@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Nomad Carlos X The Artivist – The Psyche (EP) Out Now! Nomad Carlos provides motivation and takes listeners into his psyche from his home city of Kingston over a cinematic instrumental from The Artivist on his new single Psyche Gauge from their upcoming EP The Psyche. The song also comes with…
The Thick is back with their debut album entitled If You Don’t Already Know (releasing September 1st 2020) after two short years since their EP Ms. Sundown. In this time, the all Toronto band has delved deeper into their sound exploring new areas of funk, rock, hip-hop, blues, and occasionally employing guitar riffs that hinge…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope RYTERBAND • “Brilliant Eyes” HOTBOII PREMIERES NEW SINGLE & VIDEO “ANONYMOUS” WITH LPB POODY With its piano-driven beat, “Anonymous” is a triumphant showcase for Hotboii’s dynamic flow and high-impact delivery. Made by DrewFilmedIt, the “Anonymous” video gives an up-close look into Hotboii’s world, revealing his undeniable charisma as well as the…
While your local musicians scrounge for Venmo and PayPal tips, major musical acts are cashing in loan checks from the government. In response to the present economic meltdown and prevailing medical pandemic, the Government has initiated a “Paycheck Protection Program” as a loan designed to provide small business owners motivation to keep their workers on…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope GUCCI MANE DROPS “LIFERS (FEAT. KEY GLOCK, FOOGIANO & OLA RUNT)” MUSIC VIDEO GUCCI MANE PRESENTS: SO ICY SUMMER celebrates Gucci Mane’s The New 1017 record label and his first signees: Foogiano, Pooh Shiesty, Big Scarr, and So Icy Girlz (K Shiday & Enchanting). The seasoned A&R who’s often credited with…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope SCRAFTY – Track: Fade Out SCRAFTY, whose real name is Lucas Schraft, began his musical career at the young age of three with classical piano lessons. Since 2009, the Dortmund native has been collecting new fans as a resident DJ and at various House and EDM festivals. In addition to his…
Some times when you listen to music it can be background noise. Filler music. Even if you have the radio or Spotify playing at your work station throughout the day, you sort of just blend into the sounds. This is far from the case for Casely. His new track “Never Be Alone” swallows the listener…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Jack The Radio Releases Creatures Today, “Creatures” Video To Premiere With DittyTV Tomorrow “We’ve put the better part of three and half years into making this the best album we could,” says Hage. “From the songs to the lyrics to the artwork and packaging, we’re excited for people to finally experience…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Breantonia x Jak keep up the Summer vibes with their “EXPOSURE” Lyric video Merging the soulful, angelic harmonies of Breantonia’s vocal range and the Summer inducing, woozy R&B tones of Jak’s creative flair, it’s an instant seasonal playlist addition. Coming through with a creative, film-inspired lyric video, “Exposure” is the leading…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope ICYMI: ABISHA Returns With New Single “One Night” ABISHA returns with “One Night” – an irrefutable alt-pop and R&B jam that sets the tone for a new chapter in her story, following her Scorpio EP (released February 28, 2020 via Spindle Music). The new single arrives on the heels of a…
An entire universe emerges on Freddy Charles’ immersive “Emportez Moi”. Sprawling epic ballads define the whole of the album. The incorporate of funk, the blues, alongside a driving classic rock flavor lends the album a timeless tasteful air. Instrumentally vibrant the tracks teem with life. Vocals have a fiery, passionate core to them. Layer upon…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope THE ORACLE: Cvlt Nation Premieres New Video From Avant Electronics Project Inspired at once by the grandiosity of film scores and classical music, the bleakness of black metal, and minimalist ambient music, Hypogeum is dark and at times ritualistic with its themes and complimentary visuals touching upon the rise, betrayal, and…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope THE BOBBY LEES DROP THEIR NEW SINGLE “WENDY” TODAY The Bobby Lees’ new record Skin Suit was produced by underground punk legend Jon Spencer of the Blues Explosion and will be released on Alive Naturalsound Records on July 17th. Jen Janet Releases New Single “Possession” Released with a corresponding music video,…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Windows (Mystic Braves) Share “Send It” & “Up All Night” Via XS Noize Windows had intended to release their debut album in spring of 2020 but in light of covid-19 and the black lives matter movement, they decided to instead remotely write, record, and self-release two singles, “Send It (Side A)”…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope TEN FOOT WIZARD: revolt and groove with new album ‘Get Out Of Your Mind’! UK’s tongue-in-cheek and definitely rebellious groove rock’n’rollers TEN FOOT WIZARD premiere their third album ‘Get Out Of Your Mind’ in its entirety today exclusively via Metal Injection. It’s out on July 10th through Beard Of Zeus. Good…
@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 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…
Half Past Two is a 9-piece blend of ska, rock, reggae, and pop punk from Orange County, California. Their most recent EP “Something Blue”, produced by David Irish (Reel Big Fish, Suburban Legends) at Pot O’ Gold Recording in Orange, California features three trad flavored ska tracks sure to please any ska fan. After five…
@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…
Pennan Brae is the kind of artist who can mine almost anything, chip away at it, and polish it into a perfect radio rock song. Album after album, the singer, songwriter, guitarist, and filmmaker has turned humor, nostalgia, pain, and pleasure into brilliant, intense pop-rock and lush, epic piano-driven ballads. He’s steeped in classic American…
@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 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 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 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…
David K. Mathews is certainly no stranger to the music world as the current keyboard player for the incomparable Santana plus he formerly toured with the band Tower of Power and spent 20 years touring with the great Etta James. Along the way, David has performed with many accomplished artists/musicians and this new project is…
@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…
So here we are on a Friday morning and we are so excited not only for another weekend but we have the new exclusive video premier from Stone Driver & “Long Way Down.” Stone Driver is a critically acclaimed rock band from Washington, DC that harnesses grunge, blues rock, progressive, and psychedelic influences to create…
This new record by Distrito Especial, a legendary band from Colombia and of great influence for many internationally known artists,contains the musical essence of the group through songs arranged to allow them to express their language without any sugarcoating. The fusion of rhythms derived from cumbia with elements of rock, blues and jazz continues to…
A neo-cubist semi-deconstructionist blues guitarist and a purveyor of post-apocalyptic junkyard drone pop (c/o Jasper Willems) may not indicate the most likely of collaborators but that’s exactly what we have on our menu here. Geiger von Muller (GVM), the bottleneck axman in question, first released Blue Moon Frequency #2b in 2018. It came as part…
@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…
XINNIX, Colombian rock bass and drums duo, announces the release of its latest single, Stay, as its first English version from their debut homonymous studio album. Stay is born as an anthem for all those ¨on and off relationships¨, in which reason is usually the last call. A constant feeling of nostalgia is portrayed in…
@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…
Sharon Lia Band goes for an epic, sprawling scope with the fiery passion of “Why Can’t We Pretend”. Featuring a fantastic buildup, the way the song washes over the listener feels majestic. Best of all are her vocals which soar up into the sky. Hyperkinetic tempos take hold with Val Kinzler’s rush of “Everyday”. Pop…
@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…
We are in the age where music is taking the world with a thud making a difference in every sector ranging from fashion, creativity, and mass informing, among others. Due to its essentialness to society, most people are making a move towards being party to it and push for further difference. However, to become a…
Boom! is a hot new dance music project created by songwriter Dominic Roy King (credits include Mystery Girl by The Dukes, My Simple Heart by The Three Degrees, Music Sounds Better With You by Stardust and work with producers Quincy Jones, Arif Mardin and Georgio Moroder). The new Boom! release is LOCKDOWN, which features a…
@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…
