Year: <span>2021</span>

Dannii Scott – Saudade Sessions

I’m feelin’ it Dannii Scott, yessir. I’ve also had the privilege of hitting up Venice Beach where the man is based out of at least a couple times back in the day, long before the greys hit my beard.  Beautiful place, no doubt about it – and good lord, warm & sunny, just as the […]Read More

ALNA & Phil Sorrell – HEY YOU!

ALNA & Phil Sorrell – HEY YOU! – Album Review I’m cracking right into this one…ALNA & Phil have given us a plethora of reasons to listen & I’ve got lots to say as always!  Suffice it to say here in this brief intro – I’ve found tons to love in this album HEY YOU! […]Read More

BROCK – “BUCKIT”

Well holy shiznat would ya look at that – BROCK’s rockin’ for eight-plus minutes on “BUCKIT” this time, after dropping a sample-slice on us all last time we featured him up on our pages with a clip of his cut “ANUBIS.”  Our hero of CAPITAL LETTERS and all-out audible awesomeness returns once again here in […]Read More

Dave Wirth – “I Won’t Untie The Knots”

Dave Wirth – “I Won’t Untie The Knots” – Single Review I can only imagine the creative place this guy must be in right now. Time and perspective can be such massive assets in making music and so rarely understood for the value they contribute to an artist’s or band’s career.  Think of all the […]Read More

Sandor Gavin – “Trading Teardrops” Feat. Shalee

Sandor Gavin – “Trading Teardrops” Feat. Shalee – Single Review Heyyyyyyy…wait a second here…is that the ol’ Patrick Nagel? Some of you will get that, most of you won’t; if you were a child of the 80s/90s however, there’s a good chance you saw pictures just like this single’s artwork hanging up throughout your house.  […]Read More

Colt Sterk – “Grandpa’s Truck”

Colt Sterk – “Grandpa’s Truck” – Single Review Colt.  Sterk.  If that doesn’t sound like both the quintessential American hero AND a potential Country star all rolled into one, what else could?  As it turns out – at the moment, both are equally true parts of his tale as well – he is CURRENTLY serving […]Read More

La Susi – “La Rosa Cautiva”

What a beautiful song, and what a tragic loss. We’ve been doing this whole music-thing for quite a while here at sleepingbagstudios at this point – nearly nine years – and this is the first song I can ever remember posting up posthumously.  No sooner was I finding myself blown away by the unbelievably expressive […]Read More

SMAIBLUE – Volume

SMAIBLUE – Volume – Album Review You can be an acquired taste and a comforting sound at the same time – SMAIBLUE has been continual proof of that as I’ve listened throughout the past couple years or so.  While I’ll attempt here in words once again to describe the experience of listening to one of […]Read More

SBS Podcast 117

As we always like to do about this time! Join Jer @ SBS for another trip through the independent music scene from one side of sound to the other on Proof Of Purchase! Vol. 11!  Another fantastic episode in the sub-series of the SBS Podcast designed to shine a light on what we’ve been spending […]Read More

BROCK – “ANUBIS”

Well, well, well…what DO we have here BROCK? Aside from his single “BADASS” released earlier this year, technically we started listening to BROCK post-release of his first two records, Without Boundaries and F Concept – which makes this cut “ANUBIS” the second track that gives us some insight into the future of what’s to come […]Read More