Jay Jai – My Soundcloud Project

Jay Jai – My Soundcloud Project – Album Review Sometimes behind the scenes you can get a sense of where an artist is at with their work.  I say sometimes…because it’s probably rarer than you’d think; some people will submit music and add the standard links & promo-related materials – usually management…other artists want to […]Read More

The Bingo Brothers – Top Ten

The Bingo Brothers – Top Ten – Album Review + Bonus Singles Alright…I found this album to be an incredibly fascinating one to review; from a writer’s point of view – The Bingo Brothers have done so much with their own music and made it so compellingly versatile that it’s almost tough to pare-down the […]Read More

Randy Steele – Songs From The Suck

Randy Steele – Songs From The Suck – Album Review Put your jug and washboard down for a moment and put your hands together to give it up for Randy Steele ladies and gentlemen!  Achieving the impossible…he’s constructed a country/folk/bluegrass record that didn’t make me want to off myself even in the slightest – in […]Read More

Race To Neptune – Oh Contraire

Race To Neptune – Oh Contraire – Album Review Long before I even got into this review-writing racket, I was convinced beyond doubt that you could in fact, judge music by its cover and have your assumptions confirmed 99% of the time.  I’m not saying that a record, tape or cd needed to have the […]Read More

Free From Gravity – Step In To The Sunlight

Free From Gravity – Step In To The Sunlight – Album Review It’s actually pretty rare to stumble onto an album as whole, inoffensive and chilled-out as this new album Step In To The Sunlight from the UK’s Free From Gravity is.  I was of two-minds when it came to examining these songs from their […]Read More

Elmo Karjalainen – Age Of Heroes

Elmo Karjalainen – Age Of Heroes – Album Review If you’ve been following along with the SBS Podcast lately, that’s all the proof you’d need to know we’ve continued to remain a fan of guitar-virtuoso Elmo Karjalainen ever since we had the privilege of reviewing it for the first time in the middle of 2015.  […]Read More

Life In A Tree – Say Goodbye To The Nighttime

Life In A Tree – Say Goodbye To The Nighttime Skies – Album Review I tell ya…for such a young band when it comes to their age, you don’t often find something that sounds this complete and well thought-out.  I can tell you firsthand from listening to music all day long throughout the independent music-scene […]Read More

Vessel Decimal – To Be And Not To Be

Vessel Decimal – To Be And Not To Be – Album Review I actually scratched my head in wonder of when the last time I reviewed something metal-esque was when I started listening to Vessel Decimal’s new record To Be And Not To Be…definitely felt like it’s been longer than normal.  Check it out at […]Read More

Paul The Trombonist – Journey To The World

Paul The Trombonist – Journey To The World – Album Review YOU…as listeners…as readers…as music-fans that are every bit as rabid and unrelenting as I am – yes YOU…the people that are always looking for something different that satisfies the ears with a truly innovative ideas that are boldly unique from the rest…I think we’ve […]Read More

Dave Wirth – Flutters

Dave Wirth – Flutters – Album Review A new direction in sound for a musician we’ve heard in the past and reviewed in the pages here at sleepingbagstudios – Dave Wirth, formerly one-half of the duo known as Sprightly Moans is back with an all-instrumental solo-album called Flutters.  Definitely a departure from the music we’ve […]Read More