Year: <span>2017</span>

SBS Best New Sound 2017 – Nominations Start Today!

As always, I’m incredibly stoked to share this year’s entire list of amazing artists/bands that made the top-ten list and EXCITED to see who ends up being our reader-voted BEST NEW SOUND of 2017!  Lists like these are painstaking to make!  I agonize over this stuff, I truly do…but it’s all in good fun & […]Read More

Kemikal Storm – Memories

Kemikal Storm – Memories – EP Review You didn’t think I’d FORGET these guys had a brand-new record out today, did you? After whetting the appetite and setting the stage for what’s to come with the release of their single “Spiritual Rebirth,” the duo of Kemikal Storm has been at the forefront of my mind.  […]Read More

Emperor – “Living Room Freestyle”

Emperor – “Living Room Freestyle” – Music Video Release/Review “It’s Emperor on the mic!” Yessir, it certainly IS.  This guy’s got solid skills – don’t be caught sleepin’ on this now…hit up the video below and let’s talk through the many things that Emperor’s got goin’ RIGHT with his music. Treating us all like family, […]Read More

Giichi – “YKYLIT”

Everything you need to know about this new cut is written right there on the official posting – it says: “Giichi – You Know You Like It.”  We’d have to say he was right about that…smooth cut, solid vocals and an enticing electro-beat, combined with a killer video that looks spectacular in above/below-water scenery – […]Read More

Chris Murphy – “I Swear I’m Going To Learn This

Chris Murphy – “I Swear I’m Going To Learn This Time” – Single Review Right on…I like this guy. Last time we checked into the music of Chris Murphy was through his single “Hard Bargain” in the middle of summer this year, which had a completely different energy, style and sound compared to his latest […]Read More

Gli scritti di Roberto Albano de Rosa – “C’è chi

Gli scritti di Roberto Albano de Rosa is set up for great success in many ways – this is a seriously cool new project!  Through the new video for the single “C’è chi legge Omero e poi c’è Omero” you can see how art & music perfectly complement each other and how the music itself […]Read More

Transistor Girl – “Weak As I Am”

Transistor Girl – “Weak As I Am” – Music Video Release/Review Ain’t nothin’ not to love about this. It’s been as fantastic of a year as ever in the independent music-scene, I’ve heard a lot of seriously impressive songs and records along the way…I certainly had no reason to complain, until now. Sometimes you discover […]Read More

Erik Odsell – “Love Riot”

Erik Odsell – “Love Riot” – Single Review “Our passion is what makes us real” – that’s a fantastic line, one of many inspiring lines from Erik Odsell’s new single “Love Riot.”  Dude’s written himself a pretty positive piece of music here…an audible call to unity of sorts.  I can dig that – the world […]Read More

JDR – “Only U”

JDR – “Only U” – Single Review It’s funny…I got to the end of the new video for JDR’s “Only U” and it actually brought another song to my mind.  The second it was done I heard that famous line from “Bohemian Rhapsody” in my head: “Is this the real life?  Is this just fantasy?” […]Read More

Mobb Boss – “Lil Lady”

Check out the wicked low-end heavy combination of club/trap/electro from Mobb Boss on the brand-new single “Lil Lady” at the link below! Be the next artist or band to have your latest song or video featured on our page at sleepingbagstudios by clicking here!Read More