Our in-depth album-reviews reflect the sincere passion in the way we listen to the music of the independent-scene. Representing genres of all-kinds and offering honest insight into what we hear in effort to do our part to assist artists/bands in the evolution of their sound – we do our best to highlight the positives and offer objective constructive-criticism with added personality and quality you can truly see. Your music deserves it!
Ranzel X Kendrick – “Like A Child” – Single Review If you’ve been followin’ along with the bouncing ball over here at sleepingbagstudios, you’ve seen the name Ranzel X Kendrick pop up here over the last couple years with singles like “Seguin Son Of A Gun,” and “Crazy Love” from his Texas Cactus album, or […]Read More
Me Soul Be Flowin – “Amethyst” / “Portal” – Singles Review Demand the full release of season four! And let that be a lesson to the rest of y’all out there too – I’m with it, I’m paying attention – if you make a jump from season three to season five, YES, I’m gonna notice! […]Read More
DirtyLaundry – “CopChase” – Single Review Back in January this year when the Worcester, MA, band DirtyLaundry FINALLY got the opportunity to drop their highly anticipated debut single “Bubblegum” after five years since their inception in 2016, they must have been breathin’ a huge sigh of relief and enjoyed a moment of real satisfaction or […]Read More
Steven Faulkner – “Time After Time” – Single Review Normally…at least, based on my experiences in the past so far, I always look forward to a new song by Steven Faulkner. If you’ve been reading my thoughts on this dude’s music over time, you’ve read a saga about how he’s become a reliable force in […]Read More
Marcus Alland – “Sky Is Never The Limit” – Single Review “It’d be your loss if you sleep on me.” #Preach! Dig this guy’s mindset, motivations, and determination – Marcus Alland definitely flexes professional finesse on the mic, and the positive thread you’ll find tying together his single “Sky Is Never The Limit” wraps this […]Read More
NOYZ – “Smoke It Off” – Single Review Life is a stressful gig y’all, and the struggle is real – sometimes you just gotta “Smoke It Off.” You can take it from me firsthand, or you can take it from NOYZ too – or both if ya like – we’re speakin’ the truth when it […]Read More
Suede Jenkins – My Forever Vibe – Album Review “When the beat too hard and the lyric too real my man…” It has been more than a minute since we’ve had Suede Jenkins on our pages – so let’s rectify that today. We last checked in on the man back in 2016 with the release […]Read More
Jared Mancuso – “Break Me” – Single Review I’d be pretty much lyin’ to ya if I didn’t say I was somewhat expecting perfection when pushing play on Jared Mancuso’s new tune – especially in reading about it beforehand & learning that he was continuing to dive right into the throwback Alt-vibes he was exploring […]Read More
Josée Allard – “All Night Long” – Single Review Hmmm…I can fully get behind a switch in sound or style any time, but are we not doin’ the accent thing anymore with the é in Josée? I mean…I’m stickin’ with it…I don’t just up & change my ways until I’m on at least my fourth […]Read More
Glenn Murawski – In The End, We Reap What We Sow – EP Review I honestly have no idea how this dude keeps his material organized…all I know is that it would be one seriously extreme challenge by now to separate all the remixes, revisions, remasters, alternate versions & whatnot that come along with Glenn […]Read More
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