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Garett Gunderson – Anywhere Anytime
Garett Gunderson Meets Heartbreak With A Bright, Open-Hearted Anthem
Edmonton singer-songwriter and visual artist Garett Gunderson sounds like he’s painting in widescreen on “Anywhere Anytime,” a pop-rock title track that leans into loss without letting go of hope. Produced by Stew Kirkwood, the song swells with an ’80s-sized chorus, polished guitars, and a warmth that feels earned, not manufactured. Gunderson wrote it while supporting a close friend through terminal illness, and that ache gives the track its emotional grain.
The accompanying video, filmed in Puerto Vallarta and directed by Roberto Estrada, extends that feeling of renewal through color, movement, and human connection. Gunderson’s clear vocals and plainspoken lyricism keep the song grounded, while the arrangement reaches for something bigger: gratitude, resilience, and the stubborn decision to choose joy. It’s a fitting preview of Anywhere Anytime, an album that seems poised to balance intimacy with lift, and to find light in the spaces where life has been hardest.
G-BRO – We Got A Song
G-BRO Ride A High-Frequency Rush Of Feel-Good Fire
Born in the Hudson Valley’s parking lots and backyard stages, G-BRO have turned lockdown improvisation into something sturdier: a six-piece with the easy swing of a bar band and the muscle memory of veterans. On “We Got A Song,” the group leans into its most distinctive trick — two drummers moving like one pulse with two minds — while the live, home-studio recording keeps the edges breathing. Tuned to A=432Hz, the single feels less like a gimmick than a conviction, folding in the band’s belief that music can soothe as much as it can ignite. The chorus arrives with a grin, built for hands in the air and voices joining in. Think Grateful Dead looseness, Allman Brothers drive, and a little Steely Dan polish, all carried by the plainspoken mantra: “Music is the best Rx.”
ELARMA – Leave This Behind
ELARMA Drift Through Letting Go With Handmade Indie-Rock Warmth
ELARMA arrive with “Leave This Behind” sounding like a road trip memory you can still smell on the dashboard: warm acoustics, plush harmonies, and a bittersweet pulse that leans somewhere between Bic Runga and The Cranberries. Built in their own home studio and shaped by more than 20 years of collective live experience, the song carries the easy confidence of players who know exactly when to leave space and when to let the chorus swell.
What makes ELARMA compelling is their refusal to sand down the human edges. “Leave This Behind” feels lived-in, with real studio sweat in the grain of the performance and a gentle DIY charm that gives the track its heartbeat. The accompanying video keeps that same hand-built spirit, reinforcing a debut that feels less like a launch and more like a carefully held breath finally released.
Beat the Drum – Try a little bit harder
Beat The Drum Cast Longing In A Cool, Restless Glow
Beat The Drum lean into a softer, more searching side on “Try a little bit harder,” letting longing gather through cool textures and a quietly restless atmosphere. Reworked from a faster original into a downtempo, jazz-tinged drift, the single lets piano, strings and double bass breathe, while muted trumpet and late-arriving drums give the track a slow-burn lift. It’s a small reinvention with real intent: the kind that turns perfectionism into feeling.
That restless creativity sits at the heart of the London duo’s appeal, folding experimental electronica, nu jazz and trip-hop into something attractively strange and unmistakably theirs. The lyrics lean toward survival and achievement, but the song never strains; it swells, shadows and reaches with quiet determination. When the refrain returns — “Try a little bit harder every day” — it lands less like advice than a mantra, one that lingers long after the last note fades.
Michael Waters – Requiem for Earth
Michael Waters Finds A Haunting Love Song In Planetary Grief
Michael Waters brings feeling close to the surface on “Requiem for Earth,” a song that carries that immediacy into one of his most emotionally exposed statements. Not a protest song, but a love song for a planet in peril, it folds wonder and grief into a singer-songwriter frame that leans acoustic, ambient, and cinematic. Oceans, forests, wildlife, and wild places all shimmer through the writing, as if Waters is singing to someone he loves and cannot bear to lose.
That emotional clarity is what gives the song its weight. Waters, who writes both music and lyrics, understands that the most enduring songs don’t lecture; they reach. With recent releases already finding global traction, he’s proving his melodic instincts are as sharp as his sense of purpose. “Requiem for Earth” feels intimate and expansive at once — a quiet reminder that people protect what they love.
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