Teddy Spaghetty (Spaghetty Town Records)
What are your top five albums that were released in 2025? (In order 1-5)
- Flesh Panthers - A Nice Chunk
- Sex Mex - Repackaged II
- The Hives - The Hives Forever, Forever The Hives
- Viagra Boys - viagra boys
- Wyldlife - Bystander
What band did you discover in 2025 (can be a brand new band or an older band) that had an impact on your life? How so?
Flesh Panthers from Chicago. I was aware of them, but never really listened to them before. I went and bought all of their vinyl, stocked their latest in my store and booked them for my 10 year anniversary show/party in Atlanta! And they delivered live! A great, underappreciated band.
How will you remember 2025 (in terms of music)?
I think any scene or genre has its ups and downs. In my opinion, guitar rock music is going to continue to grow in a positive direction. It's always been around, but it has ebbs and flows like any style. But I suspect we will continue to see a positive resurgence of guitar rock artists.
What can we look forward to from you in 2026?
We are gonna keep flying our Spaghetty Town flag. Really excited about releasing Australia's The Stripp - Life Imitates Art album in January. We're already getting really positive feedback.Then more power pop from Brad Marino, Germany's The Melmacs both have new albums coming. Oh, and Micah from Fast Eddy, he has his first solo release, Micah And The Mirrors, planned. We have a few other things in the works that we're not ready to announce yet, but very exciting stuff.
What records are you looking forward to most in 2026?
Aside from my own, haha? I'm really excited about the next album from Sweden's The Dahmers. There is a great rock band from Indiana called Wet Denim that i'm into, they should have their album out next year too.
Singles rule the music scene right now. How has that affected you as a band or label? Has it influenced your approach to new releases or touring?
We love releasing singles! Singles are a great tool to get some new music out there without having to release an entire album, or to start promotion for an album. But it's best used when you pair it with a tour or a video, or both. It gives the listener something to talk about and share, other than "here is our new song, please give it a listen". Also it's much easier nowadays to add a video element to your single as well, whether that be a teaser for social media or a full on video on youtube. I have a band now, Criminal Kids. They haven't had a full-length release for a while, but they've been writing, had some line up changes. But they were doing a small tour and released a new song along with the tour announcement. A great use of releasing a single.
