December Wrap-Up @ The Secret Stash

Ohhhhhhhh but we have some laughs, don’t we? When we started the SBS Secret Stash Of Stellar Singles, it was a genuine test to see what the organic level of support for the independent music-scene really is out there…a metrics test, if you will – or at least, checking to see if there’s a heartbeat […]Read More

October Wrap-Up @ The Secret Stash

After such an extraordinary accomplishment of managing to attract the attention of twenty whole music-fans from across the entire planet over only nine short months…it only makes sense that we’d continue to make massive strides, picking up our twenty-first subscriber within just ten months!  So uninspiring!  I cannot even begin to describe the hole this […]Read More

SBS Podcast 030

On episode 030 of the SBS Podcast we take it into the independent Rap & Hip-Hop scene to prove just how incredibly solid it really is right now. Cuts from: Chames, The L.A.W., GiANT The Artist, Genius Picaso, Souleye, Chartt, Da Challenger, TrackSevenBand and featuring a doubleshot from an exceptional artist we’ve just been recently […]Read More

Da Challenger – Verbal Canvas Vol. 2

Da Challenger – Verbal Canvas Vol. 2 – Album Review Da sequel! Well…here within the pages of sleepingbagstudios, you’ll see it’s much more than that – we’ve been following and listening to the phat tracks of Da Challenger for some time now and have checked out pretty much everything we can since he dropped Verbal […]Read More

SBS Podcast 009

Another incredible episode filled with music that has true PERSPECTIVE out there in the independent-scene!  We’ll talk about that, take a moment or two to figure out when to get political, and of course feature all kinds of incredible music from far & wide!  We’ll go even further to prove that in this episode as […]Read More

Da Challenger – “Loved & Lost”

Da Challenger – “Loved & Lost” – Single Review A good lead single will make you want to listen to the rest of the music on the record.  I remember back in the day, sometimes you’d hear a single so good you’d tear the CD package open with your teeth if you had to, whatever […]Read More

Da Challenger – “Get Get Get It”

Da Challenger – “Get Get Get It” – Single Review If I could communicate just how special it truly is to be immersed in the independent music-scene so long now that I’m privileged to know hundreds upon hundreds of bands – but the real magic in longevity is that you get to see, listen to […]Read More

Da Challenger – Verbal Canvas Volume 1

Da Challenger – Verbal Canvas Volume 1 I can’t even begin to explain…obviously a LOT of changes around here at the homepage right now…and as beautiful as they all are…that’s a LOT of change for a curmudgeon like me. So let me just say…I was definitely looking to find me some music with a nice […]Read More