the rundown

Get your new music fix with these brand spankin’ new tunes from all over the world – you can also find these songs on our Limited Time Offer Spotify playlist.

Atlas of the Dogs – “Miss Cocaine”

Country: US

Genre: Alt Rock

From the Artist: “With this single we decided to take a step away from our traditional sound and try a new direction. The song dives into the struggle of being connected to someone with substance abuse problem. We worked with a studio and producer from Evansville, IN. As far as plans to promote our single, we have a tour starting in August across the U.S. as well as plans to promote the single on our social media” 


Amber Ryann – “Fall Apart”

Country: US

Genre: Alt Rock

From the Artist: “Amber says on the track, “While writing Fall Apart I was able to explore and embrace my alternative rock roots. This song is about those very moments in my life when it felt like everything was falling apart around me and I was left in a world of my own to find solace and peace in those moments. I’ve learned more than ever it’s easy to function and thrive in moments of greatness but the ultimate test is what you make out your circumstances even when life seems to crumble around you.”


Knightingale – “Gina”

Country: Singapore

Genre: Garage Rock

From the Artist: “Singaporean garage punks Knightingale lean more fully into their garage rock roots with Gina, the second single from their upcoming EP, Big Wave. The song features big guitars and confident, bratty vocals, evoking a classic garage rock attitude with dashes of skate punk and power pop. The song was self-produced by the band in their Singapore-based studio.” 


Cult Sequence – “Mannequins”

Country: US

Genre: Alt Rock

From the Artist: “The music is a union of moody heaviness and atmosphere.Vocals that are hedonic and dreary with memorable hooks.Thick bass and guitar tone blended with reverb and delay-saturated noise tendencies. Ambient and lush cathedral-like synthesizers that create ominous harmony, all bound together by massive drums.”


El Modernist – “Something for the Weekend”

Country: US

Genre: Alt Rock

From the Artist:  “A song about going just a bit too hard, but hey, what’s the worst that could happen?”


Trademark Issues – “Gustav Flies”

Country: US

Genre: Alt Rock

From the Artist: “Gustav Mesmer (1903-1994) attempted to invent pedal-based and other types of flying machines. From southwest Germany, after trying to be a monk and a carpenter in his younger years, he spent 35 years in mental institutions. After his release he turned to making elaborate inventions to attempt human-powered flight, for which he became well known. And we wanted to celebrate his spirit.”


Retroverb – “Picture”

Country: US

Genre: Alt Rock

From the Artist: “This song is about processing grief and moving forward/reminiscing, told from the point of view of someone who can tell whether they are asleep or not.”


FAXIN – “Oh No!”

Country: Canada

Genre: Punk

From the Artist: ” Hooky Punk Rock, The melodies make you want to go riding under the sun and end up at night drinking Pabst beer at the BBQ!”


Justin Saladino Band – “Sink or Swim”

Country: Canada

Genre: Americana

From the Artist:  “”Sink Or Swim” is the first single and track off of the upcoming and second studio album by the Justin Saladino Band. It’s a change of gear into a more classic rock-driven sound for JSB and sets the tone for the rest of the album. “Sink Or Swim” is about despair and the do or die. It was written during a time that felt like rock bottom with a global pandemic, personal health struggles, end of a long relationship, and whatever else, all colliding at the same time. The song was recorded in Montreal and produced by guitar-guru and singer-songwriter Ariel Posen (solo career, The Bros. Landreth).” 


Diver – “Blaze Away”

Country: Australia

Genre: Alt Rock

From the Artist: “Sydney indie outfit Diver are at it again with their new single ‘Blaze Away’. The track builds on the sound that they are quickly getting a reputation for. Synth driven indie rock, culminating with stomping bass and drums. Blaze Away has all this in abundance. It is a tune destined to get people moving. With layers of piano and synth, catchy hooks and a melody that will have you singing along after 1 listen, Blaze Away is a standout in the Diver catalogue. Glittering synths give way to a driving rhythm section, in a reflection of the band’s unabashed devotion to their shimmering and gritty inner-west heartland. Lyrically, Blaze Away is about embracing what can be controlled, while taking whatever else comes along the way. The good, and the bad. Throwing caution to the wind and living in the moment are also motifs that the song constantly comes back to. Diver are not shy of hiding the many influences on their sound, and acts like Wolf Alice, DMA’s, The Jezabels, The Killers and Oasis are all evident on Blaze Away.”


Raising Ravens – “At the Mercy of the Sky”

Country: Australia

Genre: Alt Rock

From the Artist: “Raising Ravens’ Jess Finlayson describes ‘At The Mercy Of The Sky’ being about the human need for control and that we really don’t have any, so some gravitate towards religion as a means of explaining their lack of power and essentially having someone to blame for everything that goes wrong in life to avoid responsibility.”


Poor Souls – “Negative Space”

Country: US

Genre: Punk

From the Artist: “This song is about my personal frustration with the commodification of social justice movements by corporate America, politicians and wealthy citizens of this country – as well as being caught in the middle of the first generation that is stuck in an infinite loop of gig jobs, student loan debt and generational trauma.”


Autumn Kings – “Castles”

Country: US

Genre: Alt Rock

From the Artist: “”Castles” is the lead single off of Canadian pop/rock quartet Autumn Kings’ sophomore album Book of the Broken, depicting the anxious and paranoid mental state of a human being who begins to slowly but surely lose control, while struggling to find the strength to turn the tide and break free from the chains that bind.” 


Regence – “Medicine”

Country: US

Genre: Alt Rock

From the Artist: “The lyrics are inspired by some of my own experiences with mental health issues, specifically how difficult it was to find good treatment. Our healthcare system seems content to prescribe strong substances that sometimes cause more harm than good, often choosing to treat the symptoms rather than the cause“


Blackstone Brewers – “Cut The Cord”

Country: Australia

Genre: Alt Rock

From the Artist: “‘Cut the Cord’ is the first single to be released off of an upcoming EP. Produced by Matthew Templeman (Voyager, Birds of Tokyo, Sly Withers).”