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.

Fast Blood – “Pulling Teeth”

Country: UK

Genre: Punk

From the Artist: “FAST BLOOD return after almost two years navigating the COVID-19 pandemic with their new single and music video ‘PULLING TEETH’: A song about dealing with the pressure of helping those with self-destructive tendencies at the expense of your own health. It is rapid and intense. It is urgent. It is their greatest achievement as a band so far.”


Leopard Rays – “Something Like Hell”

Country: UK

Genre: Alt Rock

From the Artist: “Something Like Hell is the follow-up to September’s Carried Away and December’s Curtain Call and marks something of a maturation as the track features strings for the first time as they dig deeper and deeper into blissful melodic discourse. 2020’s Time’s A Factor, Kid EP was four tracks of infectious riffs and twisting melodies.”


Mostly Strangers – “I Wanna Know”

Country: USA

Genre: Post-Punk

From the Artist: ” ‘I Wanna Know’ is the first single for the band’s upcoming first LP titled ‘GONE’, which explores different forms of loss and the consequences of that loss. ‘I Wanna Know’ is the penultimate track on the record and follows the thoughts of the protagonist as he finally realizes how much he’d been holding onto and is finally ready to let go.”


Alex McCulloch – “Fuck You, I’m Busy”

Country: Canada

Genre: Indie Rock

From the Artist: “Written in the aftermath of a breakup and a pandemic, and recorded at Lincoln County Social Club in Toronto, “Fuck You, God, I’m Busy” is a belligerent firestorm of a love song, featuring electric guitar, Wurlitzer organ and Alex McCulloch’s powerful vocals. It is the first single off Alex McCulloch’s upcoming solo album, and the song and lyric video drop January 28, 2022. “Fuck You, God, I’m Busy” is an energetic folk-rock ballad about saying “fuck it” and falling in love all over again.”


TOVE – “Slow Dance Until the Morning Light”

Country: Sweden

Genre: Indie Rock

From the Artist: “I guess it’s a bit of a frustrated kind of song, about being neurodiverse and constantly have to adapt to a neurotypical world where we all are expected to fit into the same little box. It’s about always being pressured into respecting and understanding people who aren’t like us and how they want the world to be and look like, but also never expect any kind of respect or understanding back. Like, I know that I’m not perfect, but so aren’t you, and that’s fine. We’re all just different, I like that, I just wish you liked that too.”


S.E. Webster – “Already Gone”

Country: USA

Genre: Indie Rock

From the Artist: “This song is a murder ballad – more about fantasy than murder. “


Sam Brace – “Brave”

Country: UK

Genre: Pop Rock

From the Artist: “This song was written in lockdown last year, my writing partner and I sent each other ideas over the course of a few days and I fashioned the final track from those nuggets. Brave is mostly about the questions we should ask ourselves before trying to bring about change in another person’s life as well as facing the future and pushing on no matter how dangerous life circumstances might seem or how insecure you might feel. It’s an uplifting one with a Cure-y riff intro, breezy verse, and big chorus, if you make it to the chorus, I really hope you’ll stick around to the end! “


The Warhawks – “On My Way”

Country: USA

Genre: Indie Rock

From the Artist: “Comprised of brothers John and Pat Bilodeau, cousin Matt Orlando and close family friend Tom Lipski, The Warhawks are a dynamic, blue-collared indie rock outfit from Gloucester City, NJ. Following a string of DIY releases, the band released their debut LP ‘Never Felt So Good’ in January 2019. Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Dave Downham (Into It. Over It.) at Gradwell House Recording, the album consisted of nine soaring punk alt-rock anthems that explored themes of love, hope, and desperation. ‘Never Felt So Good’ would go on to earn the band several accolades” 


FINE, whatever – “stuck in my mind”

Country: Sweden

Genre: Indie Rock

From the Artist: “Doing a song in a day sometimes makes stuff much more honest, no story to hide behind just me and my problems. I think it is beautiful in a way.”


Wodan Boys – “So Damn Much”

Country: Netherlands

Genre: Alt Rock

From the Artist: “So Damn Much is a modern take on a rock love song. It will be released on January 29th on Wodan Boys own DIY recordlabel Never Gold. The band’s new EP Wodan Boys II will be released on the 25th of March. It’s a peptalk, a love song and a bunch of personal statements against those who look away or feel unfairly disadvantaged. It’s catchy, edgy, clamorous and feels urgent.”


Free Parking! – “ES2”

Country: USA

Genre: Pop Punk

From the Artist: “Synths, guitar solos, group vocals, harmonies, and the director of the neo-cult classic film “Velocipastor” singing lead vocals. What more could you ask for!? This is the first song we’ve released in about two years, fully produced in the guitarist’s home studio and across the internet. At a solid 155BPM, this not-so-pop punk song has huge energy and is about consoling a friend who was torn down by people on social media.”


SICAYDA – “KYG”

Country: Canada

Genre: Alt Rock

From the Artist:  “Sonically, “KYG” is a powerful alternative rock song which blends the band’s shoegaze influences with more direct and impassioned vocals. The song harnesses emotive anger to depict how those in positions of power within the music industry feel about themselves: huge symbols to worship yet they contribute nothing and tower over the artists that created them.”


Le Big Zero – “Horror Movie Pie Fight”

Country: USA

Genre: Alt Rock

From the Artist: “Le Big Zero are thrilled to share “Horror Movie Pie Fight” and its accompanying music video. The song is the lead single from their upcoming album, A Proper Mess. Following their critically-lauded debut album, 2019’s Ollie Oxen Free, the new LP is a high-energy cocktail of garage rock and off-kilter punk. Vocalists Michael Pasuit and Carolina Aguilar continue their wry exploration of monotony and anxiety in the modern age, via a Frank Black-Kim Deal-esque sonic intertwining. The album is a reflective, messy love-letter to uncertainty and the choice to just press onward.”


Liam Cowan – “Cruise”

Country: Canada

Genre: Indie Rock

From the Artist: “Liam Cowan is a multi-instrumentalist sing/songwriter and producer born and raised in the Canadian Rockies. Influenced by the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, and David Bowie, he began playing music as a teenager when his parents got him a guitar for Christmas. ” 


Tidal Wave – “This Cost of Life”

Country: Canada

Genre: Indie Rock

From the Artist: “‘The Cost Of Life’ is the pain of a relationship ending, but to truly live you need to experience these lows. It makes the highs oh so much higher and therefore is truly a cost of living your life, one that we must all feel from time to time.”