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.

Lorem Ipsum – “Lessons in Living”

Country: Netherlands

Genre: Alt Rock

Words From the Artist: “Lessons in Living is a song about the struggles of daily life as a young adult as perceived by the members of Lorem Ipsum. Musically, the song is mainly inspired by bands and artists like Siouxsie and The Banshees, Bully and PJ Harvey. It’s been professionally recorded at our friend and fellow musician Blanko’s studio last summer.”


hour of pearl – “Dead Mohawk”

Country: US

Genre: Punk

Words From the Artist: “this song is a coming of age song. Looking back on the memories of being a young punk and then coming into being a parent and supporting a family. It’s inspired by Jim Lindberg’s book and the documentary that followed.”


Vintage Ninety – “Two Times”

Country: US

Genre: Indie Rock

Words From the Artist: “I wrote this song in high school about when you can’t get your crush out of your head”


Wayward Brigade – “West End Tragedy”

Country: US

Genre: Punk

Words From the Artist: “West End Tragedy is the title track off of our latest EP. It’s a punk rock ballad about the struggles of growing up too fast, living in a dead end town, and coping with everything life throws at you.” 


KHARTOUM – “Whatever Helps You Sleep”

Country: UK

Genre: Indie Rock

Words From the Artist: “It’s a song about coming to the end of your rope, stepping away from a negative energy, and ultimately washing your hands of it… but not before some home truths have been laid bare. It’s a pivotal moment for the band stylistically and represents a line between the past and future.”


Big Society – “Billy”

Country: UK

Genre: Indie Rock

Words From the Artist: “What began as a plea to a friend, ended up being much more autobiographical, ‘Billy’ is the writer’s thirst to free themselves from empty feelings and isolation into a place of new beginnings.”


Loviet – “Wide Eyes”

Country: Canada

Genre: Alt Rock

Words From the Artist: “This song is the second single off of my upcoming EP, The Nighttime is all in the Timing, produced by Now, Now.”


TVOD – “Mantis”

Country: US

Genre: Alt Rock

Words From the Artist: “For a solid month, I was seeing praying mantises everywhere. It was the weirdest thing, and since then, I have yet to see another one. I used them as the mascot for what felt like the end of times in NYC during the pandemic. Riding the subway home on March 14th 2020 when I lost my job and felt like the entire world was about to explode inspired a lot of the lyrics and tones in this song.”


kicklighter – “Lying Builds Character Too”

Country: US

Genre: Alt Rock

Words From the Artist: “This is our third single produced by Aaron Gillespie of Underoath. We recorded it with him at the house we grew up in, in Southeast Georgia. It’s a song about just trying to get a second to breathe in a corrupt and fast paced society that stops for no one.”


Bag of Cans – “Pub Money”

Country: UK

Genre: Garage Rock

Words From the Artist: “‘Pub Money’ is the band’s shameless attempt to write “an anthem for the terraces”, with football chant-style vocals alongside now-signature squealing guitars and a pounding rhythm section. At the song’s core is the all-too-familiar inner grappling that occurs whenever the threshold of a drinking venue is crossed. “I don’t want to worry, come on pub just take my money,” muses lead singer George before the confession: “I’m a little short on money, maybe pub don’t take my money.”