Tiberius / "Sag"

   

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Tiberius’ single “Sag” channels their self-coined “Farm Emo” sound, weaving indie punk grit with alt-country warmth and psychedelic flourishes. With raw yet relatable lyrics, the track reflects on the pull between ambition and self-identity in the Boston music scene. It’s confessional, catchy, and full of restless energy.

In Their Own Words:
"Sag is about this dreaded ‘Allston to Bushwick’ pipeline we have in Boston. A lot of musicians end up using Boston to cut their teeth before heading off to New York or LA to pursue their music careers. I wrote ‘Sag’ when I was really playing the ‘comparison game’ in my head and asking myself what role I wanted music to play in my life. It was the first in a batch about looking at yourself in relation to the others around you and trying to decipher who you are without that context.“ – Brendan Wright

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Kari Lyn / "Home"

   

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Kari Lyn’s new single “Home” is a heartfelt folk song full of warmth, hooks, and undeniable charm. The song beautifully captures the joy of returning to where you truly belong, making it a roadtrip-ready track that feels both personal and relatable.

In Their Own Words:
Written during a songwriting session with production duo Good Grief as part of Canada’s Music Incubator, “Home” reflects on Kari Lyn’s six-year journey across 29 countries and the unexpected realization that what she was searching for had always been waiting back in PEI. “I spent years running away from home, traveling the world, just to realize how important it was,” she shares.

The track’s rich textures – including a sneakily perfect fiddle sample and chantable la-di-da’s – mirror the song’s message: sometimes the pieces don’t make sense until you step back and take it all in. “We wanted it to feel like people were singing along – like a kitchen party in song form,” Kari Lyn explains.

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Kurtys Kidd / "Mary"

   

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“Mary” hits hard with driving riffs and a thick, fuzzy guitar tone that nods to the best of 90s rock. Kurtys Kidd tells the story of someone unable to commit, forever chasing the next “bigger and better” thing and leaving everything else in the dust. Bold, urgent, and built for loud speakers, it’s a straight-ahead rock song.

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““Mary” is a song about a person who can’t commit to anyone or anything and needs to keep running to the next “bigger and better” thing to “move up” in the world. Everyone is disposable and something better is always in the wings.

I wrote and recorded the song over two hot and sweaty days. The song began with the idea to use the thickest fuzziest guitar tone and work from there. Sounds best in your car with the volume too high and the windows open as you tear down a back road!”

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Krooked Tongue / "Dog Days"

   

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"Dog Days" is a vibrant, heartfelt anthem that bottles the feeling of first love in your teenage years. With warm nostalgia and vivid storytelling, Krooked Tongue reflects on a time when every moment felt monumental and summer seemed endless. It’s a song that celebrates the beauty of youthful innocence and the bittersweet reality of growing older.

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"'I feel like 'Dog Days' is a tune that perfectly sums up that feeling of teenage love; The all or nothing nature of that, as if nothing better could ever come along. Hindsight is everything now, but the innocence of youth is everything at that time. We attach importance to things that seem so trivial now but in the moment, are our whole life. Those years are ones where we find ourselves, who we are, and those first relationships we have are cornerstones throughout the rest of our lives. Nobody forgets their first love, that's for damn sure. There's a nostalgia for the teen years that I think resonates with most people in their 20s and beyond. A retrospective comfort that makes us remember the weather somehow always being good. Every memory dressed in a golden hue and every moment packed with a constant stream of peers that never seemed to fade. Of course, as we get older they do; friends drift apart and relationships, despite our naivety, come and go. But to have felt the full bearing of our budding emotions at that time, as if the whole world stopped for a summer just so you could live it to the maximum is a beautiful thing."

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Electric Lemonade / "You're Watching Me"

   

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Electric Lemonade is a Canadian fuzz rock trio with catchy hooks and a garage rock energy. Their latest single, "You're Watching Me", is an absolute earworm with an all-too-familiar topic: breakups, and learning to move on. The song's poppy vibe is a wonderful balance to its alternative rock style, making it the perfect summer track.

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“"You’re Watching Me” is a break-up song,” says Sarah Murphy. “It’s about being ready to move on, and about embracing who you are – even the messy bits and the mistakes you make along the way. It was inspired by some major changes that happened in my life. I realized I was in a pattern of allowing myself to be in situations where I couldn’t really thrive or be myself.”

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Magnolia / "Omaha Beach"

   

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From their new EP, Omaha, Norwich avant folk-punk collective, Magnolia, release the single "Omaha Beach". The song is intense, atmospheric, and hard to ignore. The instruments absolutely sing, and draw the listeners in immediately. 

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“’Omaha Beach’ was made to be war music; we wanted it to be heavy and rocking,” says guitarist and vocalist, George Rodgers. “Lyrically it was inspired by the film ‘Come And See’ which is incredibly bleak, however the lyrics at the end were only conceived during the recording of the song. They became a tribute to people I care about in life as they have helped me stay sane during the creation of this music. At times writing and recording has caused us to become manic and stressed, but the people in our lives that love us kept us grounded.”

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Nelson Sobral / "Time After Time"

  

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Nelson Sobral’s new release is a soulful, Americana-infused cover of the 1983 Cyndi Lauper hit "Time After Time". Nelson's distinct vocals and bluesy guitar style bring a new spin to the classic song, paying sincere homage while simultaneously making it sound like his own.

In Their Own Words:
"I play a lot of cover gigs—part of the job. Some songs I play straight. Others, I bend until they feel like they came outta me. Cyndi Lauper’s classic “Time After Time” is one of those. It started out as just another tune in the set. But night after night, it kept landing differently. Somewhere along the way, it stopped feeling like a cover and started feeling like mine—like something I might’ve written. I cut it at home—played all the instruments, sang it the way I felt it. This isn’t about reinventing anything. It’s about taking an already powerful song and saying it in my own voice."

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