Month: <span>September 2015</span>

Qualia – Triptych

Qualia – Triptych – EP Review Whatever it is…whatever luck I’m experiencing lately in not only finding quality music within the independent scene, but also music that’s being made incredibly CLOSE to where our studio is based…I really don’t want it to stop! Recently finding excellence close by in acts like upcoming SBS Live This […]Read More

Cheena Black Monrow – Black 2 The Future Promo

Cheena Black Monrow – Black 2 The Future Promo – Singles Reviewed When you look at the STAGGERING amount of respect & attention that Cheena Black Monrow & her music receive, it changes the perspective almost. Considering the fact that just about ANY of her singles have a higher hit-count than just about anything we’ve […]Read More

Da Butcher – L.I.F.E. Before Da Storm

Da Butcher – L.I.F.E. Before Da Storm – Promo Review Just a taste! You’d think Da Butcher would have cut us off a little more than just an appetizer…a musical promo for his upcoming album being released soon…but here we are, still in line – cause you know we’ll take what we can get from […]Read More

Van Norden – Love At First Sight

Van Norden – Love At First Sight – EP Review Energetic electro-experience from Van Norden with the brand-new single “Love At First Sight,” a song so bright, addictive and full of hooks I’ve actually got three versions of it here today! I get the excitement behind the music and it makes sense after listening to […]Read More

Violet Night – I Hope You’re Well

Violet Night – I Hope You’re Well – EP Review Wait a minute here…northern British Columbia? Like…as in our own backyard? NICE. It’s even better when you find a band from your area and they make absolutely stellar music – and that’s exactly what we have here with the indie/electro/folk band Violet Night. I’m not […]Read More

Jonni Slater – Hold On

Jonni Slater – Hold On – EP Review Pretty sure there’s not much else you could potentially do to raise expectations any higher; citing comparisons like Jeff Buckley, David Bowie, Beck and Radiohead on his social-media pages – Jonni Slater has set himself up to have to really deliver after such a comment. Question of […]Read More

SBS Podcast With Ryan & Jer 009

RAD interview in between Ryan @ SBS & Steve Barmash of Blackout Lights.  Come learn about his Van-city based grunge-rock/alternative band, hear a classic tune from their last EP and a BRAND NEW EXCLUSIVE TUNE from the upcoming “Blaster EP” being released THIS MONTH!  But YOU can hear it FIRST – right here on the […]Read More

Dave Childz – Forever Real

Dave Childz – Forever Real – Album Review I’ve had some extraordinary luck and amazing finds within the independent rap-scene. Seems to be there’s something about the competitiveness that inherently resides within that genre that really allows it all to consistently raise its game up to the next level with the next emcee to grip […]Read More

Chames – Siddhartha’s Revelations

Chames – Siddhartha’s Revelations – Album Review Having no clue what I’d be in for with this album from Chames, when it first began with the 20th Century Fox theme music, I had to almost chuckle a little. Chances are – I figured from that moment on – or hoped rather – that there would […]Read More

Miss Chay Bella – “I Just Wanna (Parties)”

Miss Chay Bella – “I Just Wanna (Parties)” – Single Review This is bizarre but fun composition to listen to & think about, I’ve gotta say! There is a lot I like about Miss Chay Bella’s new single “I Just Wanna (Parties)” – but I won’t lie to you either, there’s a lot that confused […]Read More