the rundown

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Spice Jar – “While I Stay Gone”

Country: US

Genre: Alt Rock

Words From the Artist: “The second single from Spice Jar’s upcoming EP ‘Stranger In My Room’, While I Stay Gone embodies the feeling of rejection and dread from the mundane day to day life remaining the same while watching the things you want grow further and further away.”

Jon Pozzuto – “The Way Things Used To Be”

Country: US

Genre: Punk

Words From the Artist: “The Way Things Used to Be in a New York City punk/rock and roll song that borrows heavily from Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers and the Ramones, with my own personal twist. The idea came to me after listening to Dee Dee Ramone’s song “False Alarm.””

Dead Billionaires – “Curb”

Country: US

Genre: Garage Rock

Words From the Artist: “Curb began in the first week of Virginia’s shelter in place order in March 2020. My roommates and I were drinking too much coffee and beer and watching the news. I’d just been laid off from my restaurant job and all I could see was the hesitancy of our government and corporations to do the right thing for the sake of the almighty dollar.”

Camel On Fire – “Heading Home”

Country: Germany

Genre: Alt Rock

Words From the Artist: The song is about leaving your ex girl/boyfriend because of her/his obsessive and hypocritical behaviour and afterwards feeling the relief of being free from this abusive relationship.

meija – “Do Ya?”

Country: US

Genre: Alt Rock

Words From the Artist: Los Angeles artist and producer meija shares his debut album, Do Ya?, a clever, hazy, indie-rock journey into the mind of twenty-nine-year-old musical prodigy Jamie Sierota. Sierota purposefully titled Do Ya? a question because the album digs into the gray area that comes with looking deeper into traditions, relationships, parenthood, religion, and even death. Jamie explains, “It’s about looking at life, at death, and just sort of sitting with it, but also, you’re not really okay with it. It’s like push and pull.”

Daymian Rhodes + Ben Boon – “DOOM”

Country: US

Genre: Rock

Words From the Artist: “This song is an anxiety anthem for people who have endured the struggles of mental health. It’s about my darkest moments having Avoidant Personality Disorder and an eating disorder throughout my formative years. For anyone who feels a sense of doom in a crowded room, this is for you.”

Electric High – “Seven Wonders”

Country: Norway

Genre: Alt Rock

Words From the Artist: Seven Wonders is driven by a sincere, heavily strolling guitar riff and drum beat. The intense rock vocals of the two singers boast ridiculous promises based on historical myths of Zeus, Helios, King Nebukadnesar of Babylon, and the seven wonders of the ancient world. There is burning intensity and soaring desire shifting back and forth as the story and the song plays out. Towards the end the whole song breaks down, and comes back with a crazy folk-inspired finale, where the promises of building seven wonders crumble in a weak moment of clarity and realism. This is a lesson in ancient history delivered in a way that you sure haven’t heard before!

Bring The Hoax – “Final Day”

Country: Sweden

Genre: Alt Rock

Words From the Artist: ““Final Day” is a slightly apocalyptic title, and it reflects the feeling of the band when the song was written in March 2022, shortly after Russian troops occupied eastern Ukraine. The lyrics underwent several different shades of aggression, and some versions were far more agitative then the final narrative. But with some reflection and the realization that it is hatred and tyranny that we want to see an end to, a more contemplative and perhaps pleading angle was chosen as this comment on the horrific war that is happening.”

Nikki White – “Fairweather Friends”

Country: Canada

Genre: Alt Rock

Words From the Artist:“I wrote this song in Los Angeles with my two friends, Jordyn Kane and Aaron Blackmar,” shares White. “When I went into the session, I had an idea swirling around for a song with the words ‘fairweather friends.’ I got the idea from my boyfriend the night before, actually. I was complaining about some old friends and how they ditched me when things got bad. My boyfriend told me to ‘let go of those fairweather friends.’ I think he got the phrase from the Kadhja Bonet song.”

Queen Serene – “Double Life”

Country: US

Genre: Alt Rock

Words From the Artist: “Double Life was about how people can live parallel lives without the two interacting with each each other. Sonically it was inspired by Joy Division and Broadcast.”