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. 

Kai Voltage – “Evil Eye”

Country: Canada

Genre: Rock

Words From the Artist/PR: “On Evil Eye, Kai Voltage pays tribute to his deep love for gritty guitar work and the intricacies of overdriven sound. Written on an acoustic guitar in the great outdoors before getting soaked in tone for the recording. Playing all tracked instruments, and singing while drumming live, Kai Voltage weaves spirited rhythm and inflection into this piece: The verses feature clean guitar layered with distorted vocals against a staggered beat that opens into a wide chorus. The guitar solo builds from smooth gain all the way to the endings full out screaming fuzz.”

The Boathouse – “The Boathouse”

Country:  Canada

Genre: Indie Rock

Words From the Artist/PR: ““The Boathouse” from Toronto’s The Boathouse is a breezy bit of yacht-rock escapism about a doomsday cult The fourth single from Toronto yacht-rock outfit The Boathouse blends smooth summer radio sounds with a tale about a doomsday cult, bringing listeners to a lake house where they behold a party at the end of the world through the eyes of the song’s protagonist.”

Eric Sleeper – “Midnight Robber”

Country: US

Genre: Alt Rock

Words From the Artist/PR: “This track delivers an intense, relentless energy with a dark, brooding atmosphere. Imagine an underworld villain battling through shadows—this song embodies that fierce, captivating journey. Designed to grip you from the first beat and keep your adrenaline racing, it’s a raw, emotional experience meant to resonate deeply. “

Clayton – “Who’s Mary?”

Country: US

Genre: Indie Rock

Words From the Artist/PR: ““Who’s Mary” is all about this messed-up, obsessive attraction to someone who’s pure chaos but impossible to resist. Mary’s got this dark side—she’s dangerous, damn she’s even violent—and I’m totally hooked on it. She’s a serial killer that I fell in love with I mean… wildly unpredictable, and we’re drawn to her like we’re addicted to the thrill of it all. I know she’s trouble, but I crave being close to her, even if it’s self-destructive.”

Avolver – “Avolition”

Country: South Africa

Genre: Alt Rock

Words From the Artist/PR: “”Avolition,” a high-energy rock anthem that embodies the struggle of breaking free from the daily grind. With driving guitar riffs and an infectious rhythm, this track captures the raw energy of letting off steam and channeling frustration into liberation.”

Serenade – “She Came With Frost”

Country: Norway

Genre: Alt Rock

Words From the Artist/PR: “This is a hard rocker song with tasty and catchy refrain.”

SAMWOY – “Poison”

Country: Canada

Genre: Alt Rock

Words From the Artist/PR: “I’m wounded and sincere, mutters SAMWOY over a bed of arpeggios and synths glitching out on the outro to his new single, “Poison.” Like in the work of the best confessional poets, SAMWOY is scathingly self-searching on the track, bringing forth tales of shame, disgust, and debauchery in a search of redemption and what he terms sunlit dreams of unity. The result is raw, stunning in its honesty, and another leap forward in the trajectory of the Montreal-based musician’s crafting of an unmistakable, singular worldview. The track’s locomotive-like I think I can I think I can refrain advances his sustained exploration of the mind-body problem, continuing his examination into manifestations and metamorphoses of trauma from all angles. SAMWOY’s 2023 debut LP Awkward Party was largely a solo endeavor and one man cacophony, but the project has now blossomed into a lean and dexterous four man unit. Featured here and across SAMWOY’s forthcoming second album, Even Sad Boys Like to Have Fun, is a veritable murderers row of versatile Montreal players tracked live off the floor at Mixart Studios: Ev Bird on guitar, background vocals and synthesizers; Jeff Mitchel on bass, saxophone, and keys; and Thomas Molander on percussion. The quartet’s chemistry, equal parts intense and playful, is featured the video for “Poison” in scenes captured in the studio and during electrifying live performances.”

Thorne Brothers – “Dirty Fuel”

Country: US

Genre: Alt Rock

Words From the Artist/PR:  “Indignant riff-rock just feels like the right fit to speak to the plight of young women and girls surviving human trafficking. This album project is for the benefit of Saving Innocence. Saving Innocence provides escape from trafficking for child victims of sex trafficking. Using a highly relational and collaborative approach by utilizing strategic partnerships with law enforcement, social service providers and schools.”

Revolution Above Disorder – “The Flowers of Destruction”

Country: Canada

Genre: Alt Rock

Words From the Artist/PR: “The Flowers of Destruction is an electro-infused celebration of the human condition in all its messed-up glory. Drawing musical inspiration from 90s big-beat and trip-hop, the lyrics explore themes of nihilism and decadence, finding beauty in the tension between light and darkness.”

Knock for Six – “Reaching”

Country: US

Genre: Alt Metal

Words From the Artist/PR: “Reaching is about drowning in your own depression, addiction, or general hopelessness. No matter what you do or what your gifts there is always something pulling you down, and this is about that struggle.”