Year: <span>2016</span>

Digital Escort – “Retro Sunscape”

Digital Escort – “Retro Sunscape” – Single Review Dig it!  These minstrels of mayhem are kickin’ ass on their new single “Retro Sunscape” – it’s got Digital Escort in a rare combination of extremes that add up to a massively accessible rhythm & groove.  Continuing their onslaught of online releases and building material for their […]Read More

SBS Live This Week 057

STOKED for the show this week!  Part I of a two-part episode with solo-artist Oliver Hansert, aka Vladrumetz when it comes to making music – and he’s all the way out in Germany taking part in what becomes the most fun I can have in a day, which is communicating and collaborating with artists not […]Read More

Charming Timur – Call It A Classic

Charming Timur – Call It A Classic – Album Review This fucking guy…Santeri Lohi has got to be one of the absolute kings of sarcasm and subtle, wry humor.  I’ve got the added benefit of having interviewed him in both written and audio conversations and also had the privilege of hearing the evolution in his […]Read More

Black Astronaut – Life On Mars

Black Astronaut – Life On Mars – Album Review All kinds of imagination, ideas and talent combine to form the collaborative efforts of Black Astronaut & their music.  Led by lead songwriter Charles Luck, the number of players, singers, rappers and musicians involved quickly multiplies from there…all united by the shared purpose found in creating […]Read More

Hennessy Jones – “Human Being”/”Concepts”

Hennessy Jones – “Human Being”/”Concepts” – Singles Review Couple new singles in review today from Hennessy Jones…”Concepts” which was released about four-months back and “Human Being” which is still right out of the wrapper and not even a month old yet.  Both tracks feature collaborative efforts and the talents of Elluna alongside Kirsin assisting on […]Read More

Roger Cole & Paul Barrere – “You’re Annoying”

Roger Cole & Paul Barrere – “You’re Annoying” – Single Review If you tuned into the SBS Podcast last night, you already had a chance to hear this latest tune from Roger Cole & Paul Barrere, two of our more frequent guests here on our pages and an incredibly active duo overall.  These boys are […]Read More

SBS Podcast 017

On this week’s show we get right to the heart of what makes a single…how timing factors in…and what the heck their purpose really is! Join Jer @ SBS as he rambles on about that & more throughout the episode, playing extraordinary tunes from your incredible independent music-scene including: Tune Tank, Maximum High, Roger Cole […]Read More

AntBanks380 – God Fearing Gangster

AntBanks380 – God Fearing Gangster – EP Review Been a good day for the hip-hop genre.  After reviewing the latest chapter from Da Challenger’s catalog, I moved onto the God Fearing Gangster himself, AntBanks380…and the good fortune continued to spit from the speakers all around me. “Tomorrow” has a solid rhythm, melody and groove to […]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

The Dreaming Street – The Dreaming Street

The Dreaming Street – The Dreaming Street – Album Review If there’s one thing I certainly keep my eye out for when doing reviews…it’s what I grew up with and where I originally came from.  That task in itself, is not limited to any kind of genre and is completely automated…ingrained within me…I look for […]Read More