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Original Pairs – “Star Guitar”
Country: Canada
Genre: Garage Rock
Words From the Artist/PR: “Toronto-based rock and roll revivalists Original Pairs unleash “Star Guitar,” a dark and defiant anthem to DIY spirit and six-string glory. Fueled by a caveman riff and retro-psych energy, the track is equal parts glam rock snarl and garage band grit – a love letter to every barstool shredder with something to prove. Written in homage to the final days of Toronto’s storied Dakota Tavern, the song captures the bittersweet end of a beloved venue where the band once played regularly. “They stopped giving bands beer, the doorman disappeared, the sound tech ghosted – we knew it was over,” says guitarist/vocalist Andrew Frontini. “But we plugged in anyway. Because the show must go on.”
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Emy No Joke – “Bryan”
Country: Switzerland
Genre: Alt Rock
Words From the Artist/PR: “”Bryan” is a song we wrote for that person, the one who always thinks they’re better than you, talks down to you, and tries to kill your fire. We met a lot of Bryans in the early days of the band but the worst was the “Bryan” lol The kind of people who didn’t believe in us, who laughed at what we were building, who acted like they were above it all. But we know we’re not the only ones. Everyone has a Bryan in their head — that voice or that person that tries to make you feel small.”
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CUBBY – “DeLorean”
Genre: Alt Rock
Words From the Artist/PR: “I wrote this song about my best friend, my sister. At the time I wrote this song, she was living in different countries around the world. We went years without seeing each other but had to juggle a time difference when finding the time to talk to each other. loving someone in a timezones that are 14+ hour differences is tough. You’re never really on the same page. And when that person has been your ride or die for years, and there’s all of a sudden a huge space between you, you’re forced to embrace the challenges the world presents you without your best mate at your side. My sister was going through a lot of challenges. Emotional, physical, spiritual, you name it. At times it felt helpless because of the time difference. The metaphor of being her “DeLorean” is a play on time travel because I traveled a long distance to go see her (through timezones). It was like time travel and it was a transformative trip for both of us. We rekindled so much, traveling south east asia, listening to old songs our parents wouldn’t listen to, and rejuvenating our spirits by merely being in each others presence. The song is a testimony to persistence in friendships and the longing for reuniting with someone you haven’t seen in a long time.”
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Don’t Worry – “This Time”
Country: UK
Genre: Alt Rock
Words From the Artist/PR: “This Time is a song about learning from bad experiences and making sure you don’t make the same mistakes again. It’s about growing as a person and coming out of a rough period into a better time. Sonically, this track takes influence from Smashing Pumpkins and other 90s/00s bands and is perhaps the most directly alt rock song on our third album Idealism. ” – Songwriter Ronan Van Kehoe
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The Symptones with Keep For Cheap – “MRI”
Country: US
Genre: Alt Rock
Words From the Artist/PR: “With a snappy, driving beat, a contagious melody, and a hook that you’ll be singing along to by the time the second chorus rolls around, it’s a 100-mile-per-hour fastball with movement of a rock song.”
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SHAGGO – “Young Girls Need Entertainment!”
Country: US
Genre: Punk
Words From the Artist/PR: “This song was inspired by a riot grrrl-feminist poem our lead singer’s mom originally wrote in the 90’s. We modernized and put our own twist on it.”
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HEISA – “Flowers”
Country: Belgium
Genre: Alt Rock
Words From the Artist/PR: “This 3:25‑min track takes the band’s signature blend of math‑noise intensity, hypnotic rhythms and all round catchyness and distills it into a raw, explosive energy that feels both tight and chaotic.”
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maybe so – “county lines”
Country: US
Genre: Alt Rock
Words From the Artist/PR: “I wrote this while coming out of a divorce. Reclaiming and finding myself, and realizing life would be better for everyone after the dust was settled.”
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Strawflower – “Everyone’s Gotta Lose”
Country: US
Genre: Indie Rock
Words From the Artist/PR: “Everyone’s Gotta Lose is a haunted late night ballad about the romance of epic loserdom. Mixing a classic Southern rock vibe with a 90s lo-fi edge, it follows a narrator on the edge of losing himself in the desert landscapes of Southern California. Recorded in a Joshua Tree by underground psychedelic legend Michael Rault, the track channels personal, political, and ecological loss into epic catharsis. If everyone’s gotta lose, then at least we have each other. “
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Peter Landi – “Dandelion”
Country: US
Genre: Alt Rock
Words From the Artist/PR: “I started thinking about what you’d see from a summit: mountains, the sky, nature… something bigger than yourself,” he says. “That led me to thinking about actually being high and in an altered state of mind. ‘Dandelion, I miss you all the time’ was the first thing I sang when I started strumming and it all flowed from there.”
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Jodie Langford – “I See Only Red”
Country: UK
Genre: Indie Rock
Words From the Artist/PR: “I See Only Red had been wallowing in a folder for a while, not sure of the direction we should go in with it. The song has a very personal aspect to it lyrically & had gone through a few different iterations before arriving at this final version which has the perfect level of energy & drama that we’ve been looking for. Endoflevelbaddie’s production is leaning more into punk territory in sound/production mentality with a healthy dose of rave still! Tracks are quickly concocted with parts recorded quickly to try to keep that raw energy alive & not get bloated with layers & layers of sounds or being over-produced to death. This song shows our continued progression into that way of working, whilst still paying homage to my spoken word background & playful nature”.
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