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.

Bad Mother Nature – “Hawks, Doves and Gamblers”

Country: US

Genre: Indie Rock

From the Artist: “Inspired by their drummer Jon McCann’s service in Afghanistan, as well as the recent war in Ukraine, “Hawks, Doves and Gamblers” is a wry critique of the players who endlessly gamble with war and peace. The sardonic lyrics glide over a tight rock groove while the band’s signature backup vocals flourish through verse and chorus.” 


KLEN – “Down The Pen”

Country: UK

Genre: Alt Rock

From the Artist: “Sounds ranging from smooth and visceral psychedelic warbles to wired and sprawling freakbeat. Steeped in 60’s garage, Pebbles style, with an anarcho-prog-punk edge woven in there too.” 


Mordechai Mendoza – “Mickey Blue”

Country: Canada

Genre: Indie Rock

From the Artist: “Mickey Blue is the first single off my debut record. It is a fun and upbeat rocker with some deep lyrical content about my mental health struggles when you read between the lines. It takes the listener back a few decades with playful melodies and catchy guitar hooks, while still keeping a couple toes in the modern landscape.”


Form Rank – “Silence”

Country: US

Genre: Punk

From the Artist: “SILENCE is the first single and opening track from FORM RANK’s debut self-titled album. The album, which compiles two different recording sessions, contains the sound of a band that is incredibly well versed in its punk rock history, but still has something of its own to say. The band has been playing shows for several years, but they have finally decided that it was time to release a full album. With a cassette release coming from Dune Altar, the band is ready to blast out of the covid years with a renewed vigor and more attitude.”


Cameron Neal – “No Place To Go”

Country: US

Genre: Pop Rock

From the Artist: “A fun, happy pop punk song with guest vocals from Connor Neal and drums from Luke along of Treesreach. Mixed and mastered by Dan Konopka of Ok Go.” 


Nick Amling – “Creature”

Country: US

Genre: Alt Rock

From the Artist: “I’m an 18 year old musician, and I wrote this song based upon my experiences in high school. I’ve been writing this song for about two years and finally decided that it is time to release it into the world.”


Vincent Draper and the Culls – “Contact High”

Country: US

Genre: Alt Rock

From the Artist:  “Contact High romanticizes sweaty nights in dark clubs. It’s about getting out and letting go, listening only to the beat and your own body. It is the perfect soundtrack for the hottest summer nights. Windows down, long after curfew, speakers maxed out, and your worries left far back in the dust and distant city lights.”


Curt Cannabis – “Sad But True”

Country: US

Genre: Punk

From the Artist: “New fresh summer hit, with pop punk attitude, produced, engineered, mixed and mastered by Riccardo Daga at Titans Lab Recording Studio (Italy).” 


Capital Theatre – “Fait Accompli”

Country: New Zealand

Genre: Alt Rock

From the Artist: “Fait accompli is the first song on our debut album a hero’s journey. Produced by Mike clink (appetite for destruction use your illusion 1 and 2 by Guns n Roses) it deals with the subject of inevitability and that some things are just set in stone and unavoidable.”


B. Hamilton – “Good Foot”

Country: US

Genre: Indie Rock

From the Artist:  “I had a tough go for the previous five years. I wasn’t extraordinary or a victim, but it felt like there was a blow torch of my loved one’s mortality fixed in front of my face. I wasn’t dealing with it correctly and I wasn’t sure where to start. It turns out that if you want a different outcome, then dig in and don’t be intimidated by the inches and seconds. Wake up, make your bed, and keep hacking away. Mind your own business and try to reflect when you can. The song is just a reminder of that to myself.”


Indian Handcrafts – “Criminal”

Country: Canada

Genre: Garage Rock

From the Artist: “Indian Handcrafts returns with a brand new noise-heavy metal track off their new LP! This group takes their Melvins-inspired sludge + churns out truly compelling rock”


Irish Basement – “Bear Trap”

Country: US

Genre: Indie Rock

From the Artist: “”Is it an addiction, or just a bad habit?” The opening line to “Bear Trap,” Irish Basement’s first release since the project’s debut EP, Surfin’ Serotonin in February, sets the tone for a self-reflecting post-punk track about compulsive behavior. Driven by a Linn drum machine and thumping bass guitar line, the song features sobering lyrics over lush C86-esque guitars and happy-sounding analog synths.”


Dr. Veers – “Microsleep”

Country: UK

Genre: Indie Rock

From the Artist: “Like our previous releases, Microsleep is heavily influenced by 90s-rock with a contemporary twist. The song is a fast-paced alt-rock bop that explores themes such as working in a mundane full- time job while balancing meaningful relationships.”


Venus Grrrls – “Violet State of Mind”

Country: UK

Genre: Alt Rock

From the Artist: “’Violet State of Mind’ is the anthem to your hot girl summer, be it spending time with your best mates in the sun, or falling in love with yourself and/or someone else,” the band explain. “We want this song to be on your get ready playlists and allow you to reach into those inner deities that we know you are.”


Rivals – “Dangerous”

Country: US

Genre: Alt Rock

From the Artist: “I’ve been feeling new energy lately, something that I’ve finally accepted and am letting into my heart, soul, and my music. As I grow internally and my heart expands, I have realized something. I am amazing. I have fought, clawed, and become the person I wished I was when I was younger. I’m not letting people walk on me, I’m not backing down, and I want my energy to grow with me on this amazing journey through life. I hope others out there can use this song as a way to direct that same energy into themselves and believe that they can do anything and everything. Become Dangerous <3” – Kalie Wolfe”