@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…
@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 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 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 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 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…
Graphic designing is all about improving the appearances and providing additional benefits by making something good looking. Graphic design is often ignored, but it can give several countless surprising benefits. A good graphic design can do a lot to your business. Graphic designing, if used wisely and adequately, can increase your business rapidly, and via…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope ELM: Ghost Cult Premieres The Wait From Italian Noise Rock Unit; Record To See Release This Friday Via Bronson Recordings Ghost Cult is currently streaming The Wait, the forthcoming new full-length from Italian noise rock unit ELM. The premiere comes in advance of the record’s official release this Friday, June 12th…
Gil Scott-Heron’s “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” is almost half a century old. The poem, which is one of most famous pieces of resistance literature in the English language, feels as fresh today as it did in 1971. Scott-Heron’s verses continue to inspire all those who believe in the purity of political expression and…
‘Hard Jazz’ is the perfect title for this new album by Kenny Carr because the jazzy notes are in place but built around an edgier, Rock foundation. Kenny Carr is an accomplished musician/guitarist who had the pleasure of touring with the great Ray Charles for over 10 years. Since then, Carr has kept very busy…
@skopemag HQ – http://smarturl.it/skope Helvetia announces new LP ‘This Devastating Map’ out Aug. 7th Helvetia was formed in Seattle in 2005 by Jason Albertini. Since the band’s inception, he’s employed a rotating cast of band members and collaborators, which now includes Steve Gere and Samantha Stidham. Albertini is 1/3 of the group Duster, who spent…
