Year: <span>2017</span>

MrOrijinal – “Grigora X1”

MrOrijinal – “Grigora X1” – Single Review Life in music is about to open-up for solo-artist/multi-talent Josh Payne, aka Diesel, aka MrOrijinal – this new single “Grigora X1” is the electro-jam to set the standard for the rest to follow in 2017.  I’ve put a lot of listening into this track over the past couple […]Read More

Dan Weintraub – Singles

Dan Weintraub – Singles Review Thankfully…Dan has made this one easier on me than I’d anticipated.  Songs written in tribute of tragedy can put an honest music-reviewer like myself in an awkward situation…I always have empathy, but I also have a responsibility to, as accurately as I can, describe what I hear in the music.  […]Read More

0153 – Overdose Demo Sessions 2013 Album II

Here’s the Tyler Mayfield’s FACE edition! When we had Overdose in the studio in 2013 shortly prior to their breaking-up, we pulled off the beginnings of lots of spectacular stuff that never fully made it out of the can including a rad track they were working on called “Beauty Queen,” music-videos & live-cuts etc.  During […]Read More

Magazine Gap – “In Two Minds”

Magazine Gap – “In Two Minds” – Single Review One of the best assets that London-based band Magazine Gap has working for them is their pure & organic sound…there’s a uniqueness in this band that’s both calming & comforting to listen to.  We last checked into the three-piece’s combined creativity on their Calling Card EP […]Read More

Alex Rosselli – Holographic Space

Alex Rosselli – Holographic Space – Album Review I tell ya…instrumentalists can quite often have some of the most vibrant and vivid songs you’ll ever hear; combine that along with their intended themes and your own imagination to fill in the blanks and you can end up on a pretty wild ride overall.  Alex Rosselli’s […]Read More

Toby Poynter – “Melancholia”

Toby Poynter – “Melancholia” – Single Review The last time I wrote about Toby Poynter in early November of 2016…I promised you that this guy had himself a bonafide future in music calling him to claim his moment in the spotlight.  As I’ve mentioned so many times before, it’s a complete privilege to be able […]Read More

Kiev – Infinite Positivity

Kiev – Infinite Positivity – EP Review I think I’ve got the name of this EP correctly!  Slight difference between its label at Soundcloud and what you see on the cover…so I went with the official label I saw with the art…and besides, the message is largely the same whether it reads ‘infinitely positive’ or […]Read More

Roddan – Music House Sampler

Roddan – Music House – Album Sampler/Singles Review Today we’re checking out a handful of singles that come from singer/songwriter Roddan’s latest record called Music House.  Dude is from Seattle himself…but you’ll hear throughout the core of these songs that he’s infused the music with that authentic Austin, TX/Nashville, TN sound that lends itself so […]Read More

SBS Podcast 020

15 amazing tunes from the independent music-scene that we discovered over 2016…all released as singles & technically weren’t eligible for our annual contest for Best New Sound – but they certainly still get recognized here on our show for the amazing contribution they made to music last year! And besides that…all that awesomeness makes for […]Read More

Sam And The Black Seas – “Something Went Wrong”

Sam And The Black Seas – “Something Went Wrong” – Single Review There continues to be every reason to support this band. Believe me…if you saw this side of the screen from wherever you are and the amount of requests I take-in to listen to & follow Sam And The Black Seas & what they’re […]Read More