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!
IJK – “Dancing Shadows” – Single Review It’s never a bad thing when 77306 people overwhelmingly agree on something. Currently that’s where the hit-count stands on the release of the latest single “Dancing Shadows” by Imad Jack Karam, aka IJK. What you’ll also see are a whole ton of thumbs pointing straight-up to support it…and […]Read More
Gee Kazz & Young Moses – “Ballers Ave” – Single Review I mean if you really wanna be a ‘baller’ you gotta own your look right? Gee Kazz gets that…hell, Young Moses gets it too – dude rocks a crazy haircut but he owns it with confidence. Not like I can say much on that […]Read More
Fast Talkers – Suburban Nowhere – EP Review This works for me! Listening to the new EP from Fast Talkers was like listening to an old EP from Death Cab For Cutie, back when the recordings and writings had equally stunning levels of honesty. On those early records from Death Cab you could hear the […]Read More
Mike Tro – Dreams – Singles Review/Album Sampler Been a minute or two since we heard from mic-maestro Mike Tro…looks like around the end of the year in 2015 when we checked out his record Who I Am…(Hello My Name Is). If you click that link there and check out the ol’ archives and read […]Read More
Static Choke – Low Resolution Solution – EP Review Let it not be said that you can’t accomplish a whole hell of a lot on the inside of two minutes if you know how to really make the most out of a moment in time. Static Choke gets it – this three-piece band of punks […]Read More
Chris Murphy – “Hard Bargain” – Single Review Well…I’d be lying to ya if I said I wasn’t entertained by this. Initially when I saw Chris Murphy onstage in his latest video for the single “Hard Bargain” I thought we’d be in for an instrumental. This guy! Starts it all off with an spectacular riff […]Read More
Armada Named Sound – “My Girl” – Single Review This machine has been humming along perfectly in its rhythm & groove for some time now, yet every time I get the opportunity to check out the latest from Armada Named Sound, they still sound like they find a way to improve upon their last time […]Read More
Rhett Repko – “Were You Ever Really Mine?” – Single Review If you can escape the hooks in Rhett Repko’s latest single “Were You Ever Really Mine?” then you’re made of tougher-stuff than I am. Even though I felt like there are elements of this new single that stick fairly closely to the script at […]Read More
Amrit Ray – “Attention/Phir Bhi Tumko Chahunga” – Single Review Salute to the humble effort made by Amrit Ray to combine two cultures & styles of music together through his own unique perspective on a mashup between Charlie Puth’s smash hit “Attention” and the equally powerful “Phir Bhi Tumko Chahunga” from the incredibly popular Hindi […]Read More
Amilia K Spicer – “Fill Me Up”/”Lightning” – Singles Review So good to be back! Truthfully, I suck at taking vacations and these past two-weeks or so away from the homepage have been tough, even if it was the first time I’ve taken a break in about five years here at sleepingbagstudios. It’s not as […]Read More
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