally complex lyrics.…
“Why Do You Lie” is the unstoppable new release from Quebec’s Jeremy Rice. Tame enough to be in the pop rock world, but rowdy enough to feel like even the chiseled, callous classic blues rockers might strut a few moves listening to it, “Why Do You Lie” unleashes an irresistible sonic escape. Rice, who’s previous…
Austin, TX based Cody Jasper is a chameleon of Rock N’ Roll – releasing music that is themed around the way he lives and shared life experiences with his fans. His bold choices show a daring to mix in different genres along with straight ahead Rock N’ Roll, including Blues and Outlaw Country. With the release of new…
@skopemag news – friday – july 8, 2022 @ 5 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope JOURNEY RELEASE NEW STUDIO ALBUM ‘FREEDOM’ On the heels of their stellar Fourth of July performance on CNN’s The Fourth in America special earlier this week, emerging from the pandemic with a supercharged new studio line-up, the release of…
@skopemag news – wednesday – july 6, 2022 @ 3 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope MEG MAC REVEALS NEW ALBUM, ‘MATTER OF TIME’ SET FOR RELEASE SEPTEMBER 16TH// RELEASES GORGEOUS NEW SINGLE, ‘LETTER’// LISTEN HERE Today, Australian polymath Meg Mac reveals spellbinding new single ‘Letter’, a gorgeous melodic pop offering showcasing Meg Mac’s beautiful…
@skopemag news – monday – june 5, 2022 @ 2 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Canadian Country-Pop Singer-Songwriter Sykamore to Release Full-Length Debut Album Pinto on August 12th Recorded in Nashville with producer Michael Knox (Jason Aldean, Kelly Clarkson), the new album marks more than just a chapter for Sykamore. It represents both a…
Their name references one of the many ludicrous parts of childhood—roughhousing— which plays an inevitable and concerning role. One remedy that prevents the wild activities of childhood is music. Prolific singer and voice actress Grey DeLisle of The Roughhousers understands this fact and began creating silly songs to sing to her children to keep them…
@skopemag news – thurday – june 30, 2022 @ 12 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope BUZZHERD & PALE HORSEMAN To Release Split Album The brutal Bethlehem, PA, based BUZZHERD and Chicago sludge lords PALE HORSEMAN are preparing to release a new Split album celebrating a wealth of fierce, heavy music on October 28th, 2022.…
@skopemag news – wednesday – june 29, 2022 @ 5 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Indie-pop Rockers Rooted Drop an Energetic Video for “Waiting” Indie-pop middle school rockers, Rooted have just dropped a music video for their single, “Waiting.” The song is a depiction of wanting something in life, but not quite getting it.…
@skopemag news – tuesday – june 28, 2022 @ 12 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope FOOT LOCKER NYC & CONVERSE CELEBRATES NY RAPPER LOLA BROOKE FOR BLACK MUSIC MONTH ‘CREATE NEXT’ CAMPAIGN In celebration for Black Music Month, Foot Locker NYC, in partnership with Converse, has selected Brooklyn-born artist Lola Brooke for their latest…
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania’s Brian Shapiro Band first formed during the height of the pandemic and released their debut, All That We See, during the same period, but their second collection shows them remaining as urgent and inspired as ever. It’s Amazing features ten songs and a small cast of supporting guest musicians such as saxophonist Michael Brenner, piano…
@skopemag news – sunday – june 26, 2022 @ 12 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Space Fight (mems. Ra Ra Riot) Share New Album via Punk News + Backseat Mafia, Psychedelic Baby Features | ‘Do You Dream In The Daylight’ LP Out Now Writing began for the Space Fight album Do You Dream In…
@skopemag news – thursday – june 23, 2022 @ 2 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Multi-faceted London artist MOKO returns with sleek new offering “Back2Roadz” Moko has been building momentum as one of the most intriguing and naturally reactive artists in the scene right now, racing to over 6M streams on Spotify and the…
@skopemag news – tuesday – june 21, 2022 @ 4 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Kasabian take a trip back to Leicester in new video for ‘CHEMICALS – 3:21AM in Les-tah’… Following a euphoric headline slot at Isle Of Wight Festival, Kasabian have dropped the cosmic video for their new single ‘CHEMICALS’, the third…
@skopemag news – saturday – june 18, 2022 @ 12 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope WILL HOGE TURNS THE KEY ON “JOHN PRINE’S CADILLAC” Written largely during the pandemic era, WINGS ON MY SHOES is, at its core, a testament to Hoge’s renowned gifts as a songwriter, highlighting the diverse perspectives of an expert…
@skopemag news – wednesday – june 15, 2022 @ 3 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Cleveland Francis’ undiscovered ’70s folk anthology sees light of day via Forager Records Raised in poverty in the Deep South, Francis made his first instrument out of a cigar box and a window screen until his mother saved up…
Fueled by 70s and 80s blues-based glam rock, catchy choruses, and high-voltage instrumentals, The Dead Daisies merge the greats of yesterday and today to curate timeless tracks. The supercharged group features guitarist Doug Aldrich (Whitesnake, Dio), drummer Brian Tichy, bassist and singer Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple, Black Country Communion), and rhythm guitarist David Lowy (Red…
Turn on the TV, and chances are, one of the cable channels is airing “Hustle + Flow.” Song after song on the radio feature rappers and producers trying to channel that classic Dirty South attitude. Phonk, the wildly popular Eastern European rap subgenre, is nothing but a tribute to Tennessee sound. There’s an argument that…
Steph Sweet lets “A Wicked Man” soars all the way out into the sky, with an expansive take that possesses a wild freedom to it. The blues, dream pop, hard rock, and shoegaze all mesh into a singular experience. A western twang certainly rests right in the center of it giving it a hazy, animalistic…
Funk and the blues merge to become one with Million Dollar Space’s “Nonstop To Cairo”. Their chops are impeccable for they work in unison. From the fantastic fanfare of the horns to the sheer gumption of the guitar it has a lively presence. By letting their sound seemingly take on off into a whole bunch…
Quote from the band on the single: “Million Dollar Space” is a gritty, Funky and energetic song that is driving and catchy. A fallout of this never-ending hustle, and not being able to truly enjoy the Fruits of our labor.” Nonstop to Cairo bio: Five years after their debut full-length Dabble Heavy, Nonstop To Cairo…
@skopemag news – friday – june 10, 2022 @ 11 am est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Riley Pearce Delivers Debut Album ‘The Water & The Rough’ – OUT TOMORROW Not surprisingly, nature occupies a sizable piece of the artist’s musical DNA. For his debut album The Water & The Rough, Riley rented a house on…
Blynd Birds is one of the most recognized energetic bands in America. They have been in the music industry for some years now. Their anthems have made their journey in the music industry successful, and now they have a mark in the music industry. The album comprises nine tracks that offer blues, brilliant punk and…
@skopemag news – thursday – june 9, 2022 @ 10 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Houston Hip Hop Trailblazer, Billyracxx, Releases New Single “Thunderstruck” To Kick Off Summer of Creativity Billyracxx has been creating a buzz around his unique artistry over the past few years through a series of bold and creative projects. But…
Some bands can almost do it all. No band can, of course. Everything human is finite. There are at any given time, however, a handful of publicly visible bands who can cover a wider stylistic gamut than their peers and contemporaries. Some more than others, of course. California’s Wreckless Strangers play music they label “California…
@skopemag news – thursday – june 9, 2022 @ 12 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope M Field releases EP & Shares video for “Jolly Roger” “This second EP, like my first,” the London based artist explains, “is a collection of songs spanning time with some thematic links and a certain mood but no grand…
@skopemag news – wednesday – june 8, 2022 @ 11 am est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Toronto Blues-Rocker Chris Antonik Explores the Hurt of Being Shut Out in Roaring “Waves of Stone” Lack of communication between two people can sometimes be construed as stonewalling, and being shut out hurts — bad. Multi-award-nominated Canadian blues-rock artist…
Cowgirls and aliens might seem like opposites. Cowgirls are terrestrial, material, tethered to a particular time and place; aliens are stratospheric, spectral, transcendent, and defiant of the laws of gravity. Yet they’ve got more in common than it might initially appear. They both operate on the frontiers; they’re both explorers, comfortable on the margins of…
@skopemag news – friday – june 3, 2022 @ 7 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope JOSIAH: new video “Let The Lambs See The Knife” available! UK’s legendary heavy psych rockers JOSIAH return this summer with their first album in over a decade, ‘We Lay On Cold Stone’, to be issued on July 15th through…
@skopemag news – wednesday – june 1, 2022 @ 11 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope The Umbrellas announce new Slumberland 7″ & share the video for “Write It In The Sky” via Post-Trash The band gave some context on the A-side’s origin: “The instrumental and melody for “Write it in the sky” was improvised…
Joe Keene has been recording and performing songs for over 60 years and this new album, ‘I’ve Done It All In My Time’, is a true testament to Joe Keene’s longstanding career in music. With 20 songs on this new album, Joe Keene offers a flashback to the golden oldie sound. It comes as no…
Photo credit: Joanna Tillman Jen Schimpf is a genuine person with a kind soul and killer sound! Hailing from Maryland, Jen has been playing music since she is a kid and so music consumes her from head to toe. Jen Schimpf said it best here when describing her creative process: “Transcribing my emotions to sound”.…
World travel hasn’t been too easy to do during the past few years. But some intrepid explorers keep searching out new horizons. Fired by fascination, they journey all over the globe, learning and sharing whatever they can, absorbing and synthesizing traditions, and making unlikely connections. guUs is an artist like that — a legitimately worldly…
“I’m from a place where you can truly feel free,” sings Najjah Calibur on the first verse of “I’m Good,” his high-energy, club-ready new single. He means a mental space — a state of being and a way of life characterized by exuberance, creativity, and joy. But he’s also referring to a place on the…
@skopemag news – friday – may 27, 2022 @ 5 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Cleveland’s Biitchseat releases sophomore LP ‘Float’ today on Refresh Records! Floating is complicated. It can symbolize success, as a cream rises to the top. It can boast of achievements and richness, paired with a feathery effortlessness. To float on…
@skopemag news – tuesday – may 24, 2022 @ 4 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope The Wilful Boys Release New Video Ahead of This Weekend’s Release Show! After 8 years playing around New York and the rest of the US, The Wilful Boys are hitting Brooklyn Made on Friday May 27th to launch their…
@skopemag news – tuesday – may 24, 2022 @ 12 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope VIDEO: TACHYS ft. YUNA ‘You Can Be My Guide’ out today + eponymous TACHYS debut album! Also out today is their video for ‘You Can Be My Guide’, which features LA-based Malaysian singer Yuna, a phenomenal pop- and RnB…
Incredible achievements can be a lifetime in the making. Albert Cummings’s decade-spanning music career is in full gear with the highly anticipated release of his tenth album. His music has captured the hearts of music fans across the globe, and it’s easy to see why. The soloist takes fans on a joyride through the multifaceted…
@skopemag news – friday – may 20, 2022 @ 5 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Alex Izenberg Taps Dave Longstreth (Dirty Projectors) on “Our Love Remains” Today, May 20, 2022, marks the release of I’m Not Here, the junior full-length album from Alex Izenberg. A collection of beguiling love songs, tender heartache, despair and…
@skopemag news – thursday – may 19, 2022 @ 5 pm est @skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Metal Warriors VICTORIUS Reveal New Single “Mighty Magic Mammoth” + Official Video Mighty dinosaurs fight to protect mankind from being enslaved by the ninja warriors as German space warriors VICTORIUS enter the next round of their ongoing battle against…
